Baldwin Pioneer Is 99 Years Old Kept Farm and Generous Benefactor
Baldwin City March 12 1857 David Griffith came to Kansas pre empted eighty in Douglas county and on his ninety ninth birthday celebrated Friday still retains this farm with other holdings. Uncle Dave recalled farming and Brical Raid of 1868 and said I made all my money on a farm. His family Bible notes his Wayne County New York birth and move to Kansas in 1857. He votes Republican and says no doctor has visited in over two years. At his daughter A J Hatter home many kin and friends gathered for four birthday cakes and reminiscences about the old Griffith homestead. His children include Mrs James Osher Mrs George Summers Mrs A J Hatter Baldwin Mrs A B Stewart Marion Mrs Es X Jardon Osawa Mrs H O Butler Lincoln and E D Griffith Williams.
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Baldwin City
David Griffith
Kansas
Douglas County
Dave
Avid Griffith
Wayne County
New York
Griffith
West
Lincoln
A. J. Hatter
H. F. Ellis
Ottawa
H. O. Butler
Kenneth
Nebr
James Osher
George Summers
Glenn
Frank Johnson
Lawrences Sports Scene Notes From A Busy Week
Lawrence readers recount attendance at the national tournament in Kansas City where Wichita Henrys meet Maryville Teachers for the finals. The consolation game starts at 9 30 tonight. Local chatter covers tennis, ping pong, a Jimmie Joy orchestra road trip to San Francisco, and seasonal tourism hints on Massachusetts Street.
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Lawrence Basketve
Kansas City
Wichita Henrys
Maryville
Musical program of American composers at KU auditorium
Xi chapter of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia presents an afternoon program of vocal violin piano and organ solos plus a double quartet with multi singer and string parts to showcase American composers. The event opens to the public and aims to stimulate interest in American music at the University of Kansas.
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University of Kansas
Xi Chapter
Phi Mu Alpha
Sinfonia
Clair. Foster
Don Burnett
Alton Kaul
Irvin McElhinney
Elmer Anderson
Robert Milton
Sol Bobrov
Albert Evans
Ishtar
Spress
Donald Burnett
Herbert Sol
Bohrov
Cuthbert Harris
Phi Mu
Alpha Grace
Irving Gingr
Red Cross nursing group to host March 14 meeting
Dr Eugene P Sisson and Mrs R H Beamer will speak at the monthly Red Cross nursing activities committee meeting in Douglas County Court House at 3 pm Monday March 14. The event focuses on child welfare and PTA activities with a Kansas child health report and Summer Round Up plan.
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Eugene P. Sisson
R H. Beamer
Red Cross Nursing Activities Committee
Douglas County
Court House
Parent-Teachers’ Association
Sisson
Kansas Council of Public Welfare
Welfare Council
White House
Hoover
Kansas
Beamer
Lawrence
Parent
High Pens Lead Kaw Valley Egg Laying Contest
R K Nicholson of Lawrence owns the high pen in the Kaw Valley Egg Laying Contest with 477 eggs since November 1. John Leger of Perry is second with 404 eggs. Mrs. C E Daniels of Lawrence has the third high pen with 880 eggs. Leger also boasts the month's high with 82 eggs and owns the high bird at 88 eggs to date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R.K. Nicholson
Lawrence
Nelson LeSuer
Rhode Island
Leger
High Bird
War Finance Corporation to close books soon
The War Finance Corporation reported to Congress that liquidation was nearly complete. Outstanding loans as of December 31, 1931 were about 215 million dollars from an original 690 million, with staff reduced to a single stenographer under the treasury. Created in 1918 to aid war industries, it later supported railroads exporters banks and agriculture before beginning liquidation in 1924.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Treasury Department
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
War” Finance Corporation
Return to Work Drive Reaches 9,660 Jobs in One Day
The big push to place jobless Americans continued with 9,660 more people found work, bringing total placed to 212,136. Eighty one communities joined the effort led by United Action for Employment. California led states with 3,460 placements as the nationwide drive aims for a million. Meanwhile St Louis waitresses accept a 10 percent wage cut. Card of Thanks expresses gratitude for kindness during illness and death of a mother and sister.
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New York
Mar
Calfornia
United
St. Louis
Helen
Russell
Lloyd Henderson
Olen
M. Wilson
Copper wire thieves kill rail agent in Nebraska shootout
In a gun battle near Salem Nebraska a Missouri Pacific railway special agent J B Kelley of Atchison was killed and fellow agent Oscar Peterson of Omaha wounded. Police hunted heavily armed suspects who had cut Lincoln Telephono and Telegraph wires. Peterson hospitalized in satisfactory condition and expected to recover.
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Falls City
Neb
Nebraska
J. B. Kelley
Atchison
Missouri Pacific Railway
Oscar. Peterson
Omaha
Salem
E . Peterson
Lincoln Telephone and Telegraph Company
J. W. Wickham
Dallas Fisher
Kansas
Warrants issued in Salina for murder and conspiracy
Warrants charging first degree murder and conspiracy to rob were issued for Aubrey Ogden Fred Bigler and Jim Britt in the death of John Baxter whose body was found with Eldon Sullivan in Baxter farm ruins. Ogden bound over to district court with $50000 bond. Evidence includes blood stained overalls at Bigler's home spent bullets from Baxter house sashes and a shotgun wound to Sullivan with a small caliber bullet to Baxter.
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Salina
Kan
Aubrey Ogsden
Fred Bigler
Jim Britt
John Baxter
Eldon Sullivan
Baxter Farm
Ogden
District Court
Bigler
Baxter
Britt
Roy Stephen
Roy
Stephen
Sullivan
Society Notes Highlight Tea for Betty McClintock at KU
Mrs. Robert M. Davis hosted a Saturday tea honoring her niece Betty McClintock a University of Kansas student. About fifty guests attended with Gamma Phi Beta members and friends. Pink and green decor featuring carnations, spring flowers, snapdragons, roses, and sweet peas filled the rooms. Tea and coffee were served by Mrs. Ralph Baldwin and Mrs. Fred Ellsworth. assistants included Charline Lathrop Charline Armstrong and Dorothy Donovan. Also reported, Lawrence Art Club officers were elected at Spooner Thayer Museum: Florence L. Snow president Mary Thomas vice president C Beardslee secretary C V Hesse treasurer. Titian discussed as a major painter describing Venice and color, with works including The Assumption Pesaro Family Philip II The Man and the Glove John the Baptist. The Junior Prom the only formal class party at the University was held Friday night in Memorial Union from 10 to 2 with decorations in black and silver. Robert Hitchcock served as manager.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rbert M. Davis
Betty McClintock
University of Kansas
Gamma Phi Beta Sorority
Ralph Baldwin
Fred Ellsworth
Charline Lathrop
Charline Armstrong
Dorothy Donovan
Lawrence Art Club
Spooner-Thayer, Museum
Florence L. Snow
Mary Thomas
C. Beardslee
C V. Hesse
Venice
Hit
TilHian
Titian
Pesaro
Philip
Memorial Union
Robert Hitchcock
Tangee the Psycho Analyst at Patee Theater Next Week
A turbaned, smiling man named Tangee will greet Patee Theater patrons with free character readings next week. He will set up a tent on the mezzanine, claims to read character from facial features, and arrives after a two week stay at Hutchinson.
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Patee Theater
E. Schwahn
Tangee
Patee
Yori
Hutchirson
Plans To Raise Funds For Boy Scouts In Lawrence
Douglas District committee held a dinner meeting to map fundraising for Boy Scout activities in Lawrence for the current year. George Lowman, newly elected district president, chaired. The campaign runs April 11 to 15 after the March 31 district rally and April 8 Hobby Fair. B B Dawson outlined a plan to have field executives spend two to three days in each district rather than several brief monthly visits, reducing travel time and expense and boosting effectiveness. The plan would take effect May 1. Lowman urged all district committee members to attend the Lawrence Memorial High School rally to serve as judges for events, with district teams to be chosen for the Area rally in Kansas City, Kan on April 30.
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Lawrence
Douglas
George Lowman
B. B. Dawson
Kaw
Dawson
Lowman
Lawrence Memorial High School
Kansas City
Kan
Reupholstering three chairs completed by Farm Bureau unit
At a special meeting of the Big Springs Farm Bureau Women held yesterday at Mrs. W. B. Henry home, three chairs were finished. The work was directed by Miss Christie Hepler home demonstration agent. The chairs, part of the first set owned by Mrs. Henry’s grandmother, are seventy years old. One chair is a sling rocker and the other two are straight chairs.
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Big Springs
Farm Bureau
W. B. Henry
Christie Hepler
Homie
New Aviation Beacon Erected Near Baldwin
Baldwin City reports a new beacon light by the U S Department of Commerce on the town edge in a key air route between Kansas City and Wichita. The feature marks Baldwin among Eastern Kansas towns with proper rooftop markings recognized by the Guggenheim Fund for Aeronautics.
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Baldwin City
Baldwin
U. S. Department of Commerce
Kansas City
Wichita
Kansas
Guggenheim Fund For Aeronautics
Eight inmates at state boys school walk out for freedom
Eight inmates at the state boys industrial school in Topeka queued a dormitory escape after obtaining a pass key. Three returned of their own accord, while two were picked up by police in Topeka. Remaining three were identified as Clyde Johnson, Jesse May, and Ted Copher from Kansas City Council Grove and Cherokee counties. In related news, Kappa Alpha Psi sorority will run the Sunday Forum at Ninth Street Baptist Church, and a marriage license was issued in Topeka for Thomas Gilchrist and Grace Wessels.
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Topeka
Boys Industrial i School
Garrett Jones
Kansas City
Fred Webb
Hutchinson
Carl Finan
Clifford Snavely
Kappa Alpha Psi_ sorority
Lawrence
Ninth Street Baptist Church
Deaths and Funerals: Bernard J. Kelly and Oral F. Fredericks
Bernard J. Kelly, 66, former Reno neighborhood resident and railroad detective, died from wounds after an attempted arrest in Abilene. Funeral services will be announced later. Oral F. Fredericks, 24, who died March 11 in Portsmouth, Virginia, will have a funeral at St. John’s Catholic Church Tuesday at 9 am, with burial in Mt. Calvary cemetery under Rev. Father Fitzgerald.
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Bernard J. Kelly Ward
Lawrence
Bernard J. Kelisy
Reno
C.E. Hill
Tennessee Street
Mr. Kelly
Abilene
Oral F. E. Fredericks
Oral F.E. Fredericks
Portsmouth
St. John's Catholic Church
Father Fitzgerald
Mt. Calvary Cemetery
Attendance Urged For Mer chants Bureau March Dinner
Merchants Bureau calls for strong attendance at the March dinner at 6:50 pm at the Wood Hotel to discuss vital business and announce plans for the Spring Window Opening and Automobile Show J H Fritts urges all Lawrence firms to attend Historic Tree Is Felled in Quincy tree cut for unemployed fuel Abraham Lincoln Stephen Douglas debated there Dave Wallace announces run for state superintendent of public instruction Indiana university enrollments up from last year
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Merchants Bureau
Wood Hotel
Lawrence
J. H. Fritts
Bureau
Quincy
Iil
Mar
Abraham Lincoln
Stephen Douglas
Two Roof Fires Drive Firemen Across Morning
Two roof fires occupied firemen early this morning with minor damage. Sparks from chimneys started the blazes at the J. W. Glidden residence at 9 15. About twenty spots burned on the roof but all were small. A second alarm followed at 10 26 for Dr. F. M. McFarland at 1612 Vermont street where a ten foot square hole burned in the roof. Interior damage was avoided.
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J. W. Glidden
F. M. McFarland
Vermont Street
Blaze destroys Rochambeau hotel in Kansas City fire
An explosion and fire last night razed the Rochambeau hotel in Kansas City. Estimated loss placed at 130000. Occupants Mr and Mrs H H Saunders, preparing to reopen the 78 room hotel under lease, escaped unharmed. Owner listed as Ben C Ayler Webb City Missouri. A man was seen fleeing the site before the blast. Cambridge defeats Oxford in 64th annual track meet London AP. Cambridge won 64th annual meet extending current streak to seven straight victories and 33rd in 64 meetings.
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Kansas City
Mar
Ben C. Ayler
Webb City
H. H. Sauders
Cambridge
London
Cambridge University
Oxford
Light Blues
Valley Grove community notes reflect visits and moves
Mr and Mrs Roscoe Whitman recently settled near Eudora and spent Wednesday with the Elmer Weible family in Sunnyside. Donald Bower of McLouth visited the Champion family. Grange met at the Valley Grove schoolhouse. Ira Ward visited Lawrence Ward near Lake View. Octave Ford and son moved from Topeka to the neighborhood. Daryl Stewart left the school pulpit and will attend Leavenworth County schools. Mrs Anna Lombard Ewing of Lawrence is ill. her children stay with grandparents Mr and Mrs Wm Lombard. Luella Hershell of Lone Star and Buena Petrie visited the Petrie home. Lawrence Ward of Lake View visited family. Ralph Coffman moved to the Stewart farm. Alfred Ward plans to move near McLouth. Jefferson County H.S. plans spring activities with a music festival at McLouth on April 1 and a track meet at Os- kaloosa on May 6. County assessors began...
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Roscoe Whitman
Eudora
Elmer Weible
Sunnyside
Donald Bower
McLouth
Champion
Grange
Valley Grove
Ira Ward
Lawrence Ward
Lake View
Octave Ford
Little Son
Topei
Daryl Stewart
Daryl
Leavenworth County
Anna Lombard
Ewing
Lawrence
Hershell
Lone Star
Buena Petrie
Petrie
Lake Vidw
Yeas
Ralph Coffman
Stewart
Alfred Ward
Diphtheria Quarantine Eases in McLouth and Local Report
Last Tuesday March 1 quarantine for diphtheria eased as cases in McLouth homes showed limited spread. Some sufferers had mild throat or tonsil symptoms, adults affected as children. Oskaloosa five day religious training draws participants from Ozawkie McLouth Meriden Oska loosa and Winchester. Frank Peel home burned with piano and furnishings. Haltom family buys new McLouth home. Roads thawing, farm work slowed, some rental vacancies persist after winter. Anthony Dietrich of Lawrence traveled through the valley Monday.
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McLouth
Dan Smith
Oskaloosa
Frank Peel
Local Social Roundup At Rohe and Nearby Homes
Community notes list visits and gatherings including Cyril Rohe as a supper guest at Henry Rohe’s home. Several locals, such as Nes Joe Madi Barbara Jean, Bertha Spentcher and Edith Jo Rohe attend events. Measles illness is reported for Arvelda Nadine Chaney. birthday at William Chanay’s home. multiple residents visit Lorenz Speicher and others.
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Cyril Rohe
Henry Rohe
Edith Jo
Nes
Joe Madi
Barbara Jean
Arvelda
Nadine Chaney
Osgood Armstrong
Lorenz Speicher
Frank
Russell
Linwood
Miss Bertha
Theresa Speicher
Mary
Edith Jo Rohe
William Chanay
Geo. Hoskinson
Nadine Kendall
Willie Chaney
Delbert
Artie Chanay
Ben Kramer
Henry Rohe, Jr
William Guener
Oskaloosa Area Plans High School Contests and Events
Os kaloosa notes show high school contest plans for April and May including music festival in McLouth, essay judging by Prof J B Walker of Winchester, declamation in Meriden, and a May 6 track meet at Oskaloosa with hopes for a KU referee. Basketball tourney receipts totaled 478.60 with per school prizes.
Fire destroys Bliss home near Buck Creek
The Bliss family suffered a major loss when their Buck Creek area home caught fire on Friday. Mrs Bliss alone in the yard reported seeing flames as strong winds hindered the effort to save belongings. Donations from neighbors and planned aid from organizations were noted while others prepared to assist. The piece also mentions real estate move by Wyratt Graze and several community notices including basketball plans, sales in Winchester and McLouth, a Friday Lone Tree Community club meeting, and a Sunday family reunion at Grandma Carter’s residence.
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Harry Bliss
Buck Creek
Bliss
Wryatt Graze
Harvey Hawk
Oskaloosa Town
Atchison
Frank Coleman
Winchester
McLouth
Rev
Ruhlen
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Leader
Tilden
Jimmie, Joy
San Francisco
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Estes Park
Arkansas
Missouri
Colorado
Arizona
Massachusetts Street
Knickerbocker Press
Albany
Sol Marks
Lindbergh
Trinity Place
Marks
A. Marks
A. W. Schlesinger
Detroit
Bill Tilden
Frances Fox
Sample
Stadium
Mass
R. B. Nicholson
War Finance Corporation
Washington, Mar
Congress
Saline County
Farmer
Champ Graham
Finn Graham
Summerfield
New First
B. L. Waldorf
W. A.keve
Harry
Woodring
Baker University
Good Roads
A. H. Kraft
Worden
Paola
Lawrence Boy
Thomas Gilchrist
Grace Wessels
Charles Puls
Uarge
Mar 12
Dave Wallace
Shawnee County
Indiana
Lena Nothdorf
Miss Nothdorf
Heer
Kansas Power and Light. Co
J.B. Walker
Meriden
H. W. Hargiss
K. U
Rock Creek
Myron Settle
Ross Anderson
Oakland
Settle
Bsgies
Floyd Ayers
Alabama
S. A. Case
Methodists
Wyatt Gragg
Oskaloosa Study Club
Washington
Deright Hawk
Ted
THE
Bruce Barton
Lone Tree Community Club
James Blevins
Tibbot
Sig
Leo’ Seales
Grandma Carter
Gladys Shaw
Sunshine Club
Pleasant Point
Doris Schenck
And
John Schenck
Shimmons Bros
Funk
T. J. Sweeney
NM. Lewis
T.J. Keeney
S. A. Wood
Fitzpatrick
Agalatant Gauhier
George Dunksey
Cashier Co
EL Friend
Jacob Badaky
Robert A
A. Smart
Yan
Peoples State Bank
James
Batesland, South ‘Dakota
Church of Christ
9Th & Tenn
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