Treasured relics stir teen interest in Lawrence history
Antique furniture and personal artifacts linked to early settlers entice ninth graders and locals at a Lawrence showcase. Items from chestnut doors to carved stairways reveal Emigrant Aid Society roots and New England influence shaping the town's heritage.
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Tre Tong
Raeseus
Lawrence Aing
Toate
Drncrat
Goren
Draes
Hastary
Satan
Barbarrett
Nes Bet
Lawrence
Alcotra
New England
Aw Society
Mt. Qread
Massachusetts
Vermont
Usher
Linscelns
Iti
Tennessee Street
Kansas to end prohibition with control bill passed
Kansas moves toward legalizing liquor under a state control system after Senate and House backed a bill. Saloon bans remain, but private stores would sell alcohol with regulated outlets. Dispute continues over revenue division and local option provisions.
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James EB. Lawson
Topeka
Kan
Senate
Hoje
Vsston
Ransans
New England Family Ties in Civil War Tale
In Douglas County echoes of early settlers from England connect Burton Providence and Hartford Day as descendants share heirlooms and gravestones. The Junior players lend artifacts to tell a real Civil War family story from New England roots.
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England
New FE
Douglas County
Burton
Providence
Hartford
New England
TWO FLEE RUSSIA IN SECRET FLIGHTS REVEALED
The article reports two Russian defectors, including Inne Kenty Asryan, fleeing to Japan via Hokkaido and Rishiri Island after claiming persecution. It notes a connection to Sgt. Vlacimir Parashch Redairman, who allegedly landed on Rishiri Island last November aboard a twin engine transport plane. Both cases were not public until Barashkov disclosed the events.
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Japan
Inne Kenty Asryan
Burtes
Hokkaidi
Rana-hiri Island
Hokkaido
Tescape
Vlacimir Parashch
U. S. Army
Rishiri Island
Internalapan
Barashkov
400 Students From 25 Schools At Kansas U Art Conference
About 400 students from 25 high schools will attend the annual high school art conference at the University of Kansas this Friday and Saturday. Hobart Hanson, director, said more than 26 events across the state would be represented with a wide range of courses and lively demonstrations. The weekend will close with a banquet in the Memo Enian ballroom Friday evening.
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Universe of Kansas
Hobart Hanson
Enian
War Bride Becomes Citizen of Emporia
Mrs. Jeanine Middleton, a war bride from Wisconsin who married an American soldier in France in 1948, received her certificate of naturalization. She took the oath of citizenship before District Judge Jay Sullivan in Emporia. Her husband, Gene Middleton, is from Oxford, Kansas, and is a student at Emporia State College.
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Ran
Mar
Jeanine Mar. Middleton
Framie
Bidtct
Jay Sullivan
Gene Middleton
Oxford
Kan
Kimporia State College
William Rice Re-elected President of Central Kansas Breeders
At the annual meeting in Chamber of Commerce rooms about 40 farmers gathered. William Rice Sr. was re-elected president of the Central Kansas Helstein Breeders Association. Harlan Philipps Dennison Wilfred Schuler and Grover were re-elected to the board. The group plans a new daily show next year and dined at the Green Lantern Cafe.
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William R. Sr
Route J
Baldwin
Central Kansas
Helstein Breeders
Chamber of Commerce Rooms
Harlan Philipps
Dennison
Wilfred Schuler
Nortonvile
Grover
Hal- Steit-Friesiin Association
Green Lantern Cafe
Rice
American Royal Show Prominent Holstein Leaders Speak
Ray mond Appleman field man for the Holstein Friesian Association of America and T Ho bart McVey secretary of the state organization and director of the national unit spoke at the event. The item notes a partial color blindness where only some colors appear gray.
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Raymond Appleman
Holstein-Friesian Association of America
T. Hobart McVey
I National Unit
Slaughter in Kansas Meat Animals in 1948
Reported figures show Kansas slaughter of cattle and hogs, plus sheep and goats, with total liveweight and percentage changes. The data details 1948 totals and per cent shifts across livestock categories and overall meat production in the state.
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Kansas
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