Belleview Ladies form Ned-Cross auxiliary at schoolhouse
The Belleview community organized a Red Cross auxiliary led by Rev. Roy Burt of Lawrence. Officers include Mrs. Hime-Alien secretary treasurer and Helen Grosdidier head of Home Service. Meetings to begin September 1st separate from the Red Cross. Several local families visited, moved, or traveled to camp Funston and Oswego, Ill., with numerous weekend gatherings and illnesses noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belleview
Ned-Cross
Roy Burt
Lawrence
Chabots
Eudora
Keystone
Verner Strong
Ralph Jackson
Vivian
Wilma Shirek
Kansas City
John Shirek
Will Shirek
John _ Shirek
Ang
Eger Allen
Camp Funston
Chilton
Alien
Will Freese
Mer. Louis Litchfield
J. H. Freese
George
John Scherer
Grosdidier Boys
W. C. Skaggs
Jackson
John Schirck
L. M. Sowers
George Whaley
Brazil
Roscoe
Helen Cole
Gussie Collie
Marie Ott
Woods
Bonner Springs
George Ott
Schrenck
Oswego
R. Daugherty
Ray
A. “B. Conner
Mary Howard
Fanny Durack Refuses Rivalry With American Swimmers
Australian star Miss Fanny Durack refuses to compete against American mermaids after arriving in America. Critics note her world record range from 100 yards to a mile may not hold against crack U S femmes. Miss Olga Dormer of Philadelphia challenged her, provoking debate over Durack’s laurels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fanny Durack
Claire Gatligan
New Rochelle
Miss Durack
America
Olga Dormer
Philadelphia
Farmers Busy with Fall Plowing in Wheat Country
Neighborhood farmers keep to busy fall plowing preparing for the next wheat crop. Secondhand notes mention Mr Verer Strong spending Monday with local residents.
Baninee meeting and social for Kanwaka Endeavor group
The Kanwaka Intermediate Society of Christian Endeavor plans a baninee meeting and Hard-time Social at the president Nina Mivias home this Friday evening August 23. Neighbors and younger residents are invited. proper dress required. The community also notes visits from Oklahoma relatives, local club meetings, and a sequence of family events and gatherings across Kanwaka and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Intermediate Society of Christian Endeavor
Nina Mivias
Avening
S/ H. Schrader
Dirk
Oklahoma
Schrader
J. Rig Wood
W. R. Haughn
Haughn
Lawrence
Fayetta Murray
Ethel Kater
Topeka
Murray
Mark, Pierson
Bert Wolf
Aid’ Society
F. D. Miller
George Tucker
Colorado
Rayland Joe
Gertrude Dodds
Mabelle Tucker
Kanwaka
JW. A. Colman
Stephen A. Gentry
Burbank
Red Cross
Pirates of the Red Cross
George Miller
John Levett
Candy
Memsabot South
America
George” Miller
Mary and
Margaret Evans
W. EF. Elkin
Kiefer
Krum
Susan Rule
Gay-Bigsbycand
F. C. Woppith
Richard
Willis Colman
L. Bigsby
Mass
Jennie Lowash
Corinthia Gindsay
Orvilla Badsky
Geo." Bigsby
Lloyd Duffee
Toneks
Gage Park
W. PF. Elkin
Donald
Fr. D. Miller
W. R. Tucker
Iss Mahbelle. Tucker
Getmade Dodds
Gertrude Lee
Local news from PREASANT GROVE and Lawrence area events
A broad, readable column lists funeral observance for Irene Innes and a moving notice on residents returning from California. It covers social visits, household duties, threshing, well work, and local gatherings including a dinner for Dr Claude Wells and a Kansas City trip by Mrs A Williams. It notes WWI era details like letters from soldiers Rollie Laster and Avery Hibner and a Washington goverment clerkship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irene
Ora
Innes
Albert’ van Hoesen
Calfornia
van Hoesen
Claude Wells
D. M. Kessler
Bertha Kessler
Frank Desay
Mildred
Edith
Willow Springs
Birg
Harry Flory
Opan Helen
Maries
Peffly
Excel
Deay
Kansas City
Dave Barnhart
Eye Crist
Wenachee
Wash
Clarence Filburn
Polly
Will Beehle
Boehle
Er Churchbaugh
iZella Landis
Ace Laster
Robert
Nd Cecil
Evelyn
Neflie
North Lawrence
George Fettis
Fay Garbutt
Washington
D. C
Charlie Schulz
Lawrence
Morehouse
Katherine
Bertha
Esther Hegeman
Will Bowhle
Mary. Flor
David Larnhart
John Burnell
Gorbu
Rollie Laster
Avery Hibner
Francé
A. H. Boehle
Arthur Boehle
Haroldgp
Oklahoma
Eudora
Ward
Edgar
Virgie
Sulna Wells
Clawle Wells
Fort Oglethropr
Georgia
Behall
Laster
Tooland
Peterson
Harr
Hibder
Hibber Woods
Boland
Henry Lan
Dix
Fas Filburn
AA. Williams
Elmery
Churchbaugh
Amos Fisty
Schall
Murray
Pri
Meth odist church recital postponed to August 30
Local notices list many social visits and travel to Lawrence Baldwin Kansas City and Fairview with extended family trips. Military casualty figures are reported: 10 476 missing 2 187 total 20 444 with casualties by category 9 killed 17 missing 73 severely wounded 12 died of wounds 6 died of accident 1 died of disease 5 wounded degree undetermined 1 prisoner.
Hughes and Powell families host Sunday gatherings
Local residents including Mr. and Mrs. I G Hughes and families Garnet Marion and William. Ola Powell and daughter Janette. Merel Buck. Mrs. Bishop. Mrs. Chalmers. Mrs. Ka Gilmore and others from De Sota and Lawrence spent Sunday visiting relatives in Fedora and surrounding towns. Several calls and dinners noted with neighbors and extended kin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I. G. Hughes
Garnet
Marion
William Hughes
S. C. Gilmore
Ola Powell
Janette
Merel Buck
Bishop
Oscar Powell
Mary
Emma Scherer
Albert Grosslicher
Nogothy Leutz
de Sota
Delbert Adams
Eudora
Gladys Charles
Grace Riots
Jak
Corn Crop In Kansas Falls To One Third Of Normal
August report by J C Mohler shows Kansas corn yield at less than a third of normal, about 57540 000 bushels, with 1 817 433 acres of kaffir, 204 000 acres of milo, and 369 166 acres of sorghum. Hay crop down 158 414 tons from last year. drought and heat blamed for the failure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
United States Food Administration
Army
Navy
Topeka
State Board of Agriculture
Kansas
Xerph Phillah
Acre
Mehler
Casualties Reported for U S Forces Since War Began
Washington August 24 The War Department released the total casualties for United States forces since the war began. The figures reflect the toll among the army and are part of ongoing military casualty reporting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Department
Washington
United States
N War Department
Republic
Best Correspondent Marrs Sends Radio to Fort Sheridan
Jay D. Marrs, a lead correspondent from Lawrence, now with the Students' Army Training Corps at Ft. Sheridan, orders the Journal-Works sent to him this morning. He reports that all Kansas University men at the camp are feeling fine and have appetites like a buzz saw.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Journal-Works
Lawrence
Jay D. Marrs
Students' Army Training Corps
Ft. Sheridan
Wife's Responsibility in Matrimony Notion
A satirical and unclear note quotes a mythic line about wives bearing duties beyond socks, referencing a wife’s presumed responsibility for her husband’s soul. The source presents a brittle, dated tone with fragmentary phrasing and a single quotation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wetuan
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Homer Reusch
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Kev
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Earl Williamson
Williamson
Lena Wade
Endora
Russell Riges
Fairview
Clarence Hagermint
Wilt Nichols
Joe Hoskinson
James A. Stavely
Clyde Nichols
Brink
Melbourne
Will Riggs
Kaw Valley
Mohler
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ACTIR
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Sped Wretlery
Government Civil Service Examinations
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Chico
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Tyigtts Sa Ohireele
Frevt Peterson
AL Fertper
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Staut St
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