Man's Wisdom Folly and Kansas Day Reflections
From the Lawrence Journal-World January 26, 1992, a review of public figures and events: Vice President Charles Curtis is praised as a long-serving public servant entering his seventieths, while Senator Seabury’s 50,000-word report indicts Tammany Hall and Mayor Walker amid graft findings. The piece also notes Julius Rosenwald's charitable will provisions and a Kansas Day celebration in Topeka with a focus on club founders and a 71-year mark.
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Journal-World
Company de Simons
Urray
Sooleh
Simone
Basin
Manag
Massachusetts Street
Lawrence
Kansas
Lorenzen & Thompson, Inc
New York
West 14Th St
Chicago
South
Michigan Ave
San Francisco
Sansome
Angeles
South Broadway
Kansas City
Coca Cola
St. Louis
Star
Atlanta
Walton
General Motors
BF T
Charles Curtis
Senate
Tammany
Samuel Seabury
Serarcher
New York City
Seabury
Jimmy Walker
Jeany
Judge Seabury
Julius Rosenwald
Topeka
Reepublicans
Kansas’ Day Club
Kansas Day club marks shift to Kansan speaker
Charles F. Scott, a founder and longtime speaker, is featured as the principal message giver in Kansas language. The club, once started by a small group, evolved into a party clearinghouse for candidates and issues, with a history of importing a chief speaker but this year choosing a local Kansan who has led and advised the party since its inception.
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Charles F. Scott
Kansas
Kansas Day Club
Rotary speakers urge living fully amid hardship
A Rotary Club gathering urged embracing life with zest despite low moods and hard times. Speakers reflected on pioneer hardships, scarce money, and shared values that sustained the community during border uncertainties, emphasizing hopeful, brave living today.
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Rotary Club
Citizenship Hearing for District Court Finalizes Names
News item lists applicants for naturalization on February 4 at 9 o'clock including Oscar Meith Gustav Anderson Julius Kohn Joe Schaeffer John Anderson Rhody Delahunty and Olaf Anderson. Also notes social events a reception for Prof Palmer at University life talk hosted by Prof and Mrs Hodder and attendees. Other notes mention hunt bounty for a wolf near Baldwin a trip to Florida and a quiet Baptist wedding of Cora Edwards and Silas Smith with Dr Hutchinson officiating.
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District’ Court
Oscar Meith
Gustav Anderson
Julius Kohn
Joe Schaeffer
John Anderson
Rhody Delahunty
Olaf Anderson
Palmer
Hodder
Prof. Palmer
Harvard
Miss Haze Haberstrohe
LaGrange
Ind
Baldwin
Mel Fitz
A. A. Russ
Florida
Springfield
Ill
Edwards-Smith
Baptist Parsonage
Cora Edwards
V. Silas Smith
Dr. Hutchinson
Oklahoma
Henley Hall Named For Donor At University
Ten years ago Mrs. A. Henley donated 1236 Oread Ave to the University and it will be renamed Henley Hall after she granted permission at a YWCA request. A fire at 536 Locust Street damaged the house and contents totaling about 700 dollars. Mr Tail’s mother was dangerously ill in the home when the blaze erupted at 5 22 this morning. Sami T. Dias, longtime Indian school service veteran, has been reassigned from Concho Oklahoma to Anadarko Oklahoma where he assumes full charge.
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Henley Hall
Oread Ave
A. Henley
University
Mrs. Ross
Papa Ross
Hope
Lake Placid
Howard
Westchester
Ross Estate
Mama
Papa
Yacht Club
Ross
Agai
Piatta
Poor Pa by Laurie Callan
A brief literary snippet shows Nora’s encounter with an agent who receives a terse rebuke after his unexpected talk. The scene hints at family dynamics and social tensions with a focus on appearance and insult within a domestic setting.
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Laurie Callan
Birthday and social notices from local households
Mr. Dias gained early experience at Haskell Institute. Mrs. Louis R. Divildiss hosted a birthday gathering at 11 East 10th Street for her son Allen Arthur with Mrs. Harry Smith, Mrs. John R. Barnes, Mrs. Ed win Burgess, and Mrs. Pow among attendees. Dr. and Mrs. Willa Gorrill celebrated R. W. Sorrill’s eightieth birthday with a family dinner at 841 Alabama Street. Mr. and Mrs. Earl SM Ruby and their daughter Louise Jane visit from Bartlesville and plan dinners with Mrs. Heflin as they depart. J E A Richardson and family moved to San Benito Texas. Leslie De Forest and family relocate from Topeka to Lawrence.
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Dias
Haskell Institute
Louis. R. Divildiss
East 10Th Street
Allén ‘Arthur
Harry ¥. Smith
Durwood
John R. Barnes
van Noy
Helen Elizabeth
Edwin Burgess
Edwin, Jr
Pow
Maurine
Willa May
Willa Gorrill
Alabama Street
R. W. Sorrill
Earl Sm.ruby
Louise -Jane
Ruby
S. K. Heflin
Bartlesville
Okla
The Child and Discipline in Historical Perspective
The piece argues that discipline should aim to develop pro social, effective, and potentially happy individuals, warning against both overbearing control and excessive laxity. It highlights the child’s need for autonomy and resistance to suggestion as a healthy trait, referencing ancient Greek views and Socrates on character formation.
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Socrates
Kansas History This Date 1888 Plumb annexation bill
In 1888 Senator Plumb introduced a Senate bill proposing annexation of the disputed No Man's Land from the Indian Territory to Kansas. The event reflects early territorial ambitions connected to Kansas history.
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Plumb
Senate
Kansas
No Man’s Land
Indian Territory
W. A. Peffer
Arance Caucus
United States
Oncaea
Snow Thrills Kansas with Snowfall and Mild Cold Ahead
Snow covered much of Kansas with 2 to 6 inch depths in north central areas and 4 inches in Wichita while Dodge City and Concordia saw 2 inches. Topeka reported 1 inch melting. temperatures were forecast to stay above freezing in most areas with readings not dropping far below 25 to 15 degrees. Meteorologist S D Flora said no severe cold was expected, with gradual clearing in the west and east later tonight and into Wednesday. Louise Glaze, a Terral Oklahoma teacher, is connected to a family long involved in teaching in the same school.
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Topeka
Kansas
United States Weather Bureau
S. D. Flora
Goodland
Algo
Wichita
Dodge City
Concordia
Flora
Norton
Silvia
Opeka
Hope Ross Hosts Opulent Westchester Birthday Party
The seventeen year old Hope Ross, famed as the town’s prettiest and most envied girl, throws a lavish Lake Placid style party at the Ross estate in Westchester. Friends and suitors swarm the veranda and tennis court as Hope’s world of fashion, cars, and social scheming unfolds amid parental grandstanding and looming changes in her spoiled, restless life.
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Hope Ross
Goody
Hope
Windy night toppled Burns cottage in a tale
In a dreamlike sequence the Magic Maker warns of danger as a wind blasts a cottage linked to Robert Burns. The cradle baby survives while the miniature house is blown down. The scene implies the baby grows to become a poet as onlookers fear for shelter and safety.
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Maker of
Robert Burns
Robby
Bobby Burns
Peery
John
Surprises
Peggy
Burns
Early Fairview District 21 History and First School Details
Eloy Ayer recalls Fairview district history from 1869 to 1876. He notes the Fairview Sunday school, early school board members Andrew Douglas and Oscar Burroughs, and the 1869 schoolhouse built by Lafayette Brown with lumber from Alexander Lewis. The first school ran Dec 21, 1869 to Mar 11, 1870, taught by Georgia Dill, with 43 pupils listed. Arbor Day 1876 planted elm near the well by Eloy Ayer and Alice Wells, reflecting limited trees surviving playground use.
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Fairview
Journal-World
Lawrence
District No. 21
Lafayett Brown
Earnest Leary
Alexander Lewis
Robert. Frasier
Congregational Church
Martin
Marcus
Ida
James
Lincoln Meairs
Flora
Oscar
Elia
May Kennedy
Anna
Estella
Elroy Ayer
Sarah
Nancy
Margaret
William
Marion Walburn
Mattie
Liming
Lizzy Cook
Lillie _ Marshal
Charles Ark
Henry Evans
Randall Dooittle
John
Jenny Walker
Nettie Dickson
Laure
Joseph
Louis Rosseau
Mary
Hatty Wallace
Charles
Henry
Gustavus Mullery
Columbus
Frank
Marida
Rice
Edward
Lewis
Joseph Morris
James Winfield
Rohama Stanley
Mr. Hall
Paul Tat Cassiday
W. B. Townsend
Arior
S. Pitts Wells
Wells
Kemper Dairy Farm
Jumea Meairs
Silas Marple
Oscar Kennery
John Henderson Strander
Tom Hines
Arthur Burroughs
Elroy
Albertus Ayer
Allison
Carl
Hershal McClintock
Lincoln Rice
Marselles Vanderhoof
Alexes
Fred Grossetete
John Walker
Charles Earnshaw
Fred Earnshaw
Alice Wells
Eloy Ayer
Edith St
Albuquerque, N. M
Kansas News Briefs and Court Verdicts Across Kansas
Shawnee county coroner H L Clark sought back pay claiming a $100 salary under county law. The commissioners ruled no back pay due. Creager convicted of bank robbery in Brazelton. testified intoxicated, acquitted of first degree robbery. Holtman pled guilty. Mardonis Landers acquitted earlier. Mrs J Moxley fatally injured by gas spark at Baxter Springs home. Hutchinson Fisher plan loan receivership filed. seeks $40,000 restoration and voting rights for preferred stock. Miss Betty Weaver bound over for trial in Belle Plaine bank robbery case. Journal World Want Ads promising.
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Topeka
Shawnee
H. L. Clark
Solast
Girard
First State Bank of
Brazelton
Herman Creager
Creager
Mardonis Landers
Willis Holtman
State Reformatory
Baxter Springs
J. M. Moxley
Yesteray
al Dentin
Hutchinson
Hutchinson Fisher “Plan Loan Corporation
Treasury
Preferred
Fisher Group
Blue Sky” Department
Wellington
Betty Weaver
Valley State Bank
Belle - Plaine
District Court
Wichita
Theater Bombing Strikes Annetta Theatre in Cicero
A dynamite blast at the Annetta Theatre in Cicero ripped the front wall, jolting residents awake and smashing windows for blocks. Owner Benjamin Bartelstein blamed the act on a discharge notice served on his union picture machine operators.
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Chisago
Annetta Theatre
Cicero
Benjamin Bartelstein
Off to Scotland They Bear North Toward the Dee
A humorous expedition tale follows a boastful hero as his crew sails north skirting the River Dee and crossing the Firth of Forth, declaring a clan with kilts and plaids. The lighthearted narrator captures adventurous bravado and playful banter among friends.
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Scotland
Dee
Firth-of-Forth
Flashes of Life and Festivities Across Towns
In Sydney fruit growers fight flying foxes by illuminating orchards after shotguns and poison failed to curb depredations. Albany marks Franklin Roosevelt's 50th with a Hyde Park birthday plan a village square dance. In Memphis and fire houses, city checkers ban revived a 72 hour alleged endurance contest between firemen Burke and Meadows.
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Associated Press
Sydney
N.S. W
Albany
Frank Roosevelt
Hyde Park
Big Thin
Memphis
Russell Burke
J. R. Meadows
Captains Creek Hosts and Kin Enjoy Weekend Gatherings
Ey and Mrs Charles Bright and children of Wichita visited Rev and Mrs A J Bales and family. Mr and Mrs William Seiwald and Mrs Howard Miller spent Sunday with Lewis Seiwalds family. Seiwald ill. Lewis Middleton and daughter Nola Lou visited Olathe. Lynn Bales of Wichita visiting his parents. Johnnie Pritchard visited family in Fall Feast. Fern Andrew weekend in Olathe. Kansas City guests included Mr and Mrs Bradley. Lucille Gabriel and Dorothy Gabriel visited with Philip Gabriel's family and others from Clearfield and Lenexa.
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A. J. Bales
Johnnie Pritchard
Jim Pritchard
Bobbie
Fall
Fern
Andrew
Olathe
Bradley
Kansas City
Kite
Ed Andrew
Lloyd
Lucille Gabriel
Stanley
Dorothy Gabriel
Wesley Deckwa
Dedlores
Clearfield
Philip Gabriel
Paul
Russel Middleton
Near Lenexa
Sunday Dine r Guests and Local Happenings
The article lists Sunday visits by Mrs Harold White and daughter Rena and Mr and Mrs Edgar White and family to Mr and Mrs Thompson White. It notes Rena Little Middleton cutting her head while haying and receiving stitches from a physician. Albert Miller and family hosted guests, while Miss Paulmere of Olathe and Lloyd Squires spent Sunday with Ernest White. Virginia Griffin hosted Andrew for a Thursday dinner. Dan Neis helped Otto Abels with beefing last Friday.
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Harold White
Daugh- Rena
Edgar White
Thompson-White
Nola Lou- Middleton
Albert Miller
Howard Miller
Paulmnere
Olathe
Lloyd
Squires
Ernest ‘White
Fern
Andrew
Virginia Griffin
Tey
Dan_Neis
Otto “Abels
Valley Grove Community News Highlights and Local Notes
Jefferson County Council of Religious Education enjoyed a splendid meeting in Oskaloosa with speeches, music, and a Presbyterian church luncheon. The twenty five years ago column recalls Marshall Kincaid as Lawrence’s popular policeman. Local farm and road conditions are noted with storm delays and upcoming teachers examinations in late January.
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Jefferson County Council of Religious Education
Oskaloosa
Presbyterian Church
Marshall Kincaid
Lawrence
Kincaid
Russell D. Shaw
Oskaloos
Jefferson County
Viola’ May Ousdahl
Bonnie Jean
Frank Dolph
Kansas City
Evelyn
Darlene
Leo
Ward
Frederick Champion
Wessze
Oscar Emery
I Pion of
O'Neil
F.*h. Champion
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Missouri
Ebinel
Tate
Masi
Putiikhers Syndicate
Louise Glaze
Terral
Hone
Clee Net
Rusty
Schnozale
Placid
Judy Hunt
Roger
Judy
Lark
Dad
Creece Perkins
SUNBG
Mary Graham Bonner
The
Mozart
Jere
Captains Creek
Valley Grove
Wolf's Book Store
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Tower of London
Thames
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