Captain Robert Dollar Dead At 88 In California
Captain Robert Dollar widely known as the grand old man of the Pacific died at his San Rafael home at 1:10 a.m. after a two week illness. The Scottish born shipper and lumberman, 1841 1841 born, built timber and lumber holdings across Canada and the U S then expanded into merchant shipping with fleets that spanned the globe. He began work in shipyards as a boy and later moved into timber and trade with the Orient before returning to active shipping ventures late in life.
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San Rafael
Calif
Robert Dollar
P.S.T
Pacific
Falkirk
Scotland
Quebec
Canada
Michigan
California
Washington
The
Orient
Vatican broadcasts mass in 21 languages from St Peter's
The Vatican's mass was aired in twenty one languages, reaching many countries with the church voice. A separate note from Newberry reports a local incident where a choir singer helped avert disaster during a sermon as a ceiling collapse followed ten minutes later. A Rome statue crafted from two million coins honors Edmondo de Amicis.
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Vatican City
St. Peter's
New York
Bremen
San Francisco
Obe
Newberry
Mass
Frank N
Jacques
Chicago—Lake Side
Spooners
Rome
Edmondo de Amicis
United States
Argentina
Italy
One-Armed Sioux Falls Paper Hanger Charles Wenham
Charles Wenham of Sioux Falls earned a living as a paper hanger for 30 of his 67 years. A farmer by first trade, he lost an arm in a corn shredder, then learned papery arts in Pennsylvania and moved here five years ago to continue the craft.
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Charles Wenham
Sioux Falls
Pennsylvania
Local Socials Celebrate Dinner and Guest List
Mrs Ora Goff and Mrs William Lancaster host a gathering with guests including Rev Arthur Ward Virginia Jo Wymer Ruth Wilma Bertschinger Thelma and George Ward Mr and Mrs H C Swadley hosted a dinner Sunday with Mr and Mrs Jake Swadley and daughter Mae of Lawrence attending.
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Tion
Ora Goff
William Lancaster
Rev
Arthur Ward
Virginia Jo Wymer
Ruth and
Wilma Bertschinger
Thelma
George Arthur Ward
H. C. Swadley
Jake Swadley
Mae
Lawrence
Greenwood Valley Social Notes Show Local Dinners and Visits
Mr and Mrs S L Dark hosted a Sunday dinner with El ton Dark of Lawrence and others including Mr and Mrs Charles Hart of Overbrook. Wilma Glenn attended a YWCA meeting in Lecompton. Fred Phillips and family visited A G Noe home and Glenns near Topeka. Mary and Hazel Gle out with mumps. Phillipses stayed with Kelloggs then visited the Casmans.
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S. L. Dark
Elton Dark
Lawrence
Charles Hart
Overbrook
Harley Dark
Wilma Glenn
Lecompton
Fred Phillips
Muscatine
Iowa
A. G
W. B. Glenn
Wilma
Topeka
Mary
Hazel Gle
Fred Phillins
Ben Kellogg
George Casman
Lawrence Visit and Local News Notes
Mr and Mrs Mac Watts visited relatives in Lawrence Sunday. Mrs William Lancaster is with her daughter Mrs Carl Rake who is ill with influenza. Mr and Mrs Kaufman of Topeka were guests of Mr and Mrs A Drever and family Sunday. Mr and Mrs J C Boose and family will move next week to Scranton where they have purchased a home. Mr and Mrs Ben Kellogg and Grace Elsie and Johnnie spent Sunday evening with Mr and Mrs J J Lutz at Topeka also called on. Mr and Mrs McLinn Lines and family recently returned to Topeka from Manhattan. Clarence Glenn conducted business in Lawrence Wednesday.
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William Lancaster
Carl Rake
Kaufman
Topeka
A. Drever
J. C. Boose
Scranton
Ben Kellogg
Grace
Elsie
Johnnie
J. J. Lutz
Mrs. McLinn Lines
Manhattan
Clarence Glenn
Lawrence
Community Guests Share Dinner and Local Events
Bethel residents hosted family and friends for dinners and gatherings. Durene Brecheisen and Ernest Albright joined in county track events in Burlingame while Overbrook retained the county championship with medals won by Ernest Albright. Mrs. Clarence Albright led a Sunday school picnic, and plans discussed include a pre school clinic at Worden on June 14.
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Raymond Ochrle
Johnnie
Brechelsen
Cecil
Durene
Clarence Albright
Ernest
Mae Vance
John
Velma Vance
Clarence Albricht
Mile Creek
Nellie
Lucy Finch
Elgitha
Freddy Hoffman
Alan Fisher
Walter
Crawford
Edith
Sara Faye Bond
Velman Vance
Margaret
Ross Fisher
Ruth Marie Kessler
Worden
Durene Brecheisen
Ernest Albricht
Burlingame
Overbrooks
Ernest Allbright
Ben Hoffman
Frank Hoffman
Community notes from Knowledge Hill dinner and club events
Friday social life in Knowledge Hill shows Mr and Mrs Baker Murphy hosting guests from Grantville and surrounding families for dinner. A demonstration of aluminum ware by Rush Clayton at the Rice home preceded a light supper. The Knowledge Hill Ladies club plans a May meeting and the Knowledge Hill community club met May 7 with a varied program and refreshments provided by Wilson Houseworth and Clifford Thiry.
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Sam Beall
Wayne
Billy
Grantville
Rose
Driggs
Jay
Thiry
Tom
Oklahoma
Lois Wells
Baker Murphy
John
Frances
Karl Janeway
Edwin
C. H. Thiry
Gladys Cox
Ethel Kennett
Lawrence
Rush Clayton
Will Rice
Clayton
Williams
Houseworth
John Canary
H. Shaner
Sarah
Opal Willinton
F. H. Wells
Ralph Kennett
Grant Cox
Knowledge Hill Ladies’ Club
Chas
LaDuke
Knowledge Hill Community Club
Shaner
Avan Higley
Billy Gene Rice
Wilson Houseworth
Helen Rice
M. R. Houseworth
Wilson
Herbert Thiry
Mrs. Colby
Farm Wages Higher Than Produce Prices In Illinois
Illinois agricultural expert R C Ross says farm wages though at their lowest since 1911 remain higher than most farm product prices. Farmers hire minimal labor and cut cash expenses. Illinois labor demand on April 1 stood at two thirds normal. D Thomas of Kansas City forfeited a $25 traffic bond after failing to appear in police court for reckless driving.
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Urbana
Illinois
R. C. Ross
University of Illinois
Tlinois
Ross
D. Thomas
Kansas City
Garden contest to beautify homes by North Lawrence Civic Association
The North Lawrence Civic Association sponsors a flower garden contest for Woodlawn School children. Six prizes, first prize $5 and five prizes $1 each, for 8x10 foot gardens with nasturtiums petunias larkspur zinnias and mearigoids. Work must be done by the children with parental planning help. Monthly garden inspections and August judging, with some flowers possibly used in a fall exhibit. Gardens judged on artistic arrangement size quality of flowers and surroundings. About twenty six children have entered with more to come.
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North Lawrence
Country's Sweet Tooth Found in Factory Areas
William Applebaum of the University of Cincinnati surveyed Cincinnati to locate the nation's sweet tooth. He found more confectionaries in industrial, lower income areas and fewer in affluent neighborhoods, with ratios from one shop per 632 residents to one per 36,150. He studied secondary commercial center distribution.
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Cincinnati, Ohio
William Applebaum
University of Cincinnati
Applebaum
Proteins Boost Profit If Given Hogs With Corn
Urbana Illinois AP Twenty two cents a bushel was added to the net profits from corn fed to hogs with a supplementary protein mixture of tankage and linseed meal compared with corn alone according to an experiment at the University of Illinois agriculture college Dr W E Carroll chief in swine husbandry says there is a tendency among hog raisers to skimp on proteins because most farms raise no satisfactory protein implements and it must be purchased.
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Urbana
University of Illinois Agriculture College
W. E. Carroll
Lone Surviving Mound Found in Mound City
St Louis, once known as the Mound City, reports an Indian mound still extant within its limits. Previously it was thought all nearby mounds were destroyed except those across the Mississippi in Illinois. The lone survivor was found in the southern city on a 300 foot bluff rising from the river.
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St. Louis
Mound City
Mississippi
Illinois
One-Armed Paper Hanger Found in Sioux Falls
A brief AP item reports the discovery of a one-armed paper hanger in Sioux Falls South Dakota with minimal readable details. The clipped notice emphasizes a location and outcome without broader context or follow-up information.
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South Dakota
Cars Collide at Corner Fourteenth and Kentucky Streets
Cars driven by E. R. McDuff and Ed Foote of 1932 Massachusetts Street collided late Saturday afternoon at the corner of Fourteenth and Kentucky streets, police report.
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E. R. McDuff
Ed Foote
Massachusetts Street
Fourteenth
Kentucky
Making Christ Real Meeting At Big Springs
The Minister's L aymen's Group met at Big Springs Tuesday drawing a large crowd from northeast Kansas. Speakers included Rev L A Stone Rev Glenn Cain and Rev C O Main with sermons and devotions on Making Christ Real For Children Youth Adults and Me. A noon dinner served to 100 plus attendees and plans for a new United Brethren church dedication were outlined with an all day session May 29 and 2:30 p m dedication services. The Big Springs Ladies Aid held needlework at Verna Kettling's home with many members participating.
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Big Springs
Kansas
Movision
Harry Fultz
Richland
L. A. Stone
Lecompton
E.C. Martin
Topeka
Glenn Cain
New Lancaster
Arthur Ward
Christ
C.O. Main
Kansas City
Martin G. Miller
C. L. Heatherington
Lawrence
M. A. Perkins
Robinson
Frank Bennett
MacLouth
P. H. Schierholtz
W. H. Wimmer
E. E. McCafferty
S. B. Williams
P.W. Clark
Big ‘Springs
United Brethren Church
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W. C. Hamilton
Greenwood Valley
Clathe
Mac Watts
Daily Capital
Frank Hodges
Olathe
Bethel
Ed Hoffman
Ottawa
Delbert Hoffman
Dorothy
Colyer
Charles Hoffman
Floyd Heffner
Elsie and
Mae Pippert
John Hoffman
Elizabeth
Ralph
Helen Hepner
Alvin Stahel
Margaret Nell Hart
Knowledge Hill
North Lawrence Civic Association
Sioux, Falls, S. D
Anna Swecker
Veda Dreyer
Myrtle Henry
Hope Webber
Edna Geelan
Will Geelan
Will Edwards
Nora Bertschinger
Verna Ketterag
Rose Wymer
Hazel Plateman
Vena Wilson
Lorraine Seersucker
I Spirette
Shantung
Iful Designs
Cit and
Anderson
Butterick and
Vogue Services
Harrington's Circle
Paris
Ares
Maslin
Sale Cannon
Singer Sewing Machine Co
Einst Sth. St
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