The Mighty Tongue Sermon and Notices from Journal-World
National representatives listed for major cities and Associated Press rights noted. Publication warning, postal details, and a Bible verse from James 3:5 accompany the Friday August 27 1937 issue alongside standard Society and advertising text.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorenzen & Thompson, Inc
New York
West 44Th St
Chicago
North Michigan Ave
San Francisco
Sansome
Los Angeles
New Orpheum
Kansas City
Baltimore Ave
St Louis
Star Ride
Detroit
General Motors
Atlanta
Walton
Associated Press
Audit Bureau OF Circulations
Postoffles
Lawrence
Kansas
Journal-World
Kansas Governor Reworks Nonpartisan Idea in State Welfare
Governor Harman demands a list of social welfare department employees with political affiliations to ensure roughly equal party representation. He blasts past hires as nonpartisan, argues for BIpartisan balance, and accuses the board of injecting politics into a supposedly apolitical agency.
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Harman
Kansas New Deal
State Social Welfare Department
Kansas
New Deal
Welfare Department
Department of Social Welfare
International Banditry and Japanese Action in China
A Japanese air raid wounded the British ambassador in Shanghai after machine gun attacks on two cars fleeing Nanking toward Shanghai. Britain pledges appropriate action as Japan’s blockade threats widen to include foreign vessels. The incident tests international law and Japan’s wartime posture amid ongoing tensions.
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Nanking
Shanghai
China
Japan
War and murals and married views in Kansas
The piece surveys international conflict ideas against Japan noting stronger civil police, and hints that the Fort Riley four day maneuver war ends and may resume. It reports on a nude frieze once in the Kansas state house, a mural replacement by Republicans, and jokes about telegraph kisses by young messengers. It mentions a Grant School in Topeka and Congress adjournment with a sardonic closing.
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Kansas Statehouse
Statehouse
Fort Riley
Military Hot Stove
Ors gown é Sons THE TWO TEAMS
Mary Graham ponner recalls Puddle Muddler friends in a playful tale where nine on a side is decided by a draw and each boy assigns bears to players, with playful teasing and loyalty among the group. The scene centers on Christopher Willy Ning Rip and their bears Jelly Honey Jupiter and Tacky Bear.
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Christopher
Willy Ning
Rip
Jupiter
Measured Meadow Diamond Plan For Team Practice
Characters discuss fair play in a whimsical game setup. Christopher settles on a meadow field to draw teams and set a diamond with bases. Willy Nilly provides grass blades for the draw as preparations begin for tomorrow’s practice.
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Sweet Face
Christopher
Willy Nilly
Preparing for School Health in Public Education
Dr Iago Galdston surveys school health in the United States stressing that thirty two million children attend schools and parents must know the health standards of their schools. He argues for adequate medical supervision including health education, fitness, supervised play, infection avoidance, and defect correction to ensure a sound body supports a sound mind. He cites Prof D F Smiley of Cornell on how early schooling can hamper physical development and urges comprehensive health oversight in public schools.
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United States
D. F. Smiley
Cornell University
Local social notes span Lawrence and beyond this summer
Mrs. C A Caulfield of Alameda and former Lawrence resident Edna McBride visited, with bridge prizes awarded to Agnes Engel and Harald Constant. Health updates: Mrs. C Russell recovering from malaria after misdiagnosed typhoid. A series of travel, work, and reunion notices follow, naming many residents and dates from Lawrence and nearby towns. Highlights include Torres and his Troubadours at Bowersock Theater, the Ad Manter luncheon for a 5th anniversary, and various departures for work, study, or vacations.
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C. A. Caulfield
Alameda
Calif
Edna McBride
Lawrence
W. A. Dunmire
Dunmire
Agnes Engel
Harald Constant
C. B. Russell
Memorial Hospital
Russell
Frances Robinson
Colorado
J. C. Whipple
Nell Hudson
Yellowstone Park
J. H. Child
Davis & Child
Hutchinson
Child
M. Hays
Harshfield
Massachusetts Street
Torres
Bowersock Theater
Don Renaldo Torres
Ad Manter
Holland Wheeler
Bean Lake
Kansas City
Elizabeth Terry
Marvin
Lyman
Ruth Parker
Illinois
Wisconsin
Devil's Lake
Wis
Tomorrow Preparing For Schoolt Ul OS
Three agents carry the duty: the school the private physician and the parent. The article outlines the shared responsibility in safeguarding child welfare as students return to classes.
Real Fairies Turn Encouragement Into Growth
Hubert Pollard Ph D discusses the power of encouragement as a moral practice. He likens true helpers to fairies whose one word can revive a discouraged person and steer youth toward achievement, praising constructive criticism and the uplifting impact of supportive speech.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Art of Encouragement
First National Bank of Paradox
Asa
Concordia Wins Pennant in Central Division Race
Marysville and its strong pitcher stormed to the central division title by defeating Beloit 7 to 2 to extend Concordia’s lead. Beloit remains two games back as they prepare for a Sunday clash with Marysville. Other Ban Johnson results include Salina at Junction City 7, Manhattan at Concordia, and Kansas City 2-1 at Lawrence 1-2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marysville
Kan
Saeking
David
Concordia
Beloit
Salina
Junction City
Manhattan
Kansas City
Lawrence
Blame Birds for Errors in Elgin Telephone Office
In Elgin Illinois telephone operators blamed birds for wrong numbers saying a noisy tree outside the exchange interfered with hearing. Firemen mounted an auto horn in the tree and sounded it day and night until the birds abandoned the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elgin. Il
Into the Black Ship A Romance of the High Seas
Neill, a young federal agent, and Janet from Baltimore escape onto an abandoned liner. They evade a watchman, hide in a lifeboat, explore engine rooms, and discover a royal suite as they plan safety while unraveling Janet’s peril aboard a yacht and a hidden threat.
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Neill
Janet
Baltimore
Prescott Fanning
Fanning
Neil
Absalom's
Royal Suite
Hurbert Foctnes
Flashes of Life in Two City Blazes and Prisons
In Pollocksville North Carolina flames roared from a burning service station as a mechanical piano oddly played amid the destruction before the roof collapsed and the instrument died. In Jefferson City Missouri forty black prisoners at a reformatory dormitory resisted bath orders, brawled amid chairs, and were dispersed by tear gas, with 12 kept from baths. A Chicago flash reports chicken picker Ernest Hansen, from Fort Atkinson Wisconsin, as a notable champion in a brief clipping.
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Pollocksville, N. C
Tefferson City
Algoa Reformatory
Grover C. Clevenger
Poor Pa by Claude Callan
The verse notes family tensions as a mother forgives a sister-in-law who smeared her character while still resenting the jester who mocked her trust. A syndicated piece from 1237 notes a tone of regret and humor in domestic affairs.
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Poor PA
Claude Callan
Publishers Syndicate
Radio Programs Friday Evening and Sunday Schedule Overview
A dense, fragmented listing of radio programs across WREN Ashburn, Brattoo, BC Jay Freeman’s Orch, KMBC Boake Carter, WDAF The Caballeros and many others. Includes concert hours, dance numbers, orchestras, weather forecasts, sports, and public affairs across August 27 to 28 and into Sunday, with numerous stations and performers listed.
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Wren
Ashburn
Brattoo
Jay Freeman
Orch
WDAF
Caballeros
Louisa Florea
KMBC
Boake Carter
Wren—Campbell
Royalists
Music Hall
Death Valley
Hal Kemp
Robert L. Ripley
EMBC
Hollywood Flotel
Grant Park
Tommy Dorsey
Papa Haydn
Lisdersingers
Dorothy Thompson
Theodore Green
Amos
Andy
KMBEC
Phil Napoleon
Williams
K3ibc
Jack Starr
Playland Casino Orch
KIBC
Count Basil
Jan Gerber
Wdaf—Dance Orchestra
Henry Busze
Jesse Hawkins
Ted Flo Rito
Leonard Keller
Ricardo
Eddie House
Louis Panico
Horace Henderson
Carlos Molina
Hotel la Salle Orca
Don Chiesta
WDAT
Jessa Crawford
Ronnie Ashburn
KNBC
Jimmy Kemper
Wd- Dance Cavaliers
WREX
Eddie Varros
Meredith Wilson
Nels Day
Johnny Presents
John D. M. Hamilton
Linton Wells
TQC
Hollywood
K3ebc
Patti Chaplin
Bunny Berigan
Rainbow Grill
Andy Kirk
Rainbow Room
Carlos
King's Jester
SRG
Rom Shifrs
Ajar
Jatso
Charley
Engels Crebe
Wren—Wweather
WDAP
Crocker
Helen Traubel
Columbia Workshop
Jack Baany
Nat'l
Werner Janssen
Milton Herle
Eddie Cantor
NBC
Shep Fields
Universal Rhythm
Wren—Wealter Winchell
Irene Rich
KMEBC
Chicago Symphony
Gladys Swarihout
California
Judy and
the Bunch
Wren—Choir
Beverly Hilla Orch
Henry Busse
Jessa Hawkins
Jan Garber
WDAPF
Grand_Terrace
Don Fernando
Nocturne
Eddis House
Bismarck Orch
Charles Engel
Paul Sabin
Stevens Orch
Horace
Feathers Fly Demonstrates Ill Poultry Club Showmanship
An Illinois Poultry Improvement Association demonstrator selected four hens to display artful techniques. He chose one in low position, another high, a third with eyes bandaged, and a fourth wearing thick rubber mittens to prove nothing could stop him.
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Illinois Poultry Improvement Association
Miss Frances Strobel to serve at Research hospital in Kansas City
Miss Frances Strobel returned to Kansas City with her father Jake Strobel then left for Colorado to spend a week before assuming duties as special nurse in the children's department at Research hospital where she has been assigned for three years. The note lists many local visits and social activities of area residents, with brief mentions of friends traveling to Sporia for state board exams and various gatherings around Eudora and nearby towns.
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Lucy Jones
Washington
Lena Badsky
Nashville
Tenn
Frank Hosford
Green Mountain Falls
Colo
Hannah Mitchell
Annie Mitchell
Sioux City
N. Dak
Roy Fitzpatrick
California
A. G. Ulrich
Evelyn
Benton
Harbor
Mich
George Draper
Ina
Colorado
Edna Cone
Conservatory
Lloyd Black
Y.M.C. A
Kewanee
Ill
Black
Y. M
Nannie Mackey
Josephine
Mackey
Mary Myers
Sallie Battaile
Mary Patton
Frances Patton
Lee Parente
Miss Cox
Kansas City
Charlie Ward
W. E. Spalding
Quinby Cox
Roderick Reed
John Bruce
Eudora
Lee Bryant
Jean Brightwell
Lexington
Manitou
Bryant
Grace Hornaday
Shawnee
Okla
Nellie G. Beatty
Wayne
Ind
Vic Johnson
Esther
St. Paul
Minn
J. E. Challinor
Lawrence
A. L. Parker
New Mexico
B. F. Smith
Anderson
Northway
C. H. Vincent
Lena Albert
Augusta Albert
Mabel Strickler
Alice Strickler
Ella Harris
Vera Smith
Alice Gordon
Ivy Heydt
Edna Chitwood
Tom McGee
Charlie Winchell
Elmer Gordon
Robert King
Emil Dahlene
Ernest Sk
Frances Strobel
Jake Strobel
Strobel
Josephine Ott
Sporia
Nebraska
Ott
Charlie Weidner
Louis Sheldon
Bobbie
Dalls
Tex
Weidner
Jake Weidner
Illa Martin
Hays
Vernon Strobel
Lewie
Margaret
Kaw Valley
Bob Young
Herbert Young
Topeka
Howard Bernitz
Lelia Mae
Floyd Broers
Broers
Sam Neis
Hesper
Esther Freese
George Ott, Jr
Ralph Whaley
Wilfred Eudaly
Jip Dickens
Marjorie Westerhouse
State Lake
Agnes Spitzli
C.P.A
Kathaleene Broers
L. Sheldon
Pierce
John Laughlin
Vinland
Gideon Neis
Robert Laughlin
Fred Laughlin
Joseph V. Bebout
Abel
Douglas County
Bebout
Walter Wilson
Nevieve
Charlie Holmes
Carl Kurtz
Lewis Hadl
Stephen Hadi
Luther
F. Barlet
Melvern
Eudora C.P.A
Homer Marsh
Eileene
Arthur Bernitz
Alice Bernitz
Walter Grist
el Dorado
Clarence Pine
E. Young
Ralph Wotan
Laughters
Wilson
Sverett
Wayne Clam
Bonner Springs
Wilson Home
Pete Neis
Ee Sune Ettomnots
Ands
Jence Neias
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the World Company
WIC
Simons
Murray
LPH Simons
Mall
James
PWA
Grant
Ulysses
el Dorado Times
Congress
Paul Jones
The
Lyons News
Mary Graham Ponner
Captain Rip
Willyilly
New York Academy of Medicine
Iago Galdston
Emma Kelly
J. B. Kelly
Klondike
Lowe
Merchants Athletic Association
Hubert Pollard
Central
B. J. Lead
Ilinoia
Hulbert Footner
Jen
Nevill
Tanet
Hell
Ernest G. Hansen
Fort Atkingson
Evening Star
Alice Maire
Evabell Kindred
Lewie Lee
Amazon
Carter
Arters
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