Social and travel notes from the old settlers eventful week
The Old Settler's advertising gang was in town yesterday morning. Rathbone the tailor offers old clothes cleaned and made like new. Local guests include Mr and Mrs S W Coglizer of Joplin, Mrs Vale Smith, Rev Stewart and family, Mrs W E Price and children, and others visiting area families during Chautauqua. An infant burial, cholera infantum death, and a long planned trip by John S Cooper, Will Goodwin, and Herbert Price from this city to Denver and beyond are noted. Weather hints of rain appear as the week ends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rathbone
S. W. Coglizer
Joplin
John M. Cooper
Rev. Stewart
Wier City
L. D. Hodgkins
W. E. Price
John S. Cooper
Will Goodwin
Herbert Price
Cooper Ford Machine
Denver
Colorado
Wyosting
Montana
John Vickrey
Francia
Okla
Helen McCammon Vedin
Jair
Lant
Anna Douthat
M. EB. Douthat
Quapaw
Parham
B. E. Deus
Bessie Douthat
Extracts From a Private Letter About Baxter Chautauqua Lecturers
A Baxterite quotes a private letter lauding the Baxter Chautauqua program and its four top Lyceum lecturers. The writer notes Dr Green’s absence due to international engagements and praises Homer Wilson, inviting him as a guest next year. They report ticket sales and crowds as evidence of success and boast about Kansas crowds on the Fourth of July.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homer Wilson
Kansas
Booster Club Meeting Urgently Called for Friday
The Booster Club holds a regular meeting Friday evening at Rucker's office. All members are urgently asked to attend as matters of very great importance will be discussed and acted upon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Booster Club
Rucker
For Sale Ten Seats and Desks for School Room
For Sale ten single combination seats and desks for school room. See Eugene Turner, Baxter Springs, Kansas Route 2. Chas Stephens and Ed Mc Neill of Columbus were here Monday on legal business. Mr Stephens says he feeds three year old silage and believes it saves the country. He raises Holstein-Friesian cattle and is thriving. Jersey ball at Bridges feed yard. Service one dollar. Mrs Lillian Moore of Kansas City visits her mother Mrs W H Horner. George Peake returns from Coldwater, Kansas to visit his mother Mrs Anos Peake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene Turner
Baxter Springs
Kas
Chas. Stephens
Ed. McNeill
Columbus
Bridges
Lillian Moore
Kansas City
W. H. Horner
George Peake
Coldwater
Kansas
Qother
Mrs
Anos Peake
Chautauqua a Great Success in Baxter Springs
Chautauqua opened with a large crowd as Meister singers impressed with harmony. Lecturers from Dr. McClary to Dr. Green drew strong praise on topics from humor to the Japanese question. Attendees enjoyed orchestras, violinists, and a late closing band. Gate receipts were disappointing but expected to rise next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baxter Springs
Chautauqua
Meistersingers Quartette
Thomas McClary
Los Angeles
Cal
Thomas E. Green
Theobaldi
Hellen Hellar
Madame Hanick
Mr. Woll
Chautauqua Ser
Lenaders
Miss Bruner
Boston
Ikemoto
Homer Wilson
Texas
E. J. Powell
LaDell Concert Company
Price Concert
Ernest J. Sins of
Lincoln
Neb
Chautauqua Revival Sees Strong Community Support
The Baxter Springs community celebrated a successful Chautauqua season with rapid sale of next year’s tickets and a pledge to end discounted pricing and brokered sales. Guarantors earned praise as opponents of the movement faced public ridicule for attempting to undermine the event’s moral and social uplift.
Reunion Features Agricultural Display at Big Reunion
A new feature for the Big Reunion will be an agricultural implement display with daily addresses by farm expert R. W. Jordan of Labette county and a Spalding deep tilling machine representative. Other implement men will present farm machinery, plus discussions on farm products, with ample room for teams and various entertainments.
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R. W. Jordan
Labette County
Spalding
Temptation lecture at St Mark's Church Bo'clock
St Mark's Church at Bo'clock invites attendance to a lecture by Rector Bush on the subject Temptation. The message promises ample foundations for the talk and welcomes all to attend Sunday services next.
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Bo'clock
Bush
St. Mark's
Kansas Diamond Wheat Flour ad and visiting locals
An advertisement extols Kansas Diamond Wheat Flour with a full weight guarantee and money back offer. It lists visitors including Mr and Mrs D T Kitchen of Arkansas City and Mrs Fanny Helm of St Marys with relatives and local socials noted. Mentions Chautauqua events, camp meetings, reunions, and various guests from Oklahoma and nearby towns visiting Joplin and area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
D. T. Kitchen
Arkansas City
Theo
Fanny Helm
St. Marys
M. E. Reddy
Prank Turrill
West Mineral
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Swift
Gregory's
Arthur Ballard
New Business House
Perkins
Polster Bros
James Bosse
Old Settler's Advertising Gang
Fred Stallsmith
Miami
Jennie
Harriet Coglizer
Edith Heller
Miss Brunner
Coffeyville
Vale Smith
Bess Powell
Nelle
Galena
Scottie Nichols
Chas. H. Ridgeway
Roy Vincent
Big Wells
Joe Vincent
Theo Halcomb
Lester Stebbins
Chas. L. Smith
W. S. Jones
Mrs. Jones
Edgerton
Jessie Webber
Jacob Webber
Webber Home Inn
Baxter Cemetery
Callon C. F. Parham
Long-Belt Lumber Company
Baxter
St. Mark's Church
Kodaking
Eastman Kodak Co
Kodak
J. W. Grantham
Kodaks
The
United States
Baxter State Bank
A. Myers
Kaniighal Stad
Mary Sutherland
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