Narrow Escape While Returning From Picnic Faces Crash
A Ford carrying Claude Powell and companions overturned at Sixteenth and Main after hitting a dog and curbing. Occupants, including Misses Mattie and Mary Marquis and Edwin Wallace, survived with minor injuries. Also reports Rankin family returning to Hardin area and the death of Paul Reinhard in Arapaho Oklahoma with surviving relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baptist
Sixteenth
Main Streets
Claude Powell
David
Mattie
Mary Marquis
Maud Bates
Frances Hannah
Edwin Wallace
Lee Wallace
Paul B. Rankin
Henrietta Country
Clearwater
Florida
Dr. Stapp
Hardin
Morton Country
Mann-Howe Wedding Held at Bride’s Home in Wellington
John C. Mann son of Dr. John Mann of Wellington and Edna Lorene Howe daughter of Mrs. Sallie Howe were married Thursday at 5 PM at the bride’s mother home 1314 South Street with Rev. J E Alexander officiating. They planned an extended eastward trip after the ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John C. Mann
John Mann
Wellington
Edna Lorene Howe
Sallie Howe
South Street
J. E. Alexander
Freight car robbery leads to confessions in Missouri town
Early Saturday Marshal Seitz surprised James and Ralph Maxwell looting a freight car on Missouri Pacific tracks. James surrendered. Ralph fled and was arrested Monday. Many items including Camel cigarettes and Prince Albert tobacco were recovered. The Maxwells confessed, and the cache was found. The case plus multiple divorces and local notices fill the report, with deaths noted for William Isreal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall Seitz
James
Ralph Maxwell
Ralph
Ter
South St
Marshal Seitz
Prince Albert Tobacco
O. C. Willson
Lexington
Here
Kansas City
Criminal Court
Auto Runs Over Buggy on Main Near Chinn's Corner
Saturday night about midnight Vardis driving his automobile rear ended a buggy going east on Main near Chinn's corner. Ed ward Gieséke in the buggy was badly cut bruised but alive. The buggy was demolished and a passenger with Vardis used his head to avert further tragedy. Authorities should urge Vardis to dispose of his car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Auto
Vardis
Main
Chinn's Corner
Edward Gieséke
Engagement Announced for Miss Elizbeth Eckle
Dr and Mrs Walter R Eckle announce the engagement of their daughter Miss Elizabeth Eckle to James Preston Cole of St Louis MO The wedding is set for Wednesday July 7 1920 in the local notice style of a historical newspaper
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Winters
Corder
George
Roy Williams
Kansas City
Lulu Miller
Ogda McGrew
Warrenburg
Walter Mitchell
Olin Martin
W. R. Mitchell
L. F. O'Bryant
Rank
Mexico
George Allbright
Frank Bork, Jr
Wichita
Kansas
Margaret McGrew
William England
Leroy Naylor
Fred Selle
Florence
Willow Crest Hospital
Naomi
Elizabeth England
Palmore Brown
Muskogee
Oklo
Walter R. Eckle
Elizabeth
James Preston Cole
St. Louis
Buried Gold Quest At Lexington Ends With Rebuff
Three strangers and a local recruit hunted for sixty thousand dollars in Civil War era treasure after a Kansas City Post feature, but were turned away by Mrs. W. G. McCausland on Highland avenue. A charity note follows about Recreation Clubs For Girls organized by Daughters of American Revolution with YWCA aid, listing schedules for sports and activities at local schools and centers. Also mentions church conference in Warrensburg and a marriage license issued for John Mapn and Edna Lorene Howe in Lexington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lexington
Kansas City Post
W. G. McCausland
Highland Avenue
Daughters of American Revolution
All Girls of
Lela A. Johnson
Garvin
Gwendolen
Warrensburg
The
Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of L
Paul Reinhard Dies at Home Near Arapaho Oklahoma
Paul Reinhard died at his home near Arapaho Oklahoma on June 18 1920 from heart failure. Born in Louisville Kentucky he moved to Missouri as a child with his parents. He was a Cumberland Presbyterian church member a devoted husband and father and leaves a wife one son and one daughter. Not just but gone before.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Isreal
Georgia
Missouri
Harriet Jenkins
James
Independence
William
Waverly
Arthur Robertson
Kansas City
Frank McClue
Alma
Presbyterian Church
Puckett
Waverly Cemetery
Paul Reinhard
Arapaho
Okla
Louisville
Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Lexington Athletica routs Higginsville 20 to 3 in Sunday game
Lexington Athletica defeated Higginsville 20 to 3 in a one sided baseball clash Sunday. Lexington surged ahead with early scoring and maintained the lead throughout the contest. Higginsville struggled to contain the visitors and could not recover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lexington
Higginsville
the Athletica
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Ford
John Morrison & Sons
Ford Cars
Fordson Tractors
Main St
Lexington, Mo
Rankins
Ray
Oklahoma
Jacob Reinhard
Seattle
Washington
Emma
Minnie Reinhard
Lexington Savings Bank
Lexington, Missouri
Circuit Court Proceedings
Lafayette Reed
Nora Reed
Louise Wray
Sidney W. Ray
Fred Bronson
Mary Bron
Dick Woodward
Marguerite
C. E. Whitaker
West Virginia
Mary Chittick
Robt. Chittick
Colonel Anderson
Ella Anderson
Mary F. Williams
Forest D. Williams
Mamie Whitsett
Fred Whitsett
Flora Grimes
Herbert Grimes
Mamie Bowers
John W. Bowers
Rose Fletcher
Jas
Fletch
Abel Bretz
Jessie Pearl Bretz
Fred Tisby
Mary Tisby
Murray Jackson
Carrie Jackson
Lena Shafer
Edward Sha- Cellie Briggs
Ralph Biggs
Marie Saling
Louis L. Saling
Lafayette County Trust Co
Federal Reserve System
Lafayette County
Elizabeth Young
W. M. Barnett
Cliffie Dillingham
C. A. Pettit
Seay
Thi Saha
Caroline Field
Emory Todhunter
Theresa Wilson
Percy Aull
Lambert Lumber Company
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