Wanamaker will public estate details disclosed
Philadelphia dispatch reports the late Rodman Wanamaker's will reveals an estate valued at 50 to 75 million dollars. It creates a board of silver trustees to hold the Canfal store stock under John Wanamaker Philadelphia, with William L. Nevin as managing trustee. Insurance proceeds of 7.5 million are held in trust for the three children and their descendants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Rodman Wanamaker
Imade
Siver
Canifal S
John Wanamaker
Wanamaker
Nevin
Fidelity-Philad*inn
Mr. Wanamaker
Betor Munn
Gurriey Munn
John Wannamaker
Baldwins recount escape from San Francisco flood wave
Mar Eaton and his wife from Baldw illo ranch east of El Rio Calif survived a disaster in Newhaln when a dam broke. They were knocked to the floor by a phone call and fled in their car. They recalled six drillers on their land in the river bottom and rushed back to wake them before driving to safety. A wall of water then swept the derrick away. The Eatons later settled on a Baldwin farm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baldwin, Mar
Baldw
Baynard K. Eaton
Eatons
5 Ton
Baldwin
Irs
Eaton
University
Greene in recital at University auditorium
Lee Saffett Greene, University School of Fine Arts faculty, will perform in the tenth annual organ recital Sunday afternoon. The program includes works by Bach and Franck, showcasing French melodic style, with six pieces planned. Previously, Laurell Everette Anderson and Prof. Charles Skilton appeared in recent recitals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben
Princk
Ravanello
Rive
nOaryatt
London
Saturday School Event at Sbokin School Tea Hour
A fragmentary notice appears to advertise a Saturday program at Sbokin School. The activity includes a tea cake hour after 2045 and a bake sale style event with pastry items for attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pansors Sbokin School
Deaths and Funerals Usher Samuel Usher of Lawrence
Samuel Usher former Lawrence resident died at his Pomona home early yesterday. Funeral set for 2 30 Saturday from Funk chapel with Rev Alfred D Grey officiating. Burial in Oak Hill cemetery Usher vault. Also, Jean Carter died in Phoenix Arizona recently. Her mother Mrs F C Garter left Tulia to attend the funeral. The body will be accompanied by his wife Mrs Vance Day of San Francisco. Dawson to Attend Flood Meet Governor Frank M Dawson professor of hydraulics University will attend Flood Control and Water Conservation committee in Topeka March 27. He plans to attend National Drainage congress in Kansas City March 21 22 and 23.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel “Usher
Samuel’ Usher
Lawrence
Pomona
Funk Chapel
Alfred D,grey
Usher
Oak Hill Cemetery
Jean Carter
Phoenix
Ariz
Betty
F. C. Garter
Wil
Oxy
Vance Day
San Sancisco
Cal
FLOOD
Dawson
Frank M. Dawson
Topeka
Ben S. Pavlen
National Drainage Congress
Kengas City
Opened Jayhawk Gardens Greenhouses in South Lawrence
Jayhawk Gardens near Tennessee and Wes streets opened today for public inspection. Operated by D E Jolly the Florals include three large greenhouses and a planned expanded flower garden. The special opening continues through Saturday inviting visitors to tour the facilities and meet the Kansas University graduate who will lead a landscape department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Lawrence
Jayhawk Flower
Tennessee
Wes
D. E. Jolly
Jolly
K. U
Jayhawk Gardens
Lah
Personal notices and local community updates
A roundup of Topeka area social items includes A Fey returning from a Texas visit to Cuero and Dallas, and Topeka attendees at the Kansas Council of Religious Education conference in Topeka. Mrs Kane recovering after an operation in Rochester. Southwest coal operators threaten non union action after wage talks fail by April 1. Local marriage licenses issued. Unitarian Forum speaker Richard Stevens to address students. Lawrence junior high students tour a furniture store and kitchen equipment showroom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A, P. Fey
Texas
Cuero
Dallas
San Antonio
D. H. ‘Spencer
Douglas County Council of Religious Education
J. Daniels
Topeka
Kansas Council of Religious Education
Spencer
W. R. Gorrill
Harry L. Kane
Rochester
Minn
Kansas City
Mar
Southwest
W. A. Johnson
Southwest Interstate Coal” Operators’ Association
Johnson
Worden Family and Friends Visit Nearby Homes
Local residents and their guests spent time with neighbors on various days. Mr and Mrs George Worden and daughter Ethel Alice visited the Plambecks and Elizabeth. Florence Heim and Pauline Stoebener were guests of Frances and Ru Shaupt. Wm Lynch called on the Steebener home. Mr and Mrs Neibrugge and family visited the Eyd Dohanning home. Alta Hefner spent Sundays with Thelma Schwartz. Leonard Warren called on J W Breithaupt. Karl Kannenbike hauled corn to Overbrook for Fred Heim. other gatherings included Donald, Freddie, Les, Leland Bietthleos, and Inez visiting at Hefner’s residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George
Puvogel
Ethel
Alica
Carl Plambeck
Elizabeth
Florence Heim
Pauline Stoebener
Frances
Ru Shaupt
Lynch
Tohn Steebener
Neibrugge
Kay
Martha
Milton
Eyd Dohanning
Alta Hefner
Thelma' Schwartz
Leonard Warren
J. W.breithaupt
Boyce
Karl Kannenbike
Overbrook
Fred. Heim
Wweslei Pees
Donald
Freddie
Les
Leland Bietthleos
Nald Rapard
Walter
Oscar
Heten Hefnevwa
Inez
Sunday School Attendance and Local Visits Report
The bulletin notes rising Sunday school attendance with 152 present and an $8.31 offering. Readers list many visits and calls among residents including Breithaupt, Rappard, Schwartz, Heinon, Schwalm, Elm, and Mastin, plus several trips to Lawrence for county contests and community events at Sutton Cemetery and Towne hall.
Local Social Visits and Family Gatherings Noted
Sunday visits and weekend travel are noted with many names. Mr and Mrs Mastin, Mr and Mrs Lutz, Mr and Mrs George Puvogel, and others spent time with relatives and friends. A Siddow unveiling in Lawrence was attended Friday evening by Albert Hornberger and family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernia
Ternech
Neibragge
API
Mastin
Daldwin
Frank Lutz
Andy
George Puvogel
Etheloes Harley Lyong
J "W.breithaupt- Hamé
Belleview Kinfolk Visit and Local Notices
Belleview readers hear of Sunday visits by Philip Feldkamp and Gregory Feldkamp ot Senecia to their sister’s home with Miss Marie Grosdidier in Eudora. Numerous local dinners and calls across Kaw Valley mark a week of socializing. lingering sickness includes mumps. Lawrence residents Mrs Henry Mathia and others host supper. funeral for Lawrence Cutler, 57, with pneumonia preceding.
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Philip
Gregory Feldkamp
Senecia
Kansas
Geo, Grosdidier
Marie Grosdidier
St. Paul
Eudora
Ama
Jessie Anderson
el ‘Ma Joy
Ed Forsythe
S.g.gilmore
Kaw Valley
Charlie. Hill
Wilma
Lawrence
Milton Shafstah
F. W. Freese
Jyouise
Lawrence Cutler
Lyle Garrett
Frid Whaley
Mymice Ott
June Louise Abel
Chas. Goodger
R.N. Rea
Milton
Shafstahl
Kansas City
Perry Duni
Anna Myers
Glen
Lawton
Okla
A. von Gunien
Albert
Pneunonia
Roy . Kurtz
Henry Mathia
Ben Foust
Chas
Goodyear
Vittus Hadl
Clinton
Allie
Hadl
Eichelmeyer
Roy Daugherty
Henry, Mathia
Ralph Bowling
Will Chaney
Clearfield
Williamstown notes on moves and church services
Buel Overton and family moved to a 300 acre Kanwaka farm last week. Mrs Bernard Payne and children left to join her husband in Oklahoma where he shipped their household. Mrs Edith Evans and son from Kansas Guy visited Warren Evans. Harry Humphries and family moved to the J W Kunkel home. Sunday school and school were cut to halt attendance. Several residents returned to school after illness. Morning church services were discontinued by Rev R D Gilo though he had attended weekly. About twenty five members of the Williams town Ladies Aid met at the church with Humphries as host later in the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buel Overton
Kanwaka
Bernard Payne
Ben “Hurd
Oklahoma
Arch
Hdith
Evans
Kansas
Guy
Jestes
Clarence’ Ebyat
Helen Jaker
Retabel
Clay
Tom Tallard
Bene
R.D
Gilo
Ing
Cash
Daisy Preamure
Effie
Willamatows
Ladieg
Rigon
March
Humphries
Hosteter
Next meeting set with Mrs Margaret at her house
The text notes a meeting with Mrs Margaret at her home on Wednesday March 21. It also mentions Steve Welter being ill and hospitalized for diagnosis and a return home Saturday evening. The Mutual Benefit Club met March 6 at Mrs Clara Hawks with Emma Humphries hosting and plans origin of St Patrick's Day, Irish reading and poultry discussion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret
Marth
Steve Welter
tHoro
Mutual “Benefit Club
M. B. Club
Steve. Wester
Clara. Hawk
Emma Humphries
St. Patrick’s Day
Mae McCoy
Mandy Webb
Effie Laster
Ee & EL
John Love
Ralph Baker
De Soto Community Sees Visitors and Ills Mentioned
Local notes report Mr and Mrs W H Boardman of Bennington visiting Mr and Mrs A Anderson and family after a Stilwell teaching stop. Several residents, including Anita Mae Nease and Marie Dowding, are treated for mastoid issues, while Peter Savage remains gravely ill after multiple strokes. Families from Olathe, Lawrence, and Kansas City visit, travel, or aid those ill, with hospital stays noted at Memorial in Lawrence and Research in Kansas City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Boardman
Bennington
A. Anderson
Anita Mae
Nease
Perry Nease
Research
Kansas City
Anita
Stanley Jones
A. L. Cross
Ruth Gordon
Marie Dowding
Memorial Hospital
Lawrence
Peter Savage
Howard
Mis. Savage
Amarillo
Texas
Eldon Moll
Olathe
Ben -Mo
J. L. Goon
Mildred
Jesse
Woodrow
Jarbola
Tand
R. Vancé
Ray Vance
Sarah Agnew
Stanley
Marins Des Cygne
W. Hi
J. D. Buckingham
Charles Broiles
Genize Mays
Springfield
John Cramer
Fay Cramar
Hugh McKinney
Loren Savage
Ernie “White
Louis Middleton
Jesse Frazier
Breckenridge
Ralph, Harbisons
Ernest Sigman
John. Gordon
Myrtle
W. H. Jewett
Swope Park
Raytown
Aletha Jewett
Roy Frisbie
Nettie. Morse
Nettie Morse
W. R. Wier
Roscoe J. Rochildren
Eudora
Kate’ Jewett
Lawrence Morday
LL. M.jewett
Frank Gibson
Local residents noted in county notices and obits
The column records social visits and illness throughout the county. It mentions Mr and Mrs Harry Miller spending Sunday with Mrs Miller’s parents Mr and Mrs S Marshall and others in Olathe and Silex. It notes Rev and Mrs Robert Alexander returning from Manhattan State Conference and being reassigned to Edgerton, and Rev T C Willard and Rev W L Shuler moving to Beulah and Galesbury respectively. Peter Savage of the county died after a short illness, survived by children and grandchildren. Various local names and small events are listed, including hospital stays, travel, and a new telephone subscriber.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry. Miller
Miller
S- Marshall
Robert Osborak
Olathe
Osevening
Badora
E. Hu
McVey
Kansas City
Warren Belts
Lawrence
J. D.’Chambers
Spearfish
Frank Chambers
Rapid City
Robert ‘Alexander
Manhattan
Alexander
Edgerton
Beulah
W. L. Shuler
Galesbury
Peter Savage
Savage
McIntire
Matthews
Edna Smith Jewett
John Crane
Will Savage
Near Olathe
Howard ‘Savage
Amarilld
J. W
Austil
Emma
Jewett
C.S. Hambleton
East
Roth
Stephens ‘College
Willoughby Koeller
Basehor
Sarah Matzhall
Kate Hall
Marjorie Moffit
C.W. Osher
Spring Hill
Jack ¥. Scott
Pleasure Hour
Igen Baer
Clay Linden Wag Ithe
Minnie Decker
Marek
Allen
Real Estate Transfers and a Fatal Train Accident
A real estate transfer lists Cooper and wife of Matilda Lawrence transferring N50 feet of lots 45 and 46 in block 3 Earl’s Addition to Charles S. Dewey Baldwin and Henry H. Hale. In Fort Scott Kansas a teenage boy about 16 was killed in Frisco railroad yards while trying to catch a southbound train. details suggest an accident with a riderless injury. Authorities reported the incident with minimal follow-up information.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cooper
Matilda
Fe Iq Lawrence
Earl's Addi Lawrence
Charles SicDewey
Baldwin
Henry H. Hale
Jackson
Kan
Palmyr Baldwin
Scott, An
Frisco
Saf. Youn need not guess what print bheingr 104 bottle
Fragmented note touts a medical product named TONSILINE 0235s. It mentions long use by a physician and urges insisting on a specific bottle with a long neck. Punctuation and wording are garbled, but promotes the item as reliable for treatment.
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Rodman “Wanamaker
California
Tony
Yesner
Will Franck and
Wagner
England
Eizhtigen
Alien B
Belshex
License Victuallers Central Protective
Society of London
Phanar
Turkey
Moscow
William Lacoss
Lot Mason
Santa Pauls
Maron
Woods
Patna
Washington
Orgrohill
Wet
Ewes
iMarriage
H. Menger
Glen Abditickingee
Eva Williams
Morton ‘Gifford
Kate Hoffman
Upt
Toneka
Glenn
Botts
al Niebaum
Tonganoxie
Orville M. Burns
Georgia Cobb
Marysville
C. M.C. Holt
Grace Gorrell
Unitarian Forum
Richard
B. Stevens
Unitarian
Twelfth
Vermont Streets
Misg
Mike ‘Woodruff
Cemesine
Motler Furniture
Schivartz
Clara
Biland Naomi-G
Breithaupt
Elmer
Pend
Pard, Sr
Ee Mae
Donald “Rappard
J. W. ‘Breithaupt
Ete Vogler
Lawrence, Eina ‘Schwartz
Charley Graw
Johnim
Sutton Cemetery Association
Wiltow Springs
van Schwartz
Oscar Heinon
Mustin
John ‘Schwalan
Edwin Schrieber
Orville Elm
Lois
Marie
Ancoer
Esther ‘Fermandi Mile
Walter Harbour
Worden
Soria
Elm
Ivan Schwartes
Sophia
Heim
John Schwalm
Henry
Fippert
Wintermantel
Christina Heim
Fred Heim
Son Rayson
Monay
Henry Johahning
Ray Vaugin
Gilbert
John Stoebener
Imer Wintermantel
J. W. Breithaupt
Harley Lyons
Arnold Stoebener
Leo Simon
Fredan Heim Biss Mahe
Rappard
Howard Warner’s
John Lyons
Tolih
Lyons
George Puyogel
Pauline Steebener
Tucson
Sophia” Heim
L.W
Haas
Ith
Herman. Pohl
Charley Crawford
Albert Schwarz
Wm. Neibrugte Karl
Martins
Germany
Ay Telaives
Dudley Gilges
Walter Oehrle
Belleview
Williamstown
DE Soto
Scott's
Sandho Walbaane
William Docking
Ghidirm VK Hoover
the “Merchants National
Slished
Tom
Tetra Ema
George T. Wetzel
Rumsey
Ambilan
Rex
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