Two Sisters and Theft Allegation in Detroit Suits
Orville W. Sexton, aged 74, sues Grace Sherwood for recovery of a $7000 home given her. Celia Sherwood appears as a rival in the disputed romance, with Sexton’s lawyers claiming Celia was the mistress and seeking to show she urged him to marry her. The case involves alleged deceit, enticement, and potential breach of promise after Grace and Celia learn they are sisters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hepper
Dia
Orville W. Sexton
Grace Sherwood
Detroit
Celia Sherwood
Sexton
Miss Grace
Owossu
Mich
Celia
Litress
Grace
Sexton Atirst
Célia
Townsenil
Tonganoxie News: Community Supports War Effort
Mrs. Frank Henry notes more boys enter service than sweaters available as the league raises funds for 60 plus hand knit garments. Food sales boost the effort, upcoming board meeting at Mrs. Anna Bell’s, and travel notes on locals including Whit ed Laming and Lawrence Peairs. Graduation notices, church activities, and local marriages fill a busy town page.
Community notes from Brackett area reflect church and club events
Rain postponed Brackett school program until May 6 at the school house with a Red Cross pie supper draw. Pleasant Hour club reschedules to May 16 in Lawrence for a Red Cross auction. Social visits include Marjorie Lee with a cousin, Kirby family at Jeffries home, and neighbors at Kanwaka and Lone Star gatherings. Mrs Jeffries dies. funeral attendees from Reno Oklahoma stay a week. Violet Piper celebrates ninth birthday. community mourns a devoted Red Cross worker and Military Sisterhood member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Lawrence
Pleasant Hour Club
Eaton
Miss Wilson
Marjorie Lee
Kirby
Jeffries
Kanwaka
Alfred Rudiger
Bigsby
George
al Smith
Lindsey
Corintha Lindsey
Mark Pierson
Hayden
Deal
Grant Township
Mr. Melton Deal
Lone Star
Carl McClung
Allan Kirby
Spear
E Reno
Oklahoma
Military Sisterhood
Iron tonic claims from Dr. Pierce at Buffalo hotel
An adstyle feature touts a tonic named Trontic as a potent iron remedy from the Invalids' Hotel in Buffalo New York. It asserts strong redblood vitality and increased appetite, claiming it cures spring fatigue and prepares both men and women for vigor. It references a historical mystery about the Man in the Iron Mask to evoke intrigue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
le Bastille
Louis XIV
Pierce
Invalids’ Hotel
Buffalo
N. Y
Yale
Ann
Womai
Vinland Area News Notes And Community Updates
The notice recounts local visits and travels among Lawrence residents, including Mr. Patrick Fenton, Mrs. Della Allen, Miss Gladys Waterson, and Alma Hoskinson. It highlights community events, church choir plans for May 24 benefiting the Vinland Red Cross, and a cast list for The District Attorney. Also mentioned are National Bank staff, garden work, and youth group activities with KU students staying at Miss Ella Gill’s country home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patrick Fenton
Lawrence
Della Allen
Gladys Waterson
W. H. Hoskinson
Alma
Baldwin
Maud
Ruth Gordon
C. E. Yates
Dwight and
Charline
San Antonio
Texas
Yates
Jesse Stevens
Wichita
Osage City
W.D. Fordyce
Tonganoexie
Moniday
Byron Cox
Roger Miller
Kennedy Valley
Adelina Dean
Fordyce
Sidney Lindstrom
George Liston
Walnut
Kans
Hitzmand
Elmo
Missouri
Farmers State Bank
Charles Carter
Kansas City
Geo. Newton
Madge Belver
Hoover
J. D. Bowersock
Otis Andrews
Hattie
Wm. Seabury
Alma Hoskinson
Dorothy Seabury
Maud Gordon
Beverly Calvert
Peggy Marshall
Polly Whitney
Dorothy
Dorothy Listen
Oda’ Laughlin
Margaret
Eva, Stevens
Sage Tea Dandy to Darken Hair in One Night
Lottery-style advertisement touts Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Compound as a natural darkener for gray or faded hair. Claims hair becomes lustrous and undetectably dark after one or two applications, with rapid perceived youthfulness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyeth
Unsold goods and community notices flood Vinland pages
The column blends a testimonial for Caticura Soap and Ointment with local society items. It notes births, marriages, showers, church events, school activities, visits, a public sale, and community movements around Vinland, Kansas, including Miss Clelia Murray's marriage, Miss Minnie Hoskinson, and families such as Ulrichs and Stanwix.
Community Notes From Stony Point and Surroundings
Local residents report frequent visits and small errands across Baldwin Lawrence Vinland Hopewell High Prairie and Pleasant Grove. People travel for shopping calling on friends and family and to tend to farm work with corn planting underway as Ferne McQueen heads to Washington D C with her mother.
Red Cross Meeting Attended by Franklin Group
Mrs. Fred Eggert and Emily attended a Red Cross meeting at the John Irvin home on Wednesday afternoon. Friday court house exam participants included Floyd, White, Neill Whitelaw, and Emma Schutz. Mrs. Armstrong Martin returned home after visiting her son J. D. Martin. Mrs. Ray Reynolds planned a few days at the We-Klass home. Walter and Edward Young, Mr. and Mrs. Phin White, and son Haroli called on Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Wilson. Robert Carey of Lawrence was also mentioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. E. Stanwix
Vinland High School
J.R. Topping
Willis Colman
Clelia Murray
Cavid Testerman
Kansas City
Arthur Ulrich
Mark Pierson
F. D. Miller
David Wiliams
F. Stanwi
Homer Hird
W. R. Tucker
Mabelle Tucker
George Tucker
Henry Kennedy
Stull
Garrie Chenoworth
Herman Pontius
Bennie Cripps
Harveyville
Guy Bigsby
Lawrence
Harveyville High School
Settlor
Momer Hird
Cotman Sahi
Fred A. Richardson
Fapeke
Elmer Ray
Carl ‘Hird
Folsom
J. R.wood
J. R. Wood
W. R. Haughn
Lyops
Thos Hird’s
Winter Cross
Red Cross
Fred Eggert
Emily
John, Irvin
Court House
Floyd, White
Neill Whitelaw
Emma Schutz
Armstrong Martin
J. D. Martin
Ray Reynolds
We We-Klass
Walter
Edward Young
Phin White
Haroli
Charlie Wilson
Robert Carey
Floyd
Geneva
Evelyn White
J. Schoefflin
Watkins
Dave Heffner
Worden
Anna Heffner
M. Schutz
Arthur
Conrad Altenbernd
Harold
John Whitelaw
Farmers Union
Siegel
Henry Shirar
Bertha
Oliver
Charlie Young
Chas. Wilson
Harold White
Henry Eggert
John Northrup
Yarbough
Boone
Kuhn
L. Davis
Harry Davis
Ralph Standing
Joe Davis
Oscar Powell
Oliver Schutz
Herning
Local farm folks host gatherings and union meeting notes
Saturday visits sprawl through neighborhood with many calls to and from the Schutz, Heffner, Young, Davis, and Eggert families. Farmers Union plans a June meeting at Walnut Grove with a 7 o'clock picnic. A Red Cross fundraiser at the Hird sale raised 108 dollars with lunch and auctions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Winter
Hird
Beau Brommel and the lucky hole coin myth
Beau Brommel traced his ruin to unknowingly giving his lucky sixpence with a hole to a cabman. He claimed Rothschild or other rascals stole it and maintained the coin influenced his fate until his death. Sewing Machine Aid describes a simple drawer board setup with evenly spaced holes and thread scraps for a maker’s wall display.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beau Brommel
Rothschild
Set
Silka
Rid of Catarrh Without Sprays or Inhalers
Regretful reader blurb rants against sprays and inhalers for catarrh and urges seeking lasting relief beyond temporary help. The snippet implies a direct approach to cure without specific remedies, criticizing traditional salves and urging reconsideration of ineffective treatments.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Tonganoxie
Frank Henry
League
Board of Control
Anna Bell
Whitsed Laming
Lawrence Peairs
Fort McArthur
Long Beach
William C. Phenicie
Phenicie
Susie Todd
Walter Zoehner
Edward C. McNerney
Basia
John W. Harbeson
Harbeson
Tollganoxie High School
Elm Park
Lawren Peakes
Martha Jane
Coloretta Gurns
Seufert
Marie Newsome
J.H. Dreisbach
Wilber
McKene
Emmett Taylor
Leavenworth
Chapman
Torpey House
Second Street
Glande Winslow
Charles Cronemeyer
George Cook
Henry Bisex Tery
Hoge
Sanders
Frank
Cora Erwine
Boling
Erwine
Congregational Church
Rev. Colburn
Aescher
Illnness
Tonganoxie Reading Club
Bertha Kinzler
Edward E. Hoskins
George den
Httleson
Robert F. Slaughter
Flora Carter
Lawrence Optical Co
Jackson Bidgs
Man With Iron Mask
G. T. Brown
Margaret Mitchell
Manhattan
Matthews Lumber& Coal Co
Vinland
R. Wilson
Roxbury
Ohio
Semple
Dept. KR
Bostos
Billy
Oscar Bear Wes
Edward Schafstall
Virgil
Fairview
Gordon
M. E
James A. Stavely
M. E. Church
Minnie
Clara Hoskinson
Arkansas
Logan-Moore Lumber Co
Stony Point
Georgi
High Prairie
Ferne McQueen
Pleasant Grove
Sundy
W. EL
A. F. Lawson
James Kasinger
Martin Grossman
McQueen
W. A. Waterson
Gladys
Jack McMullian
Albert Larson
Martin Holcom
Willroy
Solon
Rob Pardee
Nelson Pardee
Leven Williams
Noah Weimer
Charley Peer
W. EB. Lawson
Frene
Glenn McQueen
L.A. Lawson
FE. A. Roe
Frank Williams
Hopewell
Loren Williams
Artie Winters
C. A. Peer
Fias Ferne McQueen
Washington, D. C
Franklin
DEVOE
Homestead Floan Paint
Homestead
F. W. Jaedicke Hardware
Carl Logan-Moore Lumber Company
Castoria
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