Society Notes From Olathe and Vicinity
A cluttered society page lists motor parties from Olathe with families Wet Henderson Letogd and Denevigve, a gathering at Brady home, and a motor group from Bennington and Tunganoxie. It mentions Boys' Day of Brotherhood talks, Miss Wirn Ware and Mrs Ware in Kansas City, families visiting from Manhattan and Lawrence, a Dr Burdick letter about sailing home from Liverpool, and Y M C A delegates leaving Estes Park for the conference. Births, weddings, travel, and school departures fill the rest with local names and destinations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olathe
Wet
Henderson
Letogd
Denevigve
Ed. Brady
Brady
Local Social Roundup of Visits and Travels Across Kansas City
Numerous residents and visitors are noted in this social column. Mrs. Walter Springer travels to Eudora to visit her parents, while Miss Orpha Wilbur hosts St. Louis guests. Kansas City appears frequently with trips by Miss Ruth Cater Miss Jennie Hoge and Miss Grace Wilson among others. The column also mentions Mrs. Bonn and Mrs. Petrosa, farmers in Oklahoma and Kansas trips, and various short visits to Lawrence Ottawa Coffeyville Chanute and Denver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Yee
Subaols
Mari Henley
Lindenwood
St. Louis
Denille
Kansas Agricultural College
Manhattan
Clarence Sowers
Yale University
Helen Crane
State Agricultural College
Dorothy Morrow
Nasstille
I'lesa Murphy
Belvoir
Wine ‘Nie Benamler
Richland Toy
State Normal Sehouwl
Ales Baldwin
Forrest Packs Eber
Lbas Times
Wabash Colline
Miss Muth
George Washington Ui Ys
Willard Murphy
Weal Point
Miss Gall Finch
Manual Training
Piltshare
Katherine Stone
Simmons
Asgent
Holand ‘Athay
Bush Medical College
Chicago
Eli Porter
Crineston Theological Seminary
Leverot Aduns
Columbia University
Clie Vickery Ty Anmdpelis, Md
Walter Springer
Jane
Eudora
Tebbar
Orpha Wilbur
Kansas City
Aes
Cater
Marsingy Me
Jennie Hoge
No Bhyne
Kansas
Mable Blair
Isaa City
Wis
Lora Morefield
Thomas
Okla
City
Tom
Johnson
I. C. Will
J. K
Mary
Wil City
F.fa. Bonn
LaCross
Rush Center
Bonn
Esther Clark
Karl Hill
Arthur Clark
Floyd Morrison
Perry Barker
Arthur Kirehof
G ' Bill Shaw
Mog Ware
Caste Constant
Joh Constant
Lawrence Constant
Ottawa
Webster
Blolloway
Nansis City
Pansy Hemphill
Brady
Mitchell
Benner
Caryoe Dunkle
Tam
Neva
W. TY
Sinelaik
Coffeyville
Brook
Banner
John Mijeloananik
Oc. Shion
Aventry Chanute
L. le Bailey
Jones
Gordon Weir
Otto Fischer
Erna ‘Fisch
Clon Ty
Toldis
Notable Local Socials and Travel Notices
A series of brief personal mentions lists Mrs loth Newlin Adel Mes Wilkanson visiting Kansas, G I Light traveling to Holiday Rowen, Clarence Kelso to Topeka for 16 days, Chreenee Hornaday aunt Harry Gowans to Kansas City. Fred Hellewere of Kansas City weekend with O E L Melanry, Miss Lillian Hira visiting Kansas City with Mrs O Q Meddivars, Mrs Konans City Allen. Sunil Crave Blair visits sister in law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loth Newlin
Adel Mes
Wilkanson Wen
Kansis Ily
G. I. Light
Rowan
Clarence Kelso
Topeka
Chreenee Hornaday
Harry Gowans
Kansas City
Fred Hellewere
Kimsas City
O. EL Melanry
Lillian Hira
EE Meddivars
Konans Uity Ay Allen
Sunil
Blair
State Firemen Tournament At Ellsworth In Kansas
Ellsworth Kansas hosts a three day State Firemen tournament this week with many fire teams from Kansas entered The event offers 1300 dollars in prizes and runs Tuesday through Thursday followed by the State Motorcycle Meet on Friday at the Ellsworth track A large crowd is expected to attend and Lawrence will send a team from its fire department to compete.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellsworth
Kar
Ran Sug Firdmen
Association
Brack Fire
Kansas
Elsworth
Old Gather Seops Old Men Women and Children Forced to Gather Crops
Rural France faces harvest strain as only elderly and disabled residents work fields. Sunny, productive countryside degraded by wartime losses with horses and cattle dwindling and inns closed. Americans aid in Normandy while guards defend bridges and roads for front-line drafting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
France
Htretai
Wrights nearly drown when hydroplane crashes into river
Orville Wright and Lieut Whiting of the U S Navy survived a Friday crash on the Miami River near Dayton Ohio when the hydroplane broke apart and cappedized the aircraft plunging into the water They escaped the wreckage and reached shore unharmed amid reports of prompt medical checks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dayton, O
Orville Wright
Whiting
United States Navy
Hydro
Jackson County Goes Day Dry by Votes in Missouri
Jackson County Missouri outside Kansas City and Independence voted dry by a majority of 463. A total of 5 008 ballots were cast with Mount Washington precinct delivering a heavy anti saloon vote. The result reflected widespread anti liquor sentiment and foreshadowed drying moves in neighboring areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson County
Missouri
Kansas City
Independence
Mount ‘Washington
Harvest Home Picnic in Lecompton draws big crowd
The Harvest Home picnic at Lecompton spans Thursday and Friday August 27 and 28 with 3400 prizes, cash rewards, athletics and music. Farmers Union and local merchants fund a major two day event featuring speakers Maurice Manliff and Prof Crabtree, moving pictures, baseball, and a magician show to boost town life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lercompton
Legompton
Watson Grange
Maurice Manliff
Farmers? Union
P.&. Crabtree
Snell
Kanauf State, Agricultural College
Allied warships aid blockade of Tsing-Tau port
Aug 24 report from Pekin notes British French and Russian warships helping seal the fortified Kia Chin seaport of Tsing-Tau as part of the blockade effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pekin
T'sing-Tau
Kia Chin
Delayed Pumping Test For North Lawrence Well
Weather delays the planned pumping test at a North Lawrence well. Engineer Dunmire still plans to begin tests once conditions improve after rain halted work Saturday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Awell
North Lawrence
Dunmire
Heever
French Claim Victory In Great Belgian Front
Paris dispatch says the French and British offensive is advancing across a wide front from Mons to Luxemburg border. German effort concentrates against Liege forts while the Belgian army concentrates at Antwerp. Marriage license issued to Games Ls Harvey and Alice Margret Asher. District Court filed suit Ethel Metzee versus Lacy Merce for abandonment and cruelty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Offivil
Paris
Moys
Belgium
Luxemburg
Games Ls Harvey
Wichita
Kan
Alice Margret Asher
Lawrence
Ethel Metzee
Lacy
Merce
Weatherby Delivers Notable Sermon at Methodist Church
Dr. Weatherby preached at the Methodist church Sunday morning on a belt of faith and duty. The sermon drew a large audience and was described as very effective and interesting by attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weatherby
Methodis
Apd
Austro Battleship Zrinyi Sunk in Adriatic Clash
Official dispatches from London report the Austro Hungarian battleship Zrinyi sunk in an Adriatic engagement about four weeks ago. The vessel of 14 000 tons went down with all 357 crew members. The encounter occurred amid war operations in the Adriatic Sea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tlondon
Tavis
Adriatic
Ako
Zrinyi
France Rejects U S Plan On Neutral Ships Repatriation
Paris reports France answered unfavorably to the American proposal that ships owned by belligerents but chartered by the United States for repatriating Americans be treated as neutral. The U S has notified European belligerents it would regard such vessels as neutral under The Hague Convention of 1907. Each power was asked for a formal declaration on the issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
France
United States
Ias
Croxone Promised Cure for Kidney Troubles
An advertisement claims Croxone can prevent most sickness by keeping kidneys working, with benefits across back pain, bladder, rheumatism, and fatigue. It touts three daily doses, promises prompt relief, and offers refund if first use fails.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cnn
British reply on liner use in wartime mapped to US flag stance
Britain indicated consent if ships are mapped by American officers and fly the American flag. The army was willing to permit liners to be used to bring Americans home voluntarily before the United States pressed Berlin on the issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great
1500 Refugees Return From Atlantic Lines to New York
Two transatlantic liners brought more than 1500 passengers into New York harbor yesterday. The Anchor liner Cameronia sailing from Glasgow on August 12 carried 218 Americans, while the French line Chicnzo from Marseille had 250 Americans aboard. The Italian steamship Principe di Udine from Genoa arrived late last night with 200 Americans aboard. President Nicholas Murray of Columbia was among the passengers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Europe
Everal
Cameronia
Glasgow
Chicnzo
Marre
The Eagles Mate at the Wars remorrow feature
A fragment notes Mary Pickford stars in The Eagle's Mate as part of a four story Virginia Mountains reel program. Mrs Chris Woodside was arrested this morning in an unclear incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ransarnanaans
Mary ‘Pickford
Virginia Mountains
Chris Woodside
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Airdome
the Weir Devere Stock.Co
Motor Party
Lestie Zolner
Metline Meddaras
Bennington
Pred Zoeller Notormi
Tunganoxie
Soap Oe
Brotherhood
Stuuatier
Balewin
Methodist Brotherhood
Wirn Ware
F. Ware
the Gibbons
Bias Ware
Miarles
Didith
Corinbhissine
Nowaday Moy
Th. Hildebrant
di Éne Almeda
Agnes
Latrronce
Pateu
Burdick
Jie
Wei Hirdick
Purdict
Dairdier
Liverpool
Enghind
Ragland
UG. A
Estes Park
Colby
Dan S. Andersen
Robert Move
Pike's Peak
Vic Yolinsen
Sons of Veterans
Edark
Rardsville
Jidwin ‘Taylor
John Taylor
Gertrady Tay
Edlor
Lion
Edwardsville
Jill i Muarphy
Kirlete Weil
Bovis Kupfer
Mas
Dake Weil
Kupman Wad
Harvard
Ray Merwin
Cambridge
Mass
Central America
Peabody Museum
Oon Motor
Montana
Hassell
Melvoin Cialt
Nida Starkweather
Ruth
Sellard
Jessieft Dunkle
Dorothea Roberts
Imine Pryting
Eliza
Marina ThunkTe
Annie Moores
Eligabeth
Justin
Gene Guentier
Bess
Bess Meredyth
to-Menaw —Jr
Warren Kerragan
Gwendoline Pates
Ann. i
Edison
Vitagraph
James ‘Morrison
Dorthy Kelly
van Dyke Brooke
Norma ‘Talmadgese
Paramount
Alice Joyce
Rodney
Cleo Moss
R. B. Mackintosh
Peark Moss
Nadindla
Kaw Valley Creamery Company
Joseph
Kallans
Peru
Geneva
Spot Cash
Cobbs
Price's
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