Liberty Legion Post Elects Officers At Annual Meeting
The Liberty American Legion post held their annual election last night electing Harry W. Frazee as commander succeeding Olin J. Fearing. Fitzpatrick became vice commander and Walter McClain the finance officer with Rev Eva Edwards as chaplain. Frank McFarland of Topeka guest speaker described the Kansas children’s work funded by Legion efforts and the billet at Legionville near Independence as a temporary home with much love and ongoing Auxiliary support.
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Liberty Post
Liberty Post Auxiliary
Frank McFarland
Topeka
Kansas
W. D. McLen
Dan Dabney
Independence
Babe
McLean
Legionvalle
Legion
Mr. McFarland
Kent
Centenary of Matt W Ransom Birth Noted Amid Birthday Anniversaries
A 75th anniversary marks the Hudson River railroad opening between New York and Albany. Elbert H Gary of United States Steel turns 80. American Legion national convention opens headquarters in Philadelphia this week. Matthew Fleming, once invalided from the Civil War era US forces, reaches 100 at Port Townsend. Rev Tertius Van Dyke moves from Park Avenue Presbyterian to head a church in Washington in a formal installation today.
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Matt W. Ransom
U. S
North Carolina
Hudson River
New York
Albany
Elbert H. Gary
United Steel Corporation
Philadelphia
the American Legion
Matthew Fleming
United States
Port
Townsend
Tertius van Dyke
Park Avenue Presbyterian Church
Washington
Balloon tires fail desert trek in Central Asia expedition
Roy Chapman Andrews reports balloon tires proved gas hogs on the Central Asiatic Expedition, reducing mileage and adding friction. They failed to perform through desert sands and rugged mountains, prompting a shift to hard-card tires for summer travel.
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Glevrland. O
Central Asiatic
Roy Chapman
Andrews
United Bress
Lamp and Bridge Lamps Ad Offer Inexpensive Shades
An advertisement touts a bridge lamp with polychrome base and double lined shade priced at 9.75. It highlights adjustable shade and other special prices on Junior amps and bridge lamps, with contact at Telander's. A note mentions a new shorthand class starting at the Business College night school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Telander
Adv
Business College
Eproll
The
Lawrence Business, College
Corsican Bandit Romanetti Assassinated in Ambush
A Paris-dated report recounts Romanetti, famed Corsican bandit, killed in a late night ambush after defying gendarmes for two decades. The killer, unnamed for safety, describes planning with police support, choosing a narrow defile near Ajaccio, and firing as Romanetti rode into view, the bandit felled by two heart shots.
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Paris
United Press
Roman Letti
An Lamibush
Romanetti
France
Maquis
Tavk
Ajaccio
Armistice Coach to become permanent memorial at Armistice Cross Roads
The famous railway coach in which the Armistice was signed in 1918 will be preserved as a memorial at Retherides. An American donor funds a permanent upkeep, and the interior will be restored to its 1918 appearance when Marshal Foch received German emissaries. French subscribers guarantee ongoing support. Also announced: Rutter's Repair Shop at 1623 Kentucky Street, Carl Rutter to continue the family business serving the community. The horse foot as a mechanism is noted among ingenious structures. City Drugstore promotes Original Malted Milk by phone.
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Bethondes
Faris
Retherides
Foch
Rutter
Lawrence
Kentucky Street
Carl Rutter
I C
the Rutter
Sutit
Kentucky
Street
Christian Church Offers Sunday Services in Lawrence
The weekly pages list morning services at First Christian Church corner 10th and Ki with A Richard minister and a 11:00 sermon The day includes junior church supervised by Mrs Albert Williams and a 5:30 social for university students Plymouth Congregational Trinity Lutheran and Second Christian Church schedule services with sermons music and a planned Sunday School rally A city-wide church rally and financial drive are noted with specific giving requests and dates for participation
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Ki Qhas
A. Richard
A.J. Wood
Albert
Williams
Christian Endeavor
Geneva
League of ‘Nations
Europe
Lee Green
First Baptist Church
North Lawrence
R. S. Jones
House of Prayer
Plymouth Congregational Church
Alfred D. Grey
Raymond H. Wheeler
Karl Klooz
Sertice
Plymouth Church
Trinity Lutheran
Charles A
Markley
Lawrence
Worden Evangelical Church
Ieee
Walter Oehrle
An al A. m
Paul B. Law
the. Kansas University
Nettie’ Heinen
John Patterson
Eurora
India
Church Lawn
Christian’ Endeavor
Harold
Rappard
Seybold
Sand
Quartette
Ae .C. Fy Weidensaul
Second Christian Church
Tenn
Sims
Rev. Jones
the. First. Baptist's
Brackett School Monthly Report for Oct 1 1926
School notes show 17 pupils enrolled with 11 on time and 11 with perfect attendance. Reading list includes Peter and Polly in Spring and Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm. Activities feature songs, recitations, and patriotic programs led by Gailen Arnott, Dorothy Hazlett, and others, plus various visits and community notes.
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Brackett School
Gailen Arnott
Dorothy Hazlett
Archillis Fleming
Max Reeves
Letha. Dillon
Milton McClung
Esther Love
Pauline Richards
Grant Love
Lucile Love
Laverne Dillon
Peter
Polly
Rebecca
Sunnybrook
Billy
Jane
Mag
Puff
Continents
Francis Willard Day
Lucile’ Love
Frances Willard
Mrs. Davis
Letha Dillon
Olive “Maude Evens
Lincoln
Gailen Arnold
Ax Reeves
Myrtlé Weaver
Arches Fleming
Esther
Love
Milton McChing
America
Davis
IX. U
A. Holloway
Lodi
Calif
W.P. Martin
Holloways
Barker
California
Warren Ridley
Aude Evans
Robert Ridlry
Ernest Richards
Pauline
Big Springs
Mr. Glark
Sood River
Ore
Lee Coleman
Martin
Emmal Walker
Lawrence
C. oLe McClung
J . Robert. Hird
Kansas City
Thomas
Yeoman
Arnott
Meeting of W C T U weighs religious training and Prohibition
At the Kennard W C T U meeting led by Mrs Rebecca Hemphill in the Chamber of Commerce on Oct 4 discussions centered on promoting religious education amid Prohibition. Rev Charles Richards argued religious instruction must be church led, not state run, urging Bible time in schools and expanded Sunday school and Vacation Bible School programs.
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Kennard W. C. T
Chamber of Commerce
Rebecca Hemphill
Chas. Richard
First Christian Church
U.S
Kansas
Big Hle
Rex. Richards
Qwe
Oregon
Hall
Salvage department at McCook field preserves aircraft parts
A.P. report describes the salvage department at Dayton Ohio’s McCook field where any airplane deemed safe for future service or repair is stripped of valuable parts. Discarded ships lose valuables while unneeded metal scraps are sold as junk. Separately Tune detectives in London pursue protection of upcoming musical shows against pre state use of tunes with the Embassy Club implicated. Local students toured the Mitchel farm irrigation system as part of vocational agriculture class.
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Dayton,.c
A.P
Ore Air Service
Tune Detectives
London
Tune Deectives
Peggy Prim Shops Delights and Local Sales Preview
The faded ad fragment notes Peggy Prim offering creamed chicken sandwiches at the Blue Mill and hints of upcoming steak roasts. It mentions New York cleaners, bulk chocolates at Reesh's Drug Store, and The Thimble Theatre Tea Room open in the afternoon. It also references fashion items like vests collars cuffs and tavited attire for a date night.
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Theatre
Local ads offer Hoover vacuum and cheap ham bargains
An assortment of 1940s style classified notices touts Hoover vacuum cleaners with a down payment of five dollars and easy monthly terms, plus a wave service at Vanity Beauty Shop. Also advertised are fresh picnic hams at Edmunds Market, a new Detroit Jewel gas range shipment from Green Bros, and various small goods at Rankin’s Drug Store and Sox Man’s Sandwich Shop.
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Kansas
Edmunds
Mss. St
Green Bros
Peggy Prim
Royalty Rise at Early London Holiday Shooting Scene
Royalty participates in a royal holiday scene with King and Queen Mary at a London residence. Guests are awakened by pipes, breakfast follows, and plans for a hunt are discussed. The King enjoys a song while guests observe a busy domestic routine and a new typing class announcement appears.
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London
Earby -Dinney
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Liberty Legion Post
Fragee
Max Krone
Pernoval
United Electrical Power Coreporation
Westfalia
Germany
Middle West
Vertfalia
City Drugstore
Ross Rowell
Russell’Maughan
San Francisco
Quantico
Eero
Pak
San Diego
Cal
St. Louis
Lawton
Oklo
Ind
Southern Airways
Righ
W. J. Wallace
C.C. Jerome
Carl, Jr
Wayne Hird
Ernest. Richards
John Levett
Ottawa
Woman's, Federation, of Clubs
AL Telephone
Haris Dewitt
Arnold Fralick
Reeves
P. Arnott
A.B
Leland Lewis
J. R. Wood
Jora’ Haughn
Rev. Richards
W. Cot. UL
L. C . Railroad
L. A. Downs
Charles H. Markham
Illinois’. Central Railway
Lawrence A. Downs
Road
I. G
Mitchel Farm
Mitchel
Blue ‘Mill
FHE - Newtyork Cleaners
Reesh’s Drug Store
Mass
Kirby| Cleaners
Tutcher
Rankin’s
Soxman’s
Rankin's Drug Store
Inc. T
OUR Service
Reusch
the Makers
F. B. McCallech Druggist
Mass. Street
Dodson
East 8Th Street
Conoco
Continental Oil Company
Arkansas
Colorado
Idaho
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
New Mexico
Oklahoma
South Dakota
Utah
Wyomi
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