Chicago Schools Strain as Rescue Pool Grows
Dwindling school coal bins spark alarm as Chicago contemplates a $20,000,000 rescue pool led by Silas H. Strawn. H. Wallace Caldwell proposes a new education committee to supervise spending while city, county, and sanitary district officials pledge cooperation. Debt climbs daily as taxes remain uncollected and staff face delayed pay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Silas H. Strawn
Citizens’ Committee
H. Wallace Caldwell
Board of Education
Strawn
City Council Finance Committee
William Tale’ Thompson
John S. Clark
Council Finance Committee
Cook County Board
Chicago Sanitary District
Caldwell
Thompson
Becher Lectures on Germany Tonight at Liberty Memorial
John George Becher, writer and traveler, presents an illustrated lecture on Germany tonight at 7 40 in the Liberty Memorial High School auditorium. Admission is free. Becher, from the Bureau of Commercial Economics in Washington DC, aims to foster international goodwill and understanding through slides and moving pictures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rotary
International
John George Becher
Germany
Liberty Memorial High School
Lawrence
Bureau of Commercial Economics
Washington, D. C
Europe
Germany’s progress and travel impressions featured speaker
Portions of Central Europe and Alpine studies review modern Germany’s progress since World War I and the republic’s attitude. The speaker will recount journeys through Germany, describing the people industry and entertainment and share travel impressions. Also reports theft of 26 Wyandotte chickens by J S Barrow area, with Ed Church and Helen Church listed among the ill or absent and Mrs Wells in Lawrence caring for her mother, with community sympathy extended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Germany
Ed Church
Helen Church
Town Notes On Snowbound Roads And Community Happenings
Snowbound township roads hinder travel as mail and telephones struggle. Clifford Kincaid attends a party with Earl Garner celebrated on his twenty third birthday by sisters and mother. Mrs J B Pulley returns home from Pony Creek district and is reported recovering. Miss Richter the teacher injures shoulder in a fall and remains home. School delay until January 27 due to weather. Harold Skeet aided by Andrew Hamilton and Mr Pulley with feed hauling. Mrs Ed Church visits granddaughter Marjorie Louige ill near Lawrence. granddaughter improves. Harold Garner visits Clifford Kincaid. Club meetings postponed indefinitely. Neighbors shovel snow near Mr Olmstead’s home. mail carrier blocked. lines work poorly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifford Kincaid
Earl Garner
J. B. Pulley
Pony Creek
Andrew Hamilton
Mr. Pulley
Harold Skeet
Ed Church
Murel Beers
Lawrence
Marjorie Louige
Harold ‘Garner
Clfford Kincaid
John Canary
Bill
Crossword puzzle clues mixed with scattered entries
Puzzle presents a jumbled crossword with numerous clues and partial answers across many fields including biology, geography, and literature. Several entries reference people and places, but the text is fragmentary, overlapping, and difficult to parse into coherent items.
Death of Mrs Mary Jane Prior and Kanwaka 4 H notes
Community mourns Mary Jane Prior in Topeka from carbon monoxide poisoning. Daugher Alice Carver revived after firemen’s artificial respiration and remains in Christ’s hospital Topeka. Burial planned in New Florence Missouri. Also reports 4 H club banquet in Douglas County with pins awarded and chorus performances. Additional local notes: residents’ travels, meetings, and school weather closures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Jane Prior
George Carver
Topeka
Alice Carver
Carver
Christ's Hospial
4-H Club
Douglas County Banker's Association
Iddridge
Elib
Kanwika
Milton Elliott
Olin Keterish
Luelia
Willard
Everett Shaw
Ray
Sam Seetin
Erline Anu Mac Iulliott
Mary Leonard
Virginia
Margaret Ceimen
Dorothy Armstrong
Opal Christy
Hazel Henick
Olin Petetish
Virginia Colman
Margaret Colman
Josephine Seetin
Olin Petefish
Erline
Mac Elliott
Karnaka Club
Otto Johanning
Lawrence
Chris Schaake
A. B. Ulrich
Ulrich
Mary A. Ulrich
Church of the Brethren
Lone Star
Kanwaka
Ralph Colman
Great Bend
State Farm Bureau
J. S. Emmett
L.H. Emmett
Carl Miller
Richland
J.S. Emmett
E. G. L. Harbour
Connecticut Street
Ernest Stone
J. M. Crowder
Milton Schaake
Kaw Valley
Johanning
Sehaake
Richand
C. T. Dews
Arkansas
Ladies Aid
Sunday school meets at 2 PM next Sunday
The notice states that next Sunday January 26 the Sunday school will meet at 2 p m while preaching follows at 3 p m. The schedule emphasizes the late January church activities without listing additional participants or venues.
Midland Social News Recaps From Local Visits And Meetings
Mrs F H Rice and Mrs Stowe returned home from the hospital last week. Mr and Mrs Charles Spray and Mary Lou visited Mr and Mrs Adams Sunday. Mrs Lowell Sterling came home after two weeks with her father. Various families hosted dinners and visits including Brune, Schaake, Shaw, Laptad, and Whitman. The 4 H club banquet at the Eldridge hotel drew a small crowd due to cold and illness. The C P A held its annual dinner with Attorney General Smith of Topeka giving a fine talk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stowe
Charles Spray
Mary Lou
Adams
Lowell Sterling
Will Brune
Spring Hill
Love
Ousdahl
Ted Alford
Gus
Eldridge Hotel
A.C. Schaake
Raymond
Gus Brune
Harold and Eurrenia
Florence Alford
del Weibel
Russel Shaw
E. D. Shaw
Virginia
Eugenia Brune
Robert Laptad
Ruissel
Shaw
E. Sherwood
Florence
Alford
H. Buibest
Midland Rural Club
W. R. Adams
Leve
Roscoe Whitman
Local families share visits and illness updates in Hesper area
Household members and relatives from Hesper and nearby towns spent midweek with grandparents and friends in Kansas City and Eudora. The Lang family illness prompted hospital calls and concerns as Rebekah lodge officers installed in Eudora. Social visits included Bagby, Rohe, Edelbrock, Kindred, Koch, and Kurtz families with multiple Sunday gatherings and a Kansas City trip.
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Leonard Bagly
Hesper
George Rohe
Clearfield
Arthur Bernitz
Pete Edelbrock
Rebekah Lodge
J. QO. O. F. Hall
Eudora
Joe Strobel
Leslie Kindred
D. Neuttles
Harry Long
Kansas City
Aileen Bagby
Brother Curtis
Gus Koch
Carl Kurtz
Verner
Kurtz
Local Social Notes From Weaver and Surrounding Areas
Mr and Mrs Lewie Hadl and families engage in Dry Rally eats. Miss Margaret Spitzall shopped in Lawrence Friday. Robert Reusch and son John toured Lawrence Monday on business. Second bi monthly exams held at the schoolhouse with several excused. Community members visited relatives across Lawrence Olathe and Kansas City. Several names appear in forthcoming social calls and visits, including Bernitz Abel Strobel and Kurtz families.
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Lewie Hadl
Margaret Spitzall
Lawrence
Robert Reusch
John
Leone Parker
Annetta Abel
Wayne
Reusch
Lewis Meuffle
Delbert Reusch
Pete Sdelbrock
Charline
John Edelbrock
Eudora
Carl Philger
Alice Walters
South Eudora
Mary Bernitz
Floyd Broer
Kathleen
Weaver
Harry Broer
Emmett Bernitz
Kansas City
Howard Bernitz
Carl Kurtz
Roy Kurtz
Carl Werner Kurtz
Carl Ternitz
Jake Strobel
Joe Strobel
Gus Koehler
Charline Edelbreck
Dortha Neuttles
Martin Abel
Martha
June Louise
Belleview
Otto Abel
Helen Strobel
Kurtz
Olathe
Johnnie Wichman
Dan Strohel
Fred Siewkie
Bell Roce
William Fuchs
Robert ‘Reusch
Fula
Frank Reusch
Elva
Ruth
Otto George
Fred Neis J
Sam Neis
Hesper
Charlie Kurtz
Evbroy Parker
Prairie Center
Walter ‘Parker
Geraldine Reece
Margaret Spitali
Oscar Broer
Glen Wilson
Merle
Harold Reusch
Earl White
DeSoto
DeSoto Gym
Johnston
Lewie Fenner
Henry Kurtz
John Reece
Fector
Vinland and Vicinity Notices and Social Items
Mrs Isabelle Shipley returned from Memorial hospital in Lawrence after a tonsil operation. Dr Bechtel of Lawrence made a professional call at the parsonage. Mr and Mrs W A McPheeters and family were supper guests for Mr Andrews birthday. About fifty young people enjoyed a coasting party at Cutter farm. Roy Jameson and Loyd dined with Mrs Jameson and son Len on Mrs Jameson s seventy fifth birthday anniversary. Mr and Mrs Claude Davault spent weekend with home folks. Mr and Mrs Rey Johnson of Lawrence returned to Lawrence after a visit with her parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isabelle Shipley
Memorial Hospital
Lawrence
Loyd
Vinland and local social events and sports results
Mrs Alma Heinrich hosted a quilting dinner for relatives and guests including Mrs W H Hoskinson Mrs Minnie Nichols Mrs Clarence Hagerman Mrs Will Ruesch and others. The Vinland basketball teams defeated Lawrence Friday. Several locals attended theater and visits across town with occasional illness updates and school absences noted.
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Gilbert Morten
Hubert Hoskinson
Alvin Smith
Woodrow
Elismere Davault
Winifred Stevens
Lawrence
Roy Johnson
Vinland
Rio Rita
Dickinson Theatre
George Hoskinson
Inzel
Elnora Ruesch
Fae Hagerman
Roy Hoskinson
Woodrow Sturdy
Local visits feature Madl and Chanay families
Prospect Marion Madl and May Johnson, Arthur and Ralph Madl and John Chanay spent Sunday afternoon at the Mactin Rohe Jr. home. Mary Rohe spent Sunday afternoon with Mabel Edler. Mrs. Mary King and Jessie visited Artie Chaney's home Sunday. Mr and Mrs Henry Rohe, Henry, Mary and Edith Jo spent Saturday.
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Marion Madl
May Johnson
Arthur
Ralph Madl
John Chanay
Mactin Rohe, Jr
Mary Rohe
Mabel Edler
Mary King
Jessie
Artie Chaney
Ahs
Henry Rohe
Henry
Mary
Edith Jo
Death of Eleanor Werts and local notices
Eleanor Werts died January 14 at her son's home after years in the area. The funeral was held January 7 with services at the Lut vedi church. Survivors include five sons four daughters and numerous grandchildren. Read: Ray and Bert Werts returned home after her death. many neighbors assisted with quilts and visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Solomon Werts
Jay Des
A. Vals
Lev Dt Werts
Negie
Doray
Lawrences
Rome
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Becher
Kng
King George of
England
Welome
London
Associated Press
J. S Barrow
California Street
Wyandotte
John Ingalls
Knowledge. Hill
Little Sebts
Andy Gunny
Mohammedan Nantes
Denmark
Elele
Midland
Evening Star
John W. Brady
Texas Court of Appeals
Austin
Tex
Tte Lehlia Highsmith
Capitol
Arsovitt Ad
F. Scott McBride
Anti-Saloon League of America
Howard Hyde Russell
Detroit
Vinland and Vicinity
Loyd Ruesch
W. S. Parsons
John Reckhold
Estel Moore
Clarence James
Agnes Stevens
Columbia
Johanna Griffis
Clarence Griffis
Crowder
Esther Johnson
Sibley
Herman Smith
Ann Christy
Ronald 1Eth
New York
Winnie
Helen Foster
Cornelius Keefe
Chas. Girard
Alice Lake
Lorenz Spelcher
Bert Werts
Eleanor Werts
Charles @oward
Marjtin Rohe
William Chianay
Martin Rohe
Geo. Rohe
Albert Ealer
Mabel
Joe
Joe Madl
Martin Rohe, Jr
Geo.,Rohe
Charles Speichert
John Weixenhofer
Ben Kramer
Roy Breithaupt
Mary Coleman
Stony Point
P. E. Roush
Henry Roche, Jr
Mary Guenther
Will
Robert Guenther
Roy Breithaut
Baldwin
Cyril
Albert Edler
Wellsville
R J
Filth
Johnny Johnson
Mondsay
Eleanor Ann Gaumer
Coshocton
Ohio
BIG Storm
Piola
Laan de
Willt
Charles Eaton
Marguerite Churchill
Gary Cooper
Dickinson
FOX Movietone
Hares
Brell Lysn
Marjorie White
Sharon Frank Richardson
Bebe Dantel
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