Montavey area notes and county farming talk
Sick Mike Ketels and Miss Eulalie Glen Elder Kansas spent last week with Mrs Eggert and others. Douglas County Farmers Union convention will be held in Holms Grove Thursday August 15. Many neighbors visit, chores, and farm work dominate the week. Local weddings, illnesses, and travel plans fill the column along with farming news and community events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mike Ketels
Eulalie Glen Elder
Kansas
Ze Eggert Niles
Papy
Mil Ae ‘Chambers Y Atte Suntiay
Montavey
Eleanorith
Douglas County
Holms Grove
Arthur Plantz
Charles Wilson
White
Harold Sper
S. Ghibes Young
W. Chambers
Fred Nbers
Fred Beer Item
Whitelaw
Geneva
Evett
Emjoa Schultz
Carol Martin
Rance
Linco
Nebraska
Rane
Charlie Wilson
Jon Starold
Ralph Davis
Doris Marie
Bellview
Robert White
Chas
Wilson
Cheile Davis
Iiy Reynolds
Eee
Ade
Welsh
Feasak Sommers
John Herman
Medssrer- Oliver
Arthur Schutz
Ketels
Jobln Irving
Fred
Wham Schaake
togMir
Ranca
Minnie Anderson
Threshing ends as Parento finishes work in Mackey-Bismar k
Local notes report threshing done by Nels Parento and community greetings. Injuries include Roy Day’s tractor accident, breaking a collar bone and dislocating a shoulder. Social events feature ice cream supper at the Christian church lawn in North Lawrence and help for threshers by Mrs. Richard Key and Dora Wilson. Nearby residents and visitors from Chanute join neighbors for meals and farm tasks through the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nels Parento
A. T. Sharpe
Chanute
Kansas
C. J. Moon
Roy Day
A. T. Sharps
Ortho Moon
Christian Church
North Lawrence
Richard Key
Dora Wilson
Nels Paron
Guy
Mono
Paul
W. M. Spaier
Cold drinks in heat mislead stomach relief
In hot weather stomach discomfort worsens with indigestion and heartburn. An advertised remedy claims FATONIC or STORIC tablets quickly sweeten and soothe the stomach after meals, promising rapid relief and cravings for coolness while urging readers to obtain by mail from a Chicago, Illinois address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bturmae
Eatonic
Chicago
Ill
Freezone Corn Remedy Claims Instant Pain Relief
An advertisement touts Freezone as a magic corn treatment that instantly removes corns and calluses without pain. It promotes a tiny bottle sold by a local dinggist for a few cents, calling it a Cincinnati genius discovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ady
Illnesses and social notes from Grant township and nearby
The record notes Mrs. Ingerberger's severe illness and Mr. Charles Hughes's typhoid fear. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Johns and family visited Chanute relatives. Gus Ingerberger ill. Clifford Moon and Bruce Brooks visited from Ottawa. Moon family host, Clifford Moon buys a new motorcycle. Searls family plus Fern visited the Ingerbergers to care for the sick. Dave Flarity visiting relatives in Kansas City area. Ross Moon handles chores while Guy Moon and wife travel. Road concerns emerge after a culvert collapse near the Moon home caused by a wheat truck. A red lantern marks the scene but has no oil. Dehoney and companions from Kansas City toured the Ranch before returning home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ingerberger
Charles Hughes
Guos
Odddo
Frank Johns
Grant Township
Moon
Dehoney
Kansas City
Green's August Flower Remedy Promotes Digestive Health
A vintage advertisement touts Green's August Flower as a household remedy for constipation, indigestion, and liver troubles. It claims the tincture relieves nervous dyspepsia, headaches, and heart palpitations with a few doses, describing it as a gentle laxative sold by The City Drug Store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Green
Stony Point Social Notes and Local Visits
Local items from Stony Point include seed wheat loss for A Schick after wagon axle failure. Jim Jones of Vinland made calls. Baldwin visitors included Walker Randall, Mrs Lumberger, Kas singer, Wesley Lawson, Albert Lawson. Auxiliary met with ten members, finishing hospital suits. no new work from Lawrence. Del Martin visited relatives in Lawrence. Charles Ice at Sibley elevator. Bertha Pardee attended Clark sale. Winters and Holmes shopped in Baldwin. Lymberger notes Lloyd in good health. Hemphill well renewed. Virgil Ice bought a bicycle. Ernest George spent Sunday with parents. word arrived last week about additional matters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Schick
Martin Holcomb
Jim Jones
Vinland
Walker Randall
Lumberger
James Kassinger
Wesley Lawson
Albert Lawson
Baldwin
Stony Point
Lawrence
del Martin
Rob Pardee
High Prairie
Charles Ice
Sibley
Bertha Pardee
Pleasant Grove
William Winters
B. J. Holmes
Lymberger
Francé
Lloyd
Hemphill Place
H. BH. Smith
Virgil Ice
Ernest George
Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules advertised for backache
An old advertisement extols Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules as a universal remedy for backache promising relief tomorrow with daily use. It claims Holland government charter, calls the product essential to Dutch households, and urges buying only Gold Medal with money back if not helpful. It also notes import origin and packaging.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holland
Netherlands
Haarlem
Adv
Local Notes from Fort Riley and Area Gatherings
Pred Griffis arrived at Ft. Riley safely and will be under quarantine for two weeks. Miss Alma Grossman spent Sunday with home folks. Mr. and Mrs. E. Lawson entertained at dinner Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Lawson Albert Lawson and Mr. and Mrs. Jack McMillen and sons and Dan Dale and Ester. J. B. I. Holmes spent Sunday night with his mother in Lawrence. Walker Randall is plowing on the S. W. Randall place of Vinland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Griffis
Ft. Riley
Alma Grossman
E. Lawson
L. A. Lawson
Albert Lawson
Jack McMillen and Sons
Dan Dale
Ester
J. B. I. Holmes
Lawrence
Walker Randall
S.W. Randall
Vinland
United States Certificates of Indebtedness for sale
United States Certificates of Indebtedness Series IV A dated June 25 1918 mature October 24 1918 pay 4 1/2 percent interest in denominations of 500 and above. Offered by Watkins National Bank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Watkins National Bank
Pleasant Grove Notes Tally Farm Activity and Local News
Pleasant Grove items cover visits birthday celebrations and weddings. Leonard Williams shoots a 55 inch brown hawk at daybreak in Flory field. William Hibner visits Kansas City then Colorado to resume chemical mills work. Green Bros. deliver tractors from Lawrence to local farms for south and west, wheat plowing continues, rain needed. Hamsher of Ohio and Miss Marsh and Hibner finish trip to Pierre via Huron. Deay shoppers at Grove Store. Laugh buys a motorcycle and stays at Wilbur Eberhart home. Charles from Washington serves in the Commissary, butter and meat packing duties noted. Laster returns from Camp Doniphan. Roy Laster at health resort. Northwestern life insurance questioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugh Laughlin
Anna of Worden
Wilbur Eberhart
Will Postma
G. R. Hibner
Kansas City
H.S. Hibner
Empire
Colorado
Oehrle Place
Globe
Campbell Farm
Green Bros
Miss Hamsher
Ohio
Misses Marsh
Hibner
Huron
S. D
Pierre
Walter Deay
Grove Store
George Laugh
Wm. Jacobs
Charles
Washington
Charlie
Commissiary Department
Rain cheers as dry ground finds relief. locals set for camp
Rejoicing over rain ends a period of extreme heat as the community notes new army recruits leaving last Monday. Names include Arthur and Herman Jokmann Bert Walter John Houk Frances Lavin Albert Wulfkuhle and Will Wymer. Visitors from Oklahoma via Matt Hall and Henry Deister join the gathering. Amelia Kizer heads to Denver. Mrs Dean returns after weeks with Mrs Snyder. Deister family buys Willis-Nite car. Willis family drives to Si. Mike Murray and family Mary Lavis Fran ees Willie Will Damm and Katherine Will Damm travel together.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enone
Arthur
Herman
Jokmann
Bert Walter
John Houk
Frances Lavi
Albert Wulfkuhle
Will Wymer
Mathew Hall
Oklahoma
Henry Deister
Amelia Kizer Teft
Denver
Dean
Snyder
Henry
Deister and
Willise
Mike Murray
Mary Lavis
Fran‘ees
Willie
Will Damm
Katherine
Overbrook News Tells of Family Visits and Threshing
Overbrook notes show Mrs Fred Heim and daughter visiting brother Ray Barnes after an operation. Clifford Dehoff closes threshing season while others travel to Lawrence Leavenworth and Colorado for family, church, and farm business. A celebration marks a tenth birthday for Genevieve Ratliff with friends gathered at her home.
Local Social Notes From Tonganoixie and Nearby
Mr Meyers and daughters Ed ith Mary and Helen of Lawrence visited Miss Marjorie Bodle. J C Petherbridge of Bashear and Fred Gress of Big Stranger were in town on business. Bert Harmon of Honey Valley also visited. Miss Lima Burns of Big Stranger spent weekend with Miss Dorothy Henry. Mrs Mary Loomis of Big Stranger visited her mother Mrs Huston. Herbert Ratliff drove to Bonner Springs. Red Cross ladies served a dinner at Mr Worley s farm northwest of town, clearing 100. Eleanor Van Buren of Kansas City visiting sister Mrs Guy Ratliff and Mr and Mrs Henry Van Neste of Lawrence visited Mr H V Needham. Robert Gress of Biz Stranger in town on business. Mr and Mrs John Dorney and daughter Katherine and Cecilia Dorney of Leavenworth drove to Leavenworth Sunday. Walter Geib, Navy radio electrician, enlisted 1917, stationed at Great Lakes and now in Chicago after finishing a second ship assignment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Heim
Overbrook
Kansas
Ray Barnes
Clifford Dehoff
Everling
Robert Graham
Lyndon
James E. Dwyer
Leavenworth
Eugene McKone
Vernon. Dehoff
John Osborn
Charles A. Hill
Ang.l
Hill
Minnie Rettz
Lawrence
New Methodist Church
A.C. Green
G. W. Phenicie
Sam Kelsall
John McKone
Robert Blaker
Antone Kahn
Fred W. Kahn
Reetz
Fred Kelsall
J. M. Clevenger
W. Bleakley
H. D. Johnson
Oklahoma
Texas
Roy Cook
French
Charles’ Reno
Kansas City
Howard Miller
Charles A. Kelsall
Boulder
Colorado
Gilliland
Hummelgarde
Ole’ Babcock
Pan
Luckan
Henry
Ethel
Fall Leaf
Frank Barnes
McClure
H. G. VanNeste
Oak Ridge
Crider VanNeste
J LaRidder
O'Dea
James Dwyer
Olie
Babcock
Walter Thomas
John Harmon
Worley’s
W. M
Phenicie
Portland
Oregon
California
John MeKone
Aid “Society
Charles’ Barnes
Tonganoxie
Dwyer
Luddington
Louisiana
Henry van Neste
Robert Gress
Biz Stranger
John Dorney
Katherine
Dorney
Cecilia Dorney
Walter Geib
Navy
Marconi
Golden Rule shaping modern business practices
Business leaders say the old adage business is business is fading as courtesy and politeness grow in the workplace. They claim success comes from applying the Golden Rule in all dealings with customers and employees, treating others as equals and giving what one wishes to receive.
Exaggerated Faults and Sensational Reading
The passage warns that sensationalism inflates perceived ills and faults in people and things. It argues that public craving for scandal distorts judgment, misleads children about importance, and dulls taste for standard literature and home design.
Dreaming and crime study shows murderers rarely dream
A study of 125 murderers under close watch found 96 seldom or never dreamed. The more intense the examination, the less they dreamed, challenging the idea that criminals have frequent bail nightmares.
Handy Hammer May Reform a Street Corner Masher
A Chicago minister questions killing a street corner masher, suggesting possible reform. He recalls Sam Jones, asking what can be done for a fool in the name of God, hinting at mercy and reform over harsh penalties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Sam Jones
Quick Action In Decision Making
Quick action drives commerce and fortune but haste can mislead. Do not confuse impulsive leaps with swift choices. Train the mind to decide, plunge forward or retreat, yet avoid faltering indecision that risks failure.
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Stunday
Minnie Bearman
Sigle
Will Fiske
Carol
Attituch
Red Cross
Brown
Kirby
Son Corps
Krby
France
Peportse
Eer
Ishing
G. T. Jeffries
Margaret Kirby
Daniel Kirby Thest
Indepennce
Ralph Kirby
George Davies
Geo. Ross
Iowa
Goldis Piper Daniels
Crum
Léavenworth
Northwestern
STULL
Reno
Coyné National Trade School
International Correspondence School
Henry Geib
Geib
Zoellner Mercantile Company
Walter
South America
Leonard
Hazen
Billie
Frank Zoellner
Charles B. French
Jim Foster
Theona Ratliff
Oskaloosa
Genevieve Ratliff
Grace Zoellner
Leaven
Mildred Knox
Teckla Laminte
Louise Henry
Jessie Campbell
Edna Campbell
Elnora Ratliff
Maxine Angell
Wanda Skaggs
Thelmir Ratliff
George C. Richardson
Roy Martin
Kate Noble
University Hospital
FE. Noble
Yea McNerney
Gearbove
Marie Newsome
Becedisier
Roy Wines
Chile
Rew
Tuoveenest
New Mexico
Wingrove
Pangaea
Yornc
Crime and
Sciente Cantans
Crise
Afl Drurzists
Exvlmin Laboratory
Phikidelphie
Aca
Klein
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