Blind Boone Dead at 65 in Warrensburg Missouri
Blind Boone, famed blind pianist known for his ear reproduction skills, died of a heart attack in Warrensburg after a long career spanning the United States and Europe. Born near Miami Missouri, he lost sight at six due to brain fever and rose from St Louis school misadventure to touring with John Lang for 46 years before retirement last June following Lang’s death. Burial is planned at his Columbia home site.
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Blind Boone
Miami
Boone
St. Louis
John Lang
Columbia
Lang
United States
Europe
Eet
Sues to Break Will In Civil Action Over Lawrence Widow
C A Smart attorney for C C Groves of Liberty Mo files suit in district court to contest the will of J W Groves of Lawrence who died July 13 1927 at about 81. The petition claims J W Groves was of unsound mind and unduly influenced by the Karhs leading to a will leaving all property to the Karhs rather than to O O Groves the sole heir. J W Groves was a Civil War veteran and about 81 when he died.
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W. Groves
Lawrence
C. A. Smart
C. C. Gre
Liberty
J. W. Groves
John Kori
Delaware
O. O. Groves
Cine Line
Speaks on History of First Kansas at Wichita Memorial
Gen Willer S Metcalf was guest of military groups in Wichita and spoke at Island Park during the tenth anniversary celebration of the 187th Infantry. The gathering announced World War I casualties as roll call was read and discussed the First Kansas Infantry lineage from Civil War to its World War II successor. The unit grew in the Spanish American War era and later reformed as a leading National Guard regiment with ties to the Twentieth Kansas Infantry.
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Willer S. Metcalf
Wichita Last Sun
Island Park
187Th Infantry
War Department
Watth Infantry
Kansas Infantry
Metcalf
Kansas
Obstruction on Track Plea in Train Wreck Attempt
Glenn Neal aged 15 and Arthur Steincke 17 pleaded guilty in Stafford Kansas district court to attempting to wreck a Santa Fe train near Stafford on September 13. They were committed to their parents after sentencing to the state industrial school and state reformatory. A fast passenger struck two dirt scrapers and an angle bar placed on the track but the train was not derailed. The boys said they wanted to see what the train would do to the implements.
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Kas
Oet
A.P
Glenn Neal
Arthur Steinke
Santa Fe
Hey
State Industrial School
State Reformatory
Loss Mounts After Verdigris Flood Near Independence
Independence Kansas October 5 flood losses in Montgomery county are estimated at 250000 with 65000 acres of land inundated by the Verdigris river record overflow. The river has fallen to eight feet and is dropping about two and a half inches per hour. Train service resumed last night in all directions from Independence.
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Independence
Kan
Montgomery County
Paris barber stalls women at Luxembourg Palace
A Paris barber at the Luxembourg Palace refuses to cut women's hair, noting he has never given a female haircut and is too old to learn. A German delegate who wore bobbed hair during interparliamentary talks also faces the same fate at the male-only chair.
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Paris
Senate Wuaildinge
Luxembourg Palace
Senate
Salvation Army fund drive expands in Lawrence and Douglas County
The Salvation Army campaign begins in Lawrence and Douglas County with firm and organization leaders soliciting employees and members to contribute. Quotas are set, treasurers named, and solicitors appointed in schools, clubs, lodges, and businesses to collect donations for home service relief.
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Salvation Army
Lawrence
Douglas County
Treasuries
Good Died Younger Than Today in 400 Histories
Chicago reports Dr W L A Dorland Dorland cites a study of 400 famous men including Washington Lincoln Darwin Emerson Balzac Shakespeare Newton and Michelangelo. He finds their productivity peaks ended around 50 while today’s leaders peak at 60 to 70. He notes 85 percent of major work by men today comes from those over fifty.
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Wla Newman Dorland
Current Welfare Magazine
Illinois
Washington
Lincoln
Darwin
Huxley
Emerson
Balzac
Shakespeare
Newston
Michelangelo
Dorland
Dr. Dorland
Army transfers reshuffle top officers to Fort McPherson
Washington Oct 5 AP The Army announces a major general reallocation after promotions. Richmond P Davis becomes commander of the fourth corps area at Fort McPherson Georgia and moves to command the third division at Camp Lewis Washington. Brig Gen Joseph D Leitch will move to Vancouver barracks Washington. Brig Gen James H Reeves moves from Fort Sam Houston to Vancouver barracks. Brig Gen Walter C Short moves to the second brigade Madison barracks New York after foreign service in Hawaii.
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Washington
A.P
Army
Richmond P. Davis
Fourth Corps
Fort McPherson
Davis
Camp Lewis
Joseph D. Leitch
Vancouver Barracks
James H. Reeves
Fort Sam Houston
Texas
Major M. Smith Wins Golf Medal Honors in Army Tourney
In Rock Island arsenal course 36 hole qualifying Smith Kansas City total 154 earns medal honors. Lieut Barton Dayton 155 second. Also report of Nogales street rioting in Mexico City with several killed and many injured. among dead is a nephew of Congressman Tomas Robinson of Sonora.
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Davenport
RB. M. Smith
Kansas City
Rock Island Arsenal
Lieut
H. A. Barton
Dayton
Stret
Nogales
Ariz
Mexico City
Tomas Robinson
Sonora
September near normal hides month’s wild swings
The K I meteorologist notes September’s mean temperature of 70.08 degrees is only 2.23 above the normal, yet the first half was unusually warm and the last half cool, yielding an average near normal. The month saw 3.98 inches of rain, thirteen measurable days, and one thunderstorm, with low cloudiness and a 6,380 mile total wind run.
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K. I
Death notices outline Dunning Pugh Ward and Mitchell funeral details
Deaths and Funerals record Mrs R M Dunning of Santa Monica Calif died October 3. Burial Englewood Cemetery Santa Monica. Survived by husband, daughter Mrs Ray Lamphere and son Arthur Dunning. Also notice Mrs Rachel M Push, 88, died October 4. funeral October 7 at 9am, interment Cottonwood Falls Kan. Margaret Mitchell Ward, 100, formerly of Lawrence, died recent birthday October 14 1926. survived by two children, David Mitchell and Laura King. 12 grandchildren, 20 great grandchildren, 5 great great grandchildren. Funeral services held at granddaughter S Westrope home Kansas City Missouri.
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R. M. Dunning
Palisades Avenue
Santa Monica
Cal
Dunning
Barker Avenue
California
Englewood Cemetery
Ray Lamphere
Arthur Dunning
Fort Madison
Rachel M. Pugh
Rachel M. Push
Louisiana Street
Cottontwood Falls
Kan
Margaret Mitchell Ward
Margaret Mitchell
Lawrence
David Mitchell
Kansas City
Kansas
Laura H. King
Maple Street
S. Westrope
Petitions for Receiver in Topeka for American Building and Loan
In Topeka on Oct 5 an AP report notes a petition filed in Shawnee county district court seeking appointment of a receiver for the American Building and Loan Association. William A. Smith and Attorney General Ben C. Bond lead the filing amid failed hopes for reorganization. The association, founded eight years earlier by Carl J. Peterson, faces about 1.5 million dollars in liabilities.
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American Building and Loan Association
Shawnee County District Court
William A. Smith
Ben C. Bond
State Building and Loan
American
Carl J. Peterson
Jonathan M. Davis
Peterson
Smith
Levine gifts baby son in Mussolini visit over Venice flight
Charles A. Levine dropped a rift attach from an airplane for Premier Mussolini's newborn son Romano during a stop above Villa Carpena in Yord as he shifted from planned solo flight to a Vienna bound commercial plane. He travels with Captain Walter Hinchcliffe en route to Berlin and plans to return to London by air and sail for the United States aboard the Leviathan in October.
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Attac
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Yord
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Vienna
Columbia
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Venice
Berlin
Walter Hinchcliffe
London
United States
Local dealers lead in second annual turkey bean contest
Hamilton Motor Company leads Garnett and Osage City dealers in the Chevrolet contest opening Saturday and running through October. Winners eat turkey at a dinner next month, likely in Ottawa, while losers dine on beans. Several Lawrence associates travel to Kansas City to confer with regional manager A W L Gilpin. Three Lawrence salesmen won a September airplane flight contest, earning a Paris hop as part of a world trip based on sales.
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Lawrence Chevrolet
Garnett
Osage City
Chevrolet Company
Ottawa
Eudora
Irvin Greer
Baldwin
Vester Robinson
Lecompton
Lawrence
Kansas City
A. W. L. Gilpin
St. Louis
J. W. Griffin
J. H. Griffin
Breithaupt
Paris
Double marriages reported at Platts City Missouri
Two Lawrence youths wed Monday morning in Platts City totaling two weddings. Christina Nylund wed Oscar Learnard Jr and Pauline Casebier tied to Loyal Miller. Both couples, former high school students, plan to reside in Kansas City. Other society notes cover resignations, travel, a Olathe border marriage, and club meetings with social details.
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Platt City
Lawrence
Christina Nylund
Laura Nylund
Oscar Learnard Jr
Oscar Learnard
Pauline Casebier
Loyal Miller
Oread High School
Nylund
Liberty Memorial Highchool
Kansas City
Plan Boys Work At Elks Club Friday Night
The Knot Hele Gang will meet at the Elks club Friday at 7:30 pm with 350 to 400 boys expected. Ralph Durland leads the club and outlines plans for the year. Members come from grade schools and seventh grade of the Junior high, with a Haskell group forming under Mr Hughes. School sponsors are invited.
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Elks Club
Ralph Durland
Nas
Haskell
Hughes
Lawrence items note town pride and events
A Lawrence summary lists local happenings including a power shovel at Eldridge hotel excavation, a granddaughter of Dr and Mrs Charles Gruber uninjured near a tornado wrecked Central high building, old toll tickets for the Lawrence bridge displayed by A J Hollister, Hub clothing store closing for a religious holiday, longtime resident Charles H Tucker praising the town, grade schoolers not admitted free to a Wisconsin game, Dr F C Allen stating more seating for the Washington game, Mattie Kampschroeder recovering from appendicitis, and University chemistry students hosting their annual smoker at Alpha Chi Sigma house.
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M. W. Sterling
Charles Gruber
St. Louis
Central High School
Wisconsin
Washington
F.C. Allen
KK. A
Alpha Chi Sigma House
Poker Debt Causes Fight Wounding of Oklahoma Farmer
Oklahoma farmer John Sparks was seriously wounded in a gun battle over a poker debt in Chandler. Lin coln county officers said the debt led to the shooting at Sparks' home and the subsequent arrest of several men now in jail. Buckshot wounds to the abdomen were reported. Real estate transfers follow with Frank B. Faust and wife selling a 60 foot lot on Louisiana Street in Lawrence to Ada Brown of Topeka.
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Okla
Lincoln County
John Sparks
Farmer
Sparks
Frank B. Faust
Ada Brown
Topeka
Int 60
Louisiana Street
Lawrence
Chicago Markets Drift as Wheat and Corn Fall on Demand
The report shows wheat and corn weakening amid ample North American supply and Canadian exports at low costs. Hog and cattle prices edge lower in Chicago with mixed results across livestock. oats and soybeans stay flat to down, while futures close unsettled with soft demand.
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Lethicago
Canada
Care and Castoria for Babies Endorsed by Physicians
A nostalgic ad extols Fletcher's Castoria for infant care claiming it prevents fussiness colic fever and digestive upsets without drugs Castoria is described as purely vegetable and universally loved by babies with a free care guide included Poetically praising its calming effects it urges mothers to ask their druggist for the original Castoria.
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Fletcher
Stock market and farm price notes from Kansan City and Wall Street
Kansas City produce and cattle figures show butterfat and creamery prices with mixed poultry figures. The Day in Wall Street notes a large over night stock selling shock absorbed by buying orders, a rise and dip in prices, and a 4% call money rate. U.S. Steel operations, Northwestern traffic, and steel shares influenced by September earnings expectations, with total volume around 2.2 million shares.
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New York
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Pricen
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Wda Heavy
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Colorado
Houston Qi
Interborough Transit
KU Glee Club Names Complete Women's Chorus Roster
The University of Kansas Women’s Glee club roster was announced by director Meribah Moore. The list includes first sopranos Erma Watkins Thora Ann Collins Margaret Drennon Mary A Livingston Laura Rankin Marcene MacLaren and many more with old members new members and substitutes across soprano alto and second voice sections.
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University of Kansas Women's Glee Club
Meribah Moore
Firat
Erma Watkins
Thora Ann Collins
Margaret Drennon
iMary A. Livingston
Laura Rankin
Marcene MacLaren
Mary Earlenbauck
Marjorie Babcock
Jessie May Tucker
Thelma Edmondson
Marie Sperry
Virginia Lee
Ha Martin
Irene Zimmerman
Virginia Fortifes
Garnet Hanson
Muriel Bird
Wary Fietshans
Winogene Lacey
Maurine
Downing
Sopramnes
Marjorie Houster
Elizabeth Ball
Alice Ward
Neva Hendrickson
Beulah Teter
Denise DeJarnette
Rosalind Jordan
Margaret Rees
Katherine McFarland
Dorothy Guth
Tie
Helen Benson
Margaret Kammer
Helen Beard
Eliza-beth Fryer
Gladys Jones
Lillian Youse
Marian Kittel
Amanda Wolf
Esther Pamm
Martha Acton
Leoni Potusek
Patria Hatfield
Annetti Leonard
Martha Combs
Selma Klemp
Mary Young
Dorothy Berns
Arleen Marshall
Bertha Alice Perkins
Rose McCulloch
Miriam Pearsor
Josephine Edmonds
Mildred Babcock
Caroline Kleeppel
Josephine Roberts
Esther Hemingway
Emily Ball
Anna G. Taylor
New Membres
Mary E. Easton
Lucile Fuller
Campus Motorcycle Crash Injures Student
John Allison sustained bruises and a leg cut after his motorcycle collided with a Ford touring car driven by Robert Dill at the university campus in front of the east administration building. He was transported to the student hospital for treatment.
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John Allison
Robert Dill
West Fourth Street
Allison
MacFadden rep Shaff to attend St Louis convention
W Shaff will leave Sunday for St Louis to attend a MacFadden Pub tions wholesalers convention. He has served as the Lawrence MacFadden representative for over two years and increased magazine distribution in the area. The convention runs Tuesday and Wednesday next week. Wm Penn 5 cents A Good Cigar.
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St. Louis
W. Shaff
MacFadden_Publications wholesale cealers
MacFadden
Lawrence
Wm. Penn
Catarrh Cured By Chlorine Gan Treatments, Say Testimonies
Clinic asserts catarrh can be cured with their chlorine gan treatments combined with other therapies. They cite numerous testimonials from patients who improved after physicians previously deemed cases hopeless. Includes offer for consultation examination and trial treatment.
Free examination offered for chronic ailments and hidden diseases
If you suffer from any chronic disease or hidden ailment, receive this examination. The examiner will diagnose your trouble without asking a question and provide information on your condition.
Catarrh blamed as cause of diabetes claims by expert
An advertorial claim states diabetes is a digestive disease caused by catarrh with most cases having catarrhal history. It promises epipable treatment results, notes female ailments treated without surgery, and offers guaranteed cures for piles constipation and rectal diseases. An expert diagnostician will be at the premises.
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