The Garments of Christ and WPA Debate in Kansas
In a Kansas recap, Paul Leth, 18, of Washington wins the Star Farmer of America title at the American Royal after starting with sixteen pigs five years ago, while WPA politics unfold as Reno county Democrats push for more political influence in Kansas relief work. Evan Griffith counters by stressing nonpartisan WPA oversight, and a Bloomington Friends meeting notes no Quakers on relief rolls, praising self sufficiency.
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Jesus Christ
Paul Leth
Washington, Kan
Star Farmer of America
American Royal Ieee
Reno County
WPA
Kansas
Reno
Evan Griffith
Griffith
Society of Friends
Bloomington
Ind
Douglas County
Ethiopia Crisis and European Balancing Act
The piece discusses Ethiopia's peril amid Britain and Italy as they seek to maintain relations while pursuing Ethiopia. Haile Selassie’s forces face modern armies despite rough terrain, risking the empire’s fate if it cannot be saved. The note also hints at economics and WPA challenges, and a lighter aside on grand opera funding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ethiopia
Great Britain
Italy
Europe
Haile Sélassie
City to create public health nurse office in Lawrence
The city commission passed an ordinance last night establishing a city public health nurse position with a secretary. The nurse will be elected by the commission for a two year term. previously the nurse was hired without city official status. Also announced were winners of an Elks sponsored Old Ironsides essay contest in city schools with Alta Vista Bear at Liberty Memorial High School and Rachel Hughes and John Louis Riling winning at junior and elementary levels respectively.
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City of
Lawrence
Order of Elks
Alta Vista Bear
Liberty Memorial High School
Rachel Hughes
John Louis Riling
Woodlawn
Kansas City
Bagnell
Linn Creek
Missouri
Power Company
Elmer Weibel
E. C. Bussing
Midland
Weibel
Tonganoxie
John Black
F. H. Hodder
Bridge
Chester Woodward
A. B. Mitchell
George Docking
Robert Blackwell Docking
Harold Longenecker
Harold Stewart
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
William Jr. Dean
Frank T. Stockton
Robert Stansbury
Mr. Stockton
New Officers Elected At Local Society Meeting
Bratton and the treasurer John Foster preside as Ernest Pontius becomes president Elwood Shultz vice president Hugo Rumsey secretary and Kenneth Forney treasurer. Attendance from Sept 1 1924 to Sept 1 1925 totals 2248. Foster has not missed a Sunday in four years. Hostesses Miss Martha Rayhill Miss May Bruner Mrs Ruby Howland and Miss Edith Wolgamott entertained the Methodist Guild last night at Miss Wolgamott’s home. Louis Kent named senior class editor at Lawrence High School annual with Harold Standin chosen business manager and Mildred Newman faculty adviser.
Farm House Fire on Grovenor Farm in Grant Township
Fire destroyed the six room house occupied by Fred Martin on the Grovenor farm in Grant township after attic flames spread from the chimney. Neighbors spotted the blaze as the Martins were warned. Additional notes mention Lawrence High’s 6 to 5 football win at Ottawa and various local movements and readings on residents and editors in Lawrence.
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Fred. Martin
Grovenor
Grant Township
Wilson Martin
Fred Martin
W. H. Johns
G. Groveror
Lawrence
Lawrence High
Salome Stout
Pioneer Telephone Co
Oklahoma City
Agnes Greenlees
Maggie Bell Lone
Nat Berry
Roy Henley
Tonganoxie
Ed Martindale
Emporia Journal
Arthur Wilson
Kansas City
Rhode Island Street
Wilson
Duplex Printing Press Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Bert Irwin
St. Joe
San Francisco
Honolulu
Ed Irwin
The
Advertiser
Revival and social notes from Baldwin and university events
Fortyth years ago notices report a revival with sixty students at the mourner’s bench in Baldwin. Julia Marlowe in As You Like It eyed by Friends in Council next Wednesday in Kansas City. Diphtheria outbreaks prompt quarantine at Fogle’s 817 Rhode Island street. Adna Clarke injures both ankles leaping to light lamps. James Miller sells sewing machines to Olin Bell, who opens a repair shop over the music store. Eva Scholer of Wamego visits Miss Jeanette Wheeler on Kentucky street. Mrs. H. Bulmer returns from Little Rock and St. Louis, Mrs. Robert Clarke of South Bend visits. illness of brother Jean prompts early return. Governor Morrill speaks at University chapel, then departs after brief address. Lawrence bicycle riders invited to Topeka Halloween carnival with prizes for costumes. Commemoration Day honors Gov Charles Robinson, Prof D H Robinson, and Judge S S Thacher with remarks by Cordley, Chancellor Snow, and Humphrey.
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Baldwin
Friends In Council
Kansas City
Julia Marlowe
Fogle
Rhode Island Street
Adna Clarke
James Miller
Olin Bell
Mr. Bell
Eva Scholer
Wamego
Jeanette Wheeler
Kentucky Street
H. Bulmer
Little Rock
St. Louis
Robert Clarke
South Bend
Ind
Jean
Morrill
Gov. Morrill
Lawrence
Topeka
Judge Fined for Riding On Running Board
Galena Kansas police judge Charles Scott paid a $1 fine after riding on the running board of a friend’s car was spotted by police chief Fred Dugan. The incident occurred as the judge accepted a ride up a hill leading to the violation of a city ordinance. The judge assessed the fine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galena
Kan
Charles Scott
Fred Dugan
Seismograph Crews Move Into Kansas Oil Search
New seismograph crews have been moved into northwest Kansas and eastern Colorado for exploration work in the search for oil. Extensive leasing has been reported in this part of the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goodland Goodland
Kan
Kansas
Colorado
Family Tensions Spur Hidden Strife at Farnsworth Dinner
Anne Farnsworth senses unease as her father Luke and Rob Crocker clash over fishing policy at the Farnsworths’ home. A tense dinner unfolds amid questions about business ethics, fish trap favors, and a looming closed season, with hidden motives and family tensions surfacing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anne Farnsworth
Astoria
Rob Crocker
Teela Sorki
Anne
Rob
Christopher Columbus Crow Leads Odd Meeting At Cave
A whimsical tale features Christopher Columbus Crow attempting to chair a meeting of animals inside a bear cave. Top Notch the rooster opposes the idea of a human style chair, Jelly Bear urges focus on the agenda, and Willy Nilly’s presence is debated before Jelly Bear speaks on the day’s plan and food.
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Christopher Columbus Crow
Jelly Bear
Christopher
Top Notch
Willy Nilly
Christopher Columbus
Crow
Bears
Chronic hives demand long diagnostic search and tests
The article outlines how acute hives are easy to diagnose and treat but chronic hives require extensive testing. It notes possible bloodwork parasite checks metabolism studies lung X rays and Elimination diets. It also mentions scratch tests and individualized treatments including calcium and shock therapy with typhoid vaccine or autologous blood reinjection.
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Hrlan
Pink hippo at Central Park Zoo on one daily meal
New York City reports that Rose the pink hippopotamus at the Central Park Zoo is on a diet of 50 pounds of vegetables per day with occasional apples, down from a previous double amount. In Kansas City a theater incident ended with a pistol discharge, as 18 year old William Richards and companion Cleo McKay faced the accidental shooting.
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New York
Rose
Central Park Zoo
Kansas City
William Richards
Cleo McKay
Tearful scene as tear gas bomb accidentally released in Manitowoc
In Manitowoc during rush hour restaurateur Alex Theodoru cried as Sheriff Max Miller Jr paid his bill after a small tear gas device slipped from the sheriff’s pocket. Patrons and waitresses shared the moment amid gas fumes. A fashion note described a double breasted coat seen in evidence in Judge Eugene J Holland's court involving John Mitchell, 23, accused of poking through a slit to steal quarters from streetcar coin machines.
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Manitowoc
Wis
Alex Theodoru
Max Miller, Jr
Chicago
Eugene J. Holland
John Mitchell
John Howe
Local Motor Crash Leaves Two Women Hospitalized
Mrs. Della Crossy of St. Louis and Mrs. Ray Reed of Frankfort were in a Junction City hospital after their car lost control and struck a tree north of town. Both suffered broken noses and cuts to the head and face. Senator Capper praised St John’s golden jubilee progress and 4-H work. Farmers urged to vote on corn hog allotment referendum with caution, weighing cooperative regulation versus market ruinous prices.
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Junction City
Della Crossy
St. Louis
Ray Reed
Frankfort
Kan
Here
St. John
Arthur Capper
Capper
Manhattan
G. R. Jacard
Kansas State College Extension Service
Washington Daybook highlights spending as 1936 campaign issue
Washington insiders tie revenue shortfall for July to October to AAA tax disputes and court proceedings. Lewis Douglas assaults the administration’s spending, signaling a major campaign focus on budget balance. Republicans praise Landon’s balanced-state budgeting as the national voice shifts toward trimming expenditures and tightening revenues. Also notes a vast pine seed crop in the south, a Kansas ghost town, and Pratt Kingard completing a 4,000 mile bicycle trip through Mexico.
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Washington
Treasury
Lewis Douglas
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Douglas
House
Alfred M. Landon
Kansas
Landon
Solon
McLOUTH Tom Minney dies at home in Kansas
Tom Minney died at 9 30 Tuesday morning at the home of Mr and Mrs Ian Edmonds. He had been an invalid for many years. Numerous neighbors and relatives visited and attended services for Albert Edmonds and the Bradford family as neighbors for years.ɤ
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Tom Minney
Ian Edmonds
Minney
Albert Edmonds
E. W. Bradford
Mr. Edmonds
Bradfords
Edmonds
Marlin Cox
Wichita
Theodore Cox
Salisbury
Frank Morrill
Hiawatha
Lucille Roos
Will Woodhead
Hoyt
Pete Bummett
W. L. Bummett
William Edmonds
C. E. Casebier
Ft. Stockton
Tex
R. B. Jones
G. M. Casebier
H. E. Nagle
Kansas City
Roy Bradford
Tonganoxie
Ed Bradford
W. F. Ayres
H. E. Nagel
JSON
John
Frank Perry
George Keil
Agnes Black
Myrna Brammell
McPherson
Audrey Davison
Williamstown
G. M. Tasebier
St. Stockton, Tex
Ella Jones
Allen Casebier
Howard Shaw
Jeanne Campbell
Clara Macall
Oskaloosa
Bud Blair
William
Ivy
Jerry Wilfred
Irvan
Walter Thomp
Maude Black
Olive
Dick Metzger
Frankie
Ralph Shrader
Cal Elliott
Vincent Crawshaw
Denver
Cecil Luce
Elmer Luce
C. C. Luce
Valley Falls
Louise Bradford
Mildred 3Aer
Doris Edmonds
Bethel Graham
I. N. H. Brammell
Effie Denny
Jane Pervin
Garber
Okla
Emma Carson
Okanche
W. H. Ritchie
Selma Affitt
Harry
Alice Bates
James Denny
Ed Truke
Violet LaFlinche
Everett Denny
S. A. Meyers
E. S. Farris
Ed Moore
John Smithers
Evelyn Porter
Garnett
M. E. Parsonage
Del
Alvin Means
E. C. Chapman
William Haltom
Sterling
A. A. Haltom
E. C. Steeper
Harold Steeper
Lawrence
Radio Programs Thursday Evening October 24 Schedule
Radio listings show hourly lineups across stations WREN KMBC WDAF WIAF and others for Thursday night October 24 with acts from Sing Lady and Dick Tracy to orchestras led by Claude Hopkins and Henry, plus dramas Kansas City and national program blocks. Notable names include Jimmie Allen Kate Smith Dorothy Lamour Rudy Vallee and Roy Shields with multiple orchestra appearances and a late night weather forecast.
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Wren
KMAC
Dick Tracy
Dorothy Frooks
Totten
KMBC
Tattler’s
Phil Regan
Wiaf—Popeye
Sailor
Howard Ely
WDAF
Jimmie Alien
Kate Smith
Dick Fidler
Hooke Carter
Hendrik Willem van Loon
Rudy Vallee
Idy Bergman
Orch
J— Nickelodeon
William Daly
J. Hamilton
Capt. Henry
Walter O'Keefe
Kmrbrc
Detroit
Horace Heidt
Paul Whiteman
Pittsburgh
Roy Shields
KMBBC
Strange Ag
Amos
N’ Andy
More
Claude Hopkins
Orchismarck
Chas
Dornberger
Earl Hines
WDAK
Tom Mix
SMT Citizens League
Kmhceth Grainer
Ck Armstrong
Opy Gearden
Jimmie Allen
Poothall
Rally
Roake Carter
Roger
College
Kc—Hallywood
Commerce Trust
Richard Himber
IAF
Ieal
Wren—X
Mary Eastman
Dorothy Lamour
Mort
Marge
Wren—Durr Adam
WDA
Nric Madriguera
KMRC
Jerry Freeman
Irsse Crawford
Wren—Shandos
Emibance
Vanity Fair
Billy Lesser
WD Hotel Cosmopolitan Orch
Henry King
Freddie Bergin
KFKU
A. R. Elbel
James Walsmith
KE. M. Hopkins
George Oster
K. U
Karl G. Knersteiner
Kidney Flush Cure Ad Claim Doan's Pills
An old advertisement touts Doan's Pills promising to help kidneys flush out three pounds of waste daily. It claims nature provides over fifteen miles of kidney tubes and warns of danger signals like backache and fatigue if kidneys fail to eliminate two pints of urine daily. It urges asking a druggist for Doan's Pills, used for over forty years.
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Dean
Doan
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Sansome
Los Angeles
New Orpheum
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Walton
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Sadie Cleland
Congregational Sunday School
Leonard ,O'Bryan
Jack Popplewell
W. L. Hilley
C. E. Mott
Verl
Poor PA
Claude Callan
Jim
Namin
Publishers Syndicate
Charles Robinson
D. H. Robinson
O. Thacher
Richard Cordley
Charles. Robinson
Snow
Prof
Robinson
James V. Humphrey
Thacher
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Happy Family
Sharlee
Charlotte Farnsworth
Lee
Mabel
Mabel Farley
Lee Farnsworth
Tom
Tom Farley
Farnsworths
Lake
Portland
Luke
Luke Farnsworths
Lucinda
Miina
Luke Farnsworth
Jeanne Bowman
Farnsworth
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Mary Graham Bonner
New York Academy of Medicine
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Laredo
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