Local notices and social updates from Baxter Springs
Grand Waggoner visits two weeks. Langston party at Hot Springs and Baxter Springs visits by Rev W J N Robertson. Reciproc ity Club afternoon, Auction Bridge, lawn party for Walter Hartley bound for Fort Logan. Sano kidney remedy ads underscore local commerce. Mrs Wright’s daughter Zella faces surgery in Garden City. Wrights plan urgent trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist
L. L. Cardin
C. C. Spar
Walter Hartley
Fort Logan
Col
U. S. Service
Edison
M. A
Rich buys four Willys Knight cars in latest purchase
Mr. and Mrs. A F Williams motored from Columbus to visit Baxter friends with Miss Lizzie E Wooster a Republican primary candidate for state superintendent of public instruction on August six. Wooster a prominent school worker author and former high school official.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. F. Williams
Columbus
Lizzie E. Wooster
Baxter
Miss Wooster
War Labor Board Forms In Baxter Springs For Wheat Harvest
Following the Chamber of Commerce action a permanent War Labor Board is formed in Baxter Springs to organize the 115 men for the Kansas wheat harvest. George Van Dusen joins the board along with Lundgren, Lewis, McGuire, and Tinsley. Meetings will be held at the Chamber of Commerce assembly room as officials outline wages and timelines for harvest starting mid June.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
Baxter Springs
Kansas
War Labor Board
George van Dusen
Messrs. G. E. Lundgren
T. P. Lewis
Homer McGuire
O. B
Prensa
Notice of Final Settlement in Duff Estate
In Baxter Springs News May 17 1918 notice to creditors and interested parties that final report in the Patterson C Duff estate is in Probate Court Cherokee County Kansas. June 17 will apply for full final settlement and administrator Mary M Duff seeks court order authorizing compensation and determining legal heirs. Dated Columbus Kansas May 01 A 18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baxter Springs
State of
Kansas
Cherokee
Patterson C. Duff
Mary M. Duff
Columbus
Turn Hair Dark With Sage Tea
The old time mixture of sage tea and sulfur darkens gray hair. The preparation is simple, and users note it gives a natural shade without harsh processing. A popular home remedy is Wyeth’s Sage Tea preparation, yet details remain loosely described in casual mentions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boma
Wyeth
Open Harvest Hand Stations Located in Baxter Springs
Harvest hand recruiting stations have been opened in Baxter Springs at local stores and pool halls to recruit 116 men for Kansas wheat harvest work. Wages are set at 45 cents per hour for harvest hands, 30 cents for teams, 8 dollars per day for head cooks, and 1.50 for assistant cooks. Volunteers may be deployed anywhere in Kansas to aid the wheat crop, with potential government drafts if insufficient volunteers are secured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baxter Springs
Kansas Wheat
Golden Rule
Hood & Sons
Rich's Grocery
Polsters
Harvey's Furniture
O'Connell & McGuire's
The
Quality Store
Tinaley's Hardware Store
Globe
Fairfax Barnes Grocery
Leader
T. P. Lewis Grocery
War Labor Board
Chamber of Commerce
E. Lundgren
Homer McGuire
George Vandusen
Tom Lewis
Jim Hunter
Long Bell Lumber Company
Protenham Pool Hall
Ray Warner
Gas Company
Palace Pool Hall
Convention Delegates Meet Of Southeastern Kansas Clubs
J H Hannah Harold T Wright L I Kagy and Rev John Garretson attended the annual convention of the Southeastern Kansas Association of Commercial Clubs at Pittsburg Kansas as Baxfor Springs Chamber of Commerce delegates. The association includes commercial clubs from Cherokee Crawford Allen La cHette Wilson Bourbon Neosho Woodson and Montgomery counties. Topics included good roads cream styles and farm labor with plans for a Parsons meeting within sixty days to unite all accredited territory. Cherokee county reports 8000 acres of wheat and Crawford 4000 as farmers address labor and harvest hand needs mainly through cooperation. A key aim is to develop a complete good roads system across all counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Hannah
Harold T. Wright
L. I. Kagy
John Garretson
Southeastern Kansas Association of Commercial Clubs
Pittsburg
Kas
Bax‘or
Springs
Parsons
Lone Accredited
Cherokee County
Crawford County
New soldering fluid may prove boon
Diver Greenstreet of Baxter Springs claims a new soldering fluid solves zinc burning by using lower heat, yields stronger welds, and emits a pleasant odor. Tests show it works on iron, brass, copper and other metals with less fumes. He plans patents and a marketable product, with a company forming to commercialize the invention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Standard Oil Company
Diver Greenstreet
Baxter Springs
Greenstreet
Delegation to races designates Baxter Springs day
The people of Picher designate Wednesday June 19 as Baxter Springs day at the Baxter Springs race meet. Mr Cotter representing the Picher committee was in Baxter Springs to ensure strong local representation and a parade in automobiles for the next to last day of the meet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Picher
Baxter Springs
Cotter
Picher Committee
Weshore
Baxter Man at Waco: Cow Creek Mining on 20 Acre Lease
Baxter Springs financier M. B. Rich joins J H Riley of Joplin and Warren Clark of Carl Junction in leasing twenty acres at Waco adjoining the Waco No 2 property. Drillers report a 30 foot face of rich jack ore with an assay average around 11.96 percent recovery. This is the second hole on the property, following a successful first bore. The company is named Cow Creek Mining Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. B. Rich
Baxter Springs
J. H. Riley
Joplin
Warren Clark
Carl Junction
Waco
Waco No. 2
Cow Creek
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Grand Waggoner
Waggoner
George
Tulsa
Okla
McLoughlin
Daugh
Ralph
J. W. Barnesth
Sano
Scott
Daily Citizen
Langston
Mra. Lang
Mr. Langston
United States
Ed. Covey
Kathleen
Louise Covey
Fd Willard
M. J. Nichols
Jamesons
R. M. Gilman
O. M. Youse
Clarence Parks
Galena
P Wesley Smith
Enoch Perkins
Mesdames Enoch Per
James Cole
L. M. Perkins
Jus
W. T. Apple
A. R. Weaver
Smith
Chas. Opperman
Scott Drug Co
Fred Nichols
Grant Waggoner
Earl Stevison
Meyerding
L. L. Willard
W. T. Hope
J. R
W. Patton
Grant Way
Leslie Meyerding
Earl Stevid Stoskopf
E. M. Mitch
Bisses Grace Perkins
Mar
Ter
Wright
Willys-Knight
Weaboy's Meat Market
Joplin Scale
C. A. Mayer
Cook - Buffington Lumber Co
Baxter Springs, Kansas
Corliss
Drill Steel
New York
the Murdock Hardware Co
South Street
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