Political currents and civic pride in early 20th century Kansas
Governor Murray warns Democrats against nominating an Owen D Young type for president. An Ernie Balco honored for promoting a home town pipe organ sale, showing town and industry collaboration. Wet and dry factions debate liquor control as Anti-Saloon League braces for a fight in the next election. Kansas Editorial Association discusses state politics in Wichita with editors prioritizing politics over daily programming.
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Reuter‘ Organ’ Company
R Balco
Balco
Balo
Organ Company
Lawrence
House of Representatives
Congress
Anti- Saloon League
Jess
Battle of Broadcasters and Brinkley’s Mexican Station
The piece notes Dr. Brinkley’s new powerful Mexican radio station interfering with major U S broadcasts, prompting Senator Dill to urge an international agreement to protect American property interests. It also touches on wage-cut predictions for government workers and the timing of Democratic victory dinners.
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Battle OF Broadcasters
Brinkley
Mexico
United States
Dill
Washington
Sug
Dr. Brinkley
Borah Elected U S Senator From Idaho
William E. Borah, a University of Kansas graduate born in Lyons, Kansas, has been elected United States Senator from Idaho to succeed Frederick Dubois. He is expected to be 42 before taking the seat.
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Kou
Senate
University of Kansas
United States
Idaho
Frederick Dubois
William E. Borah
Lyons
Kans
Borah
Marshal Kincaid
A. Keeler
S. B. Ray
Frankt Meierhoffer
Rosa Bond
Hutchings
A. D. Weaver
Cesare
Dwight W. Morrow
Whsn
Lake View club guests and a Chicago marriage announced
Ten years ago details list attendees at the Lake View club on Sunday including Mr and Mrs Melton and several others. The notice reports the marriage of Jessie Len ail to Burt Cochran in Chicago on January 14 at 6:30 PM performed by Rev Stone of Fourth Presbyterian church. It notes theater listings and a swimming pool remark.
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The
Lake
Lake View Club
Melton
Mary Melton
Irene Getter
Harry T. Lander
Theodore , Lander
Orley Smith
Ethan Smith
Wyatt-Cochran
W. J. Wyatt
Jessie Lenail
Burt Cochran
Chicago
Stone
Fourth Presbyterian Church of Chicago
Betty's Beau Feels Hard Times Amid Ham Shortages
A humorous item notes Betty's suitor confronts lean times as visiting at home yields fewer ham sandwiches, reflecting postwar austerity with a light social tone. Betty's father comments on the dwindling provisions while Ma serves meals, capturing a domestic snapshot from 1928.
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Betty
Publishers Syndicate
Club stakeout plan and property details emerge
A proposed stakeout club will measure 35 by 70 feet and cost £3,000, located on a knoll just north of the club house and level with the surface. Over seventy seniors attended a backwards party Saturday night with Esther Ott singing two numbers Thelma Roach delivering readings Lalita Russell performing a solo dance Lorena Mack's pupil and Bertha offering a piano piece Thomas closed the program.
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Esther Ott
Thelma Roach
Lalita Russell
Lorena Mack
Bertha
Thomas
Koala Bears Visit in Australian Forest
Mary Graham Bonner describes Peggy and John meeting tame koalas in Eastern Australia. The bears, called Koala Bears Native Bears or Teddy Bears by children, perch on shoulders and chat in a grunt-like song. They eat buds berries drink water and appear harmless as a baby bear clings to its mother.
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Mary Graham Bonner
Peggy
John
Australia
Teggy
Pegey
Magic Maker's Home Headache Mystery in Ohio Woman
Mrs. Luther Long of Washington Courthouse Ohio was reported to have suffered headaches for six weeks. A 22 caliber bullet was found beneath her scalp during a medical examination and removed. She could not explain how the shooting occurred, though it is noted the scalp bled earlier.
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Ohio
Washington Courthouse
Luther Long
Rock
Cam
Harry
Les
Vass
Preston
Thiry
al Preston
Som
Buck
Book News Highlights Clara Laughlin and Beebe Winners
A Chicago launch introduces Clara Laughlin’s new So You're Going News a travel and current events magazine linked to her best selling So You're Laughlin. Brevity notes report new books by Beebe Lindley and Johnson, plus Untermeyer touring, Van Doren artwork, and Oxford prizes for youth writing.
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Chicago
Clara Laughlin
Miss Hlin
Miss Going
Miss Fixhes
Es Laughlin
Miss Laughlin
South Michican Avenue
Miss Laughliin
British Isles
Houghton Mifflin Company
Ireland
Scotland
English Author Arrives and Comes West
Mary Agnes Slamilton, author of Murder in the House at Commons, arrives in America aboard the Aquitania. She has begun a lecture tour extending to Omaha to explain why she stayed with the British Labour Party under Arthur Henderson. Harper's Magazines plans an article in March titled Confessions of an MEP.
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Mary Agnes Slamilton
Houghton Mifflin Company
America
Aquitania
Omaha
Hamilton
Sunset Pass wrestling with a ranch scandal and a hidden deal
Rock conceals his knowledge of Gare Preston's cattle rustling to protect his employer and Thiry, while plotting to stop Ash and Hesbitt. He spurs a secret council plan to save the Prestons by compensation and exile, risking family ruin and possible violence as Thiry returns with news and a new plea.
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Rock
Gare Preston
Preston
Ash
Chanter
Preaton
Slagle
Half Moon
John Dabb
Dabb
Tom Lincoln
Gage
Ashl
Hesbit
Tye
Caleb
Lincoln
Dail
Jon
Cattle Association Council
Hesbitt
Dahb
Viciry
Shore
Prestons Shore
Arizona
Utah
Thiry
Allie
Lucy
Trueman Rock
Frieston
Kansas City Bank Holdup Suspect Arrested in Belle Plain
Kansas City man James Stannahoe, 46, alias Edwin Foley, sought on complicity in the Valley State Bank holdup at Belle Plain last August, was arrested here. Police say he denied ties to the crime in which cash was taken. Also in brief, Elk Hart resident Willard Mayberry elected Kansas Editorial Association president, with Chapman and Stcher named officer roles. Hearings set on farm property assessments across multiple cities as tax commission outlines dates. Mild weather in Great Lakes shipping yields no fatalities for the year 1981.
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Kansas City
James Stannahoe
Valley State Bank of Belle Dlain
Natt
Edwin Foley
Wichita
Willard Mayberry
Elkhart
Kansas Editorial Association
Angelo ©. Scott
Iola
FE. B. Chapman
H. C. Stcher
Topeka
Advier
Walter Measant
Fredonia
Poh
S. Ottawa
Colby
Abilene
Osborne
The Little Church in Black and White
A reflection on Julius Rosenwald and faith in humanity. The author argues for belief in people, including sinners, and cites Jesus’ faith in Peter and the improvable Negro, urging a fuller faith in humanity beyond orthodox creeds. The piece critiques unchristian reactions toward women and calls for moral responsibility in addressing racial prejudice.
Flashes of Life and other assorted notes
A collection of miscellany covering linguistic critique, cultural snobbery, a kidnapping case in Ohio, a British Who's Who entry that omits Stalin yet highlights Egyptologist Sir Ernest Budge, and Washington’s National Institute of Health accepting private donations to further its work.
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Allan Sinclair
Millbrook
Jacksonville
Ohio
Warren Workner
Ernest A.wallace Budge
Joseph Stalin
Lb. S. Budy
Washington
A. P
National Institute of Health
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