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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1932
Page
4
A ledger note reports friends bought a new hat for Governor-elect Alf Landon to replace the campaign hat. The item is described as fitting Landon’s public image, with a wry remark that his hats serve a single purpose and he does not verbally speak through them.
The annual Christmas Seals sale began in Douglas county raising funds for tuberculosis prevention clinics and public health work. The effort follows the Red Cross drive and relies on modest contributions from many people to sustain health safeguards. Reports note law, politics, and international issues alongside local health work in the era.
Speculation grows about what a former president will do after retirement. The piece notes the challenge of reentering daily life and the pressures of securing a livelihood, highlighting the enduring public interest in a leader’s post term path.
The Leavenworth Times speculates on post presidency careers for U S leaders. Cleveland returns to law in New York, Harrison to law practice, Roosevelt to writing and editing, Taft to Yale law professor then Chief Justice, Wilson in frail health, Coolidge as practicing lawyer and occasional writer, Hoover as writer with ample means.
Ten years ago this week a rural home five miles west of Lawrence on the fort to fort road was badly burned when a roof fire broke out yesterday afternoon. The Lawrence fire dept with a pumper checked the blaze using a large cistern. Insurance covered the logs believed worth 2500 to 3000 dollars. The Bigsby home stood among the county’s finest rural houses and was insured. Also heading to a YMCA high school boys conference in Manhattan December 1 2 and 2 are Lawrence High School students under Assistant Principal Clarence A Speer including Elwood Schultz Sidney Emmett Harry Marker Eugene Keifer Gray Butcher Roland Brown Alonzo Sluts Donald Lewis and Thomas McFarland. A separate note previews The Junior Revue at the Bowersock theatre described as an entirely out of the ordinary production with multiple acts. Directors Mrs Myr tle Bair and Miss Elizabeth Dunkel lead a cast including Billie Cain Martha Meade Pauline Yaptad Marion Powe Bernice Hines Charles Ince Dorothy Jewell Eleanor Tidrow Janet Houk Dorothy Dreyer Irma Waldron Janice Elliot Lolita Russell Alice Bair Stuart Campbell Lena B Funk Dorothea Simons Margaret Ince Marie Bunter All Hines Maurine Bruner Laure Alice Holiday Joe Dunkel Dorothy Cohen Margaret Roper Leona Long Rose Mary Sperry Ruth Campbell Betty Stimpson Dorothy Blackburn Arthur Wolfe Olin Harner and Fred Field.
Twenty five years ago on Friday November 23 Capt John J Haskell passed away at his home at 1 00 this morning after several weeks illness He was 75 born in Vermont lived in Massachusetts and for over fifty years in Lawrence where he led in politics religion and business Also noted were local items including Carl Phillips traveling to Guffey Colorado for Howell Mining and Milling Co and Miss Mayme Cosby resigning from Pierce music store with Grace Perry replacing her A dramatic pony runaway affair near Fraternal Aid building involved Miss Bessie Anderson, Marshal Carrehan in pursuit, halting the pony after it bolted through Massachusetts street forming a crowded scene Forties era note Curtis Wherry visiting Lawrence.
A cold afternoon saw Kansas defeat Missouri 12 to 4 in a long awaited football contest. Referees Cornell and Holder of Kansas City earned broad satisfaction with their decisions. injuries sidelined three Missouri players while no Kansas players were forced out. A Lawrence crowd traveled to Kansas City to attend the game.
In a playful exchange, Willy Nilly reveals Jelly Bear’s name and his plan to stay. The roly-poly bear admits jelly mishaps and pledges to gather berries for meals, promising to assist the pantry group in spring while Flo tilla Botilla welcomes him and enjoys rides. Jelly Bear stays, hoping to be friends and storyteller tomorrow.
Official tabulation shows David Martin Republican elected chief justice in Kansas with 124 272 votes to 42 888 for his Democratic opponent Aliday. The result reflects a decisive victory in the recent Kansas election.
A collage of brief items: Rev William Tibbs, a Negro bootblack who funds gospel work for 200 poor through shines, receives a Laurel Miss pastorate call. Other notes recount rope-skipping feats in Pueblo, a crane of hunters in Lamar, a ducks tale, and Gerald Casey dancing through Oklahoma A and M, with want ads in journals.
Mary Paget advertises a paying guest in her home and welcomes Evelyn Rus per an old friend of Dr Robb. Rusper linger s in the cozy house pressing for a quiet dinner with a small party while Mary confronts questions of marriage and happiness. Lizzie thrives on small joys as Mary and Robb navigate trust, affection, and changing fortunes.
Pittsburg report from L M Atkinson shows Kansas American Legion has 5838 new members, 26 75 percent of its quota, in a nationwide drive. In Kansas City a teen was found shot to death in a car owned by her estranged husband Oliver Jennings 21 after a Thanksgiving party.
AP reports Edgar Bentley 28 died by own action after leaving a forgiveness note in his Wichita home on November 26. Gardner reports two other obituaries, Lewis H. Chapman 58 former water and light commissioner near Kansas City and Joseph D. Welsh 77 oil pioneer in Kansas and Oklahoma. Survivors listed, dates and locations noted.
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