Canadian Winner of Wrigley Prize in Catalina Swim
George Young of Toronto won the William Wrigley Catalina channel marathon, finishing first among 96 entrants in 45 hours 45 minutes. The 17-year-old Canadian conqueror landed at Point Vicente after a grueling 22-mile course as three women and another man failed to reach land. Mrs. Margaret Hauser, Miss Martha Stager, and Ett Meyer pursued the goal but fell short amid freezing waters, currents, and fog.
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Los Angeles
George Young
Catalina Channel
Toronto
Canada
California
William Wrigley
San Pedro Channel
Point Vicente
Here
Channel
Wrigley
Young
Western
Margaret C. Hauser
Long Beach
Martha Slager
Portland
Ore
Etey Meyer
Cincinnati
Hauser
Miss Stager
Maii- Land
Deaths and Funerals of Edwin Hopkins at 57
Edwin Hopkins aged 57 died early Sunday morning at his brother D W Hopkins residence 71S Locust Street Funeral services were held at 2:30 this afternoon from Rumsey Brothers funeral home Revi F M Testerman and Rev Mr McKenzie conducted the services Burial was in Oak Hall cemetery
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin ¥. Hopkins
D. W. Hopkins
Locust Street
Rumsey Brothers ’ Funeral
Revi F. M. Testerman
Mr. McKenzie
Oak Hall Cemetery
Eightyear-old Samuel Edwards Dies at Home in Tennessee Street
Samuel RB Edwards aged 8 1 years died last evening at home on Tennessee Street. Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 10 AM from the Ninth Street Baptist Church with Rev N Jackson in charge. Burial will be in Oskaloosa Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel RB. Edwards
Tennessee
Nith ‘Street Baptist
Rev. N. Jackson
Scandals at Bowersock tonight with George White cast
The sixth edition of The Scandals will be the road attraction at the Bowersock theatre tonight. Headed by Jeane White sister of George White, the troupe features Freddie Lightner Ace Brown Kim and Ross Leland Sisters Walter Diggs and The Toregos, plus the Royal Philippine Sheik orchestra. George White is not in the cast. the show previously found success in New York. Curtain time is 8:30. last minute seats remain available.
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George. White
Bowersock’ Theatre
Jeane White
George White
Freddie Lightner
Ace Brown
Kim and
Ross
Leland Sisters
Walter Diggs
de ‘Toregos
Royal Philipano Sheik Orchestra
Theompany
New York
Non-Stop Run by Davies Ends in Lawrence Rally
Harry C. Davies, famed dirt-track racer and Crown Prince of Sweden trophy winner, drove a Whippet sedan on a 336 hour non-stop motor run ending in Laforerice Over land company, 619 Massachusetts street. The car logged 1375 miles on about 3 gallons of gasoline with one oil change. Sponsored by the Kansas City Willys-Overland branch.
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Harry C. Davies
Lawrence
Laforerice Overland Company
Massachusetts Street
Davies
Kansas City
Willys-Overland
Street Car Collision In Indiana City Delays Traffic
A Nash sedan from Washington Indiana driven by G W Nelson collided with an Indiana street car at Seventh and Indiana streets yesterday. The street car derailed and the Nash was badly damaged but no injuries occurred. Officials accuse Nelson of driving at a high speed and being unaware of the streetcar line until close. He applied brakes but could not stop in time.
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Nash
Indiana
G. W. Nelson
Washington
Ind
Seventh
Indiana Streets
Nelson
Kansas City News: Hill J C McCanles Wounded
Hill J C McCanles veteran director of the University of Kansas is in G W Jones hospital after stomach hemorrhages Friday. Condition slightly improved today. Kansas Day events planned in Schenectady and Minneapolis with former Kansas students involved. Fred Elllisworth, alumni secretary, notes celebrations. Also tonight the Kansas Symphony Orchestra under Karl Kuersteiner will present a mid winter concert. final rehearsal held Sunday from 2:30 to 5:00.
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J.C. McCanles
University ‘Kans
G. W. Jones Hospital
Kansas
Schenectady
N. Y
Minneapolis, Minn
Fred Elllisworth
Kages Symphony Orchestra
Karl Kuersteiner
B’elock
Marriage Licenses Issued Saturday and Sunday
Marriage licenses issued Saturday afternoon and this morning to Keith Hause of Gladstone Missouri and Marameter Be Poker of St Louis Missouri to Anthony Spohrer, and Eva Von Wolff, both of Topeka.
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Keith
Hause
England and United States telecoms to expand reach
A fragmented clipping notes plans to extend telephone access in England and the United States, highlighting broader efforts to wire communities and improve communications infrastructure across both nations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
United States
City nurse reports 552 visits and vaccination drive
The annual report shows 552 sick visits by the city health nurse 52 for child welfare advice and 1,433 for illness. 356 visits plus 1,045 other occasions. Clinics attended included TB 162 well children 680 pediatric 389 ENT 96 prenatal 8. Well-baby clinic attendance near 2,000 in 1925. Vaccination work continued by Dr E R Eat city health officer and Dr Keith noted limited free vaccines. Several social portions document local visits and community staffing at city health office, with staff schedules and personal visits listed.
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T. B
Well Children
Ee Py Sisson
A. Mo Fartney
Andover
E.r.eet
Doy L. Chambers
Keith
State Health
Douglas County
North
Lawrence
City Hall
K U Concert Tonight at Fraser Hall
University of Kansas Symphony Orchestra directed by ar Kuersteiner performs the twenty fourth annual Mid Winter concert in Fraser Hall at 8 o'clock. Irene Peabody will be chief soloist. The ensemble includes fifty players with four from the Kansas City title Symphony orchestra. Students and faculty along with community music leaders form the rest of the group.
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University, of Kansas Symphony Orchestra
Kuersteiner
Avill
Fraser Hall
S .O'Clock
Irene Peabody
University
SS Ape
Kansas City
Symphony Orchestra
Anid
Purchases Wetcher. Property.
Charles Hackley purchased the Tom Letcher property in North Lawrence this afternoon, sold by Sheriff W. J. Cummings. The property includes an unfinished house and one half acre of ground, bringing $300.
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Wetcher
Charles Hackley
Tom Letcher
North Law
Rence
J. Cummings
Personal news from town visits and travels
D Cowgill left yesterday for an An Sieneen trip to Marshalltown Town. Mrs. Robert Mason and daughter Anna Lee are visiting. Mrs. Mason's parents are Mrs and Mrs 8 AV Atkinson. Gertie Benjamine of To Oaks, who has been visiting her sister Mrs Abe Wolfgen, returned home last night.
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D. Cowgill
Franklin Farmers Union Holds Monthly Meeting at Local School
The Franklin Farmers Union local met Friday night at the free school house. Secretary Frank Topping reported on the past year while members reviewed the December quarterly meeting at Roscoe School House. Programs included readings by LiMo Walters and Esther White, a trip discussion from Frank Ox, and a planned February 4 meeting. the group noted a Kansas town fall convention next.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen’ Hatch
Lawrence
Dorothy
Heizman
Robert' Zepp
Overbrook
Kansas
C.D. Lewis
Frank Gosper
Vafternoon
Perry Harris
Wiliam
Stron
Glock
Topeka
L.R R. Clawson
Paul
Preston
India
JM. Palmer
Gus’ Wolfe
Samuel Fletcher
Oliver Schutz
Lake View
Michael Schutz
Ida
Belle
Enyart
Cecile
Mitchell
Robert Zij
Michael Heizman
Franly
Earl. Falkenstein
Qlin
P.W. Baugh
Lawrence Glock
E. B. Enyar
Helen. Hatch
Lawrente
Dorothy Heizman
Arthur Schutz
Kenneth
Sunda
Michael. Schutz
Cecile ‘Mitchell
Charles
Johnnie*Mitchell
Ida’ Belle Clifford
Lyle Enyart
Harold White
Lawrence Atl
Peers ‘Harris
Owen- Mitchell
Ervin
Breithaupt
Michael
Manx
Gene Falkenstein
Egosper
Lawrence_ Glock
Fred Glock
At. Ockalooga
Farmers Union of
Farmers’ Union
Pleasant Valley
Oliver
Schutz
Walter
Witt
Anna Schultz
George Hardkarféer
Robert White
And
James. Childers
Lewis
Michael ‘Heizman
Attorneyiss Cecile Mitchell
Ida Belle Enyart
Dmrg
the Farmers Union
Franklin
Frank Topping
Douglas’ Genty
Roscoe
Walters
Frank Ox
Texas
Frank ‘Gosper
John Hagen
Pearl Smoots
Jerry
Miss Geneva
iWhite- iGenevievel
Palner
Hazel Shirar
Esther
Robert
Frank
James
Childers
Worden Families Visit Multiple Ottawa Homes Sunday
A sequence of visits painted a social Sunday in Ottawa with Albert Lyons and family from Worden calling on Eliner Brown and Grover Ulrich families, Wil Bohle hosting Net hwart and others, and many relatives sharing a day of calls, chauffeured by local drivers. The gatherings included Lawrence, Melvern, and Baldwin area connections as extended relatives circulated among households.
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Pesday
Theolm
Sophie Hein
Nethwart
Lawrence
Will
Lynell
Daghters
le Fas
Erna
Eva
Nenry Schwartz
Deskine
Carl
Schwartz
Louise Schwartz
Andrew
Lutz
Elmer
Hesavill
Lutz Taesday
Labor scarce in China as modern methods meet resistance
In Peking dated January 11 AP reports labor is ample but devices are scarce. Two men working with a large two handled saw spend a day cutting a plank from rough timber while a mechanical saw could finish quickly. Chinese employers disfavor such devices. Streets stay crowded with bamboo baskets and tub carriers. Water peddlers and wheelbarrow workers resist streetcar and waterworks competition, fearing lost work.
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Peking
China
Inricksha
Construction begins on new city building project
The report notes a roughly five thousand dollar expenditure and describes the start of a new building construction. Details specify initial stages and early progress on the project.
Johnson Defends Landis in Cobb Speaker Case
Ban Johnson, president of the American League, accuses Landis of mismanaging the Cobb and Speaker scandal while detailing investigation notes. He asserts league action forced Cobb and Speaker from baseball and vows more disclosures if challenged in court.
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Chicago
Chicago Tribune
Ban Johnson
Landis
Ty Cobb
John
Cobb
Tohtsch
Lanis Cobb
Ed Gobb
Pris
Tris
Cleveland
American League
Baseball
Weavroll
Johnson
Lanai
Speaker
Simmons
Commission
Cleveland’ Club
Dutch Leonard
Detroit
Leonard
Detroit’ Club
Frank “Navin
Joe Woods
League
Parent-Teachers Council Meets at Liberty Memorial High
The Parent-Teachers Association will meet at 7 30 p m Thursday in the usual room at Liberty Memorial High School. The presidents will give brief reports on school activities. The superintendent, principals, and officers of PTAs in Lawrence, and all state and district officers residing in Lawrence are eligible to join. others are invited to the meeting.
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Liberty
Memorial
Lawrence
Lawrence Lodge to Initiate Twenty Focal Men Tomorrow
Tonganoxie participants join twenty men and two others for a second degree ceremony hosted by Lawrence Lodge No. O tomorrow night. Local fraternal group invites members and attendees to support the event.
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Tventy
Tonganoxie
Jayhawks Fall In Ames To End Six-Game Streak
Kansas fails to start the Missouri Valley season with a win, as Ames shocks the Jayhawks in a tense Saturday game. Quigley’s late moment and crowd reactions highlight a hard fought contest in the valley clash.
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Kansas
Missouri
Valley
Ames
Ernest’ Quigley
Coane
Kansas City Building Banquet For Loan Association People
A regional banquet will be held this evening at 6 30 at the Hotel President Kansas City Missouri. Attendees include Stevenson and the Lawrence Building and Loan Association officers John C Brmick Douglas County Building and Loan association and Irwin a professor of economics from Ashburn College.
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Kansas
Stevenson
Douglas ‘County
la Sociation
Firs City
A . Irwin
Ays Ashburn College
Clinic Offered On Threat Assessment At City Center
A city center clinic will be held Wednesday at 4 o clock to address threats and ear nose throat concerns. Officials urge residents to attend for guidance and support.
Sorghum varieties and yields from Kansas trials
The report lists multiple sorghum types including Pink Kafir and Red Kafir with heights over ten feet. Grain yields range from 22.8 to 38.2 bushels per acre and forage yields from about 6 to 11 tons per acre. Early maturities noted for certain forage varieties, with some risk of frost injury.
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Benannonce
Dawnekafir
Katir
Kantae Barly
Donald Sieg
Kansas
New Store Ad Promises Price Cuts Now
A truncated ad fragment announces savings with phrases like come in see the new and price reductions. It mentions Victory Garage and emphasizes sale language rather than clear details. The readable text is sparse and non-specific.
Keeping Young With Olive Tablets Claim
An old health claim describes keeping youth by watching liver and bowels with Dr. Edwards Olive Tablets a vegetable compound with olive oil as a substitute for calomel. The tablets, touted as gentle yet effective, claim to buoyancy by toning the liver and cleansing impurities. Available in 15c 30c and 60c sizes.
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Edwards
Ohio
Fragmented OCR hints at theft during athletic event
A garbled report notes a theft during a basketball game. A thief took $2 from one pocket, $6 from another, and stole the back door key, an alert clock, and two fountain items as part of a disrupted event.
Dr Johnson offers a new book on at home rectal treatment
An advertisement for Dr. O A L Johnson of Kansas City Missouri promotes a new book that explains his treatment method using simple tools and drastic means to cure rectal troubles. The copy claims relief from bleeding itching and other woes and promises freedom from surgical operations and related ailments.
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O AL Johnson
Main St
Kansas
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Raghee
Bowersock
Harry C. Davis
Moscow
Ixin Litvinoff
Kellege
Latin America
Mexico
City
Pardeon
Tome Larga
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Mac Grant
John W. ‘Clark
Frank, Howe
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U. A
Speker
P.T. A
Council
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Jayhawks
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Whsoyee
John ‘Wolf
Waldo Bowihar
LAS
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