Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1916-01-27
HEAR CALL FOR AID
Faculty and Students at X. U.
Work to Relieve Suffering
in Europe.
RELIEF COMMITTEE ORGANIZED
Chancellor Frank Strong as Chair
man Has Named Various Subcom-
mittees to Carry on the Work.

Faculty members, their wives,
townspeople of Lawrence and stu
dents at the university have all re-
sponded to the call for help from the
freezing millions in Europe. A re-
lief committee has been organized on
the Hill, composed of faculty members
and students and the town is being
canvassed for old clothes, sheets, pill
low slips and any old linen that is
not disable in the household. Twice
week women from the university
spend the afternoon with the house
wives of the town in preparing band
AGES, patching old clothes and mend
ing WORKOUT blankets to be sent to
New York and thence across the wa
ter.
Chancellor Frank Strong is chair
man of the committee and seven
students have been appointed to col
lect clothing throughout the univer-
sity community. Students are respond
ing nobly to the appeal and giving all
they can to the humanitarian move
ment.
Presidents of all the student or
CARNATIONS are working with the sec
retaries of the Y. NJ. c. A. and Y. W.
c. A. in preparing program OF worth
while Importance which will be given
the first week after the mid-term
finals and the entire proceeds will be
SEM direct to national headquarters
at New York
More than $50 was raised in two
days in December for the relief of
the Bclgians and the students in Eu'
rope. when 1000 students at the uni
Versity gave small amount and wore
white tags.
An Ambitious Hen-With the Their
mometer at IA degrees below zero,
the Kansas hen has scored again, The
other morning Mrs. NJ. w. OFT, who
lives two miles south of Olathe, heard
a hen cuckng in the hay NOW of the
barn Investigation showed eight
downy Buff OrpingtOn chicks, just
Latched The hen had stolen her nest
and established a new record for early
frycrS.
Lawrence Lawyer Dead-B. J. Ior
ton, ST years of age, an old time law
yer OF Lawrence, died there recently
after an illness OF two weeks. He had
practiced law in Lawrence thirty
year and at one time was probate
judge.
Civil War Veteran Dead William
Brown, a Civil war veteran, "A years
old, died in the federal building at
Arkansas city the other day.
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Aids Cigarette Fight-John T.. Ed
wards, wealthy stockman at Eure
ka, has posted a fund of $50 with the
boys clubs of Kansas for the organ
ization making the best fight against
the cigarette evil. The decision will
rest with the child welfare department
of the state university. Mr.. Edwards
formerly was member of the legisla-
ture from Greenwood county and is
the author of the present anticigar.
cite law.
Dropped Dead on Car-Swan Eskel-
son, 90 years old, pioneer farmer
of Reno county dropped dead at
Hutchinson as he was about to board
an nterurban trolley car. He was
born in Sweden He settled in that
county in 1871.
Muscotah School Burned-Fire de.
stroyed the public school at Musco-
tab. q village in the western part of
Atchison county. The fire is believed
school was insured for $500 which
nearly covers loss on the building.
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Students to Teach Music-Muisc
lessons AT cost are to be given to
children in Lawrence by the school OF
fine arts at the University of Kansas
following the adoption of the practice
teaching system in use at Eastern con
Bervatories.
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To Improve Water Works-Con
tracts were let by Oswego recently
for 100000 Improvement of the wa
ter works system there.
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Stops Gas Rate lncrease-Judge
Flannelly has granted to independence
and Coifeyville restraining orders en-
joining the receivers of the Kansas
Natural Gas Company from putting
into effect the increased rate of 2S
cents per 1000 feet for natural gas
recently ordered by the state utilities
commission.
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Veteran Odd Fellow Dead-John A.
Shoemaker, 81 years old, for forty.
seven years foreman of the Great
Western Manufacturing Company of
Leavenworth and believed to be the
Oldest Odd Fellow in Kansas. is dead.
He was a member of the Odd Fellows
lodge more than sixty years.