Insulls Former Empire Links Deepen as Reorganization Looms
The piece notes Lemuel Insull’s withdrawal from the Middle West Utilities and predicts his return to the United States will heighten interest in the company. It explains plans for a reorganized board, many presidents of subsidiaries, and a tighter link to operating firms to avoid exploitative or weak finances. It cites caution from executives about rebuilding a solid future after past collapse.
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Insule
Lemuel Insull
Middle West Utilities Company
United States
Middle West
Motors in Arabia reshapes cavalry warfare with cars
report notes Ibn Saud uses motor vehicles to train, move, and strike his cavalry, routing Imam of Yemen forces. The piece compares modern motorized troops to horse units in Kentucky to Kansas style marches, warning horse cavalry loses effectiveness where motorized forces exist.
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Arabia
Kentucky
Kansas
Douglas County
Ibn Saud
Yemen
Aden
Imam of
Sana
Sultan Ibn, Saud
Hodeidah
Tugwell Nomination Sparks Senate Battle With South Carolina Senators
Senator Smith and Senator Byrnes spar over Rexford Tugwell's nomination as under-secretary of agriculture. Smith predicts rejection while Byrnes expects confirmation. The piece notes Tugwell’s ties to the President and the broader political stakes surrounding the appointment.
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Senate
Tugwell
Smith
South Carolina
Rexford Guy Tugwell
Byrnes
Local nuptials pair Daisy Ly on and J Donald Kieffer
Miss Daisy Ly on and J Donald Kieffer wed at 2 pm Sunday at the bride’s sister’s home 1919 Rhode Island Street Rev Charles A Richard officiated in front of about thirty five relatives and friends. The couple left for an overland trip to Kansas City then Kirksville Mo where he is with Auten-Mantic printing. she will join him soon.
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Daisy Lyon
J. Donald Kieffer
Edward Brass
Rhode Island Street
Charles A. Richard
Alice Bolen
J. D. McNeill
Brass
Roy Williamson
Galen Ware
Kansas City
Keiffer
Kirksville
Auten-Mantic Printing Company
Carrie Thompson
Business and Professional Women’s Club
Lena Miller
Mayme Corcoran
Dorothy Christine
Harriet Aynerson
A L. Owen
Owen
Massachusetts Street
George Kuhne
Lawrence Team Earns Second in Grain Judging Contest
Lawrence grain and stock judging team, led by Clarence Pelzel, Richard Gibson, and Eugene Leary, secured second place at the state contest in Man ttan after traveling from Lawrence. Wichita won first. Mrs 3 E Oechsli of 1016 Kentucky Street plans to depart May 16 for Los Angeles to join her son Dr W R Oechsli, returning from China as a medical missionary.
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Lawrence
Lawrence Grain
Manttan
Wichita
Clarence Pelzel
Richard Gibson
Eugene Leary
Wallace R. Essick
China
Hartmanns First Festival Concert At Robinson Gym
Arthur Hartmann violinist and Alfred Calzin pianist opened the May Festival in Robinson Gymnasium. Hartmann is regarded as a leading world violinist. Nearby, a golden wedding celebration for George and Mrs. Duncan drew 259 neighbors and families to their farm for a noon meal and family gathering.
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Hartmann
Robinson Gymnasium
Arthur Hartmann
Alfred Calzin
George Duncan
Weston
U. P
Linwood
Lawrence
Perry
Topeka
Kansas City
H. H. Holmes
Association
K. U
Carl Myers
University Hill
Leavenworth prison visit and local fire fill the day
Fortyseven years ago on Tuesday May 8 readers learned of Prof F W Blackmars sociology class to tour Leavenworth penitentiary this week. A W Lamb suffered minor injuries when thrown from a cart by a runaway horse at Ohio and Henry streets. A major fire soon after dawn destroyed John Eldridges livery barn near the north bridge. May council session named new city officials including marshal A Anderson and police Sam Jeans and Tom Corty, with many posts filled and one office abolished.
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F. W. Blackmar
Leavenworth
A. W. Lamb
Ohio and
Henry Streets
John Eldridge
Simmons
Cox
Engle
Shaw
Watt
Underwood
Carruth
Grosvenor
Fisher
Keith
Petty
Griffin
Clark
Marshal—A. Anderson
Sam Jeans
Tom Corty
Kansas History May 31 to June 3 Wichita invitation
In 1899 Governor Stanley invites western state governors to attend the Mississippi Commercial Congress in Wichita from May 31 to June 3. Shawnee County district court files injunctions against operation of slot machines in Kansas.
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Stanley
Transmississippi Commercial Congress
Wichita
Shawnee County
Kansas
Judith Lane amid jewels and betrayals in Texas orbit
Judith Dale suspects Norman betrays her in the Bevins heirs case over a fortune and a Rio Diabio dam. She spots Norman dining with Mathile Bevins at Galvez while contemplating flight to Norman and a letter from Nor man. Slim Sanford accompanies her as she weighs escape to Beaumont or Lake Charles for a needed respite and a message tomorrow.
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Judith Dale
Bevins
Judith
Tom Bevins
Rio Diabio Dam
Morton “Ampere
Slim Sanford
Jude
Galveston
Long Island
Galvez
Norman
Mathile Bevins
Mathile
Dale
Maihile
Big Tom
Clia
Sanford
Beaumont
Lake Charles
Chapter 22 MATHISE AGAIN
Judith recalls Mathis the man who hurried from town amid the election scandal about buying blocks of votes from itinerant oil workers. Seathborne questions the five thousand dollar matter as the dialogue hints at political intrigue.
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Mathise
Mathis
Judith
Seathborne
Judith to Nor man flight after tense confrontation
Judith travels with Slim Sanford to Norman after a confrontational scene over money and a threatened manipulation by Lampere. The group wires informally discuss danger while Judith anticipates reunion with her husband and a quiet homecoming at the Houston highway farmhouse.
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Mathis
Lampere
Belignes
Judith
Slim Sanford
Bella Small Jude
Sanford
Oaxaca
Heaven
Norman
Houston Highway
A Fluttering Partridge Drum Drums on an Old Log
A vivid scene follows a handsome young partridge with a coppery red ruff as he drums on an old log. The elegant bird stands proudly, drawing attention with its striking plumage and poised stance.
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Mary Graham Sonner
Partridge Drum Chorus Touches Quiet Woods
In a hushed woodland scene Christopher and companions observe a partridge drum and wingbeat rhythm. A younger partridge appears along a damp leaf path, as the drummer partridge intensifies its tapping while the Puddler Muddlers watch with smiles.
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Christopher
Partridge Wedding and De Pauw University History
A note on Tomorrow entailing A Partridge Wedding by Dr. Edward Bumgardner discusses De Pauw University Greencastle Indiana, founded 1887 as Indiana Asbury University by the M. E. church, and renamed after C. W. De Pauw’s substantial endowment in 1884, altering the institution’s name to De Fauw University.
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Edward Bumgardner
de Pauw University
Greencastle
Ind
M. E. Church
Indiana Asbury University
C. W. de Pauw
New Albany
de Fauw University
Britain Plans New Anti Dumping Laws In Trade War
London reports Britain will add anti dumping measures as part of a broader ultra protectionist policy following its declaration of a trade war with Japan. Officials in Tokyo say Japan will withhold retaliation while pursuing treaty rights diplomatically. In Baden Germany the Buggingen mine shaft killed 87 miners in a gas and fire disaster and will be opened in two weeks to search for bodies. British cabinet members are split on disarmament with some urging international accords and others pushing independent action.
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London
Britain
Japan
Buggingen
Baden
Germany
Tokyo
The Cocci Germs and Their Blood Poisoning Role
Dr Jago Galdston discusses cocci germs dating from Pasteur's era, noting their simplicity and long association with humans. He explains their pus production, primitive defense, and past failed arsenic compounds, highlighting blood transfusions and antitoxic sera as more promising defenses against blood poisoning.
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Pasteur
Named in Bremer case ten men named in warrants
Chicago May 7 AP ten persons were named in suppressed warrants in the Bremer kidnapping case. John J McLaughlin was held as an alleged conspirator handling part of the 200000 Edward Bremer ransom. Others named include Alvin Karpis alias Karpis and Arthur Barker alias Doc Barker among the group.
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Chicago
John J. “Hoss
McLaughlin
Edward Bremer
John, Jr
William E. ‘Vidler
Pulitzer Prize Winners of 1933 Announced
The 1933 Pulitzer winners include Sam in His Bosom by Caro line Miller of Foxley Ga for best novel, The People's Choice by Herbert Agar for history, Men in White by Sidney Kingsley for best American play, Royce Brier of San Francisco Chronicle for reporting on the San Jose lynchings, Hay by Tyler Bennett for biography, and Robert Hillyer for poetry. Scientists estimate the earth’s age at three billion years.
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New York
Enn Hay
Tyler Bennett
Robert Hillyer
Flashes of Life and odd notes from early sports pages
A collage of brief items: a crowd shortage at a spring high school football game due to a nest with blue eggs. Milwaukee C. O. Davis urged to take a three month paid leave to see the world but prefers ash hauling and street cleaning. Slim Jones’s underground stunt and ice flight reach a two hour icing claim. Harold Stillwell’s golf miscue yields a dead rabbit in Spartanburg.
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Associated Press
New Castle
Ben Franklin High School
Erie Academy
Robin
Milwaukee
C. O. Davis
Common Council
Davis
Philadelphia
Slim” Jones
Mercury
Newark
N. J
Dog Battles Intruder to Save Wichita Girl
Toots, a brindle bulldog, attacked a bearded man who tried to seize 13 year old Geraldine Jamieson at her Wichita home. The dog’s ferocious defense allowed the girl to escape unharmed as other family members were away.
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Wichita
Toots
Geraldine Jamieson
Jamieson
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