Progress on Building Projects and Local Improvements
Construction activity continues in North Lawrence with a new market site at Eighth and Kentucky streets and a market building to rise in six weeks. A coal yard scales project by Orley M. Smith proceeds while a sewer line advances near Seventh Locust, with pumping station work underway. An extension to the Colonial Tea Room adds space for dinners and banquets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eighth
Kentucky
Orley M. Smith
Insurance Refund Checks Delayed May Reach Jan First
State ordered refunds on fire insurance policies may not be mailed before January first. Glenn Charlton said the process requires sending checks for each policy number for eight years, with 1.4 million checks to be issued from Topeka. Detailed verification for 187 insurers delays the mailings and holds agent commissions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenn Cicharlton
Topeka
Charlton
Deaths and Funerals in Local Area
Grant Cox aged 1 died after a runaway accident near Lawrence. Mrs J H Luxton of Topeka died following an operation at Security Benefit hospital. John Mairett, 70, died at his Walnut Street home. Bathers watched a coast guard pursuit of two rum speedboats at Coney Island as police opened fire and boats were damaged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grant Cox
Morenoon
Awas
Lawrence
Be. Cox
J. H. Luxton
Topeka
Security Benefit Association
Luxton
Gordon Thompson
John Mairett
Walnut Street
Bathers
New York
Coney Island
Coast Guard
Prime Minister MacDonald May Get Higher Salary
In London on July 30 AP reports the select committee on ministers remuneration says Prime Minister MacDonald is likely to receive a raise soon. It notes the premier’s annual salary is 5000 pounds, about 25000 dollars, and that 2000 pounds more would be adequate. Mrs Hoover will Christen the steamship Excali bur in Camden New Jersey next week with Captain Russell Train aboard. County voters seek support for T Lehman Republican for district clerk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gondon
MacDonald
Select Committee On
Hoover
Washington
Herbert. Hoover
Camden
N. J
Excali
American
Export Steamship Company
Russell Train
Reckless Driver Wounds Man After Parzal Incident
Emporia Kansas July 30 AP Charles Dickey 24 was shot and seriously wounded last night by Tom Murphy city policeman who fired during a chase near bathers. One bullet struck Dickey in the ear. Police say the suspect opened fire and fled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emporia
Parzal
Kan
Charles Dickey
Tom Murphy
Frank
Ex-Sergeant Captures Armed Bandit Near Station
Kansas City July 30 AP Harry Charoberlain a dismissed police sergeant overpowered and captured an armed holdup man Edward Daugherty 22 who escaped Missouri penitentiary after holding up a cigar store in Chamberlain's presence The former officer commandeered a taxi but the bandit fled in a car A traffic jam halted the taxi and the bandit fled from the scene Chamberlain leaped on Daugherty holding him until two former officers arrived He is being reconsidered for reinstatement to the police force.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Harry Charoberlain
Edward Daugherty
Missouri Penitentiary
Chamberlain
X Sores Com
Daugherty
Hoover urges tighter government spending amid rising budget estimates
President Hoover pressed cabinet and department heads to cut expenditures in the current fiscal year to offset higher budget estimates by 209 million dollars. The White House noted the proposed revision had not progressed as quickly as Hoover desired, while affirming that the unemployment relief program would remain unaffected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hoover
White House
Holmes Promoted to Full Consul in Foreign Service
Julius C. Holmes has been notified by the Department of State in Washington that he has been promoted one grade in the foreign service, attaining full consul status. The promotion does not affect his diplomatic assignment as first secretary of the American legation in Albania. He is at home on leave visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Holmes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julius C. Holmes
Department of State At
Washington
Foreign Service
Holmes
Albania
J. R. Holmes
Hurley Receives Sioux Name At Indian Rites
In Bismarck on July 30 Patrick J Hurley secretary of war was given the name Wainyapi by Sioux Indians during a ceremony tied to the American Legion convention. L Bodenhamer national commander was named Marpiya-Kinyangpi meaning Flying Cloud.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bismarck
N. D
Patrick J. Hurley
L. Bodenhamer
Dividend Declared by Standard Oil of Kansas
Neodesha Kansas July 10 AP Standard Oil Kansas declares a semiannual dividend of shares on capital stock payable September 15 to holders of record August 23 stock transfer books not closing semiannual report shows gross earnings and net profit for the first six months of 1930.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neodesha
Kan
Standard Oily
Kansas
Kansas Official Council Sets Convention Dates
The Kansas official council announced the annual meeting dates as November 18, 19 and 20 in Topeka. The event was moved from December 3, 4 and 5 due to a clash with the national highway convention in Pittsburgh, a change county commissioners found unsatisfactory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kansas Official Council
Pittsburgh
Personal notices and travel plans across several states
A string of brief items lists families making trips and visits in Colorado, Kansas, Minnesota, and other areas. Harold Longenecker and daughter Mary plan a Green Mountain Falls vacation. Harry L. Newton and family mourn grandmother Mary Baer in Lawrence. E P Sisson party heads to Glenwood for a month. Nadine Clark and A A Burns visit Topeka. Babbitt family visits Gardner to see Redinger relatives. Emily and Lloyd Ericsson return from Paris after year study, with European travels noted. Also included are reports of a former judge in Brooklyn jailed for six years, and a push to seek a federal farm loan for livestock marketing in Omaha by C B Crandall’s group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Longenecker
Mary
Green Mountain Falls
Col
Harry L. Newton
Emporia
Lawrence
Newton
Mary Baer
E. P. Sisson
Paul Stevenson
Madfeon
Glenwood
Minn
Ted Clark
Nadine
Topeka
Clark
A. A. Burns
B. J. Babbitt
Dale
Gardner
The
Sorbonne
Madame Litvinne
France
Germany
Italy
Holland
Englar
Tombstone Thief Sought in Pratt Kansas Grave
County officers seek a thief who stole a tombstone from the grave of James Lee in Pratt cemetery. The 1938 monument, weighing hundreds of pounds, was discovered missing by relatives yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pratt
Kan
James Lee
Two Lawrence Churches to Close for August
Two churches in Lawrence will suspend all activities during August. First Methodist will hold tonight’s midweek prayer service as its last gathering for weeks while redecorating the entire first floor. First Presbyterian at Ninth and Vermont will suspend Sunday school and church services until the first Sunday in September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
First Methodist Church
Ninth
Vermont
Shamrock V Rounds Point of Pies in Azores Quest
Sir Thomas Lipton's racing yacht Shamrock V, after losing convoy contact in mist and rain five days earlier, rounded the Point of Pies Island near Horta, Azores, under full sail and headed for the Azores and then the United States. The Erin supplied coal, Shamrock V lacks wireless and risks isolation if separation occurs. Markets in York report grain and poultry prices amid a Treasury bond listing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horta
Island of Fayal
Azores
Thomas Lipton
Erin
Pies Island
Portsmouth
England
United States
Varied West Lawrence visits and church note locals
Linwood Mrs Fay Parry and children Theodore and Esther visited ArgENTINE. Margaret Jones and Chester of Ault Colorado visit grandparents Eldridge Jones. Margaret Rice of Lawrence visits C G Burnett home. Parrys go to Overland Park, return same day. No Federated church service next Sunday due to Rev Farwell in Wichita. Sunday school held. Mary Elder of Lawrence visits William and Mary Elder. Murray Martin and Kansas City guests visit Tom and Mrs. Martin. Dr Travers of Texas visits Hugh Parry. Mrs Hugh Parry attends Lawrence. Rev Farwell and Margaret travel to Kansas City Kansas on business. Fay Parry and Esther Parry and Theodore Parry shop in Lawrence. J E Tudhope and Elinore Tudhope in Lawrence. Otto Felker visits. Ike Housman of Lawrence mentioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fay Parry
Theodore
Esther
Argentine
Margaret Jones
Chester
Ault
Col
Eldridge Jones
Margaret Rice
Lawrence
G. Burnett
John Parry
Overland Park
Federated
E. Roy Farwell
Wichita
Mary Elder
William Elder
Murray Martin
Kansas City
Murray
Tom Martin
Travers
Texas
Jacob Caulk
Hugh Parry
Iisee
Jack
Fay .Parry
Theodore Parry
Leonard Turpin
Elinore Tudhope
Otto Felker
John Tudhope
Ike’ Housman
Linwood News Roundup of Church and Family Visits
The Ladies Aid of the Federated church met on Wednesday and finished a quilt for Mrs. Charles Hicks amid light attendance due to 50 degree weather. Howard Howsman of Lawrence visited J E Tudhope. Mr and Mrs John Holmes and sons traveled to Edwardsville and Muncie to see their sons. Alleman family and Hampel family visited Rev Farwell. Zora Curtiss of Kansas City spent the day with relatives. Roy Servias and Serviss family attended Col Lemuel Clarke's funeral in Lawrence. Maurine Winkelman visits Anna Mae Nyberg at Mrs Bairds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linwood
Ladies Aid
Federated Church
Charles Hicks
Howard Howsman
Lawrence
J. E. Tudhope’s
John Holmes
Howard
Shirley
Quinton
Edwardsville
Muncie
John, Jr
Charles
H. O. Alleman
Glen
Elizabeth
P. H. Hampel
Stanley
Kan
Farwell
Alleman
Zora Curtiss
Kansas City
L. B. Meinke
Engle
Rice
C. C. Burnett
E. Roy Farwell
Margaret
Roy Servias
Thos, Serviss
Lottie Serviss
Col
Lemuel G. Clarke
Maurine Winkelman
Anna Mae Nyberg
Baird
Local residents travel and visit scattered this week
Excelsior notes run of social visits and small chores around Lawrence Ottawa and surrounding families. Fred and Chester Disque bailers at Charley Elm and S 1 Montgomery. Mrs Annaj Johanning with children Alvin and Ruth motor to Lawrence. Ruth enrots in Newton training school. Lyman Lena Daniels and Haas family hosts. Water and Ernest Pohn haul straw. Marshall Churchbaugh and daughter Joan with Faye Etta Montgomery and Shuler family visit Grandma Shuler. Glen Flora family and Eva Haas visit Ottawa. Mary Puffly and Mrs Will Gray visit Charley Browning Vas Os. Montgomerys and others visit Lawrence. Dan Johanning does pump work for Harry Flory. Charley Disque helps Mohler cook for threshers. Various Sunday dinners at Montgomery and Shuler homes. Will Gray Paola and Ottawa visitors. Mary Peffly and Mrs Will Gray hosted week-long visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred
Chester Disque
Charley Elm’s
S. 1
Montgomery
Annaj Johanning
Alvin
Ruth
Lawrence
Newton
Lyman
Lena Daniels
Ottawa
L.W. Haas
Water
Ernest Pohn
L. W. Haas
Marshall Churchbaugh
Joan
Faye
Etta Montgomery
Roy ‘Shuler
Marjorie Mae
Ella Belle
Grandma Shuler
Glen Flora
la Vergne
Kenneth
Clifford
L. W. Hass
Eva
Mary Puffly
Will Gray
Charley Browning
Vas
I. L. Montgomery
Carl Schwarz
Dan Johanning
Harry Flory
Charley Disque
Mohler
Paola
Will Peffly
Harold
Guy Mooroe
Margarite
Mary Peffly
Community gathering and Mission Band meeting recap
CLEARFIELD residents and families from Wellsville Falls City and surrounding areas visited the Brecheisen and Cibegst households. Emma Deckwa Alberta Deckwa and infant joined the Mission Band to Mary Miller's home for a noon covered dish dinner. The afternoon included a Mission Band business meeting and time spent making small books to send to recipients.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mra
Emma Deckwa
Alberta Deckwa
Baby
Chioa | Breithaupt
Irene
Mission Band
Mary |Miller
Anna
Forest Park convention noted at Topeka
The article lists a long sequence of family visits and social events around the Breithaupt, Brecheisen, Selzer, and Meeder families in Kansas. It mentions a W M S delegate election for the Forest Park convention in Topeka, a birthday gathering for Mrs Breithaupt, a birthday dinner, and a Sunday church recital attended by Ruth Breithaupt and Irene Breithaupt, among others. Ice cream, cake, and a piano solo by Alice Rosemary Goddman are described. A picnic, musical recitals, and multiple visits to relatives are noted throughout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forest Park
Topeka
Red Bird Mission
Kentucky
Will Deay
Indiana
Irene Breithaupt
Christina Selzer
aWillansy
Alvena Brecheisen
Ruth
Eileen Breithaupt
Beatrice
Aileen
Eunice Johnson
Lucille
Amelda
Nadine Chanay
Evelyn Wertz
Otto Selzer
David Meeder
Dorain Selzer
James Desay
Arden
Grover
Othie Johnson
George Vitt
Heir Son
Emray Vitt
Vinland
Ignd Mi Gid Breitha
Cornelia Meeder
Verna Brecheisen
Lou Schlemmer
Judge Brennan
Kansas City
George Meeder
Henry Brecheisen
Adolph Rodewald
Colorado
Albert Rodewald
Henry Hausman
Harold
Albert Walters
Orange
Cal
Lena Dumber
Wellsville
George Brecheisen
George R Breithaupt
George
Branch Goddman
John Steffen
Alice Rosemary Goddman
Evelyn Kreisinger
Brecheisen Kretsinger Follebrook Allen Kinship Group
A list of individuals and families from Overbrook Topeka Sudora Wellsville Baldwin Independence and nearby areas including Johnny Brecheisen Mrs Kretsinger Mr Folleb rook Archie Allen Carl Mitchell G E Kretsinger George Breithaupt and Burtie plus Blanch Goddman Gail and Irene in a social or community gathering notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnny Brecheisen
Overbrook
Paul Kretsinger
Topeks
Pete .Follebrook
Archie Allen
Sudora
Carl Mitchell
Wellsville
G. E. Kretsinger
Baldwin
George Breithaupt
George, Jr
Burtie
Blanch Goddman
Independence
Martin Breithaupt
Gail
Irene
Exhibit Local Pictures At National Photographer's Convention
Two photographs submitted by Squire's Studio were shown at the National Photographer's Convention in Milwaukee the week of July 21 an honor for which photographers worldwide compete. One portrait of Professor W. E. Hellebert appeared in the men's picture division and another image of Professor Walde mar Gelich was in a non competitive division. Squire's work has long been exhibited at the convention and sometimes included in the association's traveling loan collections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Equire
Milwaukee
Fey
Irector
Squire
W. E. Hellebert
Waldemar
Gelich
Kitchen shower honors Mrs Horace Glock at Crawford home
Miss Fern Crawford and Mrs. John Crawford hosted a kitchen shower last week for Mrs. Horace Glock whose home was destroyed by fire. Rev Ahrens and a wife and daughter Olita plan a Missouri vacation this week. Colonial club picnic with July meeting featured a lawn supper and a musical playlet In an Old Fashioned Garden. The act combined costumes and lights to extend the evening outdoors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fern Crawford
John Crawford
Horace Glock
Miss Genevieve Nowlin to head East High School department
Miss Genevieve Nowlin arrives from Manhattan for a multi day visit to relatives and plans to return to teach in Kansas City where she will head the Domestic Science department at East High School. E. C. Bussing, 52, seeks County Clerk race. long service, farm and prohibition work, praised by local officials. Political adv.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Genevieve Nowlin
Manhattan
Jeanette J
Claus
Kansas City
East High School
S. v. Case
Sabetha
E. C. Bussing
Kansas
Greeley
Colorado
Grandy Post
Lawrence
Washington Post
Grange
Douglas County
Iowa
W. C
Bussing
Carl White
Douglas County Board
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Inent Oil Company
Watare
Armory
Iarth Infantry
Focal
National Guard
Tienald
Ssieraon County
T. Lehman
Republica
Cantor
Clerk of District Court
Hurley
Kanak
Standard Oil
Vines
Williams Seabright
Sam
Eliswo Vines
Paso Calif
Richard N. William
Na Omere
Seabright
Kosass
John’ Griffin
Houston Prouston
Tex
T South
Almeda A Its
Dak
Associated Press
London
Melfi
W. Bernard Vause
Brooklyn
King’s County
Columbia Finance Corporation
Farm Board
St. Paul, Minn
Federal Farm
Farmers Live Stock Marketing Association
Omaha
C.B. Crandall
Canal Zone
Panama City
Panama
R. Z. Kirkpatrick
Bureau of Surveys of the
Pueblo
Colo
Samuel Wallingford
Wichita, Kansas
Parkview Hospital
Blonde
Here
John Mishwash
Anna Irvin
Roy Irvin
Elmer
Irvin
Army Air Fields
ELKS
Shimmons
Hetzel
Rich M. Cohen
Shas
Sevenback
Edmondson and
Hurtig
Shamrock V
New Liberty
Liberty
Eashry
Treasury
Government Bonds
York
Governedo A
Excelsior
Clearfield
A. Neis
L. Mignot
Charley Beaker
Pete Brecheisen
Jess
John and Phillip Brecheisen
Samuel Cibegst
Falls City
FilRoberts
Pioneer Bank
Shimmons Bros. Plunners and Electricians
Schubert Funeral Home Ambulance
Oskaloosa
Gowdy Medical Company
Lawrence, Kenias
Kcxxé
Comer Drug Store
Harry W. Frazee
Bob Rutherford
Republican
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