Wentworth Crushes Buckner 51 to 6 in Foot Ball Showdown
Buckner Athletic Club football team travels to Lexington where the cadets host a training friendly. Sam mies score repeatedly in the second half as Wentworth dominates 51 to 6 after a tight 12 to 6 halftime. Also reports a wedding: Miss Anne Marrs wed Lieut Harry Wheeler Boardman at the Christian church in Lexington with reception follows. Boardman assigned at Ft Sill Oklahoma.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buckner Athletic Club
Buckner
Lexington
Wentworth
Anne Marrs
William S. Marrs
Harry Wheeler Boardman
Lawton
Oklahoma
Baxter Waters
Christian Church
Ruth Field
Higginsville
William J. Bandon
Lohengrin
Lieut. Boardman
C. J. Ristine
B. C. Gordon
C. L. Wilson, Jr
New Automobile Agency Opens in Lexington With Allen Car
William Palmer Jr introduces in Lexington an automobile that should sell on sight the Allen. Palmer will also handle the Jack son. Remember the name and buy no other.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Automobile Agency
William Palmer, Jr
Lexington
Benvenuto and Partington Wed in Waverly Office
Mr Oberto Benvenuto and Miss Annie Partington both of Waverly were married Saturday afternoon in the probate judge S N Wilsons office with the judge officiating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benvenuto-Partington
Oberto Benvenuto
Annie Partington
Waverly
S. N. Wilson
Man Hunted Rabbits Struck by Stray Shot
William Lukenbill was hit in the right eye by a stray shot while hunting rabbits Sunday. He was rushed to a Kansas City hospital where doctors removed his eye.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Lukenbill
Kansas City
Higginsville visitors spend Sunday with Higginsville residents
Mrs Chas McPheters and daughter Miss Virgie and Miss Etta Trusdale of Higginsville spent Sunday here with Mr and Mrs Henry Meyer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas, McPheters
Virgie
Etta Trusdale
Higginsville
Henry Meyer
Marriage Licenses Issued In Recent Period
A list of marriage license issuances includes Arthur Schowering of Swiss Mo with Annie Schwartz of Wellington, Jess Van Pool of Mayview with Grace V Grizzrell of Mayview, Louis Luejen of Concordia with Erva Jungklaus of Concordia, Harry W Boardman of Lawton Oklahoma with Anne May Marrs of Lexington, Felice Bardone of Lexington with Nellie Free of Lexington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Schowering
Annie Schwartz
Wellington
Jess van Pool
Mayview
Grace V. Grizzrell
Colored Men Ordered to Entrain for Camp Funston
The local exemption board has received orders to mobilize twenty colored men to entrain for Camp Funston on or about the 27th of this month.
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Camp Funston
Certified district board men listed for Lafayette county quota
The following men were certified by the district board to the local board for military service as part of Lafayette county's quota. Watson John of Higgineville, William Lukenbill of Lexington, Alva Batchellor of Lexington, Charlie Parker of Waverly, Claud Branson of Alma, Giles Massey of Wellington, Benjamin Franklin Hunter of Lexington, Hugo Sodeman of Concordia, William Graham of Lexington, Arthur Stahl of Concordia, Andrew Leuck of Napoleon, Harry Bradley of Lexington, Frank Brooks of Lexington, Thomas Carter of Wellington, Florida Anderson of Mayview, Charles Wood of Dover, Leroy Clark of Lexington, Clarence Rausberger of Aullville, Ernest Peters of Waverly, Alfred Schroeder of Concordia, John Sims of Lexington, Virgie Mitchell of Lexington, Lee White of Oak Grove. EXEMPTED. George Noland of Bates City, Sam Handley of Ruthvile, William Knoche of Napoleon.
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Lafayette County
Watson John
Higgineville
William Lukenbill
Lexington
Alva
A. Batchellor
Charlie Parker
Waverly
Claud Branson
Alma
Giles Joseph Massey
Wellington
Benj
Franklin Hunter
Lex
Hugo H. Sodeman
Concordia
William Graham
Arthur W. Stahl
Andrew Jackson Leuck
Napoleon
Harry Bradley
Frank Brooks
Thomas E. Carter
Florida
Anderson
Mayview
Charles Albert Wood
Dover
Leroy I. Clark
Clarence Rausberger
Aullville
Ernest Peters
Alfred E. Schroeder
John F. Sims
Virgie T. Mitchell
Lee Franklin White
Oak Grove
Death in Company A Kinchloe at Fort Sill
R P Kinchloe of Company A stationed at Fort Sill Oklahoma died at 25 from typhoid fever. He was son of Leon Kinchloe of Mayview and is survived by four brothers and one sister Walter Laurence Fountain Curtis and Mrs Ben Sanders of Mayview. Body to be buried at Mayview after funeral. This marks second Company A death since leaving Lexington. William Smith died at Camp Clark weeks earlier.
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R. P. Kinchloe
Fort Sill
Oklahoma
Kinchloe
Leon Kinchloe
Mayview
Walter
Laurence
Fountain
Curtis
Ben Sanders
Lexington
William Smith
Camp Clark
Haskell Reserves to Meet Cadets in Saturday Football
Saturday afternoon the Haskell Reserves will play the Cadets in a football game at 3 15. Haskell usually brings regulars to challenge the soldiers and the event is expected to be lively with a pestiferous fracas likely. Admission is three dimes and one nickel.
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Haskell
Bollmeyer v Eagle Mill suit ends with verdict for defendant
The case of William S Bollmeyer v Eagle Mill and Elevator Co of Higginsville for 5000 damages, begun in circuit court Monday, concluded Tuesday morning with a jury verdict for the defendant. Plaintiff represented by Aull & Aull, defendant by Charles Lyons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William S’. Bollmeyer
Eagle Mill & Elevator Company
Higginsville
Aull & Aull
Charles Lyons
Banner Corn Crop Meeting in Lafayette County
Mr. Rusk of the University of Missouri will visit Higginsville on Friday October 19 to discuss ways and means for raising a banner corn crop in 1918. At least one representative from each Farm Club is urged to attend, with as many farmers as possible present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rusk
University of Missouri
Higginsville
Lafayette County
Second Liberty Loan subscription closes October 27
Citizens are urged to enroll in the patriotic service by submitting names to local banks by October 25. The notice emphasizes duty and enlisting as a civic obligation during the war effort.
Local social notes from Corder and surrounding towns
Mr and Mrs J L Hitt were Lexington visitors Monday. Mrs Leonard Kramer visited in Concordia several days last week. Homer Sueser spent Sunday in Kansas City with his wife in Wesley hospital. The Corder basketball team defeated Waverly 44 to 5 at Waverly. Various residents visited Kansas City Concordia Wright City Odessa Chicago Edgerton and Lee's Summit. many guests and travelers are listed with local hosts and trips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. L. Hitt
Lexington
Leonard Kramer
Concordia
Homer Sueser
Kansas City
Wesley Hospital
H. Morgan
John Corbin
Corder
Waverly
Walter Hester
Aullville
Dr. Moore
D. G. Jackson
Daniel
Harve Kleinschmidt
Wright City
J. H. Frerking
Odessa
Fred Brown
Leeds
Leon Lewis
H. T. Winn
Walter Scott
Edgerton
Kansas
Julius Kolster
Hilbert Hoffman
Camp Funston
Willard Sims
Lee's Summitt
Carlton
Vic Roggers
Chicago
Ed Armbruster
Nebraska
L. H. Lewis
Chiles
Higginsville
Missessia
Mildred Sanders
Hackley
Eugenia Roberts
Maud Perry
C. (. Perry
Ed Woods
Raid on Tenth Street dive nets two liquor violators
Sunday officers raided a Tenth street dive and arrested Ambros Marrs and Florence Steemer, both colored, for selling liquor without a permit. They were fined 100 dollars each plus costs and jailed for nonpayment. Saturday, Oscar Shupee was arrested for selling liquor to cadets, with a 100 dollar fine plus costs and imprisonment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ambros Marrs
Florence Steemer
Oscar Shupee
Death of a Child in Mine Area
Martin W. Stocker, two year old son of Mr and Mrs James H Stocker, died Monday from meningitis near the Plattenburg mine. Funeral from the home Tuesday at 10 a m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin W. Stocker
James H. Stoccker
Plattenburg
Mrs Snyder and Mrs Edwards Visit Hodge Saturday
Mrs Snyder and Mrs Edwards traveled to Hodge on Saturday for a social visit. The note mentions Comfort and economy as features of Cole's Hot Blast Heaters and urges readers to choose them for happy homes. Mrs Henry Salyers returned to Higginsville Friday night after a visit with relatives here.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. (. Snyder
Jesse Edwards
Hodge
Cole
Henry Salyers
Higginsville
No Fall Hog Sale Declared by A P Young
A P Young states there will be no fall sale of hogs and that he will conduct private sales of spring pigs a few sows and one extra two year old boar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. P. Young
Liberty Loan Bonds Subscription Drive Urges Citizens
The Lexington Banks solicit subscriptions to the Second Liberty Loan bonds in denominations from fifty dollars, bearing four percent interest and tax exempt. Subscriptions must be in by October 25, 1917. Banks and agencies nationwide work to buy and distribute bonds, appealing to all citizens to support those at the front and witness to their children where they stood in the crisis.
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Lexington
Also Mentioned on This Page
Boardman-Marrs
Boardman
Ft. Sill
Louis Luejen
Concordia Erva Jungklaus
Harry W. Boardman
Okla
Anne May Marrs
Felice Bardone
Lexington Nellie Free
Lexigton
Lambert Dumber Company
George Noland
Bates City
Sam B. Handley
Ruthvile
William, F. Knoche
Bollmeyer
Liberty
Lexington Savings Bank
Traders Bank
Morrison-Wentworth Bank
Edison
Thomas A. Edison
Mr. Edison
Pho
New Edison
New York Globe
New York Tribune
Westerman & Barnett Drug Co
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