Local residents return visits and travels noted
The week features numerous short notices of residents visiting relatives in Leavenworth Lawrence Netawaka and Kansas City. The diary records travel by Mr and Mrs T C Davis Sr and Jr Amos Wilson Sr George Richardson Harold Edwards Lena Geib and others with journeys to Jewett Leavenworth Big Stranger and the Doeger farm. Wheat yields and farm activity are reported for George Seufert and partners amid various returns from Lawrence Carthage and Kansas City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodore C. Davis
Theodore
Jewett
Kansas
Clarence J. Davis
Amos Wilson
Leavenworth
Frank Zoellner
George C. Richardson
Matt Richardson
Neely
Harold Edwards
Big Stranger
Iber Lewis
Doeger
Grace Zoellner
Josephine Wilson
H. L. Kapka
Kansas City
Bie
Jeremiah J. Twomey
W.H. Courtney
George Seufert
Lena Geib
Irs
Aiy Geib
Earl Beck
C. C.J Collins
Lawrence
P. Stewart
Alex Stewart
Stewart
Issy Opal
Omar
C. C. Brown
Winnie
R. Slawson
Floyd Ratliff
Fort Riley
J. W. Ratliff
Katherine Iavine
Netawaka
R Pats
Whitsed Laming Jr
David Kline
Henry Floyd Geib
L. E. Hazen
Anram Freienmuth
T .N.’ Webb
Work of Sponge Gatherers in West Indies
West Indian sponge fishers in small boats tear sponges from rocks using a fork on a long pale. They float on the water surface and “spat” sponges by tipping a bucket with a glass pane in its bottom to reveal the sponge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Indies
Postponement Quotation Cited for Duty and Delay
A brief aphorism notes that duties delayed by postponement return with new tasks. The quote from Kingsley emphasizes ongoing obligation and renewed responsibility after delay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kingsley
Markets Report From Kansas City Briefly Mixed
Associated Press market update from Kansas City shows slight gains in corn futures and steady to firm prices in livestock. Wheat quotes remain largely unchanged with July and August readings around 2.5 and 1.55 respectively. Butter eggs poultry and oats noted with varied receipts and packing stock figures.
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Associated Press
Kansas City
Stronz
Hous
Ikansas City
Residence rights spar over school tuition in Kansas case
Judge C A Smart upheld that a person may reside in the school district without living inside city limits. The Board of Education sought $164 in tuition for Lemon's five children for 1914 15 and 16. Lemon claimed farm residence and health driven move, with domicile proven by intent and fact. An attorney general opinion cited insufficient facts, a related Helwig case favored Lemon previously, and a tractor demonstration was announced at A A Hicks farm near Dicker's store on Friday from 4 to 9 PM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. A. Smart
of Board of Education
Ed. S. Lémon
Lemon
Lawrence
Ed T. Riling
Riling
Board of Education
S. M. Brewster
Kansas
School Board
City Drug Store Moves After Twenty Five Years in One Building
City Drug Store relocates from 706 Massachusetts to 715 Massachusetts marking its 25 year landmark move. Owner R R Hickson remodeled the Anderson building with modern drugstore equipment and stock to improve service and sanitation. Hickson credits courteous service and updated facilities for the store’s popularity. Lawrence visitors A Lawrence, Miss Cecil Davis and Miss Nellie Davis attend photographers convention in Kansas. Adler ika laxative advertisement touts instant bowel relief from a simple mixture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts
Anderson Building
R. R. Hietson
A. Lawrence
Cecil ‘Davis
Nellie Davis
Kansasee
Lawrence
Adler-ika
Dick Bros
Ady
Keys Identify Charred Skeleton in Hotel Fire Remains
In Kinsley Kansas a charred skeleton found in a burned hotel ruin is identified by a bunch of keys as Wright from Norborne Missouri a wealthy banker and stockman with Missouri and Kansas interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kinsley
Kan
Wright
Norborne
Missouri
Coroner Links Fire Death to Missing Kansas City Visit
The proof became conclusive when the Kansas City trip revealed keys fitting Mr Wright's house lock and safety deposit box. A coroner's jury found Mr Wright died in an unknown manner while visiting his son at the right ranch, after delaying a train and spending the night at a hotel. The body was incinerated with only charred bones left.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Mr Wright
Wright
Chanute Tribune Editor to Join Red Cross in France
Herbert Cavaness, editor of the Chanute Tribune, leaves Chanute for New York and then France where he will serve the Red Cross for the coming year. He plans to sail around July 15 with his wife and infant son accompanying him to New York. Dr. Cremp offices noted in Dick Building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Henry Allen
Chanute
Kan
Herbert Cavaness
Chanute Tribune
France
The
Red
Cros
Cavaness
New York
Local notices and community updates from Sigel area
A patchwork of notes reports community life in Sigel with a large crowd bidding farewell to a local service member at the depot and various farm and social activities. The entries mention threshing chores, visits by residents from Lawrence, topeka and nearby farms, wheat yields, and hospitality at Petefish and Cox households.
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Arees
Dad
Marie Wager
Mabel McNaughton
Charlotte
Kathleen Carney
Carthage
Carnie
Matin
Roy H. Martin
Frances Young
Alicia McNaughton
University’ of Kansas
Weather Report
Sir. Emmerling
Ges
Smart
Keys
Safet Deposit ' Boses
Citizens State Bank
Perkins
Sry
Maxwell Motor Trucks
Maxwell
Tegel Wit
Uncle Sam
America
Detroit
Arperica
Chas. P
Lawrence, Kans
Dr. Cremp
Dick Building
Palace OF Sweets
Olympia Candy Kitchen
Jaedicke
Call
Wiedemann’s
SIGEL
Taylor Petefish
Alva Petefish
Taylor Peteti
Link
James Saunders
Miss Ida
John Munchheim
Brown’s Grove
Emery Ice
M.C. Petefish
Burt Joiner
Cox
Glen Cox
Szaplinski
Helen Sander
Louise Kelteyaren
Roy Whitelock
Marie Petefish
Arthur. Ulrich
Thomas
Jayyn
Burs. Sanders
Topeka
Cox Boys
Hamil
Lewis Warner
M. C
Miss Mae Petefish
Roy Goff
Slark
Lothes
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