Heavenl y Adoration and Crisis Reflected in 1936 Journal
In a September 29, 1936 issue, readers learn of postal handling in Lawrence Kansas while a devotional verse from Revelation frames a column discussing the international financial crisis. The piece notes gold prices rising as currencies fall, hints at currency experiments by major powers, and mentions the siege at the Alcazar with casualties and relief efforts described in a legendary light.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Kansas
United States
Governor Landon presses for public release of New Deal payrolls
The governor urged that the public be informed about the pay and positions of upper level New Deal employees, noting a partial list in Kansas has circulated but remains incomplete amid federal resistance. He warned that unless Democrats keep control of Congress many agencies could end next year. Kansas faced unprecedented heat and a September snowfall, prompting nostalgia for horse and buggy days as 1936 proves unusually varied.
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Landon
Kansas
Landen
Congress
Rescue of Alcazar Defenders at Toledo Completed
Relief of the Alcazar in Toledo ended with the defenders emerging from the battered fortress after a successful rescue. The rebel advance now jeopardizes Madrid as reports indicate a cut in the road between key cities, complicating loyalist efforts to unite forces.
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Loledo
Madrid
Cross
Toledo
Cogswell backs automatic brake on crop overproduction
Carl Cogswell leader of the Kansas State Grange argues Governor Landon’s farm program would automatically curb crop overproduction with payment limits tied to actual emergency need. He contrasts this with earlier relief plans and notes tariff protections apply only to saleable output. Rumors say a balanced budget plan aims to raise revenue rather than cut spending.
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Carl C. Cogswell
Kansas State Grange
Landon
Kansas
Cogswell
Lawrence High toopen 1926 season with Baldsvil e eleven
Lawrence High School begins the 1926 football campaign with a home game tomorrow against the Baldsvil e eleven at Cordley Field. Players include Stover Atkens on Schenk Michaels McCall Mills Hardtaker Rice Hutson or Pontius Logue and Schaake. Election on at L H S. The student officers results will be released Friday morning. The agriculture club named Cyrus Anderson Alvin McKelvey and Arthur Jensen to the state stock judging team. Basketball team members listed: Russell Herd Harry Anderson Oscar Hardtaker Claris Springer Ernest Pine and William McGee.
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Lawrence High School
Cordley Field
Lawrence
Stover
Atkenson
Schenk
Michaels
McCall
Mills
Hardtaker
Rice
Hutson
Pontius
Logue
Schaake
Liberty Memorial High School
Agricultural Club
Cyrus Anderson
Alvin McKelvey
Arthur Jensen
Russel Herd
Harry Anderson
Oscar Hardtaker
Claris Springer
Ernest Pine
William McGee
Vinland Grange
B. E. Geiler
Edna
Mack String
Simmons Hospital
Edwin A. Fritz, Jr
H. McCurdy
Oscar Dahlene
Tuscaloosa
Ala
McCurdy
Vermont Street
Lawrence Kane
John Henry
Harvard University
Peter Emery
Marguerite Emery
Norwich
Conn
Poor Pa by Claude Callan
A fragment from Claude Callan features Cousin Tom and his wife Julia in a humorous exchange. Julia drives with the aim to get Tom to work, but he resists, described as trifling and stubborn in a lighthearted vignette.
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Poor PA
Claude Callan
Tom
Julia
Publishers Syndicate
University of Kansas honors system cleans graft in student offices
Twenty five years ago students at the University decision to banish graft from senior offices via a special election. The newly chosen annual and senior play managers must serve for honor and without pay, reflecting past profits of nearly $400 in some years. A campus circus fundraiser follows. Reunion planned for October 5 and 6 in Lawrence with veteran attendees and notable guests. Caucuses continue as tickets surface for Junior Square Deal and Sophomore Hop tickets, while KU alumni prepare moves to Seattle and Pittsburgh.
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K. U
F. M. Bucheim
Topeka
Cholera
Lawrence
Fifth Kansas Regiment Cavalry
H. B. Asher
Powell Clayton
Arkansas
Junior Square
Betas
O. W. Patterson
Lee Madlem
Lena Tripp
Roy Beamer
Pram
Tom Woodbury
George March
Ralph Yeoman
Dan Hazen
Frank
Marchbanks
Soph Hop
Arvid
John Power
Seattle Wash
Powers
Sidney Prentice
Pittsburgh
C. T K. Prentice
George Glass
Tampa
Fred W. Doane Eni
C. M. Doane
J. W. Young
Festivities Rise In Kansas City Carnival Schedule
Forties era notes for Kansas City Carnival week list arrivals led by King Ki Ki and Kween Karnations, key to the city, and multiple parades. Includes the Priests of Pallas events, Karnival Krewe parade, band contest, Waldo Park bicycle race with 1500 dollars in prizes, fire department exhibition, cattle theft near Lawrence, and updates on Lawrence G A R circle formation and K U football scheduling.
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Kansas City
J. M. Jones
Priests of Pallas
Waldo Park
Kansas City Fire Department
Lawrence
John A. Rush
Denver
G. B. Noyes
Harry Raymond
Bessie
Portsmouth
Wall
Billy Materson
McCook
Kansas City Medic
Hawaii Pays Most Taxes to Federal Treasury
Hawaii paid seven million eight hundred seventy two thousand four hundred eighty five dollars to the federal treasury for the year ended June 30, surpassing sixteen states. The territory’s payments exceeded those of Oregon Alabama South Carolina Montana Arkansas Utah Vermont Mississippi Nevada Arizona Idaho Wyoming South Dakota North Dakota and New Mexico. Abrasives are minerals used in grinding cutting or sharpening tools and for polishing. Twelve inch harbor guns at Fort Rosecrans California were unlimbered this summer for target practice for the first time in eleven years.
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Hawaii
Honolulu
Oregon
Alabama
South Carolina
Montana
Arkansas
Utah
Vermont
Mississippi
Nevada
Arizona
Idaho
Wyoming
South Dakota
North Dakota
New Mexico
Fort Rosecrans
Calif
Inamorata Intrigue at Christmas With Blake and Carol
Carol Torrance hides Christmas with family as Blake Thornton, her employer, confronts his wife Irma and plans for a permanent relationship. Blake seeks divorce cooperation while Irma resists, prompting tense threats and ultimatums amid a troubled affair.
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Synallis
Carol Torrance
Blake Thornton
Lis
Desperate Attempt to End a Middling Marriage
Blake seeks divorce from Irma claiming indifference and a new love, revealing a brutal truth about a failing union. Irma resists, insisting her love remains, while Blake explains a genuine, lasting relationship with his office assistant that finally justifies ending the marriage.
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Blake
Yma
Irma
Rockbrook
Willy Nill y Talks And The Rainy Divide
Mary Graham Banner Estopher Col umbus Crow narrates a whimsical tale where Willy Nifly and Top Notch discuss weather and mischief, as a group of duck characters ponders the sun and rain across a pond divide. Mrs Quacker Duck plans visits while Mrs Quacko contemplates sharing a discovery with Ton Notch.
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Willy Nilly
Mary Graham Banner
Columbus Crow
Willy Nifly
Top Notch
Christopher
Thad
Mrs. Quacker Duck
How's Your Health Halted for the New York Academy of Meshing
A discussion before the American Medical Association stresses mental hygiene and prevention of mental illness starting in childhood. Dr Casparis urges recognizing individual building material, mental nutrition, and cultivating courage and self control in parents to support healthy development.
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New York Academy of Meshing
Iago Galpston
American Medical Association
Horton Roy
Vanderbilt University Medical School
America
Casparis
Tomorrow Novel Treatment of Mental Disease
Burglars used an over supply of explosive on an oil company safe in Ontario and blew it through the roof.
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Ontario
Flashes of Life and Oddities Across Cities
A vault of brief items from Harrisville to Upland and Chicago: a dog caused a cow to jump after frightening it, injuring Mrs. Libbie Jones with three fractured ribs. Shelby’s minister mayor D B Young fined intoxication debt of 19.20 and ordered cleanup with broom and wheelbarrow. McMahon in Bancroft borrowed a horse and lost three of his own in a lightning strike. L T D Wilhoite in Upland earned a beauty sheriff badge on her 62nd wedding anniversary and recalled earlier Carry Nation days. Chicago officer Costello flirted with a dancer’s eyelashes, arresting Charlotte Earl for costume details. dentists and salesmen in Chicago testified about tricks to drum up business through entertaining stories and stomping dental plates.
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Shelby
Ohio
D. B. Young
R. B. Jenkins
Jenkins
Upland
Cal
Woodstock area observances include church rally date
The annual harvestcoming rally day is set for Sunday October 4 at Wellman chapel with rural Sunday schools participating and a basket dinner. Rev D E Russell and Mrs Russell attend a district conference at Overbrook. A community church sale is planned for Thursday October 8 at Frank Parker farm two miles north of Wellman church to raise funds for the church. Auctioneer will be Mr Metzger of Oskaloosa with Ladies Aid serving lunch all day.
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Wellman Chapel
D. E. Russell
McLouth
Overbrook
Frank Parker
Wellman Church
Metzger
Fof
Oskaloosa
KF. Coshaw
Rumsey Funeral Home
at_Lawrence
Clyde Moses
MedSouth
Frank Champion
Clair Canady
Carl Moses
Ladies Aid
Methodist Church of
Crawford
Fred Champion
Frederick
Valley Grove
Harold Champion
Will Rage
Kenneth
Kansas City
Anna Boydston
W. H. Smurr
John Wise
Canton
Nellie Mae Smurr
W. H. Smuer
Carl Bliss
Phoenix
Ariz
Margaret Nichols
Champion
McDonald
Elsie Wellman
Mc Louth
St. Mark II
Ferne Judy
Russell Stewart
Herbert Champion
Thiry
Lottie, Ward
So and So
Chester
F. S. Champion
Harry Miller
Jack Kelsey
Lawrence
Herman Wandrif
A. Tbales
Toncka
Ewing
Lecompton
Virgil Groves
H. T. Bales
Wellman School
Howard Wellman
Tra Ward
Eratt
Cole’s
Stewart
William Loesch
W. A. Hondesty
Williamstown
Woodstock
Ava Higley Malet
Man
O'Neil
Charles Stewart
Ernest Dale
Poul Shrader
Ernest Shrader
Sunnyside
So And So Club News From McLouth and Surroundings
A long fragment details a September 24 meeting with eleven members and two visitors including Mrs. Bliss of Phoenix and Mrs. Nichols of Oskaloosa. Reports cover hostesses, Bible study, a September 26 feud sale, and future meetings at various homes. Many local names and events mark community life across McLouth and nearby towns.
Radio Programs Tuesday Evening Schedule Cards
An irregular list of radio programs for Tuesday evening September 29 and into Wednesday September 30. The schedule names many stations KMBC WREN WDAF IMBC and others airing a mix of bands, orchestras, comedians, and vocalists. Programs include The Band Plays Impressions of America Rubinoff and various soloists and ensembles with dates and times scattered.
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Wren
KMBC
Dick Tracy
Jack Armstrong
Little Orphan Annis
Imbc—Renfraw
WDAF
Wise Crackers
RMBC
Impressiona of America
Embc
Stusta
WDAKF
Voice of Experience
Fred Waring
Orch
Voex
Renny Goodman
KMBG
Erle Smith
WRAF
Jimmy Dorsey
Mic
Richard Hintber
Ore AK
Wren—Bailrode Club
KMBBC
William Hard
Hory Hlouse Orch
Ndur
Tine
Hez Parve Orel
Sinbow Grill Gru
Minight
Infant son of Mr and Mrs Octave Ford improves at home
Ernest Shrader has just returned from Bell Memorial hospital where he received treatment. The Ford infant son came home last week and is gaining weight. Visitors to the Ford home included Mrs Charley Stewart and son, Mr and Mrs Oren Smith, Mrs Fred Champion of Valley Grove, Mrs Rosa Green of Sunnyside, and Mr and Mrs Ward.
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Ernest Shrader
Bell Memorial Hospital
Octave Ford
Ford
Charley Stewart
Oren Smith
Fred Champion
Valley Grove
Rosa Green
Sunnyside
Ward
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Harrisville
W. Va
Libbie Jones
Bancroft
Kan
Charles McMahon
Farmer McMahon
Chicago
Harry M.costello
Costello
Charlotte Earl
Chicaro
Edmund Gaines
George Starkey
Ein New Health
Puff
Lee
UFE
Renfrew Pragk Wark Aorth
Raton
ISM Bu— Brostelabete
Oreh
WboAr
Town Hall
Ant
Atte
Arava Buster
Th Wilson
Mos Ni
Andy
John B. Kennedys
eeMe Crawford
Cary UB
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Lawrence National Bank
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