26 Mar 1920
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Newspaper
Narka News
Location
Narka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1920
Page
1
Local residents in Haddam Fairbury and surrounding towns exchange visits and social calls. Names include John Paulichek Albert Pucket Raymond Thatt and Chas Wilkinson among many others with family gatherings and Sunday meals.
The Republic County Teachers Association hosted the annual spelling contest at the courthouse Saturday under county superintendent Miss Mary Jansky. Scores of schoolchildren from nearly every district participated as judges and local businesses donated premiums for top finishers across all grades.
For sale or will trade for a good second hand runabout the McGea property in Narka Kansas. For information inquiries contact The State Bank at Narka Kansas.
We thank friends and neighbors for kindness and sympathy after our bereavement and for the many floral offerings. Mr and Mrs Frank Kramer and Children express gratitude. Georeg Peters visits sisters this week. Mr Fd Holley traveled to Fairbury Tuesday evening. Ella Edwards spent a capon with Mrs Hi her.
Miss Ollie May Canfield of this city wed Carl Ray Witt of Newe Oklahoma on March 20 1920 in a surprise ceremony. Mrs Witt is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Arthur Canfield and is known locally. Witt is the son of Mr and Mrs Samuel Witt of Howe Oklahoma and has worked at the Canfield restaurant. They plan to reside here presently and friends extend warm congratulations.
Miss Ruth FL Richard of Aurora Kansas married Bernard B. Conlee at the probate court by the probate fadeve pro tem on Saturday March 20 1920. Miss Alasta Novotny of Narka and Mr Robert PF Zlah of Plymouth Nebraska married by Probate Judge Van Natta on Wednesday March 24 1920. The couple will reside in Jefferson County Nebraska.
No license was issued in probate action on March 19 naming Ralph Te Handles and Viola Teiektia of Aweed. refers to Munden and related parties in the matter.
A meeting of alfalfa growers was held at Norway township hall on March 27 to discuss pest control, and direct producer to consumer sales. P P Hammer was elected president, Candie Hanser treasurer, M Stenson secretary, with a three member rules committee.
Mrs Gleason would receive 4000 in settlement from the Rock Island Railway for the death of her husband Henry Gleason who was killed when struck by a Rock Island train in Belleville last winter. John Gleason, administrator Henry Douglas handling the estate reports a claim agent was in Belleville and the offer is expected to be accepted.
W. J. Bryan predicts Democratic senators will not turn Article Ten of the Peace Treaty into a campaign issue. He says taking on responsibility for it would be a personal crisis for them.
Adelaide and Tony Round Grove Novak spent Tuesday evening with Mr. and Mrs. John Cerny and family. Joe Cerny and son Stanley dined Sunday with Frank Cerny. Grandma Cerny visited Saturday with multiple Cerny relatives and friends. Mollie Libbie Cerny and Bessie Fiala attended a spelling contest in Betleville on Saturday.
Dr W A Shaw has bought the Broadway lot between Lewis Garage and Hostetler Bros store and will erect a double office building this spring to serve his dental practice with some space for rent. He notes high material and labor costs but believes building costs may not fall for years if ever. Earl Woodward comments on wartime saddle purchases by the current administration.
Clarke P Johnson and his father Ed Johnson of this city farm in Sheridan county. Clarke has been in charge of the land this spring and will continue to work the farm, visiting with his father after purchasing an Overland Four touring car from A Q Miller & Son on Tuesday.
John W. Cory, a pioneer and one of Republic county’s first settlers, died Monday at 1 40 pm at his daughter’s home in Concordia. He came to the county on March 17 1862 with his father, homesteaded near Talmo, later moved life to Concordia, and lived with his daughter since his wife's death four years ago. He was 70 years old on February 11, 1920. He leaves two daughters and seven sons. Funeral services were held in Concordia with interment at Zion cemetery north of Talmo.
Francis M Bush born in Van Buren County Iowa March 30 183? moved with family to Wayne County later enlisted in Iowa cavalry and infantry serving in Pea Ridge Arkansas and Civil War campaigns. Married Elizabeth Webb in 1865 with three children, two of whom predeceased him. He operated mercantile businesses in Chillicothe and Belleville Missouri before retiring in 1909. An auto accident preceded a prolonged illness ending in death March 20 1920 at age 77 years 11 months 20 days.
Jennie Ester Black of Randolph County Illinois born February 15 died March 1920 at home in Belleville Kansas at age 60. She married Mitchell BamTaito and leaves two sons, six sisters and two brothers. Funeral March 24 at 2 30 p m from the Belleville home with J F Way officiating. Burial in Belleville cemetery.
Franklin C. Kramel was born in Republic County Kansas on July 18 B6 and died in Albuquerque New Mexico on March 16 1920 at age 33 7 28. He attended Narka school and graduated from Omaha Business College in 1905 then worked as a bookkeeper for Farar Davis Live Stock Commission Co Kansas City for two years. He later worked for an eastern order buyer until illness prompted a move to the Presbyterian sanitorium in Albuquerque where he remained about 383 months before his death. His body was shipped to Narka for funeral at the M E Church on Sunday at 2 pm with Rev C J Beddy preaching and a quartet providing music.
James Monroe Currie was born in Republic County Kansas on February 8 1871. He died March 17 aged 49 years 1 month and 8 days. He married Emma J Gane on November 1 1890.
William Jennings Bryan denounces the treaty defeat as a colossal crime and warns of chaos at home and abroad. Senator Spencer assigns responsibility to President Wilson, says the treaty is dead, and calls for an immediate end to the war and ratification on new terms.
An Overland 4 stock car set an unofficial world mileage record for a light car by driving 5,492.15 miles in seven days and nights on suburban roads in Indianapolis. Drivers averaged 32 12 miles per hour over 24 hours, with gasoline mileage at 20.24 miles per gallon.
Ingraham of Belleville Kansas Charlie Currie of Belleville Kansas and Mrs Harvey Highe of Belleville Kansas are named in a funeral notice. He joined the United Brethren church in 1902. Funeral services were held at Highland Baptist Church on Thursday March 9 with interment in a nearby cemetery.
The two year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Fisher drowned in a water tank on their Republic area farm on Friday March 19, 1920. He was buried in Republic on Saturday March 20 with several siblings, parents, and relatives left to mourn.
Gene Maxon aged four months and twenty days died at her parents home in Narke Thursday. The brief notice records the infant’s death and location, with no additional cause or funeral details provided.
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