Bond Election Planned for Baxter High School Addition
Baxter Springs officials led by President Wear and Directors VanDusen Lynch and Pfremmer with Superintendent Rhine meet State Superintendent Ross in Columbus to push a new high school bond issue of 99000. If approved a ten day election will decide funding to build a modern facility and later add manual training domestic science and business labs to boost local education.
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Wear
Geo. VanDusen
C. N. Lynch
State School Funds Commission
Ross
Baxter Board
Baxter Springs
Kansas
Baxter
Netta Mill at Picher leads Miami field with 1200 ton daily capacity
Frank Hills reports Netta Mill in Picher, a flagship plant of Picher Load Company, producing concentrates at about 100 tons daily with a peak 144 tons. The two‑mill operation runs 24 hours, employing 250 to 530 workers on site, supported by a 1 mile narrow gauge railway and electric underground illumination.
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Frank Hills
Netta
Picher Load Company
Picher
Miami
Thta
Lucy and Celia Compete for Tom Brantford’s Affection
Celia, Tom Brantford’s second wife, confronts jealousy over Lucy’s memory and her own place in their home. After months of quiet striving, Tom confesses that he valued a simple, steady family life above social display, and Celia agrees to keep their shared home as his world.
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Colia
Celia
Elisabeth
Tom Brantford
Colla
Lucy
Tom
Elizabeth
Toth
Colin
Wade
Farabe
Cella
Gearest
Lacy
Teachers Hired Across Cherokee County for 1918 19
The Cherokee County school superintendent reports nearly all teachers for the 1918 19 year have been hired. Salaries and names cover districts 1 through 107 with many teachers listed including Margaret McGregor, Leola Sharpneck, Ruth McCall, Faye Dugger, Nellie Wright, Eva Pickering, Louise Fehrenbach, Christine Barcus, Leta Hutton, Edith Smith, Emmett Schreiner, Florence DeVoe, Coral Turvill, Esther Miller, and Mattie Hall among others, with varied pay from 40 to 90 dollars.
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Cherokee County
G. A. Sanders
Sander
Columbus
Margaret McGregor
Mary Scott
Lacy Stonecipher
Leona Childer
Laura Meridith
Leola Sharpneck
Hattie Anderson
Jennie Hawkins
Fern Marka
Ruth McCall
Pauline Scott
Mae Rummery
Faye Dugger
Nellie Wright
Fae Anderson
Flora Reed
Eva Pickering
Louise Fehrenbach
Irene Potter
Mary Costello
Faye Wright
Mona Busard
Clarence Claxton
Mabel Beatty
Alta Doyle
Helen Hanson
Ethel Horner
Mabel McFall
Margaret Upchurch
Edith Smith
Christine Barcus
Leta Hutton
Golda Waddell
Wilda Stoner
Vera Wing
Mary Reed
Hazel Wright
Ethel Kuykendall
Ruby Wright
Zelma Hayden
Elsie Branson
Carl Johnson
Edith Wright
Pauline Hutton
Marie Allman
Georgia Dowing
Gladys Duncan
Anna Heenan
Pauline Phillips
Irene Mitchell
Mrs. McDonald
Cora Hamlet
Grace Cruickshank
Florence DeVoe
Miss Brown
Leathea Scott
Coral Turvill
Esther Miller
Mabel Burr
Bertha Cline
Eldred Turley
Bessie Newman
F. E B. Smith
Beyrl Hammers
Clara Dugger
Fern Houser
Jessie Watts
Lala Stevens
Nina Mishler
Hazel Springs
W. L. Browning
Ethel Robinson
Madeline Zike
Mattie Hall
Sarah Grant
Blanche Ketchum
Peace for Germany and the Western Front
General Ludendorff says peace for Germany rests on fighting at the western front and concludes that peace cannot be achieved without decisive battles. The piece notes war aims, cost, and the likelihood of forceful outcomes along with local society items. Peace terms remain tied to military victory and continued conflict in Europe.
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Springfield
Germany
Ludendorff
Russia
Romania
Allied vow to force German peace after sacrifices
The Allied nations pledge unyielding effort to prevent Germany from achieving victory. They promise vast sacrifices of blood and money, insisting on a peace imposed by the Allies rather than Berlin dictates, and aiming for a just outcome after a brutal war.
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Germany
Berlin
Baxter Boy Writes Home From Camp Sherman Ohio
National guard juvenile Leroy Ryan of Baxter Springs Kansas writes parents from Camp Sherman Ohio May 28 1918 detailing kitchen detail work digging a ditch and transfers within units guarding against smallpox scare and overseas exam plans while Marion seeks overseas status and families await news.
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Baxter Boy
Camp Sherman
Ohio
J. T. Ryon
Baxter Springs
Kan
40Th
Tr. Bn
Marion
Leroy Ryan
Battery B
Baxter Springs merchants should spend locally say Cophas Amen
A Baxter Springs letter argues that merchants who live in Joplin Galena Pittsburg buy most goods there and spend money outside Baxter Springs. It urges local spending to benefit the town and its sewer and water services, asking merchants to live and shop locally. The writer signs off with Amen Cophas.
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Baxter
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