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Newspaper

Ottawa Herald

Location

Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America

Date

Oct 12, 1956

Page

10

Drought Worse Than Flood Pennyed By Farmers In 1957

Kansas City dispatch notes four years after spring floods that drought now grips Kansas and Missouri. Wells, streams, and ponds run dry. tank trucks, water restrictions, and livestock sales rise as residents cope. Quotes from farmers express widespread hardship and calls for rain amid declining pastures and falling crop prospects.

Kansas City Kansas Missouri Clarence Hokanson Osage City Meldon U. S. Weather Bureau Topeka Southwest North Central Tral South Central Chapman Horton Tobe Coffman Scranton Kas Eliott Rice Lyndon Ed Miller Kansas City Power & Light Co Paul Manning Osage County Nels Youngberg Washington County Missouri Crop Bulletin Hays. Kas Topeka State Journal Arkansas River Great Bend Halstead Walnut North Fork Ninnescah Chikaskia Corbin Cottonwood Neosho Beloit Saline Wakeeney Marais Des Cygnes Smoky Hill Big Creek Hays Kansas River Emporia Fort Scott District Army Engineer Tulsa Coffeyville Cherryvale Independence Fredonia Neodesha Chanute J. D. Lightfoot St. Joseph Brookfield Columbia Boone County Springfield Macon County Walter Olmstead Marshall Wichita Sea Bend Lawrence Ottawa Atchison Iola Salina Dodge City Manhattan Tola Kansas State College Garden City Goodland

Bank Statement Fragment Reflects Assets and Liabilities

The document lists Total Assets of 2,058,234.69 and Total Liabilities and Capital Accounts of 2,058,234.69. It shows Demand and Time Deposits, Other Deposits, and Capital Accounts including 25,000.00 common stock and 62,057.72 undivided profits. Ed Hosler, cashier, swears the figures are true to the best knowledge.

Kansas State Bank of Ottawa Kansas U. S Ed Hosler

Peoria-Imes Social Roundup and Local Visits

Local residents share visits from Peoria and Rantoul families including the Mundells and Deans. The Peoria school plans a program and box supper on Oct 24. The Starks move to Wichita. a note on the Post Office buying 2000 bicycles for carrier use.

Maude Evans Eleanor John Slaven Marvin Mundell Rantoul Orph Powell Raymond Mundell Lorretta Claude Payne Adele ‘Dean and Sons L. C. Babcock R. W. Babcock Ottawa Hoxie Kas Peoria School Loretta Mundell Ira Dean Adell Deans Bert Finch Bob Rodgers Mike Lovell Adell Dean Everett Stark Starks Wichita Peoria Lloyd Detwiler Fred Detwiler Frankie Morgan Johnnie Stark Dwight Detwiler Clarence Prager Fred Weaver Ernie Lovell Kansas City Bob Altic

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