The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1919-09-27
DR.. RAMsEY,s GREAT TRIP.

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On the morning Of the 18th of Aug
ust, we left Kansas City at 600 A. NJ.
for our long and extensive trip through
the East The party consisted Of my
sell, &c. B. Ramsey,) r. G. Chiffon, DR..
r. C. Hayden. and Geo. Wills. Our
first stop was Excelsior Springs where
we had breakfast at the Albany Hotel.
On leaving there about $500 o'clock we
motored to Chillicothe, Mo, where we
had luncheon. Our next stop was Leon
Ia, here we encountered a little trouble
which was readily adjusted and pro
ceeded to Des Moines, To-, where he
arrived at 1880 in the mornig. At this
junction we found that he had a brok-
en- spring. Here we spent the whole
day to have the spring revealed; at
$500 o'clock that evening we proceed.
ed for our next big town, Chicago, Ill.
After leaving Des MOines about 1880
that evening we arrived in a town call
| ed Newton, Ia. Here we encountered
a severe wind storm which necessitat.
ed us spending the night in the car on
the roadside. The next morning we
proceeded on our journey and arriving
at a town called Cliffin, Ia, just sixty
five miles from Davenport, where we
had some motor trouble. At this juno
ton we we're a little bit alarmed at
the situation. Mr.. Geo. Wills and my
self boarded the Rock Island train and
about 1880 that evening went to Dav'
anport, Ia, In order to secur the ser
| vices of a first class mechanic to take
back to Cliffin to have the car Put in
order to continue our journey. For
tunately however through the persist
emit effort of Mr.. Chiffon, the local me
chanic Of that town and Mr.. Chiltor
( and DR. r. c. Hayden took the engine
completely down, located the trouble
which was very simple indeed and pro
ceeded that very night to Join Mr.
Wills and myself at Davenport. On
their arrival in Davenport about 400
o'clock in the morning they we're ar
rested and taken to police headquar
ters where they had to give a salts
factory explanation of their wandering
around the city at that time of the
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After locating us, we had breakfast
at Moline, ILL.,, and then proceeded to
Chicago; we had a delightful days run
and arrived at the Big City about 600
o'clock; here we spent three days visit.
ing friends and enjoying the hospital
ity Of Chicago's citizens.
We left Chicago the morning Of the
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lunch at st. Joseph, Mich. and enjoy.
ed a delightful dinner at Battle Creek,
Mich. We then continued our journey
and our mex stop was at Ann Arbor,
Mich, where we arrived at 1900
o'clock P. NJ At this junction we were
undecided as to whether to continue
our journey to Detroit or not and af.
ter enjoying a midnight lunch here we
set sail for Detroit, Mich, with Dr.. R.
G.. Hayden at the wheel and we accom-
plished 81 miles in Al seconds. We
spent two delightful days in Detroit
meeting quite a number Of Elks and at
the same time soliciting the support
for the Grand Lodge to come to Kan
sas City in 1920. Here we were very
royalty entertained by several of De
troit's leading citizens and Elks amono
whom were: W. Williams, a Negro
officer who is Sergeant of Detectives
of the City of Detroit.
On the following afternoon at 5:Ot
o'clock, having secured our reservation
on the steamboat, City of Detroit, we
sailed for Buffalo; on arriving at Buf