Battle to Save the Wheat Crop by Women Harvesters in France
A Great War era piece praises women, girls, and children who harvest grain while male soldiers fight in France. It highlights how fire, air, and water threaten crops, and credits a home front effort led by Kansas War Council that mobilized volunteers to protect bumper yields without relying on men.
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France
Atlantic
Belin
Etreta
Amaric
Rene
Mble
Kansas
Pate
Wulfkuhle and Hethats kinfolk visit over weekend
A long list of Wulfkuhle, Hethats, Fitzpatrick, Scheer and related families spent Sunday with extended kin. many neighbors visited, shared meals, and noted sick lists and travels including a furlough, Topeka services, and trips to Lawrence and Overbrook.
Birth of a son for Barker and Gorrill family
Mr. and Mrs. Bagr Gorrill announce the birth of a son on Thursday August 22 naming him Thomas Marshell. Mr and Mrs C A Richards and Raith motored to Durham for a few days visit. They will attend the wedding anniversary of Mr and Mrs B. By Mrs ata Robin and Miss Fanette Pontius returned home Wednesday.
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Harry
Pearl
Vernon
Ruby Bochriner
Mrc
J. B. Kraft
Mire” Busch
Law
3.E
W. BE. Rake
Ethel
Ruth Scheer
Tearl Gress
Jake Bidinger
O. A
O. A. Bidinger Home Sunday Afternoon. Mrs. Leonard Nuffer
Ellen Unger
Frank Houkland
Will Shaw
Mabel Rose
S. Stull
Bugc
Gérties
Ola Roberts
W. EK. Rake
James Brass
John Gress
Ruth
Brand
C. F. Wulfkuhle
Rennes Simon
Topeka
Bagr Gorrill
Thomas Marshell
Mrr
Meg. C. A. Richards
Poe Raith
Durght
Aiden
Hereate
Unclear Text Fragment From A Local Page
The readable portion shows garbled phrases and missing context, offering no identifiable people places or events to summarize into a valid news item. Without coherent facts, a concise title and summary cannot be produced from the given fragment.
Social notes and remedies in a community column
A Des Moines stay features Mrs and Mrs Hird hosting Sunday dinner with daughter Mrs Richards. The August 21 gathering of nine included Bible readings and sewing of dish towels. Local notices mention Doreas lessons and upcoming meetings. Also note mentions of Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound as a long standing folk remedy derived from field roots and herbs.
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Jneegay
Des Moines
Lime
Thoms Hird
Most Richards
Mr. Richards
Roll Caé
Society
T. Herrick Ty
Rose Latins
Robert Barr Qortill, Sr
Paulwinter
Bennie
E Sweezer
Phoebe Gab
Oth
Esther Richards
Medi Jen
E. Pinkham
Fragmentary Coastal Report From A Submarine Encounter
A garbled bulletin mentions Mr. Burgtorf near Blue Moor then references Emil Saile and trials near Southards for A Robertson. It notes Eudaly visiting, Sailes, Mrs. Jobe Wilse, and a Sunday trip to Kansas City for water day. Glenn serves on a patrol boat off the Atlantic coast with listening devices reporting a Spanish submarine sighting. A distant ship incident near Whee leads to survivors from a sinking steamer and a missing person list including Carol Burg and Orya Strafford of Colorado.
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Burgtorf
Blue Moor
Emil Saile
A. Robertson
Eudaly
Lince
Jobe Wilse
Sundy
Yo Pardee
Glenn
Atlantic
Spain
Ena
ATE
I Treiten
Patna
Carol Burg
Jose
Ughter
Orya
Local Residents Visit and Move About in Tonganoxie Area
My George Cline and son Bowen visit Mrs G Ri West in Talsz Old. Mr Otis Wemmer and others dine at Tonganozie. Mrs Firman Schenk returns from Kansas visit. Various locals travel to Lawrence Kansas City Leavenworth and Milwaukee, with moves to Reyno Arkansas and Fort Leavenworth school start noted.
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George Cline
Bowen
G. Ri West
Talsz
Otis Wemmer
Atres
Tonganozie
K. Bayeiey
Ree
North Sun Ella
Faith, Batte
Wingrove
Firman Schenk
Kansas
Cis Reek
Ralph Gatchell
Burlington
Kansas City
Speesha
O. Tere
Lansing
Iwelia C
Columbia University
Nelson Quisenberry
Henry
Herry
John Dagney
Marion Keats
Anne Kramet
Edminister
Mary
Houston
W. E. Noble
Uestion
J. B.schenck
Me Lambert
Tongaroxie
Reyno
Arkansas
Kansas ‘City
Case
Ella
Edith Phenick
S. J. McNaughton
J. C. Laming
Ross Phenick
Firman Schenck
la Mate
Colorado
Walter A
Margaret McCaffrey
Leavenworth
Fort Leavenworth
Jim Foster
Joseph Farrell
Lawrence Mot
Tonganoxie
Ross Phenicie
Itown
John C.laming
Thekla
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Watkins National Bank Judgment Date Notice
A dated notice from October 24, 1918 indicates an interest claim related to a Jet IVA and Sume oee 18. The document references payments and the Watkins National Bank as the party involved in the action or loan record.
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Watkins National Bank
Belleview Socials and Farewell Plans Noted
A Belleview report notes a county picnic, an ice cream social at N B Brown home in Fairsiew, and a piano recital at the Methodist church in Vinland. Event details include gatherings at Gratthe ome and an evening party before Louis departs for Winston on August 30.
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N. B. Brown
Fairsiew
Vinland
Gratthe
Louis
Community Notes from Clearfield and Nearby Towns
Local residents share visits and gatherings across Clearfield and adjacent communities. Names include Grosdidier Ott Whaley Duncan Forsythe and Brown with events spanning Sunday calls, weekend trips to Topeka and Tonganoxie, plus a Red Cross Auxiliary meeting at the schoolhouse August 28. A silo cutter accident injures Ed Madl, with slow recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis
Louise Freese
Oo Henry
Grosdiidier
Ernest’ Russell
Geo, Ott
Geo. Ott
Anal
Jackson
Sr’s
Franklin
Tonganoxie
A. B. Ganger and
Geo
Lestén
Tae
Ed Pine
Vivian
Wilma & Schigell
Kansas ‘City
Geo. Whaley, Jr
Geo. Whaley
Mary Howard Metoretto
Topeka
H. XK. Pith
Missouri
Walter Brown
Orne
Walter. Brown
Mix H. X, Smith
Mery Howard
McCloath
Arthur
Donald
Williamstown
Jim Duncan
Lee
Eudora
Bonner Springs
Linola Dunjean
Ruth Sowers
Forsythe Eine
Ed Madl
Albert Grosdidier and Sons
M. Greer
Ida
Mary Howard
Duncan Home
Lou Shirek
John
Olathe
Jim Duncdn
Ott
Sowers
Verner Strong
Red Cross
Geo. Ott, Jr
Baby
Ott, Sra
Former Student Sends War Souvenirs to University of Foster
George Q Foster, a university employee, received German gas mask eyepieces and a fragment of coarse sacking from former student John V Vredenburg. The eyepieces are thin and celluloid like, kept in a prepared envelope. the fabric fragment appears to imitate gunny sack.
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George C. Foster
George QO. Foster
John V. V. Vaedenburg
Vredenburg
Doan's Kidney Pills Back Up Local Testimony
Lawrence residents recount relief from backache and kidney issues after using Doan's Kidney Pills. A. C. Johnson of 445 Indiana St reports four years of urinary and back problems improved by two boxes, with continued benefit from occasional use. Price 60c at all dealers.
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Lawrence
Noan
Dean
Doan
A. C. Johnson
Indiana
Tobnson Ted
Poser Miura Gya
crew wounded in voyage incident near Swain’s Island
survivors listed include chief petty officer Swain, Gleason machinist mate, Elmer S electrician, Claude Kalney quartermaster, Aries N Thomas seaman, and George B Weigand gunner’s mate. vessels were sealing the area. more survivors may remain.
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Vran
Swain
Gleason
Elmer S. Electrician
Claude Kalney
Aries N. Thomas
Seaman
George B. Weigand
Swith
Rats and Mice Extermination Paste Widely Sold
A fragment describes Stearns' Electric Paste available at many stores and barns for extermination of rats mice and cockroaches. It notes a small box costs mere cents and claims effectiveness for retail and government use.
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Stearns
Stearns” Ceesste
Kansas Stands Third in War Savings Sales Amid Drought
Kansas ranks third among states in per capita cash sales of Thrift Stamps, a report from the National War Savings Committee shows. State director P. W. Goebel praises Kansans while noting the drought hurt county quotas and urging more county efforts to meet the year’s target.
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Kansas
Rncan
National War Savings Committee
P. W. Goebel
Washington
Puritan case order and training school notice
An OCR fragment references ordering Puritan from McNish with phone 198 and mentions eight men sent home from the National Army training School at the University with a partial note on physical disabilities. It notes personnel and officers likely remaining for the two months term and promotes McNish Bottling Works products in sterilized containers.
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McNish
National Army Training School
Arene School
Sehuyol
McNish Bottling Works
Horticultural Meeting At Woodland Park Aug 17 1940
The county Horticultural Society gathered at Woodland Park on August 17 amid heat. Fruit growers and friends enjoyed a hearty meal served by the ladies and praised wartime food preparations. President Kaing led a 2 pm session with a song and violin, as members and Miss Nicholsons and Koehrings performed Columbia the Gem of the Ocean.
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County Horticultural Society
Woodland Park
Turday
Bro
Hook
Lawrence
Topeka
Eastern
Kansas
Kaing
Columbia
Misses
Apple Industry Meeting Deliberations at County Fair
A gathered group discussed the county fair plans for September with premiums for merit exhibits. Miss Lena Miller spoke on apples in food and preserving, while Mr Simonds urged orchard practices and one year whips for better tree growth. The meeting considered past orchard losses, autumn apple varieties, and a large fruit display at Woodland Park.
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Brown
Bresideete
Koehring
H. A.ley
Lena Miller
State University
Ann
State Agricultural College
Simonds
Kansas
Missouri
Woodland Part
Dr. Orelup Practice Advertises in Dick Building
A fragment from the Mankato Advocate reports an Illinois woman seeking local board action to locate her deserted husband so he can be drafted. Officials question eligibility if found, sparking debate over who would be compelled to fight.
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Crred
Cnet
Mankato
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Guy Drng
R. R. Hickson
Yaenold
W. F. Wulfkuhle
Frede
Alfred Hethats
Fred Res Wen
Willeee Sai
J. F. Fitzpatrick
Bruce Scheer
Wm. Wulfkuhle
Scheer
eParl Gress
Ella Brass
Lenice
Jesse Wiles
S. Baseh
C. J. Kraft
Mique Kraft
Bessie Murphy
Lola Shaw
Watson
Frank Bucci
Lily
Minnie Slingerling
Stull
Charles Roland
Harry Woulfkubhle
F. Walkkuhle
Frank Wile
Helen
iWe C. Wulfkuhle
Beulah Edmonds
Fats City
Belleview
Ferei
Hguaran
Tee San
Dr. Orelup
Dick Building
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