World Company Notes and Prohibition Debate
A republication brief from Journal-World 1928 outlines World Company items and notes editorials on prohibition week. It touches Kansan politics future senatorial questions around Curtis successor and mutual governor appointment games. Bolivia and Paraguay clash over a fort, mediation efforts, and peace prospects. An editorial experiment in Boston and editors’ views on editorial pages are discussed, plus Mexico’s stance on summary executions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Curtis
Imass
Paulen
Reed
Alphonie
Gaston
United States
Ansas
Bena‘tor
Bolivia
Paraguay
Old Home Town News and University Notes
Miss Nell Martindale left for Fargo to teach after visiting her mother Mrs Anna Martindale. Navy veteran Leland Jenks expects discharge and will pursue education. Mrs F H Smithmeyer and Miss Sophia and Matilda Smithmeyer depart for California. KU enrollment notes 985 women, many men re-enrolling, 2,500 total expected. Miss Tuttle hosts a Saturday dance for Vera Browne, Cecil Hale, Helen White, Leone Dilkey, Marion Oatman, Lila Grayford, Minnie Sauer, and Mrs. Arthur Evans. Agnes Engel heads to Manhattan to teach. Alberta Cavin returns home due to illness in family. Babcock place sale: five acres off Vermont Street north of 28th, once Mrs. Babcock’s, awaiting new owner after years of care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
K. U
University’ of Kansas
Dean Patterson
Miss Tuttle
Xania Tuttle
Vera Browne
Cecil Hale
Helen White
Leone Dilkey
Marion Oatman
Lila Grayforl
Minnie Sauer
Arthur Evans
Agnes’ Engel
Manhattan
Alberta Cavin
Babcock
Vermont Street
Kanst Lawrence
Kansas
Did You Ever Stop To Think About Advertising
Edson R Wish Waitt argues that advertising city businesses in local papers fuels growth and prosperity. He warns that a “do nothing” business crowd harms ambition, labeling dead city economies where locals neglect newspaper ads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edson R. Waitt
Shawnee
Oklahoma
Topeka Chronicle Highlights 1878 1879 Kansas History
In 1878 the Topeka Commonwealth prints stories of the Kinley train robbery and the Winthro robbery. In 1879 a state normal institute is held in Topeka.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kansas
A_ state normal institute
Baldwin News Notes Holiday Guests and Township Affairs
Baldwin residents welcomed many visitors over Christmas including Miss Lola Burton who heads to Union College Barbourville Kentucky to teach voice. Local notables such as Prof Mark Morgan and Rev C E Holman visited. a Palmyra township board meeting is set for next Monday at Baldwin State Bank with changes in treasurer and clerk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iin
Lola
Burton
Baldwin
Arents
Albert
Barbourville
Union College
H.L. O'Neil
Laura ‘Preston
Grace Preston
A. E. Preston
Allan Eugene
W.H. Gillispie
Veilaville
Maurice O'Neil
Black Jack
Mark Morganj
University of Oklahoma
Michigan Valley
H Smily
Old Baldwin
Morgan
Overbrook
Robert Pardee
Detroit
Mich
Baldwin and
Lawrence
S. A. Deel
Frank Mitchell
Billy Deel
Prof
Chubb
Southwestern College
Waverly
Harold
Grace Gertrude Wiley
Topeka
William Hobbs
William Hobbs, Jr
G. D. Holmes
Cash Lockwood
W. M. Balch
Abilene
Lynn Carnahan
Kansas City
Baldwin Fee
Carnahan
Oliver Brice
John Wilson
Angeline
Rachel
R.A. Anderson
Ruth Anderson
Wellborn High
Mia
Anderson
Walter
Dorot
C. E. Holman
Rosema
Katherin
Marjorie
Topela
Big Springs Christmas and neighbors gather in town
Big Springs residents share Christmas dinners and visits. Mr and Mrs Will Geelan plan a winter in Galveston with their son Charles Geelan. Numerous locals and families have ill relatives or host guests. A long list details holiday meals, gifts, club meetings, and community events at Milliken school, the Farm Bureau party, and among residents like the Berfschingers, Cashmans, Noes, and Webbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Geelan
Srday
Galveston
Texas
Charles Geelan
Joe Loxan
Cyril Taylor
Big Springs
Harbert Wymer
Leonard Snecker
Roy Rake
Presley
Grant
Johnson
Cecil
Annie
M. B
Duncan
Ernest Staigabie
Wesley
Minnie Peyton
Junior Capital Club
Jayhawk
Mery
Reier
Fred Phillips
Earl Evans
Bayn Smith
Faxico
Henry
B. F. Back
Frank Spencer
G. N. Cashman
Noe
Cora French
Hazel Plateman
Preyer
Mae Henry
Elizabeth Bahnmaier
Esther Bahnmaier
Norz - Bertschinger
Amelia Hartman
Rs. R
Cy Glenn
Onetas
George Chiles
A. C. Noe
Merle. Scheer
David
Highland Park
Elmer. Husted
Lawrence
Gladys Noe
David Noe
Marvin Richardson
Charles Oldham
Shunight
Ben Emery
A. Bertechingeb
Mabel
Wright Berfschinger
Milliken
Donald Frandle
Perry
Ste x Munity
F. R
Webber
Oscar Webber
Boyd Hamilton
Walter McCollum
Frank Webber
Phone Engleke
Joe Engleke
Henry Engleke
Magdalene
John Engleke
Leo Fritten
Meriden
Judson Geelan
Ray Morris
Jay
Topeka
Henry Hull
Russell
Otto Durow
Frank Durow
Ordway
Colo
Raymond Roberts
Walter Roberts
Lynn Swecker
Wesley Tyson
Newton
Berts
Will Wymer
Russell Chain of
Horton
Will Henry
Voyage to the Island of the Articoles in January
Andre Maurois announces a new book A Voyage to the Island of the Articoles translated by David Garnett. It is a satire on literary pretensions with wood engravings by Edward Carrick. Major Gibbs and Jeannette Phillips Gibbs sail for Nice and await January publications of new novels. Sheila Kaye-Smith announces The Village Doctor due February 1 a romance about Laura Blaxter and the doctor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andre Maurois
Disraeli
Appleton
Island of Articoles
David Garnett
M. Maure
The
Articoles
Edward Carrick
Eee
Sheila Kaye-Smith
Sussex
Laura Blaxter
Farmer
Britit
Literary Guild of America
W. B. Seabrook
Haiti
Mr. Seabrook
Alexander King
Hartcourt, Brace & Co
Coe le
Frederick
England
Macmillan Company
Kaiser
Kaiserin Frederick
Frederik Ponsonby
Germany
China
Wilhelm
Blasco Ibanez
Columbus
Library Volume Rise and New Books Add to Shelf
The library reports 1928 saw a rise of 1 077 volumes, total 22 869 with 4 155 juvenile. Gifts include Contemporary American Poetry edited by H C Baker. New arrivals feature Brathwaite anthology and Bromfield titles with limited signed edition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. E. Don Carlos
H. C Baker
Bromfield
Louis Bromfield
Frederick A. Stokes
Mr. Bromfield
Scarlet Woman
QO. Henry
Hinky-Dink
Ritz
O'Brien
Miss oAnnie Spragg
Frederick A. Stokes Company
Christmas Court and Community Reunions in Lecompton
Wide holiday gatherings fill the Lecompton area as families host kin from Topeka and nearby towns. The column lists a long chain of visits and dinners, naming Benander, Riley, Wilson, Kennedy, Beam, Benander, McKinzie, and others, plus church Christmas program notes and local social calls.
West Fairview Social Notes: Visits and Christmas Gatherings
Miss Faye Woodard of Washington DC visits her Woodward family in West Fairview. Mr and Mrs Dewey Benander and children spend Christmas with Alberta Thurber of Richland. Bowen family members visit Montfoorst relatives for Christmas. Dolph Beam learns his uncle Sel Ray is ill. Edith Hilbert and her sons call at Bruce Gress home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elbert Let
John Benander
B. Garnett
Wright Miller
Héther
Addie Bengejer
Dewey Benander
United Brethren Church At
Richland
Maggie DeVore
Ivo_McKinzie
Harry Kennedy
Francis Kennédy
Hampton Humphrey
Russell Hilbert
Ward’ Beam
Belvoir School
Chris Benander
Albert Houk
Addie Benander
Kansas City
Winifred Benander
Lawrence
S. W. Kennedy
Lecompton
Francis
Emma Ke
Fred Kennedy
Roy Kennedy
Dolpho Beam
George Gerish
Andy LeDena
Paul
Rosen Lutz
Scranton
Homer Moss
Sam Rukes
Georgia Rukes
Ward Beam
Marion Petefish
Ira Kettering
Willa Moore
West Fairview
Faye Woodard
Washington, D.C
Mis
E. G. Woodward
C. E. Woodward
H. W. Lurber
Harold
Ivo McKinzie
Alberta Thurber
Russell
Bowen
Sel Ray
Edith Hilbert
Bruce Gress
Mra
Jean
Fern
Vera DeWayne
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Journal- World
the World Company
Simons
Dolph -Simons
Iager
Matt—strietty
Chicago
A. R Keator
Hartford Bullsing
York
Adios
Franklin & Alcorn
Associa
Therwine
Buhiien
Sparta
Audit Bureau OF Circulat Iationg
Journal-World
T'ang
Boston Traveler
Times
Mexico
Mexico City
Nell “Martindale
Fargo
N. D
Anna
Martindale
Leland Jenks
Navy
Helen Jenks
Jenks
F. H. Smithmeyer
Sophia
Matilda Smithmeyer
California
la Jolla
By Edson R. Waite
Oklanome
Baldwin News
My.rand
Frank
Hardin
Enid, Ohls
Ughters
Merrill Rapp
Homer Rapp
Edward Hedges
TO. Scott
Samuelt. Hughes
Chhildren
Everett Hughes
Helen
Kansas’City
Kan
Ellwyn
Lamar Hughes
Ottawa
Birk Hughes
Betty
Sethe
Palmyra
Bajiwin State Bank
Ember
E. I. Bacon
William M. Clark
A. H. Steele
J. I. Hanson
Vinland
Elton
Kirby
Wellington
City
W. HH. Stewart
Stewart
American Telephone Company
Stewarts
Cecil Diehl
Baker
Baldwin Telephone System
William A. Bailey
Bailey
C. W. Bailey
Charles Burgtorf
Thayer
Burgtorf
A. E. Burgtorf
Ray Com
Fran Hott
Nice
A. Hamilton
Gibbs
Calonial
Plymouth
County
Mass
Major Gibbs
H Harness
Jeannette Phillips Gibbs
Russell Gordon Carter
Boys’ Life
Boy Scouts Magazine
Little Brown & Company
Little Brown Company
Mr. Carter
Middle West
New England
Annapolis
Carter
Army of Occupation
Sir Frederick Ponsonby
Edward ‘Wil
En Publishing Co
Jonathan Cape
Bedford Square
London
New York
Harrison Smith
Harcourt, Brace & Co
Jonathan Cape and
Harrison Smith, Inc
Jonathan, Cape, Ltd
C.E. Rolvaag
Harper & Brothers
Peder
Norway
Christian’ Herald
Edith Wharton
Andrej Maurois
Frederick Lynch
William Lyon Phelps
William Allen
White
Thomas Masson
Margaret Widdemer
William Allen White
Braithwaite
Helen Rhoda Hoopes
Edna. Osborn Whitcomb
Sevterval
Selion Lisroth Whitcomb
Eunicehind
Ralph Wallace
Leslie Wallace
Larned
Willliam Stanley Braithwaite
Leving Bachellor
Three Ganders
Green Eyes
Cole
Fisher
Fentner
Velvet Hand
Claude Callan
Juanita Webber
Eureva Wilson
Russall Milliken
Otto Roberts
Wayne Webber
Wilda Dreyer
Pauline Dreyer
Jean Stanbury
Thelma Custard
C. W. Boutsaw
Oscar. Keats
Boutsaw
Alice Riley
A. P. Riley
Ora Goff
J. Anweiler
Virgil Wilson
C. L. Milliken
Eureva
Wilson
Ray Baldwin
J. W. Fleener
H. F. Watts
Esther Rake
Emporia
C. W .Boursaw
Tabeka
Chas. Custard
Syrdicat
Dr. Gowdy
Gdwdy
Round Corner Drug Stores
the Gowdy Medical CO
Lawrence, Kansas
Funiel Mortuary
Ewa Sphione
Peete Tate Lawrence
National Bank
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