Donovan Didn't Want a Career In Politics
Washington in February reports Herbert Hoover nearing his inauguration while distancing from close adviser William J. Donovan of Buffalo. Donovan, longtime lawyer and World War I hero, declined an office offer, choosing retirement and a quieter path after notable battlefield service. The piece notes Donovan’s wartime decorations and his early influence on Hoover during the era of a rare bipartisan political alliance.
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Herbert Hoover
William J. Donovan
Buffalo
Adoi
Calaud
William Howard
Oy Generard Wood
Davin
Nemin
Henry L
Oxebary
aPeyer
Danevan
Vareer
France
Paizn
Former Pastor Declines Important Church Post
Dr. XII Eiderkin, ex pastor of Plymouth Congregational, chooses to stay in Duluth ministry at Pilgrim Congregational rather than take the General secretary post for the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. The board, established 11 years ago, runs 96 missions in 12 countries with 761 missionaries, supervising 179 churches, 6 training schools, seven colleges, 862 trade schools, and operates 30 hospitals and 6 dispensaries. The announcement was made at the February 17 Sunday service.
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Eiderkin
Plymouth
Pilgrim Congregational Church
Duluth
Minn
Geeralary
Home Department of American Board O Commissioners For
Foreign Missions
Elderkin
Congregational Church
Additin
Barnsdall Inc Reports Net Earnings Decline In 1927
Barnsdall corporation and its subsidiaries, operating centers in the mid continent, posted a small drop in net earnings. The 1928 figure was 5 047 414 compared with 1927's 6 0 0 0 0, yielding a per share value around 3.154.
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Barnsdall Corporation
Ani
Con Jong
Fot i Vome
Debaters From KU Triumph In Kansas City Clash
The University of Kansas debate team led by Rice Lardner and Joe McDowell defeated Texas debaters Robert Fikel and Leroy Jeffers in the Y M H A building. The audience supported KU on a resolution endorsing Governor Smith's Yolstead Act and eighteenth amendment modification. Judge Brown Herris presided.
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University of Kansas
Rice Lardner
Joe McDowell
Kansas City
Kansas
University’ of Texas
Robert Fikel
Leroy Jeffers
Smith
Mt. Oread
Brown ‘Herris
Circuit Court
Police praised by Governor Reed for liquor enforcement
Governor Clyde M. Reed commends Lawrence police for their liquor traffic crackdown in a letter read by Mayor R. G. Ratlfin at the city commission. Reed wrote, I have read the Journal-World story caption Seize Liquor Car and want to commend your law enforcement officials for their activity in arresting bootleggers and enforcing liquor laws. He expressed gratification over their efforts and success.
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Kansas
Lawrence Journal-World
R. G. Rat Ein
Clyde M. Reed
City Commission
Journal-World
Weekend Basketball Ends Season At Perry High
Perry A F DeBacker was taken to St Francis hospital in Topeka. Final high school gym games featured Perry and Winchester with girls 14 19 and boys 18 20 both to Winchester. A large crowd attended with hot dogs Eskimo pies and popcorn sold by junior class. A Washington birthday program at the grade school and a Girls Reserve mother daughter party followed.
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A. F. DeBacker
Topeka
Bing Oliver
Winchester
Perry
George Washington
Dooley
Ira Dick
Stutz
Jaines
Haines
JS. Dooley
Marhta
Gerald
Girls’ Reserve Organization
Hazel Brown
Perry School Event Highlights Mothers Pageant and Activities
A school program featured a piano duet by Miss Mariam Dooley and her mother, a musical reading by Miss Olive Johnson, and a quartet led by Miss Vivian Strange. A pageant on maternal roles preceded a gym gathering with games and a communal lunch for over 170. Several residents traveled to Topeka and local families moved homes as German measles cases appeared in town.
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Oyalty
Mariam Dooley
Olive Johnson
Vivian Strong
Billy Cain
Reena| Zimmerman
Iss
Vivian
Strange
Vivian Strange
Florence Dent
George Davis
Topeka
Mary Spurlock
Trent
Dave Mitchell
Schuler
Ward Farm
Perry
Harry
Thompson
Humphries
McLouth
Rorick Baker
Perry High School
Lee
Penn Thompson
Nelson
Williamstown
Marian Thompson
Bliss
William Gorrill
Revival Servies at First Baptist North Lawrence
North Lawrence first Baptist hosts union revival with evangelist Dr. T. S. Saunders setting the camp on fire nightly. Saunders preaches on the cosmos gospel Mark 16 15 claiming the word cosmos means international and interracial and that the gospel is for all nations. He plans to preach again Sunday at 11 a.m.
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First Baptist’ Church
North Lawrence
T. S. Saunders
Keep Stomach Young Ad Claims Diapepsin Digests Indigestion
An old advertisement extols Pape's Diapepsin to dissolve gastric acids after meals. It promises relief from sour bile, prevents weight loss, and restores appetite and energy within minutes, claiming it keeps the stomach young and vigorous.
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Pape
Preaching Plans Spanning Local Churches This Sunday
A schedule lists sermons at Second Christian Church on Nineteenth and Tennessee, with Sunday afternoon at St James AME in North Lawrence and Sunday night at St Luke AM church on South Lawrence. weathered text notes may change.
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Second Christian Church
Nineteenth
Tennessee Streets
St. James A. M. E
North
Lawrence
St. Luke Amrch
South Lawrence
St Luke Holds Sunday Night Services on North Side
Meetings start at St Luke on Sunday night and continue there until closing time. The events focus on community worship and local participation in the North Side district.
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St. Luke
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