Annals of Ottawa, Kansas

November 1923

OH: Ottawa Herald

01 Nov

Rhineland state may soon pass. (OH p1c1)

Two Lane stores, Schlagel, and Crow, destroyed by fire. (OH p1c3)

Ottawan, Thomas W. Morgan, buys into Eureka, KS, bank. (OH p1c5)

Oklahoma's Governor Walton a member of the Klan. (OH p1c8)

Counties farmers cut their wheat production in half. (OH p1c7)

Quiet Halloween here. Old motor car piled on High School steps, Court house lawn cannonballs strewn about. (OH p1c6)

J. L. Turner appointed County Clerk, to replace D. K. Emerson, who resigned recently to take charge of the new bank at Lane. (OH p1c8)

02 Nov

Banner headlines "FOUR LOOT FIRST NATIONAL BANK." Armed men order 15 to hug floor. Lock all victims in vault. (OH p1c1)

03 Nov

No clue to whereabouts of bank robbers. (OH p1c1)

County surveying a new route to Highland Cemetery, either by way of 9th or 15th street's. (OH p1c4)

County tax total $843,281.43. (OH p1c6)

Lands in Lincoln Co., WY, Routt Co., CO, and Apache Co., AZ., thrown open for homesteading. (OH p1c7)

First ever "Coursing Meet" to be held in county at Conard farm, November 11th. (OH p8c3)

Football: Wellsville 26, Louisburg 7.

05 Nov

Nothing but rumor to chase bank bandits. May have hidden out in Worden area. (OH p1c1)

To replace County basketball tournament with a County League. (OH p1c4)

England, Italy, Belgium, aligned against France. French may modify insistence. Restricted inquiry into Germanys ability to pay Lusitania claims upheld. (OH p1c6)

Another horse and motor propelled smashup. Lights glare causes mash. (OH p1c7)

06 Nov

Death follows Klan row in Atlanta. (OH p1c2)

Berlin Terrorized by night of looting. Considerable anti-semitic rioting int he Jewish quarter. (OH p1c3)

Santa Fe Passenger train collides with rear end of freight train at Osage City. (OH p1c2)

Bank robbery still the chief topic of conversation. (OH p1c6)

Klan delivers threatening letter to colored farmer, Lit. Edwards. (OH p1c7)

R. T. Guy, building new business building on Main between fourth & fifth, south of the Carpenter Service Station. To be one story in height and will have a glazed white brick front. (OH p5c2)

07 Nov

France has hopes of Allied accord. (OH p1c6)

More than 100 injured in pillaging of Berlin food shops. (OH p1c6)

An Ottawa girl, Ella May Gibson, who performs under the Hollywood stage name of Patricia Palmer, arrested and charged with extortion. She has appeared in leading parts in a number of Hollywood films. (OH p1c5)

Oklahoma Governor Walton pleaded not guilty to the 22 impeachment charges filed against him. (OH p1c7)

Colony of red foxes living near Peoria. (OH p4c4)

08 Nov

Other local coloreds reportedly have received threatening letters. (OH p1c2)

Kansas Supreme Court files a friendly suit against the Franklin County board of commissioners in connection with the boards action dissolving a road improvement petition which had been granted in 1920 to construct a hard surface highway on the new Santa Fe trail from Ottawa, 23 miles south west to the county line. (OH p1c5)

Considerable interest in better roads. Lawrence would like to see the Lawrence to Ottawa road paved. Baldwin and Wellsville interested. (OH p1c7)

France opposes German dictator. (OH p1c8)

County commissioners view retaining wall at Rattlesnake Hill. Probable that repairs need to be made. (OH p1c7)

Football: Lane 12, Waverly 0. (OH p9c1)

09 Nov

General Ludendorff and Adolph Hitler, leaders of the Bavarian revolt have been captured by federal troops. (OH p1c1)

Disagreement over whiskey leads to shooting in the "east bottoms."

Big reward out for Ottawa bank robbers. (OH p1c6)

Run on Wichita bank yesterday caused by maliscous and unfounded rumors. (OH p1c5)

Klansman opposed to move of National headquarters from Atlanta to Kansas City, MO. (OH p1c8)

John Nelson & Son remodelling the entrance to their store. (OH p2c3)

10 Nov

Woman and child attacked by eight bulldogs in neighbors yard. (OH p1c5)

New church chartered, the Main Street Christian church. (OH p1c3)

Mitchell Field, NY - Man dies after clinging to the ropes of a dirigible, then falling 200 feet. (OH p1c8)

City set to adopt a uniform traffic code; 12 mph speed limit and drivers on the right to the right of way. (OH p1c8)

Santa Fe to make improvements at depot. To remove panelled walls. (OH p1c6)

Football; Ottawa 13, Lawrence 6.

12 Nov

Alien land laws in California and Washington, prohibiting aliens from owning land, were upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court. (OH p1c3)

A convention of 700 Modern Woodmen were in town last Saturday. (OH p1c4)

Oklahoma Senate court bars mention of Klan in its impeachment trial for Governor J. C. Walton. (OH p1c5)

Bronze eagle monument dedicated on the Victory Highway at Wamego. (OH p1c8)

13 Nov

$25,000 reward offered for bank bandits. (OH p1c2)

Citizens complain about city ordinance ordering car lights to be dimmed. Stop further arrests until ordinance clarified. (OH p1c4)

President Coolidge favors lower taxes. (OH p1c6)

14 Nov

Upon opening a man up for an operation in California, it is discovered that his heart is on the right side of his body, and he has no right lung. (OH p1c2)

Klan hearings in Topeka. (OH p1c5)

Merle McCloria, died from wounds suffered in gun duel Friday last in the "east bottoms."

15 Nov

Eudora bank robbed. (OH p1c1)

Second annual mid-winter poultry show to be held December 26-29. (OH p1c2)

Ottawa bus line proposed. (OH p1c5)

In ouster trial at Topeka, charges that a Rural High school at St. Paul, KS, is being run as a parochial school by Catholic nuns. (OH p2c5)

Klan candidate elected commander of American Legion post at Arkansas City in battle of Klan vs. anti-Klan factions. (OH p6c5)

16 Nov

Allies near split on German issue. (OH p1c1)

Oklahoma Governor Walton's defense subpoenas Klan records. (OH p1c3)

Formal murder charges lodged in death of Merle McCloria. (OH p1c5)

No one willing to get near a goat in Aurora, IL, that ate half a pound of nitro-glycerin. (OH p1c7)

Football: Pomona 7, Williamsburg 0, last Wednesday at Williamsburg. (OH p7c1)

17 Nov

Rock Creek Community Club organized last night. Officers elected (names). (OH p1c2)

KU-Drake broadcast in front of Herald office. Large crowd gathered. (OH p1c6)

Governor Walton stalked from the court room, declaring he was not getting a fair trial. (OH p1c8)

19 Nov

Agreement halts Entente breakup. (OH p1c1)

Typhoon sweeps Pacific Islands, Manila under water. (OH p1c3)

First National informs customers it will pay in full for every bond lost in the holdup. (OH p1c4)

Lawrence Thayer injured by exploding cap. (OH p1c2)

John Kerney, of Tulsa, OK, died in truck crash 1 1/2 miles east of Ottawa on Logan Street. Alcohol involved. (OH p1c5)

To repaint parking lines along Main, between 3rd & 4th, 45 degree angle used on side streets, shall be used. (OH p1c5)

Frank McCabe, Ottawa rural mail carrier, arrested for sending obscene letter to a young girl at Wilmore, KS. (OH p1c6)

Football: Ottawa 0, Emporia 25. (OH p8c1)

20 Nov

Third party movement a foot, The Progressive party. (OH p1c1)

Tulsan held in county jail here after the fatal accident Saturday night after a truck passed over Joseph Kerney also of Tulsa. Alcohol involved. (OH p1c4)

Local bank, city, and county officials, meet and decide to purchase 21 high powered rifles and shotguns to be placed at various places near and in Ottawa banks, as safeguards against possible future holdups. (OH p1c7)

Formal opening of remodelled Tauy Jones hall to be December 7th. (OH p1c7)

A county meeting of the Klan was held last night at the hall here. An attendance of 200 was claimed. Tonight there will be a meeting at Leloup. (OH p5c2)

21 Nov

John Currens, whose estate was to go to the First Methodist Church, his will found invalid and his estate to go the state. (OH p5c4)

22 Nov

The attempt to tax all classes of property uniformly in Kansas has proven a failure. Tax expert urges classification amendment. (OH p1c1)

Pioneer State Bank, of Burlingame, closed by orders of state banking department. (OH p1c4)

Eighteen persons hurt when two trains collide head on near Beagle. (OH p1c6)

Opposition to hard road at Wellsville. Good Roads speaker met with opposition. (OH p5c1)

23 Nov

Klan wins in Oklahoma Senate when they reject an office disclosure bill. (OH p1c1)

24 Nov

Bombs shatter foreign consulate offices in Philadelphia. (OH p1c1)

O.U. scores big in 114-0 romp over Kansas City University. (OH p2c4)

26 Nov

The American family blamed for crime. No longer a training center. (OH p1c1)

Hopes for a county basketball league in doubt. (OH p6c4)

27 Nov

Oklahoma Senate introduces bill to make it a misdemeanor to wear a mask; in defiance of the Klan. (OH p1c3)

30 Nov

Emma Keuffer and Fred W. Keuffer killed when their car was hit by a Santa Fe train at Richter crossing. (OH p1c1)

Kansas surgeon, Dr. Brinkley, mentioned in Connecticut probe. Brinkley is now in China performing gland operations. (OH p1c3)

Ottawan's radio picks up Glasgow, Scotland station. (OH p1c4)

Germans prepare for future war. (OH p1c8)

Alabama minstrel troupe performs. (OH p1c7)