Judge vows to smash the 42 gang in Chicago court
In a Chicago municipal court on December 4 judge Francis Borrell confronted 19 suspects from the 42 gang. He vowed to smash the gang, fined six at 200 dollars each, and held four for investigation. The judge’s investigations included undercover work revealing two groups within the gang and widespread robberies terrorizing local business owners.
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Chicago
Francis Borrell
Tf Ve
Lniterine
Eve
Borrelli
Gambling cleanup boosts arrests in Kansas City
The Kansas City police tally arrests at 225 after a third consecutive crackdown on gambling establishments. In two raids late yesterday, two men were jailed on gambling game keeper charges and 55 more were booked for frequenting. Racing forms were seized at both sites. Three previously arrested defendants were dismissed, two fined 100 and one more unspecified, as raids continue to shut down gambling venues.
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Kansas City
Nee
Police Department
Tussell Field
Behrendt
Family visits across towns in Fairview and nearby areas
Mr and Mrs J C Cooper visited in Saffordville and McPherson while Clifford Cooper of McPherson dropped by Mrs Edmondson and Mr and Mrs Russell Coomer. Junior Ju ner and Earnest Ra and children hosted guests near Riverside. Rev and Mrs Husted and Grace Louise called on Koehler and Leary homes. Mrs Walter Baird stayed Sunday night with William Wells before returning to Fort Riley Monday morning.
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J. C. Cooper
Saffordville
Clifford Cooper
McPherson
Edmondson
Russell Cooner
Mondson
Earnest Ra
Avron Roerts
Riverside
Husted
Grace Louise
Koehler
Leary
Walter Baird
Elsie
Ted
Justine
Ralston
Paul Koehler Koehler
William
Wells
Cone
Rene Leary
Pine
North
William Wells
Vernon Garett
J. Nr
and Lioyd
Gore Howard
Mrs. i
S. Floyd Nisely
Robert
Dorothy
Ward
Guy Diowne
Theo Nisely
Thanksgiving Dinner Recalls Local Families in Kansas
The community shared a Thanksgiving dinner at Elsie and Ted Drown’s home with many neighbors and relatives from Lecompton and Lawrence. Funeral services for a local resident were held November 22 at Lecompton Methodist Church with Rev. F. W. Bertsching and Rev. L. A. Stone officiating. The service featured hymns and a large floral tribute, with burial at Memorial Park Cemetery in Lawrence.
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Zebulon
Topeka
H. G. van Neste
Lawrence
Charles ‘Anderson
Onarga
Methodist Church
Lecompton
F. W. Bertschinger
L. A. Stone
United Brethren Church
Memorial Park
Kan
Yehan
Ann . Glenn
Lecompton Resident Mary Crider Whipple Dies
Mary Crider Whipple, aged 77, a Lecompton resident since 1920, died after a lifetime of church and family service. She married N. F. Whipple in 1881, lived on farms near Lawrence and Ness County, and was an active member of the Lecompton Methodist Church. She leaves her husband and two sons, Francis Crider of Lawrence and George Zebulon Crider.
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William K. Lester
Crider
Sul
Lawres Isl
Mary
Kan
N. F. Whipple
Toth
Francis Crider
George Zebulon
Kansas
Lawrence
Ness County
Lecompton
Thanksgiving football victory crowns McLouth over Oskaloosa
Neighborhood residents recall the Thanksgiving Day game in which McLouth defeated Oskaloosa 14 to 0 to claim the championship. Notes mention upcoming basketball, hospitality at local homes, and civic events including a Tuesday farm meeting at Valley Falls with free dinner at the Valley Falls Methodist church.
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McLouth
Oskaloosa
Ole Ae
Harold Campion
Syl White
Ferson County
Valley Falls
R. Umd
Irs
Frank Champion
Eastern steer grand champion visitors on Thanksgiving Day
Mrs. Orval Self and Mrs. S. Champion hosted Thanksgiving Day entertainment for editor Mrs. Harry Wendorff and others while Eastern steer grand champion and Mrs. Orval Self were Wednesday afternoon visitors.
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Eastern
Orval Self
S. Champion
Mis
Ed Davison
Harry Wendorff
Obituary and community notes from McLouth area
Local notices report Mrs. Luther H. Taylor's death in Council Bluffs Ia and funeral in Baldwin. Residents share word of Mr. Taylor's Jefferson county boyhood ties. Obituary for Uncle Amos McLouth notes burial beside his wife. Community items mention wolf hunting, Circle club meeting, family travel to Arizona, and Thanksgiving school vacation impacting McLouth pupils and local teachers.
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Wendorff
Tonganoxie
Gertrude Davison
Lawrence
Verna Davison
Valley Grove
Robert Davison
Hazel Moses
Kansas City
Helen Davison
Dakota
Ernesto Davison
Kansas
Luther H. Taylor
Dummy Taylor
Jefferson County
Taylor
Council Bluffs
Stewart, Barnett Funeral Home
Baldwin
C. W. Bailey
Baldwin Cemetery
MacLouth High School
Circle Club
John Black
Amos McLouth
United Brethren Church
Frank Bennett
Wildhorse
MeLouth
Carl Bliss
Tatum
Arizona
Bliss
Floyd ‘Petrie
Dix School
Mabel Harding
Enterprise
W. A. Harding
Bryan Wilson
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Irene Fick
Sivns
Frances
Aftet
Hoover
Kee
President Hoover
White House
Woodstock
Ka’ Ister
City
Haarlem
The
Barteldes Seed Co
Wature
M. Ture
Angus
Oakleigh Thorns
Pine Plains
N. Y
James Kansides
Thorne
Jacksonville
Florida
Hart Schaffner & Marx
Hart Schaffner & Marx Fancy
Union Pacific
Nebraska
Kansa Olorado
Wyoming
Vian + L
Oualit
Daggett & Ramsdell
Chevrolet
Ford
Oakland
Davis-Child Motor Co
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