Watchman’s Resolve Amid Theft Trial and Local Gossip
A fragmented sample recalls a watchman’s loyalty, local figures in Grantos, and holiday notices. It mentions J. R. Blevins, Mrs and Mr. Pine, R. K. Johnston at Pauls Valley, Henry Nixon in Chicago, and the Baker family in Hays City. The piece blends anecdotes of Christmas meals, farming feats, and community memory with reflections on trust and vigilance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. R. Blevins
Grantos
Mr. Pine
Mrs
Loo Peres
Med
R. K. Johnston
Pauls’ Valley
Oklahoma
Henry Nixon
Chicago
Johnston
Pauls Valle
South
Walter Baker
Hays City
Don Baker
Kansas City
Baker Furn
Er Baker
Tractor Engineer Experiment Farm
Christmas notices and family gatherings reported
Local notices recount Christmas dinners with many families hosting at 1 oclock and 12 noon in Lawrence and nearby towns. Readers attend family reunions, parties, and showers at homes across South Massachusetts Street, with lists of attendees, ages, and relations.
Christmas Gatherings and Family News From Eudora
A linen shower honors Miss Mable Parnell at Mrs Agile’s home. Mr. and Mrs. Will A. Dunmire hosted a Christmas dinner with relatives. Topeka visitors include Theodore Gardner and Mrs. Wilbur Gardner. Miss Finch and Miss Irene Me? fanus of Newton are guests of Opal Dar Wichita. Mrs. Ford’s party honors Mrs. Frank Hord at 600 Maine. A Gerstenberger family reunion near Eudora brings ten children and grandchildren together after fifteen years, with carols and dinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kirby Smith
A.M. Harding
C. C. Harding
Walter Harding
Clyde
Clell Porter
Missy Mae Harding
Nelle Harding
Frank Hardy Cing
and Smith
Leonard
University
University Women’s Association
May Gardner
Frank Strong
Sophie Agil
Minnie] Buerman
J. T. Harris
W. Kuhn
Mer of
Mable Parnell
Agile
Will A. Dunntire
Missouri Street
Covys
Walter A. Dunmire
Herbert Dummire
Harry
Ray Dunmire
John Akers
H. B. Brass
Ralph
Miss Maud Teggisht
T. K. Holloway
Robert
Katherine
S. R. Holloway
Marvel
Blanche
W. FL Dumas
Maine Street
Lillian Spurlock
Des Moines
George Dolly
Marie Shoemaker
Kangas City
Anna Ward
Lawrence
W. B. Ward
Council Grove
E. Gerstenberger
Gerstenberger
Eudora
Emil Schmidt
Ernst
Carl
Erwin
Edna
Godfrey Gerstenberger
Ruby
Wanda
Charles Schlegel
Dorothy
George Gerstenberg
Herbert Gerstenberg
Hattie Gerstenberg
Ernest Gerstenberg
Louis
Veature D Pictures at Bowersock Theatre Wednesday
A program of Veature D Pictures for children and adults will be shown at The Bowersock Theatre tomorrow afternoon and night. The lineup includes Little Ma Sunshine starring Baby Marie Osborne and the comedy Lonesome Lake, the Chauffeur. Tickets five cents for children and ten cents for adults.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowersock Theatre
Little Ma Sunshine
Baby Marie Osborne
Lonesome Lake
Bowerlock Theatre
Christmas Guests and Travel Notices Share Kansas City Visits
Mrs W Kinnear and others travel to Kansas City this morning while Mrs George Edwards and Mrs George Fe visit family locally. Several guests stay for Christmas, including Mr and Mrs H Greene with relatives from Council Grove and Kansas City. Marian Teeter visits Wamego kin. J O Pearson of Chicago drops in, and Mrs Frank Ford of Allmira Calif visits relatives in town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Fe
Robert Hartley
Kansas City
PF. O. Luckan
Marybeth Parker
Hershey
Rearkhone
Avinstne
Newton
A. W Qtmastrangs
Mer
H. Greene
M . J. Maine
Frank Ford
Allmiba
Calif
James F. Stevens
Effie Stevens
Belle Senior
Waverie
Bertha Sellards
George Stanley
James Naismith
Herbert Coleman
As Nitye
Lawrence
Measles Quarantine At Fort Bliss In Army Recruit Camp
Three hundred recruits bound for the regular army on the border from Fort Slocum New York were quarantined in their tents on the parade grounds at Fort Bliss El Paso today after five recruits tested positive for measles. The group arrived for assignment to various commands under General Pershing’s sphere of command.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Bliss
el Paso
Mexico
Ft. Slocum
N. Y
Peshing
Attempted governor assassination with nitro glycerin device
Two ounces of nitro glycerin were found in a glass tube device aimed at destroying Governor Spry and nearby homes. The item was uncovered last night in Salt Lake City in a plot connected to harming the governor and his family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Utah
Salt Lake
Spry
Sinking of patrol boats in Otranto Strait raid
The Austrian admiralty reports two allied patrol boats sunk and four allied warships damaged in the Otranto Strait engagement. Two Austrian destroyers were hit. The raid occurred the night of December 22 to 23, with a pursuit by six large hostile destroyers on the return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gulf of Otranto
Berlin
Straits of Otranto
Otranto
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Fox Prients
Gladys Coburn
Hans
Fritz Kasenjammer
Chark
Rayland Margery Wilson
Aly
Fischer
Butler
Werain
Merchants of
Monroe
Tim
Chistes
Orns Dakland
Nackonam
Bolivia
Kassinger-Burnam
Webb
L Burnam
Hvistman Entors
Mys
Atehiseth Binnam
Lera Berram
Pauline Douglas
Oskaloosa
Miz Stockwell
W. J. Stockwell
Maw Valley
Delock
Thomas Winey
A. Ll. Cox
M Smith
Alice
Meanna
Burdette
L. E. Cox
Willard Winey
Temuel Cox
Albert Cox
Doro’ Cox
O. L. Cox
Rewnion
Jacob Badsky
Massachusetts Street
George Minchels
Little Son
Overbrook
Kans
Dwight Elder
Denver
T. D. Funk
Frances
Roger Williams
Elmdale Farm
Bert Wilson
Bell Telephone Company
BE. Parsons
Arkansas Street
Miss N Lonenecker
T Longenecker
J. H. Corel
James Corel
George Bowman
Hazel Hull
Leona Porter
George Dunkley
George B. Stanley
Kansas , City
B. H. Bowman
Scranton
J. O. C. Club
Miss Addie
Fay Underwood
Mamie. Brune
Melinda Brune
Topeka
Theodore Gardner May Gardner
W. 1 “Johnson
Scott
Johnson
Avith Ali
Wilbur Gardner
Nathan Howard
Fort Scott
Howard
Cole
Lawrences
Mrs. Ford
Laurence Stevens
Frank Hord
Tory Sale
W. 8. Kinnear
Carder's News Stand
Mass
Bell
Cash Bhasket Grocery Vice Delivery
Weft
Tester & Robert
Janary
W. Parsons
Massachusetts
Mass, St
Herman Harms
Nap
Force
David Tunstall
John Thomas
Thor
New York
David Tunstall Ap
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