Chanute Ledger Briefs Show Local Life and Notices
Chanute residents mix social calls and business as Fair preparation, visits, and trades populate the week. Notables include J B Beatty as Notary, A J Alleman guest at the Oriental, and Frank Sayers discussing a possible move back to Chanute. Local merchants boast products from Greenwell's stock food to dye and brick plants shift money to home production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Sayers
Chanute
Col
Bob Herod
Winfield
Fredonia
Chris Schuttler
Chris
Indiana
Lounch
Change of program at fair ground for Hoch speech
Due to extreme heat and crowd size the event moves from Williams' hall to the fair ground. A platform and seats have been erected for Ed Hoch at the fair ground. Music will accompany the speaking with a Gat band and various tunes promised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Hoch
Fair Ground
Williams’ Hall
Time to start school prep and home life chatter
Local chatter recalls heat waves frying eggs on lenses while the town jokes about school prep and chores. A household note seeks a housekeeper as sixplay and fashion references appear. A marriage line hints at spousal absence, and a local firm, Dawson Hoss Fisher, dissolves with Dawson heading west and Moss north while Fisher continues at the old stand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sos
Dawson, Hoss & Fisherins
Dawson
Moss
Fisher Stll
Cider Mitt Promotes Daily Apple Grinding and Pressing
A storefront notice invites customers to bring apples for grinding and pressing each day at 80d. The shop signals readiness to mic cider and mentions Lani and Mago Husiun in the frayed OCR text.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lani
Horses Stolen From Sag Onburg Stable
Last Wednesday night horse thieves took four fine horses and harness from August Anderson three miles west of Sag Onburg. They later drove off a neighbor’s spring wagon, leaving one horse dumped along the road. One horse was found nearby, mystery deepens. Anderson was known for top quality stock. the stolen span was a valuable four. For sale items listed by Jack Splane include a Buckeye mower and a John Deere rake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
August Anderson
Sagonburg
Mr. Anderson
Clyde
That Petrified Woman and the Tribune Drollery
A letter to readers rebukes The Tribune for a sensational petrified woman story claiming it was a fake. It notes the figure, bought from a street fakir, and warns against the continuing joke. The notice also advertises Herbide for digestive and nervous complaints and lists a Kansas Farm for sale near Roper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Tribune
Rickel
Collision Injures Boy in Colt Cart Accident
Last Saturday Charley Leabo and a Bonebrake youth were thrown when a colt cart lurched. Bonebrake escaped with bruises while Leabo suffered a severe hip bruise and scalp wound but had no broken bones after medical examination. An August sale listing cattle and cows appears in the same text.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charley Leabo
Young Bonebrake
Leabo
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Henry Hemphill
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Ralph Brown
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Major Warfield
Norman L. Roberts
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Asa Smith
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Col. Carpenter
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Joe Stewart
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Dora Henan
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Grant Murt
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