This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 12 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1957
Page
2
Small ads list life and health services and hospitalizations with contact at 129 W Main and phone 721. Tire shop promotions from Glen's Tire Service advertise Royal Tires and Willard Batteries with easy terms. Readers urged to call carrier or 700 after 6 p.m. if Tribune not received.
Local notices list funeral services for Mrs. T. A. Newlin and Lillie Hendrickson, with services at Roy S. Gibson and Johnson mortuaries. Survivors include spouses and children. services include burial at Memorial Park Cemetery and Elmwood Cemetery. Other brief items note hospital admissions, dismissals, traffic citations, and births in Chanute.
Kansas City live cattle sales show 17 500 head with calves 1 700 and varied movement across classes. Hogs total 4 500 with barrows and gilts 25 to 50 lower while sows hold, and sheep 2 000 with generally steady prices for good and choice lambs and feeder offerings. Also reports on eggs butter and grain futures with Chicago market notes and hay receipts.
Topeka Gov George Docking seeks to hold next year s budget at current levels and faces a need to raise about 10 million dollars in new revenue. He favors cuts to balance income and outgo but says the Legislature s makeup makes that unlikely. He opens budget hearings Oct 15 and notes lower tax collections while urging a tight fisted approach and possible staff reductions to curb expenditures.
Mrs. Anna Elizabeth Anderson of Petrolia died Sunday at 2 PM after a life that began in Sweden on October 13 1866. She lived near Ottawa Chanute and Petrolia and left a daughter Mrs Clarence E Anderson with grandchildren and great grandchildren. Funeral services are set for Wednesday at Roy S Gibson funeral home with Rev Judd Jones officiating. Elmwood Cemetery burial. Elmer G Lukins age 76 died Friday in a Hardiner hospital born January 24 1861 in Sav- in Sweden he is survived by nephews and nieces.
Iowa City professor Erich Funke proposes Translingua a numeric shorthand for hotel bookings. Travelers would replace phrases like arriving Monday reserve single room with bath with a numeric code 432-27.212. Dictionaries being prepared would let clerks decipher the messages across languages.
Detroit reported a brief strike at the Holbrook Avenue Federal Credit Union where Wilfred Bill Swan served as manager and treasurer. Swan's wife Hilda and daughter Lorna were staff members, and Mrs Swan refused to cook meals for him until a settlement was reached. The walkout was over a pay dispute.
Eleanor Roosevelt travels from Copenhagen to Moscow by air to confer with Soviet leaders in her role as a newspaperwoman. The White House announces Arnold R. Jones will accept a recess appointment to the Tennessee Valley Authority board. Britain reports Russia will discuss basic questions of disarmament at the five power UN conference. AFL CIO leaders pledge to defend the labor movement against restrictive laws.
President Eisenhower said testing of intercontinental missiles remains far from production and offered no specific status update on the U S ICBM program. He noted the Soviet claim was evasive and defended ongoing high research spending and the long lead time before a viable long range missile appears. He also critiqued Congress on economic measures and warned the foreign aid budget.
President Eisenhower indicated a tax reduction could be considered in the future, though not immediately. He warned against a broad cut now, saying it would loosen the economy, while urging selective buying to curb inflation and noting ongoing government efforts with private groups, the Treasury, and the Federal Reserve.
Three federal prisoners seized a U S marshal from Oregon, overpowering him and taking his car. They were later captured within two hours near Laverne, Oklahoma, after authorities recovered the marshal and the car and searched for the other two suspects in a blue 1956 automobile. Details on the marshal and capture remain unavailable.
The New York stock market nudged up late trading while prices remained irregular and turnover stayed slow. Estimated day volume about 1.5 million shares versus 1.6 million on Friday. pivotal issues showed gains or losses of fractions to around one point. The note adds two historical facts: the first steamboat trip on the St. Lawrence in 1809 and Lake Titicaca as the highest lake at which steamboats run regularly at 12,500 feet.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.