New Year's Society Events and War Luncheon Notice
A long society listings page recounts Mr and Mrs Charles Wilson hosting a New Year's party with games and Victrola music and a refreshment table. Numerous guests attended including the Eggerts Northrups Davises Welsh and Schutz families and many others. The same issue notes a wheatless war luncheon by Mrs R F Davidson and Mrs Em Lapimer for Mrs Spevens, and several social gatherings including knitting teas line parties and a dinner at the Country Club honoring Owen Carr now in Quartermaster service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Wilson
Fred Eggert
Carl
Emily
John Northrup
T. L. Davis
Elzy
Clarence Davis
A. L. Welsh
Henry
May
R. F. Davidson
Em- Lapimer
James Spevens
Newkirk
Oklahoma
Country Club
Owen Carr
Quartermaster’s Department
Owen Carl
Frank Banks
Otto Barteldes
Geo. Kirchoff
C. C. Stewart
W. E. Spaulding
H. T. Jones
D. L. Patterson
West Side Auction Club Meets Tomorrow Afternoon
Community notices list an auction club gathering with Mrs Sherman Wiggins and events hosted by Mrs C A Menger and the Ladies Aid Society of the Methodist Church. A lively local tale recounts Collis Horner delivering a guest to a train, racing to the garage and back to ensure a mile a minute departure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Side Auction Club
Sherman Wiggins
Ladies Aid
C. A. Menger
Ladies Aid Society of
The
Methodist Church
High School Holds First Assembly After Vacation
The High School schedules an 8 30 a m basketball chapel tomorrow to kick off the season with student pep.
High School Football Letters and Schedule Talk
The article lists players set to receive letters, notes a pep chapel, and mentions a basketball plan under Rudolph Uhrlaub at L. H. S. with a game at Kansas City Kansas and a potential lineup from Hawk Westermeyer Endacott Durland Weed Olson. Also references Palm Olive Soap sale and a railroad labor agreement update with McAdoo.
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White
Underwood
Weed
Stevenson
Banning
Appelgate
Icenhower
Church
Higgins
Ulm
Neff
Reynolds
Naismith
Haskell
Kansas City
Kansas
Rudolph Uhrlaub
Arthur Weaver
Hawk
Westermeyer
Endacott
Durland
Olson
Smoot to introduce substitute for war tax law
Senator Smoot plans a substitute bill soon to reconstruct income and excess profits tax sections. It aims to raise about three fourths of the total by reforming rates with slightly higher excess profits taxes but no new income levies. The goal is to simplify the law and improve workability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Smoot
Compulsory Rationing Begins in England Soon
London reports official announcement that compulsory rationing will be enacted in England soon. The plan outlines nationwide controls on essential goods with dates to be set by authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
London
Death of Corp Diller O Clouse Reported by Pershing
Gen Pershing reports Corp Diller O Clouse died of pneumonia at Fontana. Tommy Stam arrives in Washington from Junction City to visit friends and notes Lawrence and K U men at Camp Funston eager to go to France. Camp Doniphan sees a trainload of latest model big guns as the One Hundred Twenty-eighth Field Artillery marks a merry New Year.
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Maud’ Strait
Cottonwood Falls
F. P. Strait
George Rutter
Gamet
Lawrence
Ete Jones
Kansas City
B. F. Moore
George Darsic
Miama
Okla
Joe Parnum
K. U
Sophie
Matilda Smithmeyer
John Porter
Topeka
Fred D. Smithmeyer
F. H. Smithmeyer
George T. Siler
Burke, S. D
Rosebud
H. C. Siler
Siler
C. W. McKean
Russell
C. B. McClelland
Manhattan
State Veterinary Association
Melvin Hereford
Marion
R. M. Morrison
Texas
Louisiana
Robert Donald Morrison
San Antonio
Aviation Corps
Ridder
Harold Mattoon
Camp Funston
F. W. Mattoon
H. D. Macomber
Vermont Street
Sarah Stewart
Zanesville
Ohicanaga
Pershing
Corp. Diller O. Clouse
Washington
Gen. Pershing Today
Corp. Diller O
Tommy
Tommy” Stam
McCook Field
Junction City
Lawrence and
France
Doniphan
E W Rose Co. Skin Remedy Note Cleveland Ad
An old advertisement fragment from E. W. Rose Co. Cleveland promotes a skin treatment claiming relief from foul skin rashes with a claim of rapid results. The snippet suggests a period style medical remedy being marketed locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Akes
E. W. Rose Co
Cleveland
Division Receives Major Part of Its Ordnance
In a development related to battlefield logistics, one division has been issued a major portion of its ordnance, enhancing its readiness for forthcoming operations. The move reflects ongoing reallocation of military resources to front line units.
Halts Army Enlistments in Topeka Kansas
Topeka January 3 Induction into military service by local boards for men registered but outside the current quota has been halted under orders from Provost Marshal General Crowder. Major Rahn in charge of full draft work in Kansas announced the change, noting earlier inductions into ordnance quartermaster medical aviation and signal branches were possible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Crowder
Rahn
Kansas
Utilities Hearing In Topeka On Switching Charges
A double hearing at the state house in Topeka began at 10 o clock addressing the reasonableness of switching charges. Case No 2303 covers Kansas City Northwestern Company charges at Kansas City Kansas. Shippers from Topeka and Hutchinson testified on switch charges involving the Atchison Topeka Santa Fe Railroad Company at Hutchinson Case No 2302.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kans
the State House
Kansas City Northwestern Company
Kansas City
Hutchinson
Atchison, Topeka Santa Fe Railroad Company
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Jesse L. Lasky
Julian Eltinge
Mrs. Carfax
Hector Turnbull
Gardner
Donald Crisp
Mr. Eltinge
RUN Pathe News
Mary Pickford
Rebecca of
Sunnybrook Farm
Marguerite
Clark
the Royal Theatre” and Convention Hall
Kansas City, Mo
Fischer’s
Sho&s
Fischer's
Margaret Hodder
Caroline McNutt
Bowersock Theater
Misses Dorothea Engle
Margaret Haworth
Lois Burke
Marion West
Alberta Mac
Jessie Wyatt
Catherine Lane
Young People’s Dancing Club
Elks Club
Blanche Simons
Wayne Maloney
Atchison
Harry Lockwood
Harold Lockwood
John Monteith
Albert Lacken
Emporia
Mary Atkinson
Missessa
Ilsa
Wilhelmi
Englewood
New Jersey
W. A. Moore
Gladys Lackan
Sabetha
Sabetha High School
Women’s Auxiliary of the Episcopal Church
Ord Clingman
Etaineet
Sam Bishop
1.C
J. C. Club
Vic Johnson
Melton
Geo. Crum
Jack Walton
Walter Dunmire
Orley Smith
Jerry Simmons
Royal
Worcester
Axminster
Lee
Anderson
Oris Bull
Nacman
T. E. O. Club
C. W. Gould
Margaret Hill
Collis Horner
Fasr
Santa Fe
Horner
Collis
Howard Courant
Harner
K. A
Kennard-Smith
Miss Beth Smith
Chicago
Will Kennard
Kennard
Kennard Studio
Thomas Porter
McPerson
Max F. Wilhelmi
Clear Water
Florida
H. A. Saylor
Miss German
St. Louis
Donald Smith
Craig
Charles Greenlees
Lola Lee Daniels
Topena
C. D. Cowgill
W. Atkinson
Wichita
J. KR. Greenlees
Bessie Manos
Opal
Sybil Woodruff
B. F. Fiegenbaum
James Donelin
An Fia Fogarty
Kansasity
S. H. S. Chapel
V. Price & CO
W. E. Wilson
Eldridge Hotel Bldg
Dunmire’s
Scan
McAdoo
Eastern Railroads
Advisory Council
Senator Smoot
Supreme Cafe
Mass
Nsa
Massachusetts
Hester
Roberts
Mie
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