Water Kansas fifth for win in unusual relay note
Water Kansas finish noted a fifth place for a win tied to a $100 stake amid scattered farm and local items. A large bull snake was found trapped by a cave-in at Haskell dike south of town and was dispatched after injury. Journal-World ad asks readers to rent a vacant room. Romanian maize crop outlook lifts expectations for harvest with 5.8 million tons projected, well above 1930 and second largest in history.
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Haskell Dike
Here
Rumania
Ycharest
Tod
Ruth Bryan Owen Writes New Book on Public Speaking
Washington dispatch reports Representative Ruth Bryan Owen debuts as an author with Elements of Public Speaking. Foreword by Yale orator William Lyon Phelps lauds her claims that public speaking can be learned, not gifted, and highlights anecdotes from her own lecture experiences and her father William Jennings Bryan.
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Washington
Ruth
Bryan Owen
Bryan
William Jennings Bryan
William Lyon Phelps
Yale University
Owen
Miami University
New Crown Manager Lee Leger Succeeds Garich at Store
Lee Leger is named manager of the Lawrence Crown drug store succeeding E. J. Garich who is transferred. Leger has served as assistant manager for three years and attends the University medical school. He withdraws from school temporarily to devote full time to store management for the next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Leger
Lawrence Crown
E. J. Garich
Leger
Kansas Heat Wave Persists With 100 Degree Readings
Topeka dispatch reports Kansas enduring a September heat wave with temperatures 100 degrees or higher across the state. Meteorologist D. Flora notes limited relief expected by Wednesday as partly cloudy conditions persist.
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Mercury
Weather Bureau
Kansas
Topeka
Flora
Freshman girl shoots self to avoid school
A 17 year old Cincinnati girl Ely Eu nice reportedly shot herself in the abdomen to avoid attending Woodward High School. Surgeons say she likely will die. Before losing consciousness she told her brother she preferred death to school.
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Cincinnati
Eunice Ely
General Hospital
Woodward High School
Clifford
Baldwin notices reveal moves and visits this fall
Judge E C Arnold and his daughter Marjorie from Nashville plan Miss Arnold’s fall entry to Baker University. Arnold, a Baker alumnus of 1906, is dean of Vanderbilt University Law School. Gordon Thompson of Topeka arrives to enter Baker as a freshman. Mrs Ray Corn sells her beauty shop to Thomas Reid of Kansas City, who will be joined by Mary Bedwander. Reid will open a shop in Independence, Kansas. Florence Foer of Roseland Florida visits the Williams and Miller households. Mr and Mrs F A Williams and children Marguerite David and Elinor vacationed in Baldwin. Dr and Mrs I Young move into Harriet Osborne’s North Eighth Street home.
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E. C. ‘Arnold
Marjorie
Nashville
Tenn
Baldwin
Shur-Wave Company
Mary ‘Bedwander
Kansas City
Corn
Independence
Kan
Florence Foer
Roséland
Florida
al Miller
F. A. Williams
Marguerite
David
Elinor
Ferguson
W. J. Williams
I. Young
Harriet Osborne
North Eighth Street
Ico
Lawrence
J.F. Lewis
Anna Lewis
H. Z. Moore
Phil
Marths
Chester
Palco
Moore
Mary Gray
Snider
Hoisington
Baker
W. A. Quayle
Ludington
Mich
Bill
Rebekahs
Lodge Hall
Lee Lewis
Chicago
Mutti Bible Institute
First Congregational Church
J. W. Wellborn
G. Mgnder
Ethel Watkins
Beulah
Margaret Windett
Madge Reynolds
Grace Wiley
William Potts
Gayle Chubb
Paul Evans
Jessie King
Lucy Gordon
Jesse Brown
Florence Strong
Bale
Steele
C. N. Murray
Jeraldine Johnson
Peabody
Johnson
Lambda i
Delta Delta Delta
Quebec
Lucille Flickinger
Oakley
I. D. Conger
Garnett
Baldwin area news and school year preparations
Readable items show Baldwin events and people planning back to school activities. Public school and high school open Aug 7 with J. W. Wellborn leading and staff including Mrs G M Gnder Miss Watkins and Miss Windett. Local visits, teaching positions, Lambda Delta Delta delegate, club meetings, and social gatherings are noted alongside several families visiting or staying in Baldwin.
Pebblestone Wins Terrapin Derby at Ponca City
Pebblestone tortoise won the Terrapin Derby by crawling 75 feet in a minute and 15 seconds, defeating 49 rivals to claim 3500 dollars for owner T F Boettcher of Hollis Oklahoma. Frank Gillock Pawnee finished second earning 800, Jim Bigheart Ralston placed third for 300, J J Lynn Ralston fourth for 200 as crowd of 5000 watched the eight year old race.
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Ponca City
Okla
Pebblestone
T.F. Boettcher
Hollis
Frank Gillock
Pawnee
Jim Bigheart
Ralston
J. J. Lynn
Anisher
Walter Koon
Clear
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Water
Snake
Journal-World
Noah Pugh
Ida-May
Ruth Bryan Owen
Baldwin News
Kansas Electric Power Co. Building
the Gas and Electric League of
J. W. Alexander Braeber Bros
Hanna
Jaedicke Hardware
Kennedy Plumbing CO
Olson Bros
Shimmons Bros
Kansas Electric Power CO
Copeland
Frigidaire
General Electric
Kelvinator Majestic Norge
Westinghouse
AL. Miller
Mexico City
Mex
Mexico
Pierce Oil Co
Lucy Watkins
Tulsa
Oliver Exbanksh
Ulysses
James Richard
Ewbank
de Prof
F. B. Wolf
Ross
Atchison
Grace Gertrude Wiley
C. BE. Beeks
F. H. Bell
Wilson Counts
Counts
Dell Road
J. E. Coleman
Farragut
W. B. Dix
Robert
Wessington
Dorothy
Dallas
Texas
W. F. Millikan
Lenora
Boulder
Solorado
George Newlin
Theodore
Lewis Johnson
Jopeka
Swope Park
A. M. Gardner
Helen
Philamatheon Club
Albert. Hayden
Albert Hayden
Earl Mortis
0.R. Keller
Percy Carlson
F. L. Hartman
Hale Steele
Mildred Paisley
St. Louis
Mosser’s Fruit and Vegetable
U. P
Penney
Spe
Chinchilla
Penney’s
Penney's
Boys’ Suede
Lumberjacks
Cotton Sox
Snow
Coats
Ecro
Cattonade
Ines
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