England satisfied with year’s sport in Europe
London reports Britain ends a busy international sports season pleased with its results. Americans won some events while Britain retained several titles in golf and cricket but saw American stars dominate others. The piece notes British strength across disciplines, with yacht racing, rowing, fencing, and tennis showing mixed outcomes.
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London
Associated Press
Europe
Britain
America
Sergeant Murphy
United States
Wethered
Havers
St. Georges
Francis Ouimet
Boston
Dr. Willing
Portland
Oregon
St. Andrews
William M. Johnston
Francis T. Hunter
Suzanne Lengleng
France
Amreiia
Oxford
Cambridge
Harvard
Yale
Walter Hoover
Hoover
M. K. Morris
Robert M. Thompson
George S. Covey
Walter Kinsella
New York
Joe Beckett
Innes Haskman Co S Army M D Huck Tow Oe Oxfords
Dark brown calf oxfords trimmed with black kid with low rubber heels and good year well sewed soles. Sold 2 for 25 cents. Regular price 6 dollars 50 cents.
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Goodyear
September Sales Day Specials Offered Wednesday
A rural store announces September sales day specials for Wednesday September 26 adapted to fall buyers. Local shoppers are urged to bring coupons and plan early for limited quantities and door prizes.
Lawrence Fall Goods Sales Day Opens With Special Prices
Shoppers coming to Lawrence for the regular sales day will see fall openings across many stores with low prices on numerous items. Stores display new fall clothing for men women and children and offer one day only price reductions based on cost. Visitors may visit the community rest rooms in the Chamber of Commerce building for meals and rest while browsing the wide range of bargains from multiple merchants.
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Lawrence
Cherokee Strip opening recalled by O W Newby
O W Newby of the Hosford Investment Co recalls the Cherokee Strip opening ride for land thirty years ago. He met a Sooner dispute, saw the mad rush, and heard F Dunlap’s verses “The Cherokee Run” and “After the Strip is Opened” describing the race.
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O. W. Newby
Hosford Investment Co
Cherokee Strip
Journal-World
F. Dunlap
Newby
Dunlap
Retailer Seeks Specials From Local Stores
Gibbs Clothing Co offers men's 220 denim overalls blue bib and high back with double seam leg and full cut. Penick-Romine polychrome mirrors and men’s cotton lisle socks in assorted colors priced low. Kansas Electric Power Co announces 10c off all light bulbs. Hub Clothing Co markets men’s blue chambray work shirts on sale. University Book Store advertises stationery specials.
Houk Green One Jet of All Wool Slipover Sweaters
A catalog item lists Houk Green slipover sweaters in wool, priced up to seven dollars and fifty cents. The description emphasizes high value and quality for winter wear.
Stamp Collecting Society Declares Fad Grew Stronger Daily
Washington report on the American Philatelic Society says postwar stamp collecting remains popular, with a 6,100 dollar auction total and a rare 1856 British Guiana four cent stamp selling for 60 dollars. The piece notes rising prices, common stamps, and a shift from bargain hunts to recognized rarities, plus quirky items and global trivia.
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Stamp Collecting Society
Washington
Associated Press
American Philatelic Society
Pope Tightens Vatican Dress Rules for Visitors
Rome Sept 12 AP An incident where 150 women were turned away over low necklines spurred new papal dress regulations. Women must wear ankle length thick material dresses with covered arms and neck, no gloves, and only wedding rings. Visitors face three inspections. blue mark at St Damaso, then a red cross in the papal antechamber. Hair dye allowed if not peroxide.
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Rome
Associate
Vatican
St. Damaso
Trade competition in Kamchatka by American and Japanese firms
In Kamchatka, with Hudson Bay Company under Soviet accord handling fur, Americans and Japanese push development. Americans dominate furs, whaling, seal hunting. Japanese focus on fisheries. Revolution and Soviet policies curb Chinese and Russian firms, boosting American capital now active in Anadir Chexhetsk. English spoken in frontier pockets. Eskimo converses in English and Russian.
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Viadisvostok
Siberia
Associated Press
Hudson Bay Company
Kamchatka
Peninsula
Anadir-Chexhetsk
America
Emperor Seeks Seclusion with Garden Barricade
Doom reports the former German emperor plans greater privacy by erecting an eight foot high screen to block high road views of his residence after a bonfire celebration drew publicity. The piece notes a Turkish rug rule forbidding likenesses to avoid idolatry.
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Doom
Associated Press
Doom Housa
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England
Sicily
Ober
Bullene
Poiret
Newmark’s
City Drug Store
Green Bros
Spot Cash Shoe Store
Weaver
United Army Stores
Newman
Fort
Chamber of Com
Merce Building
Tom
Better Business Bureau of the Chamber of Commerce
Round Corner Drug
Lawrence Man
Sooners
Andie
Kansas
C. W. Smith
Miller Cord
Hunter Bros
Hoadley
Kane’s Grocery
Penick-Romine
Ideal Clothing Co
Kansas Electric Power Co
Hub Clothing Co
Carl
Houk-Green
British Guiana
Japan
Vesuvius
Pompeii
Canada
Turin
Italy
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