Costs Kansas Town Sees Wait Tie Election Repeats
The Lawrence area reports a municipal light plant election ended in a tie twice after months of debate. A justice of the peace and a Overland Park constable are accused of enforcing fish and game laws harshly against picnickers, while a Kansas confectionery shows a state pharmacy certificate to serve patrons who mix medicines with drinks. Governor Reed proposes goldfish at the mansion to combat mosquitoes as news outlets joke about local zoo tales and bold headlines reference busy days in Topeka and Kansas City.
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Costs
Kansas
Overland Park
Dora
Lawrence
State Board of Pharmacy
Reed
State Fish, and Game Commission
Je Jarrell
Arkansas
Agnes
Hl Dorado Times
Roba Clymer
Overnor Reed
Topeka
Fatal crash on Long Island linked to liquor influence
A physician's report states seven deaths occurred last week on the lying fields on Long Island. One pilot and two passengers died in a crash while under the influence of liquor. The accident toll rose as more details emerged from yesterday's medical findings.
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Long Island
Social at Dr. Leslie's Methodist class social at 1821 Mass. St
Twenty five years ago in old Home Town a Methodist Sunday School social was planned at Dr. Leslie's home on 1821 Massachusetts Street with Mrs Dunlap organizing and Mrs Keller traveling to see relatives at the World’s Fair. The Keller store will close for a week as Mr Keller arranges care takers and travels with friends. Bella Sinclair suffered severe burns from a gasoline explosion at her Ottaw home Saturday evening.
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Dunlap
Telass
Methodist Sunday
Leslie
Massachusetts Street
V. D., Keller
South Lawrence
Iowa
Bella Sinclair
Ottawal
Clarence Hall
St. Louis
F. P. | Smith
Oklahoma
Baldwin
J. W. Counts
Bacon
County Bankers’ Association
Rotary Club
Vinland State Bank
People’s State Bank
Perry Sowers
Trinity Lutheran Hospital
Nancy J. Hayden
Frank S. Hardin
Lawrence
Francis Yeoman
Kansas City
A. O. Lockwood
Bethany Hospital
Tell Date Kansas History Tell Date Kansas History
Fragmentary OCR notes reference history of Kansas counties and a state historical society publication. Names appear as FW B Giles and Dr. H Webb with mentions of Topeka and England. No clear event, date, or outcome is discernible.
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Topeka
Commonwealth
Shaw
Reed County
Giles
State Historical Socie
Webb
England
Baldwin News Summary of Local Notices and Obituaries
Local Baldwin notes report family bereavements and marriages including Mrs. Jennie Little's death and funeral plans for Saturday. The piece records community sympathy, relocations, and social updates involving Baker area residents, teachers, and alumni. It notes Sheriff Rutherford’s Lawrence visit, bank changes with W. Gibbon as cashier, and various travels and summer plans of residents.
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Savonburg
Edward Little
Robert Sample
Walnut
Baldwin
Little
W. J. Williams
Fort Scott
Mildred Botkin
Baker
Boulder
Colo
Jerry
Botkin
Winfield
William Hertzog
Helen
Gwendolyn
Richard
Ronald
Salem
Ore
Carrie M. Langa
Insas City
Nina Bayliss
Fine Arts Department
Syracuse
N. Y
A. M. Gardner
Lawrence
Oscar Guggler
Woodbine
Shome
Ernestiny
Naomi Maenaenmayer
George Lincoln
Little Grand
George Lincoln Williams
Florence
Alpha Chi Omega
Hunter
Cover
Ault
Jack Hoofer
Chanute
McHenry
Lake Parmenter
Shikona
Margaret Counts
Dorothy Deal
Aliie Gayle Parmenter
Luke I. Gaskell
Wakefield
Jesse Benton * Taylor
Baxter Springs
Dorothy Carolyn
Andrew J. Kinsey
Kinsey
Miami
Oklo
Alpha Chi Omega Aml Alpha
Delta Sigma
James Counts
Milton Counts
Kansas City
Bob Rutherford
W. QO. Gibbon
Jarbola
B. ‘Ie Bacon
People’s State Bank of
Hugh P. Hartley
Jersey Street
Baldwin News notes Fourth of July events and tragedy
Local items recount visits by Mary Baldwin and Mary King in town, trips to Peculiar and Osage City, and a Fourth of July picnic. A fatal accident on highway 73 near Ottawa claims Mrs. Edward Little of Baldwin, struck by a motorcycle while returning to her car. her husband Melvin Logan and others were involved.
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Mary
Balrn
Wellsville
Sue Lovelace
Mary King
Jessie King
Peculiar
Willian -Tisdare
Bittersweet ‘Farm
Eal
Ronald ‘Hackett
Irs
Gayle Swayze
Frank H. Bell
Maxine
Venenta
Edward Little
Baldwin
Otttawa Hospital
Melvin Logan
Garnett
Ottawa
Bank foreclosures low in Houston despite loan volume
The Federal Farm Land Bank in Houston reports the fewest foreclosures of its kind in the nation, with 54 foreclosures in 12 years. The bank has loaned over 185 million dollars to 63,000 Texas farmers during that period. In Unadilla Nebraska an eight cow dairy herd owned by PF Orton posted over 60 pounds of butterfat per cow annually.
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Houston
Tex
Federal Parm Land Bank
Texas
PF Orton
The Singing Gold review and author news
A review of Dorothy Cottrell's The Singing Gold praises its charm and autobiographical tone, noting a young Australian heroine who matures amid romance, war, and hardship. The column also lists literary news on Clemenceau, Dawes, Al Smith, Milne with Shepard, Goossens opera Judith, and other notable works and authors, with brief notices of prizes and forthcoming publications.
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Dorothy Cottrell
Houghton Mifflin Co
Publishers
Australlia
sida _ ae
Mackenzie
Joan
Jerry
Cottrell
Australia
Politics Take a Hand as Churchill Aims Biographer
The Baldwin administration resignation shakes the world of letters as Winston Churchill pivots to write about his ancestor the Duke of Marlborough. He has begun no manuscript yet but studies family archives at Blenheim for material. The 1894 Wolseley life only covered part of the Duke’s career, inviting Churchill to continue. Office holders emerge as authors in Viking’s lineup after England’s general election.
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Baldwin
Winston Churchill
Duke of Marlborough
Blenheim
Duke
Lord Wolseley
Churchill
Longmans contest offers 7500 prize for first novels
Longmans Green announces a 19000 dollar first novel contest open to authors who have not sold more than 5000 copies. First prize is 7500 dollars, with 2500 as a cash award and 5000 as an advance on royalties. A second prize of 2500 may be awarded if the winner has had a prior novel published, but not if the first prize goes to a true first novel. Manuscripts must be submitted under new names to Longmans Green & Co New York before December 1 1929.
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New York
No. Or
Wall Street
York City
Fort Scott
Monitor
Dodd, Mead & Co
Martha Ostenso
Marcel Howe Farnham
Longmans, Green & Co
Io’ Longmans
Green & Co
Fifth Avenue
New York City
Richard
Helen
Eeath
Julian Guyfford
Julian
Fatal Words in a Jealous Duel Courtship Scene
Helen D Arcy suddenly yields to Sir Richard Gosford and refuses his ring as she schemes to avert a looming duel. A masked man halts her ride and commands the ring as she flings money and scorns, vowing contempt and safe departure.
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Helen D'Arcy
Rucerd Gosford
Reichard
Jilian
Angela
Helen
Captain Despard
Viscount Stockiburgt
Julian
Guyford
Richard
Gregry
Greg
Segery Farnel
Cavanaugh Breaks Into News in the Newest Way Chicago
James Cavanaugh of 1043 West Madison Street in Chicago bursts into the news last night wearing newspapers as clothing before changing to a sheet. He is robbed by four men who take $15 and his clothes, then he reports the crime and helps police arrest Ernest Hayes and one Bruce, who share items from his wardrobe. A second brief item notes a successful season at the Chief Tonganoxie swimming pool with local swimmers.
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Chicago
James Cavanaugh
West Madison Street
Cavanaughs
Cavanaugh
Anen
Toman
Ernest Hayes
Ay Bruce
Soy Hayes
Bruce
Tonganoxie
Weill
Tonganoxia
J. L. Sparks
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Ew - York
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Cence
Ofice
Chamber of Deputies
United States
Topeka Journal
Kina
Wilbur Gardner
East
Eur
John Chariton
Yester Day
Ind
J._E. Forsythe
Rev
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Selig
Sam. P. Moyer
Camp Funston
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Helen Metcalfe
York
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Flintom
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E. S
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Frances Auswald
Mona Wilson
Agnes Gox
Gaylord Wedell
Pahisses Edyth
Glad’ Za
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Orcas Rublee
Pie
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Joel Chambers
John Wodecmer
Kiley
Elmo White
Edward ‘Swartzkoff
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E. Lcharlton
Findley
Ohio
Molliemain
Poor
Claude
Callan
Sigma Phi Epsilon
Mamie
Baldivin
Frank E. Marsh
Cell
Ruth
Victor Duesenberry
Cameron
Morrill
Hazel Elizabeth Pence
Thomas A. Evans
Tommy
Muskoka Lakes
Ontario
Canada
Hdith Jenks
Evans
John Hitchcock
Colorado Springs
Mildred
Gladys Black
Betty
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Fed. Res. Board
Dan’s
Anneli
Mit
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Boston
Georges Clemenceau
Veryl Soony
Mary Austin
Santa Fe
New Mexico
Charles
G. Dawes
Bassador
St. Jam
Houghton Mifflin Company
al Smith
Farwell
Christopher Robin
A. A. Milnelis
Ernest Shepard
Arnold Bennett
Eugene Goosenns
Judith
Artin Shaw
Oxford Press
Maude Royden
Isadore Duncan
Hugh Walpole
John Masefield
Agsistus John
Vaughan William
I. Dorsey
George A. Dorsey
Harpers
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Dr. Dorsey
Byro
Jim Tully
Europe
Tully
Ireland
Doubleday, Doran, & Co
Eee
S. van Dine
Charles Scribner's Sons
Bradley Beach
N. J
Commissioner van Dine
Philo Vance
Vance
K. U
American Mercury
America
Say
MacDonald
Arthur Henderson
Labour
George Lansbury
Margaret Bondfield
A. Susan Lawrence
Labour Party
Labor
Sidney Webb
Women
Viking Press
Henry Ford
Samuel Crowther
Doubleday, Doran & Co
Ford
Harcourt, Brace & Co
Iking Press
Viking
Ram
Jeffery Farnel
Sir Richard
D’arcy
Anghty
Ahe
Cleo McConnell
Independence
Kan
George Atkeson
Massachusetts
W. A. Sterbe
Newton
A. L. Lingren
Lawrence National Bank
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