La Follette Third-Party Bid Gathers Momentum at Conference
Cleveland July 3 Associated Press reports the Progressive Political Action conference here July 4 3 aims to nominate Robert A La Follette for president on a third party ticket if he is willing. The group claims strong farm and labor backing and expected representation from over twenty groups. Leaders anticipate carrying six to eleven northwestern states and explore a national platform aligned with reform, though some doubt La Follette's election. The national committee will meet before the convention to finalize details.
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Ssociated Press
Conference For Progressive Political Action
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St. Louis
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Rts
House of Representatives
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Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
North
South Dakota
Montana
Abraska
Wyoming
Washington
Idaho
Colorado
Wheeler Jin
Howell
Nebraska
Dill
Frazier
North Dakota
Shipstead
William H. Johnston
International Association of Machinists
Biade
Warren S. Stone
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Cane
Fronting Licenses Increase in Number One or Plahst Year
The county clerk reports to the state gate ward en Pratt Kuh the fiscal year ending June 30. Douglas county issued 1,348 hunting licenses and 75 trapping licenses versus 1,256 hunting and 83 trapping last year. Licenses were obtainable in Lawrence and in hardware stores, with Mr Bussing attributing the rise to convenience.
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Kuh
Douglas County
Lawrence
Bussing
Gauntlett Recital Delights At Traser Hall Performance
Basil Gauntlett offered a varied program with notable tonal shading and technical finesse. Pieces ranged from Schumann and Liszt to Grieg and Elizaust works, ending with a Eugene Onegin paraphrase, leaving the audience engrossed and admiring his artistry.
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Basil Gauntlett
Traser Hall
Gauntlett
Prophet Bird
Grieg
Lizst
Thether
Rosenthal
Maciowell
Men- Uelssein-Lizst
Tschaikowsky
Eugene Onegin
Lecompton Community Notes on Visits and Repairs
Walter and Will Brown hauled lumber and shingles from Lecompton yard for Glenn church repairs after a recent wind storm. Neighbors plowed corn for Vester Robison while he was hospitalized in Topeka. Residents and visitors from Lawrence Topeka and Lecompton shared time at homes, picnics, and church activities as census work and Sunday school attendance were recorded.
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Walter
Will Brown
Lecompton
Glenn Church
Vester Robison
Topeka
Harry Martin
Walter Johns
McKenzie
Lawrence
G. T. Glenn
John Matney
Kenneth
Opal
Fred Sulzon
Jim Cummings
Gussie Dreyer
Warren McCall
Arlette Fulton
Gage Park
Seward Avenue Baptist Church
MacWalls
Lecomption
Gerald Holloway
Harry Fulton
G. L. Glenn
Walter Brown
Babbitt
John
H. A. Davidson
Starr Glenn
L. E. Eyth
Arlette
Hom
Harold McMurtry
Tulsa
Okla
Dawes Family Hotel Echoes Late Son's Charity Vision
The Dawes hotel on Madison Street stands as a memorial to Rufus Fearing Dawes, drowned at 21, reflecting his charity work in West Side poor districts. General Charles G. Dawes, noted financier and statesman, sustains personal touches in philanthropy with hotels for men and women, and honors his son through service to patrons and staff. Kilkenny, once a bellboy, rose under Dawes to top roles, illustrating Dawes's hands-on mentorship and wartime leadership.
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Chicago
Madison Street
Rufus F. Dawes
Charles G. Dawes
Rufus Fearing Dawes
Princeton
Rufius Dawes
West Side
South Dakota
Dawes
Rufus Dawes
Boston
Mary Dawes
Bell Boy
Onejat
Francis J
Kilkenny
LaSalle St
Union League
Washington
Lawes
Community Notes On Farm Work And Visits
Farmers are busy plowing corn cutting wheat and baling hay as oats near ready. Gienn homes Sunday evening. Chas Brown drove to Lecompton Saturday afternoon. Geo Bahnmaier and family visited Lecompton Saturday evening and attended a Community Council meeting to plan the Fourth of July picnic. Alfred McMurtry and son Jack Grace and Howard Jones of Topeka visited the Glenn home Monday evening. Wayne Motria is on the sick list this week. Starr Glenn and his mother Mrs Thos Glenn went to Topeka Saturday morning on business.
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Gienn
Chas. Brown
Lecompton
Geo. F. Bahnmaier
Plete
Alfred McMurtry
Jack
Grace
Howard Jones
Topeka
G. L. Glenn
Wayne Motria
Starr Glenn
Thos. Glenn
I. W.torrence
Margaret McCune
McCune
Kan
E. L. Torrence
Baldwin
Eunice Torrence
Enworth League of the Methodist Church
Alvenia Neidermtaiér
George Lothholz
St. Paul’s Church
Lelia Gabriel
Pearl Daugherty
Clara Seiwald
Abi
Jack Crane
City Hall Park
Ladies’ Aid
Methodist Church
George Catlin
Lawrence
Marvin Bohnsack
Harold Daugherty
Daugherty
Caroline Bohnsack
M. F. Bearden
Bonner Springs
Eudora
B. W. Park
B. F. Flinn
Pittsburgh
Flinn
Mildred Forsythe
Katherine Gabriel
George Lothholn
I. D. Harris, Jr
Chester Moody
John Moody
Sherman Ledbetter
George Lewis
Farl Milburn
Anderson
Ind
Jake Milburn
Gretchen Gabriel
Victor Feldmier
Kansas City
S.C. Gilmore
Mary Alten
Nydia Hughes
Annie
Josephine Gilmore
Charles Achning
Anna Lothholz
Geo Schubert
Schubert
Fred Moll
Sim Snyder
Carl Schubert
J. van Lindley
Gloria
Louis Moll
George Schubert
Gertrude
F. Richards
Colorado
John Adams
Mac Karnes
Jake Millber
Ziedler
Sl Avas
Rudolph
Hammer
Anna Lathholz
Cyril Miller
Carol Joyce
Kans
Bert Brown
Fred Lotz
Hits
Julius Ots
Landon
Mers
F. T. Brooks
Delbert Hobbs
Los Angeles
Calif
Chicago
Sam Lepper
Miss Fay
Carrie Becker
Jewel City
Alfred Eisele
Katie Schopper
St. Joseph's Hospital
Joseph Schopper
Oscar Clark
Marshall
Albert Miller
Main Street
Sheldon
Scounty
John Grienier
Corree
N. M
Park Oz
Schuerman
Salem Evangelical Church
Allen Faust
Robert
Argentine
Mfr
Ben Faust
L. Torrence
Adolph Milles
Minnie McCrea
Lillian Fuller
Maggie Garvin
Nannie
Daisy
J. N. Kernybill
William Zimmerman
Kraybill
George Trefz
Fred Papenhausen
Mike Seiwold
Roy Cost
Ladies* Aid
The
W. A. Fuller
Park
Ned Crass
Elks Convention Delegation Heads to Boston via Multi City Trip
A group led by H McKone and including Craig Kennedy and Roy Lawrence leaves tonight for Boston for a five day Elks national convention. The Lawrence group joins Kansas and Oklahoma delegates in Kansas City and McKone oversees two Pullman cars. They travel through Chicago Niagara Falls Montreal and Toronto before arriving in Boston Monday. Mrs Rabourn dies at 79 after a long illness. funeral Saturday at home with interment Oak Hill cemetery. Aviator L M Allison offers passenger flights from Ross Field with one and two passenger planes priced at 3 and 5 dollars respectively.
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W. E. Craig Kennedy
Roy Lawrence
Boston
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Elks Lodge
W. H. McKone
Craig Kennedy
Lawrence
Ellis
Kansas
Oklahoma
Kansas City
McKone
Margaret A. Rabburn
Margaret A. Rabourn
Kentucky Street
Ray Busden
Oak Hill ‘Cemetery
Rabourn
Rose M. Rabourn
Emma P. Raybourn
J. 0. Rabourn
L. M. Allison
Ross Pine Field
Fort-To-Fort
Allison
Glen Staver
Theatre tax cut ends miscel laneous levy on tickets
The government abolished the revenue tax on theatre tickets by an order removing the miscellaneous tax. The Varsity theatre resumed pre war ticket prices this afternoon.
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Varsity Theatre
Lightning Strikes Home. Bullet Found in Hauck House
Rev and Mrs Theo Hauck returned from Napolean Missouri while their home in Eudora was struck by lightning early Thursday morning. The bolt tore shingles and cut telephone wires but did not injure the occupants. A stray bullet was later found on the floor near a north wall window, suggesting someone shooting at birds. Nearby residents Mrs B W Park and family traveled from Bonner Springs, and Miss Molira Pilla and Dorothy White were noted for recent travels.
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Theo. Hauck
Theophil
Napoleon, Mo
Rev. Hauck
John Hauck
James McCabrin
Mrs. Hauck
Community News From Eudora About Socials and Visits
Local notes recount visitors from McCune and Baldwin, church socials, choir gatherings, and union services planned for summer. Attendees include Rev. Torrence, Miss Eunice Torrence, Miss Margaret McCune, and many area families in Lawrence, Topeka, and Kansas City. Socials raise funds for church work and volunteers.
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