Norway Athletes Celebrate Successful Hoops Season
Norway high school boys basketball team from Republic county celebrated a top season with a 2nd course dinner at P. P. Hammer home. The squad included Milton Stenson John Clair Graham Norman Hammer Harold Hammer Harvey Hammer Loren Carlgren Morris Medlin David Nelson and coach Rudolph Johnson with Carroll Walker as principal.
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Republic County
Norway High School
Milton Stensons
John Clair Graham
Norman Hammer
Harold Hammer
Harvey Hammer
Loren Carlgren
Morris Medlin
David Nelson
Rudolph Johnson
Carroll
Walker
P. P. Hammer
Winifred Olds
Bertha Hammer
World’s Fair Mayors Die by Assassination in Chicago
Anton Joseph Cermak, the World’s Fair mayor, was buried here last Friday after being slain by Giuseppe Zangara in Miami Florida. Chicago’s World’s Fair history includes prior mayor Carter Henry Harrison who was assassinated in 1898, highlighting a pattern of lethal violence against city leaders during fair-era events.
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Chicago
Anton Joseph Cermak
Poll tax repealed in Topeka as townships face levy
The Topeka dispatch notes repeal of the poll tax and states no further collection will occur. It reports weak efforts in some areas and near full collection in others, and explains townships must provide a replacement levy for road work or cut back on projects.
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Topeka
Kans
Sky Towers Blimp and Balloon Offer Air Views at Fair
The 1933 Century of Progress features two 625 foot Sky Ride towers and an observation balloon fixed to lift passengers 1000 feet. The Goodyear Puritan dirigible offers 15 minute tours from beneath the Travel and Transport building. Annual Methodist conference in Lawrence postponed due to bank holiday and lack of cash for expenses.
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Chicago
Lake M’kihigan
Michigan
Indiana
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company
Fair Grounds
Travel and Transport
Lawrence, Kans
Methodist Churches
Lawrence
Cockfight Quip Becomes Dining Joke in Theater
In a humorous scene a waiter asks about a chicken's condition and the patron jokes to return the losing bird and demand the winner. The exchange plays on live entertainment and dining mishap humor.
Texans Recapture Escaped Prisoner In Kansas Jail
Texas officers seized an escaped inmate brought from Omaha to Junction City Kansas. The prisoner, who escaped four years ago in Texas, was handcuffed to a seat in a dog catcher wagon used as transport. He awaited return to Texas while seeking clemency from Governor Ma Ferguson.
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Junction City
Kais
Republic
Texas
Omaha
South
Ma Ferguson
Insurance Moratorium Issued By Kansas Commissioner
The state commissioner of insurance issues an order directing all life insurance companies in Kansas to allow a 30 day grace on premium payments due on or after March 4 1933. The moratorium applies to all policies currently in force and those becoming due in the period ahead.
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Charles F. Hobbs
Kansas
Chicks S C White Hollywood Leghorns Pedigree Pen
Hatchery notes describe S C White Hollywood Leghorn chicks and pedigree pens for breeding stock. Details emphasize lineages, flock management, age groups, and care standards in a poultry catalog style.
Hatchery listing notes pricing for eggs and pens
A Republic Kansas hatchery ad announces eggs range f locks at 10 cents above market and pedigreed pens at $2.50 per hundred with contact Mrs Joe Kelly at phone 29F21.
Hard Time Feast Turns Into Moneyless Parade
In Clyde Kansas at a Clay Center cafe two councilmen a Democratic statesman and two newspapermen arrived for lunch carrying paper sacks of cheese and crackers. They proposed free coffee in exchange for hosting a moneyless feast and the proprietor complied, becoming the incidental victim of the stunt.
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Clyde
Kans
Clay Center
Democratic
Statesman
Mrs G P Rydell Visits Algot Anderson Home
Mrs G P Rydell spent Thursday at the home of Algot Anderson.
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G. P. Rydell
Algot Anderson
Bankers Oppose Deposit Guaranty As Unworkable
The American Bankers Association convention in Los Angeles declares deposit guarantees unsound and unworkable. It notes eight states tried the plan, failed, and increased bank failures. It argues taxation to cover failed banks harms the banking system and unfairly supports incompetent bankers.
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Los Angeles
American Bankers Association
United States
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Belleville
Einar Eastvedt
Cardinal Club
Hammer
Bertha Gile
Mary Ellen Brewer
Orville “Wright
Bobby
Jamestown
Glenn Wright
Joe Gray
Hattie Bartlett
A. J. Kelly
Lillian’ Robertson
W. E. Brewer
W. H. Brewer
Anita Medlin
Mike Cuthbertson
Oronoque
Leona Cuthbertson
Ednad Foust
Harry Bohlinger
Charles Cuthbertson
E. A
Alex Scott
Philip Hammer
Jack. Larsen
Hans Jensen
Reuben Carlson
Ollie Hugos
Reba ‘Hugos
E.--V. Moore
Roy. Lawrence Hugos
Sam Horkman
Margaret Hanson
Helen McGregor
Charles Chizek
Rebekah School of Instruction
Concordia
LaRoy Scott
Evan Walker
Melvin Smart
Merry Makers “Club
Mrs. G. W. Wright
Iver Erickson
Minta
Jens Stensons
Vernon Wright
John Chizek
G W. Wright
Charley Barleen
A. B. Ladies Aid
Russell Jacobson
Ed Erickson
Near Concordia
Joseph Melhus
LaVerne
Lillie Thompson
Tver Melhus
Arthur Jacobson
Axel Hedstrom
Brooklyn Eagle
S. C. White
Hollywood Leghorns
Joe Kelly
Republic,Kans
Mrs. Housewife
Coleman
Coleman’s
Hoss
New York
Brown
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