Russians Help Build Pfeifer Community in Ellis County
The Pfeifer settlement, founded by 1870s Russian immigrants from Ukraine, grew into a thriving Catholic town with a stone church, monastery, and school. Residents petitioned for the Golden Belt railroad, supported Red Cross and Liberty Loans, and honored fallen American soldier Joe Brett with a large, patriotic burial in Pfeifer.
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Ellis
Ukraine
Russia
Ellis County
Herzog
Catherine
Munjor
Schoenchen
Pfeifer
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Catholic Church Association
Smokey River
Victora
Union Pacific
Freedom
Illinois
Pleasantdale
Rush County
Rush
Red Cross
Joe
Brrs
John Brett
Victoria
U.S. Army
Casper
Hays
Burghardt
Stutts
Loretta
Heller
Schoenden
Stollenwerk
Liebenthal
Gilbert
Hays College
France
Stramer
Mack Family Returns to Ellis County Farmances
Philip E Mack and family who lived on the Saline near Turkville decide to sell in Oklahoma and return to their Ellis county farm where they made such a grand. Mr J H Cutahall of Alida Kansas and Miss Ruth Ackard of Colby were united in marriage July 27th at the Baptist Parsonage Rev MacD Thompson officiating A baby girl Etta Louise born to Mr and Mrs Fred Riggs of Ellis July 29th at the home of the mother's parents Rev and Mrs 8 Mac D Thompson
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Philip E. Mack
Saline
Turkville
Enid
Oklahoma
Ellis County
J. H. Cutahall
Alida
Kanssa
Ruth Ackard
Colby
Baptist Parsonage
Macd. Thompson
Gir
Etta Louise
Fred Riggs
Ellis
Mac D. Thompson
Early Sobemiana. For heaven's sake, ers drreamed Veous
A garbled exclamation scene depicts a warning about dreams and trimmed wings, with phrases like you’re almost caked and heaven’s sake, reflecting a fractured OCR fragment from a historical page.
Kansans to vote soon on World War II soldier bonus plan
Readers in Kansas are urged to approve a bond issue a year from November granting every World War soldier in the state a one dollar per day bonus. The piece ties support to Senator Capper and emphasizes patriotic pride across Civil War Spanish American and World War I veterans. It stresses unity over partisan lines and predicts broad approval in the forthcoming election. It also notes local civic items including street beautification and inquiries from the Hutchinson Chamber of Commerce about a natatorium and mentions indictments in a federal case and a labor dispute in California.
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Kansas
Senator Capper
United States Senate
America
Congress
United States
Hand of
Justice
McCray
Wichita Eagle
Old Fort Hays Park Proposal Prompts City Plans
The city of Hays eyes a fifty acre state designated park centered on old Fort Hays. Proposals include transplanting trees, paving Chestnut street, and erecting a footbridge to the park. The Headquarters building could become a visitor resting place and museum, with the artillery plant repurposed for park use.
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Hays
Chestnut Street
Big Creek
Old Fort Hays
The Next War Will Do to Humanity
This review urges readers to consider Will Irwin’s The Next Way which argues future warfare will wipe out vast civilian populations with gas and air attacks. It cites Irwin’s claim that science has produced deadly gases and that industrial centers will be attacked, ending white supremacy and Caucasian civilization, with human life cost exploding.
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Will Irwin
Irwin
Trwin
Mr. Inwin
Tne
Army School
Chittenden Hassler Wedding At Hays Home
Miss Margaret Chittenden wed Ira M. Hassler of Chapman Kansas in a ceremony at the bride’s parents home. Rev Gerrit Snyder officiated. reception at Brunswick Hotel followed. couple to honeymoon at Yellowstone Park and westward.
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Hays
Margaret Chittenden
Ira M. Hassler
Chapman
Kansas
H. W. Chittenden
E. Wilson Avenue
Gerrit Snyder
Presbyterian Church
Elma Creighton
Mary Chittenden
Elizabeth Chittenden
Elmer Hassler
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Normal Avenue
Chamber of Commerce
Hays City
Hays Chamber of Commerce
Hutchinson
Hutchinson News
Mildred Neiswanger
Mildred
Hugh B. Sorrells
Income Tax Bureau
George W. Sutton
Washington
Federal
Grand Jury
Turlock
Cal
LaCrosse
Anthony Byers
U. S
Larned Ine
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Byers
la Grosse
Rush Center
Golden Belt Railroad
Ilinois
Wichita
Holyrood
Chittenden-Hassler
Brunswick Hotel
Alex Philip
Hays High School
Fort Hays
Dickinson County
Yellowstone Park
Hassler
Herbert den
Miss Eunice Ramsey
J. G. Brenner
Colorado
C. J. Gose
Kinderhook
Pike County
Hare
Sears-Ror
Mister Bays
Joe L
Doc
Thorn, TN
Board of Education of
Smith Center
Jewell County Republic
Alice Madden
West Second Street
Faythy Logan
Miss Logan
Dolly Truan
Louise Wann
Anna Doris Havemann
Mia
Alex West
Faythe Logan
Leona Allbert
Susan Chittenden
Sylvia Ferguson
Susan Madden
Mollie Madden
Margaret Bidsing
Rowena Snyder
Mildred King
Agnes Cox
Virginia Mullinax
Princeton
Kaibs Kirkman
Riverview Kennels
St. Louis
Greta I
Fairfax Iif
Henry Taylor
Kansas City
Marion II
San Francisco
Knibs
Denver
Rock Island
Wichita & Northwestern
O. P. Byera
Jones
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