Drouth Sews Rising Prices and Political Shifts
The piece notes drought likely to cause extended higher food prices, with experts warning not artificial scarcity. It also covers Col. Henry Breckenridge endorsing Landon and Knox, arguing their election would aid the country and contrast with the current governing faction. A Topeka festival trailer hint appears at the end.
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Drouth
Altho
East
Col
Henry Breckenridge
Landon
Knox
Breckenridge
Interpreting Education Talk and Italy’s Sanctions End
A University summer session speaker urges interpreting modern education methods to the public and notes educators’ shop talk. The New York Sun cites phrases like curricular reorientation and spelling consciousness. Italy ends 240 days of League sanctions with celebrations, facing surplus wartime goods and higher consumer costs. A Lawrence man criticizes Republicans needing relief funds and campaign money, reflecting skepticism about corporate influence.
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New York Sun
Italy
League
Ethiopia
Lawrence
Roosevelts Campaign Remarks Stir Delaware Weather Talk
Democratic spokesmen emphasize policy during heat wave relief discussions while voters weigh practical weather living. The piece notes Big Jim Farley’s leave to chase votes, questions if the post office runs itself in campaign season, and a South Dakota convention critic of Governor Landon as Roosevelt travels.
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Big Jim Farley
Post Office
South Dakota
Landon
W. W. Howes
Post Office Department
Professors to study abroad and summer travelers from KU
University of Kansas figures head a year of leave for Prof E B Stouffer dean of the graduate school with family leaving Lawrence August 2 and Montreal August 6 returning June 1927 to resume duties. Numerous faculty and local residents plan trips to Boston Washington Estes Park and other destinations for the summer season.
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University of Texas
E. M. Morgan
Yale University
T. E. Atkinson
School of Law
University
Alice Dicker
Ralph Dicker
J. T. Franck
San Antonio
Tex
Will Underwood
Emil Gauck
Hazel Berry
Mandan
N. D
Goldie Berry
Yankton
S. C
Boston
Washington, D. C
Lawrence
Frank L. Brown
Clear Lake
Minn
Ozark Mountains
Thomas Ice
Emma Ice
Sue
Denver
Colo
Nell Martindale
Grand Forks
Myriel Hyre
Memorial Hospital
Agnes Thompson
Stansbury Thompson
Brook Forest
A. L. Selig, Jr
Gordon
Robert
Shreveport
John Selig
Poor Pa by Claude Callan
The line from Claude Callan's "Poor Pa" features Hazel musing that heaven requires a terrible price for admission yet would have to be wonderful to be worth it. Copyright 1925 Publishers Syndicate.
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Poor PA
Claude Callan
Hazel
Publishers Syndicate
Twenty Five Years Ago Building in Lawrence to Rise in City
The Perkins Loan and Trust Co will erect a three story office building at Massachusetts and Winthrop streets. Construction starts this fall and ends next spring making it the city’s first three story office building with an elevator and modern facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Perkins Loan and Trust Company
Massachusetts
Winthrop Street
Dual Weddings Highlight Lawrence Social Scene
Fortnight-ago weddings mark high society in Lawrence with Miss Cora L. Kimball marrying Rufus E. Melvin at the Kimball home on Vermont street. Rev Cordier officiated as guests showered with rice and shoes. The couple plan a August 15 home at 930 Kentucky street. A second pair, Stella Wilder and John McCurdy, wed with Mella McCurdy and Harry L. Kane in a clock struck ceremony at the Wilder home. The pair depart for the east and Canada. Prohibition nominees George Hollingberry and Rev A M Richardson named in Topeka. Hattie Miles leaves for California to visit relatives and study at Stanford.
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Melvin Kimball
Cora L. Kimball
Rufus E. Melvin
George Kimball
Vermont Street
Dr. Cordier
Congregational Church
Ha Williams
Mendelssohn
Melvin
Lawrence High School
Kentucky Street
J. F. Wilder
Stella Wilder
John McCurdy
Mella McCurdy
Harry L. Kane
G. D. Rogers
First Baptist Church
Mildred McCurdy
Louise Leonard
Daisy Starr
East
Canada
Lawrence
George Hollingberry
A. M. Richardson
Topeka
Hattie Miles
San Francisco
California
Leland Stanford University
Huxman endorses New Deal and cites waste in Kansas
Kansas City Kansas July 16 Gr Walter Huxman candidate for the Democratic nomination for governor told a Bethany park rally the New Deal is the struggle of humanity upward. He said two years on the state tax commission showed waste and promised a commission to study eliminating overlapping boards if elected. He warned the New Deal is the same old deal in the struggle upward. Meade Meade County stockman Howard Herman died yesterday age 70 survived by widow and four children. Topeka July 16 To reduce highway traffic for Landon ceremonies commercial carriers asked to hold vehicles to minimum. Kansas trucks barred from main highways July 22 midnight to July 24 6 am. Mimeograph materials advertised by The World Co Ady
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Kansas City
Kan
Walter Huxman
Bethany Park
Huxman
State Tax Commission
Kansas
Meade
Hownerman
Meade County Stockman
Topeka
Alf M. Landon
Kansas Corporation Commission
Port of Entry Board
Murder Tonight Chapter 13 Tea For Two Teaser
Inspector Hylton pursues leads in old Arthur Burdett murder as Captain Reeves admits a quarrel with the victim and Dale Shipley shows keen interest in Hylton's conversation with Reeves. Nancy Featherstone and Dale exchange banter at Fielden Cottage during tea with Mrs Somers as the case fog deepens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Inspector Hylton
Arthur Burdett
Captain Reeves
Dale Shipley
Hylton
Reeves
Shipley
Burdett
Christopher's Discovery Creates Tent From Tape and Sheet
In a garden Christopher Columbus Crown and Willy Nilly find a tin of adhesive tape and a sheet. Christopher plans to use a fallen tree to mount a tent and seals the sides with tape. The foursome assemble inside, finding it too hot as a thunderstorm looms tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christopher
Mary Graham Bonner
Christopher Columbus
Willy Nilly
Jelly Bear
Honey Bear
Tomorrow Treating Low Backache
Pain in the small of the back ranges from mild to crippling with lumbago. Many endure with home remedies while chronic sufferers become neurotic. Causes include kidneys reproductive organs circulation arthritis posture and muscle strain. Occupational factors in cramped or lifting work and rolling seats in cars contribute to backache.
Flashes of Life: Stolen Quarters and Death Threats
A Kinston NC home robbery endangers occupants after a nighttime break in over 25 cents with possible death sentence if convicted. In Verona NJ Betsy Sperber, a 72 year old flagmaker, completes her sixteen millionth flag at a local factory. A Walla Walla railroad handcar race proposed for Railroad Week was not pursued.
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Associated Press
Kinston
N. C
Hardy Hill
Feton
North Carolina
Betsy
Verona
N. J
Mary Sperber
West Orange
Betsy Ress
Walla Walla, Wash
Election Year Secrets and Odd Golfing Finds
A stray handcar hunt fails as a transcontinental line says no use in ten years. In Hutchinson Kansas L E Baird sees a ball stuck in a tree and a caddy retrieves it from a bird nest. New Ulm Minnesota politics feature Dr. Joseph H. Vogel with party signs painted on a street fence and rival George Neuwirth painting it out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hutchinson
Kan
L. E. Baird
Times
New Ulm
Minn
New Ulmas
Joseph H. Govel
George Neuwirth
Farmer
West Tally Conservation Project Notes
West Tally conservation notes discuss strip cropping to conserve soil, with buffer grass strips slowing runoff and aiding infiltration. Numerous local cooperators and visitors from SCS offices, universities, and nearby farms discuss ongoing terrace work, preliminary surveys, and farm-by-farm project progress including Carl Schwarz and others. The article records annual inventories, fiscal year timing, and field-by-field activity, highlighting community engagement in soil conservation efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
SCS
Oklahoma Primary Signals Mixed New Deal Leanings
Washington observers note Gore's defeat in Oklahoma reshapes stake for lawmakers about backing the New Deal. Josh Lee leads the field with a run off to face Governor Marland while some incumbents retreat to home issues. The era of “strange fish” surviving the Roosevelt tide in Congress draws renewed scrutiny.
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Preston Grover Washington
Senator Gore
Oklahoma
Washington
Osh Lee
Gore
Josh Lee
Marland
New Deal
Congress
Ashurst
Arizona
Senator Long
Louisiana
Senate
Ivy
Political quips and local notices from Reno and beyond
The column weaves political digressions about Democrats and Republicans with a string of local items. It notes Mrs. Hutton in Kansas City, the death of Mrs. Laura Nance in Lawrence, a Fourth of July gathering hosted by the Curtiss family, farm work and hospital visits, Busy Bee club activities, a gift shower for Mrs. Kelsall, and various travelers and community notes. It closes with a report from Portsmouth on a British anti gas spray test.
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Hutton
Kansas City
Laura Nance
Lawrence
Bob Curtis
C. C. Curtiss
Linwood
William Winkleman
Mary Marshall
Howard Jones
Harry Skeets
Misa Audrey Winkleman
C.L. Dehoff
McKoney
O'Dea's
Fay Haney
Harry White
Arkansas City
Leonard Stanwix
Veteran’s Hospital
Leavenworth
Busy Bee Club
Audrey Winkleman
Il Kahn
Barnhart
Freida Hess
Curtiss
Fred Kelsall
Ruth Phenicie
Reseach Hospital
H G. Skeets
Ida Gallagher
Elvin
Elsie
Margie
Cain
Clovis
N. M
George Barkley
Misa Julia Gallagher
O'Dea
Ballaghar
Pony Creek
Eila ‘’Dea
Tonganoxie
Helen Hildebrand
Frank McRill
Edith Anderson
Louise Kline
Miss Holliday
Gladys
Seanor
Mary Ann White
Lacy Phenicie
Ella Phenicie
Topeka
Stella Mae
James Bleakley
Gandren
Canada
Bleakley
R. A. Phenicie
Will Casteel
Skeets
Inez Mason
Louise Davidson
Portsmouth
England
Air Department
Radio Programs Thursday Evenings July 14 30 KMBC Jack Afillar Orch
Radio schedule snapshot lists numerous orchestras and acts across KMBC WREN WDAF KNBC WDAP and others. Entries include Henry Ford Barry McKinley Bing Croaby Hal Kemp Frank Farrell Irene Rich Marion Talley and Eddy Duchin. Also mentions weather forecasts midnight headlines and various concert slots across stations with multiple orchestras and singers.
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KMBC
Jack Afillar
Orch
Wren
Yoichi Hirooki
Woaf—Kacha
C. J
WDAF
Wise
KNBC
Henry Ford
Bing Croaby
Grant Park
Great Lakes Sym
Barry McKinley
Nickelodeon
KNMBC
Kimmie Brierly
Amos
Andy
Drouth
Russ Morgan
KMBEC
Hal Kemp
Easy Ace
Erla Smith
Wren—Rubbnolf
WDAP
Grand Terrace Orch
KMBCU
Vincent Lopen
al Donahue
Wren—Shandor
Ches Parea
Jimmis Lunceford
Lenny Goodman
Eddie Duchin
Chariea Barn
WRES
Red McKenzie
Benny Fields
Frank Farrell
Boake Carter
Carol Doss
Urs
Oan Maresh
Ren—Irene Rich
WDAR
Twin City
Arletics
Frank Fey
Fred Waring
Hollywood Hotel
Wren Ciera
Ly 'N
Momant Musicale
Jet—Katbo
Andrs
Vivian Chiesa
Fred G. Clark
Jack Randolph
N’ Andy
Rubinoff
Howard Ely
Ferda Grofe
Erle Smith
Clyde Lucas
Jesse Crawford
Vista del
B. A. Rolfe
Wren—Shanilor
Andy Sanelia
Kmbcy
Radio Cirrous
Stevens Orch
Don Bestor
Irving Aaronson
King’s Centers
Hmec Hidle House
Grand Terrace
Cherniaveky'a Orch
Sandy Willams
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Star
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Buddy” Ware
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John Proper
Proper
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Swinburne Hospital
Swinburne Island Hospital
First Regiment
the World Co
Ady
By Laurence W. Meynell
Nancy
Ranger
Dale
Nancy Featherstone
Fielden Cottage
Saunders
Mrs. Somers
Women’s Institute
Pat Reeves
Lawrence H. Meynell
New York Academy of Medicine
Galdston
West Tally
Elmer Schwamb
W. I. Carter
Council Grove
Valley Falls
D. M. Shotwell
Leonard A. Lefholz
J. A. Taylor
C. L. McGuire
J. H. Pippert
Soil Conservation Service
W. L. Dyer
Ottawa
Ralph C. Hay
University of Illinois
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Parker
Linn County
H.S. Barkley
W. J. Fleer
John A. Lewis
Harry Sutton
Carl Schwarz
Milton Kring
TL. A. Lefholz
P. K. Beck
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