Kansas G A R Officers Elected In Kansas City Sparks Theater
The twenty seventh annual Kansas department G A R election held at Sparks theater Kansas City named department commander W A Morgan Cottonwood Falls senior vice commander W A Ogden Ness City junior vice commander 8 J Churchill Lawrence medical director Dr W F Waite Kansas City chaplain Rev Lampman Baldwin City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas Department of the G. & RB
Sparks
Kansas City
W. A. Morgan
Cottonwood Falls
W. A. Ogden
Ness City
A Laurel Wreath For Each Good Gray Head
A wartime tribute poem praising fallen soldiers and their comrades. It honors sacrifice, courage, and faith amid defeat and sorrow, praising those who bore the burden for a greater cause while honoring both heroes and vanquished foes. Featured lines convey reverence and national resolve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hopt
S. EL Kieer
Scythe Memorial of Hyman Johnson at Log Landing
In New York near Waterloo the tale recalls Hyman Johnson a 21 year old farmer boy who enlisted at the start of the Civil War. He was captured died in a southern prison and his scythe remained wedged in a tree as a memorial. His mother laid a wreath on the weapon and on Memorial Day the scene became a lasting memory carried forward by future generations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
New York State
Seneca Canal
Log Landing
Geneva
Watertoo
Hyman Johnson
Johnson
Lincoln
Hyman
Pen
White House
Don’t Poison Baby Castoria Warning
Forty years ago mothers feared opium based medicines for children as drops and cordials disguised as soothing syrups. Narcotics like paregoric morphine caused sleep then danger. Druggists must label poisons and parents should know every ingredient before giving medicine to children. Castoria contains no narcotics if signed by Chas. H. Fletcher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prado
Castoria
Chas. H. Fletcher
J. W. Dinsdale
Chicago
Ill
Alexander E. Mintie
Cleveland
Ohio
Alexander
Omaha
Neb
J. A McClellan
Buffalo
N. Y
J. W. Allen
St. Louis
C. H. Glidden
St Paul
Minn
H. D. Benner
Philadelphia
J. A. Boorman
Kansas City
J. J. Mackey
Brooklyn
Starch and autos features in an odd wartime collage
A fragmented OCR style notice combines playful dialogue on farming with adverts for Defiance Starch claiming safety on fine fabrics and strong stiffening power. It cites Belgium’s rising auto imports and includes assorted quotes and slogans from various sources, reflecting a chaotic mid century newspaper snippet.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Kansas
Lawrence Clearing House Association
Lawrence
State of
House
Secretary of the Interior
Kansas Agricultural College
Agricultural College
Kansas Board of Railroad Commissioners
Interstate Commerce Commission
Commercial Club of
Mercantile Club of
Kan
Gulf
Oritt
Harry Dunsweiler
Engineer Battalion
Missouri
Leavenworth
K. U
University of Kansas
Eptinsen Gymmnasium
Strong
McPherson
McPherson County Agricultural and Fair Assocation
Frederick Wellhage
Topeka
Wyandott
Wyandotte County
Jacob Rubkstool
Central Branch
Atchison
Burt S. Hotcomb
Texas
Parsons
Lisdaborg
Droft
E. O. G. Kelly
Kansas State Agricultural College
Manhattan
Wellington
Bureau of Entomology
Washington
Pennsylvania
West
United States
State Board of Agriculture
The
Board
Emporium
Clay Center
Coffeyville
Ottawa
Concordia
Vernon Pierce
Good Roads Office
Sandhills
Hutchinson West
Congressman Madison
Sterling
M. Westenhaver
Haviland
Badger
Earl Cooke
Cooke
Colony
William Quiett
Kansas Forest
Roosevelt
Garden City National Forest
Garden City Forest
Kansas National Forest
Leavenworth County
Kiontyke
Naonal
Garden City
Telegram
Ralph Faxon
J. C. Rosenberger
Kiowa County
Willard Burkett
B. Schowaker
Wichita
Deimgrum
Jim
Ness
Jess
FacSinile Signature
New York
Farmer
Atlanta Constitution
Belgium
Agine
Peitits
Howard Bros
George Eliot
Emerson
Dodds
W.l.douglas
Iian
Carters
TYE Phl
Bockiet
Cart Game
Swett
Defiance Starcr
Dumasca
Bell
Thempasa
Impe Ior Pratu
Saskatchewan
Alberts
Crawford
W. Mint Street
Kentes Ciez
Western
Union Eanees City
Mkcourt
U. Kansas City
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