John W Thompson Dead at St. Louis
John W Thompson, a wealthy St. Louis contractor convicted with Colonel Charles Forbes of conspiracy to defraud the government, died in St Louis at an early hour. His wealth, estimated in the millions, stemmed from sand and gravel dredging on the Mississippi near Proffit's Island. He faced federal probation petition pending since an unsuccessful appeal. Forbes began serving a two year term after a $10,000 fine for conspiracy to defraud the government over hospital contracts.
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Christians Held Captive in Turkish Harems Warns Bishop
New York May 3. Bishop William Manning warned the Girls Friendly Society that more than 100000 Christian women and girls were held captive in Turkish harems. He claimed these figures come from League of Nations reports and said the United States would be silent assent to such abuses if Lausanne treaty is ratified. He contrasted Mustafa Kemal's actions with historical extirpation of Christians in the Near East.
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Anging
Pretender Victor Napoleon Bonaparte Dies at Six
Brussels reports the death of Prince Victor Napoleon Bonaparte at age six. Born in Paris in 186?, he was grandson of King Jerome Bonaparte and cousin to Emperor Napoleon II. He never renounced his claim to the French throne, lived in Belgium, and married Princess Clementine of Belgium after a long courtship. The article details his controversial, ill-fated marriages, three children, and his World War I service offered to France but declined.
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Franklin school closes with student program and dinner
Franklin's school ends a Tuesday with a noon basket dinner followed by an afternoon program. The program features songs, recitations, dialogues, and piano pieces led by teachers and pupils, including performances by Lyle Enyart, Mary Lynn Davis, Elizabeth Fletcher, and others. Local residents and visitors join in conversations about community events and family visits.
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Elizabeth Fletcher
Harold Eisele
Lyle
Goldie Enyart
Clifford Davis
Bryan Hisele
Darling Jenave
Charles Piovance
Lily Welsh
Gordon
Davis
America
J. N. Shirar
Airview
Charles Shirar
Raymond Reed
Kansas City
A. E. Welsh
Evelyn White
Ralph Standing
Nyatt
Albert Davis
Clarence Davis
George
E. Humphrey
Lawrence
Frank
O. T. Davis
Tom Murphy
Rachel Fletcher
Floyd
Geneva White
Samuel Fletcher
Edward Davis
Kaw. Valley
Joe Davis
William On
Robert Zipp
Hesper
Ingersoll and Burbank Praised for Freedom of Thought
A Sunday sermon lauds Unitarian figures Robert Ingersoll and Henry Ward Beecher couplet style praising their fearless thinking. The pastor says Both men advanced religious liberty and scientific inquiry, noting Ingersoll’s eloquence against fixed doctrine and Burbank’s practical public usefulness.
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Burbank
Ingersoll
America
Lawrence Religious Education Board Seeks Vacation School Details
Special notice to Lawrence churches promotes the upcoming four week Lawrence Daily Vacation Church School beginning in five weeks. Donations to L EB Eby of the Lawrence Building and Loan Association cover costs. Attendance figures show totals by age group for May 2 with large turnout across sessions and lists the top ten churches and notable teachers and classes in the program.
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Lawrence
L. EB. Eby
Lawrence Building and Loan ‘Asse
Attendance Certificates Awarded For Reading Lessons
The article lists certificates issued to Dorothy Bearman Ida May Richards Ruth Morris and Clar Fransmeier at a reading lesson program. It notes 5% per foot attendance certificates and a prize book for the most perfect ling lessons. The program featured Mrs Don Claar and Mrs Robert Schroy singing and various recitations and dialogues by multiple students including Dorothy Bearman Ruth Morris Ida May Richards and the Transméier children.
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Ida May Richards
Ruth
Morris
Clar
Fransmeier
da May Richards
Ling
Don Claar Suent Fray Aflesrnsen
Robert Schroy
Billia Brass
Clarence
Albert Transmeier
Utli Morvis
Tda May
Atards
Dorothy Beurman
Ruth Morris
Alpert
Clarence Transméier
Dorothy Auistrong
Lawrence area notes fill Sunday visits and school updates
Long community column lists Miss Den and Shirar absent with illness but improving, many locals visiting relatives in Lawrence and surrounding towns, church events, teachers, and school year end activities at Walnut Grove. Readers present include Zipp, Heizmann, White, Enyart, Palmer, Talley, and Reed, with multiple calls on Enyart home and Lawrence Choral Union performances noted.
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Michael Heizmann
Maxwell McClure
Harold White
Den
Shirar
Peter
Lida Wilson
Lawrence
Charles Young
Mirs
J. M. Palmer
Lawrence Choral Union
Robinson Gymnasium
G. C. Lewis
Thomas
Ralph Standing
Mary Evelyn
Floyd White
Samuel Fletcher
Charles Bliss
Daniel Bliss
Oskaloosa
William Yhayer
Edward Davis
Chester Mitthell
Carl Strong
Lee Enyart
Will Fairly
Charles Lemon
Billy Lemon
Caroline
George Grifith
Pleasant Valley
Raymond Reed
Kansas City
A.B. Welsh
James Duncan
Bellview
Franklin
Rachel Fletcher
Geneva
Evelyn’ White
C. F. Bannmaier
Florance Bahnmaier
Kindrell
Lawrence Glock
Alfred Page
Oskalooga
Plin White
Harald
J. D. Martin
Carol
Oliver Schutz
Lake View
Clarence Davis
Jalmnnie
Michael ‘Schutz
Evelyn White
Helen Shirar
Ralph
May
J. M.palmer
Genevieve
Helen Talley
Surface
India District
Frank Topping
Elmo Garrett
John Garrett
George Tuttle
Helen
Wazal Shiraz
Awrence ‘Choral Union
Jo A. Bogie
Cole
Walnut Grove School
Edward Martin
Loraine
Myrtle Walters
Kaw Valley
Oscar Powell
Dorothy
Aice
Albert Davis
Bert Mitchell
Earl Falkenstein
Frank Gosper
Robert Zipp
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Eudora
Minstrel at Lawrence High School May Show
Lawrence high school boys glee club with the girls glee club present a minstrel in Tiboy Memorial auditorium Friday evening May 7 at 8 oclock. Morgan Rarick business manager says the show aims to raise money for the music fund. Two minstrel acts will be staged with a pantomime by the girls, orchestra numbers, and solo and quartet numbers by club members. Admission is fifty cents.
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Tiboy Memorial High School
Morgan Rarick
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The Lost Battalion at Varsity Theatre Today and Tomorrow
The Lost Battalion, shown under Liberty PoSi of the American Legion, is a dramatic late war story featuring members from the famous unit. A children’s matinee is tomorrow at 4:00 PM, with adults paying standard admission and a regular matinee at 2:30 PM.
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Deaths and Funerals Mrs C Orelup
Funeral services for Mrs. C IE Orelup aged 57 who died Sunday afternoon at a local hospital will be held Tuesday at 3:06 from Rum Brothers funeral home Rev Edward Hislop in charge. Burial will be at Oak Hill cemetery. Lucinda Jackson aged 14 died Saturday night at her home fourteen miles southwest of Lawrence. Services were held this afternoon from the home Rev G N Jackson in charge, burial at Clinton cemetery. Gold Price aged 12 died yesterday morning at his home 1015 Pennsylvania Street. The funeral arrangements to follow. Dr W R Gorrill moved to 803 Mass over University Book Store. Parker's New Green Fountain Feu at Rankin's Drug Store 1101 Mass-Ady.
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