Pioneer Soldier Dies at Collyer Kansas in 1918
John Martin Ebeling born Nieustadt Germany October 23 1838 died at home near Collyer Kansas May 21 1918 aged about eighty. Served in Civil War from Pekin Illinois 1861 to 1865 first lieutenant. Survived by wife Mary Linde and eight children. Funeral held at Collyer Baptist Church May 1 with G A R color guard. interment Collyer Union Cemetery.
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Nieustadt
Germany
Collyer
Kansas
Mr. Ebeling
America
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United States
Pekin
Ilinois
Co. A
John Ebeling
Mary Linde
Hannah Ebeling
J . Miller
E. F. Elliott
Ebeling
Baptist Church
Baker
J. Straw
Collyer Union
Hugh Tidball
Carl
Mary Ppeung
Hannsh Ebeling
Gus, Ebeling
Marie Miller
Lottie
Sunday School Convention Meets in Wa-Keeney
The Trego County Sunday School Association will hold its annual convention at the Wa-Keeney Presbyterian church on June 5 1918. Morning program begins at 10 with devotional led by R C Filson and a discussion on the war and Sunday School led by Rev Powell. An 11 o clock address by State Secretary J H Engle follows with announcements and assignments. Afternoon session to follow.
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Berlins
H. J. McNair
J. H. Engle
Trego County Sunday School Association
Wa-Keeney
Presbyterian Church
R. C. Filson
C. ¥. Powell
Allison
Baker
Pierce
Broadfoot
Quiet wedding ties Grace Latta Rene Hinshaw at Wa Keeney
Grace Latta and Rene Hinshaw were married Saturday night at the home of Mr and Mrs C W Harper in Wa Keeney. The bride, a stenographer at Ross and Waldo, will keep her job. Hinshaw works in Wa Keeney with his father and may soon enter service.
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Grace Latta
Rene Hinshaw
Wa Keeney
C. W. Harper
Burlimgame
Ross & Waldo's
Hinshaw
Eilis
Wood McCall wedding ties Fort Shafter to Kauai and Cali
Lieutenant Fay E. McCall Signal Reserve Corps of Fort Shafter and Miss Marjorie Wood of Honolulu married on Easter Sunday at St Clements Episcopal Church. Rev. Leland Tracy officiated. The couple met in Kauai while teaching in Lihue. They honeymooned briefly then settled in Fort Shafter cotages. McCall, from Kansas, trained at Schofield Barracks before commissioning. Mrs. McCall, a California native, is known in Kauai artistic circles. The Greenwood family held a large reunion in Ness City and Rodgers Arkansas with other relatives. Bert faces draft while Roger serves rural mail delivery. Hail Insurance ad.
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Fay E. McCall
Signal Reserve Corps
Fort Shafter
Marjorie Wood
Honolulu
St. Clements Episcopal Church
Leland
Tracy
Kauai
Lihue
McCall
Hawaii
Kansas
Schofield Barracks
Signal Corps
Greenwood
Alfred Greenwood
Ness City
Roger Greenwood
Rodgers
Arkansas
Gilbert Greenwood
Bert
Roger
Margaret Swiggett
Red Cross notes and county updates in Kansas papers
Red Cross appeals note strong funding in France with 3500 hospitals, knit sock drives, and a shift away from quilts. Local items report travel, visits, and community news across Hill City, Ness City, Wa-Keeney, Russell, Utica, and nearby towns, including relocations, editor changes, and a twin birth announcement.
Decoration Day Program and County Sunday School Convention
The town will close shops on Thursday May 30 1918 for a Decoration Day ritual. A 1 PM procession from Courthouse Park to the cemetery honors veterans, then reverts to the Fair Grounds pavilion for a program at 3 PM with music readings and addresses. Also announced is the Trego County Sunday School convention in the city on Wednesday June 5 1918 with programs published in this issue. Subscribe for the World for $1.50.
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G. A. BR. State Guards
Boy Scouts
Commercial Club
Fair Grounds
S. L. Allison
C. O. Baker
F. S. Blaney
Abilene
C. V. Powell
Trego County
Birds and meals and a note on Sinn Feiners
An assortment of remarks touches on Sinn Feiners as sin ners, Aunt Simpy’s camera interest, and Crisco gear. A nephew describes wartime France costs for eats two francs for a meal with pota toes eggs bread butter and chocolate. The writer tracks the mock ing bird arrival dates in Trego county from 1896 to 1918 and notes confusion with the brown thrusher. A Burroughs Atlantic piece on bird migration is recommended, and a local note mentions Miss Helen Hiatt’s marriage in Tribune Kansas and World subscription rates.
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France
Trego County
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