Joyful Community Gifts Bring Christmas Cheer to Needy Families
Joyous baskets of food clothing and toys were distributed yesterday under the city community Christmas committee with Salvation Army and Elks Club involvement. About fifty families received aid and a Salvation Army Christmas tree program is planned for tomorrow evening at 729 Vermont Street.
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Comity
Salvation Army
the Elks Club
S Army Hall
Vermont Street
Elks Club
Community Christmas Committee
Santa Claus Smoke Question Sparks Battle Creek Row
In Battle Creek Michigan on Christmas Day a dispute over Santa Claus advertisements with a cigar escalates. Walter H. Hoshal protests to the city commission saying such imagery misleads children and insults sacred memories. The city attorney and mayor comment on smoking in cold weather and doubt Santa will smoke during his rounds.
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Creek
Mich
Santa Claus
Walter H. Hoshal
Calhoun County Council of Religious Education
City Commission
Mr. Hoshal
William P. Penty
Troops Subdue Mutineers at Port Monte Fort
Loyal Portuguese forces bombarded the fort at Port Monte with artillery and machine guns at dawn, forcing capitulation of mutineers within half an hour. About 700 mutineers, led by a sergeant, had previously surrendered in part. the remainder faced a 7:00 am deadline. The city stayed quiet and business normal. no bombardment damage reported. Macao, a Portuguese possession near Hong Kong, reported in health China on December.
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Bf (Ap
Port
Monte
Macao
Canton River
Hongkong
China
Rescue Boats Stand Ready Over Budapest Death Offers
In Budapest a fleet of lifeboats on the Danube bridges is trained to save people attempting suicide. Over three years 533 attempts were reported, with 500 rescued by water-police crews who carry restraints. The service notes a rise in such attempts since the war.
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Budapest
Hungary
Danube
Buda
Pest
Decrease in Births in Kansas in First Nine Months
Topeka reports 1920 nine month births at 23 635, down 867 from 24 522 a year earlier. Marriages rise to 15 771 from 14 552, while deaths fall to 14 043 from 14 965. Dr Earley G Brown notes health department findings.
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Topeka
Earley G. Brown
State Board of Health
Kansas
Brown
Health Department
Deaths and Funerals of Mrs Weesner in Kansas
Mrs Wm Weesner died December 16 1929 at her home near Berryton Kansas aged 72 years 25 days Surviving are her husband Wm Weesner one son Everett Weesner of Kansas City Missouri and one daughter Mrs Frank Snell of Berryton Kansas Interment was in Pleasant Hill Cemetery near Richland Kansas London December 24 AP Phil Sneden labor chancellor said the government would renew none of the Tory safe guarding import duties after their expiration the McKenna silk and sugar duties would be repealed at earliest practicable opportunity He would decide when time was ripe for action and provide no further statement before the April budget Liberal support noted
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Wm. Weesner
Berryton
Kansas
Everett Weesner
Kansas City
Frank Snell
Pleasant Hill
Richland
Igee
London
Phil Sneden
House
Sneden
Snellen
Labor
Mussolini Seeks Money Gifts to Reduce National Debt
Rome AP reports Mussolini, famed as Italy’s most frequent recipient of gifts, now desires monetary gifts to lessen the national debt or fund public improvements. Fascist centers abroad are instructed to return non monetary gifts. The piece also notes a Christmas sermonette urging charity and a note on church construction in the United States.
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Rome
Mussolini
Italy
Scist
Party
Brfad
Gypsy World Postoffice In Fort Smith Arkansas
Fort Smith Arkansas hosts the Gypsy World Postoffice at a small drugstore run by Mrs. W J H Cole. The unofficiaI post office handles thousands in roaming tramps, cables and letters yearly. The Coles know many Gypsy tribes and say 100000 Gypsies exist worldwide with about 5000 in the United States.
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Cale
Coles
Mrs. Cole
United States
W. H. Cole
Inser
International
Fort Smith
Ark
M. T. Frank
Proposals Too Strict on Trade and Law
Mexico City reports Excelsior states resumption of trade with Laredo Merchants by Nuevo Laredo will not reopen the Laredo consulate. The blasphemy law abolition bill advances in Britain amid a push from the Society for the Abolition of Blasphemy Laws. A Miami bird protection effort targets eliminating cats in Cocoanut Grove. In Brazil, Epitacio Pessoa says Hague Court residency rules may deter able judges from accepting nine year terms, citing Charles Evans Hughes as an example.
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Mexico City
Excelsior
Laredo
Nuevo Laredo
Eagg
Rio Janeiro
Epitacio Pessoa
Brazil
Hague Court
Hague
Europe
Permanent Organization of the Court
Charles Eva Hughes
United States
Obituary: Charles Albert Hoskinson 77
Charles Albert Hoskinson died December 7 1929 at age 77 while walking to a friend’s home in Edilyville Ia. He lived a Christian life, valued helping others, and was deeply loved. He and Anna E Thompson married April 4 1875 in Oskaloosa Kansas and had ten children, with Anns Etta Flora Ellen and LeRoy dying in childhood and Fannie dying at age twenty.
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L.A. Hoskinson
C. A. Hoskinson
Charles Moomaw
Moomaw
Hoskinson
Grodd
Charles Albert Hoskinson
Josiah
Nancy Hoskinson
Edilyville
Doulas County
Kansas
Anna E. Thompson
Oskaloosa
Anns Etta
Flora Ellen
LeRoy
Fannie
Longtime Cove Church parishioner dies after decades at farm
The article recalls the life of a Gray county, Kansas farmer who moved there in 1909 and built a home near Cove church. He endured his wife Lena’s paralysis and later Anna’s death before marrying Lena Randel in 1929. He left twenty grandchildren and five great grandchildren, with numerous relatives. Funeral services were led by Reverends Sherman Archer and Lyle Brock. The burial occurred in Cove cemetery beside his first wife.
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Jennie ‘Nichols
Dighton
Kansas
Lottie Anton
Satanta
Sadie Anton
Mattie Anton
Ensign
George Hoskinson
Vinland
Grace Brock
Springfield
Colorado
Lena
Gray County
Anna
Lettie
Lena Randel
Lawrence
Gave Church
Sherman Archer
Lyle Brock
Archer
Mathew
Man
Granisons
Evans Undertakings Company
Cimarron
Cove
Survey Farm Situation Highlights Michigan Income by Farm Size
A Lansing AP report shows farm income rises with size. In 1 county surveys, farms 79 acres or less average 1162 dollars, 80-139 acres 1357, 140-173 acres 22251, over 180 acres 2316. State-wide average net income is 1809 dollars, with 10 percent return on a 17000 dollar investment before labor and management costs.
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Lansing
Mich
Michigan
Christmas visitors and travelers fill local homes
Mrs Ella Thorne and daughters Louise Edna and Onella visited Spring Hill with Mrs B Y Gay. T M Tice of Goodland Kansas and Harry Schell hosted. Maud Arnett from Cenars College McPherson is holidaying with her mother Anna Arnett. Eugene Perkins and family arrived from Bartlesville to visit C G Perkins and Byron Cooke. Aviation student Eugene Lamb returned to Lawrence for Christmas with his parents A W and Mrs. Lamb. Edwain Wartley from Bagnell Mo. arrived home for a brief stay. Anna Fischer visited sister Eda Freiennuth in Leavenworth.
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Ella Thorne
Louise
Edna
Onella
Spring Hill
EB. Y. Gay
Thorne
T. M. Tice
Goodland
Harry Schell
Maud Arnett
Cenars College
McPherson
Anna W. Arnett
Vermont Street
Howard Bishop
Buckner
Matvin Bishop
Ovsvlant
Roy Maloney
Tulsa
Okla
George J. Maloney
Rockford, I
Neustifter
Bagnell
Anna Fischer
Eda Freiennuth
Leavenworth
Wichita Woman Sentenced For Prohibition Violation
Mrs. Vrances Bootka a 52 year old mother of seven was sentenced to 11 months in Alderson United States Women’s Reformatory in West Virginia for violating the prohibition law after a raid found four pints of whiskey in her home. Her daughter Viola Bootka 26 claimed ownership stating it was for a Christmas party she planned. London AP Librarians at the British Museum catalog 3,000,000 books across 46 miles of shelves with a 160 volume catalogue of 1500 pages each and ex soldiers dusting the volumes biannually.
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Kansas City
Vrances Bootka
United States Women's Reformatory
Alderson
W. Va
Albert J. Reeves
Bootka
Sohterice
Viola Bootka
London
British Museum
Marty
White House Fire Damages Interior During Holiday Party
Fire at the White House disrupted a Christmas party for the president's secretaries and family members. Fire crews from nineteen engines and four trucks battled the blaze, which began in the central building area and was controlled by 10:55 pm. Estimates of damage ranged from 60,090 to 250,600 dollars, with theories blaming defective wiring or a faulty chimney. The incident prompted evacuation and meticulous checks for embers, while valuables and confidential files were removed under guard.
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Hoover
Allan
Lawrence Mickey
George Akerson
Mr. Hoover
Watson
U. S. Grant
Grant
Penney Employees to Receive Annual Christmas Bonus
The J C Penney Co will distribute a total bonus of 48117559 among 5510 associates in 1400 stores and district offices nationwide. Bonuses depend on years of service and salary, with eligibility limited to those employed on January 1, 1929. Local participants include four Penney employees led by Ruth Cole, Edith Farser, May Conrad, and Russell Riegs.
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J. ©. Penney Co
New York
St. Louis
J. C. Penney Co
D. D. Hoar
Ruth Cole
Edith Rarser
May Conrad
Russell Riegs
Wed in Riding Habits Aiken Bride and Ontario Instructor
In Aiken on Christmas Day a wedding paired Miss Josefa Hoffman daughter of Mrs. Marie Eustis Hoffman with pianist Josef Fair, an instructor in horsemanship at a local preparatory school. The couple rode away on horseback after the ceremony on a porch of a ten cottage in the Hitcheeck world. She is described as a gentle horse woman and artist.
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Aiken
S. C
Josefa Hoffman
Marie Eustis Hoffman
Josef Hoffman
Monaga
Fair
Kingston
Ontario
White House blaze halts children party during fire
President Hoover watches a White House fire that destroys the domestic ventire office while Mrs Maover assures safety and continues the children’s party. Senate methods against prohibition are praised by F Scott McBride. State supreme court refuses Snack review of murder conviction.
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Washington
White House
Hoover
Maover
Bifrah
Norris
F. Scott McBride
Brel
United States
Columbus
Ohio
State Supreme Court
Nogales
Ariz
Fred Burk Albany
Y—G
Rernor
Tom
Kaw Valley Social Notes Bring Local Visits
Mr Aron Samuel of ueiihome City called on the Ogdens Sunday afternoon. Miss Telitha Newton spent Saturday night out. Sunday with Mr and Mrs Wiestheffer and son Ben. Carl Perkins Jr spent Sunday night with Delbert Perkins. Mrs Van Patten is sending the Christmas holidays with her parents in Burlingame. Mrs E S Warren called on Mr and Mrs Ray Orden Sunday afternoon. Arthur Eastman spent two days last week with Mr and Mrs Ralph Davis and family. Mr and Mrs Otto Attenhernd and family drove to Willow Springs Sunday afternoon and called on Mrs Altenbornd's sister and family. Mr and Mrs W N Johannitiz and family.
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C. G. Perkins
Lawrence
Myrtle Walters
Williams
Otis
W.G. McFarland
Netawaka
Chester Moody
John Moody
Margaret Ogden
Westchester
van Patten
O. ©. Perkins
Marjonnie
Glenn Keifer
Saunders
Clarence Mathia
James J. Turner
Rob McFarland
McFarland
Frank Steele
David Mathia
Turkeyford
Okla
John Ot Jr
Kansas City
St. Luke’s Hospital
Ott
James Turney
James John, Jr
Louis
Bill Wickman
Gustave Schaake
Grace Kiefer
W. L. Keifer
Clatt Craig
Durango
Colo
Graig
Los Angeles
Cal
Mexico
Emma Turner
Gladys Charles Nevin
Walla Walla
Wash
Martha Charles
J. G. Saunders
J. H. Saunders
610 Club
W. Newmark
J. C. Saunders
Dorothy Cox
Charles Cox
Chris Schaake
Cout
M. L. Schaake
Clara Cox
Friends’ Church
J. K Morgan
Paul Koehler
Neodesha
Pittsburg
Charles Shirar
Emily
Pits
Milford Miller and Son
Oakridge
E. Brown
Frank Topping
Tulsa
Okda
Clarence Meek
E. Leary
Kansas
Leary
Rumsey
William Meniis
Criffin
Aron Samuel
Ueiihome City
Ogdens
Telitha Newton
Wiestheffer
Ben
Carl Perkins, Jr
Delbert Perkins
Burlingame
Warren
Ray Orden
Arthur Eastman
Ralph Davis
Otto Attenhernd
Willow Springs
Altenbornd
W. N. Johannitiz
McLOUTH Notes and Meetings in December and January
Mrs B E Dick was called to Shelbyville Missouri Monday by the death of her sister Mrs John Bauer Evangelistic meetings will be used in the Methodist church beginning January 5 to 26 inclusive Tev G A DeFlon and his singer Niew J A Fitt of Denver will assist pastor Chas L Rihlen in the meetings Shirley Casebier of McLouth is chairman of a University of Kansas Jefferson students organization to promote interest in the University by putting the Kansas Jayhawk in Jefferson County S W G T U members met December 28 at President Kimmels home to pack and mail Christmas boxes for homeless and friendless soldiers at Fort Leavenworth and vicinity
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B. E. Dick
Shelbyville
Missouri
John Bauer
G. A. DeFlon
Niew. J. A. Fitt
Denver
Chas. L. Rihlen
Shirley Casebier
McLouth
University of Kansas of Jefferson
Uni
Kansas Jayhawk
Jefferson County
Kimmel
Fort Leavenworth
Greenwood Valley visits with grandparents and relatives
Gene Harding spent the weekend with his grandparents Mr. and Mrs. S. L. Dark. Nettie Mae Duncan of Topeka spent Saturday and Sunday at the Wm. Geelan home.
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Gene Harding
Mrs Holloway and daughter visit Mr and Mrs Dark
Mrs Gerald Holloway and her daughter spent Sunday with Mr i and Mrs S L Dark, likely a family social call reported in local society notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerald Holloway
Mr. i
S. L. Dark
WREN Wednesday Program Schedule Highlights
The page lists a dense array of 2:00 pm tours and performances at the New Yorker Hotel and other venues. It features figures like McGraw, Meribah Moore, Kennedy, and Stromberg Carlson, with multiple time slots from morning to night, including weather forecasts and a long music lineup.
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Nationual Farm
Tome Bouts
McGraw Triew New Yorker Hotel Ormitebn
B. Kennedy
Toms
Geym—Trette Peabody
Mer‘ibah Moore
Weatinghousse
Naga Foresters
Huck
Wnt
STN Bees
Anne Lyria
Chute Richman
Hlaven Dane
Lehn & Fink
Andy
WSS
Musius
Hp. A
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Douglas County
Tuberculosis , AsSociation
Farmers’ “Union
Low Star Farmers’ Union
Oldlock
Hea Jreeting
Oza
Dinky
Apostle
Ming
Licht
Byers
Louise Cooke Don-Cariog
Gee
Gypsy World Postoffice
Arkansas
House of Commons
Society For the Abolition of the
Home Secretary
Miami
Cocoanut Grove
Associated Fress
Paoto Florence Smock
Lake County
Florida
Harold Deatline
Morgan County
Indiana
Boys’ and Girls’ Farm Congress
Chicago
Wichita
Penney
Noringham
Bella
Berlin
von Hindenberg
Bethlehem
Kaw Valley
Greenwood Valley
Wren
Shimmons Bros
Merry Christmas
Auto Wrecking & Junk Co
American Service Co
the Ice & Storage Co
Vermont St
Schubert Funeral Home Ambulance
Rumsey Bros. Funeral Home
Erchants National Bank
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