Mink Raising Near Lawrence Demonstrates Small Farm Venture
Lawrence College student Merlyn Rutherford began a mink raising project on his father’s farm near Tonganoxie. Five of the animals are now grown, with more on the way after purchases from Colorado and a Genessee ranch. Rutherford, a Baldwin graduate, plans larger pelts, describes diet of horse meat and fish, and notes the animals’ nervousness require careful handling. He invites visitors after July 1, but not during winter.
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Lawrence
Lawrence Business College
Colorado
Merlyn Rutherford
Tonganexie
Rutherford
Genessee Ranch
Denver
Baldwin
Business College
Tonganoxie
Milady
Penn Professor Seeks Lost Delaware Tablets at Haskell
Dr. Frank G. Speck of the University of Pennsylvania is at Haskell Institute researching a fuller Delaware Indian history. He aims to locate relatives of John Ward and other Indians connected to ancient wooden tablets inscribed with Delaware history, once given to Ward in 1830.
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Frank G. Speck
University of Pennsylvania
Haskell Institute
Speck
Loren Hiseley
Haskell
Delaware
Sneck
Jon Ward
Kentucky
John
Ward
Subzero Weather Grips Oklahoma Winter
Icy winds chilled Oklahoma as snow cloaked fields. Beaver in the Panhandle hit 11 degrees below zero, with 8 below at Waynoka and 6 below at Woodward. Others ranged near 3 below. Highways iced over, travel slowed, and one traffic death was reported over the weekend.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Beaver
Panhandle
Waynoka
Woodward
Altus
Chickasha
Muskogee
Highway Patrol
Irish Hospitals Sweepstakes Closes During War
The Irish hospitals sweepstakes will close for the duration of the European war after the January 16 drawing. Foreign exchange restrictions reduced support, though the scheme since 1980 has grossed over 350 million dollars with about 200 million returned to the public in prizes.
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Dublin
Wounded hunter in accident near Leavenworth Kansas
A group of hunters unloaded their guns in a farmyard when a weapon discharged injuring Carl Klaus a 17 year old Easton High School basketball player he was taken to Leavenworth hospital in serious condition Chanute reports four years without a traffic fatality with the last fatal accident on December 31 1936
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Leavenworth
Kan
Carl
Klaus
Easton
Chanute
Canadian Statesman Puzzle Scramble Returns Reader Challenge
A dense OCR style puzzle page titled Canadian Statesman horizontal and vertical clues lists terms related to names and common words. The grid references include clues for numerous letters, with entries such as political titles, botanical terms, and general vocabulary, inviting solver participation.
War Comes Home Through Finns in Russia Story
Mrs. Skeets remembered as Miss Audrey Winkleman. Local notices cover lodge officer installations at I.O.O.F hall, district deputies presiding, and names of Noble Grand and officers for Truth Rebekah and I.C.O.F. lodges. Social visits, births, retirements, and club meetings are listed with numerous local residents and families named.
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Billy Aaron
Skeets
Audrey Winkleman
O. S. Cory
Bessie
Laura
Carrie Lee
M. G. Farrell
Eat
Truth Rebekas Lodge
Ella Voorhees
August Deikman
Mary Bowman
Oscar Brown
Halle Koch
G. E. Ellis
Zella Henry
John Carpenter
Truth Rebekah Lodge
Noble Grand
Edith Carpenter
Elsie Marshall
Genevieve Wendorff
Gladys
Noble
Alton Grems
Harry Wendorff
Mike Seymour
Everett Parker
Inside Guardian
Dale Dessero
Guardian
Albert Dorlin
Ratner Seeks Kansans' Help in 1940 Safety Drive
Topeka January 8 Governor Payne H Ratner urges all Kansans to join the 1940 safety campaign focusing on reducing highway fatalities. He notes last year produced 380 highway deaths versus 456 in 1938, and outlines plans for safety pictures in schools safety literature from the highway department safety commission safety meetings sponsored by clubs and broad newspaper cooperation across the state.
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Topeka
Payne H. Ratner
Ratner
Highway Department Safety Commission
Death of Edith Jefferies Jones at Tonganoxie Kansas
Edith Jefferies Jones of Tonganoxie Kansas died at home on a Wednesday night in January at age 33. Born December 25 1906 in Fairmont she was a member of the Tonganoxie Christian church and widow of Stanley Jones with one son Raymond. Surviving are her husband, son, sister Mrs Harry Gallagher and her parents Mr and Mrs Ben Jefferies. Funeral services were held at the Tonganoxie Christian church with interment in Hubbel Hill cemetery.
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Stanley Jones
Basehor
Kan
Ben Jefferies
Tonganoxie
Edith Jefferies Jones
Fairmont
Tonganoxie Christian Church
Raymond
Harry Gallagher
Hubbel Hill Cemetery
Harry Skeets
Why It's Cold Up in Finland
Ents, Mr. and Mrs. G. D. Whitaler. Miss Edith Hayward of Cleveland is visiting her parents. Chapter AT of PEO met January 2 at Miss Alice Spoor’s home. Guests included Miss Edith Anne Phenicie of Sioux City and Miss Sue Todd of Lawrence. Several students returned to Emporia State Teachers College after holidays. Others returned to Kansas State College after holidays.
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Frances Duncanson
Charles Corlett
Winifred Hein
James Farrell
Anna Simison
Mabel Stephenson
Mildred Young
Thelma Ratliff
Myrtle Allsbury
Pearl Corlett
Marshal
Macbeth Walters
Zella Henry
Adah
Ethel Harman
Ruth
Martha Rawlings
Esther
Lucille Martin
Martha
Anne Christenson
Electa
Ethel Sechrest
Paul Sanders
Sentinel
Charlene Kramer
Ann Marie
Kansas City
Kan
Leo. Kramer
Kathryn Bowman
Topeka
Walter Wilson
Georgia Ramsaye
Christian Ladies Aid
Leonard Deaton
Franklin Plant
Anne
Emma Myers
Will Myers
Sharps
Fla
Will Ridgway
Lawrence
Merle
Ents
G. D. Whitaler
Edith Hayward
Cleveland
N. H. Hayward
of P.E.0
Alice Spoor
Edith Anne Phenicie
Sioux City
Sue Todd
Treasa Cox
Ruby Kesinger
Martha’ Duncanson
Evelyn Poulsen
Jean Mails
Ferne Knochs
Evelyn Hunter
la Fawn Jacka
Emporia
State Teachers College
Fred Leimkuhler
Edward Seufert
Grant Freeman
Kansas State College
Manhattan
George Hildebrand Vacation Visit in Kansas City
George Hildebrand spends part of his vacation in Kansas City visiting his grandmother and friends. Wilbur Jeffries hauls water for several farmers. Mrs B Hildebrand and Mr and Mrs George Walter and family returned from a vacation in Lawrence.
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George Hildebrand
Kansas City
Wilbur Jeffries
B. Hildebrand
Lawrence
George Walter
Pleasant Hour club closes forty first year with Yuletide picnic
In New Orleans and other southern places of interest Cc. C. Winslet is 11 in Lawrence Memorial hospital. The Pleasant Hour club held its last meeting of 1939 at Brackett school house December 30 with a picnic supper and program. New officers for 1940 were installed: president Mrs. M. W. Lonnecker vice president Mrs. Paul Rudiger secretary Mrs. C. C. Winsler treasurer Miss Eden Anderson. Mrs. Robert Earl of Girard is here due to her father’s illness Co. Winslet. Charles Frederickson returned from Concordia for the holidays.
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August Derkman
C. F.redding
Righ Scene
Lester Shoemaker
Tom Robb
G. E. Ellis
John Carpenter
Charles Millett
William Vollintine
Leonard Deaton
Kansas City
Junior Gress
State Teachers College
Pittsburg
Arthur Turner
E. O. T. Club
Emma_ Cox
Hamilton Mo
L. C. Cox
Cox
Isabella Hazen
Kent
Leonard Hazen
Walter Denholm
Alton Grems
Frank Evans
Congregational Ladies’ Aid Association
All. Knox
Alfred Knox
Henri Lodge
A. F
A. M
Rinda
O.E.S
I.C.C.F. Hall
W. J. Stephen* Son
Lee Henry
Charles Hitzman
Charles Corlett
William Heynen
Archie Toothaker
LeRoy Somers
Fred Papenhausen
Tyler
W. L. Johnson
Rhinda
Bessie Harris
Maude Sanders
Perry Walters
Tion
New Orleans
Cc. C. Winslet
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
M. W. Lonnecker
Paul Rudiger
C.C. Winsler
Eden Anderson
Robert Earl of
Girard
Co. Co. Winslet
Charles Frederickson
Concordia
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Canadian Statesman
John Buchan
New England
River Moutl
Ocean
Gover
N of
Canada
King of Bashan
Russia
Lieksa
Finland
Groom Powell and Bride
Acme Telephoto
William Powell
Diana Lewis
Powell
Las Vegas
Nevada
Georg
Romeo) Lowther III
Eileen
Juliet) Herrick
North Conway
N. H
White Mountains
Pee Ceases Insurance Building
Ice
And
Insurance
Charlton
Insurake Agency
Arctic
Chicago
United States
Arctic Circle
Europe
North America
Zenith
Green Bros
Ma Ae
H. W. Stowits
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