Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1915-12-23
FOUR MEN ROB KANSAS BANK
Bandits Drive Away the Citizens Of
Everest and Make Good Their
Escape with $500.

Four men about o'clock the other
morning robbed the State Bank of Ev-
crest of $1,000 and escaped Citizens,
attracted by the nine explosions that
wrecked the vault, were driven away
with shots as the robbers entered an
automobile and drove away southwark.
The men worked in the bank about
fcrty-five minutes, after cutting tele.
phone cables and robbing a hardware
store of two shotguns, revolver and
quantity of ammunition. Two OF
them remained outside during the op.
erations, one in front of the bank, the
other walking casually about the vii
lage.
The rowing" guard captured the
town marshal and locked him in bar
Der shop across the street from the
bank The marshal escaped and ran
to the home of o. C. Jones, banker,
and aroused him. The two then spread
the alarm and a crowd gathered liz
time to see the robbers drive away.
Everest is in Brown county, about
Till lCCh lllllCo Col VI fANNhAoOhs
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Struck Gas at Thirty Feet-What
is believed to be the shallowesx gas
well in the state was struck on the
]. H. Brewster farm four miles south
east of independence. The drill was
started recently and at depth Of
thirty feet opened such strong flow
of gas that drilling had to be sus-
pended.
Strike Oil in PaoIa-Oil drillers
have been busy in Paola for several
weeks and have struck oil in paying
quantities inside the city limits Three
productive wells have been drilled in
the west part of town and one that
was drilled in recently produced 80
barrels of oil in twelve hours.
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Seeks 100000 ndowment.-Ottawa
University a Baptist college, will start
campaign for 100000 endowment
January /. Dr. ]. w. Lyon of Chicago
and others will assist in the campaign.
Answers Last caIi,-Samuel Joy, a
veteran, who received wounds in the
battle of Gettysburg, died at Salina re-
Gently. He was prominent in Masonic
and G. A. R. circles.
Corn Made "a BusheIs-Corn raised
by w. L. CASTOR, north of Ogallah,
in Trego county, averaged 81 bushels
to the acre. The corn is of the Bloody
Butcher variety and many ears are
as long as a mans forearm.
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Debaters to Talk for Athletics
The debating team of the University
of Kansas has chosen the negative
side OF the question Resolved that
intercollegiate athletics should be
abolished by American universities"
for the annual Missouri-Kansas debate
this year.
browns in Mill Race.-Rufus Bos-
ter, an old resident of Winfield, was
killed at the Baden mills recently by
falling from the top of freight car
into the mill race. No one witnessed
the accident. His body was recov-
cred from the Walnut river below the
mill race.
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Lived So Years on Same Farm
Martin f. Kern, who came to Kansas
In 1857 and had lived on the'same farm
since, died at his home three miles
southeast of Humboldt the other night
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Two Lawrence Pioneers Dead
Mrs. Jane Radcliffe. an old settler Of
Lawrence, is dead there. She was 81
years old. Mrs. Jane Flynn, so years
old, also died in Lawrence recently
She was born in Philadelphia and
came to Lawrence in the early days.
Girl Kicked by Mule.-Florence
DrakeIy. the 6-year-old daughter OF
Charles Drakely Of Atcbison was kick.
cd in the abdomen by mule recently
and severely injured She was taken
to hospital and operated on. Zoe
tors hold out no hope for her recovery.