Busy threshing season fills Union Valley area notes
Swafford visits from Oklahoma to see relatives while Threshing crews stay active across Union Valley. Alfred Kallman and brothers buy Minneapolis machine and tractor, seven threshers work along a two by three mile strip. Union Valley church gets a new coat of paint as local activity includes picnics, farm visits, and a Scandia gathering.
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Swafford
Oklahoma
Celela
Thora Yeager
John Clark
Ap Morehead
McClure
Kenneth Thomas
Scandia
Kansas
Alfred Kallman
Will
Minneapolis
Labon Marshall
H. C. Marshall
Freeman Elliott
Union Valley Threshing Co
Dan Hougeholder
Gladys
Fenton Householder
Hageman
Union Valley
Frank Goodwin
Belleville
Leonard Snell
Missouri
Union
J. ¥. Johnson
Ralph Bowersox
B. Green
Canada
Newel Cooper
Lem Cooper
Nancy Cooper
Harold Coleman
Ollie Johnson
Kansas Free Fair Set for Topeka September 13 18 1920
Kansas Free Fair in Topeka will run September 13 to 18 1920 with a focus on education through observation and competition. The government building will house agricultural educational exhibits and demonstrators. The state agricultural college will showcase a model farm and live demonstrations for farmer visitors.
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Kansas
Agricultural College
Eugenic Exhibition Debuts at Kansas Free Fair
The 1920 Kansas Free Fair in Topeka debuts a eugenics department. Families are examined privately for physical and mental traits with entrants graded A B or C and awarded Capper medals or health certificates. The top family by overall grades wins the governor's silver trophy.
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Kansas State Department of Health
Eastman
Topeka
Capper
Lex. Arthur Capper
Board of Health
Henry J. Allen
Who is the Best Speller Kansas Free Fair
Older Kansas residents recall spelling days and now their children can compete at the Kansas Free Fair in Topeka September 13 to 18. A statewide spelling contest to crown Kansas’s best speller will be held Tuesday morning September 14. Miss Lorraine E Wooster state superintendent of public instruction leads the event with two contest classes, oral and written, open to Kansas school students in high or grade school.
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Kansas
Topeka
Lorraine E. Wooster
Hawaiian Nights Fireworks Set for Kansas Free Fair
A grand fireworks spectacle titled Hawaiian Nights will headline the Kansas Free Fair in Topeka September 13 to 18. The show, created by J Saunders Gordon, features a Mount Kilauea volcanic eruption theme and will require over 300 people and a train load of scenery to stage.
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Topeka
Mount Kilauea
J Saunders Gordon
Lovewell visitors noted. film at Princess Theatre announced
Mr B Storer of Lovewell makes a business visit to scandia on Tuesday. Mrs Tate hosts W E Kelley and family this Sunday. Carol Tate visits Bert Fulcomer family near Red Top. Miss Marvel Doctor of Gem Kansas visits grandmother Mrs Fulcomer. Gladys Brockwell stars in New Fox film The Mother of his Children at Princess Theatre on August 19.
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B. . Storer of
Lovewell
Scandia
Carol Tate
Bert Fulcomer
Red Top
Miss Marvel
Gem
Kansas
rMs
Ennie Fulcomer
Gladys Brockwell
New Fox Film
William Fox
Princess Theatre
Can't Displace Old Dobbin Kansas Horse Breeders Dominate Fair
Kansas Free Fair in Topeka shows growing involvement by Kansas breeders with more exhibitors expected as the sixth annual fair opens September 13. Officials plan larger participation than last year amid rising entries and strong local interest.
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Kansas
Topeka
Kansas Finance and Taxation Amendment Proposal
A Kansas House concurrent resolution proposes amending sections 1 and 2 of article 11 to create a measurable system for state and local revenue, allow tax classifications, and exempt property used for public welfare and family personal property up to two hundred dollars. The measure would be submitted to voters in 1920 general election for approval or rejection.
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State of
Kansas
Swine Futurities Attract West Breeders To Topeka
State swine futurities at the Kansas Free Fair draw top breeders to Topeka from the west from September 18 for a week. Two new swine barns rise to handle growing entries. last year ten barns were full and managers fear twelve may not suffice.
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Kansas
Livestock Sale Ad Listing Horses Cattle
Pair black mares weight 2700 well broke price 375 dollars. Three yearling males 90 dollars each sold. One pure bred Holstein cow fresh August 4 price 215 dollars. Gall or phone 2608 C. L. Tebow.
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C. L. Tebow
Notice of Administration for Rudolph Moe Estate
In Republic County Probate Court the estate of Rudolph Moe deceased has letters of administration granted July 17 1920 to the undersigned. Creditors must present claims for allowance within one year or be barred from benefits and must file within two years after the letters date.
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County OF Republic
Rudolph Moe
Rudolph. Moe
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J. W. Plotner
Kiluea
Riverside Club
Elda Kelley
South of Rydal
C.A. Tate
Guy Strong
Providence Chapel
Idaho
Ford
Paris
Miss Brockwiel
Edward J. le Saint
William Scott
Frank Leigh
Nigel de Brullier Golda Madden
Nancy Caswell
Little Jean Eton
Barbara le Marr Deely
Albert Snyder
Western Electric
Mickie
SPM
Gand
Lyle Peterson
Courtland, Kans
HOUSE
L. J. Pettijohn
Secy
the State
W. S. English
N. G. Chas. Tate
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Chicago
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New York
Peg O
Broadway
Us-D
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J. West Real Estate
Loans & Insurance
F. & M. Bank
W. Bobo,m.d
F. & M- Bank
Farmera
R. B. Briney
Courtland
Scandia Journal
State OF Kansas
Paul Moe
Henry H. van Natta
Haiti
Hall
J. Cheney & CO
Props
Toledo
Rob
H. E. Coleman
A. W. Segerhammar
G. A. Nystrom
A. R.morey
the City Meat Market
B.P. Willieamson & Son
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