Man and State News From Beloit and Capitol Rumor
Kansas news item notes the sudden death of State Senator R Harrison Beloit and his impact on local press. It recalls his independent legislative stance and his Beloit Gazette work. The piece mentions cruiser bill timing and expectations for a quick vote as Congress nears big measures before a west session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. R. Harrison
R. Harrison
Beloit
Kansas
Harrison
Beloit Gazette
Bil
Congress
Cooeridge
Stewart's Trump Card in Oil Stock Fight
Local readers see Colonel Stewart challenging John D. Rockefeller Jr. for control of Standard Oil of Indiana by appealing to stockholders pocketbooks. Rockefeller cites ethics as the motive while Stewart seeks added stock value. many stockholders may switch loyalties based on potential financial gains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stewart
Rockefeller
Democratic leaders seek to rally wandering party back
Reports denying Leon Trotzky drowned in transit to exile surface as Moscow officials push to place its chief opponent where his health would improve. Meanwhile uncertainty grows about the Hoover cabinet and ongoing political maneuvering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leon Trotzky
Turkey
Moscow
Trotzny
City builds new water well at junction of Connecticut and Quincy
The town reports completion of a sixteen by fifteen foot fire well at the Connecticut and Quincy streets junction holding about 600 barrels of water. The supply is described as inexhaustible. Improvements also underway at Steinberg & Brothers store expanding into Bullenes, delaying clothing stock moves to Hartman’s building. The Lawrence dam is being reinforced with stone hauling to strengthen the structure against floods after ice concerns fade. Robert Morrow leaves Lawrence for Leadville to work in a hotel opened by Criley. Criley notes brisk business in Leadville. F C Gay of Wagon Wheel Gap, Cole, is in town and well received.
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Connecticut
Quincy Streets
Messrs Steinberg & Brothers
Bullenes
Hartman
Marks
Lawrence Dam
Robert Morrow
Lawrence
Leadville
Colo
Mr. Criley
Robert
Criley
United States
F. C. Gay
Wagon Wheel Gap
Cole
Monument funding and community efforts highlighted
Twenty five years ago on February sth a local drive sought to complete a monument for Twentieth Kansas soldiers with about 500 dollars in the bank. The plan originally estimated one thousand dollars and urged rapid action to raise funds or proceed with the existing balance. A new water tank was also under construction at the east end of the Santa Fe depot. Music Club officers were elected with Mrs Dalton as president and Kate Riggs as vice president. Lieut Adna Clark returned from Iola and prepared to head to Fort Douglas Utah. Reports noted a Buenos Aires paper offered four large horses for a party expedition and Dr Merion helped secure free transport on a government vessel to South America.
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Kansas
Santa Fe
Music Club
C. W. Straffon
Nzten
Mwenesa
Van
George Euctioneer
New Orleans
National Theatre
Sheridan
van Buren
Jackson
White House
Freman
Senator Benton
Missouri
London
Tyler
Virginia
Vic
To.y
Harrison
Old Officers Re-elected at Lawrence Library Meeting
Lawrence free public library board re-elected GC H Tucker as president George W Hackman as vice president Mrs A C Mitchell as secretary and William Bromersick as treasurer A gift gavel from L Cox and a pen sketch of Lawrence from Miss W S Edwards were presented by Prof C G Dunlap Y M C A activities and staff movements noted Hugo Wedell Wedell returns to Lawrence to resume Y M C A work after naval service and medical leave University weather station history cited with rainfall notes
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Free Public Library
GC. H. Tucker
George W. Hackman
A. C. Mitchell
William Bromersick
L. Cox
W. S. Edwards
Lawrence
C. S. Edwarde
C.G. Dunlap
I. M. T. Sadler
New York
J. H. Cohn
Hotel Royal Excelsior Springs
C. H. Cohn
Wichita
M. Senor
Ipa
Seattle
Tacoma
Hugo Wedell
Hugo T. Wedell
Y. Mi. G A
University of Kansas
E.’ F. Engel
Wedell
Newport News
Chanute
Charles
Henry
Frank ‘Parker
K U
San Francisco Examiner Celebrates Fiftieth Anniversary
An excerpt extols San Francisco's appeal from climate to culture praising the city and the Examiner's role. It lauds the paper founded by William Randolph Hearst as the start of a vast metropolitan chain, notes civic groups like the Chamber of Commerce and Californian, and highlights leaders such as Philip Fay and John Caddy guiding local progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Examiner
San Francisco Examiner
William Randolph Hearst
Rudyard Kipling
San ‘Francisca
Olympic Club
Pacific
San
Chamber of Commerce
Californian Incorporated
Philip’ Fay
John Caddy
Dangers of Hooking On Sleds Behind Cars
A Lawrence reader warns of children coasting on sleds attached to cars after observing many sleds lashed to autos. He says parents are at fault for allowing dangerous positions and urges abandonment of the practice in safe areas for coasting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Journal-World
Lawrence
Hea Johnson
Episcopal convocation in Topeka highlights Kansas history
From Topeka in 1877 a noted Episcopal convocation is recorded as part of Kansas history. The entry also notes discussion about the telephone appearing in Kansas newspapers amid varied historical events. A London AP dispatch reports Salvation Army authorities issuing General Bramwell Booth an ultimatum over deposition disputes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Hell
Topeka
Booth
London
High Salvation Army Authority
High Council
Bramwell Booth
Priday
San Francisco Business Outlook From Examiners Guck
In a San Francisco Examiner lunch with Homer Guck, general manager, he extolled the city’s prospects and per capita wealth, noting San Francisco’s high telephone density and strong business climate as proof of its prime position for future opportunities. He emphasized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Market Street
San Francisco
Bulletin Board
Examiner
Hearst
Homer Guck
San Francisco Examiner
St. Francis
Guck
Una
Howeve
Inauguration Portrait of Martin Van Buren Era
The 1830s Washington page recalls Martin Van Buren’s inauguration aboard a phaeton drawn by four gray horses, with Andrew Jackson leaving the presidency. Descriptions note the day’s bright sun, crowds along Pennsylvania Avenue, and formal decor at the White House during Van Buren’s term, contrasted with Jacksonian informality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin van Buren
Washington
Martin, van Buren
York Democracy
Capitol
United States
Andrew Dacson
Eagle
Tennessee
Pennsylvania Avenue
Union
Jackson W
Old Hickory
Baldwin News Briefs Highlight Local Social and School Events
Community updates note Mrs W H Garrett illness and Miss Cherry Blossoms operetta at Baldwin high school. Miss Mason with Dr W N Mason visits Kansas City. Mason preaches at Rich Prairie. Mrs Carroll Wilson visits from Norborne with James Brockway family. Wilson teaches music finance in Norborne schools. Local church classes form Home Build On with Bakey University Library Bible exhibits. Several faculty and students travel to Topeka, Lecompton, and Kansas City for meetings, services, and events. community groups plan dinners at American Legion hall and entertainment at Baker gym.
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W. H. Garrett
Sarah M
University Baldwin
T. L. Harris
Cherry
Blossom
Centenary Hall
Baldwin High School
Mason
W. N. Mason
Kansas City
Hich Prairie
Carroll Wilson
Norbourne
Baldwin
James G. Brockway
Wilson
Norbourner
Samuel Gardner
Neff
Santa Fe
Woman's Relief Co #3
American Legion Hall
First Methodist Church
Joseph Carpenter
Bakey Universitbrary
Quayle
Tiarrick Osborne
Samuel Aagon
Kansas
Neel
Topeka
Kansas Association
Aomi Miaenzenmayer
Hehueeh
Methodist
Uys
Isaac FP. Medwoeds
S¢Rious Condi
Masons Ave
Miary Society
Angeline Wilson
Lecompton High School
Idahi
Rachel
Iclass
James C. Scott
Lois Aul
Siar Berttice Marshal
Sabeths
Anne Dpaihter
Overbreak
Delta Zeta House
Harold Case
Glencoe
iHarry C. Case
Baker Gymnasium
Elizabeth Riley
Charles Riley
Calgary
Alberta
Canada
J. W. Holman
First Methodist
Calvin E. Holman
Luke I. Gaskell
Ronald W. Ingalls
Catherine Sutphen
Baker Conservatory
Kansas State Tanchers Association
Ngalls
Musical numbers and community events across Baldwin area
A busy week features violin performances on Thursday and baritone solos on Friday led by Prof Gaskell with accompanist Miss Sutphen. Social at First Methodist church hosted by Riley Bible class, humorous reflections on school days, Miss Good’s Cherry Blossom musical with Baldwin High School, grand stage turned Japanese tea garden, and violin interludes by Paul Luckan. Highlights include Baker University donations for Quayle Bible vaults, Otoe and Topeka news, and Big Springs and Toneka school activities with local teachers and gatherings.
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Cherry Blossom
Georgiz
Williams Kokomo
Gilbert Kapelle
Jack Smith
Carl Allsbury
Harry Jones
Crosby Prentice
Horace Worthington
Paul Dempsey
James Young
Oscar’ Tarners
Jessica Vanderpool
Erma Winters
Togo
Donald Miller
Gayle Chubb
Paul Luckan
Betty Ebright
Miss Good
Alice*Severy
Delta Tau Delta House
W. H. Wilson
Kansas City
Albert A. Applegate
Eugene Field
United States
Joseph L. Bristow
Baker University
Quayle
Bishop Quayle
Senator Bristow
Fleming
Virginia
J. J. Blough
Baldwin
Baldwin Post Office
Lecompton News Recap From Lawrence to Kansas
Lecompton items report N E Whipple returning from Memorial Hospital in Lawrence after a two week stay, plus local social visits and school notes. Lawrence exams ended for a student, Ruth Wolfe from Topeka visited, and Jenny Wren beat Lecompton Towners 39 to 12 on the Lecompton R I S court with players Force Bahnmaier Hill and Dark. Jurors named for February district court include J. Johnson and Frank H. Clarke. Grade School notes cover classroom programs, poetry, Kansas state flower, and student attendance records for fifth and sixth grades with perfect attendance recognized. Local family news mentions Mr and Mrs Karl Kreider and children Stanton and Margaret visiting schools.
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Lawrence
St. Francis Hospital
Marian
Betty
Bobby
Mary E. Anderson
Cy McQuis
C Rose
Kan
Ruth Porter
Chandler Street
Merie Rogers
Tecumseh
Earl and
Gle
Wichita
Richard Anderson
Chandler
Ko AC. Glee Club
Lecompton
N. E. Whipple
Memorial Hospital
Elsie Lasswell
Jenny Wren
Lecompton Towners
Lecompton R. I. S
JMG
Harold Force
Sam de Pete Bahnmaier
Howard Hill
Warley Dark
Dosen
Lecompton Township
Her Fallers
J. Johnson
Frank H. Clarke
Moore
James
Karzas Seil
May Narwood
Suste
Ronald White
Vonald Baughman
Kansas
Lorene Hildenbrand
Ralph Hildenbrand
Ian Bird
Norman Lasswell
Frairie
Wilma Shaffer
Mildred Goodrich
Kar
United States
May Norwood
J Mildred Goodrich
Eugene Harding
Henrietta Slavens
Chester Gibbons
Ruth Morriss
Earl Goodrich
Homer McClanahan
Donald Baughman
Lucile Hildenbrand
Hedger McClanahan
Edith Slavens
Arthur Moore
Hazel Wingfield
Louis Wagner
Jessie Norwood
Karl Kreider
Stanton
Margaret of Schools
Big Springs Ladies Aid to Meet at Kettering Home
A fragment describes a visit to Big Springs and lists social hosts Mrs. Walter Rubotteo Mrs. Eli Shaffer and Mrs. Ernest Waltkuhl. It notes plans for the Big Springs Ladies Aid gathering on Thursday February 7 at the home of Mr and Mrs Elmer Kettering with Mrs Elmer Kettering Mrs Ethyl Rahnmaier and Mrs Walter Johnson listed as entertainers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big Springs
Walter Rubotteo
Eli Shaffer
Ernest Waltkuhl
Elmer Kettering
Ethel Rahnmaier
Walter Johnson
Minervian Club Meets Aides and Neighbors Busy
The Minervian club gathered Wednesday afternoon January 30 with Miss Minnie Kahle. Local residents Miss Alma Rumsey and Mrs. Uatt Gerrill visited with relatives. Various callers and social visits occurred at homes of Barker area families including the Hill, Wiggins, Shelly, Gentry, and Rausdell households. A funeral, an indoor Progressive Reading club picnic, and the Barker lodge meeting at the school completed the social schedule.
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Minervian Club
Minnie ‘Kahle
Afr
Uatt Gérrill
Oliver Hill
Lawrence
Winter
Georg
Misa Alma Rumsey
J. A. Bogue
Oe G. Wiggins
Blanch Shelly
Noah Uetrick
Paul Winter
Bare Gorrill
Siegel Rose
Genant Johnson
Harry
Daughter
Willis Coleman
Mildred Gentry
M. Gentry
Arnold Rausdell
D. B
Rausdenl
James John Lewis
Miller Home Sunday Co
A. Richards
Ambrose Rigsby
Galloys
Progressive Reading Club
M . Telpuoke
Barker R
Lodge
Bryan
Mr. and I
Nivate
IS NEW DIVISING ROD on Geophysics Aids Prospector Search for Minerals
Iowa researchers describe geophysics as the dividing rod for prospectors seeking iron ore petroleum sulphur lead zinc and silver. Sound waves and recording tools illuminate ore bodies while dynamite electricity and delicate instruments map subsurface deposits beneath granite salt and sulphur. The Iowa State engineering group notes magnetometers locate iron and petroleum pockets where subsurface granite forms concentrate resources.
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Minerals Town City
Iowa
Papes Cold Compound Promises Quick Relief for Colds
An old advertisement urges readers to keep Pape's Cold Compound on hand to ease sore throat stuffed head and cold symptoms. It claims the tablet is safe, effective, and available at drug stores for 34 cents a package, appealing to men and women nationwide.
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Journal- World
Massachusetts Street
Chicago
Beator
City Hartford
Franklin Leon O Madi Awe
Associated Press
Audit Bureau OF Circulations
Ténce
Maren
Jordan
Jackson Barnett
Mr. Barnett
Deod
Europe
Spain
Primo de Rivera
Italy
Hoover
Hoover Cabinet
Albert Hoover
Edson BR
JR Washington
W Hoover
Poor PA
Claude, Callan
Sinise Syndicate
Baldwin News
Parent-Teachers’ Association
Mabel Ruth Day
Ferne
Helen Wymer
Sonny Boy
Wilna
Ruth Bertschinger
Pauline Dreyer
Nora Bertschinger
Salina
Henry Hull
Toneka
Rose Wymer
Glen School
Cy Glenn
M. B. Duncan
Warokl Sloughter
Jake Hill
Douglas County
Grant Johnson
Cecil
Telka Duncan
Astian
Newman
Funiel Mortuary
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