Made Sure Her Third Husband Was Worthy
A narrator explains choosing a third husband after caution and testing him for two years. She notes happiness comes from marriage and details her extended observation of his moods, finances, health, and his reaction to meeting her daughter. The husband is identified as Avery Strakosch, an Irish temperamental figure in Hearst's International Cosmopolitan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Avery Strakosch
Hearst
International Cosmopolitan
First Known Envelope in British Museum Letter 1696
The British Museum preserves the first known enclosed letter dating May 16 1696 from Sir William Turnbull to Sir James Ogilvie. It notes sealing with wax wafers was standard, a practice Swift referenced in a 1726 poem.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Turnbull
James Ogilvie
British Museum
Dean Swift
Freeds' Last Service Draws Large Attendance
A well attended service for Gus Freed was held, drawing many mourners and community members to honor the late individual.
Union News Highlights Local Social and Tragic Accident
Union Valley reports visiting kin and neighbors including Mr and Mrs 8S H Baldwin from Minnesota. The piece notes social calls, fair premiums won by local youths, teaching assignments, farm updates, and a fatal accident near White Rock township where Charlie Persinger died after a vehicle crash. details include the emergency response and funeral arrangements not yet announced.
Anti-Horse Thief Picnic Featured In Norway Program
Vernon Wright and Charlie Gile work for Victor Hermon while Lloyd Kelly spent Wednesday evening at Harry Giles. Concordia teacher Miss Cunningham and several locals enjoyed a weekend, with band music and addresses by Rev Hjorholm and Judge H Van Natta marking the Anti-Horse Thief Picnic in Norway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernon Wright
Charlie Gile
Victor Hermon
Lloyd Kelly
Harry Giles
Miss Cunningham
Concordia
Norway
Hjorholm
H. van Natta
Cora Young
Gladys
Earl Patterson
Yuma
Colo
Ames
Mrs. Chezek
Cuba
Charlie Che- Bek
H. L. Giles
Perry Pierce
Clyde
R. Haney
Belleville
Local notices and updates from Republic county Kansas
Belleville and Scandia residents figure in a sequence of business visits church notices and family updates. Albert Bengtson and Mrs Hulda Bengtson travel from southeast of Scandia to Belleville while W O Tate visits his wife and granddaughter in Norway township. Miss Janet Wells teaches in Boxeld Kansas. Several families including the Stofer Rosene and Boman households are listed as visitors or movers with other items noting a public sale near Rydal and a grocery market move to Topeka by Emery Johnson. A final settlement notice for the estate of Wm Widden requests court action in Belleville on September 22 1925 with administrator John A Freeburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Baldwin
Minnesota
Union Valley
D. A. Bowen
Poses Goodwin
Ralph
Lee Bowersox
Dan Hoysholder
Buer
Scandia
John Clark
Leslie Johnson
Wm. Stenson
I. Bowersox
Labon
Marshall
Iowa
Charles Mikesell
Finley Waites
Lovewell
Mutual Benefit Club
Goldie Beecher
Hoag
Darrell Currie
Charles
Frank Larson
Opal Bowen
Miss Hill
North’ of Republic
Albert Bengtson
Hulda Bengtson
Belleville
W. O. Tate
Sunday
Lester
Norway Township
Janet Wells
W. R. Wells
Boxel
Kansas
Jake
Stofer
Henry- Rosene
Ed. Boman
Little Son
Stace Baldwin
Wichita
Mankato
Smith Center
Milan
Minn
W. E. Muth
Republic
Ernest Nelson
Rydal
Freeds
Freed
Blakeley
Rock Island
Emery T. Johnson
Washburn
Topeka
Miss Ia
State of Kansas
County of Republic
Republic County
Wm. Widden
Said County
Rydal News Briefs Show Light Rain and Cooler Weather
Light rains and cooler weather arrive after a spell of heat. Pauline Milner is improving at her grandmother Emma Milner’s home in Belleville. Marguerite McGowan was sick Friday night but is better now. Various local residents visited neighbors and attended a Norway carnival. Mr and Mrs James McGlashan returned from Salina. The Hay and Berry families visited Geo Collister in Salina. W A Smith of Georgia spent an evening with the McHenry household. Frank Williams and wife were in Belleville on business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pauline Milner
Emma Milner
Belleville
Marguerite McGowan
Glenn
Johnson
Gus
Albert Sannell
Robt. Robinson’s
Norway
James McGlashan
Salina
Thos. Hay
Walter Berry
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Drincesci
George O'Brien
Iron Horse
Robert W. Services
Great South
sea _ story
Roughneck Two
Reel Comedy
Tom MIX
The
Union News
Haggburg
Chicago
Unio
Pawnee Grounds
Frank Mikesell
Dorothy Brown
Highland
E. Erickson
Anderson
Jap Morehead
Merle
John
Wenda
Carl McDowell
Labon Marshall
Paul Milner
Scandia Township
Ernest Mikesell
Lloyd Rasmussen
Archie Lateen
R. Johnson
Washington Township
Union
Archie ‘Larsons
Biiney
Courtland
Clauds Boyles
Hugh ‘Soder
Charlie Persinger
North’ Union
Lincoln
White Rock Township
Kid
Tip
Persinger
Sixy
McComas
Stewart
County Seat News
Johnsons
Stcces
John A. ‘Freeburg
Rydal News
Republic City
Sherdahl
Ury Dale
Poland
China
A. F. Goodwin & A. L. Colclazier Owners
Hoyt and Moree
Bank of Scandia
Adits
John A. Freeburg
Jeandebeur
F. R. Bachelor
Geo
Polarine
Ford
Standard Oil CO
P. McMurray
Frank G. Spurney
Belleville, Kansas
C. V. Haggman
Scandia, Kansas
M. O. Peters, M.D
R. B. Briney
Jion
Hall
NSA
J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Obib
Mevis
Ing Brethen
W. A
Billings
N. Gu
Ander
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