Older Homes Have Stories to Tell in Lawrence History
Editor Mary Jule Stough surveys two historic houses in Lawrence. The Robert Miller place at 111 East 1st Street traces to 1858 with ties to Josiah Miller and Miller Hall. The Clyde Hyder home at 1700 Tenn. Street reflects post Civil War growth and later restorations by Rice Phelps and Clyde Hyder.
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Mary Jule Stough
Leo Ellers
Robert Miller
South Carolina
Josiah
Lawrence
Kansas
Robert
Old Lawrence
Quantrill
William
Vermont Street
Massachusetts Street
Miller Hall
Clyde Hyders
Tenn. St
Henry Albach
Quantrill Gang
Oregon California
Clyde Hyder
KU English Department
Hyders
Construction Firm to File Bankruptcy in Kansas City
George Bennett Construction Co. will file bankruptcy this week after a failed reorganization. The firm had eight contracts in Kansas and Missouri worth about 3 million dollars, with assets sufficient to cover claims and equity for stockholders. A trustee was appointed. the court ordered the rejection of all contracts.
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Kansas City. Kan
George Bennett Construction Co
Kansas
Missouri
Hylton Harmon
Arthur J. Stanley Jr
Joseph H. McDowell
McDowell
Kansas and
Missouri Highway Commissions
U.S. Corps of Engineers
Young Kansas City youth admits rape slaying of married woman
A 15 year old boy, Thomas Leslie Metcalf Jr., admitted the rape slaying of Shirley Lee Moore, 20, in her trailer at Kansas City Kansas. He claimed he watched her undress, then entered the unlocked trailer and attacked her before discarding the knife.
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Kansas City
Kan
Thomas Leslie Metcalf Jr
Shirley Lee Moore
Donald Hall
Young Metcalf
First Marine Division Lands on Guadalcanal in World War II
The first offensive action of World War II occurred as the First Marine Division landed on Guadalcanal. This pivotal assault marked U S entry into the Guadalcanal Campaign and began the long Solomon Islands campaign against Japanese forces.
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Guadalcanal
Egg Prices in Mid November Favorable Versus Last Year
Kansas farmers received an average of 26.6 cents a dozen for eggs at mid November, down 0.3 from mid October but 1.2 cents higher than a year earlier. Chicken prices stood at 7.6 cents per pound, down 0.7 from October and 0.2 from a year ago. Ungraded eggs brought 24 cents and graded eggs averaged 28.5 cents, with Grade A at 33, B at 24, and C at 17 cents. 65 percent graded as A, 13 percent B, and 21 percent C.
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Topeka
Kansas
Kansas Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Longest Term Prisoner Dies In San Quentin Cell
Antonio Ditardo, who spent 43 years in San Quentin and repeatedly refused parole, died in his sleep Sunday. The Italian native would have turned 89 on January 17 and had the longest tenure of inmates there. Convicted of killing his wife in San Jose in 1920, he began a life term two months later and repeatedly declined parole, saying he would stay until the Big Boss calls.
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San Quentin
Calif
Antonio Ditardo
San Quentin Prison
Italy
Ditardo
Duardo
San Jose
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17Th Street
Leo Eller
E. 19Th ST
Hobby Haven
Massachusetts
G.A.C
Sayinio
TEE
Viking
Life Magazine
NY Daily News
Hall Bartlett Jase
Robert Stack
Poly Bergen
Uoan Crawford
Janis Paige
Cane Mobain
K.C
Frank Stead
Metcalf
Capitol Federal Savings
Capitol Federal
Capitol Federal Savings Reene Oe
Kans
U. S
Upanum
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