Construction of Cement Slab Advances With Local Crew
Calcium chloride solution applied on cement for curing. Work finishes. about fourteen days before slab is usable. Equipment includes Rex mixer, five ton hoist, 5800 feet steel forms, graders, crane, and other machinery. Project employs nearly fifty men under C G Robinson of Debks & Robinson in Lincoln Nebraska. Concrete pouring began after initial road work and slab groundwork were prepared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ing
Eve 3
C. G. Robinson
Debks & Rollnson Company
Lincoln
Nabri _ Ciradinis
Indicted on three counts against Standard Oil chief Stewart
In Washington Robert W. Stewart head of the Standard Oil of Indiana trading company faced three counts of perjury after senate testimony that also led to calls for John D. Rockefeller Jr. to resign as board chairman. Stewart vowed trial and acquittal, while prosecutors decried the conduct as abuse of court processes for political ends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Robert WW. Stewart
Hra Standard Oil Company
Senate
Committee
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Stewart
Counel
Continental
Indiana Standard
H. Osler
The
Whitzel Family Mourns in Lawrence Death of Samuel L. Whitzel
Frank R Whitzel of Chaitan Moga Kans was in Lawrence today returning from Sterling where he buried his uncle Samuel L Whitzel in the Sterling cemetery Samuel L Whitzel born December 23 1848 near Marion Ohio moved to Illinois in 1855 Kansas in 1876 worked in mercantile business with his brother in McPherson Kan retiring in 1910 lived with relatives in Lawrence until his death on June 2 He served in Co G 7th Infantry Civil War unmarried survived by three sisters and two brothers with long ties to Lawrence and G A R orders
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank R. Whitzel
Chaitan- Moga
Lawrence
Sterling
Samuel L. Whitzel
Sterling Cemetery
Hy. R. Whitzel
Hannah A Whitzel
Marion
Ohio
Illinois
Kansas
Whitzel
McPherson
Kan
P. D. Whitge
Thattanooga
Co. G
G.M. Whitgel
Hutch- Srnson
H.R. Whitzel
Olive Hickman
Butchton
Sarah R. Ralph
Hewson
Mary Gilmore
P. D. Whitzel
I ‘S
Law
Wiitzel
Car Goes Into Ditch Injuring Kansas City Couple
Mr and Mrs William Darling of 3702 Greveland Ave Kansas City were injured when their motor car veered into a ditch south of the city last night Blinded by oncoming headlights Darling sustained a back injury while Mrs Darling suffered a fractured shoulder and possible internal injuries They were admitted to a local hospital
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parsons
Karis
William Darling
Greveland Ave
Kansas City
Darlin
Darling
Hack
Woman Found Dead on Porch in Sajina Kansas
In Sajina Kansas on June 29 AP reports Mrs Johanna Lund laven age 77 was found dead on her porch after neighbors checked on her following her husband’s recent death. The elderly woman had lived alone since his passing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sajina
Kan
Johanna Lundloven
Al Continues to Build Political Momentum in Houston
As the Democratic convention tightens its schedule, daylight sessions may be limited to a brief window while core work occurs at night. Sam Houston hall, prepared for the nationwide show, welcomed Mrs. Woodrow Wilson to christen the venue. Thousands will witness an event drawn by millions as 16,000 spectators fill the pavilion. Amid heat, crowds converge from hotels to the hall, drummers, bands, and the brigade of ushers intensify activity. Vendors report brisk sales of pennants badges and plaster donkeys as preparations and anticipation mount.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Houston-hall
Woodrow Wilson
South Texas
Houston
Democratic plank backs strict enforcement of prohibition
Houston reports a unanimously agreed pro posed dry plank for the Democratic platform pledging rigorous enforcement of the Eighteenth Amendment and supporting legislation. Bishop James Cannon Jr and Rev Edwin C Dinwiddie announced the draft. Louisiana Democrats face a Nominations controversy sent to the credentials committee without recommendation. South Carolina pledges 18 votes for Richard Cannon Watts on the first presidential ballot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
James Cannon, Jr
Methodist, Episcopal Church, South
Edwin C. Dinwiddie
Louisiana
Smith
Reed
Democratic National Committee
Crejdentials
Texas
South Carolina
Richard Cannon Watts
Deaths and funerals of local residents reported
Mrs S W Stranathan died at 917 Illinois street aged 54. Funeral at Rumsey funeral home Wednesday at 2 pm with Rev A D Grey in charge. Survived by husband Sy W Stranathan one daughter Mrs H A Binford two sons J D Stranathan and B R Stranathan and two grandchildren all of Lawrence. Roscoe Learned Word reported of Medford Mass death Sunday morning. He was brother to S S Learned and E R Learned of this city and uncle to Edmund P Learned of Cambridge Mass. Lived in Lawrence in the 1880s, attended Kansas university then Boston Law School, practiced in Boston for 34 years. Past grand master in Masonic lodge and member of I C C F lodge. Pauline Norman funeral services Tuesday at 8 pm from St Luke s A M E church Kansas City Kansas burial Oak Hill cemetery.
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S. W. Stranathan
Illinois Street
Rumsey
A. D. Grey
Sy W. Stranathan
H. A. Binford
J. D.stranathan
Stranathan
Lawrence
Roscoe
Roscoe’ Learned
Medford
Mass
Masonic Lodge
I. C. C. F. Lodge
Pauline Norman
Kansas City
Kans
St. Lukes A. M. E
Green
Oak Hill Cemetery
Stuart
Billy
Jerseyville
Camel
M Pect
Guy
Bigsby
Miss
Guy Bigsby
Harley Armstrong
Gilman City
Ge Richardson
Methodist Church
Colman
Pleasant Valley
Kennedy Valley
Minnie ‘Lee. Colman
Man
Mary Jane Colman
Murray Place
Wilks
Richardson
Ridgeway
Miner
George
Uso
Honis
Masonic Order
Eastern Star
Odd Fellows Lodge
Gilman
Masonic
Chhurch
Alii Leila
Arrestees Plead Guilty In Kansas City Liquor Case
Ray Booth of Kansas City Kansas pleaded guilty to possession and transportation of intoxicating liquor after arrest Friday afternoon. He was fined 300 dollars plus costs and sentenced to sixty days in county jail. Edward Williamson also charged, pleaded not guilty. trial set for tomorrow afternoon. bond 500 dollars. Also news that Skeleton Creek Oil Co Oklahoma received charter to operate in Kansas with 66 700 capital, headquarters at Halstead. Mrs Cyrus McCormick Jr. studied dramatic art, considering stage career with possible joining a stock company this summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Booth
Kansas City
Kan
Floyd Hunter
Henry Smith
Richard B. Stevens
Booth
Edward Williamson
Lawrence
Jara
Justice Stevens
Oklahoma
Topeka
Skeleton Creek Oil Co
Kansas
Halstead
Cyrus McCormick
Cyrus McCormick, Jr
Educator Dr Starbuck Speaks on Character Training at KU
Dr Edwin D Starbuck head of the Institute of Character Research at the University of Kansas spoke at the summer session in Central Administration Building. He was in Kansas City earlier and is regarded as a leading figure in character training and helped author the Iowa plan that sparked a national moral education campaign. This lecture was the second in a summer talk series.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin D. Starbuck
Institute of Character
University of Kansas
Central ‘Administration
Dr. Starbuck
K. U
Kansasity
Iowa
Banjo Fiends Lead Lawrence Trio To Tour
Arling Graeber, son of G A Dollie Graeber of 433 Ohio Street, gains radio fame on WES and Sears Redbuck Chicago. He teams with Johnny Meredith and Jimmy Wilkins as the banjo fiends and plans a Michigan Ohio tour in The Circus show before joining The Show Boat Show cast, all drawn from WLS performers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arling Graeber
G. A
Dollie” Graeber
Ohio
Street
Lsa
Lawrence Boy
WES
Sears+Redbuck
Chicago
Lawrence
Graebber
Johnny Meredith
Jimmy Wilkins
Michigan
WLS
Paroled former students after forgery sentences
Lester Webber aged 22 and Hanson aged 20, former University students, pleaded guilty to forging checks and received undetermined terms in Hutchison reform school. Judge Hugh Means ordered parole on June 1 after they were arrested May 28 for cashing forged checks from multiple local businesses. The youths were not enrolled at the University at the time of arrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lester Webber
Hanson
Iold
Hutchison
Hugh Means
District Court
Webber
Banks Merge In Kansas Topeka June 22 Announcement
The Citizens State Bank of Russell Springs merges with Winona State Bank of Winona effective June 22, with Winona reporting capital of 15 000 dollars, surplus of 3 000 dollars, deposits around 85 000 dollars. The Citizens State Bank also shows capital of 15 000 dollars. In Topeka, Nellie Taylor Ross, former Wyoming governor, will speak for Governor Smith at the Democratic convention. Joe Woolf and wife announce birth of daughter Mildred Dahlene June 21 at Memorial hospital. prior name Miss Nettie Suiter. Nine of twenty four county jail prisoners work on a road west of Kanwaka under Deputy Henry Collins. W C T U column prepared by Mrs A L Ferris. name omitted due to oversite. Marriage license issued by Probate Judge L H Menger to Howard Freemand, Wichita, and Hazel Olson, Topeka.
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Topeka
Citizens State Bank of
Russell Springs
Kan
Winona State Bank of
Winona
State Banking Department
Winona State Bank
Citizens Gtate Bank
Smith
Houston
Nellie Taylor Ross
Wyoming
Joe Woolf
Memorial Hospital
Mildred Dahlene
Woolf
Nettie Suiter
Prisoers
Kanwaka
Henry Collins
L. H. Menger
Howard
Freemand
Wichita
Hazel Olson
Aux Folks
Ilinois
Walker
Tedxas
Kansas
Democratic platform fights over prohibition and farm relief
AP reports Houston notes convention speed, platform makers clash on wet versus dry positions, with a strong law enforcement plank likely and questions about eighteenth amendment support. References to Governor Smith and Ritchie show party divides. weather notes mention rains and wheat harvest in Illinois and Texas winds likely to bring cool air.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Resolutions Committee
Kansas City
Alfred J.smith
Albert C. Ritchie
Maryland
Treaty to outlaw war reaches fourteen capitals
Drafts of a Briand Kellogg plan to renounce war reach fourteen nations for action with Kellogg note. Governments named Australia Belgium Canada Czecho Slovakia France Germany Great Britain India Ireland Free State Italy Japan New Zealand Poland South Africa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ketloge
Aristides Briand
France
United States
Australia
Belgium
Canada
Czecho-Slovakia
Germany
Great Britain
India
Irish Free State
Italy
Japan
New Zealand
Poland
South Africa
Kellogg
Downpour floods Lawrence streets and slows traffic
A tor rential downpour Saturday evening in Lawrence created small streams for about an hour. 1.74 inches of rain were recorded by the KU weather bureau. Cars stalled, parkers moved by floodwater, and a county attorney found his car displaced at the courthouse. Some crop damage occurred in McPherson County though wheat recovered and harvest continued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
K. UO
McPherson County
Court House
Real Estate Transfers In Lawrence Area Details
Real estate transfers show QG and W Smith with wife Lawrence selling to O E Friend of parts of Massachusetts street and lots 102 104 106. Sarah Belle Gordon of Lawrence sells to John S Gardner and wife of McLouth a described parcel in section 19 with multiple boundary references. Gertrude Welch of Lawrence transfers lot 55 and the N42 of lot 57 on Tennessee street to Thomas H Kennedy and wife.
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W.smith
Lawrence
O. E. Friend
Massachusetts Street
Sarah Belle Gordon
John S. Gardner
Mc Louth
Gertrude £. Welch
Thomas .H. Kennedy
Tennessee Street
City of
Wheel of Chance Offers Barthelmess Dual Roles in Drama
Richard Barthelmess stars in Wheel of Chance a drama about twin brothers one a rising attorney the other a slums raised youth. Separated in a Russian village by Cossack raid they grow apart then fate reunites them twenty years later through a series of gripping events. The cast is strong with Joe Black and a violin piece as highlights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard’ Barthelmess
Barthelmess
Russia
New York
Joe ‘Black
Violim
Will
Lawrence
Chicago
Bowersock
Remembering Wallace and Quantrill Raid Reflections
Remebers Big Raid W C Wallace of Ottawa Kan known as Clark Wallace visited Lawrence today meeting early settlers. He recalls Quantrill raid with Ed Wallace and Corlew relations and the mob reaction in Lawrence after the raid. Several small items on a Chicago asphyxiation death and a tax suit quash request are noted alongside golf and river fishing reports.
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W.C. Wallace
Ottawa
Kansas
Clark Wallace
Lawrence
Flo
Journal World
Henry Albash
Lawrence Democrat
Quantrill
Millikin
M. Wallace
Mill
Clark
John
Old Franklin
Douglas County
M. M. Wallace
Wyandotte
W. C. Wallace
Ots Corlew
Ed. Wallace
Missouri
Wallace
Corten
Franklin
Kanwaka Library Hour Opens Fridays for All Ages
Kanwaka school house will host a Friday afternoon library exchange called the Library Hour from 4 to 41. The event welcomes children of all ages to exchange books during this period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kanwaka
Kanwaka community notes feature clubs, storms and st
Kanwaka 4-H Sewing club elections name Hazel Henik as president and details of a June picnic near Gregory’s timber. Kanwaka Literlature group opens with songs and readings as members plan June 28 meeting with Mrs Colman. A storm ends a neighborhood farewell gathering for Mrs Ralph Curry. many locals attend and plan for Wichita arrival.
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R. Colman
Isted
Luella Shaw
Arlene. Elliott
Gregory
Ralph Cotman
Ts. Beattie Collins
Eliza ‘Kinner
Belleview
Josephine Sectin
M. C. Elliott
Daughtery
Dorothy
Rena
Elliott
George Miller
Daugh’ter
Mary
Whistling” Regiment
Ralph Gurry
Dews
Job’ Allen
Hhe Orland Mesenheimer
Topekay
A. R. Colman
Stella Gaunt
Asia
Ralph Curry
Robert Fillman
M. C. Elliot
Curry
Wichita
Tillman
Duke, Okla
Duke
Okla
Kanwaka
Garver
Topeka
Manhattan
K A.C
Sam Seetin
Ok Joe
Oh Susannah
Ths
Amarillo
Texas
Milton Winter
George Richards
Dick Richards
Galveston
Geo. T. Richards
Howard Petefish
Ithaca
N. Y
Cornell University
Daw ‘Dews
Orland Mesenheimer
We. A. Wymer
Big Springs
George Dews
Robert
C. T. Dews
S. E. Seetin
Roslan Skinner
Elizabeth Skinner
Josephine Seetin
Cute in a Baby and It's Dangerous
Ruth Brittain discusses baby habits and dangers of thumb sucking and bowel issues. She offers remedies including mittens and regular bowel movements using Fletcher's Castoria, a vegetable remedy with a motherhood booklet and the signature of Chas. H. Fletcher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Th Brittain
Fletcher
Shaby
Chas. H. Fletcher
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Wheel OF Chance
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Ruite
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Rumsey Bros. Funeral Home
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