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Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-06-14

KILLODEN PLANTING CO.-Pecan Grove
Lot c OF partition recorded In Boob
90" page 4, lying In sections II. y, 2.
and 26, township IS, range 10 east. con.
tanning $40 acres. Assessment ssis7 50.
interest es and costs to be- be added. added
KILLODEN PLANTING CO.-Pecan Grove:
Lot d of partition recorded In Book
90" page &, lying in sections IS. %
tanning SO acres. Assessment S, Isl so.
Interest s and costs to be added.
KIILODEN PLANTING Cost. Peter: Lot
No. OF the partition as recorded IN
Book "P.'' page Dag, and lying in the
southwest quarter Of section 30. town
ship IL, range II east, containing liz
acres. Assessment $55o.oo:
Interest and cost to be added.
KILLODEN PLANTING CO-CharltOn: east
half of section 80 1919 g. Tooth acres) and
80 acres taken of the northern portion
o. R east ssfh section aSa 81 az IN
II east. containing 400 acres. Assess
ment 81, ,000.00.
Interest and costs to be added.
KILLODEN PLANTING CO.-Dixie: east half
and east half of west half Of section Is;
south half and east half Of northwest
quarter section "a, township IL, range
10 east, containing ss2 acres. Assess
Taxes $2Oo.5
Interests and costs to be added.
KILLODEN PLANTING CO.-Smyth: west
half Of southwest quarter section %;
east half Of south east quarter section
8, township IL, range 10 east, contain
ing 100 acres. Assessment $500 90.
Interest and costs to be added.
On said day of sale, will sell such portions
Of said property as each debtor will point out,
and in case debtor will not point out sufficient
property. will at once and without further
delay, sell the least quantity Of said property
Of any debtor which any bidder will buy for
the amount of taxes, interest and costs due
by said debtor; the sale will be made without
apprasement, for cash, in legal tender mon
ey Of the United States, and the property sold
shall be redeemable at any time for the space
of one year by paying the price given with
20 per cent interest, and costs.
JOHN HUGHES,
Sheriff and Ex- -OficiO Tax Collector Tensas
Parish, La.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-06-14
"OvER the TOP" MTn EnPEY.

Readers of The Gazette will be glad
to know that We have secured the
publication rights Of this territory
to COVER THE ToP", the most famous
war story that has ever been written
by the most famous war writer of the
day. The first installment will sppesr
within q short time. Arthur Guy
Empey, the author of "Over the Top"
is an American boy who, fred by the
tragedy Of the Lusitanis, got into the
world war two years ahead Of his
countrymeD. For seventeen months,
until he fell desperately wounded In
"No Mans Land" he saw more actual
fighting than any other man that has
written about the war. His stories
of the horrors, thrills, humor and COM
radship of the trenches have not been
approached in interest by any other
writer. Watch for the opening INSTALL
ment Of this story in The Gazette.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-06-14

COCHRAN. JOSEPH-Dalia: Sections 50. So,
81 and 55, in township Is. range l3 east,
10 acres. Assessment $500. 90.
Interest and costs to be- added.
COCHRAN, JOsEPH-Fractional sections IA
and Is and that part of section IL in town
Bayou Vidal, except IA acres owned by
I. p kell, 1888 acres. Assessment sls37 so
Interest s and costs to be added sHi;d
CLAYTON, J. E-Locust Ridge: An undivid-
ed quarter Of section 13, except north
west quarter and southeast quarter of
southeast quarter; also south half Of
southeast quarter, section IA. township
OF southwest quarter. section H, town
ship ., range 10. containing l2l acres. As
sessment $500 90.
Interest and costs to be added.
DAVIS, SUSAN E.-A 100 acre tract Of land
on Osceola plantation in west half Of
southwest section 81. township ". range
IL east, as shown by map in Book 90"
page "a. Assessment $3.50 90.
Interest and costs to be added.
FLEMING, SPENCER A part Of Justina
plantation, being section IS; east half of
section "a: southwest quarter and south
half OF southeast quarter OF section @,
township IL, range 10 east. Deed in Book
so'soo. 90. low " A'''''''"
.Zi
Interest and costs to be added.
HALL. MRS. AMANDA-Linwood: an undi-
vided one-half Of east half Of section IL I;
northwest quarter Of section IL; north
west quarter Of southwest quarter and
southwest quarter OF northeast quarter.
section IA, township 9, range 9 east, 2s3
acres. Assessment 81 ,0l2.50.
Interest and costs to be added. ]
KILLODEN PLANTING CO.-Hunter and
Gibson: All section % in township 10,
range east, containing 642 acres. As
sessment: $2,975.00.
Interest and costs to be added.
KILLODEN PLANTING Google and steep
Bayou: section 36. township 10, range 8
east; also north half and southeast quar-
ter Of section I, township Q, range 8 east
containing ll02 acres; assessment
$S,ls7 50.
Taxes es S131 .13
Interest and costs to be added.
KILLODEN PLANTING CO.-An undivided
one half Of section Is; northwest quarter
quarter of section q, township 10. range
$4,000
Interest and cost to be added.
KILLODEN PLANTING CO.-Anderson: Al
section except 394 acres, being all thai
part OF said section lying south OF 8
certain line running east and west di
/ Niuiuk soiu sCCtiou Dcluk
part, township 9, range Q east. contain
Ing 374 acres. Assessment $l550.00.
| AoACo. eb1.ot
Interest and costs to be added.
KILLODEN PLANTING O.-Newtonia: cas-
half Of northwest quarter, northeast
quarter of southwest quarter, and nOrtf
half of southeast quarter of southwest
I quarter and southeast quarter section
q; a 9-l0th acres in section rs; all In
township IL, range 10 east, and being
pavt Of Newtonia Deed il Book "P,' -
page 439; containing 3A acres. Assess
ment s. ,862 50.
| Interest and cost to be added.
/ KILLODEN PLANTING CO.-Miller: an un
| divided one half interest In section Is
township 10, range east, containing
321 acres. Assessment 100000.
Interest and co ts to be added.
K1LLODEN PLANTING CO.-Pecan Grove
Lot B OF partition recorded in Book 90
: page Z, lying In sections II. -, n and
-, township Is, range 10 east. contain
ing SO acres. Assessment @, 50.
fntSfSst and costs TO be added.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-06-14
PROCLAMATION.

To the People OF Tensas Parish:
By request OF the National War Saw
ings Committee, I hereby designate
and name FRIDAY, JUNE 2Sth,
1918, as "NATIONAL WAR saw
INGS DAY." w
earnestly appeal to every man.
woman and child to pledge themselves
on or before the 18th of June to save
constantly and to buy "a regularly as
possible the securities of the Govern
ment, and to do this as far as possible
through the various War Savings So
cieties.
The 28th of June ends this period
for enlistment in this great volunteer
army Of productions and saving here
at home.
. Join the great band of savers-be
thrifty.
F. H. CURRY,
President Police Jury.
A true copy.
Attest: E. F. NEWELL,
Clerk Police Jury.
June 9th, 1918.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-06-14
HOW's ThisP

We offer One Hundred Dollars Re.
ward for any case of Catarrh that can
not be cured by Halls Oatarrh Med.
icine.
Halls Catarrh Medicine has been
taken by catarrh sufferers for the past
thirty five years, and has become
known as the most reliable remedy for
Catarrh. Halls Cstarrh Medicine acts
through the Blood on the Mucous
surfaces, expelling the Poison from
the Blood and healing the diseased
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After you have taken Halls Cstarrh
Medicine for Q short time you will see
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health. Start taking Hall's Catarrh
Medicine at once and get rid Of catarrh.
Send for testimonials, free.
F. ]. CHENEY 4 Co., Toledo, Ohio.
Sold by oil DfukGists, 76c.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-06-14

R. H. Whitney, Parish Director.
Eff. Newell, Vice Director.
Thos. M. Wade, Supt. Schools.
Newellton and First Wards. D.
Farrar, Ward Director; Julins Salo-
mon. Hymap< eeaensons DR.. D, b. Al
verson, Henry Issacs, ]. W. Osborn,
DR.. w. d. Noble, Martin Jacoby.
Ashwood-C. L. Beisel, Ward Di-
rector; d. H. O'Kelley, w. H. Scott.
st. Joseph and Fourth Ward-D. A.
O'Kelley, Ward Director; DIR. G. N.
Clarke, w. M. Davidson, F. H. Curry,
Richard Lynch, 8. T.. Yourtee, G. H.
Clinton, B. F. Young.
Wsterproof-H. w. May, Jr., Ward
Director; y. d. Brigham, L. T. Hunt
er, G. Q. Goldman, H. M. Marks,
Greenwsy Parhsm.
7th Ward--E. D. Coleman, Ward
Director; Dwight Stone, J. q. Girls
som, ]. W. Powell, H. G. Miller, d.
F. Miller, James Bowman.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-06-14

or allowed when the railroads were
under private control. should be under
stood. This distinction is there is no
way in which the present increases will
inure to private profit if they should turn
out to be more than are needed to meet
the grave Public oxigency. They will
promptly be readjusted SO as to prevent
any unnecessary burden upon the pub
lie. but pending such reausdjtment, the
excess. if any. will be for the benefit of
the-people Of the United States. as a
whole, and not for the benefit of the
private railroad ownership of any of
them. To this extent that savings
can be effected and to the extent that
reduced prices for the things the rail.
roads must pay. can be realized. it will
be the purpose of the Director General
to make. from time to time, apprO-
pirate reductions.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-06-14
Notice to Mortgage Creditors

OFFICE OF SHERIFF AND TAX COL
LECTOR OF TENSAS PARISH, LA.
ST. JOSEPH, La, JUNE z, 1918.
TN CONFORMITY WITH SECTION ss, ACT
IS of 1888, notice is hereby given to all par
ties holding mortgages upon real estate in
the Parish of Tensas on which taxes for the
the sale of same at the Court House door, on
SATURDAY the 18th dsy % JUlV. 1oao.
and that a number of pieces Of property SO
delinquent are now being advertised in this
paper in conformity with the law preparatory
is especially called to these advertisements
of tax sales, and they are warned to take such
steps prior to the sales as may be necessary
to protect their rights.
Sheriff and ex-OficiO Tax Collector Tensas
Parish, La.
st. Joseph. La, June z. 1918.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-06-14
. THE KAISER, the BEAST OF BERLIN

Manager J. O. Macpherson Of the
Electric Theatre announces having
booked "The Kaiser, The Beast Of Ber-
lin" for Friday and Saturday, June 2Sth
and 29th.
This picture had pre-release run ct
the Globe Theatre in Boston on March
18th where It ran for FIVE weeks. This
feature is still running in New York at
$1.OO per seat, and the patrons OF the
Electric Theatre are offered an excep-
tional treat through the booking OF
such feature at this early date.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-06-14

Canebreak Plantation, on Lake st.
Joseph, about six miles from Newell.
ton, La, January 1st, 1919.
$50 acres in cultivation, 1910 In tract.
Will repair all cabins and build now II
necessary. A ANso will build barn and
a dwelling house IL desired. Offers re.
ceived till June 1st. Apply to
Mrs. A. B. Guthrie, Matches, Miso.
or Judge John Dale, Vidslis, L..
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-06-14
the pElco LIGHT.

Having the agency for the Delco Light
for Tensas and adjoining parishs, and
being located at Tallulah, am prepared
to promptly install the above plant at
short notice and will be glad to hear
from any one contemplating installation
OF same. NJ. H. CoLTHARP,
6-7-tf Tallulah, La.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-06-14
W. 9. 8.

Tensas must raise Its War Savings
Stamp quots by the 18th June.
Have you joined the Limit Club and
pledged yourself to purchase s100O.00
par value of War Savings Stamps dur
ing the balance of the year 1918?
II you are unable to join the Limit
Club, join the e5OO.0O Club or the
S25O.O0 or the 10000 Club.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-06-14
RELIGIOUS SERVICES At ST. Joseph.

1st Sundav-Union Church, 8. p. m.
by Rev. R. F. Harrell.
2nd Sunday-Christ Church, II q. m.
and 8 p. m. by Rev. Walter Lennie-
Smith.
3rd Sunday-Union Church, II .. m.
and D. m. by Rev. R. F. Hsrrell.
4th Sunday-Union Church, IL q. m.
and d. m. b. Rev. J. T. Sailes.
Sunday School every Sunday morn
ing at both Union Church and Christ
Church at 10 O'Clock.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-06-14

Notice is hereby given that CLARA
NOOK" plantation, in the 4th Ward of
Tensas parish is posted against WOOD
CUTTING, HUNTING, FISHING and
TRESPASSING i'm general, and violators
will be prosecuted.
(Signed) j. T. MCCLELLAN.
Tallulah, La, April IL, 1918.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-06-14
SATURDAY the 18th day Of JULY,
An 1914

and continuing on Monday the 18th day
OF JULY. 1918, and each succeeding day.
until said sales are complete, all property
on which taxes are now due to the State of
Louisiana and Parish of Tensas, and Fifth
Louisiana Levee Board, to enforce collection
OF all taxes assessed in the year 1917, to-
day OF December. 1917, when same became
delinquent, at rate of ten per cent per
annum, until paid. and all costs.
The names of said delinquent tax payers.
the amount OF taxes due by them in the as
sessment OF said year, and the property as
sessed to each to be offered for sale is as fol-
lows:
BIRD, JoHN.4 houses on lot No. l.. Square
"P' OF Waterproof. Assessment 500. 90
Interest and cost to be added.
BERRY, EST. OF NANCY-House on lot No.
l Square "P'' of Waterproof. Assess
ment $3.50.
Interest and costs to be added.
ELGUTTER, L.-Lots I, 2 and 3 in certain
square sf RouthwOod addition to New
ELTON; also lots 3, 6 and in Square
* except small lot in and Z, sold
TO Webster Crockett; also lot of s-10th
acres in ROuthwOOd addition, 215 feet by
A6 feet, except small lots sold to Wa
tiers, Coward and Smith. Assessment
$lls7 so
Interest and costs to be added.
ELGUTTER, LA lot and several cottages
in ROuthwOOd addition to NewelltOn,
bounded west by public road, east by
Lake st. Joseph: north by lot Of John
BAIL Assessment $625. 90.
Interest and cost to be added.
FULTZ, MRS. j. N.-House and 5-acre lot in
NewelltOn. fronting south on Verona
lane, bounded north by Verona, east by
lot OF Newell and west by lot of Mrs.
X. Newell. Assessment sll25.00
Taxes xes..............$ 1854
Interest and cost to be added.
FIELDS, SARAH-Lot No. 8 Square Of ia
cOby's addition to NewelltOn; also S
cows. Assessment $4,000
Interest and cost to be added
NEWELL, EST. MRS. R. Y.-Lot and resi-
dence in Newellton, bounded north by
Verona Lane, east by lot of Mrs. Gordon,
south by routhwoOd lots; also a 2-acre
ton Lochland. Assessment Ssl2.5o.
interest assi and cost to Sc ssdsd. aasI
PHILLIPS, CHAS.-A house on rented land
In Waterproof. Assessment $3.50
Taxes xes......$1.49
Interest and cost to- be added.
TURNER, EST. W. B.-House and lot in st.
Joseph, bounded north and east by lot of
Louisa Dixon, south by Hancock street
and west by lot of Shaifer. Assessment
$125.OO.
Interest and costs to be added.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-06-14
1t Waterproof

Second and fourth Sundays, morn
and night; also Sunday School Sunday
morning and night. -
Prayer meeting Wednesday night.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-06-14
Il WesIey chapel

Services regularly every first Sun
day, at II O'Clock, with dinner served
on grounds.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-06-14
JUDICIAL ADVERTISEMENT.
STATE TAX SALE
IN -
MOVABLE & IMMOV.
ABLE PROPERTY,
STATE OF LOUISIANA
rs.
DELINQUENT TAX DEBTORS.

STATE OF LOUISIANA,
PARISH OF TENsAs.
ST. JOSEPH. LA. , June 7th, 1918.
RY VIRTUE OF THE AUTHORITY vested
- In me by the Constitution and laws OF
Louisiana, I will sell at the principal front
door of the Court House in which the Civil
District Court Of said parish is held, within
the legal hours of judicial sales, beginning
at IL O'Clock A. NJ on
Baxter Springs news., 1918-04-19
MRS. DAVIS DEAD

Mrs. ]. r. Davis died at the home
in Baxter Springs on North Park
Ave-, Tuesday night at 1880 from
complication of nervous troubles. Mrs.
Davis was Ga years of age and leaves
one child, F. E. Davis of this city.
Mrs. Davis has been sick for several
months. She has been a resident OF
Webb City, Mo-, for the past thirty
years until moving to Baxter Spring.
last November. The funeral services
will be held from the home tomorrow
morning at 10 o'clock. Burial will
be made in the Webb City cemetery.
Mrs. Davis during her short resi-
dence here made many friends who
will mourn her departure. She was
IN excellent mother and wife.
The son and husband, j. B. Davis,
are all the near relatives living in
Baxter Springs. Quite a number of
relatives. including F. f. Davis, came
over from Webb City.
Baxter Springs news., 1918-04-19

First published in Baxter Springs
News, April 10, 1918l
NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT
The State of Kansas,
County Of Cherokee, IS.
In the Probate Court in and for Said
County
In the matter Of the Estate Of Sam.
uel Binns, Deceased. Creditors and
all other persons interested in the
aforesaid Estate, are hereby notified
that my final report is now on file in
the Probate Court, in and for said
county, for the inspection Of parties
interested. l shall, on the Fl day OF
June, 1918, apply to said Court for
full and final settlement of said Es-
tate, and ask the Court for an order
allowing my compensation, declaring
who are the legal heirs to this Estate
M. A. Binns,
Executor of Samuel Binns, Deceased
Dated, Columbus, Kansas, Feb. 20
A. d. 1918.
Baxter Springs news., 1918-04-19

of inability to make personal applica-
ton, provided such application is
made on their behalf. According to
a statement by the Secretary of the
Treasury, applications for insurance
may be made in behalf of such pris-
oners by persons within the permit
ted class of beneficiaries under the
military and naval insurance law
This class includes wife, child, parent,
brother or sister. Application should
be made to the Bureau of War-Risk
Insurance, at Washington, d. c.
American soldiers and sailors in
German prison camps prior to April
70, 1918, will not be deprived of their
rights to war-risk insurance because
Baxter Springs news., 1918-04-19

Attention of fertilizer manufact-
urers and dealers has again been
called to the necessity for taking out
Federal licenses. All fertilizer manu-
facturers, including mixers, even
though their output may be small, are
required to take out licenses. Agents
and dealers, whose gross sales do not
amount to more than 100000 year
are not required to take out licenses
or to make applications for blanks
However, any retail dealer or agent
whose gros sales amount to more
than 100000 and who does not ap-
ply for n license is liable under the
provision of the act of Congress pro-
viding for the governmental control
of the industry. Application for IL
cense should be made to the law de-
partment, license division, United
States Food Administration, Wash
ington, d. c.
Baxter Springs news., 1918-04-19
UNCLAIMED LETTERS

Letters remaining in the postofficc
at Baxter Springs, Kansas, for week
ending April 1S, 1913:
Elven Hoyt, 2, Chas. H. Jones, Lee
Haston, Harry Lake, Dairy Thomas,
John Kanatzer, Albert Thomure, Mrs.
Lula L. Perryman, Mrs. Fannie
Thomas, &. w. Petiford, Luther Tim
hurld, Mrs. w. C. Onion, Jim Thatch-
er, Jessie Waland, John Gopher, Mr..
and Mrs. Roy Smith, Lee Cooper,
Mildred Plummer, Mrs. Lulu Wooley,
John Quinn, r. E. Tucker (Miss), AL
win Medley, Will Schmitt, j. +. Ow-
ems, Mrs. Romantic Wilkin, Benny
Veatch, 2, C. d. Marsei, Irving Ges-
land, 2, Mrs. Leona Fredrick, Mrs.
Labra Motley, Chas. Dickson, Jae.
Lampert, Mrs. Nettie Fritts, HouX
& Moy, Mrs. Ann Dodson, S. E. Mo.
Mrg. Corp'n., Mrs. James Donell, Mr..
and Mrs. Roy Barnes, Mrs. Ellen
Brown, Chas. Cooper, George Con-
nor, 2, John Pratte, 2, Mrs. Mary f.
Andrews, Lawrence Carey, Mrs. Letha
Powell Jenkins, Una Clay, Clarence
Jones, Dick Donnelly, Frank Jack
son, ]. S. Bice, Willie Sides, w. A.
Brandenburg, Mrs. Annie Slego, Elm
er NJ. Ray, Lizzie Marshall, Dewitt
Rasor.
Persons calling for any of the
above will please say Advertised"
giving date of list.
C. L. Smith, p. M.
Baxter Springs news., 1918-04-19

The Alien Property Custodian has
been given power to sell, at private
sale without advertisement, enemy
owned livestock, feed or food stuifs,
hides and other animal products, agri-
cultural products, fertilizers, chemi-
calls, drugs, essential oils, lumber, cot
ton. tobacco, furniture, books, glass
and china ware, wearing apparel,
iewelry, precious stones, pictures, or
naments, bric-a-brac, objects of art,
raw OF finished textile materials,
trunks, boxes, partially or completely
manufactured metals, fabrics, rub
ber and rubber products, and all kinds
Of merchandise, in lots having mar
ket value of not more than $4,000.
Such sales may be held at places and
under conditions prescribed by the
Alien Property Custodian.
Baxter Springs news., 1918-04-19

For the purpose of augmenting ag-
ricultural production it is the inten-
ton of the War Department to grant
furloughs to enlisted men to enable
them to engage in farming during
the present season. Commanding Of
ficers may grant such furloughs with
in prescribed rules whenever 1t ap-
pears they will contribute to increas-
ed farm production. Furloughs may
be given by commanding officers Of
posts, camps, cantonments, divisions
and departments. They will be for
short periods, largely for seeding and
cultivating.
Baxter Springs news., 1918-04-19
First published in Baxter Springs
News, April 10, 1918)
NOTICE TO BIDDERS


Sealed proposals will be received
by the Board of Education at Baxter
Springs, Kansas, from April 25, 1918
until May 10th, 1918, at 6 o'clock p.
M, for the erection of a fire proof
High School building to be located at
Baxter Springs. ,
All labor and materials will be fur
nished in accordance with. the plans
and specifications prepared for the
same by Burt C. Overton, Of Baxter
Springs, Kansas.
Copies of the plans and specifica-
tions may be seen on file at the Of
fees of the Construction News, To-
peka, Kas.; John H. Kitchen, 3O2 Del
main Bldg, Kansas City, No.; and in
the offices of the architect at Baxter
Springs, Kas., and Miami, Okla.
Each bid must be accompanied by
a certified check for $1,000, the same
being made payable to The Board OF
Education, Of Baxter Springs, Kan,
and shall be forfeited to same If
award of contract is made and sue
cessful bidder fails to enter into con-
tract and furnish the surety bonds re-
quired by the laws Of Kansas, within
ten days from the date of acceptance
of said bid.
Heating, ventilating and plumbing
systems will be awarded under one
contract at the same time.
The Board of Education reserves
the right to reject any or all bids.
Dated April 18, 1918.
BY Order of The Board of Education,
R. C. Wear, President,
Baxter Springs, Kansas.
Baxter Springs news., 1918-04-19
HARVEY GAVE DINNER

A. L. Harvey took the four Boy
Scouts that sold the greatest number
of W. S. S. to the greatest number of
people in the recent Scout drive TO
Joplin Tuesday and treated them to
a fine dinner at the Connor hotel and
later took them to see the great film
production, "The Kaiser" The boys
we're Carl Swinney, Kenneth Hooker
Lloyd Youse and Cecil Kitch. From
what the boys say of the trip their
entertainer gave them just about the
limit of boy enjoyment.
Baxter Springs news., 1918-04-19

Mrs. A. r. Kane, chairman of the
Woman's committee for the Third
Liberty Loan, of Baxter Springs, is
in receipt of a congratulatory note
from Mrs. A. H. Skidmore, county
Hartman, for the excellent work of
the women of Baxter Springs in rails
ing the quota and then some.