Lawrence imprint bibliography highlights early Kansas printing
A WPA Historical Records Survey volume titled Check List of Kansas Imprints catalogues 1854 to 1877. It records 1 594 items with 224 Lawrence printers, including four Lawrene Journal World forerunners and 26 Lawrence printing houses. The work lists libraries and unique copies, with Lawrence holdings unusually high.
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Lawrence
Kansas
Kansas’ Historical Records Survey Project
WPA
Historical Records Survey
Mary Parkman
Lawrence Journal-World
Harold J. Henderson
Historical Records Project
Kansas State Journal
Kansas Tribune
Lawrence Republican
Herald of Freedom
Kansas Territory
Kansas State Historical Society
Kansas State Library
University of Kansas
Henderson
Douglas C. McMurtrie
Imrints
William P. Ames
Elsie V. Varner
Fred Harris Reelected Chairman of Kansas Board of Regents
Ottawa man Fred M. Harris was reelected chairman of the Kansas state board of regents in Topeka. The meeting approved the University of Kansas summer session budget and kept Hubert Brighton as secretary with Frances Crossi as assistant secretary.
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Fred M. Harris
Ottawa
State Board of Regents
Topeka
University of Kansas
Hubert Brighton
Frances Crossi
Baptists to Convene in Topeka for Regional Convocation
More than 1250 expected at First Baptist church in Topeka January 24 as part of five Kansas convocations. Fifty churches from the northeast area will participate in the Northern Baptist program themed The Mission of the Church in a Distressed World.
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Great Baptist
Topeka
First Baptist Church
Kansas
Northern Baptist Convention
Los Angeles
Great Bend
Wichita
Parsons
Kansas City
M. Ray McKay
W. C. Simons
Grain on Kansas farms drops from year ago levels
A Kansas state federal agriculture department survey as of January 1 shows reduced grain on farms compared with the 1929-38 average. Wheat stands at 29,031,000 bushels versus 35,002,000 and 35,630,000. corn at 19,777,000 versus 26,438,000 and 44,336,000. oats at 10,798,000 versus 19,977,000 and 17,903,000.
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Topeka
Kansas
Agriculture Department
Japanese See U S Guam Plan as Unfriendly Gesture
Japanese officials expressed suspicion over the renewed U S navy plan to upgrade Guam harbor facilities calling it another unfriendly gesture toward Asia. Military sources warn Guam is a vulnerable American base and view the issue as a moral threat amid U S Pacific policy shifts.
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U.S
Guam
Tokyo
United States Navy
Japan
United States
Pacific
San Francisco
Honolulu
Manilla
Germany
Community social notes and deaths in Eudora
Local social rounds include dinner guests from Kansas City and Wellsville. Bert Brown dies of a heart attack, while clubs hold meetings and bridge games. The Eudora High boys basketball team defeats Vinland 43 to 25 as other residents visit Lawrence and De Soto.
Louisa Alcott Featured as First Woman in Stamp Series
Louisa May Alcott is honored as the first woman in the Famous Americans stamp series. The 5-cent blue design for the author’s group will be issued with first day sales at Concord Massachusetts, where the Alcott family lived.
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U.S
Louisa May Alcott
United States
Frances E. Willard
Jane Addams
Miss Alcott
Authors Group
Concord
Mass
Alcott
Louisa Alcott
Louisa
Emerson
Plato
House of Alcott
Jeader
Death of Bert Dillard Noted in Shawnee Community
Bert Dillard died Sunday in a Kansas City hospital. He lived in Shawnee with wife Cora and children Joseph and Marie, survived also by sister Ed Haverty of Westminster. Funeral at St. Josephs Shawnee, burial in Shawnee cemetery.
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William Mercier
Paul Papenhousen
Mary Anne McNair
Lawrence
Fred Papenhousen
Bert Dillard
Kansas City
Ernest Kraus
Frances Schopper
Cora Dillard
Marie Clever
Albert
Ouderkirk
Verda Marie
John Miller
Harry Kurtz
Mary Sommer
Johnson County
Jake Milburn
Vinland
Panther Ed Milburn
Milurn
Pearl Daugherty
Edna Zillner
Anna Sommers
Clara Grosdidier
Christine Sommer
Martin Ables
Evenstar
Bert Daugherty
George Born
Martha Lee
Mary Lou
Roy Daugherty
Kaw Valley
Maurice Winters
Harold Daugherty
Fred Schellack
Gus Bohnsack
Ralph Bohnsack
Nancy Lee
Williamstown Community Notes and Local Events
The January 10 soil conservation meeting at the CCC camp featured an oyster supper and future work plans led by L F E Willoughby. The Jefferson County Red Cross chapter sets its annual meeting for January 11 at Perry American Legion hall. Ed Sheldon, state high school inspector, found Jefferson county schools generally well kept. Miss Arlene Allen and Emmett Dick wed in Topeka on December 30. Leo Stinemetz, aviation student in Illinois, visited Perry during holidays. A charivari greeted Mr and Mrs Prin Bliss. County Grange met January 4 at Valley Grove with an oyster supper. Lennie Gantz and George Heck married in Montana December 23 and visiting relatives in the area. Mrs Charles Johnson plans to return to Amrine farm after holidays. Mrs John Lamar of Jackson, Mississippi visited relatives in the area. Fritz Gantz leads a petition regarding the postmaster for Williamstown. H Evans plans retirement as postmaster. Lawrence visitors included several named residents.
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CCC
L. FE. Willoughby
Jefferson County
The
American Red Cross
Perry
Arlene Allen
Emmett Dick
Topeka
Oskaloosa High School
Leo Stinemetz
Rantoul
Ill
Nell Stinemetz
W. H. Smarr
Prin Bliss
County Grange
Valley Grove
Claude
Lennie Gantz
George Heck
Montana
Jacob Gantz
Charles Johnson
Oskaloosa School Reopens After New Year Holiday
The high school at Oskaloosa reopened Tuesday after New Year’s Eve. Ada Graham joined as a new pupil in the fourth grade at Clover Hill. Various local residents visited, celebrated holidays, or hosted gatherings, with several families hosting New Year dinners and others noting travel to nearby towns.
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Ada Graham
Ethel Malone
8. V. Allen
Meriden
Fort Snelling
Marion
Wichita
Prp
N. Rees
Earl Enis
Mrs. Duncan
Earl Ellis
Tonganoxie
Evening Star social notes and visits smile through
Mr. and Mrs. E. Pence and Bryona spent Sunday in Lawrence as dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Martin. Salem Evangelical Women’s Foreign Missionary Society met in Eudora at Mrs. Nora Fitzgerald’s home. Several families attended New Year’s party hosted by Odd Fellows. Charles Henderson and Emily visited relatives in Wichita and Kaw Valley last week.
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Floyd Broers
Pete Edelbrock
Charline
The
Odd Fellows
Charles Henderson
Emily
Wichita
Abel Family Social Notes From New Year Figures
Carl Abel Sophia Bella Kurts and George Abel are listed with relatives. Mr and Mrs Charlie Brown of Gardner hosted New Year's dinner for Mr and Mrs Martin Abel. Abel family members visited Mr and Mrs Robert Reusch and Mr and Mrs Dolph French at Fall Leaf. George Ott and son Gerald joined Mr and Mrs Will Frene for New Year dinner near Belleview.
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Carl Abel
Sophia Bella Kurts
George Abel
Charlie Brown
Gardner
Martin Abel
Abel
Robert Reusch
Floyd Broers
Dolph
Fall Leaf
George Ott
Gerald
Mrs
Will Frene
Belleview
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Bibliography of Kansas
Fred Harris
Board of Regents
Journal-World
Caribbean
Quantico Barracks
W. P. Upshur
Norfolk, Va
Baptists
Defense
U.S.A
Eudora
Fred Moll
Marie
Madge Bartlett
Jay Seals
John Kazmaek
A. A. Kazmiaek
Wellsville
O. Watson
J. O Scott
Evening Star
Methodist Church
Watson
Waydia Hughes
Lucy Kaegi
Bert Brown
Mr. Brown
Oe Ables
J. D. Adams
William Miller
Oscar Lothholz
Ray Miller
Ralph James
Spencer McCoy
Eudora Flower Club
Fredia Reifschneider
Round Table
Minnie Jones
Emma Hisele
George
Pete Edlebrook
Charine
Ben Bartz
DeSoto
Harry Crammer
Don Claire
Ray Morriss
Eudora High School
Vinland Boys
Ray Morris
Hedger McClanahan
Donna
McClanahat
Barbara Rose Mercier
Jannett Kay Jackson
Alfred Seiwald
Rosalee
PTET
Williamstown
Clyde Lewis
Core
WEA
U.S Pat
Ed Olmstead
Baldwin Funeral Home
Pete Ness
William Knake
Freddie Ness
Hesper
June Louise
Broers
Sam Neis
Walter Wilson
Nevieve
Howard Kohler
Marjorie Westerhouse
Carl
Bobbie Whaley
Emma Wilson
Virgil
Marion Abel
Violet Abel
Grand
East Std
Dietrich Yigover
Destry
Wildes
Bale
West
Stewart Charles Winninger
Mischa Auer
Brien Donlevy
Oddity
Fox Movietone News
Texas
Oregon Trail
Mickey Rooney
Coast Guard
Rans A
Geraldine Fitzgerald
Jeffrey Lynn
Gladys George Gale
Page
Spring Byington
Gene Autry
Juart Ein
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