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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 1933
Page
4
A Kansas Bank bulletin notes farmers pay debts, Kansas mortgage values stay strong, and recovering from droughts may quicken when prices rise. Senator Capper meets Senator Davis. Topeka papers reflect on journalism mentor Frank MacLennan and the Topeka Journal legacy. Kansas football builds momentum for the Thanksgiving clash with Missouri.
Frank P MacLennan longtime Topeka Journal publisher and KU alumnus dies after a long career in newspaper work. The obituary notes his status as a distinguished graduate and his nearly six decades in journalism covering various departments of the old publication.
Old Home Town KR reports A Schwégler delivering an address in Rumboldt Kan tonight. University faculty 34 years honored at Topeka dinner with skits The Whole Deri Bunch and Collegens es feature. Birth of daughter to Mr and Mrs W W Adair remembered. Memorial hospital notes and Lawrence ladies bridge luncheon details. Waldemar Gelich and Catherine Moore to perform violin programs across state.
Twenty five years ago a Santa Fe plug arriving at 5 49 p m collided in Kansas City yards injuring Robert Ogden 413 Indiana street Joseph Biggs 114 Ontario George Porteous and A C James eight miles southeast among about a dozen others shaken up in the crash with injuries to arms heads and bodies reported.
The article lists passengers on a train wreck including Miss Madge Lane Ida Steele CL Stewart and wife and a boy Edward Northrup. Conductor Albert Griffin was cut by falling glass and taken to hospital. On the wrecked car were Mr and Mrs Harvey Shellack a wedding party returning to Eudora. Shellack trousers found to be Directoire as he crawled out. Henry McCurdy issued invitations for a party Saturday evening November 21. 1300 Chickens on Display Eight Annual Exhibit of Douglas County Poultry Association opens at 919 Massachusetts street with 300 birds. Harry Sibley president displays 47 Rhode Island Reds beside Dr J W Primm and C C Miller. G G Miller shows fine Langshans.
Forty years ago on November 20 a Kansas college professor visited. Johnson returned from Chicago. Will Walton left for Texas after a sick son. A reception honored Lucille Bragg Emma Kelly and Mrs Powell. Kansas University beat Nebraska 18 to 0. band festivities followed. A fire near J J Kunkel damaged a house and barn, singling coal and a horse lost. Topeka high beat Lawrence high 74 to 0. Mrs E Martindale ill with pneumonia, Weaver’s business expanding with new staff. A D Mackey injured ankle. Mrs Irwin Smith severely injured later hospitalized after chest injuries.
On November 19 1896 the University of Kansas council votes to investigate dangers in football and consider safety measures after a Doane College player’s fatal accident during a KU game. On November 20 Topeka figures form a humane society to enforce cruelty to animals laws enacted in 1889.
A chaotic montage reports Arthur Fischbacka finding his long‑lost father in Joliet after 34 years, a Joliet police auto patrol stolen and recovered with only garters left, Dickinson College students tired of charity lines as frats shift to direct charity, a potato race contest between a faculty member and a janitor, and a Missoula golfer scoring a hole in one amid banter with a companion.
Curt Tennyson returns to edmonton and accepts a new chase for international crook Karakhan. He flies north through the Selkirks to Vancouver, joins the Royal Mounted, and plans to use Karakhan’s weakness, women, to close the trail, while grappling with work concerns and old allies in Baldwin’s squad.
Willy Nilly, Rip the Dog, and Top Notch the Rooster discuss securing their $2.15 by hiding it in a tree vault. Christopher Columbus Crow doubts the plan but agrees to nap while plans unfold. The tale centers on thrift, prudence, and fun in a farmyard cast of characters.
Tomorrow: From Black to White presents a biographical note on Platt Roger Spencer, a famed nineteenth century penman born in 1800 and who died in 1864. He began teaching penmanship at 15 and later published Spencerian or Semi-Angular Penmanship. He aided establishing several business colleges across the United States.
The lesson sermon for all Churches of Christ, Scientist on an autumn Sunday outlined the Golden Text from Isaiah 26 5 and Psalm 54 2 affirming waiting on the Lord and longing for the living God. It cites Mary Baker Eddy’s Science and Health warning that Soul is not in the body and Mind not in matter urging adherence to spiritual truth to avoid sin and illness.
Hartley Iowa AP a 20 room birdhouse modeled after St Patrick's cathedral in New York is a new local landmark. William H Meier hardware dealer built it from 950 pieces of wood. It stands over nite feet high weighs 105 pounds and is built in sections for spring house cleaning. Martens keep all apartments occupied. Jud son Walton 58 rural carrier near Spring Valley Ohio says he outlasted 60 horses and 19 automobiles in 30 years on a rural route.
Mrs Samuel Whitehead and daughter Helen of Wichita visit Baldwin guests of Dr and Mrs F H Bell. Topeka 19th Century Club members attend luncheon in Baldwin. Visitors tour Case library to view the Quayle Bible collection. Baker cleaners shop sold to Baker students Victor Gibson and Louis Nelson moving to former Cozy Inn site. Governor Alfred Landon to attend Baker Kansas Wesleyan football game on Friday November 24 at Cavaness Field. Dr Charles L DeBow to speak at Baker chapel next Tuesday November 21 at 10 o clock. public invited.
The PTA meeting next Monday night November 20 in the high school auditorium will feature Miss Ning Bayliss on the importance of beauty in child development and Arthur Kalb on chalk drawing. Mrs Edward J. Cragoe will present a story with Kalb's drawings, Miss Madge Reynolds supervising music with UA Aras Echols in charge. Frances Wilson addressed the Girl Reserves on China last week. Junior Baldwin High will stage the play A Scrap of Paper in Centenary hall in early December with students Bet ty Smith Delma Webb France Sater Waneta Sullivan Doris Hobson Catherine Jordan and others. Blanche Larkin will coach. At the Mothers Club last Friday the group began a new study course under A. W. W. Mrs Frank Mann spoke on heredity. guests included Mrs William Freeman and Mrs S. Hoyt. Mrs Carl Lackey hosts December 8.
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