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Newspaper
Baxter Springs News
Location
Baxter Springs, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1908
Page
1
Made a Hit T J Morrow introduces Senator Jeff Davis and delivers a veteran audience address. The Baxter Springs Reunion Association meeting followed with officer elections, a call to appoint a colonel, and reminders for schools to begin Monday. The text also recalls Civil War era harmony and G A R memories.
A chaotic scene at Judge Stoeckefs tent in Camp Logan ends with laughter as yellow jackets disrupt a reunion court session. Prisoners and officers struggle to calm the commotion while women testify, and the judge jokes about punishing the crowd if the prisoners return.
The Reunion Association met this morning and re elected all former officers by acclamation. The group added a Colonel to the list, with Capt. L. A. Hilligoss unanimously elected to the position, filling the vacancy left by Col. Weldy’s death.
Word reaches Galena that Ed Jackson escaped from the penitentiary early Monday morning while working in a brick yard outside the walls. Guards pursue him as the third escape from the prison since last Friday. Jackson previously shot City Marshal Chase Garner at Clover Leaf and was sentenced last March for manslaughter. If captured, he faces roughly double remaining time.
Tuesday evening Mrs. A. W. Kelley suffered serious burns to the arms neck and head at the Coglizer tent in Camp Logan when a gas line stove ignited unextinguished oil. She is in severe pain but expected to recover. Men's and children's shoes priced low at Pierce's with sales slip sandal at 1.28.
J. T. Martin of Mineral Kansas stands with a silk flag that served in the Civil War. It belonged to Co 14th Kansas and witnessed the Price raid and battles through Missouri Kansas and Texas. The banner is badly worn and bears marks of many bullets.
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