Big 4-Ring Show Promises Everything This July
Lawrence readies for a mammoth four ring event described as the largest show in the world. The Robbins Brothers circus brings two mammoth pageants, a herd of elephants, a giant hippo, live Santa Claus, reindeer, camels, dancing horses, Japanese acrobats, Persian tumblers, Sioux Indians, and a Wild West act. The lineup includes 1000 performers, 200 wild animals, 132 tableaux, six bands, and two electric light plants, promising thrills for all ages.
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Lawrence
Robbins Brothers
Europe
Asia
Africa
Santa Claus
Historic Review of America
Iowa
H . Hoagland
Italy
at _ Matsumoto
Japan
Gilson
Pyeat
Hoover Supporter Endorses Hoover At Southern Baptist Event
In Louisville on July 7 AP reports Herbert Hoover, Republican nominee, was backed by Dr. Edgar Y. Mullins, president of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, who praised Hoover and criticized Alfred E. Smith. Mullins said he would vote for Hoover and called Smith a wet, attacking Smith’s temperance record while predicting an upcoming dry conference in Asheville. Mullins noted his stance as independent of party ties and pledged to oppose Smith’s candidacy.
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Louisville
Herbert Hoover
Edgar Y. Mullins
Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
Baptist World Alliance
Alfred E. Smith
Asheville
N. O
James Cannon
Methodist Episcopal Church
Sopthire
Mullins
Hoover
Gov
Democratic Conve Ion
Arkansas
New York
Chicago
Middle West
Kate Loftis
Avenges Brother Death In Rural Ohio Shootout
Urbana Ohio July 7 AP The murder of farmer N H Keeran was avenged by his brother W W Keeran who shot and killed Hava Oiler as Oiler fired at him from a field near their homes. A posse surrounded the field and Keeran killed Oiler instantly with a rifle.
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Urbana
N. H. Keeran
Drafashion
W.W. Keeran
Hava
W. W. Keeran
Keeran
Aet Keeran
Cials
Weather shifts as Kansas damp era ends with drier air
The Pumping Sun notes six days of rainfall easing in Kansas and the Kaw Valley, leaving soil and pasture drier with crack soils in places. Clouds signal potential rain approaching, marking a shift from the earlier moist spell. Also reported are a marriage license issued in Topeka and a Nebraska youth joining the Lincoln Walton League at Atkinson.
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Kansas
Kaw Valley
John GC. Evans
Elect B Y P U President At Annual Convention
J imlard McCrossen of Philadelphia was elected president of the Baptist Young People's Union of America at its annual convention in July. At 25 he travels from Paris on a cattle ship to attend. McCrossen is a student at the Crozer Theological Seminary in Chester Pennsylvania. James Morrice of San Francisco and Glander Webb of Kansas City were named vice presidents with Morrice reelected. Miss Thelma Rodgers of Kansas City was chosen secretary and Orlo Montague of Chicago reelected treasurer.
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Asas City
J.imlard McCrossen
Philadelphia
Baptist Young
Pedpie’s Union
of America
Prpecuation
McCrossen
Paris
Atlantic
Crozer Teological Beanmary
Chester
James Morrice
San Francisco
Wheat bids slow as Wichita grain market greets harvest
Wheat bids in Wichita lag as wagons bring in a steady stream. Yesterday’s price dropped to 1.13 dollars per bushel for wagon grain, the lowest in two years. Receipts totaled 587 cars, lifting the weekly four day total to 2,053 cars. 1,375 cars were on Wichita tracks with 585 diverted in the last day. Harvest hands are in short supply in Hutchinson and surrounding districts, with estimates from 200 to 400 shortages. Harvest in Sedgwick County is about 50 percent complete as cutting runs full bore across the region.
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Wichita
Kang
Jély
H.C. Allen
Farm Labor Division
Hutchinson
C. E. Hall
Free Employment Bureau
Sedgwick County
H. L. Hildwein
Two Deputies Dead in Kentucky Mountain Shootings
In Harlan Kentucky a sheriff Floyd Ball and deputy Johnsley Hensley were found shot three times in the back after answering a tip about a man terrorizing travelers on Mayo Trail. A third deputy Tom Hales is missing believed killed as a large posse searches the mountains.
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Harlan
Kentucky
Floyd Ball
Harlan County
Johnsley
Tom Hales
Mayo Trail
Ball
Hensley
Hales
Fensley
Will Be Soloist At Final Musical Vespers
The third and final vespers will be held tomorrow in the university auditorium with tenor John Wahlstedt, a Kansas City radio singer and Independence Boulevard Christian Church soloist, as soloist. He will perform If with All Your Hearts from Eli ng Wahlstedt. An extra number will be sung by Alice Moncrieff with violin, organ and piano. Rev. Burris Jerkins will deliver the sermon. The program closes the summer series, expected to attract the largest audience of the season, and seating begins at 7 p.m.
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University
John Wahlstedt
U. School of Engineering
Kansas City
Wahlstedt
Independence Boulevard Christian Church
Eling ‘Wahlstedt
Chicago
Ios
Alice Moncrieff
Fine Arts School
Burris Jerkins
Linwood Boulevard Christian Church
Chicago Keeps From Being Reno The Divorce Docket
Chicago courts dismissed several actress divorce petitions after issues of residency and jurisdiction. Audrey Maple of Sunny Days lost her suit for want of equity for not being an Illinois resident. Helen Cressman Carr’s petition against Alexander Carr was dismissed on her own motion amid questions of Illinois residency. Other cases involve Fanny Brice, Jeanne Fagels, and Ted Coy related to past headlines. Anton Klaas, 85, dies. funeral Monday at St John’s with burial Mt Calvary.
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Chicago
Lynch
Sabath
Audrey Maple
Ilinois
Helen Cressman Carr
Alexander Carr
Ted Coy
Yale
Emancipation Day Plans Announced at Woodland Park
Plans for Emancipation Day in early August at Woodland Park announced. The event spans August 3 and 4 with a political gathering on August 3 inviting all state candidates. August 4 features dancing and entertainment. William Hughes serves as celebration manager. attendees expected from across Kansas regions.
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Woodland Park
William Hughes
Central
Kansas
Hoover Ties East Republicans for Campaign Plan
Washington July 7 AP Members of the Republican national committee from eastern states met with Secretary Hoover and National Chairman Work to discuss a regional campaign organization. Proxies attended for those unable to come as plans to establish divisional HQs in Chicago and New York with a central Washington office move forward. Senator Moses of New Hampshire was named as possible New York manager, while James W. Good is expected to run Chicago operations.
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Washington
Republican National Committee
Hoover
West
Chicago
New York
Moses
New Hampshire
James W. Good
Wheat field invention aids harvest in Kansas
In Garden City on July 7, farmers facing hail damaged wheat are adapting combines with home made rakes that ride inches from the ground to lift fallen stalks. Early reports claim up to 80 percent of hail battered grain is saved. District estimates a ten percent loss on a three million bushel crop.
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Garden City
Kansas
Obregon Wins Mexican Presidency With 1,381,000 Votes
General Alvaro Obregon, president-elect of Mexico, reportedly received 1,381,000 votes in the presidential election. The figure was announced today by Obregon's headquarters in Mexico City based on incomplete returns.
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Obregon
el Paso
Alvaro Obregon
Mexico
Mexico City
Wisconsin Democrats Divide Over Prohibition Plank
Wisconsin Democratic leaders at the state convention endorsed Gov. Alfred E. Smith for President but rejected backing a dry plank. The platform committee proposed defining the prohibition plank as Smith’s telegram to the national convention advised, signaling tension over the party’s stance on prohibition.
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Wisconsin Democratic
Milwaukee
Alfred E. Smith
New York
Wisconsin
Ten Names Added to Baker Alumni Roster This Summer
The Baker University alumni roster will gain ten new names after summer school ends August 4. Recipients listed include Ralph Clark Jung Joni Grace Kirker Harold Reade Dorothy Traylor Baxter Springs Irshal Davis Hiattville Christian Kahre Manzanola Laurence Simpson Baldwin City Herman Harrison Welda Russell Reeder Lil lieford Nonkey and Kansas City Mo. Alumni Secretary NL Fred Ellsworth, ill with tonsillitis at home 2124 New Hampshire, was ordered to bed yesterday for several days. A meeting of the Special Service League board is set for Monday at 10:30 in the mayor’s office City Hall.
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Baldwin
Baker University
Ralph Clark
Jung Joni
Grace Kirker
Unionios
Harold Reade
Iola
Dorothy ‘Traylor
Baxter Springs
Irshal
Davis
Hiattville
Christian Kahre
Manzanola
Colo
Laurence Simpson
Baldwin City
Herman Harrison
Fred Ellsworth
X. A. Alumni Association
New Hampshire
Eilesworth
The
Special Service League
Untrue Report In Adams County Train Incident
Dispatches say a suspect described as a negro was allegedly found in a box car after an attempted assault on a white woman passenger aboard a Pacific train. Ritzville operators deny disturbance. sheriff reports the fugitive in jail with scratched face and torn clothes.
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Spokane
Dily
Adams County
Will
Italians Extend World Flight Record To 59 Hours
Captain Arturo Ferrarin and Major Carlo Delprete reportedly flew 59 hours ending at Touros near Natal 3777 miles from Montecelio after weather-induced delays. Their previous 58 hour 34 minute record may not be credited since the time must exceed the old mark by at least one hour. The fog and darkness hindered their Rio de Janeiro goal as they landed on a crowded beach causing wheel damage but suffered no injuries.
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Rio Janeiro
Arturo Ferrarin
Carlo P. Delprete
Bernardo Attoclico
Brazil
Tourois
Natal
Montecelio
Rome
Point Génipabu
Touros
Butler Is Acquitted In Monkey Killing Trial
Hicksville reports that Felix Solomon, employed at the Reed summer home, was acquitted of cruelty to animals after he shot a monkey that had approached Reed children. Solomon testified the animal threatened the children and the jury debated whether monkeys are wild or domestic. Former Governor Nathan L. Miller defended Solomon, who argued the act was legal under wild animal rules. The case drew a crowded Long Island court audience as prosecutors contended the monkey was harmless.
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Hicksville
Ap— Butler
Felix Solomon
Brookville
Verner Reed
Deter
Long Island Society
Oyster Bays
Solomon
Hess
Miller
Alexander of
Greece
Work on Houses on West Campus For Greek Homes
Severa houses on West Campus Road are undergoing summer renovations as fraternities and sororities prepare for the fall term. Interior walls are being refinished and exteriors repainted, including Kappa Alpha Theta at 1116 Indiana and Theta Phi Alpha at 1100 Louisiana, after storm damage. Alpha Delta Pi at 1145 Louisiana is being remodeled with about 40,000 spent, while Phi Kappa Psi at 1100 Indiana adds new space and refinishing to nearly double capacity.
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MI Oread
Flint
Kappa Alpha Theta Sorority
Indiana
Septemer
Thete Phi ‘Alpha Sorority
Louisiana
Alpha Delta Pi
Phi Kapna Psi
Amundsen party overdue as Arctic search continues
Kings Bay July 7 AP Roald Amundsen and five companions remain missing after 19 days adrift in the Arctic with no signs of life. Italian seaplane searches from Tromsoe to Hammerfest yield nothing as the Krassin ice breaker presses toward the castaways amid heavy pack ice.
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Kings Bay
Svitzberzern
Roald Amundsen
Arctic
Italia
Ravazzioni
Norway
Amundsen
Tromsoe
Hammerfest
Einar Paal Lundborg
Shubert
Krassin
Clearfield church group enjoys creek outing and harvest chores
Everett Deay helped his grandfather William Deay on the farm Tuesday. The young ladies class of the Clearfield church spent Wednesday afternoon fishing near the creek. A lunch was served at 5 o'clock. Chaperones were Mrs Theo Thoren and Mrs Martin Breithaupt. Attendees included Lila Selzer Christina Selzer Mary Brecheisen Cornelia Meeder Bernice Meeder Valeria Brecheisen Trene Breithaupt Edith Brecheisen Little Lile Clark and others. Additional notes cover harvesting help, a church meeting, delegates elected for a Topeka convention, an ice cream social planned for July 10 and a program on July 15, plus brief social hour details and a marriage notice for Wilber Cast near Carbondale.
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Everett Deay
William’ Deay
Clearfield
Thee
Thoren
Theo. Thoren
Martin Breithaupt
Lilal
Christina’ Selzer
Mary. Brecheisen
Cornelia
Bernice Meedjer
Valeria Brecheisen
Trene Breithaupt
Edith Brecheisen
Lile Clark
Homer Clark
George Meeder
Irene
John and
Philip Brecheisen
Clifford Breithaupt
John Steffen
Clearfield League
Lila Selzer
Jesus
A. Rodewalt
Bernice Meeder
Lila
Selzer
Corneliy
Meeder
Topekas
Clarence Hausman
Bernice
Cross
Rodewalt
Walter
Dapehter
Esther
Cornelia _Meéder
Mary Brecheisen
Wesley Deckwa
Herbert Lawrenz
Johnny Selzer
Irené
Gail Breithaupt
Clarence iHausman
Wilber
Carbondale
Kansas Supreme Court rulings span criminal, probate, and banking
The Kansas Supreme Court issued multiple rulings today. It quashed a test case on sterilization for inmates, ordered construction on a highway between Tonganoxie and South, held officers liable for cash when accepting checks under court sale, reversed a Sedgwick ruling on mandamus against Wichita’s marshal, affirmed alien inheritance from next of kin, allowed a British administrator to inherit in a Power Tomlinson estate, and upheld bank rights to apply depositor funds to matured debts.
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Kansas Supreme Court
Leagsnworth
Tonganoxie
Sedgwick County District Court
Hettie Metz
C. P. Hicklin
Wichita
Supreme Court
Hicklin
H. L. Oliver
Lyon County District Court
Anna M. Power-Tomlinson
Lyor
Wichita Bank
Sedz- Wick County, District Court
Arndale State Bank
Real estate transfers list in Lawrence area
John W Clark and wife Lawrence transfer lot 108 in a subdivision of block 32 in West Lawrence to Elénora Dimery Lawrence. William H Cummings transfers the south five feet of lot 53 and all of lots 55 and 57 on Vermont Street to Daniel C Saas. George Coffman and wife Lawrence transfer the same property to William H Cummings. Lloyd L Ware and Clarence J Topping and wives with Norvin H Gibbons and wife of Santa Monica to Glen W Dickinson in Lawrence, lots 18 and 20 on Massachusetts Street.
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John W. Clark
Clarence J
Topping
Lawrence
Norvin H. Gibbons
Santa Monica
Calif
Glen W. Dickinson
Massachusetts’ Street
Snow Storm Hits Medicine Bow National Forest Wyoming
Snow blanketed the Sand Lake area in Medicine Bow National Forest Wyoming as a freak storm followed extreme heat. Temperatures ranged from 41 to 81 degrees during the event. In Nebraska a binder accident near Fairbury killed Henry Vorderstrasse, 55, when his team bolted and ran away.
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Laramies
Fe Marta
Sand Lake
Medicine Bow National Forest
Wyoming
Fairbury
Neb
Henry’ Vorderstrasse
Armer
Gilead
Illness Clouds Fate of Mary Pickford's Brother
Hollywood reports her brother suffered a heart attack late Thursday night and, after fears of nonrecovery, showed some improvement as he responded to treatment. Physicians declined to detail the illness.
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Hollywood
Cal
Dack Pickford
Mary Pickford
Pickford
Mrs P P Taster Luncheon Centerpiece Features Gladiolus
Mrs P P hosted a luncheon for Lester Wylie wedding party guests. The centerpiece was a covered basket filled with gladiolus rose buds and yellowing blooms, creating a floral display for the occasion.
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P. P. Taster
Lester- Wylie
Centrpiece
Jas
Nick Gladiolus
Personal notices and visits from Ames area residents
Mrs WJ by Charles of Ames is visiting her mother Mrs Louisa Thomas and will join her husband in Belleville for a week then return to Lawrence. LaDon Doc Johnston, KU alumnus, visiting friends in Washington DC with Delta Tau Delta. Mr and Mrs W E Spalding and Mrs Robert E House drove to Kansas City for the day. John Watts and Miss Nell Grant of Chicago visiting Aunt Mrs C Z Kell. John Pickard of Asheville NC staying at J W Hyre’s Tennessee site. Mr and Mrs C D Gweil left for Cedar Falls IA for Mrs Cowgill’s sister’s golden wedding. Miss Alice Lee Smith of Kansas City guest of Mr and Mrs Rege over the Fourth. Mrs Frank Arnold and daughters, Fred Heppel of Shreveport LA to visit sister in Cleveland OH. Elks bowling scores 250 226 285 Robinson 227 Rumsey 225 1255.
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Charles
Ames
Towa
Louisa’ Thomas
Belleville
Lawrence
LaDon
Doc” Johnston
University of Kansas
George Washington
Washington,d. C
Delta Tau Delta
W. E. Spalding Arid
Robert E. House
Kansas City
John Watts
Nell’ Grant
Chicago
C.Z. Kel
John Pickard
Asheville
N da
J. W. Hyre
Tennessee
C D. Gweil
Cedar Falls
Iowa
United Brethren Church Service Plans and Deaths in France
Community notices urge cheerful giving for district work at United Brethren Church corner Seventeenth and Vermont. Sunday School at 9, Endeavor at 11, sermon by Rev George Sistline, senior Endeavor at 6, union services at South Park. Also reported, Baroness Heckscher, 85, and companion killed when their car fell 350 feet in France. driver Sidney Rusinow of Fredericksburg injured.
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United Brethren Church
Seventeenth and
Vermont
GC. L. Heatherington, Pestersy & B Batibnds
Ade Win F. Price
Nice
France
Baroness Heckscher
Paddie “Manuel
Newark
N. J
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Baptist
Smith
Ohio
L.H. Menger
Olin Heffner
Bald- Win
Wilma Powell
Overbrook
Willard McCrossen II
Harlan, Ky
Reno
Anton Klaas
Antone Klaas
St. John’s Catholic Church
Henry ‘Fitzgerald
Mt. Calvary Cemetery
Vernon Klaas
Nelaware’ Street
G. O. P. Eastern Committee
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Euro
Ashington
Chicago Beach
St. Louis
Butler
Monkey
Notuilty
D.M
Swarthout
the Schol of Fine Arts
Fine Arts
Fowler Shops
Tigerendence
Pittsc
Chew
Topeka
J.sus Supreme Ci A.nation
William A. Smith
Snow Falls
WREN
A. Ai Bipcult
Panm
Anglo-Persit m
Goldmar
Banday
Bisenitana
A. Frre Sooke
Stuélp
Roxy
HissGang
Jack Pickford
ELKS
Tig
Robinson
Rumsey
Sun
Ihaw Valley
Iuka
Artbrose
New York Harbor
Santander
Spain
Alf Alfonso
Baroness Fleckscher
F. H., Roberts
Optometrist
Rumsey Bros. Funeral Home
Ind. St
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