Early Newspaper Prized as Relic From 1789 Philadelphia Packet
A 1789 Pennsylvania Packet and Daily Advertiser copy, once thought America’s first daily, has been found by H. H. Sherman near Lone Star. The issue shows Washington’s Thanksgiving proclamation, market ads, and notices from Philadelphia. It traces Dunlap and Claypoole’s rise, notes the Gazette’s early printing feats, and features foreign dispatches, Paris sketches, and London gossip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania Packet
Daily Advertiser
United States
Journal“World
H. H. Sherman
Lone Star
George Washington
Sherman
Seneca, Kan
David C. Claypool
Packet
America
Pennsylvania Evening Post
Benjamin Towne
Philadelphia
Alfred McClung Lee
University of Kansas
Yale
Post
Library of Congress
Lee
Daily Newspaper
Towne
John Dunlap
David Doangusule
Dunlap and Claynoole
Dunlap
American Daily Advertiser
Washington
Claynoole
Joh Gales
David C.claypoole
Market Street
Second Street
Alexandria
Cross Word Puzzle Across And Down From Saturday
Puzzle clues appear for across and down entries with assorted word answers. The page lists many numbered hints including names, places and common terms typical of a historic crossword feature.
Club Notes Highlight Early Golf Season and Player Lineup
Greenskeeper Chick Pontius seeds bare areas around the clubhouse with blue grass and works on greens seeded last fall. The story lists local players including Dr H T Jones and Dr F C Allen, notes Glenn Oatman’s transfer to Lawrence, and mentions Ed Penchard planning a January California trip. It reports tree deaths along the course from storms and drought.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chick Pontius
Pontius
al Bromelsick
Fairway
Ed Penchard
Mrs
Subsidization survey hires ex G-man for athletics aid
Dean E J Miller of UCLA says Edwin N Atherton, former vice investigator, hired by the Pacific Coast Conference to aid a survey on financial support for athletes. He was not retained to target individuals or institutions. The committee aims to adjust rules defining legitimate aid.
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Los Angeles
Dean E. J. Miller
University of California At Los Angeles
Edwin N. Atherton
San Francisco
Pacific Coast Conference
Dean Miller
Atherton
Valley Grove Residents and Visitors in Local News
Jim Holladay Jr and landscape worker William Frowe plant trees on Alf M. Landon’s estate in Topeka with four trips to St Joseph for trees. Local residents attend quilting, visit relatives in McLouth and Lawrence. Illness affects students. several women host and attend club meetings.
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Jim Holladay, Jr
William Frowe
Topeka
Alf. M. Landon
Jim
St. Joseph
Dan
Alvin Smith
Leo Gensler
Oskaloosa
J. E. Holladay
Herbert Champion
Russell Stewart
Louisa Loesch
Lawrence
Tom Holladay
Swain
McLouth
Effie Tarr
Holladay
Oliver Garner
Mr. Garner
Arnold Welliver
Norma Grace
Community Notes From Jefferson County and Nearby Areas
Sunday gathering with the Hall and Francis families in Kansas City. So and So club met at Mrs Arthur Ousdahl's home with all twelve members present. Mrs Alvin Smith attended as guest. Next meeting planned with Mrs Richard Petrie. County soil conservation group to hold oyster supper January 19 with Dr Aldous speaking on Grass Land Management. Death of Elizabeth Dark, 92, pioneer resident of Jefferson County. Various local visits, travel updates, and upcoming rallies noted including the Jefferson County rally January 25 at Winchester Christian Church and district publicity contest standings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Hall and Francis
Arthur
Ousdahl
Alvin Smith
Welliver, Jr
Stewart
Thiry
C. A. Petrie
Ward
Richard Petrie
Jefferson County Soil Conservation Association
Triple C
Aldous
State College
Soil Association
Soil Conservation Service
Elizabeth Dark
Jefferson County
Dick Harp
Overbrook
Hummer
Gladys Dark Holloway
Dark
County
Walter
Dell Love
Vernon Flory
Oskaloosa
Harold Skeet
Gary
George Brown
Raymond Rayborne
Raybourn
Lawrence
W. O. Flory
H. C. Metsker
Lone Star
Ira Vernon
Walter Wilbur
Ethel DeLores
Wilfred Ousdahl
H. F. Longanecker
Midland
W. C
Winchester
Christian Endeavor
Winchester Christian Church
Merriam Christian Society
Albert Ford
Francis
Grace Ford
Topeka
Amos Nichols
Mr. Ford
Toveka
Jeff Barnes
Creomulsion Promises Quick Relief for Coughs
A classic advertisement touts Creomulsion as effective for chest colds bronchial irritation and persistent coughs. It claims rapid action targeting the inflamed membranes and loosening phlegm with a money back guarantee if not satisfied after the first bottle.
Farming It by Willard Bolte
Practical poultry advice for laying houses with space and water guidelines. Includes DIY tools like a push-an-’pull’ scraper and a dropping platform design. Describes a Missouri Experiment Station brood coop with three compartments and perch rules to increase egg production.
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Missouri Experiment Station
Local Visitors and Farm Meeting Noted in County
Holiday guests included Mr and Mrs Sydney Long Mrs Harris of Topeka and Mr and Mrs W H Barnes of Concordia. Former resident E E Vanderpool remains under treatment in Lawrence with weekly doctor visits. Mrs Merritt McGhehee and Mrs Willard Phillips hosted daughters in Oskaloosa vicinity. County agent Dr T Hall led a horse disease control meeting at the school house with assistance from Oskaloosa High School teacher Mr Webb. Chester Grange met here Friday evening initiating one new member.
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Sydney Long
Harris
Topeka
W. H. Barnes
Concordia
E. E. Vanderpool
Vanderpool
Lawrence
Merritt McGhehee
Willard Phillips
Oskaloosa
T. Hall
Webb
Oskaloosa High School
Hall
Ested
Eleanor Champion
Chester Grange
Local Ladies Visit and Family Updates Amid Illness Recovery
Mrs George Welliver of Chester spent part of Thursday with her son Arnold Welliver his wife and daughter. In the afternoon the Ousdahts and club ladies met at Mrs Skeets home where Raybourns have been visiting Lawrence while he recovers from illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Welliver
Chester
Arnold Welliver
Raybourn
Lawrence
Skeets
Also Mentioned on This Page
Xō i
H H. Sherman
Philadelphia Daily
Potomack
Virginia
Paris
London
France
Louis XVI
Bastille
Louis
Dispatches &c
Prince
Duke of York
Duke of Queensbury
York
Duke of Norfolk
Lord Stormont
Edmund Burke
Beaconsfield
Lord Porchester
New York
North Carolina
Boston
Kingston
Liverpool
Londonderry
Belfast
C. W. Binyon
W. H. Ruese
Orville Stone
Leavenworth
Emporia
Manhattan
Ottawa
Supreme Court
Stanley Reed
Roosevelt
George Sutherland
Reed
Farm Credit ‘Board
Hoover
New Deal
AAA
NRA
L. Taste
Danger Signals
Melody
Abraham
Uranus
Country Club
Greens
Dr. F. C
Phog” Allen
Glenn Oatman
Wilson Sporting Goods Company
Glenn
Charles McCreight
de van B Bruner
C. C. Stewart
Roland de Watteville
Elmer Lupton
DeWattevilles
The
University
D. Patterson
Forrest C. Allen
E. L. Boyce
E. E. Stephenson
J. O. Jones
D. L. Patterson
T. G. Fitch
Julius Marks
R. C. Miller
Gene Glahn
Jerry Penney
Penfield Jones
William Hutson, Jr
George Casebier
Otto Barteldes
Owen Carl
Harry Nevin
Number 8 Fairway
Jaege
Bill
G-Man
Valley Grove
BY Willard Bolte
Dickinson
Granada
Mhen
Claudette
Colbert
Charles
Cara
Basil Rathbone
Anita Louise
JEANS
Morris Carsovsky
Victor Kilian
Anatole
Lewis Stone
Cecilia Parker
Ted Pearson
Robert Taylor
Mickey Rooney
Adolph Zukor
Carole Lombard
Fred Macmurray
John Barrymore
Cab Calloway
Phil Spitalney
Paramount
Dorothy Lamour
the Dickinson
Sam’s Market
WY Ib
Sams ‘Santos
Rome
Tbs
Harrow
Lionel Barrymore
Frank Bordan
Walter Pidgeon
Uwa Merkel
Torchy Blane
Barton Maclane
Glenda Farrell
Anne Nagel
Warkel
Hational
Edgar Bergen
Charlie “McCartHy
Quality Theatre of
Continents
Tholomew
Carroll C. Aubrey Smith
Virginia Field
Love ON
Stella Ardler
John Payne
Benny Baker
High Seas
John Wayne
Diana Gibson
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