State government mostly on vacation in Topeka
Wopeka Kansas August 16 Most of the state's official business is handled by office and assistants during vacation time. The state house is nearly deserted as leaders take holidays or travel elsewhere, with many top officials away for days. Names listed include Gov Henry J Allen Attorney General Richard Hopkins Secretary Pettijohn Superintendent Lorraine Wooster Frank Tractate Bank Commissioner L T Hussey Fire Marshal H Hi Motter and members of the Supreme Court Industrial Court and BS commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wopeka
Kan
Ithe
Topeka
Henry J. Allen
Richard A .Hopkins
H. Hi. Motter
William A. Inston
R. A. Burch
Henry F. Mason
Silas W. Porter
John S. Dawson
State Supreme Court
Clyde M. Reed
H. A. “Russell
J. W. ‘Greenleaf
BS. Commission
Miggins
3. A. Mermott
John H. Crawford
Industrial Court
Walter Family Mentioned With Grandparents In Afternoon
A fragment notes a person accompanied by his grandparents Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Walter and family during an afternoon gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. C. Walter
Evacuation of Emondson Farm Ends as Meetings Extend
The Emondson farm house vacated by Mr. and Mrs. Strubie hosts revival meetings starting August 21 and running through September 2, with a possible extension to September 4 per BAL Gessner. Local social notes recount community visits, church events, and attendees from nearby families and farms attending services and concerts. An August 22 sale near Wooteek lists livestock, saddles, hay, grain, tools, and household goods with Laurena Williams as owner and a College Cafe lunch.
Drunkenness Convictions Rise in Britain Postwar
London reports official licensing statistics show a 65 percent rise in drunkenness last year. Convictions reached 95,763 compared with 57,048 in 1919, with women’s convictions up 36 percent and more than double the 1918 total.
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London
Local Families Gather for Sunday Visits Across Town
Notices list numerous families visiting relatives in Lecompton and Tecumseh. Readers mention Mr. and Mrs. Schaffer, Kate Luby, Liz Collins, Geo Andersons, Benjamin Murphy, Russell Deskins, O A Bidinger, Geo Hawk, L Lawson, Herb Guess, John Murphy, C Bidingen, Kate and Frank, Dick Murphy, and others.
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L. Lawson
Herb Guess
John Murphy
C. Bidingen
Kate
Frank
L. Lawsond
Mabel
Herman
Willie Shaw
Jim Brooks
Kansas City
Otto Busch
Wm. Murphy
Lecompton
Bert
Walter
A.C. Walnm
Herb Gr
Royal
Moas
Belvoir
Humphry Yard
Jim’ Lurphy
Jim Brass
Ais Silo
Eudora
T Hutchings
Medicine Man
L. Deen
Ray Deskins
Local Social Roundup Across Lincoln Center Area
Mrs. C. E. Blomfield and Emily of Lincoln Center visit Mrs. Kirby's family. Numerous guests include the Kirbys, Reeves, McClung, Rudiger, Larcom, Jeffries, and Williamson. Attendees travel from Pratt Kansas and Lawrence Kansas. social events span last week and Sunday visits plus motor trips to St Francis and Olathe. Road work near Larcom improves conditions. rain halts threshing on the Anderson place as farmers cart grain to Ridleys.
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C. E. Blomfield
Emily
Lincoln Center Kan
Keifers
George
Guy Bigsby
Edgar McClung
Ralph Kirby
Annie Kirby
Susie
Martha Lowpen
Guy Folks Ant
Jeffries
W. S. Keifer
Donald Colt
Eleb Reiter
Grace Williamson
Josephine’ _. Yeoman
W. P
Martin
Ralph d Judkins
Pratt, Kans
Edarnold
Lawrence
G. H. Davis
Reeves
Olathe
Tonia
Wilbur
George Jeffries
Kirby's
David Judkins
Merrill Taylor
Kanwaka
Verge ‘Hogate
St. Francis
Kansas
Jerry Lyons
W. BD
Co. A. Larcom
Williamson
Grace
Martins
Rev. Dial
Kenneth' S
Philip
John Patchen
Cand
Arthur Dills
Glynn Kirby
G. F
Brown
Ravena
Preston
Riverside
McClung
Robert Rideley
Larcom
Oliver, Evans
Fairview Guests Dine at Melvin Home in Sunday Visit
Fairview residents were entertained to dinner Sunday at the Melvin Miller home. Mr and Mrs B C Day and daughters spent Sunday two weeks ago with relatives at Garnett Kansas. Kathryn and Lie Howard and Raymond Clark visited L D Howard Friday afternoon. Mr Koehler helped Mr Struble move last week. Mr and Mrs A W Atwood moved into their new home.
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Emondson
Ic. E. ‘Ralston
Louise
Hilda
Edna Koehler
Violet
Goldie
Cecile Mitchell
Kathryn
Nannie Howard
Mabel
Maria Griffith
Evangelical Convention
the Park
Mitchell
Carl
Arnold Mitchell
Fairly
Ralston
Jake Dreher
Paul Koehler
Ruth Brown
Meek
Aoe
Pay Ted
Mus
Fen
Cities
Nannie
Sure Howard
Raymond Clark
Mrs. Albert
Little Howard
Oakridge
Ruth Allison
Epa
E. Leary
Fred
Leete
Henry
E. Schulmeyer
T. Griffin
Topeka
Kans
Henry Bowman
Griffin
J. P. Moore
Anita and
Sherman Moore
John Stevenson
Chester Howard
Peters Home
Lucille
Theodore
Guy Howard
Cecile Ye
Chester Mitchell
Miller
Wie
Pauly
Arnold Mitghella
Marvin Wil Jey
Osear Schlege
Elsie Schlegel
Tulsa
Oklaama
Weele
Ted
Schlepels
Adam Hunsinger
George Hunsineek
Emma Coope Hese
Adams Hunsinger
Chris Hunsinger
Wilfrea
Melvin. Miller
Ms. B.C. Day Aid
Garnett
Lie Howard
L. D. Howard
Koehler
Struble
A. W. Atwood
Paul Ktehler
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Lou Lawson
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Lauren M.illiams
Homey Rule
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England
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Fairview
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Chicago
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Deichmand Bridge
Sigis Mercedes Tritonia
Sil Gooil
Duroc Hogs
Orion Pathfinder
Wight
W. Roy Mart
Ray Goodrich
Homer
Rule
Uflesy
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Digtriet
Douglas “Eniity
Charles H. Tucker
Pialutift
Martin J. Alipot
Lewis Pttarsoy
A. H. Afe- Whorter
McWhorter
S. Carman
George N- Cen Crump
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