Baker Jubilee celebrates seventy five years at Baker University
The Baker Jubilee marks seventy five years of continuous service at Baker University Baldwin Kansas tracing back to two years before statehood. The celebration highlights Baker’s influence on Kansas Methodism and American life, with trustees faculty alumni and students praised for their enduring devotion and achievement.
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Baker University
Baldwin
Methodist Church
War talk, bandit run, and farm loans in roam of news
The article notes tense law enforcement standoffs between police and troops over border clashes with Paraguay and Bolivia in Gran Chaco reports. It mentions the Barrow gang’s Topeka theft and a new Wichita land bank lending up to 500000 dollars daily to farmers, highlighting debt risk from rapid borrowing.
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Wichita Fland Bank
Old Home Town Sees Garver Flying Circus Display
Thousands watched the Garver Flying Circus yesterday at Jackman aviation field under American Legion Eli Ferrell Dorsey post auspices. L. M. Allison of Lawrence built the smallest world plane on display and had three aircraft on the ground. Legion commander Sam Moyer estimated about 5000 attendees and about $200 local share.
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Garver
Jackman Aviation Field
Sam Moyer
Legion
Geltch
Topeka
Kan
Waldemar Geltch
Edward F. Kurtz
The
State University
Kurtz
A. B. Carney
State Board of Administration
Carruth Made President of League
Prof. Carruth of this city was elected president of the laymen's league at the Unitarian church national assembly in Boston this week. The layman's league, a new group in the church, is expected to become a leading church body. A local league was organized only weeks ago. Mrs S J Churchill hosted a birthday tea for Churchill Owens at her Ohio Street home. Dr and Mrs A R Kennedy hosted the K football team for dinner for fourteen. Mrs D S Alford has returned from an extended stay in Tallahassee.
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Carruth
National Assembly
Unitarian Church
Boston
Ohio Street
Churchill Owens
A. R. Kennedy
D. S. Alford
Talahas
Ma’s View of Her Daughter Fading With Time
A reflective line from a 1925 syndicated piece notes the speaker’s shift in sentiment toward his mother, once buying gifts at jewelry stores but now recalling her only in relation to household appliances as she grows older.
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Publishers Syndicate
Forty Years Ago May 25 in Florida and Lawrence News
A fire at Art E Reynolds home near Bismarck was small but caused neighborhood excitement as neighbors arrived to help, Reynolds already had it under control. Also notes on Ed Klein moving to 905 Missouri, Barnhill occupying Klein’s old home, and local quarantines for scarlet fever and diphtheria. Other items recall a cable tower near Piersons mill, Miss Minnie Lora Leach’s reading talent, a reception at Prof Blackmar’s home, and a Pride of the West Jr O U A M strawberry festival.
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See
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Sellards
John Neville
Portland
Ore
JH. Bel
Art E. Reynolds
Bismarck
Mr. Reynolds
Reynolds
Ed Klein
Missouri Street
University Boulevard
Cc. F. Barnhill
Klein
Harris
Rhode Island Street
E. 0. Sherwood
Pierson
North Lawrence
Minnie Lora Leach
Baldwin
Leach
F. W. Blackmar
Ohio Street
Professor Blackmar
Pride of the West Council
Lawrence
D. O. McCray
Topeka
E. D. Adams
Ed. Rousell
Puss Covey
Miss Covey
Helen and
Mabel Curry
Lillian Popenoe
Georgia Wilder
Kansan Sees Hollywood Satirically in Column
Richard Doan notes a Kansan columnist in Hollywood at 8 a.m. observes coyotes feasting near hills, mocks Arliss House of Rothschild screening, jokes about Disney Silly Symphony with the three little pigs, and comments on Depression era resource use as wheat grows on subdivided vacant lots amid halted development.
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Cal
Kansas
Jimmy Starr
Jimmy
Sid Grauman
Arliss
House of Rothschild
Walt Disney
Red Riding Hood
Grandma
Disney
Figures show Twentieth Kansas gains travel pay if mustered in San Francisco
1899 figures reported by Adjutant General Fox indicate the Twentieth Kansas would receive a substantial travel allowance advantage if mustered out at San Francisco rather than in Kansas. There is growing agitation to have the regiment mustered out in Kansas.
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Fox
Kansas
San Francisco
Kansas lands under Virginia charter in early map history
A historical note recreates James I's 1609 charter defining Virginia lands from Cape Comfort to sea to sea. The article ties Cape Comfort latitude 37 degrees to the region now largely Kansas. It also mentions a missed cast member, Bill Hough, in Pinckney sixth grade play and a brief classified ad line.
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Kansas
Virginia
James
America
Cape Comfort
Bill Hough
Boots
Hough
Judith Lane Becomes Power Behind the Oil Fight
Judith Lane Judith Bowman schemes to protect her inherited fortune amid a land dispute over Scoggins oil rights. She persuades Scoggins to return to Houston with Kane and Sanford to drill a test well, financing it to secure Bevins heirs. A looming court will contest and a big oil strike shifts the balance in town.
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Judith Dale
Scoggins
Morton’ Lampere
Judith
Big Tom Bevins
Lampere
Bevins
Houston
Mr. Kane
Blacky and Jupiter Seek Water at the Well
Blacky Bear and Jupiter explore a deep well hoping for water. Blacky pushes Jupiter into the bucket to cool him but fears the dark depths below. A faint cry echoes from the well as Blacky calls for Mama Bear, signaling danger. Tomorrow—"Honey Bear Comes."
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Blacky Bear
Mary Graham Bonner
Jupiter
Blackly
Blacky
Tey
Honey Bear
Washington Daybook on Darrow NRA Report Reaction
Washington observers digest the Darrow board’s NRA findings with mixed views. The massive analysis spans 150000 words and pages of correspondence, with Nye and Borah divided on outcomes. Supporters argue the report reflects critics’ views of codes harming small business, while critics say the survey was sketchy and partisan.
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Washington
Darrow
NRA
Wickersham Commission
Hoover
Johnson
Richberg
Sinclair
Nye
Borah
Darrow Board
Idaho
Senator Nye
North Dakota
Senate
Fragmented Ledger of Odd Local Echoes
In Philadelphia a man named Stegen claimed he would tell the truth about a window break after an odd exchange with a magistrate. Oklahoma City notes praise a 14 year old for late night store-front vigilance amid a poor home setting. St Paul reports Sheriff Moeller’s kindness as a luncheon joke ends with him giving up his shirt to a club member.
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Merkin
Philadelphia
John Siegen
Fairmount Ark
Cne
Stegen
Oklahoma City
Kenneth Zeigler
Kenneth
St. Paul
Minn
George Moeller
D. Springer
Springer
Judge Matthew Hartigan Seeks Oath From Witness Merkin
In a Chicago courtroom Judge Matthew Hartigan instructed witness Harry Merkin to raise his right hand and swear. Merkin refused, saying he could not swear and citing the judge’s first name. The clerk admonished about formality as the exchange illustrated a tense moment in the proceeding.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Matthew Hartigan
Harry Merkin
Merkin
Matthew
Cable News in Brief from Sofia to Brussels
AP correspondent reports tranquility in Sofia Macedonia amid rumored clashes as Bulgarian regime consolidates power. In Bolivia three Paraguayan troops retreat in the Chaco with Bolivian pursuit. Spain and the United States may open a commercial treaty within a month. Belgium mourns Brand Whitlock, wartime American ambassador, praised for his friendship to Belgium.
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Associated Press
Sofia
Macedonia
la Paz
Bolivia
Bolivi
Chaco
Madrid
Romero
Spain
United States
Brussels
Belgium
Brand Whitlock
Vacations and the health value of summer travel
The origin of vacations is ancient and tied to escaping city pestilence. The hot season was historically the deadliest before modern hygiene, making country retreats common for health. Today vacations refresh productivity, ease summer hardships, and enable extended outdoor living.
Tomorrow Typhoid Fever Kansas News Briefs
Kansas City Kansas May 25 AP Barney Morgan 56 died in hospital from injuries after being kicked by a mule at his farm near Louisburg on May 19. Kansas City May 25 AP 24,000 Kansas City pupils will lay away books today until September. Diplomas awarded to 877 high school graduates. El Dorado May 25 AP Clifford H Kitts 28 employed at Empire Oil Refining Co killed after contacting a high voltage wire at a sub station near here. His widow and a son survive. Baldwin May 25 AP Modern Soviet Russia described by William Allen White at Baker University diamond jubilee. He spoke for Henry J Allen detained at Wichita due to illness of his daughter. Topeka May 25 AP Attorney General Roland Boynton rules no rights to homestead beds of Arkansas or Kaw rivers in response to John Nininger Hutchinson.
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Kansas City
Kan
Barney Morgan
Louisburg
el Dorado
Clifford H. Kitts
Empire Oil & Refining Co
Baldwin
Soviet Russia
William Allen
White
Emporia
Baker University
Henry J. Allen
Wichita
Topeka
Roland Boynton
Arkansas
Kaw
John Nininger
Hutchinson
State Claims Riverbed Lands West of Junction
The attorney general advised that beds of the two rivers west of the junction of the Saipky Hill and Republican rivers belong to the state.
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Torney General
Saipky Hill
Birth and death notices from Williamstown area
Alfred H. Deshazer eldest son of Mr and Mrs Ed Deshazer dies at age 31 near Williamstown by suicide with a 22 calibre rifle after a nervous breakdown. Survived by wife Edna Champlin two children Ernest Alfred Annabelle. later married Emma Tevis with stepdaughter Dorothy Tevis. Parents Ed Deshazer Linwood. three brothers Loren Emil John. Interment Osage Kit cemetery. Various local family notes and community visits accompany the obituary.
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Alfred H. Leshazer
Ed Deshazer
Williamstown
Deshexer
Deshazer
Smale
Sage City
Edna Champlin
Wig
Ernest Alfred
Annibelle
Emma Tevis
Perry
Dorothy Tevis
Linwood
Loren and
Emil
Osage City
John Deshazer
Osage Kit Cemetery
Laura Leeman
Neil Wausbinger
Leeman
Alfred Deshazer
Lorenzo Walridge
Fannie Perkins
Topeka
Sam Moore
Moore
Buck Creek
Arthur White
Raymond May
Graduation and weddings noted in Williamstown area
Williamstown graduates from Perry high school and Buck Creek receive diplomas. Miss Marguerite White, Marjorie White, and Reba Webb are among graduates. Ireda Johnson and Homer Pearson wed at Topeka May 10. Local scenes include dances, visits, travel and crops strained by drought across Kansas and Nebraska.
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Harry Humphries
Lee Johnson
Hobart Stallard
Williamstown
Perry High School
Marguerite
Marjorie White
Reba Webb
Evelyn Busch
Clayton
May
Thurlyn Orland
James Grinter
Alfred Dick
Buck Creek
Dorothy Harris
Arlene Marcum
Daren Elliott
Ireda Johnson
Oscar Johnson
Homer Pearson
Guy Pearson
Topeka
Pearson
Rice
Midland
Lawrence Rice
Clifford
Nebraska
A. P. Marcum
Ernest Laster
Ralph Vansbinder
Otto Premauer
Oskaloosa
Lester ‘Thomas’ Biesecker
Jake Biesecker
Mildred Allen
Grace Allen
Margaret Perkins
Lawrence
Missy Arlene Marcum
Lucille Vausbinder
Geraldine Brandingsburg
Meneken
Albert Gladhart
Kansas
Congress
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