Indictment in historic fast mail train robbery case
Ten Chicago area men were indicted by a federal grand jury for the sensational hold up and robbery of the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul fast mail train the night of December in Rondout Illinois. Names include James Murray Pado Fontana Ernest Fontana Willie Newton Joe Newton Willis Newton Samuel Grant Blackie Wilcox Walter McComb Max Greenberg and others. Indictment alleges robbery and conspiracy with nine counts each. Greenberg believed to have escaped with loot. several defendants in custody. Indictment filed after three hours of testimony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Milwaukee and St. Paul
Rondout
James’ Murray
Pado Fontana
Ernest Fontana
Willie
Joe
Willis Newton
East
St. Louis
Samuel Grant
Blackie Wilcox
Installment of vault at Lawrence National Bank completed
Diebold Safe and Trust Company completed the installation of a new vault at Lawrence National Bank. The vault features a two dozen inch reinforced walls, a quadruple time and thermost burglar-proof door, armor-plated steel, and a steel-lined ceiling with a steel door jamb. A burglar alarm guards the walls as well as the door.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence N 1
Diebold
Spfe
Kk Company
Lawrence Boys Return From Lutheran Camp Southwest of Junction City
Nine Lawrence youths accompanied by Rev. N D Goehring and John Selig returned last night from a Lutheran camp near Junction City Kansas run for ten days by Rev Goehring and Rev Wolfe of Abilene. The travelers led in tent inspection daily and topped the camp track meet. Participants include Pete Selig George Endicott Arthur Endicott Clarence Huffman Raymond Durr John Bunn Rush Herrisst Lester Welch Rey Selig. The trip is an annual Lawrence boys tradition at a permanent camp with sixty attendees this year and nine denominations represented.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
N. D. Goeghring
Trinity” Lutheran’church
John’ Selig
Junction City
Kans
Mr. Goehring
R.J. Wolfe
Abilene
Pete Selig
George
Endicott
Arthur Endicott
Clarence
Huffman
Raymond Durr
John ‘Bunn
Rush Herristt
Kenneth McHenry
Lester
Welch
John Selig
Rey
Goehring
Missing Ida Searight Searches Launch By Sheriff
Council Grove residents join Sheriff Brown in a large posse as they probe Ida Searight a 14 year old orphan who disappeared from her sister Mrs Harry Marlett’s home last night a hole in her bedroom window suggests an abduction feared by the community.
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Council Grove
Mynand
Bank Robbery in Slick Oklahoma Nets Thousands
Unmasked bandits robbed the First National Bank of Slick at 1 p.m. stealing between 2000 and 3000 dollars and kidnapping assistant cashier P. Johnson. Johnson later left with the bandits and telephoned Sapulpa sheriff. posses from Bristow and Sapulpa pursue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Slick, Okla
First National Bank
Teddy
Johnson
Bristow
Sapulpa
Paroles Announced for Four Harvesters at Topeka Session
In Topeka June 20 the parole board announced 34 paroles including four harvesters due to large harvest needs. Major Joseph R. Cygon was appointed head of the university by the War Department, with Major E. named as general command at Fort Leavenworth.
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Topeka
Kani
War Department
Leavenworth
Jury Deliberations Extend For Roy Crummer Case
Wichita, Kansas June 20 jury in the Roy E Crummer case remains silent as deliberations drag past 136 hours. If no verdict by nine oclock tomorrow morning the panel will be dismissed, touching the fate of the former director of the American State bank charged with permitting and conniving at deposits despite insolvency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita
Kan
Roy E. Crummer
American State. Bank
Peterson Goes In
Fragmented political party listings show candidates entering across districts with names and locations. Republicans and Democrats are noted for Second and Third districts with selections including Edward C. Little, Arthur L. McKenney, Russell Dyer, Barton Needham, Chas. Stephens, John W. Lappam, and others across Kansas communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R, Anthony, Jr
Leavenworth
W. J. Lambertson
Fairview
Tee Eppinger
Holton
Edward C. Little
Arthur L. McKenney
Russell Dyer
Kansas City
I. B. Prather
Fort Skott
Barton Needham
Lane
C. Bi. Little
Pittsburg
W. H
Sproul
Sedan
Chas. Stephens
Columbus
John W. Lappam
Chanute
Lou. Ernest
Independence
Crowder Clinches Crowded Championship Title
Crowder dominates in a golf final, with a two foot putt clinching the match. He sinks a three for a birdie and wins the 28th and 24th holes. The pair halved holes 25 and 6 with poorer scores and also halved the 127th as both players misput.
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McGuire
Crowder
Portuguese Aviators End Lisbon to Macao Flight
Lune 20 Associated Press reports Lieutenants Beiros and Paes nearly completed a Lisbon to Macao journey. They passed Macao and landed at Shamchun on the frontier of the British leased territory. The landing was forced due to weather and Paes was bruised while the aircraft was damaged. They planned to reach Canton but ignition trouble forced a halt.
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Hongkong
Lune 20
Associated Press
Beiros
Paes
Lisbon
Macao
Shamchun
Canton
Personal notices from a Kansas and California circuit
Miss Mary E Chesnut of Los Angeles visits William Docking. H M Liggett rests near Tribune Kansas. Mrs Fred Walker in Kansas City. Mrs A G Schroedermeier in Kansas City for weekend. M Shillerston visits Kansas City with son. Miss Clara Kane and Katharine Greenleaf in Kansas City. Dr and Mrs Asa M Townsdin of Jamestown Kansas visiting mother in law Mrs Onan Wheeler. G Robinson returns home from Clay Center. Mrs E Markeson of Ohio visiting daughter Mrs Robert Rowlands. Mr and Mrs Jack Lawrence drive to Abilene. Margaret and Virginia Colman visit Eileen Irvine in Leavenworth. Charles Hagerman and Alvin Hagerman to Mason City for son's June 25 wedding. Dick Noel and Robert Clark, Illinois students, with George Clark on harvest trip. George R Esterly home from Cambridge Massachusetts. Dr Alice Goff of San Francisco visiting Mrs William Brown near Number Six school. Dr Charles J Simmons to San Diego for mother’s hip injury. Mrs C A Zinser of Lodi guest at Mrs Dorothy Gould’s 1513 Rhode Island. Family killed at crossing: E G Dixon 30, and wife and 6-year-old son die when Rock Island train hits their auto near Widener, St. Francis county.
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Mary E.chesnut
Los Angeles
Cal
William Docking
H. M. Liggett
Tribune
Kans
Fred Walker
Kansas City
A. G. Schroedermeier
E. H. Dahm
M. Shillerston
Kansasity
Dewey Shillerston
Clara Kane
Katharine Greenleaf
Kansggs City
Asa M. Townsdin
Jamestown
Eileen Irvine
Leavenworth
Charles
Hagerman
Mason City
Alvin Hagerman
Dick Noel
Robert Clark
University Ofllinois
George Clark
George R. Esterly
Cambridge
Mass
Harvard University
Alice Goff
San Francisco
Lawrence
William Brown
California
Panama Canal
Charles J. Simmons
San Diego
C. A. Zinser
Lodi
Dorothy I Gould
Rhode Island
Final filings in Eudora area election slate
A long list of local candidates for various offices across Eudora and surrounding townships including sheriff, treasurer, clerk, coroner, superintendent, and precinct committeemen. Names appear for Eudora, Marion, Lecompton, Kanwaka, Palmyra, Vinland, Willow Springs, Clinton, Grant, Big Springs, and Wakarusa townships with multiple wards and precincts. The filing reflects diverse positions such as trustees, constables, and representatives in the eleventh and twelfth districts.
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H, Menger
Ralph Lawrence
W. J.cummings
A. E. Huddleston
Willis O. Miller
L. M. Harris
Eudora Township
C. E. Shields
Eudora
T- H. Johnson
J. E. Haverty
Gus Gabriel
W. Gerstenberger
M- Harris
C. W. Smith
C. B. Lindell
Marion Township
Hoover
Vinland
Paul. Luken
Harry Wagner
Fourth Ward
Guy E. Pettit
Third Ward
Porter “Bond
Clinton
Ralph Dicker
Sixth Ward
W. C. Flory
C. B. McCleland
Carl S. Rarik
Lee Cox
Clinton Township
M. Bahnmaier
Lecompton Township
Fred Bahnmaier
Big Springs
Irvin Flory
Willow Springs
W. A. Courtney
Fifth Ward
John F. Strong
Will Johns
Roy Martin
William Clark
Palmyra
Maurice Starr
F. P. Stapleton
Lois Wells
E. J. Bowen
I. T. Ilord
O. BD. Thomas
Frank Simon
W. H. Ulrich
Pearl Thurber
Charles Topping
Kanwaka Township
George ’. Richards
Rudolph Houk
John
Ee. G. L. Harbour
Jess Markley
Phil
W. E. Williams
W. L. Biggs
Clarence Hodges
Charles Husted
Grant Township
William Brass
Lecompton
First Harvest Accident Hits Kansas Fields Near Kechi
Roy Phillips of Pittsburg was injured fatally when a team pulling a wheat binder ran away at Kechi. He suffered a severed left leg, a mangled right leg, internal injuries, and possible death. Phillips is a brother of Mrs. Charles May of Pittsburg.
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Wichita
Kan
Kansas
Kechi
Roy ‘Phillips
Pittsburg
Phillips
Charles May
Protest Candidacy Filed Over Disbarred Attorney
A formal protest filed by the Harvey County Bar Association challenges John F. Hanson for the ninth district judgeship in Kansas. Hanson, disbarred in 1916 for attacking the state Supreme Court, is on the Democratic ticket and must be in good standing to qualify. The protest centers on his eligibility as an attorney.
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Topeka
Kan
John F. Hanson
Lindsburg
Harvey County Bar Association
Hanson
Supreme Court
State Board of Canvassers
Market Nervous as Wheat Slips on Southwest Heat Wave
Chicago June 20. Wheat prices fell amid heat in the southwest and a downturn on Liverpool markets. Opening quotes 3-8 to 11-2 cents lower, July 1.18 34 rising to 1.14, Sept. 1.15 4 to 1.15 1-2, then a rally to near yesterday’s close. Market unsettled with big elevator interest and Winnipeg export talk. Corn and oats weaker at open, later firming on shipping demand. Livestock and grain prices mixed across Chicago and Kansas City trading, with hogs and cattle largely steady to lower and grain futures fluctuating. Wall Street drifted higher on utilities after earlier attempts to settle the day failed.
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Chicago
Liverpool
Betbank
Winnipeg
Kansas City Livestock
Kansas City
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Texas
Grain price listings with bids and futures
The table lists alfalfa and clover prices with varying grades and ranges. It also shows Kansas City Close Grain futures for July September and December with bid and split figures, plus corn futures for July September and December.
Kansas Facts booklets sought by readers across country
Kansas readers in Hutchinson and beyond request copies of the booklet Kansas Facts advertised in major papers. A three legged dog is found and cared for at police headquarters. Local lodges announce a Thanksgiving sermon at the Christian church. Lost policies of Fidelity Phenix Fire Insurance require replacement. Advertisements note sale prices on wash boilers and aluminum preserving kettles at local stores.
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Hutchinson
United States
Kansas Daily Newspapers Advertising Association
Kansas Facts
New York Times
Chicago Tribune
Sune
Davenport
Iowa
Whateheer
Kansas
Chicago
Asl
Northern ‘Trust Mbany
Cad Ae
Fidelity-Phenix Fire Insurance Co
New York
F. M. Holliday
Lawrence, Kans
Fidelity| Phenix Fire Ins. Co
Ill
Sickle
Potatoes Praised in Kaw Valley Region as Imperial Area
Kansas State College plant pathologist E A Stokdyk lauds the Kaw Valley as the imperial potato section of the world after a valley tour. About 90 percent of local growers attended meetings across sixty farms in Wyandotte Johnson Douglas Jefferson Leavenworth and Shawnee counties. Demonstration farm trials show certified seed and disease-treated seed boost yields, with discussions on grading and inspection under a Shawnee county cooperative system to expand next season.
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Manhattan
Kan
Kaw
Imperial
E. A. Stokdyk
Kansas State Agricultural College
Wyandotte
Johnson, Douglas,Jefferson
Leavenworth
Shawnee County
Kaw Valley
Stokdyk
Secret of Keeping Young by Lydia E Pinkham Remedy
Women across the country seek renewed vitality and youth by using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound to relieve aches pains and internal ailments. The ad touts health, energy and a youthful glow as outcomes of the root and herb formula.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
County officials view road change at Powell farm
Marion township county commissioners will inspect a portion of property petitioned for road changes on the B H Powell farm tomorrow at 10 o'clock. The planned route would remove a curve in the highway and bring the Powell home closer to the new neck of the road.
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B. H.powell
Marion Township
Powell
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U. S. Department of Agriculture
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W. M
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Praises Potato Region
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District Manager Mutual Life of NY
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Justice OF the Peace
Tama
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K. U
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Care Journal-World
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Haskell Faith & Pettit
Gurney Refrigerator
Lawrence Stove Works
Snowflake Poultry Farm
Joe Haskell
Joe Foor
Ohio
Country Club
Wemar
Breezedale
Chariton
Ummer
Carter Tire & Battery Co
Palm Beach
SkofStad
Athletic Union
Bowerlock Opera House
Frank H. Roberts
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