Lawrence lawyer opens practice after Kansas City stint
John C. Gage a KU Law 1952 graduate has opened a Lawrence law office in the Lawrence National Bank Building after three years with Gage Hillix Moore Park and Jackson in Kansas City Missouri. He attended KT around 1942 and West Point graduate, with wife Eleanor and children John and Claudia moving to Lawrence. The piece notes family ties, and church fire damage at Plymouth Church, with plans for recovery and a centennial history for the church established 101 years ago.
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John C. Gage
Kansas University School of Law
Lawrence
Lawrence National Bank
Kansas City
Gage, Hillix, Moore, Park and Jackson
Gage
United States Military Academy
West Point
Eleanor
John
Claudia
1801
Sigma Alpha Epsikm
Phi Delta. Phi Legal Fraternity
Laws Fence
Edmert
Turner
Paul Rogers
Board of Trustees
J Board
Plymouth Church
Kansas
Noble
Elderkin
Akron
Ohio
Lawrence Miss America Ready for Chamber Posts Tonight
Twenty three contestants from Kansas and across the nation attend preliminaries as judges select the new Miss America. Focus on education, talent, and poise shapes the winner to be announced after final rounds in Atlantic City.
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Lawrence
Atlantic City
Sele van Oat
America
Aries
SONY
Peter
Reeston
Tate
Cinca Dustrier
Columbia
Hawa Unde Canad
Lee Ane Meroerther
San Francisco
Will Sie
Ing Have Brewcht Sitaabie Phon
Swansar
Shari Fla
Bate Beaver
Varvara Foo
Fav
Ouf
Watertosn
Mires
Alsi
Syiver
Cyonahey
Annual Parents Day events at Kansas U draw 1600 plus crowd
About 1,600 to 1,800 parents are expected for the annual Parents Day at Kansas University on October 8. The event coincides with a conference football game against Aya State College. Parents may tour classrooms and labs, meet faculty, and visit facilities including Health Service, Guidance Bureau, Clinics, libraries, the Memorial Campanile, and Allen Fieldhouse. A reception with Chancellor Murphy is set at the Museum of Art, with lunch at Memorial Union. W Stitt Robinson chairs the day. Karl Edwards co chairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aya State College
Kansas University
T He
Btaff
Educaional
Librarie
Memorial Campanile
Alen
Museum of Art
Franklin D. Murphy
Lancheon
Memorial Union
Parents Day
W. Stitt Robinson
Karl Edwards
Man Arrested After Ring Theft Call in Ottawa
A yearold man, Clarence Dyer, was arrested in Ottawa less than an hour after a local woman reported a ring theft from her home. Dyer, staying at Anna Mary Campbell’s residence, is in County Jail on a grand larceny warrant awaiting arraignment. ring value estimated over 320. Dyer previously paroled August 25 from a 30 day police court sentence for vagrancy.
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Lawrence Negre
Ottawa
Clarence Dyer
Anna Mary Campbell
Pa. St
Dyer
Wayne Allphin
Vvagranc
Salina Woman Elected to Episcopal National Board
Salina resident named among eight women elected yesterday as members at large to the Episcopal Church National Executive Board. One of the eight elected by the Episcopal Woman's Auxiliary was Mrs. Edward A. Heffner of Salina.
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Honolulu
Salina
Episcopal Church
Episcopal Woman's
Edward A. Heffner
Dangling Participle Explained for Young Readers
A satirical Droodle by A P Focerino of Madison New Jersey explains what a dangling participle is. The piece humorously urges readers to cut out the panel and show their teacher so both can laugh and then discuss the grammar term with a visit to the principal's office. The Dictionary defines participle as a word derived from a verb that has both verb and adjective qualities.
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A. P. Focerino
Madison, N. J
Fire Drives Plymouth Firemen After Busy September Day
A blaze at Plymouth Congregational Church started a four hour fight as crews, already taxed by six alarms this Friday, battled grass fires and a grease fire. Rural blazes threatened barns. one fireman suffered a forehead cut, and 25 runs marked the first ten days of September.
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Plymouth Congregational Church
Charles Saile
West Twenty-Third
Lawrence
4Th St
23Rd
la. St
John Kashberger
West Fourth
Cold front sweeps Midwest as record heat fades
The season's first major cold front from Canada ends a brief heat wave across the Midwest. Light snow falls in Cut Bank Montana while Chicago shifts from 95 degree heat to a forecast near 40s by Sunday. Overnight lows hit 80s in parts of Iowa and Wisconsin with showers and thunder across the central region.
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Preaz
Midwest
Canada
Cut Bank
Mont
Chicago
Iowa
Wisconsin
Arly
Colorado
Ward
Upper Great Lakes
Forgery Charge Shakes Youth in Local Case
Lawrence Kay, a 19 year old, faces forgery charges tied to posting failures on four counts. Police say Barnes and an unidentified juvenile used forged credentials to cash checks, with a local firm cashing a $30 check using a 13 year old driver’s license. Barnes, free on $82,000 bond from a Rolla case, is to appear at a preliminary hearing Thursday at County Court with juvenile court handling the younger suspect.
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Lawrence Kay
Joel
Franklin Barnes
Stanwix
Dade Chappell Sn Barnes
Beneedc Hoy
Hoy
Chappell
Barnes
Rolla
Stanwin
Oeourt Barnes
Deaths and Funerals of Mercer Gulley and Others
Obituary notices detail the deaths of George W. Mercer 59 of DeSoto and Samuel T Gulley 63 of Topeka, with service times and burial plans. Mercer suffered a heart attack and served at Sunflower Ordnance Works since 1951, survived by wife, children, siblings, and grandchildren. Gulley, a former Lawrence resident, ran Sam's Garage. funeral arrangements set at Mummery Funeral Home with burial in Memorial Park Cemetery.
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George W. Mercer
DeSoto
Revee Unepital
Gardner
Sunflower Ordnance Works
Columbus
Willam E. Mercer
Galena
Mary Helen Tinney
Arkansas
Frank Merece
Joseph Mercer
Independence
Sel Mercer
Kansas City
Anna Miller
Evansville
Ind
Pearl Petersen
Chicago
Furst Christian Church
Andrew Jones
Hurst
Park Cemetery
Samuel TL
Aulley
Samuel T. Gulley
Lawrence
Donald Ewine
Topeka
Sam
Nauete Fers
Ewing
Mi 5
Tom Boyde
Elmer Gulley
Wilburt Gulley
Lester
Cluxmont
Bar
Tate Gulles
Locust St
Ie Mummery Funeral Home
Memorial Park
Cemeters
Pace Quickens As K U Nears Opening Date
Illinois University begins orientation week with placement tests and conferences for new students. Enrollment runs Monday to Wednesday, classes start Thursday, and band tryouts span to next week. A 14 piece concert band and 100 piece marching band are planned, with band day on September 24 and trips to Oklahoma and Nebraska anticipated.
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Illinsas University
Wehr Wty
Corm
Ant Jiovh
Russell L. Wiley
K.U
K.u.washington
Wiley
Oklahoma
Nebraska
Alfalfa seed struggles amid drought and new plant plans
In Douglas County altered farming due to dry conditions, many growers abandon seed alfalfa for red clover oats or winter forage. Last alfalfa cutting was hardly worth harvesting except irrigated fields. Dry ground complicates upcoming wheat planting. Despite acreage limits, county agricultural census shows more land in wheat than corn for the first time in years. Carol Miller of Miller's Bar-BQ faces three counts in county court for allegedly selling beer to minors. he posted $300 bond and awaits Sept. 22 hearing.
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Melvon Wertzberger
Wertzberger
Douglas County
Wertzberper
Carol Miller
Miller's
Tear Gas Used to Break Post-Grid Game Riot in Dayton
In Dayton Ohio police used tear gas canisters and smoke bombs to quell a postgrid game riot that drew several hundred people in the west end Negro district. Nine injured including three police and two sheriff's deputies. four arrests reported. Dunbar High School defeated Savers High 6 to 0 in a tense upset.
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Ohio
Dayton
Danton
Sheriff's Deputies
West End
Dunbar
K and Savers High Schools
YMCA
Noo Wiite
Lawrence street plans and road work outlined in city notices
A Lawrence expansion of streets near 600 block on Arkansas Street is described with plat restorations, a new storm sewer, and a ravine drainage project. Permit requests for temporary falsework across the Kaw River near the turnpike bridge are filed by Beasley Construction. Enrollment delays at KU due to IBM card delivery are reported, with staff praise for cooperation despite factory and transport hiccups. A Prescott search for Stevan Eberhardt, lost during Labor Day, ends with his recovery four miles from camp. his mother is Lawrence-born Martha Carpenter.
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Lawrence
Tess
Bern
Cresven
Loverence
Arkansas Street
Kaw River
Turnspike
Corps of Engineers
Irhn F Beasley Construction Compan
Muskogee
Okla
Nncs Fation
Kansas City
Iyasas City
IBM
Eatou University
K. U
James K. Hitt
Registrar
Chine
Hitt
Chicago
Miller Carpenter
Arizona
Stevan Anthony Eberhardt
William Eberhardt
Phoenix
Ariz
Prescott
Douglas
Ifex
Stevan
Anhoyt
Martha Carpenter
City House Is Ransacked By Group In Home Invasion
A fragmentary report describes a home intrusion where a group ransacked a city house and then claimed ownership of the residence. The jumbled text references various items, market figures, and agricultural terms, indicating a garbled OCR capture with mixed content including prices, slaughterhouse notes, and poultry figures.
Memorial Hospital Mes Judy Killan and area births noted
A long list from Memorial Hospital Mes includes Judy Killan and Enna Keefe plus numerous births and hospital visits. It notes residents of Mes, Topeka, Sunflower, Eudora, Lecompton, Baldwin and nearby towns with names and addresses, plus several social notices and local acknowledgments.
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Mes
Judy Killan
Tenn
Enna Keefe
N. H
St. Fitt Needham
Topeka
Alexander Kashmian
Tonganoxie
Mary Ann Budiwh
Mass
Peay Miller
Vito St
Jiths Sullivant
Abee Jean Kemper
Fla
Metdean McMillin
Lanvoin St
Market News: Livestock Prices and Feed Trends
The market report details weekly livestock prices with emphasis on steers and heifers, noting feeder stock activity and utility bids. It references feed costs, crate and hay demands, and regional price movements for cattle, lambs, and dairy assets across markets.
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Drudis
Ted
Wits
Andy
Elperteae Lahee
Ling
Lambs
Ihrer
Omhajyer
McIntire Family Ventures Washington and Turkey Trip
Mr and Mrs Robert C McIntire and their son Robert Jr depart Sunday for Washington DC visiting Mrs McIntire's mother Mrs William Batch. From there they travel to Boston to stay with Manning Batch and family before returning home to Izmer Turkey. Their daughter Sarah Katherine enrolls at Baker.
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Robert C. McIntire
Robert Jr
Washington, D.C
Turkey
Paris
Rome
Switzerland
Sarah Katherine
Baker
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Donald Floyd
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Mary Yeler
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Minnie Chinn
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Norma Jordon
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Richard Folks
Herbert Taylor
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Richland
Roy L. Peterson
Tanganoxie
Robert Quisenberry
Tri Delta House
Vera Lawellin
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Baldwin Branel of Aau
Grace Irwin
Leste Tenslin
Anne Lievler
Wislie Churchbaugh
Don Flora
Joe
Weir Powis
Carnegie Baptist Church
St. Joseph
Hoe
Baptist
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Mr Lows
Saf
Wilbeut Lewis Oof
Bealdyrt
Ctiernigs
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Sherman Township
Alfred Torneden
Chas. Davidson
Melvin Davidson
KOC Praduer
Kansas Civy
Praduer
Saveh Safety
Andy” Anderson
Dial
Ducat
Ramsey
Rams
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Awice
Amatear Invectment Fund
United
Science
Unied
Waddell & Reed, Inc
Loyd I Ioerger Lawrence, Katisua
Decker-Coy
Agency
Warren Decker
Bud Coy
East
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