Midland Theatre promises top entertainment for Lawrence
M B Shenders general manager of the Midland circuit assures Lawrence theatregoers the new Midland Theatre at 13th Main and Baltimore will offer the finest attractions with courteous service. Principal fare will be motion pictures though varied stage acts will be shown periodically. Architect Ralph Seamimel and Midland Giver Theatre staff bring extensive experience to the project. Also notes a Kansas editor luncheon planned by the Chamber of Commerce on October 28 with editor round tables and future irrigation project talks in Kaw Valley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Midland Theatre
13Th
Main
Baltimore
M. B. Shenders
Midland Circuit of Theatres
Lawrence Theatre
Ralph Seamimel
Midland Giver
Max Skrer
Kansas
City
Chamber of Commerce
Kaw Valley
Committee On Agriculture
Cnmmittee
Boresu
Ing Krigst
Chamber
Tublie Saf
Deaths and Funerals Notices from Lawrence
The death of G Kaill's mother was received in Lawrence. Funeral services for Harry G Kaill general freight agent Union Pacific ex Kansas City were held Friday from the home in Kansas City. Mrs Kaill 2212 Benton Avenue has many close friends in Lawrence. William J Chafin died Friday in San Pedro California at age 2 50 and will have services tomorrow at 2 30 at his parents home 711 Connecticut Street Rev W IL Butler in charge. Burial in Memorial Park Cemetery. Ward died in Lawrence today and the death of Mrs Carr Devlin of Manville Wyoming was announced. Mrs Devlin a former Lawrence resident will be brought to Lawrence for burial with arrangements to be announced later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. Kaills
Lawrence
Harry
G. Kaill
Union Pac U Railway
Kansas City
Benton Vehue
William J. Chafin
William
T. Chafin
San Pedro
Cal
George T. Chafin
Connecticut Street
Wo. IL Butler
Memorial Fark Cemetery
Ward
Lawrerer
Carr Devlin
Manville
Topeka Methodist Women Plan Foreign Mission Work
Plans for next year were outlined at the Forty third annual meeting of the Topeka branch of the Methodist Women's Foreign Missionary Society. Five recruits will be commissioned for foreign service. The Topeka branch covers several states and includes Mr Watson as corresponding secretary who recently visited stations to report on workers and experiences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Ohls
Toneka
Methodist Women’s Foreign Missionary Society
Topeka
Tlla
Fair Store Announces Broad Reductions in AN Lines
The Fair store opens its Heart of the Season sale tomorrow at 9 a.m. A double page Journal-World ad announced the event, promising reductions across the store. Henry Durst, longtime sales manager of Durst Sales, is in charge of the promotion. The notice also mentions a Christian Church monthly supper and a general church board meeting on the docket.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Avill
Journal-World
Henry Durst
Durst
Christian’ Church
Pagular
Reneral Chorch Board
Sznper
Chinese Armies Battle in Hankow City Siege
Hankow October 6 A P refugees report 12 000 women and children evacuated from Wuchang as northern forces blockade the city with Cantonese troops holding the gates. Rescue launches ferried people across the Yangtze while fighting continues and negotiations collapse. Reports describe starvation and unburied dead as both sides wage the battle for control amid uncertain reports from Nanchang Tehan and KinKiang.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hankow
Wuchang
Yangsze
Nanchang
Tehan
Kinkiang
Thair
Tor
Sun Chuan-Fang
Kansas women become Methodist foreign missionaries
Oklahoma City and Oba host a Topeka branch meeting announcing two Kansas women joining foreign service. Emily Power of Lawrence sails to be commissioned Sunday then heads to Peoria and Ran garia India for a girls school teaching post. Elsie Power teaches in Rangoon Burma. Frances Wilson nurses in Peking and Helen McMillan, Baker University alumna, music teacher in Lucknow India nicknamed India’s Bishop of Music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Oba
Oct
Lawrence
Kansas
Foreign Service
Ellso M
Wattson
Lincoln
Nek
Tooika
Emily Marie Power
Peoria
Raredia
India
Elsie
Rangoon
Burma
Frances R. Wilson
Helen McMillan
Baker University
Wilson
Peking
China
M McMillan
Baldwin Methodist Church
Lucknow
Active Farmers in Town Draft Kas Oct 6
Draft Kansas Oct 6 notes an influx of active farmers to Pratt driven by bumper wheat crops and rising use of power machinery. About 5,000 residents live in town, with many farmers moving to town for city school access and commuting to farms daily. Some have no stock, others hire help seasonally, and many drive tractors to town after work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pratt
Ner Kent
Jim
Ruth Hits Three Home Runs in 10-0 Yank Win
In a dramatic game, Ruth belts three home runs powering the Yankees to a 10-0 victory. The narrative covers Ruth’s plate appearances, walks, and pivotal moments as the Cardinals struggle without hits or errors beyond Ruth’s offensive barrage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth
Yank
Yankees
Steusel
Mevsut
Xalied
Gail
Lazzeri
Uth
Dugan
Sevaeid
Jriio Mtuth
Yankee
Gert
Cardinals
O'Farreil
O'Parrett
Secon
Faul
Hallahan
Gall
Law
Reading course reports show pupils read many books
Reports on summer reading by elementary pupils will be turned in to the supervisor in New York. Twenty five pupils read 14 books, averaging five per pupil. Certificates will be awarded by the city library to those reading five or more books, with reports listing book titles, authors, writing period, setting, preferred characters, reasons for liking or disliking, and other works by the author. Listed pupils include Lorraine Plant and Elsie Farrar among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Imust
New York School
Lorraine Plant
Elsie Farrar
Derrie Smith
Mary Jane Bowler
Robert Crisler
Jane Muzzy
Dora ‘Sumner
Catha
Ering Penner
Harry Edmondson
Earnestine Brockelshy
Glenna Davis
Hard Dawes
Anna Mar‘guerite “Barnes
Frances _ Hayes
Carroll Smith
Grace Perkins
Eugene Wright
Hazel Korb
June Hatch
Violet Warren
Clifford Frank
Raybert Thornton
Fernger
Ruth Robbins
Dellie Hinie
Miss Constant
Crowds Struggle at Gate for Fourth World Series Game
Enthusiasm in St Louis surges as Cardinals lead New York in the world series. Park gates fill with 6 060 left and center bleachers. record attendance expected after rain dampened day before. Also brief local items: Ottawa University trustees plan a 750000 fundraising drive. Victor Wilson released from county jail. Basin at city water plant nearing completion. local travel and encampment notes from Des Moines and Lawrence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Park
St. Bowis
St. Louis
Cardinals
Jesse Haines
Diamonds Presented to Kansas City Fire Chiefs for Long Service
The Kansas Municipalities League will present diamond service buttons to twenty six veteran city employees at its October convention in Newton. Recipients include fire chiefs and firemen from Atchison Florence Great Bend Leavenworth Wichita and Marysville among others with service ranging from thirty-one to forty years. Also noted is Liberty Memorial high school's football team holding skull practice and chalk talks under Coach Higgins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
John G. Stutz
League of Kansas Municipalities
League
Newton
George , Keltsch
Atchison
Fred C. Stafford
A. R. Kane
Bexter Springs
George Albert Kent
Florence
I. B. Tharp
M.W
A. P
Stout
Hutchinson
J. W. Smith
Minneapolis
Joe S. Johnson
Osawahcmie
Harry Jonson
Wellington
W. BE
Sunderland
A. S. Brownewell
Wichita
Torry
Freman
H. H. McCall
Trayers
Liberty Memorial’ High School
Higgins
Maughlin Family Helped Build West Side Church
Rev. T. C. Maughlin and wife with four daughters visited Lawrence where their early work formed the church. He preached again this Sunday retired years, expressing continued interest and plans for larger, better work. Friday at 7:20 p.m. J. M. Cornelison, Pendleton missionary, speaks. Theo Garneli is a five-voice enthusiastic speaker. Public invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Side Presbyterian Church
T. C. Maughlin
Lawrence
Maughlin
City
Clyde Blair
Haskell
Blair
Hutchinson
Rev
Mrs. Maughlin
Cornelison
Pendleton
Oregon
Theo. Garneli
Died In Her Chair In Winfield
Mrs Sue Di Taylor wife of W S Pat Taylor a Cowley county orchardist was found dead this morning in her home in Winfield Death likely from heart trouble She leaves five children including Iona Taylor a Winfield High School teacher Also reports theft of a rocking chair from 1316 Kentucky Street and a bicycle collision involving John Louis Simons with Prof C E Birch as the driver The Ford coupe of A W Auld was found at the police station due to parking charges and high water delays work on a proposed intake project in the Arkansas Valley</s>
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. F. Davis
Rhode Island
Winfield
Sue di Taylor
W.S
Pat) Taylor
Cowley County
Taylor
Arkansas Valley
Iona Taylor
Russel
Kentucky Street
Jand
A. W. Auld
Worming
Chicago Grain and Livestock Market Report
Chicago early trading shows wheat prices edging up on favorable Canadian scrap demand with general gains across corn and oats. Cattle and hog quotes rallied unevenly in Chicago and Kansas City with steady to higher hogs and mixed cattle, while hay and potato markets also moved varying gains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Europe
Chicago Livestock
U.S. Dept. A
Westerday
Pitches Shut Out Game and Gets Homer
A United Press report follows roving players known as Hobos moving between Chicago and southern cities. It notes summer stays in Chicago’s “Hobo College,” discussions of literature, and a lifestyle of roaming between warm winters and cool summers. The piece observes itinerant men riding freight cars, seeking warmer climes, with many heading south via New Orleans and Galveston as they drift toward the tropics or the Orient.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bert M. Demby
United Press
Chicago
Hobo College
Emmerson
Milton
Plato
Sourates
Win
Hadeleven
South
New Orleans
Mobile
Galveston
Tropics
West Indies
Orient
Wise time payment caution from banking head
Alex Dunbar of the clearing house urges caution on extended credit in an address to the American Bankers Association. He warns that overuse of time payments risks moral and financial stability, urging banks to curb luxury credit while supporting prudent purchases. A separate item notes a police court car light violation and an advertisement for Mohair Living Room Suite at Ander’s, 639 Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Os Angeles
Mae
Savas
Alex Dunbar
Clearing House
America
Telander's
Massachusetts
Market Fears Spur Credit Short Covering Weakened
The text notes unsettled conditions in credit markets with short covering and muted reactions. It mentions line items at At Line Colorado and Sy gomery Ward and Dupont firms, with European currencies and French francs showing little change. Italian advances hovered, while Erie's private preferred rose above 50, and several indexes hit notable highs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Line
Colorado
Sygomery Ward
Dupont
Deming
Gaining Heights in New York Skyscraper Race Reaches New Peak
The article details how cities while pursuing the tallest structures see their leaders overtopped by newer towers. It notes New York’s ongoing ascent with the Woolworth and Book Tower precedents and describes shifts to design emphasis such as innovative floor plans lighting terra cotta exteriors and practical features to sustain prestige amid clustered skylines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United States
New York City
Ameriecan Surety
Woolworth
Detroit
America
Commerce
Court
Sen
Mattress Price Offers Seen at Local Store
A fragment advertises mattress prices including a Colton mattress for 6.94 and a Fotton mattress for 6.00 with trade offers. It also mentions various bedding items and a store display with assorted pricing and sizes. The garbled copy references razors and other items in a discount section.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colton
Fotton
Layver Cettion
Siti
Pankhursts Disagree Over Life and Politics
London dispatch reports Mrs Emmeline Pankhurst and her daughters embody the family’s split paths. Bill Pankhurst clings to militant suffrage opposing Communism, while Christabel pursues religious prophecy and a Second Advent tour. Sylvia leans with the Soviet movement, exposing a dramatic rift within a renowned activist clan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Emmelise Pankhurst
England
Tris
Mather
Bill Pankhurst
Sylgeeson
Etsi
Cheisiabel
Cremendousky
Ste
Christabel
Christebel Sis
Miss Pankhorst
Christ
Sylvia
Russia
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mrs
Carrie Devlin
TLAN
Methodist Women's Foreign Russionary Society
Prowler
J. _P. Davis
Hame Ca
Rhode Island Street
HH. O
Nate Sn
Havhis
Emily
Barocia
Telander
Massachusetts St
Yeaterday
David G. Sloane
Heral H. Tubbs
Denver
C."e. ‘Lindley
Tenewriter
Corona
Ashton
K. U
Hafey
Keon
Uardinals
Hoyt
Alrike
Combs
Koenig
Cardingle
Southworth
Gomhs
Ernsby Ap
Hornsby
Bottomley
Moran
Géhrie
Horns
Mar
John F. Watts
WV. C. Simons
Ottawa University
Ottawa
Victor “Wilson
Wade Cummings
Thei
Ewa
C. T.hobgh
E Si
Spaulding
Lyons
Kan
Des Molines
Thef
Grand
Army of ‘the Republic
Prith
Elgin
H. E. Lovejoy
Rocky Ford, Corp
Justice J. 0. Love-joy
John’ Louis
Simons
C.E. Birch
Tohn
Ats
U.S
Hay Market
Hay
Prairie
Get
U.S. Dept. of Ag
U. S
Butte
Hensie
Wall Street
United States Steel Common
Gary
American Smelting
Reading
New York Central
Atchison “Nickel Plate
Mack Truc Oe
Homer
Cardinal
Eesk
Louis
Ania York-Yankees
Bicaahre
Sinds
Pankhursts
Bolicks
Owen,Galen
Ware
F. J
Will Pendleton
J O. Wells
C. Thembs
Carl B. Perkins
H. Hunter
Bartéldes Seed Co
Ed T. Riling
H. W.kesne
C. D. Rogers
H.¥. Graff
JF. McClanahan
Art Weaver
Dr. Hamlin
E! Vanes
George Schultz
City Drug Store
Dr. Scholl
Scholtz
Schubert Mortuary
Mass
St. Phore
Limousine
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!