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Newspaper
Baxter Springs News
Location
Baxter Springs, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1908
Page
8
We earnestly and sincerely thank our friends neighbors and good people of Kansas and Georgia for their presence sympathy and floral offering at the funeral and interment of dear wife and mother W. W. Scorr and children
For Sale Cheap A good organ. Inquire of Mrs. F. H. Bartlett. Mrs. Samuel Binns is home from a visit to her old home in Kentucky. Jim Smith and Art McAboy took in The Merry Widow at Joplin Monday night. Charlie Collins is home from his Colorado ranch to spend the holidays with his family. On the way home he stopped off at Kansas City where he was joined by his two daughters Misses Georgia and Pauline who are attending school there. Mrs. Emma Gregg met her son Paul in Kansas City this week. Paul was on his way from Denver to New York where he goes on to Hearst s New York Journal as an artist at a salary of one hundred dollars a week for two years.
P C Duff aged 63, longtime Cherokee county resident, died from paralysis believed to stem from a fall several months earlier. He passed Wednesday at his home west of town, with wife and daughter Fannie Davis of Joplin and son May Duff of Lincolnville, Okla., nearby. Funeral held Friday at his residence with Baxter cemetery burial. Duff came from New York state 25 years ago to farm west of town. Survived by wife two sons Clark in Alaska and May in Lincolnville, and daughter Mrs Fannie Davis.
An old newspaper item advertises a promotion offering a free open face nickel watch and self-sharpening 8 inch shears to five new yearly subscribers who recruit others. It also lists the Baxter Springs Kansas post office letters for the week ending Dec 23 1908, with names awaiting collection and two week deadline before dead letter transfer. Additionally notes mention E C Gaines and mother traveling to New York for winter, a lost boys overcoat in Lincolnville Okla, church ladies meeting December 31, and a joint Royal Neighbors Modern Woodman installation on January 12. One real estate listing offers 20 acres with a house and barn for $1000, and E W Dow traveling to Salina for holidays with a sister from New Hampshire arriving there.
On October 1 the library celebrated its first year with 2556 volumes on shelves and numerous pamphlets on geology mineral and agricultural topics. It hosted 3 dailies 4 weeklies 8 monthlies and many patron contributions. 556 tickets were issued and 10988 volumes circulated across classifications led by Fiction 7664 Juveniles 2661 with smaller counts in History Biography Voy age and Travels and other categories. Directors aim to add 130 volumes for War of the Rebellion ethnology of American Indians 43 volumes next year.
Mrs. C. A. McNeill wife of Judge McNeill died at her Columbus home Monday after a brief illness. She fell ill ten days earlier and, though improving, suddenly worsened and died. A beloved figure with many friends funeral services were held Wednesday.
Ed Covey loses a dray horse after illness on Friday. Replacement costs around 150 dollars. The big shipment has arrived prompting a visit to the office to obtain a horse and other items.
Community plea urges united effort for a real revival in Baxter Springs across denominations. Editorial emphasizes dedication, attendance, and setting aside social events to ensure success. Local note: Frank Cravens of Kansas City visiting. wedding announcements list Ruby Tucker and William Clark in Los Angeles, December 29.
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