Glacial Legacies in Kansas Shaped Soils and Lands
University of Kansas geologist W H Schoene traced glacial action across north eastern Kansas explaining how ice sheets left fertile loess soils ideal for fruit cultivation. He noted till deposits, erratic boulders, striated bedrock and two ancient lakes, with sand horizons near Atchison and Wamego signaling former ice advance and retreat.
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Kansas
Kaw River
Manhattan
Topeka
Lawrence
Kansas Cities
St. Louis
Evansville
Ind
W. H. Schoene
University of Kansas
KFKU
Kaw
Big Blue
Atchison
Brown and
Jackson
Minnesota
Dakotas
Wamego
Westmoreland
Onaga
Atchison, Doniphan
Brown
Nemaha
Jackson County
Geological Survey
Kan
Bas
Brown County
Doniphan
Douglas
Leavenworth
Wyandotte
Seneca
Missouri River
Rhine River
Germany
Schoene
Cash Wheat Prices at Chicago Since the First of the Year
Funeral services were held at the Rumsey funeral home Monday afternoon and the following neighbors were pall bearers Raymond Gardner Bruce Wardwell Tom Cawley Otis Nutting Mr Reider and Charlie Pickens.
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Chicago
Rumsey Funeral Home
Raymond Gardner
Bruce Wardwell
Tom Cawley
Otis Nutting
Mr. Reider
Charlie Pickens
Local News From Oak Ridge and Surrounds
Oak Ridge items note jury selections for November with M Dolan and H G Van Neste. Family visits and gatherings recount trips to Excelsior Springs to see a gravely ill sister and hosting birthday celebrations. Local youth show at school includes a Halloween party with a haunted house and a tacky prize pairing. Arthur Leonhard wins a calf ribbon at the American Royal. many residents attend events in Kansas City and nearby farms report activity.
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M. Dolan
H. G. van Neste
C. C. Miller
H. E. Overholt
Stillwater
Okla
Will .Carpenter
West Plains
Carol Miller
Excelsior Springs
Jake Kaulb
Frank Toms
Herbert Bruckmiller
Bruckmiller
Las Animas
Colo
Arthur Leonhard
Arthur
Farmers of America
Kansas City
Albert Simons
W. C. Collins
Jenny Wren
Lawrence
Ancient Kaw Lake once spanned miles and stood high above land
The text describes a vast ancient Kaw Lake covering several square miles with a depth of 39 feet. It stretched from Manhattan to Wichita and was likely about 200 feet above current country level. Northward icecap streams filled the basin, leaving sand deposits up to 100 feet thick with erratic boulders and lake silts and clays.
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Manhattan
Wamego
Kansas Farm Wages Higher Than Missouri in October
The bureau of agricultural economics reports Kansas farm hands earned more than Missouri in October. Kansas averages were 21.75 dollars monthly with board and 32.25 without. daily rates 1.25 with board and 1.65 without. Missouri averaged 19 dollars monthly with board and 27 without. daily 0.95 with board and 1.25 without. National figures: 20.75 monthly with board, 30.38 without. 1.11 daily with board, 1.47 without. Rhode Island led with 40 and 66.25 respectively.
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Washington
Kansas
Missouri
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Rhode Island
South Carolina
Eee
Mackey Community Guests and Local Visits
Mr and Mrs R F Collins and family of Wakarusa and others visited the Gardners Sunday. Mr and Mrs J S Paxton of Prairie Center and Miss Kate Jewett of Memorial hospital were guests. Cawleys visited Sedalia relatives last week. Hemphill fills a new silo. Lehman family attended a Murphys gathering at Watson. Friends grieved by Brice Bowen's death in last week automobile crash.
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R. F. Collins
Wakarusa
J. S. Paxton
Prairie Center
Kate Jewett
Memorial Hospital
Raymond Gardner
Thomas Cawley
Royal Neighbors host farewell for Mrs. Jones
Tonganooxie group entertained a following lodge last Monday evening in honor of Mrs. 8. T. Jones who departed Saturday for her new home near Troy Kansas. A lace table cloth was presented as a farewell gift. Caralee Laming and Mary Katherine Bernhardt attended the American Royal events in Kansas City on Tuesday October 22 with a dinner at the Woman's City Club and a tour of William Rockhill Nelson Gallery of Art.
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Royal
8. T. Jones
Troy
Kansas
Caralee Laming
Mary Katherine Bernhardt
Tonganoxie Rural High School
American Royal
Kansas City
Woman’s City Club
William Rockhill Nelson
American Royal Livestock Show
Friends Church
Harriet Wood
Willis Wood
Floyd Moss
Hubbel Hill Cemetery
Albert Dunnington
Cameron, Mo
Kenneth Clark
Buckenridge
Ollie Y
Meade
Lawrence
Hosford
Tom Bates
Virgil Bates
Leonard Deaton
Lily Somers
Frank Somers
Peggy Johnson
Mercy Hospital
Eunice Coxen
Anna Mary
Georgena Denholm
Elmer Hunter
Lucy Hunter
Myron Wyatt
Jo Ann
Marie Weir
Florence Swan
Herman Schultz
Linwood
Elsie
Helen Needham
Franklin Ice Cream Company
Deaton
Fort Worth
Texas
John Conrad
Tonganoxie
Kansas State Teachers’ Association
Manhattan
Dodge City
Pittsburg
Hays City
Wichita
Smith Ladies Aid
Otto Seufert
George Gress
Preston Hunter
Walter Denholm
Tonganoxie social notes and club meetings summary
Tonganoxie community notices cover library association gathering at Miss Bertha Kinzler’s home, new staff at Royal Theater, high school teachers planning Kansas State Teachers Association attendance, and multiple club events. Members and attendees include Miss Mary Lou Elston, Miss Evelyn Gress, Miss Izola Farrell, Miss Jessie Himpel, James Farrell, and many local families and guests.
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Tonganoxie Library Association
Bertha Kinzler
Mary Lou Elston
Royal Theater
Evelyn Gress
State Teachers College
Emporia
George Gress
Sam Jones
Troy
Kansas
Jones
Will
Manhattan
Cleburne
Kan
Jean MecKone
Owl Bridge Club
Jessie Himpel
James Farrell
Charles Corlett
Ruth Dillon
Izola Farrell
Ed Schillings
W. J. Stevenson
Perry Walters
Harry Wendorff
Dana Sanders
Margaret Bair
Walters
Margaret Ann
Glynn Otis
Pony Creek School
Sophie Whitaker
Jeanette Quisenberry
Lawrence Telephone Exchange
Kathryn Keats Dorney
Kansas State Teachers College
J. W. Dorney
Nancy Joan Knickenbacker
Leavenworth
Bert Grems
Y.W.C.A
Art Phillips
Ruth Phenicie
Emily Hazelton
W. B. Coe
Norris Grist
Denver
Colo
Mack Huffman
Elm Park
I. B. Sill
Marie Weir
Ozawkie
Rinda
Margie Parker
W. E. Simison
Wisconsin
Harriett Moderhak
Louisiana
Moore
Army
Fort Leavenworth
Ruth Dresser
Schrimpf
Byington
Local social group lists attendees for all day meeting
August Gruendel and a long list of spouses and daughters gather as attendees for the next meeting. The event will be an all day gathering at the home of Mrs Walter Denholm with Mrs George Moore assisting hostess.
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August Gruendel
Hobart Hall
Walter Denholm
Selma
Will Denholm
George Haight
Ed Klinkenberr
Eleanor
Joe Kowalski
Dorothy
Mary Alin
John Doege
Alice Hubbel
Will Parsons
Georgia Gruendel
Joan
Gertrude Orr
Fred Limekuhler
Frank Seymour
John McGraw
Helen Gruendel
Stephenson
Calvin Humeford
George Moore
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Kansas Plains
Hse
Oak Ridge
Ray Mitchell
Winter District
Ella Miller
Will House
H. F. Longanecker
Katharine Toms
Midland
Fred Heck
F. H. Leonhard
Mildred
Vernon Stroebel
Eudora
Katie Toms
Fred Lewis
Jennie Lowash
Black Cat Orchestra
S. M. Dolan
Ed Garrett
Midland C.P.A
Midland Hall
Mildred Leonhard
Lloyd Duffer
Kanwaka
Lowash
Fred Strong
Leota
Clarence Dreyer
State
Mackey
Will Rogers
Kentucky
Adolph Zoker
Bing
Mississippi
Rochelle Hudson
Henry Fonda
Popeye
Hobart
Sloan’s
Cara Nome
Vick’s Vaporub
Menthol
Rexakl
Rickerd-Stowits
Theatre of the Stars
Granada
Tom Brown
Virginia Weidler
Carol Stone
Virginia Saunders School OF Dancing
Betty Gable
Barbara Gordon
Joyce Jackson
Jerry Correa
Nancy Summers
Bonnie Stansbury
Betty L. Herbert
Mildred Saunders
Donna Thompson
Betty Sullivan
Mae Carter
Ruthie Miles
Aileen Ziesenis
Alice Adams
Betty Riggs
Oieta Lily
Barbara Sawyer
Orean Thaber
Roberta Roberts
Gram
Edward Evans Hoskis
Mary Jae Dorney
Rinda Chapter
Parker
District Aid
Harriet Moderhak
Edward Evans Hoskins
George Robb
Albert Hines
Della White
E. E. Hoskins
Floyd Ratliff
Wilson Myers
Georgia Ramsaye
Jean McKone
Pred Papenhausen
C. W. Corlett
E. B. Wooten
John Cline
Methodist Ladies Aid Society
John Johnson
L. C. Cox
Patricia Havens - Monteagle
San Francisco
Associated Press
Tonite
William Powell
Myrna Loy
Evelyn Prentice
Mighty Pictures
the King OF
Cowboys
John Wayne
and Robert Taylor
Jean Parker
Ted Healy
Harlan Leonard
Rocketshot
Harlem
East Side
Sunset Club
Dick Powell
Ruby Keeler
Henry Santrey
Union Cab CO
Ernest Tingle Gienn Watkins
Nova Pilbeam
Friend
Victor Jory
Jean Arthur
Unit No
Unit
Zane Grey
DUDE
Geo. O’brien
Buck Jones
Paramount
Pierces
the & Skies
Francis Lederer
Frances Dee
Jayhawk Theatre
Court House
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