Pleasant Hour club yearend banquet at Brackett school
The twenty fifth year of the Pleasant Hour club closed with a New Year’s banquet in the Brackett school dining room. Tables were decorated with lavender and green streamers and paper favors. Members shared reminiscences, songs, and a program featuring Mrs. J. R. Topping’s Thinkin’ Back. Speeches covered local history, pioneer residents, and the district’s early schools, with notes from several members about the area’s development and 19th century ties. The meeting also announced officers and honored families of members.
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Pleasant Hour
J. R. Topping
Smith
Grandview
Springdale
Earl Rudiger
S. E. Seeting
Yeoman Place
Pears
George Brackett
Brackett
Rackett
W. P. Martin
Davis
C. Lib “McClupe
Ellen Anderson
L. Bigsby
Gorinthia Manwaring
W. T Davis
Jerry, Lyons
L. P. Arnott
Simul Sue
Tom
Ely's Cream Balm restores blocked passages quickly
An advertisement promises instant relief from catarrh and nasal congestion. Applying a small amount of the antiseptic cream in the nostrils soothes inflamed mucous membranes and clears air passages for easier breathing. Ends with urging readers to buy from their druggist.
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Ely
Personal Notes Highlight Local Visits and Travel
Mrs S E Miller returns from St Joseph Missouri after a week with daughter Mrs H Weindell and family. Miss Margaret Kennedy Girls Scout director Topeka returns to work after weekend with her parents Mr and Mrs X J Kennedy. Frank Vollrath spends day in Topeka. P Moore of state treasurer's office goes to Topeka this morning. Carl Wise returns to Kansas City after holidays with parents Mr and Mrs A L Wise.
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Hope Selig
Camp Fire Girls
Kansas City
John Selig
Harry Hutchings
L. C. Biggs
Jgoods
St. Louis
C. A. Moody
Belleville
T. M. Daniels
Little Rock
Ark
Ibureau
Eva Gill
Wichita
Janet Simons
Delphos
Delphos High School
Cecil Gorsuch
Lawrence
New Mexico
Jean Lacy
Henry Lacy
Sea McFerran
Tope
Y. Thomas
E. F. Engel
Pittsburg
E. Haworth
Burden
Gere Stodder
Haworth
Independence
Haworths
We J ° Baumgartner
Helen Wilson
Lottawa
Ivah Barrett
Marshall, Mo
C. E. Merwin
Lucille Edgars
Central High School
Nettie McClelland
Topeka
J.P’ Cone
S. E. Miller
St. Joseph
H. Weindell
Margaret Kennedy
X. J. Kennedy
Frank Vollrath
P.moore
State Treasurer’s Office
Carl Wise
A. .L. Wise
Deaths and Funerals H D Whitman
Funeral services for H D Whitman of 2136 Learnard Street will be tomorrow at 10 from the home with Rev John F Watts officiating. Burial in Oak Hill Cemetery. Masonic Lodge No 6 will conduct the services. Rankin's Drug Store advertises Fitch's Dandruff Refhover Shampoo and incense supplies. A fragment mentions Mrs Roy Houser visiting Emporia and Miss Freda Dickey with Miss Lillian Tailor at Schulz's Tailor Shop on 917 Mass.
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Gertrude Huke
Plainfield, NL
Harold Nottingham
Lawrence
Berwin, I
Nottingham
A. R. Nottingham
San Diego
Cal
The
Indian Refining Company
Temola Club
G. B. Patrick
Vermont Street
H. B. Taylor
Progressive Reading Club
W. R. Green
Ohio Street
Lawrence Reading Club
Alya Carter
H. D. Whitman
Learnard_ street
John F. Watts
Oak Hill Cemetery
Masonic Lodge No. 6
Fitch
Rankin’s Drug , Store
Freda Dickey
Schulz
Lillian Tailor Shop
University of Kansas Station reports 1924 temp records
The 1924 year at the University of Kansas Station was marked by extreme temperatures and a near normal overall climate. December saw the coldest day in 44 years at 11 below zero, with 18 below as the December low in 1872. November set a record high for the month at 85, and September was the coldest in 22 years. The growing season lasted 225 days, and total rainfall was 99,295 units, about 20,000 miles below normal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Kansas
C.J. Posey
University Station
German author Baroness Heyking dead at 63 in Berlin
Berlin reports Baroness Elizabeth Von Heyking, author of Letters that failed to reach him, died last night at age 63 while leaving a fashionable hotel. She was prominent in diplomatic circles with her late husband Baron Edmund and spent much time abroad.
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Berlin
Elizabeth von Heyking
Baron Edmund
Debt talks and reparations seen in British and American notes
Washington reports that secretary Melian found no new information in the French debt memorandum beyond prior talks with Ay Ju sserand. The British note on reparations prompts a US reply urging Leith Ross to study a Logan proposal for extended payments and partial settlement in reichsmarks. Churchill to press allied debt discussions in Paris as a New Year pen offer at Rankin's Drug Store is advertised.
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Washington
State Department
Melian
Ay Jusserand
Prairie
London
Associated Press
Hughes
Foreign Secy
Chamberlain
James A. Logan, Jr
United States
Reparations Commission
Leith Ross
Reichsmarkt
Germany
Winston Churchill
Paris
Amazed at High Fever in Blood Poisoning Death
Emporia physicians reported a fever reading of 112 degrees with Mrs. A. T. Stone of Saffordville dying in a local hospital from blood poisoning. The fever persisted for twelve hours before death after a finger cut while preparing vegetables. She left ten children.
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Emporia
A. T. Stone
Saffordville
Woman Admits Identity In Kansas City Payroll Robbery
Alma Johnson, arrested in Wichita Kansas, admits involvement in a $1400 payroll robbery at the Cahiy Packing company in Kansas City, Kansas, after a bank messenger heist last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita
Alma Johnson
Slias
Ruth Nation
Caiahy Packing Company
Kansas City
Kan
Commercial National Bank
Tonsiline Sore Throat Remedy Promised Nationwide Availability
An advertisement touts Tonsiline as the sole remedy for sudden sore throat. It claims nationwide sales in all states, urging readers to keep a bottle on hand for immediate relief and noting its universal usefulness and advertized purpose.
School Board to Meet Tonight at High School
Reports for the year will be received at this meeting. A police report states Della Mengers in Oklahoma denied prior knowledge of the robbery. A complete mirror system enabling one employee to view the entire store is used by a New York jeweler to prevent theft.
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Laura Adair
Kappa Phi
Thurso
C. W. Kanaga
Della Mengers
Oklahoma
Board of Education
New York
Simple home facial mix claims to erase wrinkles fast
An advertisement touts a do it yourself face treatment that promises to smooth away age lines within fifteen minutes. The recipe involves mixing a small amount with water and applying it to the skin for an immediate soothing feel and a refreshed appearance at a low cost.
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Charles Rappard
United
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Worden
Wakarusa Valley
Mary DeWatteville
Roland DeWatteville
Carl Stark
Wesley
Margaret
Will Rappard
Charles
Gladys
Henry Rappard
Leona
Harold
Elmer
Ivan
May
Donald
John
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Alfred
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la Verne
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Dorothy
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Ruth
Fred
Leland
Anna Lyon
American Legion Auxiliary
Legion' Hall
C. Frears
Gun
Flora H. Nevitt
J. H. Corel
W. D. Lyots
Charles Ziesenis
Kanwaka
Bureau
Arthur Ulrich
Konwaks Literary Clu
Will Johns
Sweden
al Wilson
W. Christensen
S.K. Heflin
Earl Ruby
Don Heffin
Louise Heflin
J. A. Bishop
A. W. Lamb
Eugene
Katherine’ Hoop
D. Davidson
Alabama Street
A. Ver
Ft. Riley
I. F. Dominga
Davidson
Otto B. Gufler
Topeka Country Club
Bernard Gufler
Margaret Stubbs
Josephine Farrell
Alfred G. ‘Taylor
Kingman, Ariz
Kingman
Taylor
Belvnir Hallowe'en Camp
Carl Woodward
Erasmus Haworth
Old and New Club
Fort Tee
Midland’ Social Lab
Guy Shultz
Oak Ridge
C. C. Miller
Cosmos Glib
W. H. Eastman
Ohio
W. A. Dill
W. S. Johnson
Diana Street
Council
Missionary Society of
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A. T. Olson
Mierceles Club
J. Frank Jones
Tennessee
Ladies Literary League
J.F. Perry
Massachusetts Street
University Women's Association
Number Six
Alex Banks
Ingleside Club
C. CL Stewart
Missouri Street
J. W. O'Bryan
Round Table
George K. Mackie
Sears
Rankin’s Drug Store
Roy’ Houser
Wailer
Jan
Supreme Court
Military Park
War Department
House
Senate
Westport
McKenna
Harlan’ F. Stone
Coolidge
Joseph McKenna
United States Supreme Court
Bullene
France
Lawrence National Bank
Lawrence, Kansas
U.S
Aml
U. S
U.S. Treasury
Total
Corrett
Geo. W. Kuhne
Cashier
Seaffordville
Enron
Bone
Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Onis
Adv
Ni’s
Genwine Calfakin
Otto Fischer
Ralph Ward the Merchant of Happiness
Beas Par Rae
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