Keeler Bookstore Plans Rush Ahead of School Year
Walter J. Keeler owner of the Keeler Bookstore in Lawrence says the rush for grade school and secondary texts will start the week of August 3 with city schools opening September 6. The store will split into two divisions to handle the demand, with specialized staff for wrapping, candling, and book buying. Prices range from 1.38 to 11 per book, all new texts with more first grade titles ordered to meet enrollment.
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Walter J. Keeler
Keeler
Masachusetts Street
Keeler Book Store
Lawrence
Lawrence City
Schoors
Young exhibitors show fine stock at county fair
Scores of entrants from 1947 to 1948 display livestock and produce with numerous blue ribbons. Winners include Kenny Stauffer Shirtes Stauffer and Paul Butuart in top livestock classes, plus dairy and vegetable divisions. Two marriage licenses were issued yesterday in the probate court, and three National Guard convoys passed through Lawrence en route to summer camp at Fort Leonard Wood with police escorts.
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Conta
Page 1
Felier
Cottons
Hubert Walfhuhte
Vteion
Lawrence
Kansas National Guards
Ft Leonard Wood
Memorial Hospital Scene Details Injuries From Horse Show and Car Accident
The report lists multiple patients treated in the emergency room after a horse show incident and a separate car accident. Wayne Johnson of Salina sustained lacerations and a vein cut from a hoof kick, while Paul E Kirkpatrick of Indiana Street suffered a lacertion to the right little finger from a carpentry plane. Ed Cox of Kansas City received lacerations to the right ear and cuts above the right eye in a car crash.
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Wayne Johnson
Salina
Route 1
Paul E. Kirkpatrick
Indiana Street
Ed Cox
Kansas City
Semi-pro baseball tourney opens with lopsided win in Wichita
In Wichita last night Alpine Cowboys crushed Camden Kraftamen 15 to 1 in five innings under the 12-run rule. Nolcomb Cardinals beat Cessna Bobcats 3 to 1. Today Vermillion Eagles face Detroit Lynch Club and Weimar Truckers meet Weiser Prospectors. second round starts Sunday with Cessna and Camden matched against tournament losers.
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Tex
Camden
Ark
Nolcomb
Cardinals
Cessna Bobcats
Vermillion
Eagles
Detroit
Mich
Jerry Lynch
Weimar
Mrs P M Hill Ward dies in Kansas City
Mrs P M Hill of Kansas City Mo died late last evening. Her sisters Mrs James Bryant and Mrs Blanche Hroane Kiser of Kansas City received the notice this morning. Funeral arrangements will be announced later.
Hail Size Buzz and Rain Tax Talk At Local Fair
Lawrence residents buzz about hail stones as big as baseballs and questions if rainmakers used dry ice. A Douglas County resident boasts rainfall value at waterworks prices, calculating 7.79 gallons from 2.5 inches of rain. Promoters of the fair at Haskell report record crowds and lively exhibits, blue ribbons for youth projects.
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Chamber of Commerce
Douglas County
Thrills as youth show steer handling and prize car giveaway stakes
A description of youth handling 60 to 190 pound show bars and 1 000 pound steers with confidence. Sponsors of the large car giveaway and the winning ticket were not from a lumber yard. The Kaw River stage was 11.8 feet and falling, the river crested at 14 feet, and rainstorm impacts varied. T.W. Porter reported wind damage near Lawrence as part of Thursday’s severe storm.
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William A. Koehler
Route 2
Wakarusa
T.W. Porter
Lawrence
Porter
Carl Perkins
Market News Amid Sloppy OCR Livestock Prices and Trends
The report outlines fluctuating prices across Kansas City and regional markets for cattle, calves, and hogs with mixed gains and declines. It notes steady to firm demand for feeder steers and heifers, lower prices for slaughter cattle, and variable lamb and sheep values amid overall higher rhythm in weekly counts.
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Kansas City Livestock
Owetty
Braditas
Eh Seth
Labbe
Dezen Lee
Roedin Erassers
Ted Hefers
Memdas
Prine Hatlee
Amd
In Loving Memory of Gene Herd
In loving memory of Gene Herd who died seven years ago on August 20 1442. A cherished son brother and grandchild, mourned by mother father sister and grandparents as a life well loved ends.
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Gene Herd
Pre
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