McCreerys Plan Move to Kansas City This Week
Robert McCreery and family will relocate to Kansas City this week for residence. Mrs R McCreery and Mr T J Morrow hosted the annimai tion club meeting with a luncheon. E B Casaday of Unionville Mo visited last week to oversee mining interests in the Com mon Law property and praised the venture after a pleasant call.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs .R. McCreery
Kansas City
E. B. Casaday
Unionville,Mo
T. H. Goodwin
Morrow
Miss Webb
T. T. Burr
News From the Mines and Local Socials
Mining reports recount the Big Jack property seeking a new mill lease and the Catholic forty exposure of lead ore. The Lancaster Company cleans dumps, Hawkeye resumes operations at five to eight tons per eight hours, and Big Chief Mining plans mill move. Local birthdays and club meetings follow, including Charlie Diveley’s tenth birthday and Avon club activities with Twelfth Night quotations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alabama
Baxter Mining Co
Lancaster Company
Hawkeye Mining Company
Kramer-Morse
Watson
Old Megiea
Omaha
Robert McCreery
Avere Gloan
Big Chief Mining Company
Big Chief
Mission Mine
Old Soldier J M McNay Died at Columbus Home
J M McNay editor of the Galena Republican died at his Columbus home Sunday morning after a brief illness of heart and stomach trouble. Born July 20 1848 he served in Co B 45th Iowa during the Civil War and later ran newspapers in Columbus and Galena with his son Arthur. Funeral held Tuesday. survived by his wife and two sons Arthur and Claude.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. M. McNay
Galena Republican
Columbus
W. A. Mitchell
McNay
Galena
Arthur
Co. B
45Th
Iowa Volunteer Infantry
Corn contest offers prizes for boys and men
The notice outlines two classes, for ages 10-14 and 14-20, with seed corn prizes and trips to a holiday school. Entries to S W Black, Columbus Kansas, before April 1. Additional prizes include best Taw RAS and biggest acre yield. Archdeacon Hobbs to hold services March 15. Walter Turner arrested last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manhattan
S. W. Black
Columbus
Cherokee County
Kans
Archdeacon Hobbs
Topeka
Episcopal
Walter Turner
Another Stairway and Safer Schools Urged
A Baxter Springs voice urges immediate action after a Collinwood Ohio fire killed 174 children due to inadequate exits. The piece condemns single stairways in two story schools, calls for a second exit, and warns that cost must not compromise human safety. It notes schools closing for proper exits and mentions local plans for a new stairway after six weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Collinwood
Ohio
Cleveland
Chicago
Baxter Springs
Board of Education
Delinquent Subscribers Urged to Clear List
A brief notice warns remaining subscribers to settle dues promptly to meet post office filing standards. It urges paying up now to avoid further action and to have names on the honor roll.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Post Office Department
Bank Statement and Local Notices from Cherokee County
Cash totals show capital stock paid in undivided profits and deposits. A Kansas bank official swears the financial statement true. A concrete bridge will be built over the spring branch in Reunion Park. A police case seeks evidence to convict vandals damaging Baxter Telephone Company property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Bank
State of
Kansas
Cherokee
E. K. Brown
Spring Branch
Reunion Park
Baxter Telephone Company
E. W. Dow
Also Mentioned on This Page
Campbell's Drug Store
J. G. Polster
Devoe Paints
Baxter
Cooper
J. M. Cooper & Co
Theo, W. Kitchen
Seeiecate Ously
Low Face Mesa
T. J. Morrow
Arnation Club
Mr Horner
Big Jack
A. Diveley
Charlie
Diveley
Fannie Stallsmith
Amelia Bischofsberger
Baxter National Bank
Resources
U. S
Cir- Dean
K. Brown
Alonzo L. Jones
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