The Travels of Mary Ward‘s sponsorship by Montgomery Ward was dropped in 1937 and in 1938 Caroline Ellis found a new sponsor, General Mills, to bring her new series Caroline’s Golden Store to the airwaves.
Category: Travels of Mary Ward
Bud Maselli
A short bio of Bud Maselli, a Chicago-area radio actor. One of his credits is The Travels of Mary Ward (The Pittsburgh Press, July 12, 1937).
“The Travels of Mary Ward”
Montgomery Ward ad touting The Travels of Mary Ward (The Enid Events, September 3, 1936).
“The Travels of Mary Ward”
An ad for The Travels of Mary Ward from the Miami Daily News (August 27, 1936).
“The Travels of Mary Ward”
A full-page Montgomery Ward ad with a small blurb advertising The Travels of Mary Ward (The Columbus Telegram, August 27, 1936).
“The Travels of Mary Ward”
From The Douglas County Herald (August 27, 1936).
“The Travels of Mary Ward”
A blurb from Radio Wave (August 20, 1936) promoting Caroline Ellis’ new series, The Travels of Mary Ward.
Diamond City News
Here’s what I have found on the series Diamond City News. I still can’t tell the extent to which the Texas Rangers played a role on the series. You’ll see a reference for Travels of Mary Ward. That was another KMBC program featuring Caroline Ellis selling items from the Montgomery Wards catalog.
July 1, 1936 (Broadcasting):
August 5, 1936 (Variety):
September 1, 1936 (Broadcasting):
September 26, 1936 (Lawrence Journal-World):
KMBC Will Present Tom Collins In “Diamond City News”
A small town weekly newspaper office will be the locale of a new comedy series, “Diamond City News,” which begins on KMBC Monday, to be heard Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 6:30 p.m. Tom Collins will have the principal role as a country editor.
Collins, Sunday editor of the Kansas City Journal-Post is well known in Lawrence as a humorist and public speaker. Last spring he gave the commencement address for Lawrence high school and he was the principal speaker at the annual meeting of the Chamber of Commerce.
October 1, 1936 (Broadcasting):
October 1, 1936 (Broadcasting):
The 1938 Radio Annual
The 1938 Radio Annual
The 1938 Radio Annual
Wistful Vistas 