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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1920
Page
3
Local Baldwin items recount visits and back home news for residents. Grace Dean returns from Arlington, several attend Emporia game, and Mrs Harpster laid to rest. Fire alarms disrupt church, Vinland Fair draws crowds, and social visits span Kansas, Missouri, and nearby towns.
The Leavenworth County Copper Poultry Club held a September pep meeting in Topeka with four members and one mother attending. The event included visits to the Kansas Free Fair, theater party, races, Hawaiian Nights, statewide pictures at the state house, a Linns versus Pottawatomie ball game, and a large banquet for club members and families featuring speakers from Capper Clubs and state groups. Louise Holmes presided at adjournment.
Local families from Weaver and Lawrence gather for Sunday dinners and visits. Notables include Ben and Fred Neis families, Westerhaus, Thour, Catlin, Neis, Laughlin, Kindred, and Andersons. Nearby trips to Leloupe, Vinland, Kansas City, and a fair attendance noted with Carl Neis and others among attendees.
Mr. and Mrs. John Unger spent Sunday at Pleasant Grove with the Tucker family. Mr. and Mrs. Martin Lee welcomed a son born Oct. 1. Mrs. W. L. Porter of McPherson visited Mus. A. Bidinger and family. Miss Fanie Walter spent days at the Walter home. Bernant Lavi and children Mildre and Gladys of Topeka visited Wm. Murphy family. Roy Deskin Rugsel and Wm. Marshall with children Herbert Johnie and Ralph Canterwood visited O. A. Bidinger. Clara Purell spent weekend in Lawrence with relatives. Ethel Walter visited Topeka Tuesday. Pearl Gress spent Saturday with the Herb Gress home. O. A. Bidinger and Myrtle visited Jake Bidinger Sunday evening. Mrs. Henry Underwood arrived safely in California. The little son of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Brass has been very ill recently. Several doctors attending.
The October report shows twenty four pupils enrolled with twenty two average daily attendance. No absences or tardies for the first month. Theo dore Howard earns perfect spelling in fifth grade. Local visits include the Seele, Dreber, Howard, and Raber families with various social and church events noted. Ward notes end with a cautionaryWARNS AGAINST PLAN.
B Clement president of the Texas Grain Dealers Association told the National Grain Dealers Association convention that producer cooperatives and marketing schemes would fail if producers abandon self reliance. He warned that outsourcing to new agencies harms initiative while letting markets determine prices remains most economical. A separate note reports a diamond dress weighing 250 000 on stage, lifted by two people.
Miriam F Leeds Lanham born March 18 1851 in Morgan Illinois lived in Macon County Illinois Ottawa Kansas Lawrence Newton and Fort Worth Texas before settling in Newton with her son Elva in 1916. She died September 20 1920 at Bethel Hospital after a short illness leaving a sister a daughter and two sons and a legacy of charity and faith in the Methodist Episcopal church.
cattle prices edged down today except for top grade wintered and fed steers. Hog prices fell while demand improved slightly in the sheep and cattle markets with Texas New Mexico Colorado receipts fueling the week’s activity. Beef cattle and feeders showed steady but uneven demand, with thin cattle harder to move and veal calves dropping in price.
Prices edged down for hogs and sheep with steady pig prices. Packers bought the bulk at 24.05 to 15.15, top hogs 15.25 for 215 to 230 pounds, lambs up 25 cents, native lambs to 11.70 and western lambs to 12.00, horses and mules weak at 15 to 25 per head. ARLES PIPKIN Market Correspondent. Mrs Evans and companions traveled to Topeka for the day.
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