Soil erosion threat spurs terrace work in Douglas County
A. I. Gilkison county agent reports heavy soil loss from erosion on Douglas County farms. He urges farmer cooperation, promotes terraces and brush dams, notes terracing work by H. M. Chamney and others, and cites erosion as a major obstacle to profitable farming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. I. Gilkison
Douglas Sonty
Gulf
Horace Greeley
Kansas
Board of Trade
Douglas County
Jnever
Bion
H. M. Chamney
A. R. Reed
A. &. Colman
George J Bahnmaier
D. L. Pasley
B. Oo. Kellace
J. M. Watts
S. 8
Holloway
J. N. Clinkenbeard
Charles Zebb
R. A. Baldwin
Edgar Company Reports Six Year Business Rise
Edgar Steel Seal Manufacturing of Lawrence reports a 15 percent gain in 1929 over 1928 with aggressive outreach to new customers and expanded railway and shipping line sales. The annual meeting announced excellent 1930 prospects and reelected directors and officers Thad C. Carver president W. C. Simons first vice president H. B. Ober second vice president George B Edgar third vice president C. B. Edgar secretary treasurer J. B. Davis D. P. Richardson T. A. Noftager and F. P. Smith listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgar Steel Seal I Manufacturing Company
Lawrence
Thad C. Carver
Pratt
Kan
W. C. Simons
H. B. Ober
George B
Edgar
C. B. Edgar
J. B. Davis
Santa Monica
Cal
Union
Okla
T. A. Noftager
Wichita
F. P. Smith
Subzero Wave grips Midwest and Southwest
A bitter cold snap spread across Missouri Kansas Oklahoma and Texas with subzero readings. Almena Kansas recorded 18 below zero Norton 16 below and Kansas City 4 below. Enid Oklahoma and St Joseph Missouri also reported subzero temperatures as the cold deepened.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansaks City
Missouri
Kansas
Oklahoma
Texas
Almena
Kan
Norton
Kansas City
Mercury
St. Joseph
Enid
Okla
Crossword Puzzle and Weather Saints in 1929
The page mixes a cracked crossword puzzle with a weather report and local society notes. It lists scattered clues and answers, mentions oil price cuts, and cites temperatures ranging from Amarillo to San Antonio. Community greetings, gatherings, and New Year’s Eve visits are described, along with a Farmers Union meeting and local social events.
Kansas Farm Bureau to Elect Officers
Harmony marked yesterday’s session as Kansas Farm Bureau delegates prepare to elect officers and vote on three proposed changes at the annual meeting. Governor Clyde M Reed will address the convention again this morning urging efficiency in production and marketing to meet world market competition. He cites cheap labor abroad as a factor in squeezing American wheat and cotton income. Great Bend, Kan. Jan. 16 AP.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas State Farm Bureau
Clyde M. Reed
India
Egypt
Kan
Hadley Scholarship Fund Created by Mrs Hadley Lyman
A $200 yearly scholarship is established at the University of Kansas in memory of Herbert Spencer Hadley by Mrs. Hadley Lyman of St Louis Missouri. Prof Jin Templin chairs the scholarship fund committee and the award supports a student entering the college he planned to enter. Hadley, former Missouri governor, graduated KU in 1892 and died December 1 1927.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Kansas
Dnritta Hadley Lyman
Herbert ‘Pencer Hadley
St. Louis Mo
Jin Templin
Cholarship Fund
Hadley
Missouri
Family names listed in a social column snippet
James Jones and a long list of relatives and friends appear in a social notes segment. The fragment mentions Mr and Mrs Charlie Jones, Mr and Mrs John Brechei sen and family, and other individuals including Maudie, Velma, Eph, Vergie, Myrtle, Anna, and Howard Hofman, with a closing line noting Mr and Mrs Glen Vance spent some time together.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Jones
Charlie Jones
John Brecheisen
Charlie
LaBarr
Saughter
Maudie
Will Wright
Fred. Winters
Maye Vance
Velma
John
Eph
Vergie
Myrtle
Anna
Howard Hofman
Glen Vance
Hutchinson Area Social Notes Highlight Weekend Visits
Saturday evening at the Delbert Hoffman home Mr and Mrs Harold Fisher and family spent Sunday at the Mrs Josephine Fisher and the Charlie Albright homes Mr and Mrs Delbert Hoffman and daughter Dorothy spent Wednesday evening at the Ben Hoffman home Mr and Mrs John Garrett and children were Ottawa shoppers Saturday S W Owens attended the Grange dinner at Overbrook Saturday Elizabeth Charles and Ralph Hoffman attended an oyster supper at Mrs Dunlaps home near Ottawa Mrs Ella Willard called on Mrs Lt Featherston Tuesday afternoon Ralph Wimner spent Wednesday night with Lloyd Featherston
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albright
Maye Vance
Kathryn
Velma
John
Johnnie Brecheisen
Cecil and
Durene
Raymond Ochrle
John Hoffman
Kenneth LaBarr
Ben Hoffman
Charlie Jones
James Jones
Will Hepner
Clarence Albright
Ben’ Hoffman
Maudie
May
Marjorie Garrett
Delbert Hoffman
Dorothy
Frea Winters
Bethel
Rev Zeidler
S. W. Owens
S. W. Owens and Miss Pearl Ensiey
Charlie Allabaugl
Richland
Joe Banks
Lawrence
Dana
Lloyd Hoffman
Effie Rouse
L. H. Featherston
Emporia
Charlie Rappard
Grandpa Rappard
John Lyon
Farmers Union
Walter Ochrle
Earl Forth
Harold Fisher
Josephine Fisher
Charlie Albright
Elizabeth
Charles
Ralph Hoffman
Mrs. Dunlap
Ottawa
Ella Willard
Lt. Featherston
Ralph Wimner
Lloyd Featherston
Forward Lawrence Movement plans six wage folder release
Plan outlines a six page wage folder issued by the Forward Lawrence Movement campaign officers and board to about one thousand Lawrence citizens. The statement explains the movement with details on the proposed budget Lawrence assets membership and financial plans and a list of comparable cities with their Chamber of Commerce income.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Chamber of Commerce
D. H. McFarland
American City Bureau
Oil Price Reductions Announced by Standard Oil New Jersey
New York Jan 16 AP Standard Oil of New Jersey through its Garter Oil Co cuts crude oil prices in Oklahoma and Kansas by 19 to 41 cents a barrel. The minimum price under the new schedule is 63 cents a barrel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Humble Oil Co
Standard of New Jersey
s@XAS
New York
Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey
The
Garter Oil Co
Oklahoma
Kansas
Bethel Aid society elects officers at Wednesday meeting
Bethel Aid society held its regular gathering at the church with 15 members present due to bad roads and weather. Mrs. Will Smith was elected president with Ella Willard as vice president and Mrs. Clarence Euler as secretary, among other officers, as Mrs. Josephine Wisher led devotionals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bethel Aid Society
Josephine Wisher
Will Smith
Ella Willard
Clarence Euler
James Jones
Johnnie Treceisen
Josephine
Isher
Ernest Moore
Donald
Maxine
Shawnee
John “Rechelsen
Maudie
May LaBarre
Eithher
Olive Brown
Kathryn
Vance
Myrtle Simmons
Pearl Enslow
W. Owens
Bronchuline Emulsion Promises Quick Cough Relief
An old fashioned advertisement touts Bronchuline Emulsion as the remedy to conquer stubborn coughs that linger and ruin sleep. It claims rapid relief after the first dose, with three or four doses often enough to end a persistent cough and even uses a nickname magic for the product. It urges readers to ask their druggist for a bottle at local shops like Round Corner Drug Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Droge Co
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Unite IN
Gilkison
Edgar Company
New
Ass Coud
Hong
Pete Enarmerer
Kansas Farm Bureau
Herbert Hadley
Che Pater
WH. Collier
Jobyna Ralston
Coquette
Patee
Rene Adoree
Allan Hale
Cireus
Arsit
Rod LA Roque
Bebe Daniels
Tarzan the
Tiger
Stirts
Jack, Holt
Cities Service Company
Cities Service
Cities Service Common
Securities of Cities Service Company Or Its
Aganise
America
Sereice
Henry L. Doherty & Company
Wall Street
New York City
Baltimore Ave
Kansas City, Mo
PLAN
Standard Company
Ziegfeld
Arthur Lake
June Clyde
Ann Pennington
Revier
Albert Gran
Sally Blane
Allen Kearns
Rudy Vallee
Connecticut Yankees
Lover
Journal-World
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