Ozone Island Begins Adventure With Hartley and Prudent Plans
A stray group of New Yorkers and two locals drift into a sunlit bay, discover Hartley and Van Brunt missing, find a’ll safe on Horsefoot Bar. They seize Scudder’s country property, rename it Ozone Island, and plan a self sustaining retreat with Pratt as cook and manager.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Solomon Pratt
Eaton
Mors
Nailian ‘Seder
Vic Irint
Martin Hartley
Pratt
James Hopper
van Brunt
van Brum
Agnes Page
Hravonites
Hannah Jane Purvie
Sol. Pratt
Nate Scudders
Nate Scudder
Neck Road
Hartley
Van
Lord James
Nate
Eastwich
Hardy
Horsefoot Bar
Providence
Wellsouth
Scudder
Seidder
Arties
Mr. van Brunt
H ‘Ouse
Marcellus Berry
Marcellus
Swudder
James
Bleser St
Betteve
George
Martin
Oura
van Brant
Horsefoot
Bart
Ozone Island
Skipper
Rice Narrative on Motorcycle Purchase After Fatal Accident
Isaac L. Rice recounts how a motorcycle purchase for his daughter triggered by a European trip was influenced by a New York fatality. A man’s fall from a motorcycle spurred him to cancel shipping and instead send a letter withdrawing the order, followed by a newspaper clipping about a theater death that reinforced his concern.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isaac L. Rice
Mrs. Rice
Miss Rice
Europe
New York
Mr. Rice
Desiree
Death of Gen. Hugh Cameron the Kansas Hermit
Gen. Hugh Cameron 82 known as the Kansas Hermit died of apoplexy in a Topeka hospital after attending the funeral of A H Case in Lawrence. Born October 28, 1826 at Saratoga Springs he moved to Kansas in 1854 and built a rugged life near Lawrence. The article also notes state agricultural gains for 1908, railroad rate changes, and local incidents including two boys receiving medals for flagging a washout on a Missouri Pacific line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugh Cameron
Kansas
Topeka
Lawrence
AH_ Case
Cameron
Saratoga Springs
Washington, D. C
Zachery Taylor
Webster, Clay, Couslas
Rittenhouse Academy
Washington
Treasury Department
Kansas River
Gen
Albuquerque
N. M
Edmund G. Ross
Ross
Andrew Johnson
Johnson
Coburn
D. Coburn
State Board of Agriculture
Department
Missouri Pacific Railway
James
August Picken
Bison
Kansas Farm Papers Merge Forms New Agency
The Kansas Farmer and Farmers' Advocate consolidate. The Advocate dissolves as a separate name while president Albert T. Reid becomes president of the merged company. E. B. Cowgill retires as Kansas Farmer president but stays on the editorial staff. New capital stock rises to about $100,000. The Kansas Farmer dates to shortly after the Civil War. the Advocate has existed since 1870.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas Farm Papers
Kansas Farmer
Farmers’ Advocate
West
Advocate
Albert T. Reid
Pew Company
E. B. Cowgill
The
Kansas Twine Plant Closed In Coal Crisis
Kansas twine plant shut to free workers for coal mines as cold snaps strain state institutions. About 500 prisoners now mined coal. little coal stored. Also reports Record changes at Gove County paper sold to new owners and to shift to Democratic. Fire losses at Pittsburg Undertaking co. and death of Junction City merchant Charles Sawtell. Primary cost around $135000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
State Board
Kansas Penitentiary
Gove County
Gove County Record
Grinnell
Elmer E. Beven
8. C. Carroll
Stockton
H. A. Spider
Gove City
Mr. Beven
Also Mentioned on This Page
Joseph C. Lincoln
Eri
Baenes
Ebenezer
Sarney
Oscar
Dora Bassett
Home
Sol
Callate Hartley
Hardy Wetherfeller
Richard Broiller
J. S. Stout
Stout
Morton
Stevens
J. P Caudill
W. V. Jackson
Bes
Jacob Boudrie
Leavenworth
Atchison
Shaeurl
Boudrie
Canada
Westminster
Presbyterians of
Westminster House
University
Western Railroads
Akebison, Topeka & Santa Fe General Freight
Olipe Bank
Olpe
Emporia
Pittsburg
Junction City
Charles Sawtell
W. A. Johnson
Bureau of Labor and Industry
Scheda
Kansas Cavalry
Prairie Grove
Lucam
Farmers State Bank
J. C. Gray
Dawson
Stubb
Goveloc Stibbs
Hig
Tien
John 5
Hisg Aesistant
Will Eame
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