Marriage of Miss Elizabeth McFarland to Frederic Murr
Elizabeth McFarland and Frederic Murr will wed at noon today at the bride’s parents home in Lawrence. Judge Dr. Raymond A. Schwegler officiates, with Mrs. Fred Stotts matron of honor and Frank McFarland Jr. best man. Out of town guests include Prof. and Mrs. Ralph Price of Manhattan and Miss Ruth Johnson of Kansas City. The couple will relocate to Chicago after the ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth McFarland
Frederic Murr
C.they
Chicago
Robert McFarland
Raymond A.schwegler
Fred Stotts
Frank McFarland, Jr
Ralph, R, Price
Manhattan
William Long
Pverbrook
Ruth Johnson
Kansas City
Murr
Lawrence
University of Kansas
Wesley Memorial Hospital
Frank McFarland
Miss McFarland
Social Calendar for Midland celebrates weddings and club gatherings
The column lists marriages and society events across Midland. Notable items include the marriage of Mesa Elizabeth McFarland to Frederic Murr at their home, and a Plymouth Congregational ceremony uniting Faith Olmstead and Roy Lackey. Numerous Christmas dinners, club meetings, and guest lists feature Kansas City and local families, with venues and dates noted.
Untitled Aunt Het tale by Robert Quillen
A fragmentary note from a Robert Quillen piece hints at a couple who claim to have lived together for twenty years without quarrel but now face a breaking point. The text reads as a clipped anecdote reflecting domestic strain in a small town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Quarrel
Notable Local Christmas Gathering Notices
A dense stream of personal holiday visits and arrivals from across Kansas and nearby states fills the page. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Penner arrive to spend Christmas with Rev. Carter Harrison at the Episcopal rectory alongside Kansas University alumni Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Pearson and son Bob, and numerous families including Gen. W. S. Metcalf and Miss Madge Bullene. Leona Baumgartner returns from Yale medical school to spend holidays with her parents, while Dr. Esterly and family plan a Topeka Christmas dinner. Other groups journey to Auburn, Nebraska, and Chicago for festive visits, with Lawrence and Topeka households hosting dinners and gatherings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis. Penner
Carter Harrison
C. B. Esterly
Dolph Simons
Auburn
Neb
Simone
C. C. Nelson
Mary Yeager
Cottonwood
Falls
Elia
Deering
Wilbur J
Ira ‘Wilbur
Toledo
Lawrence
Hungerford
Mies
Kansas City Club
Solon
C. G. Bitzer
Topeka
Raymond *Moore
Marjorie
Chicago
Kenneth. Hoover
Eudora
W. K. Hoover
Christmas News From Kansas City and Nearby Folks
Mrs. W T Courtney travels to Kansas City to visit Gisistabas with Mr and Mrs W Vernon Smith while Vernon suffers mumps. Uhrlaub family from Salina arrives to spend days with relatives. A W Garvin heads to Seneca to stay with daughter Earle Wilson and granddaughter Betty Ferrier. Winifred Koenig plans Kansas City trip for holidays with Pi Beta Phi sister Josephine Hellings. A D Weaver and Mr and Mrs A B Weaver visit Kansas City. N Veatch attends dinner at Dr and Mrs David B Robinson’s home. W B Dalton family in Topeka for dinner at Mrs Mattie R Bunker's home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ing
E. A. Benson
Kansas City
Kan
W. T.courtney
Kansas
City
W. Vernon Smith
Ver‘non
Exist
Uhrlaub
Ernst
Jimmy
Salina
A. W. Garvin
Seneca
Earle Wil‘Son
Betty Ferrier
Winifred Koenig
Josephine Hellings
Pi’ ‘Beta Phi Sorority
A. D. Weaver
A. B. Weaver
Esterday
France's Worst Train Wreck Kills 196 in Holiday Disaster
Paris reports 196 dead after Strasbourg flyer rear crashed into Nancy Express near Lagny, injuring many. Among the dead is former prime minister Paul Morel and his wife. Officials fear higher toll as identifications continue and investigations probe signals and fog influenced color perception.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
France
Strasbourg
Nancy
Lagny
Prenelt
Paul Morel
Rumor Mill Flutters Through 1930s Showbiz News
Rehashed chatter from New York to Hollywood includes reports that Phil Harris plans big band gigs, Kay Francis and Kenneth McKenna quit, and Rick Cortez and Mrs Christine Lee marry. Lombardo’s gang escorted to Cocoanut Grove as his band opens there tonight. Mae West and Cecil B DeMille tied to charity, Lindy and Anne considering southern California stay. Bebe Daniels opens dress shop. A Soviet film project targets Cecil B DeMille.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Youngs
Harpo
Lombardo
New York
Phil
Harris
Lindy
Anne
Southernifornia
Bebe Daniels
Pauline
Gallacher
Skeets
Cecil Hs Dehille
Russia
Mae West
Motion Picture Relief Fund
al” Jolson
A Kansan Sees Hollywood
Richard Doan recalls a Kansan student in Hollywood California. He apologizes for the mail delay and explains a batch envelope was not received, hinting at publication issues while describing experiences in the city and season’s greetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Richard Doan
Desperado Underhill Reported Heading to Kansas City
A report says Wilbur Underhill, the southwest desperado and escaped Kansas penitentiary convict, was moving toward Kansas City through Lawrence from Oklahoma last night. Officers were notified but no arrest made as Chief W. J. Gummings and state highway police pursued leads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Desperado
Ess
Kansas
Kansas City
Lawrence
vOfficers
Wilbur Underhill
Kansas Penitentiary
Kansas City Co
Oklahoma
W. J. Gummings
State
Outlaw Underhill Sightings Reported Near Kansas City
The man nicknamed the highway 1 state terror was said to be traveling in a white Ford sedan or coach with his mother and three children. Officers Rutherford and Ilverthorn along with city police scouted highways through the night but found no trace. Sheriff Dunkley and aides were not notified of the latest leads about the Nebraska First National Bank robbery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Lebrun
Lucien Daudigny
Henri Charpentier
Bourcier
Kansas City
R.B . Rutherford
Ilverthorn
Neb
First National
Kansas News Briefs Splits: mules price rise and city offer refused
In Kansas and nearby, demand for work mules grows with rising sale prices. One span sold for 335 dollars, another for 300, a team for 295. Arkansas City reports City Manager Clyde B. King rejected a two billion? note offer for municipal bonds. Dodge City notes the 1st Cavalry Club recreation center for Negro Regiment was destroyed by fire, blamed on wiring defects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prasad “Smith
Nother
Arkansas City
Clyde B. King
Sen- Denjous
Dodge City
Riley
Cavalry Club
Negro ‘Regiment
United States Army
Little Women to Talkie at Patee Theater Through Wednesday
Louisa May Alcott’s tale is adapted into a 1933 talking picture at Patee Theater with Katharine Hepburn as Jo, starring alongside Frances Dee Joan Bennett Jean Parker and others. Showtimes today are 1 30 3 30 7 and 9. The film follows Civil War era fashion and strong women amid family life. Also shown is Mickey Mouse in Mickey’s Good Deed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisa M. Alcott
Patee Theater
Lmatharine Hepburn
Meg
Frances Dee
Amy
Joan Bennett
Beth
Jean Parker
Edna Mae Oliver
March
Henry Stephannory
Laurence
Douglas Montgomery
Laurie
Paul, Lukas
Fritz Braer
Miss” Hepburn
Hepburn
Mickey Mouse
Dr E M Hopkins to Attend National Meeting in St Louis
Dr E M Hopkins will travel to St Louis Thursday to attend the National Modern Language association annual meeting. He will also be a guest at a dinner and reunion of members with twenty five years or more. He is to be elected a director at large of the National Council of Teachers of English at its Detroit meeting held last November, completing twenty five years of service at the end of the term in 1936.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
National Modern Language Association
National Council of “Teachers ‘of English
Detroit
Hopkins
Lawrence public schools Christmas vacation ends January 2
Students enjoy a Christmas break that runs through Tuesday morning January 2 when bells ring for the new year. The first semester ends Friday January 19. Easter recess begins March 29 and lasts until April 3 at 8 o'clock in the morning. The closing
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Public Schools
Zander Named Illinois Headquarter Manager of HOLC
Henry G Zander Chicago real estate operator was named manager of the Illinois headquarters of the Home Owners Loan Corporation to succeed William G Donne who resigned under fire Associated Press Photo date for the city schools will be May 25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry G. Zander
Chicago
Ilinois
Hore ‘Owners’ ‘Loan Corporation
Willam 'G. Donne
Associated Press
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W. B. Dalton
Paul Dinsmoor
E. C. Patton
Irving Hill
Elspeth Hill
Justin Hill
W. E. Bowersock
Jeannette Bowersock
C. H. Hobart
Eldridge Hotel
Frank
Hobart
Sy. Wilson Hobart
T.E. Keith
George. Bullene and Sons
George and
Larry
Herbert Bullene, Jr
C. W. Maloney
W.C. Simons
Rev
C. W.thomas
Betty
Mary Thomas
L.A. McNalley
Mary Beth
Michael Collins
Minneapolis
Dolph, Jr
John
Simons
Dorothea Simons
Maloney
Hame
William la Cass
Cottonwood Fails
Dick Conboy
Son
Billy
Lewis la Cass
Ella Doering
Kathleen Doering
E. H. Farr
E. Francis
Baldwin
John Alexander
Jack
Charles
Alexander
John Francis
Lyndon
Roy Francis
Milwaukee
Fritz Meyn
Henry Zimmer
Lillian
Paul
and Mirs
Fred Zahn
Freddie George
Mesa Elzabeth McFarland
Mr. $Ad
Om Robert McFarland
Weaday Coterle Club
Christina Meyn
George
Meyn
Ruthie
Bonner Springs
CW. Meyn
Dick Pe
Naomi Light
Midland Rural Club
A.w.garvin
Light
India
Robert Walker
C. H. Bruchmiller
L. H. ‘Emmett
Allen
Eton Smith
William Blair Smith
F. W. Bruchmiller
Ma Fane
Moz
Hugh M. Blair
Cheney, Wash
Emme J. Blair
J.S. Emmett
C. G. Perkins
South
Massachusetts Street
Graham Kerr
Gon
Aubrey
Charlotteville
N. C
Eugene Perkins
Bartlesville
Okla
B. Fe Cooke
Carl C. Perkins
Laura’ Aleda Perkins
Carl Perkins
Rhoda. Perkins
Delbert and
Jeannette
G.perkins
J. C. Skinner
Parsons
Harold Constant
Mary Helen
H. B . Peakrs
C.B. Russell
R. C Jackman
Richard Jackman
William Carter
J. R. Greenlees
Beevat
R.S. Pearson
Bob
Kansas City, Mo
Julius Marks
Helmer. Klock
Nome
J.T. Constant
C. H. Constant
Paul Rankin
Charles Rankin
Pauline Rankin
Lillian Constant
Tommy Constant
Pleasant Hour Club
Brackett School
John. Beamer
Indiana Street
David Dunbar
Columbus
Carl O. Dunbar
Lora Louise
Carl ‘O. Jr
New Haven
Conn
G.'S. Fandrith
Erene
Maes Garland
Donna Pace
Raymond Beamer
Imogene, Raymond, Jr
Karl Bratton
Faith Olmstead
A. R. Olmstead
West
Street
Roy
Lackey
Plymouth
National Parsonage
Joseph F. King
West-Ninth
Eee
Robert Quillen
Co “Lerience
Ida’ Metsker
Mra
A. E. Metsker
Vera
Vera Flory
M. D. Flory
Clarence
Arthur Anderson
James W. Anderson
Chamber of Depths
Frank MP. Henderson
CWA
Ohio
Harry L Hopkins
CWA Complaints Committee
Associated Presa
KX. U
Cal
Magey’ Rouff
DRY Goods Company
Dr. E M. Hopkins Pkins
Holc
Mass. St
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