TAXING INTANGIBLES AND MEXICAN POLITICS IN 1930S LAWRENCE
The Lawrence Journal-World reports on the Kansas intangible tax ruling preserving the law while striking down a 1927 amendment, signaling potential future challenges. It notes Mexican authorities arresting parents of a youth tied to Ortiz tragedy and discusses emergency planning by the Fraternal Aid Union after a fire.
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Lawrence
Kansas
Ander
Supreme Court
Coffeyville
Fraternal Aid Union
Buildaes
Lans
Frazt Aternal- Aid Union
George ER. ‘Allen
T. J. Swee- Sney
S. S. Baty
Grebuild
Notary Sternbergh and Liberty Hall entertain at Ward's Stratagem
The Episcopal Ladies Vintertainment at Liberty Hall featured the play The Ward's Stratagem with Miss G Burlene and other performers drawing strong applause. After refreshments the program closed with Chiseling in which J P Ross excelled. Rumor of Major Ross moving Standard to Leavenworth by March 1st is noted, and a large plain sign now adorns the Pacific Mills.
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T. J. Sternbergh
Episcopal Ladies
Liberty Hall
Gertrude Burlene
Pacific ‘Mills
Local social notes from February 10th 25 years ago
Miss Madeline Grignard returns to New York after visiting sister Mrs. Skilton since August. Miss Margaret Perkins to host a shower for Miss Aimee Rudiger on February 14. May Kanaga hosts guests for Miss Madge Boaz of St. Louis. Louise Hutt birthday party for her young friends. Opera manager Frank A Wade stops with sister Ida Starr. Mrs Wilhelmi hosts friends tomorrow afternoon. Several residents sick at home including C. W. Smith and T. C. White. Mary Creel shows improvement after serious illness. August Flinton joins University fine arts faculty.
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Madeline. Grignard
Ida Starr
Wilhelmi
C. W. Smith
T. C. White
Frank Holwich
R. H. Needham
Mary Creel
New York Street
August Flinton
Big Truck Becomes Talk of Lawrence in Tire Delivery
Ten years ago a large truck drew attention in Lawrence when it delivered 810000 dollars worth of Goodyear tires to E. G. Wood of the Buick agency. The vehicle’s arrival sparked local interest and chatter.
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Goodyear
Lawrence
E. G. Wood
Buick
Poor Pa by Claude Callan
A brief excerpt from Claude Callan's Poor Pa portrays a patient speaking of hospital visits and rest periods. The fragment hints at conversations with a nurse and a caregiver named Ma, capturing quiet domestic detail within a hospital setting.
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Poor PA
Claude Callan
Lawrence Today Headlines Range From Baby Scale To Flu Closures
The Lawrence page reports a giant baby weighing eleven thousand pounds with a three ton capacity and speeds of up to thirty five miles per hour on good roads. Amid other notes Alta Gaskill is improving after pneumonia. Thirty rural schools have closed due to widespread influenza, county superintendent J Lane announces. General Wilder S Metcalf elected president of Woodford club with Helen M Mitchell as vice president and J D Bower as treasurer. Vera Glenn and William M Jones wed at the courthouse. a dinner followed at the bride’s parents home. Publicity role assigned to Herbert Flint, ex University English instructor, as publicist for a New York thrift bank group.
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Lawrence
Alta’ Gaskill
Terry
Nso
Kansas History Dates February 9 1880 1892 Highlights
February 9 1880 the St Louis Kansas and Western railroad reaches Ninhiela Ota Shas city lis uary. February 10 1892 Jacob V Admire Osage City Free Press named postmaster A P Ridale launches the Kansas Workman official organ of the AOUW Kane fish W A Harris of Lawrence elected president of the Kansas Shorthorn Breeders association.
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St. Louis
Kansas and Western
Ninhiela
Ota Shas City
Lisuary
Jacob, V. “Admire
Osage Ciy Free Press
A. P. Ridale
Kansas Workman
A. O. U. W. Kanefish
W. A. Harris
Lawrence
Kanens
Overnight News Snapshot Covers Crime and Politics
An overnight digest notes police raids in Chicago, a white house press blurb on Taft, Hoover activity, and arrests in Jacksonville. It records a dormitory beating at North Carolina State College, a plane crash in New York, and various international notes from London Tokyo Vincennes and San Sebastian. The item ends with a bold line about invading classrooms.
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Asted
Chicago
Washington
New York
Edwin Magruder
Richard H. Gillette
Taft
Jacksonville
Pla
Hoover
Birmingham
Ala
Buffalo
N. Y
Raleigh
N. C
Charles Kellenberger
North Carolina State Colfee
Los Angeles
Lindbergh
F Baudette
Minn
Maurice Miller
Maijland
James Hamilton- Lewis
Senate
San Francisco
Joseph Barlow
Ha_vane
Marion Perry Maus
London
Wakatsuki
Japan
Tokyo
U.S
Vincennes
France
San Sebastian
Spain
Miguel de Unamuno
Mothers March to Control Lovell School Classrooms
Chicago reports show mothers at Lovell school planning to enter vacated rooms and teach their children themselves. Following a superintendent order to keep parents and striking pupils out, they pledged to seize the school and instruct 100 children in the morning. The strike began after parents opposed transferring pupils to Burbank junior high amid railroad route concerns.
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Chicago
Lovell
Lovett School
Burbank
Milwaukee and St. Paul
Taft Gains in Strength After Illness Return
Physicians report former Chief Justice William Howard Taft showing marked gains in strength after returning from Asheville North Carolina. He regained his appetite and ate a good breakfast, improving his general condition compared with the previous week. A separate item notes old tunnels under Sonora California streets dug by miners in a haycrop period causing trouble.
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Taft
Just Justice
Washington
William Howard Taft
Asheville
N C
Sonora
Cal
The Big Shot in New York City Crime Tale
Enid Howard pursues the elusive Big Shot through New York crime circles aided by reporter Phil Martin. The syndicate discusses a jewel heist planned by Twisty Morgan with Izzy Myers and gang, while Enid races to uncover the mastermind before Skinny and Maloch reach the meeting at Eightieth Street. The plot centers on a dangerous street underworld and a race against time.
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Ife
New York
Phil Martin
Shive Wrank
Enid Howard
Martin
Frank
Aid
Bie
Fra
Second Avenue
Sixty Fifth Street
Skinny
Maloch
Big Shot
Roy
Bandit
Tony
Enid
Izzy Myers
Twisty Morgan
Miorming
Shive Frank
Tozy Myers
Pane
Twisty
Marloch
Eightieth and
L’ Steps
Eichtieth
Txzy Myers
February the most unselfish month in Father Time tale
In a whimsical tale Father Time and the Little Black Clock recount how February, the shortest month, is chosen to have fewer days while others gain more. They explain February earns an extra birthday every four years as a special reward, and its cheerful duties include winter skating and fireside gatherings. The children learn February’s quiet generosity and its place in the yearly cycle as they anticipate February’s duties returning.
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Bonner
Father
Ebrruary
John
Percy
Understanding Rickets The English Disease And Its Remedies
Rickets or rachitis is linked to lack of sunlight and poor diet. It causes soft bones and deformities in early childhood, with higher risk in fall and winter, peaking in March. Sunlight, cod liver oil, and proper nutrition are key treatments and preventive measures.
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Ember
Associated Press
Associated
Gs i
Audit Bureau OF Cir
Egulatiors
England
Suri
Flashes of Life highlights from diverse places and ages
A mosaic of brief vignettes from 1920s life includes G P Blackiston seeking a century on minimal food and sleep, Uncle Sam's candy appetite growth, Flo Ziegfeld snacking with a private chef, 95 year old Alden Solmans debuting paintings in New York, and the Crusaders campaign against prohibition. Also noted are Roan Witha's German drama legacy, a Casino Theatre rye ceremony in 1904, and Secretary Stimson’s quiet golf weekend while London observers puzzle.
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New York
G. P. Blackiston
Washington
Sam
Department of Commerce
Flo Ziegfeld
South Norwalk
Conn
Alden Solmans
Association Against the Prohibition
the Crusaders
Lamont du Pont
Charles J. Sabin
Charles S. Payson
John Hay Whitney
Gandersheim
Germany
York
Casino Theatre
Jake Wolff
Lillian Russell
John L. Sullivan
Wolff
London
Stimson
Stanmore
Ioral
Funeral for Captain Charles T. Dews Beloved Kanwaka Neighbor
Nearly everyone in the Kanwaka community attended the funeral Sunday afternoon, February 2, for Captain Charles T. Dews who died after a long illness. He moved to the area in 1903 and returned to Kanwaka around 1910. he was a faithful church member and well regarded as a kind neighbor and gentleman.
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William Richards
George McCarty
George
Kanwaka
Emma
Dews
Notable family visits across Kansas towns
Wednesday and Thursday in Lecompton with her parents Mr and Mrs Fred Nace. Howard Gregory spent his mid semester vacation with his brother Francis and family at Smolan. On Saturday he visited in Salina a company with his brother. C A Richards spent Sunday afternoon with his brother G Richards.
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Lecompton
Fred Nace
Howard Gregory
Francis
Smolan
Salina
C. A. Richards
G. Richards
Gly Cas Fame Grows in Lawrence as New Remedy Spreads
The Gly-Cas introduction in Lawrence sparks citywide buzz as residents report relief from stomach liver kidney and rheumatic troubles. Mrs Williams of Baldwin City testifies Gly-Cas restored her health within weeks, enabling daily walking and self care. Gly-Cas Man at Round Corner Drug Store distributes free samples during the launch.
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Lawrence
Patie
Round Corner
P. Williams
KR. BR
Baldwin City
Kansas
Sam
Sam and Rey Sestin Visit Family in Lawe Renan
Sam and Rey Sestin spent Friday evening with Olin Petefish. Mr and Mrs Otto Dohanning and family spent Sunday in Lawe Renan with relatives.
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Sam
Rey Sestin
Olin Petefish
Otto Dohanning
Lawerenen
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