New Cars to Have Safety Features and Modern Comforts
New York opening to ten days away. Auto makers preview 1936 87 models with one piece bodies and cushioned front seats for safety. Cruising speeds 50 to 90, top over 120. Luxuries include running water, electric stoves, dishwashers, and streamlined radiators. Names of big three varied, with a pocket edition rumored in lower price range.
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New York
America
Automobile Manufacturers Association
Automobile Row
Rankin Reports Widespread Landon Support in East
R C Rankin and Mrs Rankin returned from New York where they attended the National Association of Ice Industries annual meeting. Rankin was reelected president of the western division and wore a Landon sunflower throughout the trip. He noted friendly recognition of the emblem and said people from porters to store clerks show interest in the Kansan and Republican candidate. The couple spent several days in Washington on the way home.
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R. C. Rankin
Mrs. Rankin
Washington
Heard in Lawrence at a lively political clash
A man challenged the idea of any president acting alone prompting a tall tale from a boy who named Jesse James. The Ten Year Ago column recalls Mrs. W. T. Courtney visiting the Eastern Star in Philadelphia at a Gold Star convention.
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Tean
Jesse James
W. T. Courtney
Order of the Eastern Star
Philadelphia
Order of the Gold Star
Beauty Pageant Tonight At Granada Theatre
Fifty local representatives will compete in a two night beauty pageant at the Granada theater presented by the Kansas Free Fair. The local winner earns a chance to enter a Miss America contest. Each night features a separate show beginning at 7:45.
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Granada Theater
S. E. Schwahn
Kansas Free Fair
Test Your Knowledge Quiz on the Classified Page
Seven quick questions from the classified page ask about coal leaders Hebrides circle area Merivale Richmond’s river Ascension Day Antioch anti zenith astronomy square rods per acre repeal amendment. Additional ads mention shoe repair insurance and eyewear services with names and contact details.
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United States
Hebrides
Herman Charles Merivale
Richmond
Antioch
Landon Challenge TOSSED At F D R
A fragment notes Landon attacking F D R and the administration. He insists economic policy harms farmers and claims a balanced budget can be maintained while opposing private monopoly. Landon calls for strengthened anti trust enforcement and jobs for the unemployed once policy certainty returns.
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Landon
Landon Campaign Mrs Landon to Join Governor in St Louis
Topeka October 30 Mrs Alf Landon described in a Seaton statement as receiving hundreds of telegrams and letters congratulating her on staying home during the campaign but planning to join Gov Landon in St Louis The 300 word note cites nightly phone calls and her remark that she has two small children to look after and wonders what mothering she would do on a train.
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Topeka
Kan
Alf M. Landon
Fred A. Seaton
Landon
St. Louis
Oil tanker leak blocks Massachusetts Street pavement
A tank truck leaked oil on Massachusetts Street, worsening at the Ninth Street intersection. Sand was spread by the street department to absorb the spill. No injuries reported and teaching ads follow.
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Massachusetts Street
Nineteenth Street
Ninth
Landon Roars Home In Topeka For Election Returns
In Topeka Kansas Governor Alf M Landon and family prepare to receive returns from the 1890 national race at the executive mansion while Roosevelt and family in Hyde Park New York monitor results by radio. The mansion with 15 rooms and a private ballroom cost 26000 when state bought it in 1901.
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Midwest
New York
Kansas
Alf M. Landon
Hyde Park
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Ladon
Landon
E. Bennett
Stone-Chain Surveying in the Virginia Mountains
Professor A M Ockerblad of the University of Kansas describes a faster more accurate surveying method for rough country in an Engineering News Record article. While with the US forest service he re ran Washington lines marking Fairfax holdings and noted Virginia rail fences abutting the Washington line. The new method increased accuracy fourfold and speed sixfold during mountain surveys.
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Virginia Mountains
A. M. Ockerblad
University of Kansas
Engineering News Record
Ockerblad
United States Forest Service
George Washington
Living Rocks
Virginia
Lord Fairfax
Ockerblade
Washington
Knowledge Hill Club Hosts Evening and Meetings
Knowledge Hill C H Thiry guest at sister Mrs P B Murphy Friday night. Knowledge Hill community club held an all day meeting with Mrs William Rice on Wednesday. Roll call What My Mother Taught Me. An Ireland paper by Mrs LaDuke and Murphy told a ghost story. Contest won by Mrs Joe Clough. Next meeting November 11 with Mrs John Canary. Mrs G L Houseworth attended birthday dinner for her mother Mrs Nichols near Windsor, Mo. Her mother’s 75th birthday. Mr and Mrs Irwin Young of Windsor brought her to her home. Callers Saturday at John Canary home Luther Anfred Nick Hunsinger Jack Reid. Mr and Mrs Jack Reid and children moved to McLouth. Mr and Mrs Jess Pyle visited nephew William Rice and family. Pyle running for probate judge Democrat ticket. Thelma Clough spent Thursday with Mrs William Rice. William Rice Farm Bureau at Homer Weeks home last Friday. Roll call autumn poem Stretching the Dollar lesson by Mrs Brune and Mrs Alford. William Jones family and Gordon guests at Williamstown.
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P. B. Murphy
Murphy
Knowledge Hill Community Club
William Rice
Ireland
LaDuke
Joe Clough
John Canary
G. L. Houseworth
Nichols
Windsor
Houseworth
Irwin Young
Luther
Frank Anfred
Nick Hunsinger
Jack Reid
Betty Lou
Herbert
Mary
McLouth
Jess Pyle
Pyle
Democrat
Thelma Clough
Oakridge Farm Bureau
Homer Weeks
Brune
Alford
William Jones
Marceline
R. Jones
Clifford Jones
James Gordon
Williamstown
Community Notes From McLouth Area Social Roundup
Mrs Jennie Hesse hosts as many attend a fall gathering. A McLouth delegation attends a Democratic supper in Osawatomie. Various residents visit Kansas City Topeka and Lawrence for family events health updates and religious activities.
Kimmel Family Returns from Oklahoma Trip
Alvin Means conducted business in Kansas City on Monday and Tuesday. Mr and Mrs H H Kimmel Les lie Kimmel Ray Kimmel and daughter Betty returned from a trip to Oklahoma Friday.
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Alvin Means
Kansas City
H. H. Kimmel
Leslie Kimmel
Ray Kimmel
Betty
Oklahoma
Hopewell and Independence Community News Highlights
A West Hopewell gathering hosted Mrs. May Gilbert of Cassadega New York with relatives, while other locals visited relatives in Ottawa Osage City Lawrence and Kansas City. Woodcutting neighbors helped Mr. A M Reser with timber for his winter supply. The Hopewell Country Club held its annual get together at the schoolhouse with a pot luck dinner and informal evening.
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W. H. Lucas
Ottawa
Arthur Rockhold
B. A. Hammond
Will Gorrill
Lawrence
Osage City
Drew Hammond
Claude Jardon
Kansas City
N. J. Jardon
Oscar Williams
Delta Tau
Phillip Millers
Will Vaughn
Maurice
Steve Speicher
Cecil Jordon
Frances Bailey
Clyde Puckett
Ruth Flory
Nettie Russell
Maurice Vaughn
Roy Merchant
Gretton Nichols
Francis Killbuck
George Reynolds
Tecumseh Howard
Lewis Tucker
Frank Johnson
Charlie Johnson
Herbert Williams
Loren Williams
Orville Puckett
Gerald Puckett
Ed Heaston
Herschel Ulrich
Frank Gleason
Carl Russell
Lee Newman
Steven Speicher
Howard Purvis
Ken Hammond
Glenn Lederer
Dan Johanning
Dan Shotwell
Hopewell Country Club
Hopewell
Local residents host gatherings and visits in town
Mrs Mit chell’s home sees guests for November events while Ada Williams and friends attend Ladies Aid. Mrs Williams and Mr Reser join others at a parish dinner. Visitors include Misa Waneta Morris in Kansas City and families from Lawrence to Monte Vista. Woodcutting for TL Snyder’s timber draws neighbors, with a large volunteer group and serving lunch at the Snyder home. Ralph Markham visits from Van Nuys, California during a week of community activities.
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Robert Mitchell
Misa Waneta Morris
Kansasity
Lenora Williams
Far! Williams, Jr
Ada Willams
Oscar
Steve Speicher
Speicher
Herman Butell
Anna Newman
Ada Williams
Arthur Reser
Ladies Aid
Ed Heaston
Leo Dyer
Monte Vista
Colo
FE. J. Merchant
W. H. Fassett
Merchant
Fassett
Ray Reynolds
Frank White
Lawrence
Henry Seele
Worden
Clara Geiss
Elizabeth Haas
Roy Merchant
Walter Dyer
Frances Bailey
C. N. Murry
Baldwin
TL. B. Snyder
Ienry Bailey
Ben Hammond
John Craig
Tecumseh Howard
Charles Vaughn
Oscar Williams
Herbert Williams
Lewis Tucker
Artie Winters
Ayron Holmes
Jack McMillan
von McMillan
Howard Purvis
Silas Harmon
Arnold Craig
Dale McMillan
Chester McMillan
Eart Lederer
Kermit Camel
Earl White
William
Market News Hogs Slide in Kansas City Trade
Kansas City livestock market reports hog prices slipping, with slow sales and steady pressure lowering prices by about 15 cents in today's session. Traders note weaker demand and ample supply impacting overall pork markets.
Market Flattened Trade For Livestock And Grains
Sows at 7.50 to 8.50, few up to .65, stock beef scarce. Cattle listing 1,000 calves, 500 killing, demand slow to weak in cleanup trade. high grade steers down. butcher cows 4.50 to 5.00, low cutters 2.00 to 4.20. stockers and feeders unchanged with broad weekend clearance. Sheep 2,000 native lambs steady, range lambs down 7, ewes weak to 5, range lambs 8.25. fat natives 3.20 to 3.25. Kansas City Cash Grains mixed. feeds and wheats varied with nearby futures showing little change. No. 2 red and white wheats quoted, maize prices weaker, Kansas City and regional prices cited with fluctuating bids.
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Elassen
Market notes and grain bids from October 30 era
Prices show No 1 red wheat at 65 to 744 cents over, No 2 red 534 to 614, No 3 white corn 15 to 19, and No 2 yellow corn 17% to 73 cents over. Also listed are government bond closes with Treasuries ranging from 3% June to 2% March and a Chicago potato market snapshot with US USDA readings and various regional prices.
McLouth honors football homecoming queen Letha Chapman
Miss Letha Jane Chapman daughter of Mr and Mrs A C Chapman of McLouth was chosen homecoming queen for a second year to preside at the game with Ottawa by Baker university students she is a sophomore Mrs Jim Bell hosted the second meeting of the All Sen club at her mother’s home
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A. C Chapman
McLouth
Baker University
Ottawa
Jim Bell
All Sen
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