Baldwin News Friends attend services and visits
Funeral services for Mrs Geo Gossage were held Sunday with Salvation Army in charge and interment in Baldwin cemetery. Visitors included Mr and Mrs Paul Merry of Kansas City and Mrs Marshall Morgan with children from Detroit. Several locals and guests attended church events and summer school activities in Baldwin and nearby towns.
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Mrs. Paul Merry
Kansas City
Mr. Merry
Mrs
Marshall “Morgan
Detroit
Scott” Morgan
Visit and Injury Report From Pleasant Grove
Miss Leota Jordon visited her sister Mrs Ray Jince Sunday evening. Ed Swimley broke his arm Thursday catching it in a threshing machine belt while threshing for Asa Turner. Dr Uhl set the arm and reports he is doing nicely. George Hardtafer and son Howard and George Pitts helped Ira Aird cut wheat this week at Pleasant Grove. Leota Jordon called at John Rockhard's Tuesday. Beulah Hird stays with sister Mrs Paul Johanning. Will Dyer called at John Rockhold's Thursday. Mrs Cris called at Ira Hird's Monday.
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Ed Swimley
Asa Turner
Dr. Uhl
George Hardtafer
Howard
George Pitts
Ira Aird
Cxis
Pleasant Grove
James Gale
Leota Jordon
John Rockhard
Beulah Hird
Connecticut county boasts of rare murder record
A landlady asks a boarder about another cup of coffee. He refuses, saying the spirit is willing but the coffee is weak. A Connecticut county notes a remarkable crime statistic, reporting only two murders in almost a century.
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Connecticut
Free medical consultation offered by Dr Potters at Eldridge Hotel
Dr Potters of 2108 Garfield Ave Kansas City Mo will provide a free consultation and examination at Eldridge Hotel Unit 1 P M One day only. He treats deafness by a new process and offers remedies for catarrh throat and lung diseases eye and ear conditions stomach liver kidneys rheumatism paralysis neuralgia nervous and heart disease epilepsy Brights disease bladder blood skin stammering asthma and more. Married ladies must be accompanied by their husbands. Remember the date.
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Eldridge
Dr. Potters
Garfield Ave
Kansas City
Pals First at Varsity Theatre with Harold Beckwood
Harold Beckwood stars in Pals First a six reel romantic drama based on a Lee Wilson Dodd stage success adapted from Francis Perry Elliott’s novel. The plot follows two befrienders from Yale and San Quentin who pose as the owner Dick Castleman’s relatives, face exposure, and entwine romance as secrets unfold and a wedding nears with a twist revealing the true identity. Co stars include Ruby De Remer James Lackaye Richard Neill Anthony Byrd Pauline Dempsey Walter Lewis and Rollo Lloyd.
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Varsity Theatre
Harold Beckwood
Castleman
Sunny Tennessee
Alex
Darkey
Danny
Harry Chilton
Jean Logan
Dr. Ae
Dominic
San Quentin
Danny Rowland
Mr. Cod
Ruby de Remer
James Lackaye
Richard R. Neill
Anthony P. Byrd
Pauline Dempsey
Walter P. Lewis
Rollo Lloyd
Deaths and Funerals in Jellans area
Deaths reported include William Miller whose funeral was held yesterday at 2 PM at his East 19th Street home officiated by Dr Dill of Westminster House with Odd Fellows at the grave. Pallbearers listed. Burial at Oak Hill in family plots purchased in 1865 by his brother Josiah Miller and father R H Miller. Also Jessie Prosser 70 died Saturday. services at 1:30 PM. Oak Hill burial. Lula Peterson 22 died at 1838 Tennessee Street. service Tuesday 2 PM at First Christian Church. Oak Hill burial. Eva Frye 34 died at 227 North Fourth Street after two months illness. funeral Wednesday 2 PM from home. Oak Hill burial.
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Miller
William~Miller
East 19Th
Dill
Westminster
Odd Fellows
J. H. Mitchell
Charles Tucker
George Orr
G. F. Brown
George Lothholz
Carl Dodds
Oak Hill
Josiah Miller
R. H. Miller
Jessie Prosser
Herome
New York Street
Oak Hill Cemetery
Lula Peterson
William Allen
Tennessee Street
First Christian Church
Eva Frye
George Frye
North Fourth Street
Meal Estate Transfers Across Lawrence Area Portrayals
Meal Estate transfers list several deeds in Lawrence area from grantors to grantees. Items include Qlara, sister of grantor, with $1.00 and other valuable considerations for lots 7 and 8 in Blk 18 Lane's Place Addition to Lawrence. Marie F. Spiss to S L Knapp for $1 and other considerations for W 12 of Tot 58 in addition 10 North Lawrence. S L Knapp and wife to Charles H. Smith as cons for $3,440 for S 7 a in N W 61-4 of Sec 12-13-19. John Ise to Sadie Wells as cons for $5,300 for Lot 153 Ky St, Lawrence.
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Anter
Qlara
Grantor
Lane
Lawrence
Marie F. Spiss
S. L. Knapp
North Lawrence
Charles H. Smith
John Ise
Sadie Wells
Lot
Foolish Customs Survive In Ancient English Towns
London Times notes long standing feudal duties in Chichester and Dorset require producing weaponry and toys for royal wars, with St Olav’s Grammar School valued at 25 000 though once 150, tenants paying a wild boar or cash to Grimsby mayor, while mass of newspapers print in English.
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St. Olav's Grammar School
Chichester
Bryanston
Dorset
Wales
Bradley
Great Wood
Grimsby
London Times
War Department plan calls for restructured army
The War Department proposes a unified force including 20th Infantry Divisions and one Cavalry Division, with separate branches except chemical warfare merged with Engineers. Military training for youths 19 would be compulsory, seniority promotions abolished, and the National Guard federalization retained under the National Defense Act. In wartime the selective service act would resume. Rankin's Drug Store.
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Washington
Baker
Rega
National Guard
Ita
National Defense Act
Lecompton Girl Becomes Broadway Star Esther Ingham
Esther Ingham from Lecompton rises from a Kansas town girl to a Broadway hopeful. After years of early talent a stint as hello girl in Listen Lester at the K/ Broadway, she earns attention for singing dancing and acting. Now Kansas City audiences may see her in Listen Lester at the Grand during the week of October 2.
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Broadway
Esther Ing
Orormpton
New
Aoe
Ingham
New York Theatre
Semele
Esther
Biergreiven
Kansas City
Wont Help Antt Salven League I Has No Intention
Campaign leaders in Washington discussed anti saloon league positions with Elihu Root Guthrie and Marbury Marbury of the U S Brewers Association arguing that the proposed war prohibition enforcement act is unconstitutional. Wheeler claimed anti saloon league plans include a tobacco campaign and denounced the scarecrow anti prohibition effort as deceptive.
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Antt Salven
League I
Washington
Wayn B. Wheeler
Council
Antiseleon League of America
Elihu Root
Guthrie and Wim. P
Marbury
U. S. Brewers Association
Wheeler
League
Santics Tobacco Campaign
Anti-Prohibition Association
Anti-Saloon League
Fragmentary note hints at nations and fate
A clipped, garbled line appears to reference nations and fate in a fragmented form, with unclear names or actions. The readable portion suggests a thematic focus on destiny or geopolitical language, but concrete facts, entities, or events are not extractable from the text.
The Largest Mummy in the World at Petrograd Museum
The Beresovka mammoth, a huge extinct animal, is the world’s largest mummy on display in the Petrograd museum. It was found frozen fifty thousand years ago near the Bere sovka river in northeast Siberia, illustrating the species’ ancient history.
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Beresovka
Petrograd Museum
Frogen
Beresovka River
Stherte
Price of Happiness Reflections on Conscience and Wealth
A lone 19th century quotation notes that true happiness comes only from a clean heart and conscience, not from wealth or excitement. It argues that despising one's acts and harboring envy or hatred prevents happiness, regardless of money.
Bride’s mother Returns To Present Bouquet Moments Before I Do
In a rushed wedding moment the bride and groom stood ready as the bride’s mother dashed from the room and hurried back down the aisle to place the bridal bouquet in the bride’s hands. The flowers had been forgotten in the excitement of the rite.
Change Wrought by Time and a Boy's Lost Nickel
An old-fashioned boy delighted by a nickel now faces a younger generation unaware of coins below the half dollar. The passage reflects shifting attitudes toward money and age in a concise, reflective note.
From Hot Springs Ark on Thomas Cat sighting
A note from Hot Springs Arkansas records a sighting of a person named Thomas Cat and a brief comment about not wanting to hear many symptoms. The item mentions a visitor and a reminder about feelings.
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Visitor
Hot Springs
Arkon
Thomas
Ae to Shaving From Pliny to Napoleon
The piece surveys shaving habits from ancient times to Napoleon, noting Pliny’s claim that Serpio n Africanus first shaved daily and recounting Talleyrand’s remarks. It asks whether Napoleon shaved himself or was shaved, suggesting rulers rely on attendants while those who seize kingdoms must shave themselves.
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Pliny
Serpion Africanus
Mr. Africanus
Talleyrand
Napoleon
Maryland Patent Transfer Amid King Charles Era
On June 2 1682 the Maryland patent granted to George Calvert was transferred to his son Cecil Calvert after his death. King Charles signed the new patent naming the grant land in honor of Queen Henrietta Maria. Lord Baltimore paid English crown with two Indian arrows now shown at Windsor Castle.
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Maryland
George Calvert
Baltimore
Cecilize Calvert
Charles
Henrietta Maria
Lord Baltimore
Crown of England
Widdeor’ Castle
England
Mrs Brown’s gossip echoes through London streets
A brief comic quip from Bilghty in London depicts Mrs Brown as an incurable gossip. The line laments how trusted confidences never stay private, as she is always heard repeating what she has heard before.
Wriskere Explained Beard State and Emotions in Death
The passage describes early Jewish beard symbolism as a public notice of mind and status, noting how a neatly combed beard signified stability for family life and business, while upon death it becomes a tangled mass indicating altered emotions and condition.
Braganza Diamond Mystery and Wax Figure Heritage
The Braganza diamond is famed as a royal treasure with debate over its true nature as a diamond or topaz. Wax figures of ancestors, including the Duke of Norfolk’s display of wives, symbolize aristocratic memory in English history. A related political note discusses isolationist tensions and German aggression blamed for island unrest during a controversial retirement agreement.
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Braganza
Anita
Portugal
Lfe
Duke of Norfolk
Electric Railway Visit Hints at Washington War Talks
Fragmentary OCR mentions electric railway in Washington with hints of Secretary Baker and military affairs. The garbled text references heat and pace of meetings, suggesting a wartime travel note or briefing context without clear facts or identities.
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Goma
Washington
Teehee
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