Local News Items From Narka and Surrounding Areas
Vif Molle Strand of Munden spent last Friday night and Saturday at the Austin Peters home. Miss Pansy Peters visited Mahaska with her sister Mrs Leo Love over the weekend. Trains 37 38 and 7 8 were removed affecting mail service. Dr G H Newton Eye Ear Nose and Throat at Mailbury Nebr listed. Mrs Ed Dettman learned her father Mr Sailsbury ill in Missouri. Christmas apples offered by Walter Love at Mahaska with Best Winesaps and Fancy large Yoru Imperial priced per bushel and per pound. Dr and Mrs West began Colorado trip but were snowbound at McCook and returned on No 6.
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Molle Strand of Munden
Austin Peters
Pansy Peters
Mahaska
Mrs
Leo Love
Walter Love
Gold Mine Farm thrives north of Sherdahl under irrigation
Bernard L. Ewing near Sherdahl named his Gold Mine Farm a forty acre tract by the Republican river. A strong irrigation system supplies ample water for garden truck watermelons broom corn and vegetables grown for the Rock Island dining car service at Belleville and other customers. The family profits from fresh vegetables and broom corn production bolster his seasonal income.
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Rernard L. Ewing
Sherdahl
Republican river
Ewing
Rock Island company
Belleville
Courtland Mayor Issues Strict Fuel Conservation Orders
Mayor J W Smith of Courtland imposes conservation rules advising business men to save fuel and allow only garages rooming houses and restaurants to open 8 30 a m and close by 5 p m. Schools churches may close later and public meetings be prohibited.
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J.W. Smith
Courtland
Children travel from California to Hardy for funeral
Two children aged 9 and 13, late Ed Rice’s offspring, journeyed from California to Hardy Nebraska to be with relatives for the funeral. They traveled without trouble despite the long trip.
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Ed Rice
California
Golden State
Hardy
Nebraska
Odell School District Event December 17
Odell School District No 17 invites the public to a Wednesday evening event on December 17. People are urged to attend and bring items for MAE SWIERCINSKY and PUPILS.
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Odell School District No
MAE SWIERCINSKY
Narka School Notes On Attendance And Classroom Activity
Absent Miss Lorene Hudson due to her mother's illness and one student missing Monday reflect overall good attendance. Students cleaned rooms, added Christmas decorations, and studied classics like The Deerslayer while preparing for a December teachers meeting in Belleville. The basketball teams split with Hubbell, while a citizenship class and soil science experiments highlighted diverse learning.
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Cooper
Belleville
Narka
Hubbell
Guinn
Jehlik
Cuba
Kansas
United States
Death of O C Houghton in Topeka State Sanitarium
O C Houghton died on December 3 1919 at the State Sanitarium in Topeka after a period of illness. He was an uncle of Mrs. Bud Huntington. Funeral arrangements had not been made at the time.
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QO. C. Houghton
O. C. Houghton
State Sanitarium
Topeka
Houghton
Bud Huntington
Belleville Cartoonist Jeff Machamer Heads to New York
Jeff Machamer, a prominent Kansas City Star artist based in Belleville for two years, visits family and Belleville friends before moving to New York. He has received several offers, including one from Albert T. Reid of Kansas, to join in new work for the Republican National Committee and other projects. If they team up, Kansas artists could gain strong national attention as Old New York watches their progress.
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Jeff Machamer
New York
the
Kansas City Star
D. L. Machamer
Belleville
Jeff
Star
Albert T. Reid
Kansas
Republican National Committee
Machamer
Reid
Kanges
Dov
Methodists to Cut Wood for Church as Coal Wanes
The Methodist Sunday school Men's class volunteers to cut wood for church use as coal supplies run low. They planned to start Tuesday morning but Monday's storm delayed progress until the snow settles.
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Methodist Sunday school
Court Adopts Morning Closures To Conserve Coal
The County courthouse will close mornings starting Thursday with offices opening at one o clock to conserve coal. Officials say the building has fifteen days of heat under normal conditions, but strike duration is uncertain.
B and M Passenger Trains Stopped on Coal Shortage
The Burlington line will suspend passenger service on the Chester to Fairmont branch due to a coal shortage. Hebron loses its connection to the main line except for a daily freight trip, slashing out of town trade and harming local merchants.
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B& M
Burlington
Chester
Fairmont
Hebron
Register—Recorder
Freeman's Sells Velocipedes and Sleds for Christmas
In Fairbury Freeman's features velopede and coaster wagon bargains for Christmas. The store highlights bicycles and sleds suitable for children and families with seasonal pricing and limited stock.
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Freeman’s
Fairbury
Death of Hannah Nixon at Belleville
Hannah Nixon died at her brother's home in Belleville on Monday December 8 at age 76 years 2 months 5 days. She was a devout Christian and among four siblings to pass in the past year. Surviving brothers are S. F. Nixon Munden D. A. Nixon Belleville I. E. Nixon Belleville and George Nixon Roy Washington. Funeral services were held December 10 at the Christian church at 2 a.m. Rev. J. F. Hay officiated with burial in Belleville Cemetery.
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Hannah Nixon
Belleville
Nixon
S. F. Nixon
Munden
D. A. Nixon
I. E. Nixon
George Nixon
Roy
Washington
Alfalfa Hay Boom Lifts Rural Markets
Considerable alfalfa hay is shipped from Republic and neighboring counties to large markets. Last year’s crop was generally good and farmers selling it report strong profits. Some fields even paid for the land on which the alfalfa grew.
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Republic
Virginia publishers call for smaller papers amid paper shortage
Virginia newspaper publishers met in Richmond and adopted resolutions urging a reduced newspaper size due to a severe paper shortage. The situation was described as acute with many papers near suspension of publication.
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Virginia
Richmond
Lyon County Awards Contract for Santa Fe Trail Road
The Lyon County commissioners let the first 4 1 2 miles of a 25 mile paved road along the new Santa Fe trail. McCoy and Taylor of Emporia won with a bid of 184738 dollars. The road will be two course concrete Capitol.
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Emporia
Lyon County
McCoy & Taylor
Tax Records Show Large Farm Tax Payment by Peter Kahlman
Retired farmer Peter Kahlman of Scandia region paid about $1,000 in taxes on his multiple farms this year. The Steve McKay place, occupied by his son Edward, sits west of Rydal and yielded $500 in rent, covering half the total farm taxes. Edward Kahlman’s crops were chiefly wheat and oats, with 18 bushels of wheat and 50 bushels of oats per acre.
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Peter Kahlman
Scandia
Steve McKay
American Legion Meeting Important business December 17 1919
The American Legion Robert E. Gordon Post No 1 Belleville Kansas calls a meeting on Wednesday December 17 1919 at the I O O F hall. All ex service men and members are urged to attend and bring a guest. Commander Paul M Scott urges participation.
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American Legion
Salvation Army Fund Receives Big Bend Township Donation
Big Bend township contributes 155.95 to the Salvation Army Fund, supporting local relief efforts.
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Salvation Army
Big Bend township
Freeman's Bed and Mattress Sale in Fairbury
Freemans in Fairbury offers fine new wood beds for 16.00 and new cotton mattresses for 13.50 with a focus on affordable bedroom furnishings.
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FREEMAN’S
Fairbury
Minersville Mines Reopen After Years of Closure
Coal mines at Minersville near Talmo, abandoned long ago, have reopened and resumed production. Managers aim to supply nearby towns with high quality coal, a resource once sought by farmers and residents from miles around. Located near the Cloud Republic county line, prior railroad limits led to their closure.
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Minersville
Talmo
Cloud-Republic county
Stock Feeding Near Cuba
Cuba and vicinity is a real stock center the present winter many of the farmers having as many as eighty or one hundred head of cattle hogs mules and horses on full feed in their lots. Keep competition is on in the buying of corn and other feed. Some stockmen though they raised not a single kernel of corn themselves fortunately bought early and escaped the present high prices which are now a great deal higher local feeders bidding and buying corn from local farmers at from 1.30 to 1.50 per bushel.
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Cuba
Will Drill for Oil South of Town
Machinery arrives for a test well on the Ben Hillman farm seven miles south of town. A D Teasley has turned over 6000 acres in the area to Ed Eakins of Chanute and Robert Eadie of Los Angeles. The contract calls for a test well at least 3000 feet deep. geologists deem the anticline there one of the region’s most perfect.
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Ben Hillman
A. D. Teasley
Ed Eakins
Chanute
Robert Eadie
Los Angeles
Concordia Iess
George Young Marries Ida May Ross at Kansas City
George Young vice president of the Drovers National Bank wed Ida May Ross daughter of Mrs M W Ross Kansas City last Friday. He previously worked as a state bank examiner in northwestern Kansas before joining the Drovers National Bank. The couple will reside in Kansas City Missouri after a California vacation.
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Drovers
George Young
Drovers National bank
Mr. Young
Ida May Ross
M. W. Ross
Kansas City
Young
Belleville
Kas
state bank
Kansas
California
Mrs. Young
Missouri
House panel sets 300,000 Army force plan
The house military subcommittee led by Rep Anthony approved a peacetime regular army of 300 000 with 18 000 officers and 250 000 combat troops as the framework of the army organization bill.
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Washington
house
Anthony
Republican
Kansas
Ralph Collins Sustains Eye Burn in Thawing Accident
Ralph Collins son of Ernest Collins suffered a deep facial burn when a gas torch flared while he tried to thaw radiators of a car. The eye area was burned but doctors say vision remains unaffected and no lasting impairment is expected.
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Ralph Collins
Ernest Collins
Land prices climb in Narka area as estates sell
In the Narka neighborhood a parcel of unimproved land with a well sold for 125 per acre and an adjoining tract with no improvements brought 120 per acre. The Arrasmith family of Belleville inherited the land and arranged the sale to close the estate.
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Narka
Arrasmith
Belleville
Newspapers Keep Rates Steady For Now Amid Rising Costs
Daily and weekly papers nationwide announce subscription hikes due to higher white paper costs but promise no increase yet. Publishers urge overdue or expiring subscriptions to renew by mail check money order or phone to advance renewal dates.
Doll buggies and livestock for sale at Freeman's Fairbury
For sale listing shows doll buggies priced from 1.25 to 4.50 at Freeman's in Fairbury. Also available a team of geldings aged 11 and 12, weight 8400, plus a two year old red polled milking cow. Contact 565 or see Chas Canfield.
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FREEMAN'S
Fairbury
Chas. Canfield
Kansas Press In Danger Shortage Of News Print Told By Publishers
Twenty five Kansas newspaper men met at the Savoy hotel to address a critical shortage of print paper and plan a fairer distribution. The gathering, called by J C Mack of the Kansas Printing Co, followed a November Wichita meeting amid labor concerns and rising print costs. Leaders warned that continued scarcity forces loaning paper between papers and urged mills to allocate supplies to avert suspensions.
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Kansas City
Kansas
Savoy hotel
J. C. Mack
Kansas’ Printing company
Kansas Republican
Newton
Wichita
Bell
Special Legislative Session Opens In Topeka
Governor Allen calls a special session of the legislature to convene January 5 in Topeka to address the coal receivership labor problems profiteering and the creation of an industrial court for capital and labor disputes.
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Allen
Topeka
Rock Island Trains Cancelled Across Region
Rock Island railroad annulled four trains through Belleville on a fuel conservation order from headquarters. Trains No 7 and 8 Omaha to Colorado, No 5 and 34 Belleville to Goodland, with one headquarters move to Belleville, plus Trains 56 and 37 Omaha to McFarland cancelled effective Sunday.
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Belleville
Rock Island railroad
National Committee
Omaha
Colorado
Goodland
Nebraska
McFarland
Rock Island
Indict Winnipeg Strike Leaders on Sedition Charges
The grand jury returned true bills against eight alleged leaders of the Winnipeg general strikes this spring. Indictments charge seditious conspiracy and the grand jury report labels the victims as public nuisances.
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Winnipeg
Mann
grand jury
vic
Respect for Law by Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln warns that danger comes from within and urges adherence to law. He calls for universal reverence for legal duty taught from youth to ensure the nation survives.
Coal Peace Terms Hidden as Miners Accept Likely End to Strike
Indianapolis December 8 The coal strike should end tomorrow with bituminous mines resuming normal output. Leaders say a compromise proposal will be adopted at a miners meeting and by the United Mine Workers of America leadership. A commission appointed by President Wilson would set future wages, while the 14 percent Garfield rise remains in effect until altered.
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Indianapolis
international executive board
bealh committee
United Mine Workers of America
Lewis
Palmer
Garfield
Wilson
Kansas Senator Curtis Calls for Debate Clamp in Senate
Senator Curtis of Kansas proposes a rules amendment to end endless debate in the Senate. After five days or ten hours of discussion any senator could move to close debate by majority vote. He argues lengthy talks delay action and favors cloture on treaties if necessary.
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Washington
Curtis
Kansas
senate
Would Stand Alone in Defense of American Liberty
Senator Albert B. Cummins of Iowa argues for an America that defends liberty to choose its path, respects conscience, and remains devoted to protecting its own people while influencing world affairs.
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America
Albert B. Cummins
Iowa
Cold Wave Hits Northern Kansas With Subzero Temperatures
A cold wave plunges northern Kansas to 10 to 12 degrees below zero Tuesday morning. Snow accompanies the chill and the harsh weather worsens coal and transportation issues. Threshing lingers and corn husking has begun in the region.
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Kansas
Duty to support Governor Allen coal relief urged
Public opinion backs Governor Allen and his coal relief efforts amid an emergency causing suffering. The piece warns against groups seeking selfish advantage by blocking relief, calling them foes to the public good.
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Allen
Kansas
Subscription sale at Freeman's Fairhugy store
Local ad offers subscriptions to all newspapers and magazines at reduced rates with Cedar Chests priced from 16.50 to 18.00 to close out. Message asks if your subscription is paid.
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FREEMAN'S
Fairhugy
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