Douglas County Sportsman Raises Quail as Hobby
Ernest Fellers of 919 New Hampshire Street breeds and restocks wild birds in his backyard game farm. He keeps over 100 young quail of four species including Bob White and Valley and Gambel quail, plus 33 young pheasants and a pair of Scaled or Blue quail. He plans further incubation and releases birds on local farms while selling some to cover costs.
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Douglas County
Ernest Fellers
New Hampshire Street
Santa Fe Railroad Company
Fellers
Lawrence
California Valley
Gambel
Mexico
Feller
Amherst
Forty four Certificates Awarded At Campfire Camp
The Council-Ree camp fire concluded a full day camp at Brown's Grove with forty four certificates handed out by Council Ree director Robert Wiedemann. Leaders and participants enjoyed flag rituals, village setups by Indians pirates and cowboys, a water carnival and hunter's stew.
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Brown's Grove
Council
Lawrence
The
Grove
Fred Broeker
Jim Boyce
Pirates
Council-Ree
Andrew Alexander
Haskell
Tom Barlow
Robert Wiedemann
J. A. Lavery
Governor Huxman speaks after crash near Hutchinson
In Hutchinson Kansas July 25 Governor Walter A Huxman shaken but unhurt after an automobile crash at a rural intersection. He later spoke at Plevna rally and on radio defended welfare appointments and denied partisan excess. Also aboard were State Superintendent W T Markham his mother and sister. An arm injury was suffered by driver W L Allen.
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Alma Haldeman
W. L. Allen
Sedgwick
Huxman
Markham
Haxman
Social Welfare Department
Crime Rate in U S Rises as Bar Association Reports
Indianapolis July 25 The American Bar Association enforcement panel cites one crime per 37 people in the United States and a cost of 15 billion dollars annually. It warns crime grows yearly and says enforcement could rise by expanding police powers, while opposing broader restrictions on civil liberties.
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Indianapolis
United States
Law Enforcement Committee
The
American Bar Association
America
Favorable US Trade Balance in First Half of 1938
The commerce department reports the United States exported 1.592 billion dollars and imported 961 million dollars in the first half of 1938. Exports rose 55.6 million from 1937 while imports fell 722.4 million. For June, exports were 232.7 million with a 86.8 million excess over imports.
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Washington
United States
Commerce Department
Valley Grove Man Thomas Groves 68 Dies at Home
Thomas M. Groves aged 68 died Sunday at his son Virgil Groves home in Valley Grove after a period of care by family and medical others. The death notice notes he was preceded by family and reflects a quiet family obituary.
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Thomas M. Groves
Virgil Groves
Mr. Groves
Simple Funeral Tortured by Difference in a Chinese Service
Chin Lain, a 69 year old San Francisco merchant, requested a simple American funeral to aid China’s war chest. In Chinatown a lavish Buddhist Chinese service drew a crowd with 50 cars and a large mourning band, outstripping the funeral of his wife three months earlier.
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San Francisco
Chin Lain
China
Chinatown
Groves Rites Held After Stroke Bedfast weeks
Services were held at Wellman chapel for Mr. Groves who had been bedfast with a stroke. He was laid to rest beside his wife in the local cemetery, with the Mason chapter in charge at the graveside. Other community notices follow about meetings and visits.
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Wellman
T. A. Nichols
Opal Wellman
Frank Champion
Groves
Masons
Richard Petrie
Community Notices and Social Events in Jefferson County
Afternoon visit to the Coxen home near Tonganoxie and a Kansas City guest at Mrs. H. F. Green home. Valley Grove En deavor social at the school house with games and banana ice cream. J. C. Parker led a lesson on choosing good hymns. next Sunday Leo Smith to discuss city and country contributions to national life. M. T. A. Nichols ill at Bethany Hospital. Cemetery board election meeting set for Thursday afternoon at the school house. Mrs. Eleanor Champion listed as candidate for Jefferson county register of deeds. Mrs. H. W. Skeet and Gary spent the weekend in Lawrence with Anna Skeet. Katherine Fullerton and Mrs. Herron of Lawrence visited Fullerton farm. Everett Eberhard earned a master’s in electrical engineering at Yale. Harvesting and threshing across the county strained culverts, adding work for the highway department.
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Coxen
Tonganoxie
Russell Kincaid
Kansas City
H. F. Green
Valley Grove Christian Endeavor
J. C. Parker
Leo Smith
M .T. A. Nichols
Nichols
Wellman Chapel
Bethany Hospital
Eleanor Champion
Jefferson County
H. W. Skeet
Gary
Lawrence
Anna Skeet
Katherine Fullerton
Herron
Fullerton Farm
Everett Eberhard
Yale University
Highway Department
Hymn Festival Draws Crowd at Oskaloosa Courthouse Park
Jefferson county Triple C camp reports 45 new enrollees from Leavenworth. A hymn festival at the Oskaloosa courthouse park, under the county council of religious education, drew about 700 attendees. The chorus numbered 70 and the orchestra 50. Rev. G. C. Hester directed with Odell Shaver assisting. Mrs. Harold Steeper sang, Nortonville a cappella choir directed by Lois Wells performed, and Rev. C. L. Harder gave two brief sermons.
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Jefferson County
Leavenworth
Oskaloosa Courthouse Park
County Council of Religious Education
Rev
C. Hester
Odell Shaver
Harold Steeper
McLouth
Nortonville
Lois Wells
C. L. Harder
Meriden
Today’s Crossword Puzzle Across and Down
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Burden
North Carolina
Divine
Lamb
Continent
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Leon Mullen
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