19 Apr 1902
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Newspaper
Baxter Springs News
Location
Baxter Springs, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1902
Page
1
Miss Verna Stryker, about seventeen, died after a four day illness in Lawton Oklahoma. T J Morrow received a telegram from Dr I E Stryker stating burial would occur there. Her death shocks Baxter Springs residents and her parents who idolized her.
Baxter Springs items note eye care by A R Kanes et al, store expansions by Avey and Enyart, seed arrivals by G R Gould, dairy and poultry mentions, and calls for sheriff candidates Jim Babb and Char lie Collinge. Also mentions Mikesell family return, small boys gambling issue, and a district clerk candidacy for L H Winter.
A committee including T J Morrow E W Dow E K Brown W Shults J M Cooper and others met President Rogers in Joplin to discuss extending the electric line from Garena to Baxter. They toured Lakeside Park Webb City and the Joplin area with officials and reporters barred.
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