Mystery surrounds Taos recluse death in Manby estate case
In Santa Fe and Albuquerque a federal court opens over Arthur Rochfort Munby’s $50,000 estate with ties to a long Taos life of odd happenings. Proceedings raise questions of British intervention and U.S. citizenship, while loot tied to local robberies surfaces and Terecita Ferguson faces robbery charges.
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Santa Fe
N. M
Mar
Arthur Rochfort Munby
Taos
Hom
Albuquerque
Great Britain
United States
Manby
Department of Justice
Terecita Ferguson
Terezita
John Younghunter
New York
George Ferguson
Terecita
Younghunter
Canon
J. B. Manhy
Denver
Missouri
New Mexico
Southwest
Thorne
J. B. Manby
Margaret Waddell
Los Angeles
Arthur Manby
Colonial Bond and Security Company
J. H. Crist
Crist
Traffic Court Fines For Driving While Intoxicated
Three traffic cases were heard in police court this morning. Don Foran received a $50 fine for driving a motor car while intoxicated. William Smith was fined $10 for speeding. George Unger forfeited a $5 bond by failing to appear, and Richard Schrader was banned from driving in Lawrence for 30 days.
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Don Foran
C. H. Daugherty
Ver Olan
Monar
William Smith
Daugherty
George Unger
Richard Schrader
Lawrence
Lecture on Landscaping by Earl Litwiller at Chamber of Commerce
An illustrated lecture on landscaping of homes will be given by Earl Litwiller the landscape architect at the Agricultural college Thursday night at 8 in the Chamber of Commerce rooms. Miss Elizabeth Randle home demonstration agent says the public is invited and the lecture is free. Litwiller is brought to Lawrence to aid Farm Bureau Women addressing home landscaping concerns as part of a home beautification program.
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Earl Litwiller
The
Agricultural College
Chamber of Commerce
Elizabeth Randle
Litwiller
Lawrence
Miss Randle
Farm Bureauu
Migs Randle
Welcome School and Fairview School Battle in Friday Game
The Fairview and Welcome schools played a basketball game last Friday with Welcome leading 36 to 8. Nearby moves include Otis Zorn and family relocating to Prett house where Zorn works at Kemper Dairy and Leo Jackson family moving to the John Hill farm. Mrs Jackson is John Hill’s niece, George Edmonds plans Midland plastering on Russell farm, Walter Hall family moving, Florence Hoskinson visiting her mother for a quilting bee, and George Hoskinson trucking hogs.
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Fairview School
Welcome School
Otis Zor
Lawrence
Prett ‘House
Zorn
Kemper Dairy
Leo Jackson
Johnson County
John Hill
Jackson
George Edmonds
Midland
Russell
Walter
Hall
Florence Hoskinson
Will.” Chaney
Clearfield
George Hoskinson
Merrie Hagerman to Lawrence on Friday Makes Record Loop
Local notices show Merrie Hagerman traveling to Lawrence on Friday. Community updates list farm work, threshing, home repairs, school activities, and family visits across Lawrence and surrounding farms with multiple Rockhold and Griffis family mentions.
Prairie City Notes and Local Club Updates
Community items include Mrs. Flander moving to her home with family, Markleys moving to Smiley place, Frairie City enrollment changes, and the Samaantheen club hosting a 2 dish luncheon. Epworth League will discuss Growth in the Art of Living led by Charlie Gale. Basketball practice at Wish Rehsel panasiuary results favored Drsailie City. Ladies Aid reports a meeting and fund-raising plan. T. and T. club met at Mrs. Will Boyd’s home with most members present.
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Flander
Derwood
Bob Markley
Raye
Smiley Place
Lila
Vivien
Flora Markley
Frairie
Samaantheen Club
Ada Marie Frye
EL. M
Philip Miller
Jane
C. B.merry
Ent
Brvery
Phoebe
Epworth
Sy Ee
Charlie Gale
Trairie
Independence
Drsailie City
Miller
Cook
Fleshman
McConnell
Treasury
T. Club
Will Boyd
Maret
Mears
Widowed Again Seizes Life Behind Gangster Wives
A fragmented local society column notes Mrs. John Oberta living as the wife of a Chicago gangster after his recent shooting, recalling her earlier husband Big Tim Murphy shot two years prior, and mentions community events, meetings, and local residents including Mrs. Esther Cook and Mrs. Greer nursing Louise Brown. The item also threads occasional notes on farm life, school sports, and visits across towns, with brief national notices about car tariffs and a singing canary in Rochester.
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John
Dingbht" Oberta
Chicago
Big Tim” Murphy
Aso
Cilo Butell
Esther Cook
Greer
Louise Brown
G. C. Brumnfield
J. F. Haas
Overbrook
Phyllis Breutlinger
T. F. Haas
Mattie’ Cook
Elsmore
Ih. S. Cook
Prairie City
Baker
Hesper
H.S. Cook
Ben Davison
I. N. Rutherford
Lawrence
Ralph Twichell
H. S. Cook
Maurice Cook
Ottawa
Ladies Aid
Welsey
Sure Way to Stop Night Coughs Thoxine Prescription
Night coughs from colds or throat irritation can be halted within 15 minutes by a doctor’s Thoxine prescription. The pleasant tasting remedy claims safety for families, no harmful drugs, and a money back guarantee. Sold in 60c 85c and $1 bottles by Round owner Drag Co. and other drug stores.
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Drag Co
Cascarets Candy Promises Quick Digestion Boost
A promotional piece claims Cascarets stimulate appetite and bowels, easing bilious or headachy feelings. It touts ten tablets as needed, notes tas cara strengthens bowel muscles, and urges drug stores to stock the product. An odd Irish Free State note appears at the end.
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Tascara
Dublin
Irish Free State
Economic Expansion Builds 700 Factories in Six Years
In the last six years 700 new factories were built, raising the national total to 8,500 factories employing 409,000 people.
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Merrie Hagerman
Fred Rockhold
Martin Grossman
BE. A. Rue
Holmes
Elvan
A. Rockhold
Fred
Arthur
Edd Rockhold
Dr. Beil
Baldwin
Harold Roe
Edwin
Fred Morton
Morris Raber
Perry Stevens
Ferne White
Russell Denyhone
Wan- Mik
Hugny Raber
John Dalys
Joe Saile
Glara Randall
A. T. Rockhold
Marvin Griffis
Vanita June Griffis
A.E. Rockhold
Topeka
Eliza Edmonds
Cleason
Kenneth
Melvin
Chester Lee
Patel Moore
Johanna Griffis
Crowder
John Fowler
Walker Randall
Rosalee
Nene Zorn
Boris Raymonds
Mary MeAuliffe
Culbertson Hatchery
Omer Edmonds
Kansas City
Raine
Eckman
Eudora
Violet Holmes
R. C. Haughn
Fairview
Elmer Myers
Mr. Macy
Joe Coleman
Webster
Baldwi
Henderson
John Rumsey
Skinner
Baildwin
Joe Wagner
Sims
Wellsville
Jesse Deay
Dora Kring
Griffis
Bowersock
Phil Love
Colonet Lindbergh
Palestine
Charles Maley
Bobbie
Garnett
R. P. Tingley
Albert
Welda
A. C. Sullivan
G. A. Dunn
Birmingham
Ala
Mattie Cook
Jane Ewbank
Margaret Flanders
Virginia Frye
F. H. Ellis
Nancy Scott
West Baldwin
Mike Scanlon
E. S. Greer
Butler
Penn
JF. F. Haas
R. G. Meconnel
J. J. Anderson
Ainsworth
Neb
Bert McConnell
Wilksville
R. G. McConnell
Robert
Bernard
Eudora Farm
Rochester
Minn
Berne
J. H. Robinson
W. W. Burnett
Ford
Ford Motor Company
Fi ‘Ord
Phaeton
Tudor
Detroit
Universal Credit Company
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