Tornado Claims Sherwood School Teacher Shortly After Noon
A tornado struck the Sherwood school house twenty two miles southwest of Syracuse in Stanton county killing teacher Winifred Rogers instantly. Three pupils were seriously injured including Eva Thayer nine who was scalped. Blanch Green suffered a broken arm and Lon Creamer’s son broke an instep. Two pupils in the building escaped uninjured. No other property damage reported.
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Winifred Rogers
Sherwood School
Syracuse
Stanton County
Blanch Green
Eva Thayer
Lon Creamer
Friend School Dedication Highlights Consolidation Progress
A newly built consolidated school at Friend is dedicated today with evening ceremonies for those unable to attend. The district formed two years ago after a windstorm destroyed several buildings, including the original school. Holcomb’s school is noted as the state’s largest, underscoring consolidation benefits for rural students.
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Friend
Consolidated
Holcomb
Middle West
Murder in Grant County Sullivan charged in Bratton death
P J Sullivan jailed in Kearny County for the fatal shooting of Bratton after an argument in an old house near town Tuesday night. Bratton lay dead outside the door with a bullet through the body. Sullivan, found asleep next morning, initially denied gun possession and later claimed he threw the weapon away. Both men had prior trouble and shared work on the Santa Fe railroad.
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P J. Sullivan
Kearny County
Bratton
Ulysses
Sullivan
Santa Fe
First all woman Kansas jury returns not guilty verdict
Cimarron Kansas March 7 special the first all woman jury in Kansas maybe in the U S returns a not guilty verdict in the state vs James Cecil charged with possessing intoxicating liquor. The jury debated seven hours while the men ate supper and the women decided the quart jar in Cecils car contained vinegar. County attorney W N Bendure calls it the most attentive jury he has faced.
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Cimarron
Kan
Kansas
United States
James Cecil
Cecil
W.N. Bendure
High Plains grain car era shifts to idle hopper fleet
Aug 12 historical note recalls a past grain hopper shortage that unsettled elevator operators who piled wheat on the ground. Today elevators and railroads have invested heavily, leaving thousands of hopper cars idle. plus a social note covers visitors returning from McAllen Texas and a dinner in honor of Ada Glover with guests including Miss Ada and Miss Alice Glover and Ruth Matthews.
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High Plains
Ada Glover
W. W. Matthews
North Ninth
Alice Glover
Ruth Matthews
Delbert Beatty
Rupert Matthews
Legion to stage wrestling bout on July Fourth
Garden City will host a big Fourth of July celebration featuring a middleweight world championship wrestling match between Chris Jordan of Indianapolis and Clarence Elliott of Newton. The Legion plans a large Finnup Park stadium with thousands of seats, plus boxing and wrestling preliminaries starting around four pm. A new safe was installed at the First National Bank Tuesday morning.
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Garden City
Chris Jordan
Indianapolis
Indiana
Clarence Elliott
Newton
Kansas
American Legion
Elliott
Jordan
Legion
Finnup Park
The
United States
Lightning Strikes Eaton Home in Garden City
Lightning struck the Clarence R. Eaton residence Sunday evening near the Experimental Station at about 8 40 causing the roof to resemble a T. The bolt tore through a bedroom window, burned patches in the room, felled the blind, and set the bed aflame while knocking Mr. Eaton from the bed. All three family members escaped serious harm though the little girl was frightened. Mrs. Eaton felt as if pulled apart. H T West of Topeka visited friends in the city Monday.
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Clarence R. Eaton
Garden City
Eaton
Mr. Eaton
Telephone line nearing completion to Garden City area
The Farmers Mutual Telephone Company builds its main line from the city southward for sixteen and a quarter miles with about sixty miles of tributary lines by local farmers. Ernest Handa serves as president with R. G. Hughes as secretary treasurer and O K Ohmes Henry Myers and E A Solze as directors. Atty Ralph Hoskinson was in Lakin on legal business.
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Farmers Mutual Telephone Company
Garden City
Telephone Company
Ivanhoe Township
Sand Hills
Chas. B. Eggen
Eggen
Ernest Handa
R. G. Hughes
O. K. Ohmes
Henry Myers
E. A. Solze
Orphans Home Plans Promoted by Woodmen Groups
A gathering of business leaders and residents discussed a proposed Woodmen of the World and Woodmen Circle orphan home to be located in Garden City. The plan envisions cottage homes with mothers for eight to twelve children, gardens, outdoor space, and school and church access, funded by $12 million and $50 million in municipal and public securities, with community support and hosting towns to ensure the children are treated as at home. Also reported are notices of a horse and mule stray near Deerfield and a six year old boy’s wrist fracture from a pony incident near the city.
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Chamber of Commerce
Woodmen of the World
Woodmen Circle
United States
May E. LaRosa
Omaha
Nebraska
Supreme Guardian of the
la Roca
Garden City
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McAllen, Tex
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West
Colorado
Amanda Janda
Commerce Bank
FDIC
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Eaton Home
Clarence Eaton
H. T. West
Topeka
Atty Ralph Hoskinson
Lakin
A. D. White
Deerfield
J. C. McClain
Billy Osborn
Earl Osborn
Osborns
Rarick Farm
Cuit Telegram
Garden City Telegram
Ocarrier
P.O
Demon Rum
Indianapoli
Orphans
Racing
Supreme Guardian
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