Kidnaping case and Christmas toy drive in Lawrence
A 1941 Lawrence Chronicle item discusses a thwarted kidnapping plot credited to a woman’s courage, a successful city firefighters toy restoration effort aiding hundreds of needy children, and Chicago’s looming school funding crisis with teachers unpaid for seven months and a January Illinois legislature special session to address a $26 million shortfall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Chicago
Windy City
Illinois
Buried Reports and Prosperity Bonds Debate
A disjointed look at the fate of reform reports like the Wickersham commission and fiscal policy proposals. It argues that commissions are often shelved, praises private sector expansion as true prosperity, and cautions against reliance on government borrowing. It notes Nell Donnelly’s resilience after a kidnapping attempt in Kansas City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jay Franklin
Vanity Fair
Wickersham Committee
Wickersham
State of
Kansas
LaFollette
Congress
Long
Donnelly
Kansas City
Nell Donnelly
Christmas Holiday Socials Across Old Home Town
Miss Frances Dinsmoor hosts informal whist for Miss Ruby Gardner of Chicago. Evening gatherings at the Hazen residence bring about fifty friends. contests, mistletoe decor, and a musical time with charades mark the celebration. Family dinners and reunions occur as out of town kin join in Christmas festivities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gardner
Frances Dinsmoor
Ruby Gardner
Chicago
W. E. Hazen
Mabel Hazen
Indian Territory
A. D. Weaver
Fred Gay
Sue Gay
Josephine Gay
Lathrop Gay
Kansas City
Roy Allen
New York City
L. Bullene
Herbert Bullene
Phre. Geo. Innes
Fred Bulene
Thompson Affair Surfaces In Gossip Clash
A 1928 gossip item claims Thompson bought an expensive car for his wife, moving from idle rumor about an affair to a suggestion of guilt in domestic scandal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thompson
Fublishers Syndicate
Dr J Sabin Free State advocate dies in Louisville
1888 obituary notes Dr J Sabin a prominent Free State advocate who helped Kansas progress. He was active in Lecompton for years before moving to Louisville in 1859.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Sabin
Kansas
Louisville
Lecompton
Understanding swollen neck glands in children
The article explains that neck lymph glands may swell from many causes beyond tuberculosis. It notes a more active pediatric lymphatic system, links gland enlargement to tonsil disease, ear catarrh, and irritation, and cautions that palpable glands are not always a sign of disease unless acutely enlarged and painful.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Qelago Goldston —.Cadeny
Medien
Christmas skating on thin ice near pond accident
John and Percy took their skates to a pond with Peggy, Peggy falls repeatedly while learning, John and a friend help her, ice cracks at the narrow pond, Peggy and friend jump to the bank as the ice gives way and water rushes through broken ice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Graham Bonner
John
Percy
Peggy
Rosy
Pegey Lan
Perry
Skating in Air Held Funeral for Marian McLean
Cincinnati dispatch reports Marian McLean six year old killed in kidnapping. Friends held funeral services as police search neighborhood where body was found with no breakthrough. Parents reunited amid grief. father Joseph McLean arrived from Phoenix. Officers questioned suspects while gifts for Christmas remained untouched.
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Cincinnati
Marian McLean
Mavian
Elsmere
Marian
Joseph McLean
Phoenix
Ariz
Sunset Pass by Zane Grey summary excerpt
In this Sunset Pass scene cowboy Trueman Rock keeps cool under threat as Ash Preston steals his horse. Gage Preston fears a gunfight while Rock masks jealousy over Thiry, Gage’s sister, and Ash. Rock admits loving Thiry and faces Preston about marriage amid tense, survivor grit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trueman Rock
Ash Preston
Ash
Gage Preston
Rock
Preston
Thiry
Jypt
Boynt
Hoss
Leslie
Egypt
Sol Winter
Prestons
Aes
Ash Shore
Shore
Lyley
Lucy
Cowboy
Zane Gres
Flashes of Life from Coast to Coast and a Divorce
Seattle travelers report two Christmases aboard the President Madison as it crossed the international date line. A Leavenworth inmate engineers a roof escape attempt, while a robot hoax fools crowds in New York before a Detroit man exposes it. In Los Angeles a divorce is granted after a jurist rules on a cat bed dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Journal-Wortd
THE
World Mpany
Wv Ee Simons
Murray
Tringster
South Simons
Business Ager
Massachusetts Street
Lawrence
Kansas
Lorenzen & Thompson, Inc
New York
West 44Th
Chicago
South Michigan Ave
San Francisco
Sansome
Los Angeles
South Broadway
Coca Cla
St. Louis
Star Building
Atlanta
Walton Building
Associated Press
Geet
Audit Bureau OF Circulations
Seattle
Wash
Madison
Yokahams
Kendalville
Ind
Lawson Brick- Tey
Leavenworth
Kan
Joseph Daly
William Corbin
Detroit
Christene du Plessis
Senior play Tiger House delights Budorg high school
An audience filled the Budorg high school auditorium Friday to see the senior play titled Tiger House directed by Iss Campbell. Cast member Miss Margaret Spitz and others were praised for their performances while a large group including Mr and Mrs Walter Parker and many neighbors attended the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wafred Budaley
Marjorie Westerhouse
Cat
Walter Wilson
Jimmy McIntor
Chicago
Cat Neile Weaver
Wm. Spitsh
Greta
Sammie Crawford
Kansas City
Budorg
Viday
Iss Campbell
Ben Neis
Ruth
Minnie Kurtz
Ann
Alvena
Helen
Strobel
Pearl Koshier
Misa
Eula Reusch
Pa Wallace
Johnen
Raymond
Johanie
Wichman
Aychieen
Johnnie Reusch
F Little Dortha
Piers Wan
Sunny
Gus Koehler
Valley Grove School Schedule Mentioned
The note lists Miss Davison and pupils as they prepare for a vacation. School duties resume January 4 after the break. Ottawa guest Ward Keller and Pittsburg visitor Wesley Ford are mentioned among attendees and family connections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davison
Rotary Aunt Christmas Party In Baldwin College Cafe
A Rotary club Christmas party was held Tuesday evening at the College Cafe tea room. A seven o’clock dinner preceded a Christmas reading titled Little Girl Wanted a Camel. Rotarians were teased in songs led by Mrs. H. K. Ebright, with guests including Mrs. J. D. Smith. Next week Thomas Evans will lead and New Year’s resolutions will be shared. Miss Irma Hibben has returned home to Independence. Ottawa visitors included A. Liggett, Mrs. Percy Roberts, Miss Dieu donne Roberts, Dr. Wiley A. Keve, and Loren Kere families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Will Pucklett
Jennie Smith Shaw
Kansas City
Whitsett
Carter Ranch
Edna
Faye Stewart
McLouth
Leona Tarr
Round Grove
Ralph Stewart
Baker University
Sr High School
Elton Kuchera
Emporia Teachers’ College
Elton
Mr. Commons
Mai
Emery
Rotary Club
College Cafe
Edward Crarroe
Anns
H. K. Ebright
Rotary Anns
J. D. Smith
Thomas Evans
Irma Hibben
Independence
Baldwin
Ottawa
A. Liggett
Percy Roberts
Dieudonne Roberts
Wiley A. Keve
Loren Kere
Sion
Kusta Slumpur
Dale Price
Baker
Edward Ruey
Idaho
Oliver Coal Company
Errome
Lucille Echols
Esther Eckman
Rosalah Paschel
Bereneice Carleton
Helen Dee
Josephine Gentry
Irma Hibbens
Ruth Hill
Katherine Kelly
Katherine Keohane
Helen Keve
Marjorie Long
Grace Alice Moore
Mumiel Peterson
Ruth Runkle
Katherine Smith
Margaret Spencer
Helen Talloss
Mess
Grace
Wiley
Topeka
W. H. Rutter
Illite and Bunny discuss Santa's speed and wonderment
A playful exchange questions how Santa could deliver gifts so quickly, with Bunny asking how he could reach home before the tree. The hero notes only grown men who create rocket cats could answer such a mystery, implying awe at a mysterious feat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illite
Santa
Bunny
The Meeting of Infant Jesus and Simeon Reflections
A meditation on the scene of the infant Jesus in Simeon s arms as a metaphor for generational exchange. The piece contrasts youth and age, warns against hostility between generations, and urges patience and learning across eras. It cites Beecher on strength versus weakness and touches on progress, civilization, and the value of past wisdom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesus
Simeon
Herod
Beecher
Steiner
America
Europe
Baldwin Christmas Visits and Notable Appointments
Christmas in Baldwin brings visits from Mrs. Thomas Evans Arthur Kalb J C Brockway and families Dr and Mrs Hi K Ebright and daughter Betty Dean and Mrs Luke Irving Gas Bell and kin. Rev Raymond Morris named librarian at Garrett Institute Evanston IL. Runyans head mission station Seremban Malay States and pastor Wesley church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas A. Evans
Arthur . Kalb
J. C. Brockway
Hi. K. Ebright
eBtty
Dean
Luke Irving Gas
Bell
Kansas City
Ellwyn and
Lamar Hughes
Ottawa
Baldwin
Samuel T. Agghes
Howard Mann
Wellsville
Ashley Mann
Ella Wise
Clark la Fever
A. Ee Knauss
Ruth McFerrin
Coffeyville
George McFerrin
Raymond P. Morris
Runyan
Serjembam
Federated Malay States
Wesley Church
Yaker
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Postoffice
Wenty
A- Marks
George Shaw
Miss Sellards
Agnes Uhrlaub
Martha Sellards
Scranton
Kans
Bessie Raymond
Ernest
Henley
Lexington
Frank Vaughn
Weise Barber Shop
Eldridge Barber Dr
Helen Blair
Enid
Okla
South Massachusetts Street
Claude Callan
Zane Grey
Biown Tan
Elizabeth Frandle Armstrong
Hillcrest Sanitarium
Orin Smith
Russell _ Stewart
Elmer Warble
Sunnyside
Phyllis Weible
Octave Ford
Georgie
Bobby Petrie
Don Smith
Ward Keller
Richard Petrice
Evening Star
Valley Grove
Baldwin News
First National Bank
and the First Savings Bank of
Joseph
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