Ice jam floods Missouri River near Atchison area
Flooding along a 45 mile stretch of the Missouri River near Atchison, from 15 miles north of St Joseph to 100 miles south, forced farm families to flee with few possessions. Ice jams trapped dozens of homes, drowned livestock, and prompted improvised rescues as officials studied the rising danger and potential new jam upstream.
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Atchison, Kan
Missouri River
St. Joseph
Atchison
Ed Weathers
Missouri
W. C. Hood
Bean Lake
Hood
U. S. Army District Engineers
Kansas City
Glenn and Vicinity Social News Roundup
Mr and Mrs Will Brown and family visited the Mellenbruchs and the Fultons hosted guests for dinner. A Northwest district Young Peoples rally at Glenn Chapel drew a large crowd with songs readings duets and a discussion on Is Christianity Worth While In the Home School and the Church. Guests Rev R L Mobley Rev Frank McClellan and families from nearby towns attended. The Glenn PTA meeting was postponed to March 9 with a music program planned.
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Fred Kampshrader
Kathryn
Eunice Brass
R. L. Mobley
Virginia
Carolyn Mellenbruch
Kathryn Brass
Mobley
Frank McClellan
Oneta Glenn
Baldwin
Young Peoples’ Societies
Glenn P.T
Work Starts on Big Norris Dam in Tennessee
Local items report construction beginning on Norris Dam in Tennessee amid additional community notes. Several residents announce moves and births, including Earle Kirker of Baldwin and an eight-pound son born to Mr. and Mrs. Kirker. Funeral services for Herbert Marshall follow a fatal auto crash near Pretty Prairie.
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Big Norris Dam
Tennessee
Tennessee Valley Authority
Norria
Clinch River
Muscle Shoals
Tennessee River
Alabama
Associated Press
23 Year Old Parsonage Death in Vienna Service
The Vienna bound Evangelical church held a service led by Rev John Nelson for a young man who died at 23 Relatives and friends attended and mourn the loss He was survived by his parents and sister Mildred Marshall a nurse at St Lukes hospital in Kansas City Virginia Lewis spent the weekend at home Parsons Mr and Mrs Loren McGhee left for Ft Scott to seek work Mr and Mrs Bernard Schultze left for Abilene to attend the Kansas conference with Rev Edward Hutchins and Rev Fred Johnson accompanying them
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Talley
Potter
Baldwin
Laura Talley
Paul Sutton
Earle Kirker
N.W. O’byrne
W. B. Fleming
Kansig City
Kan
Washington High School
Baker
Grace Huey
Ruth Anderson
Bilene
Thomas A. Evans
Abilene
Herbert Marshall
Frank Marshall
High Prairie
Norton
Herbert
Baldwin High School
Pretty Prairie
Bernard H. Schultze
Kansas
Schultze
First Methodist Church
Edward Hutchins
Fred Johnson
Ernest Sanders
Kansas City
G.F. Sanders
Baker Faculty Club
Peoples -National Bank of Ottawa
Peoples - State Bank of Homewood
Drury P. Brown
Homewood Bank
Ottawa Bank
Ottawa
Kansas Methodist Conference
James Chubb
Chubb
Flora Ricketts
Frank A Wolf
Hugh P. Hartley
Wilson Counts
County Council of Christian Education
Lawrence
John Ruchty
A. A. LeMaster
At Lackey
H. K. Ebright
Oliver W. Price
Ethal Payne
Emma Lou Emery
Betty Ebright
Lacey Gordon
Velma Turner
Flor Liston
Margaret Flanders
Arnaldo Chaney
James Paradise
Children’s Workers
Mary Alice Jones
Sarah Green
Joseph Pollock
W. O.gibson
Howard
Pollock
Hartford
Central Life Assurance Society
Mutual
Des Moines
Baldwin.hich School
Made
Centenary Hall
Mir Blarche Larkin
Beulah Helen Stewart
Wallace B. Fleming Momiyy
Methodist
Harle
Murray Wilson
Salina
Kohr
Lorine Miller
Iane Miller
Sabetha
Emma Miller
Miller
Willis Meyers
Marlene
Clara Johnson
Topeka
Holton
Topeka Visit and Community Notes Mention Local Families
The report lists residents and visitors including Mr. and Mrs. Will Brown and family plus Emil and Elmer Robison, G. M. Bahnmaier, Sauter Beverly, H. F. Fulton and daughter Arlette, Starrs Glenn and Mrs. Thomas Glenn. George Chiles family to move to a farm east of Lecompton. Will Moore returning to farm from Topeka. Cyril Eshnmaier transacted business in Topeka. Miss Vi was a guest over the weekend. Arlette Fulton mentioned.
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Arlette
Will Brown
Ernest
Francis
Irene
Helen’ Brown
Emil
Elmer Robison
G. M. Bahnmaier
Sauter
Beverly
H. F. Fulton
Starr
Glenn
Thomas Glenn
Topeka
George Chiles
Lecompton
Will Moore
Cyril Eshnmaier
Inia Morris
Arlette Fulton
Baldwin News the Week in Local Happenings
Baldwin residents see church activities as ministers plan to attend Kansas Methodist conference in Abilene. Mrs. Martha Allen of Baldwin is critically ill in Ottawa while Mrs. Viola Brown visits from Emporia. Funeral for Susan Irwin, longtime Baldwin resident, set at First Methodist chapel. Several Baldwin figures engage in social clubs, school events, and hospital visits.
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Viola Brown
Emporia
K.E. Davison
Howard Sanders
Hiss Hattie Hutchins
Scott
Zeta’ Tau Alpha
Russell
William M. Clark
Brighth Street
O. O. Murray
Hutchins
Maxwell
East Dearborn Street
Hugh P. Hartley
Rock Club
C. S. Oliver
Paonia
Colo
Marilou
Baker
Evangeline
The
Eastern Star
Stephen Thorne
Grace Beckley Axton
Independence
State Orphans Home
Atchison
Baldwin
Benson M. Powell
Axton
Ray Axton
Riley
First Methodist Sunday School
Kensington Club
Gilbert M. Gander
Ebalne Laptad
Lawrence
Susan Irwin
J. M. Wilder
First Methodist Church
James §. Chubb
Miss Irwin
J. M., Wilder
Grace Irwin
Baker University
Luther C. Leavyengood
Nellie Barnes
Miss Barnes
Leavengood
A . William M. Clark
Douglas County
Creomulsion Advertises Creosote for Coughs and Colds
An advertisement extols Creomulsion with creosote as a fast acting remedy for lingering coughs and bronchial irritation. It claims the medicine is powerful yet harmless, easy to take, and guaranteed by refund if not relieved after proper use. It urges keeping Creomulsion on hand to prevent serious trouble from lingering illnesses.
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Udv
March faculty club dinner at First Methodist church
Sir Patrick's day color scheme framed the table decor for the March faculty club dinner in Fellowship Hall of the First Methodist church. Hosts were Prof. and Mrs. Edward Cragoe, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Evans, Dr. and Mrs. Harold W. Guest, Miss Myrtle Millikan, and Prof. Irving D. Bartley. Guests included Rev. JC Brethall of Center Point Iowa John Ayers and Mrs. Allen Brannock. Next dinner set for April 2 chaired by Miss Mary Anna Lawrence.
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Faculty Club
Fellowship Hall
First Methodist Church
Ladies’ Aid
Edward Cragoe
Thomas A. Evans
Harold W. Guest
Myrtle Millikan
Irving D. Bartley
JC. Brethall
Center Point
Iowa
John “Ayers
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M. Forwalter
van Wert
Ohio
Texas
Glenn and Vicinity
Cecil Kiper
Shoy
Illinois State Arsenal
Austria
Archduke Otto
Staimant
Vienna
Baldwin News
J. W. la Brant
Roberta Green
Martha Allen
Floyd Talley
Mrs. Talley
A. E. Burgtorf
Mr. Talley
Luden’s
Travel A. B.C
Chicago
Audit Bureau of Circulations
A.B.C
Journal-World
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