Benjamin F Smith Noted Fruit Grower Dies in Douglas County
Benjamin Frank Smith a longtime horticulturist known as Strawberry Smith died Monday night. He arrived in Douglas County in 1880 and led both the State Horticultural Society and the Douglas County Horticultural Society. Survived by brother Robert H of San Antonio, daughter Ida F. Allen of San Diego, and two nieces of Kansas City. An accompanying reminiscence recalls his Civil War era forebears and his lifelong temperance stance. He was a pioneer shipper, first Kansan to ship strawberries to Denver in 1887, and served in leadership roles in local and state horticultural groups since 1896.
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Benjamin Frank Smith
Douglas County
State Horticultural Society
Douglas County Horticultural Society
Robert H
San Antonio
Tex
Ida F. Allen
San Diego
Cal
Effie Craddock
Jennie Williams
Kansas City
Smith
Henry County
Tenn
Richard Randle
Guernsey County
Virginia
Ethan Allen
John Macklin
Randle
North Carolina
Parham
St. Louis
Tinois
Ihoucht
Ilinois Central Railway
Nhe
Vicksburg
Kansas
Republic
Denver
Douglas County Society
FREE EDDIE GREEN ARREST AND RELEASE IN LAWRENCE
Eddie Green an 18 year old Kansas City Kansas youth was released from county jail after questioning by county officers. George Brannan remained jailed and faces a charge of drunkenness on a public highway. The two from Kansas City Kansas had claimed a breakdown near Mun Creek bridge on the Fort to Fort highway while en route to Lawrence. Brannan alleged he was struck by a foe and walked to Lawrence. Green said Brannan was drunk and fell into a culvert injuring his face. County officers doubt involvement in a car theft incident earlier that night.
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Eddie Green
George Brannan
Brannan
Green
Kansas City
Kans
Lawrence
Mun Creek Bridge
Fort-To-Fort
Clarence Carr
Union Pacific
North Lawrence
Carr
Violinist Francis Macmillen to perform at University concert
American violinist Francis Macmillen, acclaimed for Europe recognition and appearances with major orchestras, will play next Monday at Robinson Gymnasium on the University concert course. The program and past engagements highlight his status among leading global violinists.
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Francis Macmillen
Robinson Gymnasium
Europe
England
Berlin Philharmonic
Tonkunstler Orchestra
Vienna
Gorea Society
Rome
Symphony Society Orchestra
Brann
Austria
New London Symphony Orchestra
Symphony
Brighton
Birmingham
Harrogate
Great Orchestra
Milan
Halle Orchestra
Manchester
Philharmonic Orchestra
Brussels
Felix Weingartner
Hans Richter
Landon Ronald
Frederic Cowen
Henry Wood
London
Oscar Nedbal
Willem Mengelberg
Amsterdam
Georges Laveryne
America
MacMillen
Epworth league plans Fannie Crosby memorial program
FAIRVIEW March 22 event with the Epworth League announced as a memorial program. The note invites all to attend as community members and families share social visits, birthdays, and local greetings across Fairview and nearby Lawrence, Topeka, and Onaga connections.
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Epworth League
Fannie Crosby
E. Leary
S.T. Griffin
Dorothy
Robert Walker
Roberta Stratford
Edna Koehler
C. A. Whedon
Ayer
Fall Leaf
Oscar Johnson
Nellie Ferguson
Rosedale
Will. Cannon
Gladys Seduwege
Lawrence
Peters Home
B.C. Day
Mabel
Mildred Day
B. Petibone
Charles Howard
Vernon Garrett
M. B. Brownlee
Mary, Brownlee
Jennie Armstrong
Oscar Brownlee
Matt Cannon
Karnes
Ed Schafstall
Ruth
Paul Koehler
Excelsior
Hilda Koehler
C. H. Cooper
B. C.day
William Wells
Noted eater now 92 in London dining hall
Francis Bourn, a long time patron of the Older Cheshire Cheese in Fleet Street, has completed 72 annual helpings of the famous heavy meat puddings served free as the season opens. He is 92 and reportedly healthy, a potential Hall of Fame candidate.
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London
Associated Press
Francis Bourn
Hall of Fame
Fleet Street
Bourn
Oldest Customer Honored at Inn and Creamery Prize Listed
The inn grants a seat of honor to its oldest customer, with Mr Bourn receiving first servings for 19 years and serving by ambassadors including Walter Hines Page. The famed pudding features rump steak kidney lark and oysters. Separately Kaw Valley Creamery offers a $10 prize to the cow with the highest net return above feed costs in the county cow testing association for year ending March 25 1926.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bourn
Walter Hines Page
Davis
George Harvey
Kaw Valley
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B.f.smith
Free Eddie Green
Peter
Edna Wells Hoke
Balaam
Hoke
Mary Schnieder
Charles
Schnieder
Means
Herr van Albert
Serpe Toni
Francis MacMillan
Chas. Faith
Salina
Mary Faith
A. B. Heaney
Haney
N. C. Kimball
Greeley
Kimball
RH. A. Evans
Ashland
F. M. Evans
RH. Sharp
Frank Slagle
de Queen
Ark
Sharp
Jennie Browning
Imo Ward
T. N. Martin of
Allen
W. FE. Gross
Independence
Lucia Hines
R. C. Curtis
A. L. Smith
C. A. Harbaugh
T. W. Martin
Genevieve McKinney
A. H. Engle
Zora Curtiss
Oren Gross
Evanston
Wyo
Max Frederick
Louis Ward
Shawnee
Otto Telker
Percy Pattison
Little
Viola
Allene Wilson
Irene Morrill
Helen Maxine Rhodes
Mary Eleanor Aarbaugh
Mary’ Ellen Patton
Robert Engle
Mayr
Warryame
Fairview
Charles Wells
Charles Shirar
John Garrett
E. Schulmeyer
Six Corners
Lear
George Hunsinger
Eugene Leary
Topeka
Q. T. York
Blue
Ed Howard
Fred Howard
Chester Howard
Floyd Nisely
Lloyd Williamson
Will Cannon
Vinton Peters
Helen Dreher
Rosa Dreher
Dreher
John Robert
A. P. Lynch
Oak Ridge
Ralston
Armstrong
Emma Wells
Rachel ‘Nesbit
Law‘rence
Mildred
Cecile Mae Pancake
Keane Dailey
S. T. Griffin
Edna
Memorial High School
Warren Roberts
Nathan
Herman
Idaho
N. B. Brown
Justine Brown
Homer Brownlee
Harold Marshall
C. A. Whedor
Hageman
Calumet
Francis
MacMilen
Bell’s
Round Corner Drug Store
School of Fine Arts
Janice Meredith
Horlick
the Ice & Storage Co
Vermont Street
Lawrence, Kans
Concord
Klein
Muss. St
Adolph Zuhor
Desse Lasky
George
Melford
Thel M
DELL
James Kirkwood
Lover
Wastrel
Boweersock
Fiesas Corporation
Marion Davies
Canice Meredith
Janice
Paul Leicester Ford
E. Mason
Hopper
Lillie Hayward
Joseph Urban
Wyn
Mats & Eve
Claire Windsor
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