Color foliage dazzles Ottawa region amid autumn display
Ottawa color enthusiasts praise the season as maples oaks ashes and elms show a vivid palette of brown yellow orange and red. In Kansas, two hunting groups from Delaware misidentified birds, bagging meadow larks and a flock of guinea fowl, while local schools adjust schedules for state meetings and football games. Kay Ingersoll, daughter of Jean Ingersoll Jackson, is pictured with her champion dressed turkey hen sold for six dollars per pound at a Wichita auction, alongside other prize birds from the Kansas Poultry Improvement Association.
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Great Bend
Delaware
Kansas
Wichita Eagle
Kay Ingersoll
Jean Ingersoll Jackson
Michigan Valley
Kay
Kansas Poultry Improvement Association
Kansas Turkey Federation
Broadgee Hotel
Wichita
Traffic Death Toll Records High for September
Chicago records show 3,530 traffic fatalities in September, the highest for the month in 14 years according to the National Safety Council. Hawthorn P.T.A. Penny Supper set for Tuesday at 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Navy event scheduled.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
Hawthorn P.t. A
Navy
Train Kills Missouri Man At Princeton Crossing
A Missouri man, Grover C. Argenbright, 63, of Drexel, was killed when his 1941 Buick was hit by a Santa Fe freight at a John Brown highway crossing north of Princeton. The eastbound train, traveling about 50 mph, pushed the car 57 feet into a ditch. Argenbright died of multiple injuries. He leaves three brothers and two sisters, was a farmer, and is interred at Memorial Park Cemetery in Kansas City after services in Belton.
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Princeton
Grover C. Argenbright
Rt. 1
Drexel
Argenbright
Santa Fe
Art Jensen
Bobonaty
John Brown
Lamb Funeral Home
Ottawa
Belton
Miami County
Bates County
Ray
Baldwinsville
N. Y
Lyle
Denver
Glenn
Peculiar
Celeste Argenbright
Cleo Eichhorn
Pilot Grove
American Legion
Osawatomie
Memorial Park Cemetery
Kansas City
Lawrence Couple Killed as Train Strikes Car
A freight train hit a car in Plainfield Ul late yesterday killing Dorothea Wenzel aged 50 and critically injuring Rudolph Wenzel 65 who was taken to a Joliet hospital in serious condition. The couple from Lawrence were residents of Lawrence.
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Ul. W
Kansas
Rudolph Wenzel
Joliet Hospital
Dorothea
Lawrence
Tax Notices Out Tomorrow in Franklin County
Franklin county residents receive 1955 county real and personal property tax notices in the mail. Taxes are payable without penalty from November 1 to December 20. Taxpayers are urged to return pink payment sheets with remittances. Those who fail to pay or arrange payments by tomorrow face added actions, including potential forfeiture of autos and sales at auction to satisfy delinquent taxes.
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Franklin County
Elisabeth Briggs
Byrd
Greeley Bank Burglarized Early Today
The Greeley Bank in Greeley Kansas was robbed at dawn with between 200 and 300 dollars taken. Thieves used a torch to force open two vault doors and pried the back door to gain entry. Money stolen consisted of quarters and half dollars. attempts to breach the safe failed. A dark car was seen leaving the area. KBI officers aided local authorities in investigation. The incident follows two prior local robberies.
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Greeley
Kas
Anderson County
Sam Geer
Geer
Helen Salman
KBI
Centerville
Linn County
K. U
Lawrence
California
Bush City
Garnett
Missouri
Two Pomona thefts among four break-ins by youths
Francis Hoffman and William Spurlock both 17 admitted to break-ins at Chanute Iola Garnett and Pomona last week after escaping from the state training school at Parsons. They stole a car at Parsons and robbed filling stations in Chanute Iola and Garnett, plus items from Vera's grocery in Pomona. They are held by Marion county authorities.
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Chanute
Iola
Garnett
Pomona
Francis Hoffman
William Spurlock
Florence
Dairy Queen
Vera’s
Hoffman
Spurlock
Marion
Pomona High to Crown Homecoming King and Queen
Pomona Kansas Pomona high school will crown its homecoming king Rex Stoneking and queen Marie Johnson with attendants Connie Servaes Patsy Lindsey at a halftime ceremony during the Pomona Quenemo six man football game on Wednesday. Alumni and friends are invited to a homecoming dance that night at the gym.
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Pomona
Kas
Pomona High School
Marie Johnson
Connie Servaes
Patsy Lindsey
Rex Stoneking
PHS
Duane Shaw
Nick Hudelson
Bitter Winter Ahead Predicted by Old Farmer's Almanac
The 164th annual Old Farmer's Almanac warns of a severe 1956 winter, stating it could be as harsh as any in the 20th century. Abe Weatherwise forecasts bleak November to March weather with frequent storms, little mild air, and snow through the Christmas season and into the new year, plus tidal forces affecting ocean currents and potential icebergs.
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Old Farmer’s Almanac
America
Abe
CFA
The
Almanac
Abe Weatherwise
OFA
Weather Forecast Signals Warmer East and Cooler Northwest
The forecast calls for generally fair and warmer conditions in the east and south this afternoon, with clouds and colder air in the northwest. Tonight and Tuesday bring considerable cloudiness with light rain or snow from the northwest to the northern border. Tonight's lows range from the 30s in the northwest to the lower 50s in the southeast, with Tuesday highs from the 40s northwest to the 60s southeast. Yesterday's high was 57 and the low 33. River depth listed at 0.49 foot.
New Touch Of Winter Coming
Ottawa enjoyed a bright stretch of weather today but a new touch of winter looms. The forecast calls for light rain or snow in the northwest and along the northern border tomorrow with largely cloudy skies and much colder temperatures.
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Ottawa
New Jersey
New York
Connecticut
Ottawa Driver Held After Weekend Crash
An Ottawa man, James E. Hally, 24, was arrested for drunk driving after a Sunday morning crash on North Main. His 1950 Dodge collided with a parked Ford belonging to Michael Rogers, causing about $150 damage to Hally’s car and $100 to Rogers’. Hally pleaded not guilty and posted $150 bond. trial set for November 8. Earlier, a second wreck on West Second involved Mary Spencer’s 1950 Dodge and Eunice Morris’s 1953 Ford, with combined damages around $230. The city’s wreck toll for the year reached 184.
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Ottawa
James E. Hally
Hally
North Main
Michael Rogers
N. Main
Rogers
West Second Street
Mary Spencer
Quenemo
Eunice Morris
Hospital Notes Admitted and Births Reported
Admitted David Trowbridge route 2 Bald win admitted Saturday and dis missed Monday. Raylene Fitzger ald 1216 S Cedar Mrs Mamie Boyle 134 Elm Saturday. Leonard and Margie Shaw Overbrook Sunday. Diana Nitcher 807 N Cedar Monday. Births Mr and Mrs Harold Showalter 516 S Cedar daughter born Saturday weight 8 lb 7 oz. Both dismissed today Mr and Mrs Dwayne Wilkins route 2 Princeton daughter born Sunday weight 7 lb 14 oz. Mr and Mrs Everett Burgess route 3 son born Sunday weight 11 lb 9 oz. Dismissed Mrs Minnie Claiborne 21114 S Main Saturday. Mrs Robert Killough 1414 S Cedar Mrs Melvern Stockard and baby son Princeton Lytle and Rosalyn Arnold route 1 Osawatomie Mrs Anna Bryan 820 N Poplar Mrs Hilda Grubb 1126 S Hickory Sunday. Mrs Wallace Leecy and baby daughter 417 W 2nd Robert Cecil Adams 320 E 4th today.
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David Trowbridge
Baldwin
Raylene Fitzgerald
Cedar
Mamie Boyle
Elm
Leonard and
Margie Shaw
Overbrook
Diana Nitcher
Harold Showalter
S. Cedar
Dwayne Wilkins
Princeton
Everett Burgess
Minnie Claiborne
S. Main
Robert Killough
Melvern Stockard
Lytle
Rosalyn Arnold
Osawatomie
Anna Bryan
N. Poplar
Hilda Grubb
S. Hickory
Wallace Leecy
Robert Cecil Adams
Socialite’s Shotgun Reenacts Tragic North Shore Death
Nassau detectives plan to question Wil liam Woodward Jr.’s wife Ann Eden Crowell Woodward at Doctors Hospital as they seek new details in the fatal shotgun shooting of the millionaire sportsman. Police say the incident appeared accidental though investigations continue.
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Oyster Bay
N. Y
William Woodward Jr
Stuyvesant Pinnell
Nassau County Detectives
Pinnell
Woodward
Nashua
Ann
Pittsburg
Kas
Long Island
Dist
Frank Gujotta
Westport High School
Kansas City
Kansas City Junior College
New York
Powers
Ann Eden
East Lynne at Ottawa University melodrama
Ottawa University dramatists present East Lynne in Memorial Auditorium at 8 15 directed by Ruth Lathrop. A classic melodrama with villain heroine and audience participation. Last minute rehearsals and costume hunts continue as tickets sell for 75 cents with good seats available.
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Ottawa University
Memorial Auditorium
East Lynne
Ruth Lathrop
Injured Seriously In Tractor Accident Near Princeton
Dean Robison 18 son of Mr and Mrs Byron Robison of near Princeton was seriously injured Saturday when run over by a tractor. He suffered a broken jaw, broken left arm and possible skull fracture. After X ray at Ransom hospital he was taken to University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City for jaw surgery today. Shull Whitacre Gains Auto Repair.
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Dean Robison
Byron Robison
Princeton
Ransom Hospital
University of Kansas Medical Center
Kansas City
Kas
State closes Hazen Nursing Home after license revocation
The Hazen Nursing Home at 603 S. Poplar had its operating license revoked by the state welfare department after 29 violations. Eight patients are now displaced and case workers will arrange relocations within 30 days. Hazen and patients attended the August 16 hearing, and the state appeals committee upheld the revocation. Local officials seek guidance on reopening under new administration.
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Hazen Nursing Home
S. Poplar
Ethel Green
Hazen
State Welfare Department
Green
Hearing Tests For Ottawa Students
Ottawa public school students began hearing tests this morning under the supervision of school nurse Mrs. Pauline Duyk. High school pupils started first with junior and senior high tests to continue this week, followed by seven tests for grade school students. If hearing issues arise families are advised to consult their family doctors for full examinations.
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Ottawa
Pauline Duyk
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