Prairie residents make weekend travels and club updates
Prairie Mr and Mrs Elmer Campbell left Saturday for two weeks with friends and relatives in Kansas City and Odessa Mo The E M B club will meet with Miss Alice Gleason this afternoon Miss Iria Lacey of Tola is visiting Hibner home She arrived Baldwin Wednesday morning and was met by Miss Elsie Hibner Mr and Mrs John Churchbaugh and Leslie were Lawrence visitors Tuesday Abs Art Campbell and Little daughter Mildred and Miss Ethel Campbell spent Monday with Mrs John Churchbaugh The Country Club postponed meeting a week due to a death in a member family Mr John Meinke of Weaver Kans was a week end guest at the Art Campbell home Mr Charlie Jutz was Baldwin visitor Monday The Ladies Aid met at the church parlor Wednesday August 9 Miss Ethel and Mr Clarence Campbell visited Jake Reusch sr home at Vinland Sunday Misses Minnie Hibner and Trav Lacey dined at Leaf home Worden yesterday Mr and Mrs John Churchbaugh with Miss Ethel Campbell were Lawrence visitors Saturday evening Mr Vernon Meinke spent Sunday with Clarence Campbell Frank Hibner is sick with pleurisy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Campbell
Kansas’ City
Odessa
E M. B
Alice Gleason
Iria Lacey
Tola
Hibner
Baldwin
Elsie Hibner
John Churchbaugh
Leslie
Lawrence
Art Campbell
Mildred
Ethel Campbell
Country Club
John Stafford
Worden
John Meinke
Weaver
Kans
Charlie Jutz
Ladies’ Aid
Church
Mrs Mitchner Named Beloit Girls School Superintendent
Mrs Lillian Mitchner of Topeka will lead the Beloit Girls Industrial School replacing Miss Frank Wilson who resigns effective September 1. A prominent W C T U figure and prohibition advocate, Mitchner has long been active in state politics and institutional boards. John Kahne travels to Kansas City for a day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beloit Tenet
Lillian Mitchner
Topeka
Girls’ Industrial School
Beloit
A. Q. Miller
State Board of Corrections
Mitchner
Frank Wilson
the Girls’ S School
Big Free Fair at Topeka Opens September 11 16
Topeka hosts the Big Free Fair September 11 to 16 with the Johnny J Jones Exposition Shows bringing 22 cars of Coney Island style rides including The Whip. The event aims to outshine western fairs, featuring road machinery exhibits, sample roads, and a strong horse racing program as records may fall. Livestock, poultry, and new futurities join an expansive display across horticultural, agricultural, craft, and industrial departments with daily auto shows plus wide seating and shade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Coney ‘'Island
West
Coney Island
Capper
Poland
China
Laula Long
Kansas
Dispatch-Republican hires System Guy Scrivner at Clay Center
Installs Cost reports that System Guy Scrivner, a 1916 University of (class) graduate, has joined the Dispatch-Republican at Clay Center. Scrivner was among the top students in the University’s Department of Journalism, and his first work on the paper is noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guy Scrivner
Dispatch-Republican
Clay Center
Scrivner
Bridgeton Woman Praises Lydia E Pinkham Remedy
Mrs Mitrorp T Cummins of 24 New Street Bridgeton New Jersey testifies to relief from inflammation and irregularity after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound She reports improved health after two days and urges other women to try the remedy for displacements ulceration backache painful periods and nervousness
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridgeton
N.J
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham
Mitrorp T. CumMines
New Street
N. J
Lydia E.’ Pinkham
Clay Center Paper Plans Printing Department Cost System
A Clay Center newspaper outlines plans to install a cost system in the printing department. The move aims to track production expenses and improve efficiency within the facility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clay Center ‘Newspaper
Williamstown to Topeka trip and Lawrence visits
EE Ene Williamstown Catie Stone and Clarence Wells traveled to Topeka on Friday. Charley Wall of the Central Motor Car Company in Lawrence was here on business Thursday. Mrs Murry Kyle and Mrs Ben Kyle Jr. shopped in Lawrence Saturday. Clay Bayne went to Lawrence and Ben Calvert visited Kansas City Tuesday. Chatt McCoy was a Lawrence visitor Saturday. Martin Shortall of Newman was in. Vaccinating emana hogs in this vicinity Tuesday. Benj Wilsons motor trips to Lawrence Saturday. John Nottingham of Lawrence was in this vicinity on business Saturday. Charles Miller of Perry was here on business Saturday. Katy Mulvihill and Celia Mulvihill Kansas City visitors Tuesday. Apricot Ice at Wiedemann’s special. Phones 182.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catie Stone
Clarence Wells
Topeka
Charley Wall
Central Motor Car Company
Lawrence
Murry Kyle
Ben Kyle, Jr
Clay Bayne
Lawrences
Ben Calvert
Kansas City
Chatt. McCoy
Martin Shortall
Newman
Benj. Wilson
John Nottinghan
Lawrence Wild
Charles Miller
Perry
Katy Mulvihill
Celig Mulvihill
Local residents spend Thursday in Lawrence area
Mr and Mrs Charley Brohammer visit Lawrence on Thursday. Several neighbors including Mr W J Curtis thresh with Rothrock machine. Mrs Porter Bond helps cook for threshers. John Brohammer makes a business trip to Lawrence. Myrtle Jacobs visits Frances Curtis. Cole Reece from Clinton visits Charley Rayson home. Milton Diehl and father haying. N Ek Whipple goes to Lawrence. Ira Rothrock and Fay Rothrock assist with cooking for threshers. J L Jones visits Charley Brohammer Friday morning. Riverhipple helps Rayson cook for threshers. Porters Bond and son Murray and Solon Markley fish on Rock Creek. John Gimlet and Johnnie Gimlet plus Ed Shields fish Friday afternoon. Charley Brohammer helps Wible thresh Friday. Brohammer to add a screen porch, J J Jones doing the work. William Weesner takes wheat to Lawrence. Porter Bend and wife also go to Lawrence. William Weesner's sister Wesley Slussery and Mrs Higgins, Mrs Tra Rothrock and Harold go to Lone Star Friday evening. W J Curtis takes wheat to Lawrence Saturday. Zella and Opal Jones visit Rachel Reece of Clinton Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charley Brohammer
Lawrence
W. J. Curtis
Rothrock
Porter Bond
W. Curtis
John Brohammer
Myrtle Jacobs
Frances Curtis
Cole Reece
Clinton
Charley Rayson
Milton Diehl
Rock Creek
John Gimlét
Johnnie
Ed Shields
Wible
J. J. Jones
William Weesner
Porter Bend
Wesley Slussery
Higgins
Tra Rothrock
Harold
Lone Star
Rey Berry
Zella
Opal Jones
Rachel Reece
William Jacobs
Myrtle
Topeka
Mina Jones
Charlie Jacobs
Harold Rothrock
Mont Culbertson
Daghters
Evelyn
Sarah
Roy Berry
Arle Jacobs
Hold Shields
Robert Markley
Willow Springs
G. W.W
Jesse and
Solon Markley
Hershel
Ulrich
Elwood Deay
Stella
David Kesler
Bertha
G. W. Markley
Diehl
Ruth
Salina
Ira Rothrock
Charles Jones
William J. Curtis
Roy
Oscar, Markley
N. BE. Whipple
Jess, Markley
Iva Rothrock
Fay Rothrock
Jones
N. E. Whipple
Walt
Chester Wible
Walter Deay
High Prairie
Tone Star
Tra’ Rothrock
W. W. Wible
Brackett Offers Tierson's Hand Made Cigar For Five Cents
A brief ad notes Brackett sells Tierson's hand made cigar priced at five cents. The offer highlights a small local tobacconist sale with affordable tobacco product. The item emphasizes price and craftsmanship in a simple marketplace notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brackett
Tierson
May Head League Western League May Have a Former Star as President
Chicago reports that Frank Isbell, ex White Sox star and head of Des Moines club in the Western league, is suggested as next president of the Western League. Club owners may back him. Isbell brings years in baseball and wide respect for his judgment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Frank “Itev” Isbell
White Sox
Des Moines
Tibell
Local Residents See Weekend Travel and Visits in Topeka and Lawrence
Community notes list numerous residents visiting relatives and friends across Topeka Lawrence Salina Lone Star and Willow Springs. Names include William Jacobs Myrtle Mina Jones Harold Rothrock Porter Bond and Markley family with multiple Sunday or Saturday calls and several trips for work or social events.
Eggs Loss in Missouri Farms Debated by University Study
A Missouri University College of Agriculture bulletin estimates summer egg losses across the Midwest at 2.5 million from poor handling. It urges temperatures below 70 degrees, daily collection, and weekly marketing to save eggs, noting careful care and cooling are essential. Dr. Reding has returned from vacation and is ready for business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gig Lass
Columbia
Missouri
College of Agriculture
University of Missouri
H. L. Kempster
Middle West
Missouri Agricultural Experiment — Station
Dr. Reding
Market Difficulties Cloud New York Operations
The New York stock market faces a string of perplexities including war fears labor unrest poor crop reports foreign liquidation inflation in commodities and the Mexican situation. Despite vacation absentees the volume of business remains restrained while the underlying trend is cautiously improving amid conflicting tendencies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
First Issue Under New Editor Proves A Success
Dean Blackmar’s debut issue under Merle Thorpe features a prominent article by University of Kansas professor Frank W. Blackmar on introducing Russia to the H C of L. The Nation's Business, published by the U S Chamber, highlights Russia's wartime social upheaval and a major study “The Story of Steel” by A Churchill Jr. The August issue showcases industrial art and metropolitan illustrations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
University of Kansas
Russia
H. C. of L.7
Frank W. Blackmar
Merle Thorpe
Dean Bhesbovte
Irving Bacheler
Lizzie
Whem
Germany
France
A. Churchill, Jr
The
Troi Trades Review
Thorpe
University of Washington
Churchill
the Chamber of Commerce of the
United States
Murray Returns as Kansas Recruiting Shifts
J W Murray came back Saturday from Clay Center where he led National Guard recruiting duty. Kansas recruiting parties were disbanded before offices opened across the state. A new recruiting system was promised by the War Department but details were not received. About a dozen Kansas recruits are in Fort Riley training. Many Kansas soldiers on the border may be discharged for dependents schooling or other reasons, reducing unit strength. Little Meyote hand made cigars are advertised locally. Mr and Mrs J E Fersvithe and Mr and Mrs G I Walker traveled from Kansas City to visit familiar sights and friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NoGhed
J. W. Murray
Clay Center
National Guard
Secretary of War
Kansas
Adjutant General
War Department
Fort Riley
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Fletcher
Alweys
Taur
Ethel
Clarence Campbell
Jake Reusch, Sr
Vinland
Minnie Hibner
Trav Lacey
Leaf
John Churckhaugh
Vernon Meinke
Frank Hibner
John Kahne
cerimeTcy Postum Cereal Company, Ltd
Battle Creek Miche
USA
Etecat
New Jersey
Due
Williamstown
Wiedemann’s
Westgate Hotel
Delaware
Kansas City, Mo
James Ketner
Fulper
Jaedicke
America
General Roofing Manufacturing Company
New York City
Detroit
New Orleans
Atlanta
St. Louis
Boston
Dean Blackmar
Seagazine
Prof
Huey
Han
Leonard
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