Ernest and Son Hardware's Grand Legacy in Douglas County
Philip Ernest, aged 83, owner of Ernest and Son Hardware at 826 Massachusetts, has run the family business since 1887. The Cox family history in Douglas County spans generations from Richard A. Cox’s arrival in 1869 to Oscar Cox who gifted Ernst a musket. Elmer Cox and his son Joseph J. Cox, with Phillip Cox, continue the farming-linked retail tradition, while local connections include county treasurer A. L. Cox and legislator Joe Cox. The piece traces long-standing ties to Lawrence area, Civil War veteran land deeds, and the firm’s enduring presence in the community.
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Philip Ernest
Asjowner
Ernest and Son Hardware
Massachusetts Street
Bee
Richard A. Coxing
Oscar Jlading
Lund
Ernst
Franklin
Lawrences
Euders
Abraham Lincoln
Douglas County
Richard A. Cox
Lawrence
Old Friends
Church
Eleventh
Delaware
Richard
Oscar Cox
Charles R
Oscar
A. L. Cox
Friends University
Joe Cox
Ernat
Kansas
Topeka
Elmer _E. Cox
Qecar Cox
Richard Cox
Ernst Hardware
Elmer
Elmer Cox
Joseph J. Cox
Route 4
Ernat’s
Phil
Joseph J
Philip Ernst, Sr
Ernst Son Hardware
Elmer E. Cox
Phillip
Cox
O'Bryan
Two Families Unite as Baehr and Sommerville Welcome Adopters
Two families merge when the Baehrs join the Sommervilles bringing Bet ty and Kingsley to Lawrence Kansas. The move follows wartime travel constraints and a plan to enroll the children in local schools while missionaries expand work in Japan. The Pocket Testament League reports strong Japanese interest in Christian meetings and Bible gifts amid curiosity and language learning incentives.
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Sommervilles
Jost
Sommerville
Baere Avertoe
Pineal Bahra
Conrad
Giton
Bache
Japan
East
Orient
See
W. C. Sommerville
Kansas City
Inter-Varsity Fellowship
K. U
Pocket Testament League
Baehrs
Baehr
Lawrence
Betty
Cordley School
Kings Geley
Plainfield
N. J
United States
China
Kingaley
Boi
Hank Brown
Penny Sommerville
Betty Baehr
Kingsley Baehr
Timothy Sommerville
Penny
John Sommerville
Sommerville Family Notices Three Older Children Named
The passage names David aged 22 married and in the army in Louisiana James 20 studying pre medical at the University of Kansas and Mary Lyn 19 employed at Liberty Memorial high school and newly engaged Kingsley collects stamps while the three older Sommerville children are not shown in the photo.
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Kingsley
Sommerville
David
Awny
Louisiana
James
University of Kansas
Mary Lyn
Liberty Memorial High School
Pilot’s failure to watch course blamed for crash deaths
Washington January 19 The civil-area nautica board ruled that pilot William L Rivera failed to look where he was going, likely causing a two plane collision at Sharon Springs on April 30. Rivera and passenger Gerald Rawson died along with Roland O Scott, the other pilot. The board said Rivers struck Scott from the right and below, nearly severing the tail section.
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Washington
William L. Rivera
Sharon Springs
Civil-Areanautica Board
Rivers
Gerald Rawson
Roland O. Scott
Tela
Scott
Kansas City News Highlights Department Store Boom
Wichita leads the 10th federal reserve district in a department store sales boom for the second week of 1951. Week of January 13 shows Wichita up 47 percent from a year ago and four week gain at 35 percent. Statewide weekly rise 39 percent. four week rise 27 percent. Other Kansas cities include Arkansas City Chanute Emporia Fort Scott Hutchinson Independence Iola Kansas City Lawrence Ottawa Salina Topeka. Cordovan leather is made of horsehide.
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Kansas City
CPH
Kansas
Wichita
Federal Reserve District
Reserve Bank
Kansas Cities
Arkansas City
Chanute
Emporia
Fort Scott
Hutchinson
Independence
Iola
Lawrence
Ottawa
Salina
Topeka
Dr and Barker to Leave Wednesday for New York
fragmented OCR item notes that Dr and Barker will depart for New York Wednesday likely for work. content is incomplete and names uncertain but indicates travel plans within a historical newspaper brief.
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Robert Het al Joseph
Dr. and Barker
New York
Move At The American T Sete Later They Visit
A brief notice reports upcoming travel plans by individuals with listed destinations and tentative dates. The item notes visits to towns including Wi ton and prug Pentel, with references to a chile wale.
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Ton
Ema
Prug
Chile
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Commer
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H. T. Phinney
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Yong de Carlo
Richard Greene
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