22 Jul 1915
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Newspaper
Baxter Springs News
Location
Baxter Springs, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1915
Page
1
This notice proclaims that Cooper's store stocks tea, coffee, flour, sugar, canned goods and related items of the highest quality. It promises freshness, guaranteed purity, prompt deliveries, satisfactory service, and reasonable charges, inviting readers to place a trial order to demonstrate satisfaction.
Sunday action shows Baxter eleven featuring Shutters C Bush P Simmons 1b Goodwin 2b Creamer 3b Davis Lawson If Valliere cf McCorkle rf facing Faulkner nine. Large crowd attends as Hallo well visit next Sunday. Shutters Bros arrange several future Sunday games on home ground.
John W McKenzie born March 31 1843 in Harrison county Indiana died July 20 1915 aged 72 years 3 months 19 days He moved to Boone county Indiana in 1861 enlisted in the 10th Indiana Volunteers served three years He married Malona Miller November 9 1865 and had four children Bonnie Holmes Annie Hutchings and Darius McKenzie one died in infancy He came to Kansas in 1883 lived on a farm north of Baxter then in Baxter Springs He joined the Christian church in 1869 helped erect the Christian church building in Baxter Springs He leaves his widow one son and two daughters three sisters Mary McKenzie Lucy McKenzie Oklahoma Mary Watkins Oklahoma and a niece in Indiana with grandchildren at his bedside Funeral at the Christian church Thursday at 2 pm G A R will conduct the obsequies
Dr. A. D. Noland returns from Kansas trip saying wheat across Kansas is abundant enough to feed the world for a time. A renowned plow expert will be at Jaqueth & Gilman to field customer troubles and offer advice.
Edward Craft of Elba New York attests to Chamberlains Liniment easing knee pains stiffness and soreness. The ad notes availability everywhere and echoes with a Sunday storm breaking an outdoor church service in Library park. Also mentions E H Schloeman’s bee taming boast and his bee related incident. W D Pinnick is listed as city auctioneer with orders at News office.
A letter from Baxter Springs Kansas invites Mr T Connor secretary to arrange a lecture by Mr Sias titled Defending the Home Town. The notice praises the talk as vital and entertaining and urges strong local attendance by business groups professionals farmers and families. It asks which lecture option to present and to promote a big crowd. Also notes James Morrs in the Chautauqua system and recounts a Justamere club picnic with members and guests at O C Rummel home.
Do You Have Plow Trouble is promoted by Jaqueth Giglia and Mrs Dora Aikens with Mrs Carrie Cassell visiting Baxter July 21 for meetings with relatives. A straw stack fire on Willard farm east of the city is reported. Miss Clara May Noble travels to North Carolina for a month long visit. Civic League displays plants before the Library. Ruth Harnes joins a camping trip with Prof Calhoun and others in Saginaw Missouri. The July 28 event features Jaqueth Giglia speaking on plows and related topics.
A stalk brought to the office by B W Patton stands fourteen and a half feet tall with two perfect ears and a potential third. From Sam King’s patch, the plant grew nine feet three inches to the ear, towering above a typical house. King, who once tilled the garden, now shares a tale tied to his Kansas roots as the patch yields small crops across under forty acres.
City Council issues notice to property owners to remove weeds immediately. If ignored, the council will cut and assess the cost as a tax against the property as authorized by city ordinance.
Mrs. Lillian Dorman of Girard Kansas reports improved health after using Tanlac. She suffered indigestion catarrh and exhaustion but says the tonic restored appetite energy and nourishment. The Tanlac booster notes the remedy’s wide use for stomach kidney and related ailments and mentions local availability.
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