5 War Heroes to Speak at Rally Monday Night
(excerpt from)
...Chief Torpedoman's Mate W. A. Lewis of Gove,
Kansas was aboard the destroyer Craven so long that he came to regard it as his home. He was on the Craven the
first time it went in for the first Marshall Islands raid in January, 1942, and then on through the raids on Marcus,
Wake, and Midway… (Waukesha Freeman (Waukesha, Wisconsin), May 17, 1945, submitted by Nancy Hannah)
BIRRER'S VISITING
RELATIVES
Mr. and Mrs. George Birrer are here from Grainfield,
Kansas, called because of the serious illness of the latter's aged father, F. J. Rummelhart, of Riverside, who
is now 93. (Iowa City Press Citizen, September 20,1920, submitted by Nancy Hannah)
Mrs. Josephine Birrer and son Robert are visiting relatives hereabouts. Mrs. Birrer is here in quest of health,
having been ill since the recent death of her husband, Mr. George Birrer. (Iowa City Press Citizen, April 20, 1923,
submitted by Nancy Hannah)
JACOB
REINECKER & FAMILY
Jacob Reinecker and family and family of Quinter,
Kansas, are guests of D. B. Myers, of Gardner's Station. (Gettysburg Compiler, January 5, 1910, submitted by Nancy
Hannah)
CASTLE ROCK
MARKS A PLACE WHERE GENERAL FREMONT RESTED ON HIS JOURNEY TO ROCKIES
Near the Smoky Hill River, in Gove County, Kansas, far out on the western plains of Kansas, stands Castle Rock,
which marks a place where General Fremont rested on his memorable journey to the Rockies. During all these years
this silent sentinel of nature's sculpture has been occasionally visited by the geologist, but until Professor
W. F. Howard, of the Dighton public schools commenced digging into the earth near this peculiar formation, no one
realized what was in store for the searcher after nature's hidden wonders. Professor Howard did not commence his
search until recently, and was then induced to pursue it because he had nothing else to do. He discovered in the
deep cavernous ravines in the vicinity of Castle Rock many sharks' jaws and other petrifications. Then a new prospector,
in the person of H. M. Sternberg, of Lawrence, put in an appearance, and uncovered the entire form of a petrified
elephant, together with numerous parts of lions, camels, and other beasts. This discovery has excited a great deal
of comment and people for many miles around have visited the spot to look at the wonderful find, which was covered
with about three feet of earth. The discovery of tusks of animals led to the investigation by Howard and Sternberg,
but now that they have discovered the petrified remains of a full-grown elephant they can do nothing with them.
There is no way in which they can remove them except in sections, hence they will probably remain where they are.
(Delphos Daily Herald, June 27, 1894, submitted by Nancy Hannah)
