Kansas towns plan beautification and new parks
Kansas municipalities reveal spring beautification drive led by John G. Stutz of the League of Kansas Municipalities. Cities list park expansions, swimming pools, flower shows, tourist camps, and playground improvements including Altavilla tree plantings in city parks, pool funding, and garden labs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John G. Stutz
League of Kansas
Kansas
Goncordia
Cottonwood Falls
Emporia
Fort Scott
Eldorado
Florence
Girard
Goodland's Garden Club
Great Bend
Nevington
I Holton
Hutchinton
Independence
Junction City
Union” Pacific
Kansas City
Daughters of the American Revolution
Tedes
Rosedale
Larned
Lawrence
Flowers
Dickens
State Agricultural College
p _Leavenworth
Marquette
Marysville
Katy Park
McPherson
Norwich
Pittsburg
Lincoln Park
Salina
North Side
Topeka
Edgewood
White City
Wichita
New City
McKinley Park
Amey
Matthewson
Move to relocate San Francisco cemeteries sparks fierce politics
In 1849 era graveyards on the Peninsula face upheaval as city planners seek to move 50 000 bodies from four cemeteries to clear a bottleneck. Debates raged for years with charges of land grabs and preservation of history, while proponents say the living need space and improved residential districts. The plan envisions 214 acres to be subdivided. opposition warns of cultural loss and safety risks. Also reported a separate incident in Bucharest where a masked ball was interrupted and wolves invaded a Romanian area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lone Francisco
Assa i Wiatel
San Francisco
Peninsula
Board of Supervis
Finn
Onan
Local notes from Tonganoxie area residents
A long string of social and civic items from Tonganoxie and nearby areas details Monday visits to Lawrence and Leavenworth, car mishaps near Bleakley school, school events, family travels, and community gatherings. Names include Myo and Mrs E S Dchoff, Dr Flanders, J B Dwyer, Tom Cook, Jim Cook, Kathleen Kelsall, Anna Taylor, Mil dyed Knox, Miss May Dickinson, and many local households and clubs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myo
Risdon
Leavenworth
May Dickinson
Tonganoxie
Laky
Phenicie
Kathleen Kelsall
Bleakley
Anna Taylor
Lawrence
W. E. Zimmerman
J. M. Clevenger
A. McR
Sam Kelsall Jr
Edda May Clevenger
Thornton, Hemphill
Aero
Sai Joa Wickey
Blanche
Phenicié
Mil Dyed Knox
Wila O'Dea
C. W. Hemphill
C. B., Strong
J. M. Cleventer
C. L. Dehoff
Gladys. Hemphill
Tonganoxie High School
Stella May
Bleakley School Close Sparks Community Day
Miss Katherine Hemphill of Linwood attended the Bleakley school last day and spent the rest of the week with Margaret Kelsall. Patrons and neighbors gathered for a bountiful noon dinner and gifts to the teacher Miss Kelsall as she leaves for a new posting. School program featured songs, readings, piano solos, dialogues, and a playlet with students from Bleakley and nearby families. Big Springs and Lawrence area residents attended church events and Sunday school, with reports of local engagements, a pageant to come, and ongoing school events including a recent closing program and upcoming next year teaching.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Katherine* Hemphill
Linwood
Bleakley School
Margaret Kelsall
Smr
T. C. Hemphill
Geo
Kelsall
J. J. Bleakley
Lawrence
B. Cox
Frank McGrade
G. L. Phenicie
S. Kelsall’ Jr
Harriett Bleakley
Little Housekeepers
Babes In the Wood
Mary K
Pepniete
Ree
Helen Harmon
Watermelon Pickle
Dorothy May
Bleakley
Elda May Clevenger
Wilma Curtis
Schol
Eliz
Bruce, Kelsey
Iawrente
Jange Phenicio
Eleanor MeKone
A. MeKone
D. L. McNerney
Perry
Eugene McKone
Conn
Elmer Kettering
United Brethren Church
Japan
Swadley
United Brethren Sunday School
Eva Kettering
Earl Stitz
Haileavors
Will Randall
Topeka
Florence Morriss
Itends High School
Highland ‘Pan
C. Fe Wilson
Big Springs
Dews
Kanwaka
L. Girvin
George Dornon
Avis Rath
Dow Dews
Charles Brown
Clyde Talley
Edith Gibler
Pigasant’ Valley
Q. P. Barber
B. H. Wickersham
Wickersham
Barber school closes eight months course with basket dinner
Topeka items note a Barber school closing Friday after eight months of instruction. Pupils and parents attended a basket dinner. Dorothy Stanwix Maurine Stanwix Ella Osborn and others were present. Several students were recognized for perfect attendance while families and local residents visited Lawrence and Kariwaka for related social events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barber School
Dorothy
Stanwix
Maurine Stanwix
Elix Osborn
Alta ‘Stusser
Ella
Osborn
Marie Coffman
Ina "Stusser
Maurine
George Coffman
Alice Brown
Pleasant Valley
A. J. Osborn
Vinland High School Drama and Dedication News
The Vinland high school junior class staged Daddy a three act comedy on May 2 with a large crowd attending. A dedication ceremony for the new high school building followed featuring music readings and a talk by Superintendent Q J Lane and remarks by Dr Burdick Kansas University chancellor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vinland Yeral High School
Wrexson Brown
Wilburd Randel
Teddy Brown
Pat College
Avier Shick
Paul Chester
Stephen Speicher
Thompson
Elsmore Davaulh
Q. J. Lane
Burdick
Kansas University
S. A. Case
Alice ‘Mueldener
Campbell
Eva Stewart
Fred Griffis
Miss Stewart
Virginia
Fern Rumsey
Lawrence
Mary King
W. C. Walker
Ottawa
Sylvester Walker
Maggie
Quigley
Topeka
Tloyd Hoover
Landen
Letitia Riggs
Myr
W. M. Littlefield
Kansas City
Alvord
Gilmore Nichols
Thhe University
Jin. Vinland
Thissell Riggs
Thissell Riggs and Gén Richard of
Dick Heaverin
Adams
Tioma Jimmy
High Staoos
Fred. Griffis
Pauline
Wellsville
Jacob Randolph Allen, Indiana Pioneer to Iowa Clergy
Jacob Randolph Allen born April 4 1838 in LaPort Indiana oldest son of Willig and Sarah Allen. died April 27 1924 aged 86 years 23 days. A life of religious leadership spanning Indiana Illinois Wisconsin and Iowa with early education at LaPort public schools and Northwestern University A B degree and B D from Garrett Biblical Institute later AM from Northwestern. Married twice Jennie Wallace and Hannah Corson with four and three children respectively. Buck Creek School closed April 25 with a student picnic and awards for perfect attendance and spelling milestones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob Randolph Allen
Laport
Indiana
Willig Allen
Sarah Shotwell Allen
Illinois
Presbyterian Church
Allen
Maryland
Lord Baltimore
Abraham Lincoln
la Porte County
Danily
Mason County
D. W. Bell
Commercial College of
Chicago
Illinois Presbyterian College
Macomb
Northwestern University
Evanston
Gaerett Biblical Institute
Havana, Jr
Wisconsin
Rock River
Ilinois
Iowa State Holiness Association
National Holiness Association
Pool May Be A Success Co op Wheat Marketing Topeka
W P Lambertson reports progress from six county tour in Kansas backing the state co op wheat marketing pool He expects the 44 000 000 bushel quota to be signed by May 24 with broad farmer interest at meetings. one opponent appeared to be a grain dealer preacher. Lambertson spoke in Minneapolis Beloit Mankato Smith Center Phillipsburg and Osborne.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kansas
Co-Operative Wheat Marketing Pool
W. P. Lambertson
State Board of Administration
State Co-Operative Marketing Association
Lambrison
Lambertson
Minneapolis
Beloit
Mankato
Smith Center
Phillipsburg
Osborne
Poland's economic recovery steady says League adviser
Geneva May 2 Associated Press Poland faces financial reconstruction but shows progress. Antoine Wieniawski, Polish member of the League of Nations advisory committee, says Bolshevism has no chance, budgets show deficit solved by gold franc taxes, fortunes tax expected to yield 400 million gold francs by 1926, a bank of issue may be created, and the zloty stabilized around 9,000,000 per dollar. Citizens hold gold worth $120 million amid restored confidence as the economy slowly stabilizes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geneva
Associated Press
Poland
Austria
Hungary
Antoine Wieniawski
Permanent
League of Nations
Mr. Wieniawski
Adventurers Set for Kamchatka Voyage from Los Angeles
Los Angeles adventurers depart May 5 aboard the three mast schooner Speedway, bound for Kamchatka peninsula and lava-strewn shores. The group, reported by the Associated Press, seeks Siberian gold as the lure guiding the voyage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Kamchatka Shore
Associated Press
Speedway
Kamchatka Peninsula
Californians Plan Five Year Arctic Expedition
The article describes a California led expedition to the Sea of Okhotsk with a five year stay to explore placer mining and fur trading in Yakutag and Tunguse regions. The voyage will return to Los Angeles with furs and aims to resume spring Arctic travel. It notes similarity to the ill fated Fred J Wood expedition wrecked on the Alaskan coast a year earlier carrying 150 Californians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sea of Okhotsk
Los Angeles
Arctic
Siberia
Fred J. Wood
Alaskan
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