District 87 social visits and travel notes
Edith, Max and Kenneth Wood visited Lebanon on Saturday. Miss Anta Chapman works at Brewster's in Sean da. The Platt family and Hazel and Richard Anderson came from the west for a home visit. Mr Anderson visited his parents near Republic. Charley Tedrow of Pueblo visited the Sed erlin home. Faye and Glada Etter, with their uncle Dougla Downing, visited relatives in Kansas City. Ed Woods hauled wheat to Courtland last Wednesday. Will Lowery and daughters Mary and Evaline, and son Earl, with Mary and Jessie Plott, traveled from Davenport to visit C. W. Plott in Wilsey. J. B. Meschede and children from Miami visited Ted Hanson. Jess Sothers traveled to Riverton for business. Enoch Larson shipped cattle to Kansas City. Mrs. Larson's brother Fred Mainquist stayed with her. Walter Anderson and Lloyd Davis returned from the sand hills in Nebraska.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary
Evaline
Earl
Jessie Plott
Wilsey
Kansas
Davenport
Nebraska
C. W
Nathan Isaacson
Shedahl
Wm. Slopansky
Republic
Union Pacific
Salina
W. M. Erkenbrack
Belleville
Sylvester Jones
Jones
Sam Horkman
Lincoln Township
Joseph McGowan
Rydal
Scandia
L. E. Cooper
County News Notes Local Visits and Meetings
County wide news reports Chas. O Hugos of Norway visiting Belleville friends Friday on business. Jalmer Smith of Scandia was in town Saturday shaking hands with friends and making new connections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas. O- Hugos
Norway
Belleville
Jalmer Smith
Scandia
Local notables and residents active around Belleville county seat
Ile is the Republican nominee for Representative from Republic county. C A Brewer of Norway conducts business at the county seat. Mrs. John McCormick of Scandia township and her mother return from Indiana after a brother's death. Mayors Lars Larson and trustee Olof Larson of Portland handle county affairs. Miss Anna McGowan from Formosa visits Rydal area. niece Marguerite McGowan accompanies her home. Numerous locals and visitors from Scandia, Belleville, and surrounding townships conduct business and travel between Belleville, Republic, and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ile
Republic County
C. A
Brewer
Norway
John McCormick
Scandia Township
Critchelow
Indiana
Lars Larson
Olof Larson
Formosa
Rydal
Marguerite McGowan
Snday
A.W. Segerhammar and Sons
Scandia
Belleville
Win Uay
H. McGowan
Jas. KK. Currie
Oscar Bergren
Mr. Beck
Local weather and social notes from Union area
Several hauled their winter coal from Rydal on Monday as a fine rain fell in Union Wednesday evening. Some places reported over an inch of water while others had less. Another rain Friday evening left local showers with limited impact. Mr and Mrs Emery Hall hosted guests. Mr and Mrs Strong of Missouri visited Row Halls Wednesday. Lee Bowersox and family attended the Stafford family reunion at Nate Stafford’s home in Republic on Saturday. Little Opal Bowen was quite sick last Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rydal
Union
Emery Hal
Air
Mrs. Strong
Missouri
Row Halls
Lee Bowersox
Republic
Stafford
Nate Stafford
Opal Bowen
Chapin
Mrs. Fenton Householder
Belleville
Russel Johnson
Freedom
Emma Swierecinsky
Frank Swiercinsky
Dick McClean
Archie Tarsons
Emmerson Mallory
Roy Westrick
Westrick
Home Guards
Paul Milner
Ora Bowens
Ralph Bowersox
Scendia
Cooper
Dewey Marshall
Local Life Notes and 1917 Political Referendum
Community weather and farming notes from Union and surrounding areas. fields damaged by frost. Emmerson Mallory counts twenty acres of wheat averaging seventeen bushels per acre. Attends visits in Belleville and Republic. various residents attend home guards drills and care for ill relatives. Also mentions a 1917 suffrage referendum copy of Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 18 with official certification.
Kansas Senate Proposal on Suffrage Amendment
Senate Concurrent Resolution No 18 proposes amending section 1 of article 5 to extend voting rights. It requires two thirds approval in both houses and submission to Kansas electors for a 21-year-old United States citizen resident in Kansas six months prior to voting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of
Kansas
The
United States
Fifty Dollars Reward for Theft Evidence
A. H. T. A. No. 271 offers a fifty dollar reward for evidence leading to the arrest and conviction of anyone stealing from any member of the association. UG. A. Nystrom serves as president.
City Market invites orders for dressed meats by phone
Every man was his own butcher until now residents are urged to place requests with City Market. Meat is dressed by experts from the best stock and promptly delivered to homes.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Edith
Max
Kenneth Wood
Lebanon
Anta Chapman
Brewster's Restaurant
Seanda
the Lion's Claw
Swift & Company
Allied
U.S.A
Union News
Albert
Gust Sandell
Waerer
Oleta
Llelen Good- Win
Diss Imma McDowell
Melarland
Fred Bassett
Serge
Jonah Milner
Charlie Larson
Paul Milners
Pershing
Star Grocery
Senate
House
Q. S. Ellis
W. A. Segerhammar
Pres
A. R. Morey
Sec
G. A. Nystrom
A.R. Morey
J. West Morey & West Real Estate, Loans & Insurance
F. & M. Bank
Kansab
L. N. Hendrix
Attorney AT Law
Co. W. Bobo, MD
F. & M- Bank
J. W. Youngman, M. D
Kangas
W. C. Davis
N. G
Guy Ward, Secy
BRN. A
Minnie Mallory
Oracle
Lulu Moe
Recorder
Lesh Oil Company
I.X.L. Kerosene
Meridian Gasoline
Robert Doctor
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