Postmaster announces reconditioned stamp machine in lobby
A notice states the Wachinie stamp machine in the old building lobby has been reconditioned and placed in operation to serve until the new machine arrives and is installed in the screen line panel beside mailing slots. Also references local ads for services and Elks Club bridge winners, and a three day Jehovah’s Witness assembly in Topeka with delegates from 21 congregations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. J. Cum. “Mings
Jehovah’s Witnesses
Ottawa
Topeka
Kansas City
Lawrence
Kansas
Big Smorgasbord and community notices span Ottawa region
Weekly rail totals show slight declines from last year as Santa Fe System carloads reach 34405 and connections add 11458. Community events include a turkey dinner bazaar at Pomona Meth Church on Nov 20, Princeton Club meeting Nov 22, and a veterans aid rep visiting Ottawa City Hall in December. Also listed are Lane IOOF Hall pie and box supper Nov 22, a deer collision on US 59 near Garnett, and a police bicycle find at 5th and Walnut.
Hospital Notes Admits births and discharges listed
Admissions include Mrs Jerry Brown RFD 4 Mrs Wilbur Rader Wellsville Mrs Minnie Bogart 309 S Mulberry Monday Births to Mr and Mrs Francis Comstock Melvern a daughter Monday weight 6 lb 9 oz Discharges list Mrs Hoyle Runnells and baby son 629 N Hickory Mrs Kenneth Watts RFD 3 Ralph Crawford 634 S Oak Mrs Sadie Ely 410 W 2nd Monday Mrs Clara Klein 317 S Hickory Mrs James Gragg Rantoul Mrs Anthony Godinez and baby daughter 616 N Locust Mrs Francis Fanner and baby daughter RFD 2 Melvern Tuesday
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Jerry Brown
RFD
Wilbur Rader
Wellsville
Minnie Bogart
Mulberry
Jimmie Morton
Hoyle Runnells
Hickory
Kenneth Watts
Ralph Crawford
Oak
Sadie Ely
Clara Klein
James Gragg
Rantoul
Anthony Godinez
Francis Fanner
Melvern
Funeral rites for Curtis W Newcomer held at Towner Chapel
Curtis W Newcomer died Nov 15. Services at Towner Chapel Nov 18 with Rev Les Rempel officiating. Honorary pallbearers Edgar Baker Paul Steinman Active pallbearers H E May Roy Woods Elroy Kaub John Sargent Ray Angleton Wayne DeWald. Burial Highland Cemetery. Sharon Rempel sang with J M Kilgore at piano. G Jerry Groves Fremont Neb formerly of Ottawa died yesterday in Fremont Hospital after illness. Funeral details include rosary tonight and burial in Fremont.
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Curtis W. Newcomer
Towner Chapel
Les Rempel
Edgar Baker
Paul Steinman
H. E. May
Roy Woods
Elroy Kaub
John Sargent
Ray Angleton
Wayne DeWald
Sharon Rempel
J. M. Kilgore
Highland Cemetery
Jerry’? Groves
Fremont
Neb
Ottawa
Gamble
Otto
Darlene Brown
Deaths Andrea Lea Smith and Robert James Taylor
Andrea Lea Smith infant daughter of Donald Wayne and Opal Stoffer Smith died at 4 15 a m in Ransom Memorial Hospital two hours after birth Relatives meet at Towner Chapel Wednesday 10 a m to drive to Evergreen Mound Cemetery graveside Rev Ned M Roberts officiates Surviving are parents siblings Tony Wayne and April Dawn and grandparents Lee Smith and Agnes Stoffer Robert James Taylor formerly of Ottawa now of Mound City died yesterday in Farlinville at 65 He was a retired Santa Fe employee with 40 years in the shops He married Olive Kennedy on December 13 1959 Burial will be in Mound City cemetery with Fairchild Funeral Home in charge
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Andrea Lea Smith
Donald Wayne
Opal (Stoffer) Smith
N. Sycamore
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Towner Chapel
Evergreen Mound Cemetery
Ned M. Roberts
Tony Wayne
April Dawn
Lee Smith
Oak
Agnes Stoffer
Sycamore
Robert James Taylor
Ottawa
Mound City
Farlinville
Mr. Taylor
Topeka
Santa Fe
Butler
Olive Kennedy
Lois Swiney
Panama Canal Zone
Winnie Taylor
Mulberry
L. E. Turner
D. A. White
Fairchild Funeral Home
Mound City Cemetery
Andrea Lee Smith
Donald W. Smith
Ned Roberts
Lincoln Gettysburg Address writing debate continues
The discussion revisits whether Lincoln drafted the Gettysburg Address on the trip from Washington to Gettysburg. John Nicolay and James Speed dispute any notes or writing on the moving train and describe Speed’s half speech written the day before the dedication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooks
Mearns
Lincoln
Washington
Gettysburg
Nicolay
James Speed
Louisville
Speed
National Cemetery
Jazz Pioneers Mitchell Ruff To Play At OU Friday
Dwike Mitchell and Willie Ruff join drummer Charlie Smith for an 8 p.m. concert in Ottawa University Auditorium. The duo, famed for undercover Soviet Union performances with Yale Russians, will present a mix of classical and modern jazz.
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Ottawa
Russia
Soviet Union
Dwike Mitchell
Willie Ruff
Charlie Smith
Ottawa University
Yale University
Moscow
Tschaikovsky Conservatory
Levy Vlasenko
Ruff
Mitchell
Leningrad University
Benny Goodman
Vlasenko
New York
Mitchell-Ruff
O. U
Herald Pays Weekly for Best News Tip
The Herald offers five dollars each week to the reader who submits the top news tip. Tips must be timely and verifiable, with the winner chosen by editors after review.
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the Herald
Tom Drake Tops Scout Ticket Sales at Osawatomie
Tom Drake a 13 year old Scout from Troop 77 was awarded a bicycle in Osawatomie for selling the most Marais des Cygnes district tickets in the A-Rama. Drake son of Mr and Mrs Harvey Drake 709 S Willow sold 43 tickets. Scout Master Troop 77 is Fred Adamson.
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Tench
New London
Conn
Burgess
Chester D. Burgess
Tom Drake
Osawatomie
Marais Des Cygnes
A-Rama
Legislator Dies In Car Accident Near Ellsworth Kansas
Ellsworth Kansas AP Sen Clark Kuppinger Prairie Village Republican with nearly 13 years in the Kansas Legislature died Monday in a head on collision 12 miles east of Ellsworth on US 40. He attempted to pass a car and lost control hitting a panel truck. The truck driver Lloyd Donald Irish 41 of Mankato Minnesota was in critical condition. Kuppinger 45 was a first term senator and former five term House member serving as chairman of the Public Welfare Committee.
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Ellsworth
Kan
Clark Kuppinger
Prairie Village
Kansas
U.S. Highway 40
Highway Patrol
Kuppinger
Lloyd Donald Irish
Mankato
Minn
Senate
House of Repreesentatives
Public Welfare Committee
Employers debate automation impact on jobs in auto industry
The piece notes workers of color have long filled 25 to 30 percent of the auto sector workforce, but automation threatens low skill roles. Businessmen see mixed futures with machines, while some propose tax deductions for hiring services and relaxed wage rules for teens to expand work opportunities. Experts warn unemployment will persist due to deep economic roots.
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Gettysburg
Montinad
Johnson
George Meany
Afl-Cio
Chrysler
Townsend
Woodrow Ginsberg
United Auto Workers Union
Detroit
B. Fuller
Fuller Products Co
Chicago
Weekend Farm and Livestock Sales Spanning Several Kansas Towns
Listings detail multiple sale dates and locations across Centropolis Pomona Ottawa Neosho and surrounding areas. Dates include November 16 19 22 with times 1 p.m. and 7 p.m. featured sales cover houses furniture livestock consignment and auctions hosted by Myers Bros Franklin County Sale Co Pomona Overbrook Livestock Allen County Livestock Auction Neosho Livestock and others with contact phones for Pomona and neighborhoods. Associated names include Ben Hoffman A L Kingery Printy and Son Mrs Maud Fyock Irene Reed and Adams families.
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Bill
Locust Ottawa
Maud Fyock
Pomona
Kans
Irene Reed
Want Ads Classified Rates and Deadlines Notice
Local want ads offer 10 percent discounts with a 5 p.m. payment deadline the day before publication. Rates list per word per insertion, cash minimums apply, and various line and per word charges exist for single and multiple insertions. Special contracts and out of trade territory terms are noted with emblem lodge notices pricing.
Overbrook Livestock Auction and Local Notices
Overbrook Kansas cattle sale announced for Wednesday November 20 at 12 30 pm featuring 500 to 700 cattle with numerous calf lots and Angus White faced animals. Notices include Union Chapter No 15 OES memorial service Ottawa Lodge 18 AF and AM business meeting and several help wanted ads and local services listings.
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Overbrook
Kans
Nelson
Carey
Bowes
Clifford Marconett
Union
O,e.s
LaVerne Pence
W. M
Vola Phillips
Secy
Ottawa
A.F
A.M
George A, Ledom
Clarence E
Rea
Sec’y
Local Job Ads and Auctions Include Route Sales and Furniture Sale
Classified items show career opportunity for a male route salesman aged 23 to 35 with salary and commissions, plus interviews on November 18 19 20. Also listed are auctions in Osawatomie and Richmond, a tractor sale, used farm and household items, and a generous mix of electronics and furniture offerings from Printy’s Auction and Keen Co. Cleanup of OCR reveals details on consignment dates and contact numbers CH 2 2546 TE5-3382.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Kas
Kansas
Lloyd Peters
Osawatomie
Truck Hits Telephone Poles Near Richmond
A 1963 GMC semi truck left US59, six tenths of a mile north of Richmond, damaging two telephone poles and lines for about $300. Miller T. McGinnis of Altoona Kansas said he swerved to switch gas tanks, leaving the road and causing $50 damage to the truck. He was cited for driving on the shoulder and reported no injuries.
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Richmond
Miller T. McGinnis
Altoona
Kan
Highway Patrol
McGinnis
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Elks Club
F. P. Hufstedler
Fred Blanks
Monte Stewart
Steve Elmore
Law ‘Rence
Colbern’s
Adv
Santa Fe System
WSCS
Pomona Meth
Princeton Community Club
Peoria
Kansas Veterans’ Commission
City Hall
Lane & Parker
J. P. Haggard
Walnut
US 59
Garnett
5Th and
Francis Comstock, Melvern
Monday
Gary D. Burgess
RFD 2
Inset
Uss
Curtis W
Newcomer
G. G
Jerry’’ Groves
Pawite
Smith
Towner’s Chapel
Towner’ Ie As
Ed Oe
Myers Bros
Centropolis
Claude
Howard
Franklin County Sale Company
North
Ben Hoffman
Baldwin Jct
A. L. Kingery
Jack Nelson
Overbrook Livestock Sale
Ovbrook
Allen County Livestock Auction
Gas City
Nate and
Leona Gibbons
Harold Stewart
Neosho Livestock Comm. Co
Neosho, Mo
Printy
Ben Printy
Main
Glenn Miller
Sth & Cherry
Willis Nursery
Temale
Crest
Commercial Road
Cathedral City
Calif
General Services
Ottawa Herald General Services Section
KNAPP
Lee Carter
Gene Powell
Black Top
Standard Rendering Co
Dick Allan
Cleveland
A. F
Bonskowski
Conrad
Howard Winters
Princeton
Hereford
H. Adell Lane
Central Technical
Bernhardt
Barnett Sales Inc
Misc
Keen Co
Elwin Henry
Williamson Salvage Co
Junk Combine
Edge
Highway Cafe
First House
Herald
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