Belleville Social: Johnsons and visitors share weekend
Mr. and Mrs. H. Johnson visited in Belleville Friday. Olaf Free drove to Belleville Saturday for a theater. Jay Cooper and family spent Sunday at J. N. Bettis’s. Jessie Weislogel visited with Elsie Bettis. Mrs. A. M. Bettis and Ollie returned home Monday from Indian Territory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. H. Johnson
Belleville
Olaf Free
Jay Cooper
J. N. Bettis
Jessie Weislogel
Elsie Bettis
Master Ollie
Indian Territory
Grace Marrs
Elbert
B.P. Bartlett
Paisley
Nebraska
Thos. Williams
May
Lotta Dickerhoof
Shirley Shivvers
Kackley
Lawrie Peterson
Oneonto
Christmas Eve Aims and Community Happenings
Cold weather prevails as Harry Gile returns from Downs for a two week visit with relatives and his girlfriend. Mrs. Ella Collins visits Abe Kelly's as B. P. Bartlett sells hogs in Concordia and, with EB H Bartlett, butchers a beef for winter soup. A stormy night hampered the Cowle supper, clearing only 2.35 dollars. Typhoid illness hits Mrs. L. M. Newbury. Myra Crossen visits her sister and later accepts a bookkeeper post in Goodland. A Xmas tree is planned at the schoolhouse with all invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Gile
Downs
Ella Collins
Abe Kelly
S. B. P. Bartlett
Concordia
B. P
EB. H. Bartlett
Croker Featured For Public Services At Letcombe Village
Richard Croker visits Moat House and is praised for public benevolence as a village benefactor. He widens roads, erects a picturesque wall, places seating under trees, and creates a lake with bathing access for village boys. Nearby he plans further improvements and hires workers for ongoing work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Croker
Richard
Moat House
Letcombe
Ahares
Torea
Photo Button Offer Prompts Local Rush Order
J Jennings offers a fine medium size Photo Button with every $2.00 cash order. Call to see him. A team ran away Wednesday night colliding with Churchill’s rig driven by Earnest Riggins Riley Suice and Neltie Churchill, breaking a shaft and smashing items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Churchill
Earnest Riggins
Riley
Suice
Neltie Churchill
Comin Through the Rye Referenced a River Not a Field
Ledger Monthly notes that Burns popular song Comin Through the Rye refers to the River Rye in Ayrshire Scotland not a rye-field. It describes lads wading midstream to kiss lassies while skirts are dipped, a favorite pastime of Bobbie Burns and companions in the company of lasses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burns
Ayrshire
Scotland
Tassies
Bobbie
Ledger Monthly
Compassionate judge and bizarre royal purchases
A renowned compassionate judge once presided over a criminal court and comforted a tearful thief before sentencing. Separately, a Maharaja visiting England ordered ludicrously extravagant items including two massive dressing bags costing $5,000 each, and rare luxuries like entire showcases of jewels and a triple copy of a painting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
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Lawrence ‘Thompson
Lewie Peterson
District 42
Hays
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Ruben Bettis
Republic City
J. M. Loofbourrow
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High Room
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Norway Bulletin
Myra Crossen
Collins
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Bertha Murphy
Emma Cowle
Will Cowle
Rackley
Goodland
Agnes Jacobsen
Olga Hugos
Mrs. Je, RB. Shivvers
Dr. Ekblad
Mrs. J.R. Hugos
Yuma
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Zora Cooper
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E V “Moore
Rebecca
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P O Larson
Kansas City
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