A Jazz Opera for the Metropolitan Premier Promises Spectacle
The Metropolitan stages a jazz opera titled Jonny Spirit with a full jazz orchestra and elaborate props. Fred Hasli and Al Crispano oversee the mechanicals while Michael Boknen sings the hero and Florence Haston the heroine Axita. The cast includes Ru eisen ph Lawbenthal and Sriedruh Heer as rivals as the production features Charleston and blues numbers.
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Fred Hasli
Ithe Metropolitan
al. Crispano
Jonny
Michael Boknen
Tee
Florence Haston
Axita
Danny
Max
America
Eis Ph. Lawbenthal
Sried- Ruh Heer
Basa
Cota
Willa
Charlestun
Afghan King Inaya Tul Tak Clemency Reported
A shaky report notes the new Afghan ruler granting clemency and safe conduct to the dethroned monarch Inaya tul Tak. The message mentions a potential trip toward India, with links to Afghan royals and notable dignitaries, amid negotiations in Kabul and shifting allegiances.
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Ion
Inayatul Tak
India
Ledue
Soarivya
Andahar
Habibullah
House of Lords Seeks to Regain Old Power Reform
London AP reports the House of Lords pushes for reform to curb its size and allow elected peers while preserving the monarchy king and Commons roles. The drive aims to balance power and prevent dominance by any single class, with plans debated for a constitutional framework and parliamentary assent.
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House of Lords
London
United Stat Nut
House of Nanan
Ilactitan
House of Commons
Quincy School News Highlights From December Events
Reports from Quincy school in Lawrence Kansas describe December activities including student performances, a Glee Club party, holiday visits from Santa, and Christmas celebrations. Students traveled to Junior High plans, with 6 A mothers notified for an upcoming meeting. staff highlighted music and kindergarten programs, decorations, and a post holiday room overhaul.
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Mabel Barnhart Wo
Representative knights and townsmen in English Lords
The passage notes that the House of Lords in England, then dominated by hereditary peers, stands nearly unique among upper houses worldwide. It contrasts representative knights of the shires and townsmen with the hereditary dominance shaping the chamber.
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Knights of the Shires
House of Lords
Lecompton Social Roundup And Farm News
Lecompton residents visit relatives in St Marys while farmers ship cattle to Kansas City. The Lecompton Farm Bureau club plans a January 24 meeting at Minnie Clarke's home to reorganize and invite all interested. Various local residents attend events, patient hospital updates, and high school exams conclude the term with a new semester starting Monday.
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Lecompton
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E. J. Hill
Billy Baknmaier
Will Brown
Kansas City
Rebekah Lodge
M. E. Whipple
Lawrence
Frank Whipple
Memorial Hospital
Edna
Wisie Lasswell
Iva Kettering
Maxinw
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Effingham
Waterville
J. E. Shirck
Emilie Reynolds
Nora Cummings
Maust
Topeka
Aiation
Robert Stewart
Hazel Taylor
K. U
James Parker
Plattsville
Goloing
J.B
Ars
Clifford Holly
Bahy
Holly
Hedgeran McClanahan
Fred Rothberger
Eudora
Srothberger
Mir
E. J. Hil
Local families attend Topeka agriculture meetings
Big Springs residents led by Mr. and Mrs. G W Cashman and Mrs 2 F Buck joined state board agriculture events in Topeka last week. Others included Orge Bahnmaier, Mr and Mrs Coleman, and county Farm Bureau members. Relatives visited, trips to Lecompton and Lawrence noted. birthday surprise for Mrs Lavin, and gatherings with Lavin and Murphy families.
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G. W. Cashman
F. Buck
State Board Agriculture of
Topeka
J. Bahnmaier
Ie Springs
Local Guests and Visitors Reported Across Town
Mrs. Math aw’s sister Mrs. D. F. Wright hosts guests while Mrs. Fulton entertains her father Mr. Stradtner of Enterprise. Raymond Deister visited U. P. Rake home. Dwight and Gertende Fleary from Kansas University stay with cousin Mrs. Pontius in Lawrence. Mr. and Mrs. Armstrong shopped in Topeka. Mr. and Mrs. Pred Philips dine with Mr. and Mrs. A. Luthey in Topeka. Mrs. Dimes Murphy cared for her ill mother in Tuseville. Miss Gladys Nee travels from Lawrence after attending Memo High.
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Lawrence
I Sill
Des
Nedy
Coloradoa Springs
Calo
Kansas City
Miss Gaw
Pred’ Philips Peer Ilisely
A. Luthey
Popeka
Dimes Murphy
Tuseville
Gladys Nee Came
Pridsy
Lawrenes
Memo H School
Lecompton
Executives Elected and Residency Moves Reported
The organization announced the election of a new executive board member. Mr and Mrs H C Davis moved from their farm to a new home in Topeka. Mr and Mrs Ben Murphy relocated to Lawrence where Mr Murphy found employment.
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H. C. Davis
Topeka
Ben Murphy
Lawrence
Murphy
Missionary Builds New Quarters for Leper Colony on Tai Kam Island
Canton AP reports one of China's major leper colonies on Tai Kam island near the southeast coast is moving to new quarters. The Tai Kam colony began in 1901 by Dr John Lake and his Edgefield SC wife. The Lake family has lived there amid pirates, converted many to Christianity, and built the new sewer colony. Mrs Lake died last July. Dr Lake owns the island and buildings. Wu Ting-fang, former minister to Washington, became interested in Lake's work.
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Canton
Tai-Kam Island
China
Tai-Kam
John Lake
Edgefield
South Carolina
South China
South Seas
Island colony described near Macao with pirate past
The island, bought from a fishing company and given to a missionary, is a wooded mountainous tract about seven square miles. Located 40 miles southeast of Macao and two miles from the Chinese mainland, it has a new colony of 16 buildings, room for 300 people, and farmland to sustain the institution.
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Tai-Kam
Macao
Eldorado Opens Year With Bonded Debt At 690711 23
City clerk Lyman Benton released figures showing Eldorado entered the new year with bonded indebtedness totaling 690 711 23 dollars. The notice provides a precise balance and reflects the city's financial position at year start.
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Eldorado
Lyman Benton
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