American Royal Opens Tomorrow
Kansas City reports the American Royal livestock and horse show opening tomorrow for an eight day run. Stockmen from 20 states enter 2,500 animals for premiums totaling 75,000 as 173,000 visitors expected. The show features prize draft horses, beef cattle, dairy cows, swine, sheep, and poultry with a vaudeville horse exhibit. 4-H and vocational agriculture students participate, praising the event as a new deal.
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Kansas City
UPI
Midwest
Animal Kingdom
Frank Servacious
James C. Swift
Farm Youth
Servacious
Missouri
Kansas
Oklahoma
Roland Elling
Clyde Randauist
Harold Shull
Riley County
W. L. Nelson
Columbia
Thief Tamps Locks Steals Cash in Williamsport Office Row
A thief tampered with locks in five city offices above police headquarters in Williamsport and stole about $160 plus checks from other offices in the same block. He counted the loot on a bench outside the county detective’s office at the courthouse, leaving some checks for the detective. Beggar's Bank Goes Begging follows in Philadelphia with Johnny Prennan.
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Associated Press
Williamsport
Flattering black backet dress pattern No 2598
A feminine black novelty woolen backet dress with satin crepe upper, designed for sizes 14 through 18 years and busts 35 to 40 inches. Material needs listed for size 16, along with pattern price, ordering details, and Fall Winter Fashion Book offer from The Lawrence Journal-World.
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Lawrence Journal-World
Fifth Ave
New York
N. Y
Collapse of Wholesale Prices After Three Panics
A Topeka report notes price collapses following three major panics. The item mentions Mrs. Fred Neely and local social updates, including births, visits, and community notes across Overbrook, Topeka, Manhattan, and Ottawa University. Obituary details include W. T. Dickson 81, longtime Kansas resident and former Kansas State Grange officer, with relatives in Kinneyville and Phoenix.
Kinney Family Rites Held In Overbrook
Funeral services for Mrs Kinney were conducted at the Overbrook Methodist Church with burial in Overbrook Cemetery. Surviving relatives include three daughters, three sons, 13 grandchildren and five great grandchildren, plus siblings and in-laws from Overbrook and Idaho Falls. Marian Vann won a Kansas prize in a Swift Packing Co 4 H contest and earns a Chicago trip during the International Livestock Show week. The Anderson Raible Post of the American Legion met in Richland to plan a banquet in Overbrook October 21 for Preston Dunn. The Thimble club met with Mrs Valentine hosting and guests from Topeka.
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Kinney
Bertha Garrett
Clyde Dickson
Overbrook
Charles
Idaho Falls
Idaho
Marian Vann
Kansas
Swift Packing Company
Chicago
Marian
Anderson Raible
American Legion
Richland
Preston Dunn
State of
J. W. Valentine
Thimble Club
Holcomb
Topeka
Clarence Coursen
Robert
Mike Fisher
Cleveland Clark
Mary. Bryson
Lickskiller
Gertrude Miles
Nebraska
Mahalia Marshall
Mackey Community Club Hosts Friday Meeting
Evelyn Collins of Wakarusa visited her aunt Mrs Raymond Gardner last Friday. A Wesley Foundation picnic and treasure hunt was held by Kansas University Wesley students with Mrs Rev Edwin Price leading. Lorene Fairbairn and Veretta Fairbairn were dinner guests of the Clifford Reusch family in Lawrence on Sunday. Louis Fairbairn and Miss Gibson planned to attend the state meeting in Manhattan Sunday evening. The Mackey community club will meet Friday, with Tonganoxie youths on the program. City of Kansas trained at a local hospital spent Sunday with brother Thomas Cawley. Various local visits and birthday celebrations noted among area families.
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Fred Neely
Topeka
Claudine Miller
Washburn College
A. M. Hart
Milburn Taylor
Benham, Ky
Taylor
Rosa Hart
Carol Hart Taylor
H.R. Hampshire
Mary Louise
Dave Umberger
Manhattan
Overbrook
Vern Eberly
Roy Eberly
Avis
Dana Hobson
Near Baldwin
Harold Flory
Chloe Wright
Church of the Brethren
Lone Star
Glenn Dodder
Bobby
John Dodder
Ardelle Baker
Russell Baker
Players’ Club
Ottawa University
Charles Ware
San Angelo
Tex
Ed Moss
Florence Benander
Otto Brentlinger
O. A. Barnes
Betty Lou Weil
Junior Hesseltine
Maple Hill
E. E. Patterson
Laura Hart
Junction City
John Herlan
Burlingame
Ed Lee
del Herlan
James Sullivan
Johnny Friend
Hurricane Grange
Osage County
Harry Dickson
Phoenix
Ariz
Dickson
Evelyn Collins
Wakarusa
Raymond Gardner
Gardner
Frank Bereiter
Kansas City
Lorene Fairbairn
Wesley Foundation
Wesley Students of
Kansas University
Edwin Price
C. S. Fairbairn
Lorene
Vernetta Fairbairn
Montgomery County
Miss Gibson
Independence
Clifford Reusch
Lawrence
Miss Fairbairn
Mackey Community Club
Tonganoxie
Amy Cawley
Kansas
City
Thomas Cawley
Cawley
Clinton Park
H. L. Chambers
Ross Stanwix
George
Buck Creek
J. C. Hemphill
Nannie Charlton
Death of beggar with no heirs noted by judge
Judge Charles Sinkler reported the beggar died without heirs and left a bank balance of 792 dollars. The clipped notes mention nuptials, hospital settings, and multiple Kansas events including marriages, a car crash in Morrill, and a three to one male to female student ratio at Colorado State College in Fort Collins.
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City Hall
Charles Sinkler
Stag
Fort Collins
Colo
Colorado State College
Indian Summer Again Topeka Oct 18
New early morning readings show frosty northwest breezes easing as Indian summer lines up for a return. Robb notes plains warming through today and tomorrow with upper seventies generally by tomorrow. Rainfall ends. several towns report inches in downpours overnight. England dinner trend shifts back to hot meat meals at home amid meat traders federation view.
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Topeka
Canada
Kansas
Mercury
Goodland
Edmonton
A. D. Robb
United States
Plains
Modena
Utah
Robb
Walnut
Blue Rapids
Centralia
Wheaton
Parsons
England
London
National Federation of Meat Traders Associations
Pleasant Valley Community News Highlights
Pleasant Valley notes reflect Old Settlers reunion in Baldwin, visits from Mrs Flynn and son Bobbie and Mrs Burns of Liberty Missouri, wheat sowing and silo work, Farm Bureau gathering in Lawrence, P T A meeting slated October 18, Holcom elected delegate to Farmers Union, and multiple visits among local families including the O Keefe and Dunigan households with a trip to State Lake at Tonganoxie.
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A. L. Holcom
Old Settlers
Baldwin
Dunigan
Tonganoxie
Crissie Richardson
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Beggar's Bank
Philadelphia
Johnny Prennan
Warren & Pearson
Margaret Ayres
William A. Ayres
Wichita
Federal Trade Commission
Congress
Fifth
Mackey
MacDermott
Scottsbluff
Kan
J. W. Swanson
Morrill
Neb
Methodist Hospital
Grace Mae Morris
William R. Rhea
Larned
Laverne Smith
Christ’s Hospital
Felix Ernest
Seattle
Victor Seaborg
Frank Gavin
Gavin
Clebourne
Farmers Union_insurance
Ottawa
Morgan
Johnnie
Huron
Roy N. Baker
Baker
Clyde Flory
Rennie Hupp
Tom Hupp
John Durst
C. F. Burk
Los Angeles
Calif
C. L. Knapp
Herbert Valentine
A. W. Allen
Burns
Hugh Allen
Henry Raible
Hughson
Ed Raible
P. A. van Ess
K. L. Peck
Frank Karnes
5. L. Craig Jana
Cora Karnes
Karnes
Pleasant Valley
Remova
THE
Pontiac
Fisher
Gmaethest
Pontiac Motor Company
Michigan
Eary G
Wiedemann Motor Sales
New Hampshire
St. Lawrence
Philco
Europe
Philia
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