Ottawa News Briefs Snapshot 1940s events and notices
Short Ottawa items report hospital status for Charles Quin former merchants visiting relatives from Santa Anna Calif and rail safety flag promotion by Santa Fe. Tighter schedules note St Marys nursing school plans Irene Malburg Carol Martin Pat Murphy pre nursing route. Local talent Sallie Goss tops tryout. Williamsburg Wildlife Club meeting and polio illness of Arden Ott. Christian Rural Overseas Program completes organization. New Westphalia grade school bond issue passes. Harold J Gumm arrested for careless fire on mattress. Si Clive Adams jailed at Nelson hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Marys
Irene Malburg
Carol Martin
Pat Murphy
Ottawa High School
Xavier
St. Luke’s
Providence Hospital
Kansas City
Commercial Auction Notices for East Kansas Sales
A compact list of livestock and dairy sale notices across Kansas towns. Entries include dates, locations like Ottawa Overbrook Paola Waverly and Pomona, with sales such as hog, dairy, hereford consignments and estate auctions. Indicates vendors C A Myers Son Jack Nelson and James Firestone, plus weekly auctions in Overbrook and Pomona.
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C. A. Myers & Son
Centropolis
Ottawa
East 11Th
Lawrence
Kas
Fred Miller
Overbrook
James Chester White
Wilson St
James Firestone
Northwest
Jack Nelson
Pomona
Eas
Anderson County
Henry Dehn
Kansas
Paola Fair Grounds
Paola
Quiet Title suit filed over real estate near Princeton
Harry and Katherine Smaffer of near Princeton sue in district court to quiet title to property. Charles William Michael, 22, of Lawrence, charged with carrying a gun after police detained him on a suspect bad check. Michael, on parole from Hutchinson, said he and a girlfriend were bound for Texas. He has prior burglary terms. Chester A. Bolton, 60s, fell at 1007 N Cedar, breaking his right hip and was taken to Ransom hospital after retirement from city service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry and
Katherine Smaffer
Near Princeton
Charles William Michael
Lawrence
Michael
State Reformatory
Hutchinson
Texas
Don White
Chester A. Bolton
N. Cedar
Ransom Hospital
Bolton
Hospital Notes Admits Wide List This Thursday
Hospital notes show admissions for Mrs. Donald Jones and others at multiple addresses including Clive Adams 305 S. Main and J M Crabb Homewood. Additional admissions include Mrs. Ralph S. Miskimon Williamsburg and Ray Tucker 503 Willow today. Dismissals list Mrs Effie Henley 207 Willow and Mrs Lena Oliver 1121 N Cedar among others today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Jones
S. Main
Clive Adams
J. M. Crabb
Homewood
Charles Quin
Chester A. Bolton
N. Cedar
Ralph S. Miskimon
Williamsburg
Ray Tucker
Effie Henley
Paul Trump
Osawatomie
Ralph Ferguson
Richmond
Lena Oliver
Cedar
James Biddle
Allen
Kas
Roy Nelson
Pomona
Deaths: Mrs. Austin J. Dawson Ottawa resident dies at 68
Mrs. Austin J. Dawson, 68, of 541 N. Cherry and former 1104 Willow resident, died today at 8 50 a m in Ransom Memorial hospital after months of illness. Wife of Dawson, she married Aug 26 1906 and the couple celebrated a golden wedding anniversary. Funeral services set for Tuesday at 2 p m at McVey Dengel Mortuary with Rev. Ernest Worden. burial in Highland cemetery. Also Alfred Bronson, 85, Pomona, died yesterday at 5 39 p m after a five week illness. retired farmer. born December.
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Austin J. Dawson
N. Cherry
Willow
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Suri
W. Jr
Carrie Thornton
Ottawa
Mr. Dawson
Christian Church
The
McVey-Dengel Mortuary
Ernest Worden
Highland Cemetery
Alfred Bronson
Pomona
Longtime Pomona Resident Dies After 50th Anniversary
A lifelong Nebraska resident who lived in David City Fairoury and Pomona since 1943 died. He married Emma C. Scntt on June 16 1905 and they celebrated their 50th anniversary in June 1955. Survived by widow two sons Randa G. Bran son Ottawa Ervin W. Bron son Kansas City two daughters Lavern Petty Tipton and Mary Mumma Garnett eight grandchildren six great grandchildren two sisters Mary Demar ary Alexander and Carrie Norton White City. One son died in infancy. Funeral services will be Sunday at Pomona Assembly of God church with burial in Woodlawn cemetery Pomona.
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David City
Nebr
Fairoury
Pomona
Emma C. Scntt
Randa
G. Branson
Ottawa
Ervin W. Bronson
Kansas City
Kas
Lavern E. Petty
Tipton
Mary J. Mumma
Garnett
Mary Demarary
Alexander
Carrie Norton
White City
Jury Declares Slayer Insane in Los Angeles
In Los Angeles James Merkuris, 40, strapped in a glass isolation booth, the jury found him insane. He will be committed to a state hospital until he regains sanity, with future trial possible for the murders of his former wife Despine Forbes and her husband, two years past. Merkuris had been convicted of the wife’s murder but a State Supreme Court order for a new trial depended on his sanity.
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Los Angeles
James Merkouris
Meerkouris
Merkouris
Despine Forbes
State Supreme Court
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Jay Ellis
Mike Mulcahey
Buick Co
Edge of Ottawa
Drake's
Dick Ludwig
Santa Anna
Calif
Santa Fe
Safety Department
Topeka
S. C. Christerson
Sallie Goss
Jack Goss
Emporia State College
Sallie
Williamsburg Wildlife Conservation Club
Williamsburg Legion Hall
Hias
Arden Ott
Eudora
Lawrence Hospital
University of Koreas Medical Center
Ott
Clarence Day
Christian Rural Overseas Program
CROP
Arnold N. Lambert
First Baptist Church
Jim Driver
Harold Stevens
Westphalia
Harold J. Gumm
Nelson Hotel
Jack Stephenson
Gumm
Stephenson
Si — Clive Adams
McVe - Dengel
Louis H. Dengel
Neil
Waverly Sale
Waverly
Nuel
Leho, Kansas
Albert Si Farm
George , Waverly, Kasavilion
Art & Son Rt
Harold
Wilson
Diia
Albert
Frank
Logan Stree
H. W
John Kunard
Franklin County
Logan Street
Wilson & Locust
Richard Welch
Princeton
Printy & Son
Ben Printy
N. Main
Smith
Paine
Joe Towner
Pla-Mart
Mrs
Elmer Hagemeyer
UAWA
Simcoe Live
Jack McGee
Dar
Erty Arts
Amr
Eccel
Cinemascope
Warner Bros
Miss Brooks
Don
Orter
Gusad
Tetsu Ierogram
OWL Show
Richard Conte
Aracefor
Wietih Oeyeeven
Sa Gees
Pepsi- Cola
Linda Ames
Nancy Burlingham
Vincent Carlson
David Carlson
Cynthia Christian Brooke Geiger
Nancy Ham By
Nancy Hewitt
Johnny Richardson
Janet Roush
Steve Roush
Paul Stone
Joyce West
Wild Bill Hickok
Andy Devine
John Agar
Mamie Vandoren
Richard Boone
Igs
Leif Erickson
Coleen Gray
James Gleason
Randy Stuart
Africa
Tracolor
Consolidated Film Industries
Lewis Cotlow
Sun
John Anus
Technicolor
United Artists
Wichita
Vera Miles
William Holden
G.I
Alro Srawauna
Nancy Olson
Frank Lovejoy
Evake
Teacen
Purr
Orin Jannings
Munday Wax Steiner Ovsacren Av
Michael Curtiz
Melville
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