Old Hometown News Briefs From 1874 and 1924
A digest of brief items from the Daily Kansas Tribune and Western Home Journal notes bustling dam work, health talk by Dio Lewis, a bank notes mishap, pork packeries, a horse incident, a gold brick at a Colorado fair, a pony purchase, and thanks to Joel Grover. It also recalls a 1924 Patee Theatre fire scare and KU stadium tribute plan with the university band. Includes mixed local happenings and historical notes.
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Dio Lewis
Ross & Co.’s
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Ross & Co
Granger
Kansas City
Burr Oak
George Wells
Massachusetts Street
Colorado Fair
St. Louis
Joel Grover
Lawrence Daily Journal-World
Patee Theatre
University of Kansas
Kansas Memorial Stadium
University
F.C. Allen
Kansas Stadium
F. B. Davis
Department of Chemistry
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Secret Service
Butler
Pennsylvania
Donald Trump
Trump
Senate
Homeland Security Committee
Barney Fife
Taylor Swift
Health Resources and Services Administration
American Glass Research
AGR
Butler Emergency Services
Thomas Matthew Crooks
Crooks
Rich Lowry
King Features Syndicate
Ben's Chili Bowl figure Virginia Ali recalls DC history
The Ben's Chili Bowl co founder Virginia Ali recalls the restaurant's ties to Washington politics and civil rights since 1958. She shares encounters with figures from Duke Ellington to Barack Obama, the 1968 riots, and the diner’s role as a community anchor open until 4 a.m. on weekends.
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Virginia R. Ali
Woodrow Wilson
Industrial Bank
Ali
Duke Ellington
Stokely Carmichael
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
Barack Obama
U Street NW
Ben Ali
Virginia
King
Tappahannock
Anthony Kirkpatrick
Jamie Stiehm
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