Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 July 1919 — GLEANED from the FXCHANCES [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

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Buren, Adrian and Everett Caldwell, aged 18, 12 and 8 years, respectively, sons of William Caldwell of near Mechanicsburg, Boone county, were Instantly killed and their brother Donald, 6 years old, was badly Injured when an automobile in which they were returning home from Frankfort was hit by a traction car near their home Friday afternoon. z ' The war depju’tiqent has issued a circular advising honorably discharged soldiers that they are. entitled to wear their uniform on special occasions, such as parades, patriotic celebrations, etc. The circular was Issued because of numerous requests from discharged soldiers for such information. An act passed by the last congress allowed honorably discharged men in the military service. Including the navy and marine corps to retain one complete uniform and authorized it to be worn after the men had returned to private life. The Kansas wheat crop is reported short of the estimated yield this year, although it will be the second largest in the history of the state. A decrease of more than 70,000,000 bushels over the June report Is shown by the Kansas state board of agriculture in its July report just Issued. The former report indicated a yield of 229,719,000 bushels, -while the later estimate, based upon threshing returns, cuts the July estimate to 158,999,200 bushels, still a yield only exceeded in the state’s history in 1914, which was 180,000,000 busheTs.