Early Prohibition Drive Recalled in Kansas History
Opera, Jan 23 AP recalls the Reed administration’s Kansas temperance push led by John Pierce St. John of Olathe who helped pass the 1880 prohibition amendment and 1881 enforcement law. He later ran for president on the prohibition ticket. dies in 1916 at eighty three. A memorial fund is being raised in Olathe.
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Reed
Kansas
John ‘Pierce St. John
Olathe
Unon
John
Alathe
Independence
St. John
United States
Prohibition Party
Cow Testing Session Heads to Eudora High School
Representatives from multiple Cow Testing associations met at the Lawrence Chamber of Commerce. Kansas State College dairy experts J W Linn and J C Nisbet led discussions on testing work. At 7 30 this evening talks will be given at Eudora High School by Linn Nisbet F S Butcher and George Bahnmaier. All interested invited. Crop may go abroad.
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Lawrence Chamber of Commerce
J. W W. Linn
J. C. Nisbet
Kansas State Agricultural College
Eudora High School
Linn
Nisbet
Butcher
Douglas County Farm’ Bureau
George J. Bahnmaier
Douglas County ‘Cow Testing Association
Kansas Broom Corn In Demand After Shortage In Europe
Wichita reports Kansas broom corn in demand from Hungary France and New York exporters eyeing European markets. Short crops in Hungary and Italy push buyers to seek quotas and prices as 1928 supplies move toward Europe.
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Kansas
Europe
Wichita
Hungary
France
New York
Italy
Program Thursday by University of Fine Arts Students
The weekly program by students at the University School of Fine Arts will be held tomorrow afternoon at 3 30 oclock in the University auditorium. The listed numbers include Vidlin and piano works by Mendelssohn Grieg and Weill Sonnambula and Erma ns. Performers include Miss Dorothy Euersteiner, Helen Cleveland, Miss Swarthout and Dean Swarthout with the orchestra.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University School of Fine Arts
University
Vidlin
Dorothy Euersteiner
Helen Cleveland
Grieg
Oncerto
Pfeiffer bill advances to lease county land for memorials
In Topeka the House backed the Pfeiffer measure to permit leasing city memorial buildings and county land for uses including motion pictures. Rep Bucklin and Hemphill supported, while Rep Endies questioned constitutionality citing a state Supreme Court ruling on Hiawatha memorial leasing. The bill, introduced by Rep Pfeiffer of Brown County, was recommended for passage. Kansas Optometric association elects officers at annual convention. Dr S A Darkid of Hutchinson named president. other officers include Dr Ira Stutzman, Caroline Sammona, Dr R Do Miller, with names mispelled corrected by report.
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Topeka
Pfeiffer
Bucklin
Hemphill
White
Endies
Leavenworth
Whd
Supreme Court
Hiawatha
War Memorial
Rep.Pfeiffer
Brown County
Itc
Kansas
Optometrists
S.A. Darkid
Hutchinson
Kansas Optometric’ Association
Ira
Stutzman
Wintfieldr
Caroline Sammona
Carnell Grove
Rep
Endres
House
Rep. Brown
Judiciary Committee
Collision leads to fine in Powers police court
Powers pleaded guilty to possession of intoxicating liquor and driving a car while intoxicated after a collision with a Greyhound bus. He was ordered to pay a $100 fine and serve 30 days in city jail. Officers arrested him after the crash, finding about one and a half pints of liquor in his possession. He suffered a severe chin cut in the crash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. Powers
C. Daugherty
Powers
North
Lawrence
R. Hughes
Hunter
Lawrence Choral Union holds rehearsal and sets new committee
A large crowd attended the Lawrence Choral Union rehearsal as two Verdi Requiem choruses were refined under Dean Swarthout from the University fine arts school. W.K. Bruner appointed an executive committee with four members from each voice section. details list sopranos, tenors, and basses, noting a Monday 7 30 PM rehearsal and a University Auditorium tie in.
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Lawrence Choral Union
D. M. Swarthout
University Fine Arts School
Laura Renkin
Agnes Husband
Heny Werner
Thomas Altos
John Beamer
S.gaumer
J. S. Stover
C. M. Sterling
U.S. G. Plank
Will Irwin
Apricot Brandy Case Attracts Lawrence Police Court
Three Kansas City visitors pleaded guilty to possession after a quart of apricot brandy, bought by Johnny Martinson Lary Hennessy and Ray Robertson, was found after a show. Lawrence tariff added to the crime. each fined 100 dollars and 30 days in jail, paroled when friends paid fines. Names on police blotter differed from labels on evidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Lawrence
Daugherty
Hach
Johnny Martinson
Lary Hennessy
Ray Robertson
How
John Martin
Lacy Phenicie
Rice Roberts
Bandit heir to million dollar estate investigated
Elvin B. Grainger and Glenn Abbott are jailed on 20 counts of robbery after a New Year arrest. Grainger, 26, said to be heir to a Santa Paula area oil estate worth near 1 million dollars, receives 400 to 600 dollars monthly from a trust until age 50. The Examiner reports he is a nephew of Mrs. Harriet A. Willard. Two marriages handled at the county courthouse and a January license total of twenty seven. Group includes Roswell and Topeka residents.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Examiner Today
Elvin B. Grainger
Grainger
Glenn Abbott
Belvedere
Harriet A. Willard
Santa Paula
L. H. Menger
Court House
Bert R. Perry
Roswell
New Mexico
Rachel Todd
Lawrence
James
A. Hatcher
Freda, Metzler
Topeka
Menger
Banquet Planned by Kansas Day Club in Topeka
The Kansas Day club in Topeka plans a 2500 seat banquet next Tuesday January 29 at the New Masonic Temple 6 30 pm. Mrs Isa Wellman of Lawrence reports completion of plans and ticket sales with reservations urged. Featured music by the Groto Chanters and a toast of Kansas by A A Hotchkiss of Burlingame. The main address will be by a prominent Republican. Memorial Hall officers will be chosen in the afternoon.
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Kansas Day Club
Topeka
Isa Wellman
Lawrence
Wellman
E. H. Helm
Kansas
New Masonic Temple
Grotto
Frank Haucke
A. A. Hotch
Kiss
Burlingame
George H. Turner
Moline
Temple
T Club
Memorial Hall
Kansas Legislature Considers Four City Bid for New College
Legislative notes from Topeka dated Jan 23 report Scott City leading bids for a new state liberal arts and sciences college with a $250,000 appropriation. Dodge City Great Bend and Garden City had prior proposals. Other measures include bond sales for Wichita, county engineer salaries, public parks funding, judicial salary changes, and stricter penalties for traffic at main highways.
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Topeka
Scott City
Armstrong
Scott County
Dodge City
Great Bend
Ganigen City
Fire loss over million in Constantinople blast
Turkish authorities say a bootlegging distillery explosion caused a gas fire that swept a crowded district in Constantinople destroying about 600 shops and dwellings. Estimated property damage tops 1 million dollars with only 358 thousand insured. Districts file complaint with P S C in Topeka.
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Constantinople
Yesterda
Asa Keyes Takes Stand in Bribery Trial
Former district attorney Asa Keyes testified in superior court as the defense opened its case to clear Keyes and two co-defendants in a bribery trial in Los Angeles.
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Asa Keyes
Los Angeles
la Keys
Oni
Superior
Keyes
Ford Bank Closes in Ford County Kansas
Ford State Bank of Ford in Ford County was closed today by its directors. State bank commissioner W B Kennedy cited bad assets as the reason. The bank's December 26 report shows deposits at $91,682.48, loans and discounts $110,556.46, bills rediscounted $25,230.69, and surplus $2,410. Bursten was placed in charge as deputy bank commissioner.
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Topeka
Ford State Bank
Ford
Ford County
Kennedy
State Bank
In Session Tonight at Leadership Training School
The fourth session of the Leadership Training school will meet tonight at the First Christian church starting at 7:30. This is the next to last session, with final classes set for next Wednesday. the course runs through January. Rev Edward Price of the First Methodist church will lecture on Modern Trends in Christian Education. Visitors are welcome to attend.
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First Christian Church
Edward Price
First Methodist Church
C. A. Richard
Homer K. Ebright
Monticello
Walter Vickers
Nevada
Wallace Bruce Fleming
High Street
Frank Kerns
Stephen Thorne
Clyde
Clyde, Stewart
Topeka
Clyde M. ‘Reed
Theodore Potter
Brown Road Methodist Church
Kansas City
Kan
Eugene Hwang
Baker
B. H. Schultze
Douglas Couny Council of Religious Education
Congregational
H. K. Ebright
Esther Howell
Wilbur N. Mason
Emil Liston
Fort Scott
Coach Liston
Chicago
Detroit
Isabella Theburn
Lucknow
India
Hannon
Baker University
Ethel Murray
Lucy Gordon
Lawrence
Douglas County
Delta Delta Delta House
Myra King
Tri Delta House
Tri Deltas
Lara Blair
C. J. Fischer
Merle
Hitchcock
Hope Murray
Verne Schowengerdt
Ellen Brockett
Tone Schulenburger
Rosina Thomas
Catherine Clark
Estelle Chrissman
Lois Shell
Madge Reynolds
Helen Bowman
Alpha Omega House
Ottawa
Carl Sandburg
American Association of University Women
Allan Brannock
Virginia Herron
Lois Aul
Corinne Woods
Mary Clark
Helen Keve
Grace Moore
Betty Lou Clark
Hester Beauchamp
Iane Schulenberger
Margaret Ann Hunt
Lucille Sanders
Katherine Keohane
Evelyn Lundgren
Pete Henry
Warren Odom
Walter Anderson
Herbert Romig
Real Colby
Harley Haskins
Olathe
Bertha Whitton
Home Economics
Wallace Fleming
Willard H. Garrett
Thomas L. Harris
Frank E. Wolf
M. A. Lawrence
Grace M. Dean
Harriett Osborne
Mary Ann Lawrence
Bernice Marshall
Frances Lewis
Joash
Methodist Sunday School
Quiditorium
Deaths and Funerals Hearings for Local Residents
Funeral services set for Mrs. Emma Galbraith of 830 East Thirteenth Street aged 58 at Rumsey Funeral Home with Rev. C A Richard. burial Oak Hill cemetery. Survived by husband J B Galbraith three daughters three sons ten grandchildren and two brothers. Albert E Dickson 57 died at son’s home 923 New Jersey Street. services in Marshall Friday afternoon. burial Marshall. Elmer Hugh Kennedy 65 of North Hollywood died. sister Mrs John Ulrich 1808 Kentucky Street leaves for North Hollywood. further relatives include four Kennedy brothers. Ord Clingman died Sunday. private funeral held at Trinity Episcopal Church. burial Oak Hill cemetery.
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Emma Elizabeth Galbraith
Emma Galbraith
East Thirteenth Street
Rumsey
C. A. Richard
Oak Hill Cemetery
Albert E. Dickson
A. Dickson
New Jersey
Marshall
Elmer Hugh Kennedy
North Hollywood
Gatif
L. Y. Kennedy
John Ulrich
Kentucky
Street
Clarence L. Kennnedy
Charles T. Kennedy
A. R. Kennedy
This City
H. L.kennedy
Ottawa
Ord Chingman
Ord Clingman
Trinity ‘Episcopal Church
F. B. Shaner
Wife files for divorce over thirteen rules
San Francisco January 28 AP The Examiner reports Mrs Virginia Mowbray Whitney of Brooklyn New York famed for her fourteen points of married life has filed for divorce in Reno from Arthur Whitney paper company executive former army aviator The troubles date to 1995 with a separation over alleged cruelty Whitney sought reconciliation and Whitney allegedly surrendered to the rules The fourteen points demanded no bachelor talk no entertaining young ladies and a fifty fifty marriage balance
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San Francisco
Calif
The
Examiner
Tod
Virginia Mowbray Whitney
Brooklyn
N. Y
Fife
Reno
Arthur Whitney
Paper Company
Whitney
Wichita Man Presents Exhibits for Lower Interstate Rates
A M Corp transportation commissioner testified at an interstate rate hearing that Kansas rates east of the Missouri River should align with Missouri River east rates. He cited pre July 14 last year rates and urged a reduced St Louis to Wichita charge. He argued Wichita suffers discrimination versus east of the river, aiding local business. Also reported, Dr Arthur S Kaulbach 74 dentist of Kansas City was killed by a Missouri Pacific train near Ravenwood station while walking to a streetcar line.
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Topeka
A. M. Corp, Transportation
Wichita Chamber, of Commerce
A. B. Carney
Interstate Commerce Commission
Kansas
Corp
Wichita
Missouri River
St. Louis
Kansas City
Missouri’ River
Arthur S. Kaulbach
Missouri Pacific
Ravenwood Station
Independence
Radio Schedule Fragments From January Weekly Listing
A fragmented listing shows multiple radio programs across stations WKEN WK U KFKU Sylvania Foresters Smith Brothers and New York programs. It notes Sunrise Musical Program Three Little Maids Dr Royal S Cope Luncheons and Dinners and Ampico Hour with various stations and a January 23 central standard time lineup featuring Daguerrotypes and Silhouettes Old Songs and romantic airs with numerous station call signs.
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KFKU
Sylvania Foresters
m—Smith Brothers
New York
Irginia Arnold
Royal S. Cope
the Bile Birds
Ing School
Kansas City of Trade
Ampico
WGHP
WMAQ
Mae
KMBC
Arthur Saputt
Weaf Oy
WTAM
WGN
WEAP
KPRC
WOAL
Qliver Palmer
WEAF
WGY
WAM
WWJ
WTMJ
WOW
WDAF
KPRO
WRAS
WSB
KOA
KGO
KFW
ROMO
Ksltage Grand Opera
Aida
SKY Wow
KWEK
Lovers Reunited
WOR
WADC
WKRC
WOWO
KMOX
KOIL
WSPD
Aoe
Oskaloosa Citizens and Visitors Busy With Travels
Local residents undertake trips to Topeka and Lawrence for inaugurations and games while others move jobs and homes. Builds note shifts in bus driving, highway work, and legislative ties as families visit, attend church events, and welcome new twins amid town activity and distant travels.
Baldwin News Busy Weekend Notices and Visits
Local Baldwin residents travel for meetings and services. Catherine Whitmore returns from Kansas City. Miss Mary Price Smith leaves for Carthage to lead surgical ward. Dr. Homer Ebright goes to Monticello as Mrs. Ellen Brake hosts a party near Carthage. pe ople attend Lawrence and Topeka events and Baker University activities continue with lectures and Panhellenic meetings.
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Catherine Whitmore
Kansas City
Paul Evans
Lawrence
Mary Price Smith
Julius Smith
Carthage
City
Miss Smith
Eunice Brake
Freeman
Jopan
Kansas stake music convention February program with solos
Prof Luke I Gaskell and Prof Roland Ingalls attend the Kansas Stake Music convention in Topeka at the Jayhawk hotel on February 7 and 8. Gaskell will sing baritone solos and Ingalls will perform violin solos as part of the program.
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Luke I. Gaskell
Roland Ingalls
Kansas Stake
Topeka
Jayhawk Hotel
Gaskill
Mr. Ingalls
Dying man confesses after bus crash kills 17
Teddy O Branski of Brooklyn, severely injured in the Bellevue bus crash that killed 17, confessed in hospital to two bank robberies. He admitted a Detroit robbery last summer and another in California, but did not reveal locations or sums.
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Bellevue
Ohio
Teddy O' Branski
Brooklyn
O'Branski
Detroit
California
New Recipe for Coloring Gray Hair by Lois Page
Lois Page presents a hair color remedy using sage tea sulfur and alcohol. The home brew or Wyeths age Sulphur offers a ready to use option for 75 cents a bottle. Apply with a comb or brush to each strand to restore gray to natural color with no dyed look.
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Lois Page
Wyeth
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