San Antonio New Year revelry leaves several in grave danger
Police report a wild New Year in San Antonio with six in Robert B. Green Memorial Hospital including three said to be dying, and about thirty in jail on varied charges. Two score youths rounded up as down town clubs overflowed with liquor and chaos. Weapons and whiskey were found amid ushering celebrations and disturbances across the city.
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San Antonio
Tex
Robert B. Green Memorial Hospital
Oklahoma City
Olda
Pollice
Chicago Welcomes New Year Under Dry Prohibition policing
In Chicago on January 1 revelers stayed indoors amid near zero weather and suppressed jubilation. Police and prohibition agents maintained a heavy presence with over 3000 officers enforcing Mayor Devers dry celebration. Only one raid and six downtown intoxication arrests marked the night as hotel crowds surpassed prior records, while some unique incidents stood out, including a barefoot celebrant and a man with an umbrella mounted on his coat tail offering help.
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Chicago
Fevel
Dever
Collins
Prohibition Raids Seize Liquor and Corks in City
Seizures by sixty prohibition agents occurred in Philadelphia on New Year day. A gal ton of whisky a bottle of brandy and a quart of cider were taken from private rooms at a prominent cafe after agents dressed in evening clothes. Nine people were wounded by stray bullets during New Year revelry.
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Philadelphia
Prohibition
New Year’s Eye
English Women and Our Own Wild Says Beith
Major Ian Hay Beith reports that modern young English women, like American women, are living widely and challenging traditional decorum. He arrived on the Adriatic and said men could restore respect by avoiding night clubs and limiting cocktails.
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New York
Ian Hay Beith
England
Frigid New Year Weather Stuns Kansas and Missouri
Across Kansas and Missouri a brutal cold snap grips the region with temperatures near zero and subzero readings in Salina Dodge City and Omaha. Snow coats western Kansas as forecasts call for more snowfall tonight.
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Kansas City
Kansas
Missouri
Salina
St. Louis
Mercury
Dodge City
Goodland & Below
Concordia
Wichita
St. Joseph
Springfield
Hannibal
Oklahoma
Texas Panhandle
Oklahoma City
Amarillo
Topeka
Kan
St. Flora
United States
Flora
Fort Scott
Omaha
Neb
Norfolk
Public Bond Issues in State Fall Short of 1922 Total
Topeka reports Kansas municpal bonds issued in 1923 total 20,814,195 dollars, down from 22,040,381 in 1922. Despite lower annual bond issues,public improvements under construction likely exceeded prior years due to large bond programs. Also noted seven bonus applications filed in one county clerk office day as deadline nears.
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Topeka
Kansas
N. A. Turner
Turner
Lawrence business leaders optimistic for 1924
Lawrence merchants and officials say 1923 showed improvement over 1922 and anticipate a still better 1924. Statements from Mayor George L. Kreeck flour manufacturer R C Jackman clothier H B Ober and others cite higher volumes, improved conditions and expectations of general prosperity with new University of Kansas buildings and steady demand ahead.
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Lawrence
Moat
George L. Kreeck
R. C. Jackman
H. B. Ober
FP. H. Smithmeyer
Lea Smith
George Innes
K. A
H. G. van Neste
John C. Evans
Irving Hill
Lawrence Paper Mig. Co
Firemen battle four blazes on frigid town night
Firemen rushed to four fires between 8 p m and 6 48 a m amid biting wind and 5 below zero temperatures. Williams Apartments at 1047 Kentucky suffered a chimney fire. 648 Rhode Island roof blaze damaged little at Frank Te. Guffin’s home. Lide Indiana Street roof fire caused minimal damage at Dora Lupher’s house. 1219 Ohio residence sparked by chimney embers harmed none at John M. Statt’s dwelling.
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Williams Apartments
Kentucky Street
Rhode Island
Frank Te. Guffin
Lide Indiana Street
Dora Lupher
Ohio
John M. Statt
Claims Came From Afar On State Bonus Applications
Since May 1 the Douglas County compensation board has received 1,858 claims for the state bonus. The applications originate from earlier states, most foreign dependencies of the United States, and several foreign countries. No further claims may be accepted as the filing deadline has passed.
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Douglas County Compensation, Board
Union
United States
Daming
Norfolk and Western breaks coal dumping record at Lambert Point
Roanoke Virginia January 1 The Norfolk and Western Railway reports a new daily coal dumping record at Lambert Point piers with 899 cars totaling 61 509 tons dumped between 1 a m and 7 a m The prior record was 52 063 tons in one day also held by the road
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Roanoke
Norfolk and Western Railway Company
Lambert Point
Mrs Wellman Hurt By Fall In Lawrencer County
Mrs. Isa BE Wellman register of deeds sustained a spine injury from a fall at her home Sunday morning and will return to office around Monday. Florida visit notes include Mrs Clem Conboy ill with pneumonia in Lawrence. Probate court reports begin administration on ninety new estates under Judge L H Menger. University of Pennsylvania won against McGill University in Philadelphia 29 to 2.
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L. H. Menger
Honeymoon Starts Under Quarantine in Meriden
Arthur W. Arnold and Gladys B. Harriman are quarantined at the Arnold home in Meriden Connecticut for scarlet fever that struck the groom on his wedding day December 26. The ceremony occurred at the bride’s home with guests separated by a doorway and the clergyman in the doorway. The couple arrived home yesterday with the bride acting as nurse.
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Meriden
Conn
Arthur W. Arnold
Gladys B. Harriman
Frank W. Harriman
Hartford
Arnold
Mr. Arnold
Topekans Marry Here in Gretna Green Trend
Lawrence residents flock to Topeka to wed as Judge L H Menger reports 1012 licenses issued in the year up 44 from last year. Topeka accounted for 211 licenses while Lawrence had 124 and Kansas City Missouri 67. December licensing reached 56, up from 471 last December.
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Lawrence
Kun
Kansas
Jugge Menger
Scantily Clad New Year Visits Lawrence in Deep Freeze
In Lawrence the little New Year arrived amid 4 degrees below zero. The chill persisted all day with light snowfall while residents stayed indoors.
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Lawrence
University
Marland to close sale of 750000 issued shares
Arkansas City reports E. W. Marland is traveling to New York to negotiate selling 750000 issued shares of his company stock. The move would leave 1250000 issued shares outstanding from 2000000 authorized, making it the largest independent air firm in its field.
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Arkansas City
Kan
E. W. Marland
New York City
Sescisteliog
Eee
World Court Advocated by Law School Dean
Dean H W Avant urged US participation in the world court at a League of Women Voters luncheon, arguing it could reduce war risks and influence European affairs. He noted forty seven nations on the court, and compared its early cases to delays before the U S Supreme Court. The article also notes upcoming League meeting and a busy courthouse week.
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Mckinley
International Court of Justice
Dean H.W. Avant
League of Women Voters
Wiedemann Tea Ront
France
Germany
Kansas
Europe
Deii
Atant
United States
Dean Arant
Supreme Court
League
Lof Women Voters
Alberta Corbin
Ohio Street
Corbin
School Code Commission of
Some Fire Shotguns Others Furnaces as the New Year Dawns
Lawrence residents observed New Year’s Eve with sober home gatherings and no public observances. No arrests were recorded in police court for New Year’s Eve. A few fired shotguns at midnight while many stayed indoors due to the cold and used furnaces to ring in 1924.
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Lawrence
Disappearance of Nurse Lydia McDonald Stirs Denver
Relatives learn through the American Legion that nurse Lydia McDonald left her Denver home on Christmas morning wearing a white uniform without a pocketbook or jewelry. Police and family fear she may be overworked or wandering dazed, with brothers and sister traveling from Kansas and Colorado to aid in the search.
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Lydia MacDonald
Denver
American Legion
Irene Heron
Miss McDonald
Lydia McDonald
Journal-World
Frank Webster
The
Denver Post
Downing Street
Henry A. Dobbs
Grant Street
Paul E. McDonald
Santa Fe
Topeka
Ruth McDonald
Lawrence
Kans
Ira McDonald
Delta
Colo
President Greets New Years Callers by the Thousands
Washington January 1 1929 President Coolidge begins the new year greeting thousands of callers. The public lines four blocks long by 11 80 am and women outnumber men three to one at the White House reception.
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Washington, D. C
White House
Pennsylvania Avenue
Building Boom In Lawrence 1923 Surpasses Previous Years
Lawrence reports 1923 as a record year for construction with an estimated $2.6 million in work. 267 building permits total cost $797,665 excluding a University library project, while 75 plus residences were erected or nearing completion, including fraternity and sorority homes.
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Lawrence
Lawrence High School
Reinisch
University Library
Miss. Bernice Jones
Indiana Street
Maud*h. Roberts
Tennessee Street
H. T. Lander
Hampshire Street
Earl Parr
New Hampshire’ S
James Robinson
Tenpees Street
Phi Delta
Edge Hill
Sigma Kappa Sigma
J. Meuffels
New Hampshire Street
JL. Alien
Kentucky Street
Ida Swadsey
J. 8. Harris
Myra Hall
Hubert Taft
Louisiana Street
C. H. Hunsinger
L. H .de Forest
Massachusetts Street
J. F. Swadley
Perry Palmatier
New Hampshire
C. M. Richards
L. M. Donnell
R. W. Gilman
L C. Browning
Vermont Street
A. A. Helwig
Robert Taft
Louisiana
N .F. Dawn
Mississippi Street
My F. Wadson
Barker Avenue
C.D. Moore
Ernest Wise
Maine Street
Albert Knop
Rhode Island
W. H. Keiser
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Lawrence View
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Bell Memorial Hospital
Brookmire
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Economic Commission
Douglas County
Norfolk and Western Railway
Pennsylvania
University of Zoeeas
McGill University
Capital City
Chevrolet
World Court
Dean Avant
Meeting of
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Market Bureau
United States Department
Cairo
Lawrence Steam Laundry
People’s State Bank
Massachusetts
J. R. Lemonils
Charles Thudium
New York Cleaners
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