Levine the Roasted Peanut Trader at Lynn in Lawrence
Harry Levine rose to fame selling roasted double jointed California peanuts at Kansas football games while a Lawrence student. He hitchhiked from Massachusetts to enroll in 1928, later ran concessions stadium-wide, worked at DeLuxe cafe, and played on the Kansas cross country team earning two letters. He plans to return home to Lynn, Massachusetts, to study for the Massachusetts bar exam.
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Harry
Levine
California
Will
Lynn
Mass
Larry
Massachusetts
Lawrence
Alon
DeLuxe Cafe
Kansas
Shane
Reanut
A Kansan Sees Hollywood By Richard Doan
A Kansan reports on Hollywood happenings from Bing Crosby and Gene Austin dueling on stage to local gossip. Notes include Beverly Hills theater plans, Pasadena street naming, a wrestling persona, changing fashion, Molly O Day returning lean for film work, and a six of a kind preview with Burns and Allen.
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William
Garran
Leslie Howard
Leslie
Beverly Hills
Pasadena
Calif
Colorado Ave
Wolf
Tmissus
Milady
Molly O’day
Noted Explorer Walter Wellman Dies at 75
Walter Wellman, famed explorer and early Atlantic flight attemptist, died at age 75 after three months illness. He survived four flight attempts including a 1910 dirigible voyage ending 79 hours after departure 375 miles off Cape Hatteras. Survived by widow Mrs Wellman two sons Walter Jr Francis and daughter Elsa. first wife Laura McCann of Canton Q bore five daughters. His death followed a pending federal ruling over a claim against the Interborough Rapid Transit company tied to a 1918 company survey and a $404,557 city judgement.
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New York
Walter Wellman
Atlantic Ocean
Altho Wellman
Pole
London
Cape Hatteras
Wellman
America
Walter Jr
Francis
Elsa
Laura McCann
Canton
Julian Mack
Interborough Rapid Transit Company
Explorer
Haas family returns to Baldwin after Texas trip
Mr and Mrs T F Haas resume residence in Baldwin after staying with their son Julius in the Rio Grande valley of Texas. Haas reports an interesting deer hunt in Mexico during the visit.
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T. F. Haas
Baldwin
Julius
Rio Grande Valley
Texas
Mr. Haas
Mexico
Community events and society notes across towns
A column lists a birthday party for John and mentions guests George Black Cragoe Charles Deashfield Diane Johnnie Enyart Eugene Coxen and others. The Y W CA meeting is set for February 9 at the high school with Mrs E J Cragoe in charge. Daughters of the King Sunday school class held a party at Mrs W W C Gibbon’s home. Officers elected for the coming year are Mrs C N Murray president Mrs Emma Noltensmeyer vice-president and Mrs L V McKee secretary-treasurer. Mrs Harriet W Ruble is the class teacher. Martha Helen Belchner of Eureka and George W Foer of Chanute wed last Friday at the bride’s home with Rev Eugene Kramer officiating. Foer is a Baker graduate and Delta Tau Delta member, eight years at Swift and Company as district auditor. Joseph Freeman, brother of William Freeman of Baldwin, has been hospitalized in Pratt after a serious eye injury. he previously worked at Vaughn Stover garage. Prof C C Alexander spoke on Kansas Literature to the Rotary Club following Kansas Day. In Tonganooxie H F Geib entertained seven tables of bridge with prizes for J L Sparks, James Farrell, and Gene McKone. Owl Bridge Club met at Perry Walters’ home with Ruth Dillon, Gene McKone and H F Geib, Jr. winning prizes.
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John
George
Black Cragoe
Charles Deashfield Diane
Johnnie Enyart
Eugene Coxen
Y.W. CA
E. J. Cragoe
Daughters of the King
W. C. Gibbon
C. ‘N.murray
Emma Noltensmeyer
L. ‘V.'Mckee
Harriet W.ruble
Martha -Helen. Belchner
Eureka
Chanute
Eugene .Kramer
Foer
Baker
Delta Tau Delta
Swift and Company
Cha
Joseph Freeman
William ,Freeman
Baldwin
Pratt
Vaughn-Stover
C. C. Alexander
Rotary Club
Kansas
Local social notes reflect Leavenworth families gatherings
Sunday visits span Farrel and Whitaker families from Kansas City to Leavenworth. several funerals and illness updates. Emmal Carroll dies in Kansas City. Mrs Bertha Endkiss dies after months of illness. fire cleanup by William Olsen. many relatives travel to attend events and services. note of district meeting for Eastern Star Chapter in Leavenworth.
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the Opera
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the Clover
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Burns, & Allen
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Baldwin News
Rouses Point NY
Rexall Drug
Rickerd- Stowits Drug Store
Dr. West
Vick’s
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Upjohn
Cohol
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J. L. Sparks
James Farrell
Gene McKone
Owl Bridge Club
Perry Walters
Ruth Dillon
H.F. Geib, Jr
Charles Endriss
George Farre Lee
McEhulty
Providence Hospital
Terrell Cameron
Nellie Whitaker
Kansas City
G. D. Whitaker
C. M. Williamson
Sildren
E. C. Williamson
John Christensen
Louise Henry
Emil Freienmuth
Topeka
Louis
Freienmuth
Fred Panenhausen Jr
Eudora
Matilda ‘Papenhausen
Leavenworth
Will Pavenhausen
Emma Holder
Freda Papenhau
Papenhausen
Simison
Rinda
Kan- Fee City
Leavenwort
Peleck
Arny
Apter, cEore
Pearl
W.E. Decker
JSON
Lizvie
Potter
Moecker
He White
Allen Rice
William Olsen
Nelson
Walter Quisenberry
la’ Freeman
Emma_ Carroll
I.’ A Freeman
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Mack’ Huffman
Dollie Vance
Sam Hawkins
Francis Mullen
W. Buckman
Limus, Ma
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T. McCaslin
M. G. Farrell
Bertha Endkiss
Pottawatomie
Lutheran Church
Henry. Blanke
Wes
Mt. Muncie
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Ruth
Fred. Needham
Leonard
Deaton
Izela
James.Farrell
Endriss
Fred Zoellner
the Royal
College
Matt Leach
Indiana ‘State Police
Tucson
Jake Farcar
Pima County
Atiz
Indiana
John Dillinger
G .B. Moeur
Arizona
Associated Press
Lotabs
Dorsey
Buckie
Cyber Goles
Togras
Goodyear
Oxfords
Schoot
U. S
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Yieloth
Men’s
Rockford Sox
Uine
Rockford
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