Toronto mother vies for Millar stork derby prize
Pauline Clarke, a Toronto mother of ten, claims a share of the £500,000 stork derby fortune left by Charles Millar. She says she is undeterred by the will’s quirky bequests and notes she will still have her ten children regardless of prize outcome. Millar’s odd legacy funded a contest to reward the mother bearing the most children within ten years of his death.
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Pauline Cla
Charles Millar
Jockey Club
Becayat
Millar
Madame X
Clarke
Charles Vance Millar
St Johns church ladies tidy parsonage and visits noted
Worden reports several St John s Evangelical church ladies cleaned the parsonage Tuesday morning. A string of visitors includes Mrs Katherine Wilson Ruth Tingle of Lawrence and Mrs Richard Sehneck of Kansas City visiting various homes. A baby girl Marion May born October 18 to Mr and Mrs Albert Schwarts. Visitors from Sacramento Calif Mr and Mrs Phillip Maier and son Amos joined Carl Plambeck home visits in Lawrence with Elizabeth Mambeck and other local residents.
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Katherine Wilson
Ruth Tingle
Lawrence
John Steebener
Albert Schwarts
Marion May
William Niebrugge
Gons
Karl
Milton
Gertrude Schott
Ted Wacker
Calif
Carl Mambeck
Elizabeth Mambeck
J. W. Tohan- Ting
Weekend visits and a 21st wedding anniversary noted
The column lists multiple social visits across families in Jewel and nearby towns. Notable items include Naomi Shand weekend at Rev Burgert’s home, various Sunday gatherings at Spencer, Deister, Bidinger and Scheer households, and a Chris Kraft 21st anniversary surprise. Also mentions attendees at a Relay stock show in Kansas City and a visiting Mrs. Richard Miller from Dover, Ohio.
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Naomi Shand
Jewel
A. Burgert
Russel Spencer
Georgia Mae
Harley Spencer
Clarence Montfoort
Loren
Twin Mound
A. E. Deister
Juke Bidinger
Bernita
Rachael
Leo
C.A. Bidinger
Clinton
Frank Bidinger
Roy Bowen
Bobby
Old Belvoir
Add Scheer
Chris Kraft
S. S
August Kampschroeder
O. A. Bidinger
Q. R. Platz
W. J. Huscher
August Walter
I. B. Kraft
Gladys
Richard Miller
Duane
Marion
C. F. Wulfkuhle
Walter
Henry Stull
Kansas City
Dover
Ohio
Fami
Chris Krafts
Miriam
C. A. Bidinger
Last Year as Kansas State Linemen and Attendees
A fragmented notice notes R. Platz and Rev. and Mrs. W. J. Huscher among several attendees at an eighth annual convention in Baldwin, with other names partially unreadable. The text is incomplete but indicates a local church or community gathering and recognitions.
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Kansas State Linemen
R. Platz
W. J. Huscher
McLouth Social Roundup Includes Trips and Visits
Mrs. B C Hesse hosted the New Century club with a Wednesday lunch. Local families traveled to Stewart Oklahoma and Topeka for visits and medical recoveries. Funeral services were held for Fran Carnahan Marshall with many relatives attending from McLouth and nearby towns.
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B.C. Hesse
New Century Club
Visitors Share Sunday with Local Families
Mr. and Mrs. Ora Persell and their son from Topeka visited the Carlson family in Topeka for a Sunday gathering. A. W. Carlson and relatives hosted, with Dwight Seybold spending the day with relatives in Arkansas City. The Wyatt family, including Walter, also hosted guests as part of a weekend social.
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Harold Enveh
Robert Kinhie
Memphis
Tenn
George Kell
Haltom
Alex Addington
Short
del Rio
Texas
Bert Addington
Tanwrenes
Neh
Neh, Where They Spent A Week With Mr. Cobb
Rock County
Ran
Howard Chapman
Wichita
Ora Persell and
Topeka
A. W. Carlson
Dwight Seybold
Rkansas
Walter” Wyatt
Daughters of Horton and Craig Guests in Lawrence
Daughters of Horton and Mr and Mrs Harry Craig of Lawrence were Sunday guests of Mr and Mrs Bill Wyatt.
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Horton
Harry Craig
Lawrence
Bill Wyatt
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