Prohibition Debate Winds Through Chicago Convention
Prohibition dominates Chicago convention chatter as main entrance tickets and platform seats appear. Roosevelt backs a state-control stance, while McAdoo pushes a national referendum. Rockefeller and Hibben spark debate on prohibition’s fate amid Louisiana repeal moves and Florida race shifts. Byrd backs a constitutional referendum plan, and anti-repeal groups vow to vote against any pro-repeal party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Chicago
White House
Hoover
James R. Garfield
Roosevelt
New York
Democratic Party
William Gibbs McAdoo
Congress
Fyes
John Grier “Hibben
Princeton ‘University
Todry
Rockefeller
Clarence True Wilson
Methodist Board of Temperance, Prohibition and Public Morals
Wilson
James Cannon
Fairfield
Iowa
Satan
Alfred E. Smith
Jimmy Walker
Falls
Baton’Rouge
Louisiana
Senate
Florida
Mark Wilcox
Richmond
Virginia
Harry Flood Byrd
Byrd
Othr
C James A.reed
Missouri
Reed
Anavourite Son
Margaret C. Munns
Shrys
Life saved earns freedom for prisoner
Leroy Hanson, imprisoned for second degree murder, had his sentence commuted after saving a life during a prison attack by an insane convict. Gov. Meier commuted his term, citing his act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Salem
Ore
Leroy Hanson
James Lewis
Gov. Meier
Chester
Spring ‘Haven Golf Club
Greenville
Soffer
Linnie
C. Bailey
Johannesburg
Hubert Seang
Balnhant
Sydney
Australia
City events and gas tax studies in midcontinent
A Thursday evening schedule lists lectures and musical programs with Dr. Harry R. Wahl, Charles Sanford Skilton, and Miss Alice Merle Conger noted among professions. South Sydney girl cricketers won city premiership but officials awarded the prize to the other side due to bare-served runners. Tulsa reports oil men studying a new federal gasoline tax effective June 21 after opposition to crude product levies. The midcontinent refiners face a one cent motor fuel tax, with many orders flowing from brokers and contract customers seeking storage lead-ups before the grace period ends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry R. Wahl
School of Medicine
Charles Sanford Skilten
Alice Merle’ Conger
South Sydney
Tulsa
Oklo
Midcontinental
Hoover
Life for a Belle Plaine bank robber at Wellington
John Luppy, one of four bandits who raided the State Bank of Belle Plaine last August and escaped with 846.50, was sentenced to life imprisonment for bank robbery and first degree robbery. Luppy was the last to be sentenced while three co‑conspirators are serving long terms and Betty Weaver, alleged brains of the gang, is in an indeterminate sentence at the women’s industrial farm. Toyon berry shrubs now cultivated in California mountains for marketing as Christmas holly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellington
Kan
Tohn Luppy
Belle Plaine
Lunpy
Betty Weaver
Gan
California
Prairie Center Friends church hosts Civic Service League branch
Rev. Wolfe of Olathe organized a Civic Service League branch at the Prairie Center Friends church with officers Delmar Schultz president Rev A J Bales vice president Mrs Otto Hammer second vice president and Mrs Ed Andrew secretary treasurer. The weekend program includes worship sessions Friday to Saturday and a presentation of Ten Nights in a Bar-room by Frank Davis of Wichita followed by a basket dinner and business meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christina Kanzig
Kansas City
Agnes Osborne
Ellsworth
Dan Osborne
Rev
Wolfe
Olathe
Prairie Center Friends Church
Civic Service League
Delmar Schultz
A. J. Bales
Otto Hammer
Edi Andrew
Quartery
the Prairie Center Friends Church
Dune
Frank Davis
Wichita
Fred Russel
Liberty
Will Andrew
the Andrews
Jim Hale
Hale
J L L bridge club gathers at Mrs Nora Trefz home
The Eudora J L L club met at Mrs Nora Trefz home. Prizes were awarded for high and low scores among members and guests after a evening of bridge. Refreshments followed, with numerous guests listed. Other social notes include visits and a farewell party for John and Mary Grist of Lawrence and a stay by Mrs Rebecca Fuchs with the Roche family in Clearfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nora Trefz
Pauline Sommers
George Gerstenberger
Fred Walker
Anna Grosdidier
Marjotle Schehrer
Clarence Daugherty
Mary Neustifter
Bila Kasberger
Edna. Zillner
Fred. Walker
Clarenceaugherty
George Gerstenverger
Marie Grosdidier
Delia Zimmerman
Regina Schehrer
Alma Seiwald
Ela Kasberger
Anna Sommers
Mary. Neustifter
Martha Seiwald
Katie Rothberger
Clara Grosdidier
Marjorie Schehrer
Theresa Schehrer
Pauline
Mary Grist
Lawrence
Helen Mathia
Bernice Stanley
Mildred Smith
Fern Broers
Hasel Craiz
Cleo Grimes
Ruth Ness
Lucille Rapier
Maxine Scheliack
Arle
Community Notes From Eudora and Surrounding Areas
Local social calendar highlights teens graduate from Pasca high school with 410 in attendance in Kansas City. Families travel to Alma and Lecompton for church events, baccalaureate services, and scouts. Community clubs meet at McGabria home, plan Fourth of July picnic, and prepare Father Son banquet details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ta Grimes
John Grist
Gerald Knahe
Oscar Broers
Clifford Kisele
Harold Craig
Clarence Broers
Edward Mathia
Kermit Broers
Edward _Deckwa
Ralph Bohnsack
Ezhel Broers
Delmar Spitzlt
John Steiner
Osborne
Kan
N. E. Mack
Douglas Harris
Carl Gerstenberger
Harold Daugherty
William Miskimmen
Paul Lucan
Sarah Hausman
Lucy Kaesi
Louise Lucan
Alma
Women’s Union
Alma Evangelical Church
William Stadler
Kansas City
Pasca High School
Wilmaurine Stadler
St. Paul Evangelical Church
Marley's Grove
Harold Lowe
Merriam
Mahlon Cox
James. Burns
Lucille
Louise Schlegel
Lecompton
Cid
Reifschneider
Milton
Robert
Eudora
Omaha
Neb
J. R. Garrett
Lawrence
Kate Ziesenis
John Sommers
William Zimmerman
Ora McGabria
Pauline Sommers
Martha Seiwald
Anna Mae van Patten
Don Westheffer
Kate Thudium
Emporia
Adolph Lotz
Louisa Schlegel
Ruth Miller
Dorothy Warmker
Marie Erwin
Lucille Walker
Evelyn _Boyd
Charlene Hackworth
Dale Papenhausen
Berdean Russell
Alden Ott
Floyd Kennedy
Douglas County
Memorial High School
Frank Griener
Allan Beatty
Tonganoxie
Ladies Altar Society
Catholic Church
Anita Stadler
Helen Schopper
Howard Phillips
DeSoto
Gleaners
Methodist Church
George Schubert
Frea Bartz
Deichman’s Bridge
Ed W Neustifter
Martha Webster
Emma Furthmeyer
Charles Neustifter
W. Fuller
Toneka
C. L. Fuller
Arthur Kraus
Euretta i Kraus
Walter Cole
Willard Fitzgerald
Doran Hensley
J. O. Scott
W. H. Wickham
Lina Christensen
Edward Heeres
Lawrence Brown
Gardner
Gene Daugherty
Helen Ruth Harrison
Blue Mound
Russell
The
Community Notes Across Lawrence and Eudora
A string of social mentions from Kansas City to Eudora covers visits, dinners, and hosting at homes. Families including Schilling, Schlegel, Bagsby, Wilson, and Spitzli spend weekends and weekdays with relatives, while performers led by Howard Sanders prepare a spiritual minstrel at Baldwin M E church in Eudora. The Sunflower Girl Scouts return from camp near Lecompton as others plan summer gatherings and church events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arch Schilling
Ann Schilling
Kansas City
Fred Schlegel
Fredericka
Louise
Lawrence
Allen Westerhouse
Ralph Bagsby
Melvin Wilson
Mary Grist
Margaret Spitzli
Jacob Fisher
Lebo
Roy’ Kennedy
Howard Sanders
Baldwin M. E
Eudora High School
Eudora Methodist Ladies Aid
Hug and Mug
Glenn McDaniel
John Francis
Topeka
Virginia
Amone
Massa
Also Mentioned on This Page
Captains Creek
Pirate Club
Tomer
WDAF
Suné
Girl Scouts
Virginia Schirck
Ruth Dunlap
Emma Wyrick
Dorothy Warinker
Helen Ruth’ Harrison
Verda Sommers
W.H. Wickham
Los Angeles
Calif
Tonite
Helen Twelvetrees
Rosco Ates
Bride Eric Linden
Arline Judge
Barbara John Dorothy Christy
Mickey Mouse
Jim Rawling
Shars
Dickinson
Eugene Jackson
Victor McLagen
Paris
Matinee
Stemderfoot
First National
Vitaphone
Harriet Hilliard
Ann Dvorak
Douglas Fairbanks
Ginger Rogers
Lew Cody
Hell
Sylvia Sidney Fredrick Mareh
Gene Raymond Sari Maritza
Elks Lodge
Dodson
All
Ren
Woodland Park
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!