Subscriptions and the Wickersham Report in 1931
A 1931 newspaper page discusses subscription rates, the Associated Press rights, and a long editorial on the Wickersham commission report. It analyzes prohibition policy, road-building plans, and memorials after WWI, noting the survey of enforcement, constitutional debates, and Scotland’s war memorial described as a stone shrine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
The
Nee
Iculations
H. V. Morton
Scotland
Edinburgh
Ward’s practical farm leadership earns vindication in Kansas
In a Salina Journal summary, Ward’s stance on farm relief is praised as grounded and sensible. The piece notes his warning against political ammunition and cites a divided farm community. It highlights Ward as a steady Kansas leader who avoids sentimentality, shaping opinions on common sense rather than emotion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CAL
Kansas
Speenee Farm Legis
Tee Jon
Social Committee
Ward
Salina
Old Home Town Notes on Subscriptions and Local Happenings
An agent seeks fifty subscribers at fifty dollars yearly to fund a telephone line project, but doubts the turnout will cover costs. Nearby, a dam foundation and tower pylon are discussed, along with Mr. and Mrs. Hillyard planning a farm relocation and kin connections. Mrs. Hoyt travels east, Stella Spalding and Zella Neill head to Bloomington for a Naiad Queen engagement. Prof. Miller’s Bible class surprised him with Goethe’s complete works, presented at his home by twenty one couples with a light feast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pierson
C. C. Hoyt
Stella Spalding
Zella Neill
Bloomington
Miller
Goethe
Bowlea
Prof. Miller
Merchant's Athletic Club bowing team upset by Crescents
Twenty five years ago on a Thursday night in January the Merchant's Athletic Club bowling team lost to the Crescents from Kansas City. The article notes the bowlers struggled and lists players Brown Bartelden Men Wahne Dahiene and Morris. It also reports Mrs D C Heagton improving after a bedfast spell and Miss Lillie Bunton teaching at a Gove Kansas high school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merchant’s Athletic Club
Crescents
Kansas City
Brown
Bartelden
Men Wahne
Dahiene
Morris
D. C. Heagton
Lillie Bunton
Gove
Kan
Ten Years Ago January 22 News Roundup
Ten years ago on a January night Miss Nellie Pendhard left Illinois visit, Abe Levy became a full fledged traveling man, and Mrs Boyd Moore hosted a Kappa party. C L Cox was improving after hospital stay, P E O Founders Day featured initiations and a banquet. Lawrence teen May studied wireless telegraphy, Miss Anne Flynn left for St Louis, and a birth announced for Lea Rogers family with a surprise party for Gus Gulley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ber
Nellie Pendhard
Uilnois
Baie Penchard
Ding
Begin Moore
Abe Levy
May
Lawrence
Scranton
Calendonia
Minn
Young May
Anne Flynn Teft
St. Louis
Lea Rogers
Readers Back Lawson Letter on Prohibition
In a January 20 Journal-World letter page four, signatories including Mrs. W. D. Pontius and Phil A. Pontius endorse Paul B. Lawson’s stance. They protest merchants selling flasks in Lawrence, arguing it promotes violation of the prohibition law and harms youth morality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean’ Lawson
Journal-World
Paul B. Lawson
Lawrence
W. D. Pontius
Phil A. Pontius
Food myths and dietary facts debunked in health column
A health note challenges common claims about diet. It asserts fish is not uniquely brain friendly, tomatoes do not thin blood nor cause cancer, eggs raw vs cooked digestibility is similar, fruits at night are not harmful, and no poisonous food combinations exist. It urges balanced, practical eating and avoiding fad prejudices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iaya Galdstone
Caddeiny
Mathins
Appointment of governor of Wyoming Territory noted
A fragmented item records an event honoring Col Meanie and Col Freep with a celebration linked to the appointment of a governor for the Wyoming Territory, reflecting Democratic and era connections in Kansas history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leavenworth
Freep
Meanie
Territory of
Wyoming
Masque and Kronberg Loom Over Theater Opening
In a melodrama set around a masked starlet and a powerful theater producer, Vivienne faces pressure from Arnold Kronberg as a mysterious assault and operatic rivalries unfold. Channing Crane and Klein plot to use Kronberg’s menace to bolster the premiere of the new Stenberg Theater while Aileen and Vivienne reel from the masked past.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myster
Dwight Channing
Het & Porcelain
Jimmy Crane
Press
Arnold Kronberg
Movie Senate
Aileen
Vivienne
Alleen
Adrastein
Kronbers
Kronberg
Sing Ag
Hanning
Zarner
Crane
Channing Highay
Gluck
Jimmy
Channing
Dwight
Klein
Max Klein
Stenberg
The
Macaulay Co
Sundown Stories of Planes and Arithmetic Lesson
Mary Graham recounts a teacher guiding pupils in arithmetic with aviation imagery. They solve word problems about planes and dirigibles, simulate the sums with flight formations, then return to play. John compares the planes to his pedal wagon as the Little Black Clock announces playtime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Graham
John
Audi
Tomorrow Sky Baseball Briefs in Kansas News
Kansas News Briefs report a fatal motor car collision last night involving Pieplow of Spinnellasel and injuring Harl Slentz, a farmer, with Mrs Pieplow formerly from Hutchinson. State actions board discussion aired by Governor Harry Wood.
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Associated Press
Ie Pieplow
Spinnellelasel
Harl Slentz
Pieplow
Hutchinson
State Board of Actions
Harry Wo
Kansas clergy and furriers meet in Wichita convention
Local report from Wichita notes Oscar A Sterl elected president of the Kansas Clothiers and Furnishers Association at the close of its annual convention. The piece also mentions Hutchinson sentencing for a plea of guilty in a fatal accident and Vin cent parole by Judge Somers after originally facing a man slaughter charge.
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Whithe
Wichita
Oscar A. Sterl
Aibilene
Kansas Clothiers and Furnishers Association
Pkey
Hutchinson
Joontha
de Vincent
Sterling College
G. Somers
Vincent Original
Kansas City
Hubert Livingston
Widom
Flashes of Life light items from across the nation and Kansas
A diverse column covers sports misadventures in St. Paul and Detroit, a billiards scratch sidelines Ralph Greenleaf, a Confederate Home plaque honors Alexander Wray of Patchogue and pensions totals exceed $5,000. Warsaw gossip includes Otis Hale’s wartime injuries, a Paris ballet prodigy Irene De Trberg called the little Pavlova, and Danish crown prince notes. Local notes in Kansas City and Topeka list visits, health updates, and social events with residents like Jeff Gardner and Miss Carrie Fanning appearing in community rounds.
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Associated Press
St. Paul
Bobby Jones
Jimmy Johnston
Jimmy
Bobby
Atlanta
Troit
Ralph Greenleaf
Alexander H. Wray
Patchogue
Long Island
N. Y
Stoneham
Mass
Otis C. Hale
Atlantic City
Milady
Middle Atlantic
Shoe Retailers Association
Paris
Gil
Irene de Trberg
Pavlova
Washington Wickersham rebuts ban on amendment revision report
Overnight briefing notes deny Hoover pressed commission to drop the eighteenth amendment revision. Parrhesias on the Wick ersham report spark chaotic opinion as the issue is sent back to the Senate for solution. Other items include Alma Reubens death from pneumonia, Daisy De Boe theft case going to jury, and a tax collection drop in six months of 1930.
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Pieatandies Press
Washington Wickersham
Hoover
Commission
Annapolis
Ritchie
Wickersham
Ate
m—Shouse
Hooyx
Wickersham Commission
Curran
Arrieht
Angeles
Alma Reubens
New York
Washington
London
Reed Tts
Geneva
European Commission
League of Evis
Tau
Deene Chiles
F. Crane
United States
Tokyo
Japan
De Soto Sunday School Elects New Officers
Recently elected officers in the Christian Sunday school are given in this brief notice from De Soto. The report lists individuals taking roles and outlines the group’s next meeting or organizational steps for the season.
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Christian Sunday School
Local Society Notes Include Visits and Illnesses
Mrs. Reid of Quivira Lakes and Mrs. Ad Bonner Springs attended a funeral. Mrs. Lester Oshel and Mrs. J. P. Everett were acutely ill at the start of the week. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Douglas and daughter spent Sunday in Jewart with Mr. Douglas's parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Douglas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeff Gardner
Bonner Springs
Charles Kaegi
W. H. Baker
B.S. Taylor
Gardner
Savannah
Valley Falls
Walter Osborne
Helen Audrey
Omar Watson
Hattie Baker
Owen Baker
East
de Soto
Oma Dicken
Myr He “Steed
Kansas City
J. L. Coons
Clay Parks
Pistense Shellack
Althea Davison
Wellsville
Monti Kaegi
Mace
S. Taylor
L. F Braviot
John
Ferrall Martingon
Fletcher
Eudora
Charles
Kaegi
H. O. Alleman
Stanley
W. Phillips
Wilfred
Topeka
Baxter Hughes
I. T. Marti
Walter Reid
Er Reid
Quivira Lakes
Ad- Bonner Springs
Fanera
Lester Oshel
J. P. Everett
Charles Douglas
Jewart
Douglas
R. L. Douglas
Gly-Cas credited with curing long illness in Fort Dodge
Mrs Olive Traver of Fort Dodge Kansas recounts a 24 year ailment narrative claiming Gly-Cas cured her chronic stomach trouble and kidney pain after other medicines failed. She says bowels regularized and severe discomfort relieved. Gly-Cas advertised as available in Lawrence at Round Corner Drug Store and other local drug stores.
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Olive Traver
Ft. Dodge
Kansas
Lawrence
Round Corner
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W. Murray
Jolpe Simons
Massachusetts Street
Rence
Ecorrier
Alcorn
Lawsice
Seteles
Wickersham ‘Commission
Supreme Court
Clark
Poor PA PA
Claude Callad
Betty
Publishers Syndicate
C. L. Cox
Kansas’ City Hospital
George L. Kreeck
Louisiana Street
Eva Neiley
Ida Record
A. J. Boynton
Sey
Gus Harriett Gulley
Ade Gulley
Otis Gulley
CHE
King
Tive
Manhattan
Kline
Sadie Kohn
Sadie
Viv
Holy Cries
Philadelps
Poppa
Santas Claus
Santa Claus
Chanare
Vivienne Aileen
Chanening
Max Kiein
Sundown Stories
Sky
Baseball
Puff
Punch Enong
Jae
Wilma Baker
Helen Linden
Junior Blaylock
Florence Koeller
Mrs
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Lawrence National Bank
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