Potatoes Face Changes as Wheat Price Policies Shift Crops
Douglas county farmers cite wage costs grading rules and government wheat demand as drivers pushing more acreage to wheat and less to potatoes. They note grading waste and high labor spray and bag costs raise production, while fixed wheat prices attract growers despite lower potato market returns.
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Las County
Chris Schaake
Douglas County
A.A. Hicks
Doug
Teason
Local residents travel and social visits across towns
Mrs John Huey and sons Orville and Harold and Mrs Brown of Tonganoxie visited Mrs Hugheys mother in Independence Kansas for a week. They returned home Monday driving through mud dust and weather from across Lawrence. Mrs Grace Crabb visited Miss Myrtle Davidson Monday afternoon. Mr and Mrs W E Brock were in Eudora Monday. Misses Lena and Lillian Tornaden were in Lawrence Tuesday. Ferm and Merlin Brock called on
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John Huey
Orville
Harold
Brown
Tonganoxie
Independence
Kans
Hughey
Lawrence
Grace Crabb
Myrtle Davidson
W. E. Brock
Eudora
Lena
Lillian Tornaden
Ferm
Merlin Brock
Doctor Could Not Help Her From Brooklyn Patient Testimony
Mrs F Pratt of 9 Godbige Street Brooklyn describes severe illness and relief after using Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound and Sanative Wash. She credits the remedies with curing her troubles and enabling recovery.
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Brooklyn
Lydia
Pinkaham
F. Pratt
Ogdbige St
Local families share weekend visits and notes on events
Mrs Wm Tornaden and family hosted and visited relatives including Roy Canary, Adolph Tornaden, Noah Canary, Lizzie Tornaden, Godfrey Reetz, Julius Tornaden, August Tornaden, Joe Wickey and Fred Tornaden. G Seele bought a new Overland car. C P A picnic at Eudora drew attendees from the area. McNish Bottling Works products are sold in sterilized containers. Phone 198.
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Wm. Tornaden
Roy Canary
Fair Leaf
Eudora
E. Brock
Fall Leaf
Lena
Minnie
Lillian Tormaden
Marie Wickey
William-Tornaden
McNish Bottling Works
Lawrence-area notices of visits and travel in midweek
Mrs. Jacob Besicker took her son Lester to Lawrence for adenoids and tonsil surgery at Simmons Hospital. Mrs. Matt Jones of Orankie visits her daughter Mrs. B. White and receives care from a Lawrence physician. Mrs. Fein visits Lawrence. Ralph and Jake Vausbinder drive to Fort Riley to visit brothers Neil and Guy in training. Mr. and Mrs. Kenny Kyle move to Topeka where Kyle takes a Union-Pacific yards position. John Nevin threshes on the old Timma farm. Mrs. Grace Allen and Mrs. Bettie White visit Lawrence. Mrs. S. E. Johnson now runs the central telephone office in Williamstown. Miss Anna Allen visits Topeka. Mrs. Fred Knocks and daughter of Silver Lake spend Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. John Johnson. Misses Mulvihill and John Mulvihill drive to Lawrence. Mr. Hamberger of Topeka, Avery tractor salesman, visits on business. Frank Buerman Bert Kyle and Walter Kunkel visit Lawrence. Ben Kyle Jr. and Earl Cutwood motor to Lawrence. George White and Miss Ruby Warren marry in Kansas City. Perry Underwood and family move into the Stanley place home. Mrs. Clyde Humphries visits sister in Topeka. William Hunter and family visit Lawrence. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Haines of Perry visit Haine’s parents in Lawrence. Mr. and Mrs. James Calvert spend Tuesday in Lawrence. Miss Mary Cunningham is in Lawrence.
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Jacob Besicker
Lester
Lawrence
Simmons Hospital
Matt. Jones
Orankie
B. White
Fein
Ralph
Jake Vausbinder
Fort Riley
Neil
Guy
Kenny Kyle
Topeka
Mgr
Kyle
Union — Pacific
John Nevin
Timma- Farm
Grace Allen
Bettie White
S.E. Johnson
Williamstown
Anna Allen
Fred Knocks
Silver Lake
John Johnson
Mulvihill
John Mulvihill
Hamberger
Avery Tractor
Frank Buerman
Bert Kyle
Walter Kunkel
Ben Kyle, Jr
Earl Cutwood
George White
Ruby Warren
Kansas
Arthur Haines
Perry
Local social notes from Tonganoxie and nearby towns
Miss Mildred Maloney has returned to Lawrence after visiting here with Miss Ruth Newsome and friends. Miss Mildred Torpey of Kansas City stays with Miss Dorothy Henry this week. Amos Wilson Jr. returned to Leavenworth after a few days with friends. Mrs. William Carter of Lawrence visited Mrs. J T Carter here. William Newsome, Long Bell Lumber Kansas City, spent time at home with his mother Mrs. Mollie Newsome. Miss Prudence Young leaves Saturday for Liberal to teach this winter after a successful previous term. Mrs Joe Klamet of Seufert spent
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Mildred
Maloney
Lawrence
Ruth Newsome
Mildred Torpey
Kansas City
Dorothy Henry
Amos Wilson ,Jr
Leavenworth
William. Carter
J.T. Carter
William. Newsome
Long Bell Lumber Company
Mol- Tie_ Newsome
Prudence Young
Liberal
Miss Young
Joe Klamet
Seufert
Mary Houston
Doll Kenna of
Herbert Ratliff
Dana Sanders
Okmulgee
Oklahoma
Paul Sanders
Ross A. Phenici - Mb
Orville Ratliff
Evelyn
J. W. Ratliff
Hes
G. K. Gwathiney
Cheyene Wells
Colo
John W. Dorney
Philadelphia
Greene
New York
John W. ‘Dorney
Katherine Keats
Stockmen of Kensal Call for Higher Cattle Prices
J Mo Mereer head of the National aging body urges the cattle department fix higher minimum prices. He warns contracts with the government shift risk away from farmers and backs the same precaution used by wheat farmers should war end. Local notices list residents and movements in town including visits to Lawrence and Kansas City. Albania reports Central Powers renewed attacks from Semeni river toward I tali Temorices with gains noted in the Rovaa region. McNish Lodge advertises water and floor-leader news and Puritan case delivery to homes.
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Mercer
Rome
Albania
Semeni
Itali Temorices
Italian War Office
German motor boats driven off near Dunkirk
German motor boats attempted a reconnaissance near Dunkirk, France, yesterday morning but were driven back by British and French patrol craft. One enemy boat is believed destroyed, with no Allied casualties reported.
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London
Dunkirk
France
Only Way He Could See
A fragmented dialogue exchange features a couple wrestling over finances and their engagement. The male partner signals breaking the engagement as the only path to saving for a wedding, highlighting tension over money and future plans.
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Grace Allan
Charles Greever
Leonard Sechrest
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Reno
Mary Kenyon
Rane City
Louis Koch
Eloise McNutt
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McNish
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Washington
Henry Cabot Lodge
Massachusetts
Foreign Relations Committee
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Gallinger
New Hampshire
California Road
E. A. Smith
Percheron Society of America
Tord Bull Marquis
Cumberland
Cumberland’s. Last
Anoka Mildred
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John Deere Lister
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