President Rests in Adirondack Camp During Vacation
The president and party settled into a mountain camp in the Adirondacks for a several week stay. Reporters describe the rugged scenery, streams and peaks like White Face and Ma Ampersand as the entourage prepares for a quiet period with accommodations at Paul Smith's hotel nearby. Police remain posted at the camp area amid routine security arrangements while national headlines note broader events linked to federal cases and local concerns.
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S. Coolidge
Paul Smith
Central
Onunuy
Irwin RK
Kirkwood
Adirondacks
Wolf’ Dey
White Face
Hartne Times
Star
Sas
Red Gland
Kansas Weather Brief Partial Cloudy Weekend Forecast
Partly cloudy tonight through Thursday with scattered thunder showers possible and a slight warmup. Kansas City and Wichita expect clear skies with roads mostly good to fair, Emporia may see muddier conditions, Hutchinson clear, other towns listed with unclear spellings. Temperatures yesterday and today show highs around 80 with variable noon readings.
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Kansas
Kansas City
Wichita
Emporia
Hutchinson
Ottawa
Topela
Ark
New Yorkers Try Hiking During Subway Strike Action
The Interborough Rapid Transit Company reports subway service near normal as workers strike seeking a 20 percent wage raise to $1 an hour. Strikers claim spread to elevated lines, while riders shift to buses and walking, causing congestion and longer commutes for over 3 million daily passengers.
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New York
Interborough Rapid Transit Company
Interborough
Vather Knickerbocker
Subway
Manhattan Island
New Yorker
Shank
Lawrence post office to gain north addition and dock
Plans for a Lawrence post office extension aim to improve window service. The addition, about fifty by thirty five feet with basement, will be built north of the present office with a new covered dock along the west side. Work likely to start after plans are completed and funded. exact appropriation amount not disclosed.
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Lawrence Post Office
C. B. Hosford
Chauncey B. Little
Husford
Brooklyn Dodgers Beat Boston In Opener Of Doubleheader
Brooklyn bunched runs in the second and ninth innings to take the first game 6 to 1, with Grimes and Hargreaves driving in key runs. In the nightcap Brooklyn and Philadelphia split, while Philadelphia edged Boston in an extended extra inning win. The American Association featured Kansas City over St. Paul as a separate result.
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National League
Boston
Brooklyn
Boton
Grimes
Hargreaves
Goldsmith
Gibson
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
DC Dean
Raed Willoughhby
Henline
Aldridge
Smith
Brooklyn Reston
Vance Z. Taylor
Philadelphia Athletics
Boston Red Sox
Phila
Rufing
Wingfield
Gaston
Bischoff
Rommell
Gray
Pate
Cochrane
Zahniser
Quinn
Matty Day at Polo Grounds Feature Baseball Veterans
Famous baseball stars from Christy Mathewson's era met in a 3 inning exhibition at the Polo Grounds. Matty's team defeated the opponents 3 to 2 as Rube Marquard and George Wiltse pitched for the Matty nine while Joe McGinnity faced Matty in his major league debut. About 6,000 fans attended along with Mayor Walker and Baseball Commissioner Landis. A second exhibition pitted the New York Nationals against the Washington American League squad.
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New York
Christy Matthewson
Polo Grounds
Matty
Joe MecGinnity
George Wiltse
Rube Marquard
Hugh McMullen
Roger Bresnahan
Walker
Landis
Heydler
National League
New York’ Nationals
S-51 Submarine Grounded While Being Towed Toward New York
New York July 7 AP The United States submarine S-51 ran aground on an East River rock while being towed to the New York navy yard after leaving Block Island. Officers blamed missing buoy markers and pilot misguidance. the vessel listed and rolled as the conning tower showed a half mast flag amid wreckage from the bridge.
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New York
United States
East River
New York Navy Yard
Block Island
Williamsburg
Queensboro Bridge
E. P. Sauer
Admiral Plunkett
Falcon
E. J. King
Edward Eilsberg
Rome
Campaign heads named for Republican speakers bureaus
Washington July Rep Walter H Newton Minnesota will lead Western oratorical efforts to keep Congress GOP in the November vote with John Q Tilson of Connecticut directing Eastern work. Announcement from the national committees in Chicago and New York states Newton heads Aug 15 HQ Maine Sep 13 election. Tilson starts in Maine as the September 13 Maine election looms.
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Walter H. Newton
Minnesota
Congress
John Q. Tilson
Connecticut
House
Chicago
New York
Newton
Minneapolis
Tilson
Maine
Coffeyville Considers $40,000 Park Bonds Vote Aug 3
Coffeyville city commission unanimously submits to voters a $40,000 bond proposal for a municipal park sprayground and a Verdigris river swimming beach. Land purchase to be by condemnation. Ballot set for August 3 with the primary election.
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Coffeyville
Grand Jury to Hear Whole Story in McPherson Case
Federal investigators will present key facts from three weeks of inquiries into Aimee Semple McPherson's kidnapping to a grand jury. Assistant U.S. Attorney noted two feuds emerged, while McPherson smiled at report she was seen in Agua Prieta Mexico, saying denial is often useless amid numerous rumors.
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Los Angeles
Aimee Semple MecPherson
Federal Grand Jury
United States District
Inesian
Chariesian
Angelus Temple
C. A Pape
Tucson
Ariz
Aimee Semple
McPherson
Agua, Prieta
Mexico
Denies resignation of Prohibition head in England trip
General Lincoln G Andrews, head of prohibition enforcement, arriving in England aboard the Aquitania, rejects rumors of resigning. He says the question bears no special weight abroad or at home as he negotiates liquor export regulation with Britain. He notes liquor enters the U S from England and the continent under improper manifests but doubts smuggling is rising. He expects a national referendum to show a clear majority for the prohibition amendment.
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New York
A.P
Lincoln G. Andrews
Prohibition Enforcement, Service
England
Aquitania
United States
General Andrews
Morin Questioned Over Vare Campaign Role
Representative John M. Morin of Pennsylvania testified before the senate campaign funds committee about his involvement in the Vare campaign. He denied receiving a subpoena and said he organized 17 western Pennsylvania counties and assisted Vare’s campaign without contributing funds or signing notes. In other news, Wichita reported 0.42 inches of rain in eight minutes with hail and wind, while Frederick Rowland Hazard refused to sign a complaint in a Syracuse extortion case and defendants were discharged.
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Washington
CA. P
John M. Morin
Pennsylvania
House Military Committee
Western
William S. Ware
Senate Campaign Funds Committee
Atlantic City
Senate
Reed
Morin
Vare
King
Penn
Yania
Harry A. Mackey
New York
Frederick Rowland Hazard
Ernest. Fosnaugh
Hazard
Syracuse, N. Y
Mother of Pola Hopes Daughter Marries Star
Mrs Eleanore Cholupos mother of Pola Negri, after visiting Hollywood, sailed today on the George Washington express hoping her daughter and Rudolph Valentino might marry. She said if the romance continues they may wed in Europe next March. She added she would like grandchildren. Rudolph was unhappy with his first wife for not wanting children.
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Eleanore
Cholupos
Pola
Negri
Hollywood
George , Washington
Rudolph Valentina
Europe
Chol Upos
Rudolph
Alimony Stay Granted After Bond Posted in Divorce Case
Judge Hugh Means presided in district court as Buck Nelson Johnston and Gerald Bowers faced liquor charges. Nelson admitted possession and manufacture and got six months and $300 fine. Johnston pleaded possession and transportation, five months and $300 fine. Bowers admitted possession with four months and $300 fine. Fount Hawkins received sixty days for non payment of alimony but stayed on bond and alimony compliance. Partition judgment issued in Lloyd L Black versus Gertrude A Bain with accounting to be advised.
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Hugh Means
Shoriff
Buck Nelson
I. E. Johnston
Gerald Bowers
Nelson
Johnston
Bowers
Fount Hawkins
Lloyd L. Black
Gertrude A. Bain
Tear Up Seventh Street Paving Begins On West End
Twenty two workers tear into brick and sand on West Seventh Street with three blocks barricaded from Wisconsin to Maine. A central plant at Nineteenth and Louisiana will supply materials as grading starts on Twentieth and East Twenty-Second. West Seventh traffic rerouted via West Sixth and Wisconsin to the Victory Highway.
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Wisconsin
Maine
Nineteenth
Louisiana
East Twenty-Second
C. T. Hough
West Seventh
West Sixth Street
Victory Highway
West Ninth Street
West Ninth
Were Burned Out At Woodland Park Fire Destroys Barn And Horses
Fire at Woodland Park on July 5 left Mr and Mrs H J Price destitute after losing their home and belongings. Friends list needed items including bedding clothing towels and household goods and ask donors to leave on the city hall first floor.
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Woodland Park
H. J. Price
Cab company goes broke in Chicago bankruptcy filing
The Premier Cab Company, with nearly 700 taxicabs, is placed in receivership after an involuntary bankruptcy petition shows liabilities over 1.5 million dollars and assets around 1 million. A letter urging Ku Klux Klan members to buy stock and back the firm surfaced during the case.
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Chicago
Ku Klux Klan
State Commission Allows Changes to Kaw River Dam
The Kansas Public Service Commission ordered changes to the Jackman dam on the Kaw river at Lawrence after engineer reports said the alterations will handle more flood water. The crest will be raised to 808 feet, boosting flood clearance, and the dam will adopt an oval crest to increase flow by about 9 to 10 percent. Flashboards up to four feet may be erected and flood gates added along seventy feet of the dam. Work must be finished by May 1, 1927, with construction perhaps starting in fall and completing in winter.
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Kaw
Lawrence
State Public Service Commission
Jackman Company
Grant Township
State Commission
Woman Sells Brunswick Machine and Records via Classified Ad
In under thirty minutes Mrs. Melin Goff, wife of Hud son-Goff Motor Co. manager, placed a classified ad in the Journal World offering a Brunswick machine and fifty records for sale. The ad appeared as the paper came off the press, with the machine and records reported gone before four thirty.
Illinois primary probe opens with funds allegations
Washington July 7 AP The senate campaign funds committee will begin its investigation of the Illinois Republican primary on July 26 in Chicago. The inquiry centers on expenditures of a million dollars for Senator William B. McKinley and two million for Frank L. Smith who defeated him. Senator Caraway of Arkansas urged the inquiry.
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Senate” Campaign Funds Committee
Chicago
William B. McKinley
Frank L. Smith
Senate
Caraway
Arkansas
Harvest Home Picnic Dates Announced at Lecompton
Lecompton harvest festival set for August 19 and 20 on high school grounds. Two day event features free attractions including tennis and horseshoe tournaments, two baseball games daily, and plays by local American Legion and community council. Premiums double year over year. Lawrence and Topeka chambers provide entertainment. association officers and delegates named.
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Picnic Association
Perry Post
American Legion
Lawrence Chamber of Commerce
Topeka Chamber of Commerce
Home Picnic Association
Marshall Gray
George Bahnmaier
Mack Watts
Lawrence
Enrollment Opens Monday for University Summer Session
The University will begin enrollment for the second term on Monday announced by Prof. W H Johnson. The four week term runs July 19 to August 16. Due to heavy liberal arts enrollment students must arrange at the dean’s office. details to follow. New students must register before enrolling, while returning students may enroll anytime next week without re registering.
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W. H. Johnson
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Prof. Johnson
Honor Students Named by Engineering School Dean Walker
Honor students for the past semester in the School of Engineering were announced by Dean P. F. Walker. Sophomores listed include Earl Wilson Allen Lawrence George H. Cash James O. Edson Joe M. Gonzalez Loring O. Hanson Edwin R. Rendle Henry M. Smith Wellsville. Freshmen honored are Roy Fent Olathe Norvel Douglas Lawretnee Henry C. Eisler Leavenworth Manley Hood Lawrence Wilgon Kinney Carthage LeRoy Record Lawrence Delo Selig Porter R. Thomas Charles Zimmerman Olathe.
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School of Engineering
P. F. Walker
Earl Wilson Allen
Lawrence
George H. ‘Cash
Independence
James O. Edson
Joe M. Gonzalez
Monterey
Mex
Loring O. Hanson
Edwin R. Rendle
Henry M. Smith
Wellsville
Roy Fent
Olathe Norvel Douglas
Lawretnee
Henry C. E
June a Cool Month and Hanging Date Change
June year was the coolest since 1916 with an average 72.12 degrees reported by University of Kansas expert C J Posey. Rain is needed for crops as showers helped keep temperatures down. Chicago July 7 AP John Walton Winn granted stay to appeal supreme court postponing a hanging to October 15 for the murder of Albert Nussbaum. Eliza Nussbaum, his grandmother, serves life for complicity.
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C. J. Posey
University of Kansas
Posey
Chicago
John Walton Winn
Albert Nussbaum
Supreme Court
Eliza Nussbaum
Winns
Graduation requirements go up at Lawrence High
The Lawrence Liberty Memorial High School board increased graduation credits from sixteen to seventeen units for the coming year. New rules require three English and three history units, one each in science and physical education, plus two years in two other departments and prior home economics for girls. Some credits include physical education, orchestra, chorus, and debate.
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Lawrence High School
Purchase of Hat Shop at 827 Massachusetts Street
The Patterson Hat Shop on 827 Massachusetts Street was sold to Mrs Edna B Hartwell of Kansas City and Miss Elsie Grandstaff of Independence Kansas. They will take possession on July 19 after Mrs S F Patterson, the longtime owner, transfers the business.
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Patterson
Massachusetts Street
Edna B. Hartwell
Kansas City
Elsie Grandstaff
Independente
Kans
Wrence
5. F. Patterson
Lawrence
City Humane Society Caring For Stray Dogs At Woods Land Park
Since July 1 the stray dog order began, the Humane Society has taken in all strays at the Woods land Park entrance and now holds about ten dogs. Many dogs are likely claimed by owners, who can contact the park entrance for return arrangements. The Chamber of Commerce board adjourned plans for a Lawrence swimming pool, with most discussion on making Woodlawn park part of the city, but no formal decision made.
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Woodsland Park
Seanes
Chamber of Commerce
Lawrence
Woodlawn’ Park
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