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.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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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Cashier
E. F. Parks
Hill
C. L. Kapp
Mirartora
State of
Franklin
Robert F. Miller
U.S. Post Office Department
Colby’s
Agurage
Good Housekeeping
U.S
Canada
Sealy
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