Clayton’s Finest Social Event an All Nighter
Clayton hosts a grand Masonic banquet at the Mission building with an all night program. The event featured formal dress, holly wreaths, Bristol orchestra, five course menu, speeches by notable masons, and a late night ball in Palmer Hall reflected by festive pages of local life.
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Dall Gare
Rathsheller
Mission
Ferna Bristol
Jack Weichman
Claron
P. Easterwood
Capt
Snyder
Joseph Gill
Hugh
Woodward
Holland
Clayton H. J. Hammond Sr
D. W. Snyder
Morris C. Johnson
Palmer Hall
Prohibition Talk Echoes Through Clayton Meeting
A Clayton speaker laments the changing town from wild to orderly modern times. He praises moral progress and predicts statewide prohibition, urging belief in betterment and neighborly aid as the crowd reflects on era shifts and the holiday season.
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Gwen Wister
Bret Harte
Heneye
Rex Beach
United States
Clayton
Commissioners Create Three New Voting Precincts
The county board approved three new voting precincts Pasamonte Lone Star School House and Mt View School House to ease access for voters. Boundary lines will be published in the Commissioners proceedings. Fulgencia G de Baca notes tax deed penalties and recent laws affecting redemption. Union county agricultural expert application deferred for April review. County upgrades office equipment to Monarchs with 32 inch carriages to handle full page tax records.
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Board of County Commissioners
Pasamonte
Lone Star School House
Mt View School House
Fulgencia G. de Baca
Colietor
Lonehas County
Union County
Board of Commissioners
George
Marriage Licenses Issued in County Clerk Office Record
County Clerk Juan J. Darans office lists additional licenses issued alongside Newss marriages. Names include Margaret Galvin of Sedan and Lloyd M. Sowers of Thomas M. E. Hardesty and Samuel David Huth Laster and L Eugene Clinkenbeard. Sheriff Crumley returned from Maple Hill Kansas with John Hock, allegedly cashing a check for 825 without funds to cover it.
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Cupid
Juan J. Daran
Margaret Galvin
Sedan
Lloyd M. Sowers
Thomas
M. E. Hardesty
Samuel David
Huth Laster
L. Eugene Clinkenbeard
T. J. Crumley
Maple Hill
Kansas
John Hock
The
Eklund
Sam Smith Reported Killed in Union County
Sam Smith a 55 year old wealthy rancher and early Union county settler is reported shot Friday afternoon near his Smith ranch. Authorities Crumley Kingdom and Dr Bristol rushed to the scene while mystery surrounds the crime as no witness accounts emerge. Police are expected to arrive in Grayton with limited details as two auto lines expand Clayton service and jitney routes.
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L. W. Kingdom
Bristol
Smith Ranch
Kenton
Clayton
Gre Smith Ranch
Grayton
H. H. Sammons
Ims
Gren Ville
Mt Dora
Des Moines
Mr. Sammons
Wikos
Basineas
A. Merritt
Clayton Ie Textine
Dalhart
Wba
Three Piece Orchestra to Open Mission Opera House
Three Piece Orchestra for Mission Willard and Earle leasees, the Mission opera house tenants, are due to arrive in Clayton next week to begin installing equipment. The management plans to provide a three piece ensemble with the regular program.
Hodges-Ni Couple Wed at M B Parsonage
Alice Hodges and Harrison Nelson were married Tuesday morning at the M B parsonage with Rev Antho Gains officiating. The couple left on the noon train for a visit with friends and relatives in Missouri. They will reside at Rae Nows atone henry.
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Alice Hodges
Harrison Nelson
M. B. Parsonage
Antho Gains
Nelson
Missouri
Rae Nows
Atone
Henry
Gains and family arrive as pastor in Colorado church
Nev. Gains succeeds Rey. hun as pastor of the M B church. Gains is from New Hampshire but a native of Colorado who went east two years ago. The arrival marks a transition in church leadership with family settling in.
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Fev
Auto Gains
New Hampshire
Nev. Gains
Rey.hun
M. B
Hurch
Gains
New. Hampshire
Colorado
Dixie Opera Chairs Arrive Soon for Clayton Installation
Dixie Opera Chair manager Slats Rankin says 200 leather covered chairs have been shipped from New York and will arrive in Clayton next week for immediate installation. Sallie Merle, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. M. Smith, suffered a scalding accident after pulling a pan of boiling coffee. the doctor reports the injury is painful but not serious.
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Sallie Merle
G. M. Smith
Murphy Expands Ranch with 240 Acre Purchase
J. F. Murphy added 240 acres to the Murphy ranch by purchasing U. J. W. Bardin farm joining Kill, BF. in Union County. He’s known for boosting locals and locating many families. J. K. McAvoy and G. G. Wright of the First National Bank of Texting were in Clayton Tuesday. Wright bought a new Oakland roadster to replace a burned one.
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Union County
J. F. Murphy
U. J. W. Bardin
Kill
Mr. Murphy
J. K. McAvoy
G. G. Wright
First National Bank of Texting
Clayton
Mr. Wright
Oakland
Construction finishes soon at Mission building
Ornamental figures are in place as workers approach completion. Eight decorative statues wait to be hoisted to the wall supports while preparations for final ceiling work continue. The bone construction crew aims to finish by the end of next week as other nearby developments proceed.
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Nan
Fowler
Bone Construction Go
Witot to Build Brick Garage on Main Street Lot
A. L. Wikoff buys four feed-yard lots from J. C. Metton for 83200. He plans to use at least three lots this spring to construct a new brick home for the Ford Motor company at the corner of Main Street, aiming to rival the city's finest buildings.
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A. L. Wikoff
J. C. Metton
Weber & Sons Move to Mission Building in Clayton
Weber & Sons completed the relocation of their mercantile establishment to the Mission building. The new store showcases updated fixtures and a mammoth refrigerator. The women’s rest room at Geo. H. Wade & Co was completed with a welcome invitation for feminine shoppers. Blueprints for One Mission opera house front drop arrived from Kansas City Science Co revealing advertising space modeled after Orpheum theatres. The bungalow by Gredly Parham near completion with pebble dash exterior. Mr and Mrs W P McNulty of Cimarron visited Clayton en route to Sedalia Missouri to visit relatives.
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Weber & Sons Mercantile Establishment
Mission Building
Geo. H. Wade & Co
Wade
Mission Opera House
Kansas City
Parham
Teask
Clayton
W. ‘P. McNulty
Cimarron
Clayton Ameaday
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the Bullets
Maxes
Sam Smith
Disney
Hodges
Rey
Arcives
Dixie Opera
Murphy
Gontragtor
SUI Rapid
Clayon
Ui Sayre
W. Tsaaca
Mr. Isaacs
Paul Hunter
P. & GO. Implements
Eclipse and Sampson Windmills
Witot
Weber & Sons Move
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