Campaign Against Federal Certificates Hits Kansas
In Topeka the Kansas State Bankers association launched a statewide drive against the sale of federal treasury and postal savings certificates. Emma D. Partridge said about $1,000,000 left Kansas in February and March, depleting farming capital and harming banks, with prospects to influence fall elections and push for policy changes nationwide.
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Topeka
Kans
Kansas
Kansas State
Emma
D. Partridge
Treasury
Post Office Department
War Finance Corporation
Kansas Bankary
State Bankers Association
Weddling in Pleasant Valley ends in lively charivari
A Pleasant Valley wedding unites Miss Mable Vitta Griffith to Ovid Westcott of Clarksdale Missouri at seven thirty with Rev Klyne of Lawrence officiating. The ceremony featured ferns and lilies, bridesmaids, ice cream and cake, and a neighborly charivari later in the evening. Guests included many locals and family members, with wheat harvest and farmers union activity noted in the aftermath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George T. Griffith
Mable Vitta
Ovid Westcott
Clarksdale
Missouri
Rev. Klyne
Lawrence
Millired Maloney
Kathryn Howard
M Mossie Cox
Mr. Ryan
Shbaater
Gill
Flavia Maloney
Miss Gill
Williamson
Iyrtle Garratt
Nonnie Howard
Westcott
Pleasant Valley
Kathryn
Nannie Haward
Myrtle Garratt
A. L. Holcom
Mary
Anna Gill
Jacob Oehlert
John
Maloney
Klyne
Gwendolyn
Alice Hinl
Frantes Curtis
Oakridge Notes From Town Gatherings And Visits
Mr and Mrs Will Jones of Topeka attend a reunion at the Jones home. High school students and Sunday School class members hosted activities. Several residents visited relatives in Wellsville and Independence. Jayhawker Club meets Wednesday June 28 at Raymond Gardner’s. Ice cream social postponed due to busy season. Census work and local visits common this week as residents travel, host, and attend church and club events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Jones
Topeka
Jones
Ises
de Breese
Helen Jobs
M. Ws
South Wayk
Miss Macy
Helen Dahns
C.D. Young
Wellsville
Kans
Charlie Wise
Mexico
Lang Hall
Calahan
Fred Lute
Lynch
Milfred
Tndependence
Kansas
Bee
A. K. Lynch
Winh
Andrew Fetty
Edgar Dolan
George Snow
Nina Watson
Jayhawker Club
Raymond Gardner
Brown
Lawrence
K. U
Kiivin
Sanlefer
A. A. Hicks
Charlie Wood
W. OR. Stiner
Old Friends Club
Mannicut
Lawrences
Morgan
Sproul
Asv
Lkoward Keayin
Ty Ichange
Sondaa My
Mere Kha Weibel
Ralph Faith
Midland Royal Club
A. W. Crvin
Sam Hall
Kansas City
Fredy Blaylock
Sanford Phenicie and
Fariit
Corals
A. A. Green
Green Brothers
May Nunemaker
Edna Houage
Ray Johnson
Philip
Johnsons
Helen Wise
Tudia Knop
Here
Summer Suit of Olathe Learns of Illness in Kansas City Hospital
Local notices record multiple small town happenings including healh concerns in Summer Suit of Olathe who was operated on last Monday and is reported seriously ill in a Kansas City hospital. The page also notes social visits, church events, farm harvest reports, and various neighborly calls across the community.
Spring Pleasures and News From the Community
Spring arrivals flock to cool spots for air and fishing, while Edd Illisa helps Charles Ochlert shock wheat this week. Mr and Mrs Tom Ward visited Lawrence Saturday morning. Mr and Mrs Montfoort of Kansas City spent Saturday and Sunday at the Oehlert home. Mrs Eddillian and children visited Mrs Henry Milian and daughters Thursday. Mr and Mrs John Garratt left Thursday for California for an indefinite stay. Mr and Mrs Ovid Westcott left Friday for home in Clarksdale Missouri.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Jones
Lawrence
Tom Ward
Tonganoxie
Frank
Will Curtis
Fam
M. Dornan
Kanwaka
Holcom
Arthurs Godding
Hugh B. Axe
A. L. Holcom
JS. Tobler
Sackett
Pendleton Farm
LeHolcom
Edd Illisa
Charles Ochlert
Montfoort
Kansas City
Oehlert
Eddillian
Pleasant Grove Collision Near Isaac Montgomery Home
Frank Campbell and Blanche Campbell with Fannie and Rose Petergon were in a car collision en route to the Isaac Montgomery home. Their lights failed and a second car forced them off the road. the Campbell party walked home with help from Charlie Brohammer. The other car occupants, a young Lawrence couple, were injured. the man was pulled free, the woman possibly fatally hurt. Repairs underway. gasoline fire injuries and hospital mentions. Groves store blaze and local rescues noted amid broader town updates.
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Frank
Blanche Campbell
Fannie
Rose Petergon
Isaac Montgomery
Worden
Campbell
Lawrence
Indy
Charlie Brohammer
Peterson
Keith
Messer
Ralph Messer
Mr. Platt
Mr. Messer
Elmer Champbell
Ethel Pentlin
Baby
Miss Blanche
Tian Place
Maloney
Eq Lian
Liwrente
Thian
Trian
Wiatt
Miss Williams
John Daniels
Mitch
Ralph Peterson
Tate
Vidine Hinder
Aveeko
Tne
Falelly
Lucille Goniehe
Grove
Lewis Charchbaugh
Lords
Leonard
Williams
Cuttine
M. L. Devel
Renos
Nebraska
Devel
Haskell
Hertaeg
Maybetl
Colorado
Roy Shuler
Tarvey Flory
Elmer Flory
Sandy Williams
Wihnew
Princess Neana Named Heir and Queen in Jugoslavia
Royal notice reports Princess Neana becomes both daughter and sister to queens Marie of Ru mina and the Jugoslavian throne. Marie is cited as the youngest daughter guiding royal succession as Neana ascends as queen designate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neana
Marie of
Rumina
Jugoslavia
Marie
Pleasant Hour Club meets with guests and readings
The Pleasant Hour Club gathered June 21 with Mrs. Kirby. Sixteen members and three guests attended as Mrs. Ty Davis led the program with a fine reading on visual education. Several guests from nearby towns joined, and minutes from 1900 were read mentioning Mrs. Uurie r and her daughter. Nearby social notes mention band concerts, visits, and plans for future meetings.
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Pleasant Hour Club
Kirby
Volletl
W. Ty Davis
Bertha Rudifer
Uuieer
Otis Perkins
Arthur Johnso
Kansas City
Gyan Kirby
Lawrence
Clilaetta Taylor
Betty Ann Johnson
Patricia Lee Dacewm
Max Reeves
Ble -Tyeydar
Mes
Wilson Martin
Som Robert
Central Park
Epley
Emma Walker
McCluny
Walker
Wilson Marti
Jeffries
Miss Byrd
Roy Ore Tidley
MeClung
Bertha Rudiver
Paul Rudiver
Newloose
Ord
Ded
Coli
Kentucky
Mesa Colman
MG. Uy Davis
Meracherine
Charles
Voisht
Denver
Fort To
Fort Road
Robert
Kirby Calla
L. Bigsby
MeCtung
Family Visits and Moves Mentioned in Local Notices
A fragmented local item notes a family spending Monday evening with Mrs Ridley and others. Mr Vaughn, owner of the Book Nook in Emporia, and his party left Thursday for Emporia accompanied by Mr Wood and daughter. Wendel Buckner was a Sunday guest at the Robertbee home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ridley
Som
Vaughn
Normal Students Misjudge Noted Figures in Information Test
In Emporia Kansas a test of seventy Kansas State Normal School students, mostly freshmen, showed widespread misidentification of public figures. Lloyd George named king, Samuel Gompers misidentified, and knowledge of writers like Sinclair Lewis and Uncle Tom's Cabin author varied. Luther Burbank was best known. Harold Bell Wright and Zane Grey were popular. The test, by librarian W. J. Kerr, reflects general campus knowledge. Nearby, the Northwestern North Dakota Development Association plans a million-dollar effort to attract 100,000 new settlers.
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Emporia
Kans
Kansas State Normal School
Lloyd George
England
Exotp
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Labar
Hugo Stinnes
Richard Collis
Luther Burbank
Sinclair Lewis
Main Street
Harold Hell Writ
Zane Gray
W. J. Kerr
The
Kansas Normal
North, Dakota Development Association
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Certe
Postal
Hdward Jeffrey
William Ney
God
Jesuit
Wye
Pleasant
Austin Flory
Bond
Will-Gurtis
E Richardson
Mitchell
Miers
Farmers Union
Union School
Hien Goff
Marie Petelish
A. L. Holt
Ec. Bussingr
Hisatine
Oakridge
Summer Suit
Olathe
Messayee
Sdax
van Nesve
Clara Hovizel
Nd Schaake
Ei Schaake
Mias Hoelyet
Kidna Sshaske
Simmons Hospital
Luther Saniefur
Aid
Herbert Hunter
Gest
McConnell
Ross Stamwish
H. G. van Neste
Laura Claxton
Walnut Grove
S. Klyne
M. J
Genevieve Herriott
Genevieve
Leona Marsh
Marguerite Lescher
Alice Bair
Lural Howard
May Tobler
Bernice Rutherford
Hedna Schauke
Joh Clevenger
Frvily
Brown's Grove
Presbyterian Church
Charlie Fairbairn
Cdl
Hoy -McClain
Taywrenee
Wise
Samo Halk
Milton Hall
Leonhard
Lloyd Siroky
M.M. Herriott
Dorothy Gebhart
Leavenworth
George Stanwix
Knowledge Hill
Ross
City Drug Store
Boy and Girl Scouts
Africa
Sierre Leone
Pleasant Grove
Ars Rort
Huron
Rchlgar
Florida
F. M. Roffmann
Port Huron
Mick
Cuticura Ra
Velvet Touch Sonn
Ointmont ‘Telecam Ze Sverrwbire
Fao Nieura Laver Totian Uprmbare
Fez Sarap
Rytzon
Fcwra
Chad Piaris
DOW
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