Thousands To See Landon Notified
TOPEKA, Kas., July 20 The night of July 23 in this town of 65 000 will see a man nearly 49 informed he is the Republican party candidate for President. Gov Alfred Landon will be on a rostrum on the Statehouse south lawn with leading Republicans and former President Hoover expected to attend. Thousands will crowd the green State house lawn as a loud speaker system lets distant spectators hear the notification ceremony.
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Topeka
Kas
Kansas
Republican Party
Statehouse
Alfred Mossman Landon
Statehouse 63 Years Old in Topeka Kansas
The Kansas Statehouse, 66 years old, stands on six city blocks of Topeka with yellow sandstone and extensive grounds. Oak and maple shade the lawn while flower beds flank the south walk used for car traffic. To eastern visitors, Topeka seems a modest Kansas town with one main street Kansas Avenue and several tall buildings including the Santa Fe Railroad block and the Federal Reserve Bank. local insurance firms and packing houses add to the city’s significance as a railroad hub in eastern Kansas.
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Topeka Hosts Large Incoming Crowd for Curtis Nomination
A massive influx of visitors is expected for Charles Curtis nomination in Topeka, with estimates ranging from 60,000 to 75,000. Special trams tie Topeka to Kansas City while Kansas towns await the events. Topeka, on the Kansas River, is among Kansas's major yet mid-sized cities.
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Fopeka
Charles Curtis
Topeka
Kansas City
Violinist Held For Questioning In Murder Of Girl
In Asheville North Carolina on July 20 Sheriff Lawrence Brown said four additional suspects joined two known to challenge the alibi of Mark Wollner the concert violinist for the Thursday attack and fatal stabbing of Helen Clevenger of New York at Battery Park Hotel Wollner 35 was held in solitary while authorities took formal statements from witnesses including his 19 year old fiancée Mildred Ward whose illness is noted as tuberculosis concerns.
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Sheville
N. C
Lawrence Brown
Mark Wollner
Helen Clevenger
New York
Battery Park
Wollner
Town Hall
Brown
Mildred Ward
Notable committee forms to welcome Landon visit
A welcoming committee headed by Sen Canper will host with Justice George T McDermott and Judge Richard J Hopkins among others. Joining the notification committee of 83 are state and territorial representatives named by the Republican national convention. About 100 Indians from reservations and several tribal chiefs will attend the event.
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George T McDermott
State Supreme Court
Richard J. Hopkins
United States District Court
Thomas Amory Lee
Henry J. Allen
Ate Miller
Republicnt National Convestion
Wal
Landon
Memory Lane: Lilian Walker Sails to West Indies for Trinidad Visit
Silent film star Lilian Walker, famed for her dimples, departs Boston aboard the S. & L Lady Hawkins bound for the West Indies and Trinidad. Born Lilian Wolke in Brooklyn on April 21, she is married to British dentist Dr. Eugenie Senior and keeps homes in New York City. Walker rose from early stage work to vaudeville and Broadway, with roles in Wild Cat Well Kitty Mackay and The Banshee, and later serials and tours. An amateur watercolor painter and devout Christian Scientist, she remains a lifelong motion picture fan with a storied career and cosmopolitan life.
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Boston
J. Stuart Blackton
Vitagraph
Lillian
Brooklyn
Burns Bros
Ringling Circus
Earle Williams
Wally Reid
Tony Moreno
Warren Kerrigan
Kitty MacKay
Amn
Whilltan
Wolke
Suspect Wollner Linked to Night of Miss Clevenger Death
Sheriff Brown reports witnesses place Wollner on the streets the night Miss Clevenger was killed while he claimed to be at his fiancée's home in bed. Brown says watchman Daniel Gaddy was investigated after being unable to establish any link between Gaddy and Wollner.
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Wollner
Avon News Notes Farm Camp and Local Visits
Farm women's camp invite extends to Avon residents for Camp Crag in August 2023 for a three day stay. One applicant should call 45022. Ladies Aid of the Baptist church to be hosted by Mrs Lawrence Peak Tuesday afternoon. Kid Brown and daughter Laura of Williamid O visited Avon friends. Stanley Gregory of Hammond Indiana returned home midweek.
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William Id O
Stanley Gregory
Hammond
Indiana
Avon Lake Socials and Attendance Highlights
Avon Lake reports a series of social and personal notices from Lake Road. Mr and Mrs William Bowman entertained numerous guests for duplicate contract bridge with Kresge Club members and special guests including Mrs William Franklin and Mrs A J Slain. Prizes went to Mrs Martin Corlett Miss Nina Dunning and Mrs Robert Doughty. Attendees plan a future meeting with Mrs Curtis Duff. The community also notes a wedding attendance by the Katterhenrys and family in Sandusky, a home return for a Memorial Hospital patient and travel on the New Mercury Train. Additional briefs cover local visits from Kentucky and Philadelphia residents, illness travel for relatives in Cleveland, and social gatherings at Lake Road and nearby towns.
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William Bowman
Otto Katterbenry
A. J. Wain
al Smith
Howard Drake
Burt Weidenkopf
A. B. Cousins
Lake Road
Kresge Club
William Franklin
William Daeschner
Wood
A. J. Slain
James Deasy
Martin Corlett
Nina Dunning
Robert Doughty
Curtis Duff
Henry More
Walsh
Lorain
A. J. Hain
New York Central Railroad
Cleveland
Detroit
New Mercury
al Barshaw
Kentucky
Rose Livingston
Metta Reese
Philadelphia
Henry Reese
Effie Tiedmond
Henry Quell
Wimsted Falls
Elizabeth Morwedel
Cutumbug
Fred Horwedel
J. Thompson
William Sherman
Archie Spade
Joe Walters
Geneva
Ynez Hunter
Avon Morning Glory Club Hosts Card Evening
Mr and Mrs Lawrence Hecke welcomed the Morning Glory club to their Avon home on a Saturday evening. The gathering featured card play with prize winners Mrs Andrew Mittendorf, Mrs William Fisher, and Mrs J J Witler. A lunch followed and the club will meet in two weeks at the same residence.
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Lawrence Hecke
Andrew Mittendorf
William Fisher
J. J. Witler
Reveals Extent of P W A Improvements in Lorain County
Federal PWA improvements in Lorain County total 889110 with Elyria receiving 451290 for water works construction and Jefferson school. Lorain quartermaster boat harbor dredging 250414 and Grafton 147406 for schools and water works. Oberlin projects 40000 for a school addition. Ohio PWA financing statewide totals 161198749.
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Lorain County
Elyria
Spenediet Crowell
Ohio
National Emergency Council
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Lorain
Quartermaster
Grafton
Oberlin
Public Works Administration
Crowell
Community Notes from Various Visits and Births
Homecomings and visits highlighted by Betsy Ann and Hetty Jameson returning with their father. Guests included Mr and Mrs Ra Gough, L Lipp and daughter Marg t, grand daughter Elinor, and Muss Schafer of Youngstown Ohio. A daughter was born to Mr and Mrs James Smedley Saturday. Attending Baptist church were Mr and Mrs Crause and Mrs Clark of Cleveland. Mr and Mrs R A Mittlestead hosted relatives, while Mr and Mrs G L Jenkins returned from two weeks in Lyon Mass. Also noted: 1777 shilling found in Van Wert and a village hen in Duart Ont that quacks like a rooster.
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John Jameson
Betsy Ann
Hetty
Ra Gough
L Lipp
Marg T
Prand
Elinor
Muss Schafer
Youngstown
Ohio
James Smedley
Crause
Clark
Cleveland
The
Voice Of The People July 18 1836 Elyria Ohio
A reader criticizes Father Coughlin and his Cleveland Convention speech. The letter defends the President, questions Coughlin’s motives, and condemns his alleged slanderous remarks. The writer cites shifts in Coughlin’s support and asks why he attacks Roosevelt, Townsend, and the White House, urging government action.
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Chronicle-Telegram
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Cleveland
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Roosevelt
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Canada
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White House
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Townsend
M. A. Curtis
West Avenue
Cripple Tours England on Home Made Wheelchair
William Black, a paralyzed traveler from London, has begun a 2,000 mile tour of England in his self built wheelchair built from two bicycle wheels and a box. He expects to average about 60 miles a day as he journeys across the country.
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London
William Black
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