12 Apr 1913
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Newspaper
Western Kansas World
Location
Wakeeney, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1913
Page
1
A fragmented column urges daily cleanups at home to ease scavenger work, notes back yard discipline, and criticizes foolish talk by some women. It also mocks a faulty salary law for district court clerks, laments petty jealousy, and counsels ignoring petty foes while finding humor in broader reform.
The article features Champ Clark praising his son and discusses Oklahoma and Texas shipping 200000 bales of cotton to Japan and India. It notes a robust cotton seed oil industry with forty mills producing vast oil cake used to fatten cattle, including Oklahoma’s capacity to feed 150000 head, with steers fattened in about 100 days consuming a ton of cotton seed hulls.
In 1904 voters approved a county high school for Trego County. By 1913 the three story Trego County High School building was completed, featuring science and domestic arts rooms, an auditorium for 400, and a strong enrollment growth from 42 in 1905 to 110 in 1913. The dedication day drew about 3500 people with tours, a governor address, and a postdedication baseball game and dance.
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