Feeds and drafts stir Baxter Springs crowd at hotel event
A banquet at the Hotel Baxter tonight at 8:30 brings businessmen and professionals together hosted by the Ladies Aid Society. W. H. Seed of the Miami Commercial Club will speak on city building, and A. C. Terrill will discuss state geological data. Ticket cost is $1.00.
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Baxter
Booster Iguet
H. F. Pespures Alts
Pfan Ae
Ladies Aid Society of the Christian Church
W. H. Seed
Sub-station Plan for Baxter Springs Rail Line
A contract for a new sub-station for the Southwestern Missouri railroad was started last week. The facility will be built in Baxter Springs two blocks east of the location to transfer power to the system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baxter Springs
Southwestern Missouri Railroad
Comecore
Bui
New Cafe for Baxter J Neosho Opens at Love Store
A local note from Baxter J Neosho confirms a new cafe at the Love store location. The item mentions water service aims and a community focus, with hints of testing and local pride in a Baxter water plant venture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baxter J
Neosho
E Love
Special Election Fron Forshay Water Franchise Set for September
The city council approved the Forshay water franchise but its effectiveness awaits a September special election. Veterans Hiatt and Smith lead efforts to form a volunteer guard unit for internal protection against conspiracies while U S soldiers fight in Europe. A meeting at the G A R hall Friday seeks men under 21 not subject to draft to organize a company.
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Forshay Water
W. E. Hiatt
L.A. Smith
Baxter Tenet
Wen I Ae
U. S
G. A.R. Hall
Staroni
Shaft Progress at John Stoskopf Place Near Baxter
Kansas report details a shaft sunk 60 feet on the John Stoskopf property three miles east of Baxter toward Tulsa. Heavy boulder rock limited gains last week, requiring extra explosive charges that damaged shaft walls with each blast. On 70 acres 42 holes were drilled, about half found blank, ore described as mostly unknown and from 3 to 10. The lease aims to proceed with further development of the claim.
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L. D. Brewster Place
Baxter Springs
Ebenstein
Thomas Jefferson Barrow
John Stoskopf
Baxter
Tulsa
Mammoth Industry Coming to Baxter Springs
The Omaha purchase to a St Louis group signals a giant mining supplies plant in Baxter Springs. H.T. Hornsby has bought a three acre tract west of Frisco tracks for a $60,000 foundry and machinery, with 1000 to 1500 workers planned. The firm, not yet named, may be incorporated and will employ many local workers as railroad surveys move to place a switch to the site.
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Baxter Springs
H.T. Hornsby
Spri Mo
United Iron Works
Joplin
Baxter
Frisco
Hornsby
Empire District Substation to Serve Baxter Springs
The Empire District plans a new substation on Military Street costing about 22000 with a $1700 house for manager Hollowell from Galena. Construction underway using concrete, while existing lines are upgraded and the present plant generates until the new facility is ready.
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Empire District
Baxter Springs
Hollowell
Galena
Military Street
E. K. Brown
Paver Ies
L. Proctor
Joplin Fie
Potters Gefen
Poceus
Loyal Citizens Meet To Organize Home Guard Unit
A call to former service members not subject to the draft to attend a meeting at the G A R hall on Friday night August 10 at 8 o clock to discuss forming a Home Guard Military Company for protection and to be placed at the disposal of the Government signed by the committee
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G. A. R. Hall
Skinner's Ford Stolen From Barn Last Wednesday Night
W Skinner reports his Ford car, three months old and partially insured, stolen from the family barn last Wednesday night. Mrs Skinner recalls seeing the vehicle in the barn late that night and notes a dog was poisoned earlier. The Skinner family has endured nine robberies in ten years, with thieves identified in three cases. This marks the second Ford theft in two weeks in the area, with Wesley Smith and G noted as other recent owners.
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W. Skinner
Wesley Smith
Will Sease Weds Florence Manes in Simple Ceremony
Reported marriage unites Will Sease and Miss Florence Manes with both families pleased. The brief notice notes the couple’s happiness wish and mentions surrounding relatives, while local life details blur in the OCR garble.
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Florence Manes
Will Sease
J. W. Ford
Municipal water reform urged by Baxter residents
A letter to The News argues the city should municipalize the water system to end costly private supply. It cites residents built homes lacking water, private line requirements, and slow sidewalk bids, urging voters to back a municipal plant funded by savings rather than rent. The writer calls for signatures to push council action.
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Baxter
State of
Kansas
Barrett to Air Corps Training Camp in Texas
Rex Barrett, owner with Cony in aviation, left St. Louis for a Texas training camp last week. M and Mrs F C Bryant visited friends and relatives in Toledo Ohio for a few days.
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Mrs
F.C. Bryant
Tula
Ohia
Public School Opens September In Baxter Springs
The city schools begin Monday September 8 with a full teaching staff led by Superintendent J W Twente. A new cottage school house costing 1600 dollars was turned over to the Baxter School Board to accommodate lower grades and future growth while the high school curriculum expands from three to four years boosting graduate readiness. The colored population has not increased proportionally and no extra provisions are planned for additional colored pupils.
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Percy Lee
Kansas City
A. E. Pfremmer
C. N. Lynch
Sereopry
W. N. Love
Board of Education
R. C. Wear
Geo. van Dusen
J. H. Bo
Baxter Springs
Baxter High School
Unclaimed Letters Announcement for Sano lo Sanday
An official notice states unclaimed mail and letters for Sano lo Sanday remain in the local post office awaiting recipient pickup, with no further details on dates or procedures provided.
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Youse Bros
Commerce Mining Site Company
Webber Land
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Omaha
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Fred Nichols
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Harold T. Wright
Portis Land
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J. W. Twente
Mabel Allen
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L. H. Barrett
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Mabel McFall
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Scotty Nichols
Helen Gan
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