Cattle Stampede Ranks Kansas City Streets After Train Crash
More than 150 Hereford cattle stampeded through Kansas City streets after a Santa Fe freight train derailed near Union Station. Nine cars piled, stock scattered, and police along with motorists staged impromptu rodeos downtown. Several steers were captured near Twelfth and Baltimore, others penned in vacant lots, with a wild steer tearing into a downtown garage. A fire officer and spectators corralled hogs after a separate wreck, while the Chicago-bound engine toppled ties and cars piled up. Seaton Fisher of Marceline suffered a leg injury leaping from the locomotive.
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Kansas City
Muenlebach
Twelfth
Baltimore
Thirteenth
Main Streets
Deimy Syilldne
Kansas City Public Service Company
Fifteenth
Grand Streets
Linton Station
Radeo
39Th Street
Troost Avenue
Toyer
Seaton Fisher
Marceline Mo
Swimmer Myrtle Huddleston Hospitalized After Record Swim
Myrtle Huddleston of Maroon Illinois, after breaking her own world record for continuous swimming with 54 years and 28 minutes in the water, was in a delirious state at St Francis hospital. The 30 year old widow and mother of a 12 year old had been persuaded to leave the outdoor pools at 6 37 PM. Her weight dropped from 240 to about 215 pounds from salt water and exertion.
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New York
Myrtle Huddieston
Maroon
Huddleston
Catalina Channel
Chicago
Morris Inkelns
St. Francis Hospit
Hudilleston
Kiwanis Clinic Dates Announced for this Week
Raymond H Wheeler announces three clinics to be held this week in city hall health rooms. orthopedic clinic directed by Dr C B Tancisco of Kansas City Friday 1:30 pm, well baby clinic by Dr Harry Gilkey Friday afternoon, and new house and mental clinic led by Dr G Leonard Harington meeting Thursday morning from 8 to 11. Also note Paris July 24 report on Princess Vlora using black cloths in tableware and hidden electric bulbs in silverware.
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Raymond H. Wheeler
Kiwanis Clinic
C. B.tancisco
Kansas City
Harry Gilkey
Ous-And- Mental
G. Leonard Harington
Paris
Vlora
Frank J. Gould
Twin Girl Reporters Chase News as a Pair in Atlanta
Helen and Olive Parish, twin sisters, work as joint reporters for the Atlanta Constitution. They write together, sign blended bylines, and share assignments from the city desk. Their mother acts as chauffeur as they cover Kiwanis and Masonic events and pursue feature stories after completing degrees at Oglethorpe University.
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Atlanta
Helen
Oliver Parish
Atlanta’ Constitution
F. Noble
Oliver
Oglethrope University
Ttnme
Lince
Olive
Kiwanis Club
Masonic Club
Nobile
Oglethorpe University
Helen Geft
Olive Parish
Atlanta, Ga
Constitution
Unsettled Weather Seen Over Kansas State
Topeka July 24 AP unsettled weather expected tonight and Wednesday with little change in temperatures. Rain fell in western Kansas with Goodland reporting .18 inches and Dresden .24 while Phillipsburg and Elkhart recorded .10 and .18. Temperatures ranged from 94 at Hutchinson to 58 at Hutchinson and Goodland as cloudiness covered the state.
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Topeka
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Goodland
Dresden
Phillipsburg
Elkhart
Hutchinson
North Lawrence families depart for visits and birthdays noted
North Lawrence residents report travel plans including Ed Jacka and family heading to gink and Wyoming to visit Mrs John Marlowe and Phyllis June, and Mrs Gulley traveling to Pratt to visit sister Mrs Fred Bolen. Mrs A T Fincher celebrates 80th at son Will Fincher’s in Tonganoxie with local attendees and baskets.
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Ed.Jacka
vaFaun
Gink and
Wyoming
John Marlowe
Phyllis June
James Gulley
Pratt
F Red Bolen
Marlowe
Gulley
A. T. Fincher
Will Fincher
Tonganoxie
Charles Finchar
Billy
Ross Ping
Lawrence
Cora King
Marjorie King
George J Alexander
Kansas City
Fincher
The
Christian Church
Bessie Snow
Centinary M. Church
A.B. Ewing
Blossom
Mildred
Allen
Washington
Emma Hagley
Henry Broat
Agnes Adell
Eaton ‘Dictiv
North Lawrence
Nelson Piper
St. Luke's Hospital
Bernice Mannes
Eudora
Ralph Ping, Jr
Wiley Brothers
Insects Harass Outdoor Life Despite Control Efforts
Washington AP reports that despite swat campaigns drainage and other remedies myriads of insects continue to harass campers bathers and outdoor enthusiasts. Advice covers site choice high ground dry areas screened gear and treating bites with ammonia soda boric acid and sterilized needles for chiggers. cautions on stings and painful eruptions.
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Washington
Swat
Seven Jewish Congregations in Kansas 1926 Membership
A federal summary shows Kansas Jewish congregations had 94 473 members in 1926 with total expenditures of 21 500 reported by three congregations. Nationally 2 948 congregations housed 4 087 357 people in cities and villages. 1 235 congregations reported 16 445 285 in expenditures and 1 131 congregations valued synagogue buildings at 100 890 669.
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Topeka
Kansas
Federal Department of Commerce
Bese
United States
Radio dispatch plan for mail planes at Kansas City
A radio short wave station will be installed at Kansas City airport to dispatch mail planes of National Air Transport by September 1. T. C. Gale of the Department of Commerce said radio telephone communication with moving planes is practicable now and will eventually replace telephone and telegraph dispatching. The station will displace current phone lines as aviation communications expand.
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Kansas City
National Air Transport, Inc
T. C. Gale
Department of Commerce
Tony
Motions in Oberst Case Set for October 4 Hearing
El Dorado Kansas July 24 AP the supreme court will decide if Owen Oberst 17 of a Burns farm killed his parents three brothers and two sisters and burned their home his trial and life sentence at the state penitentiary were lawful motions by his lawyers remand to justice court for hearing and to set aside the sentence will be heard October 4
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el Dorado
Kan
Supreme Court
Owen Oberst
Kansas
Oberst
Justic Court
Qberst
Burns
Healing tongues open new life for tongue tied children
An article from the Gorgas Memorial program discusses severe tongue tied conditions in children and a new epidermic skin graft technique. It explains how freeing the tongue and grafting skin can remove the restriction, enabling normal movement and social integration. The piece notes the role of doctors and a shift in surgical options.
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Ds. Eastman
Sheehan
M. Ds
New York City
Gorgas Memorial
Gorgas ‘Memorial
Coolidge
Gorgas
Michigan Avenue
Chicaso
Baseball and Tennis Now Under Ban at Cleveland
Cleveland Heights has extended its blue law regime after banning baseball and tennis due to noise. Baseball is forbidden all day, with courts allowed to reopen at 1 pm after church services end, following a suburbs board of education ruling tied to school operations.
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Cleveland
Ohio
U. P
Clevelland Heights
Suburbs Board of Education
Local Notes From Twin Mound Area Harvest News
Orrie Moore and son Uconnel helped Sam Kennedy of Fairview thresh Monday. Hugh Thurber of Lawrence visited with his aunt Dolly Patton and son Richard. Picnic attendees included Lila and Pearl Hardgin Ruth Moss Elmer Thurber and Stuart Caila Celesta Dora Sullivan and daughters Myrle Carville Georgetta and Bill Pearl Thurber Antone Schirmer Lena E C Wilson and others.
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Orrie, Moore
Uconnel
Sam“ Kennedy
Fairview
Hugh Thurber
Lawrence
Dolly Patton
Richard
Lila
Pearl Hardgin
Ruth Moss
Elmer Thurber
Stuart
Caila
Celesta
Dora Sullivan
Myrle
Pearl Thurber
Bill
Antone
Schirmer
Lena
E. C. Wilson
Jake
Sunday School Crowd Hears Rev Vaughn Message
Fragmentary local notice notes a crowd at Sunday School last Sunday amid threatening weather. It mentions Mountfort and Adelia Myrtle Stansifer and G B Weimer family, with Rev Vaughn preaching at 10 o clock and planning study of the lesson. Laurence, Saturday, July 28.
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Vaughn
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T. E. Griffith
Anna D. Griffith
Hagerman
Ohio Street
Lawrence A
Metzler
Roy, Lawrence Market
Bae
California
Armour
Morrell
Thomas E. Wagstaff
Clyde M. Reed
South Park
Jess Haney
Shimmons Bros
Maui
Uty Ara
FES
Matsumato Ese
Arabian Ai ‘Ss
Cetehels Uoewariey
Circusus Grounds
Inoa
Bob Rutherford
Douglas County
Mr. Rutherford
H Company
137Th Inf
France
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