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Newspaper
Western Kansas World
Location
Wakeeney, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1903
Page
4
Harvest is nearing completion as muskmelons flood the market and farmers seek labor. Notices include rail timetable details for Union Pacific and local loans, cattle sales, boarders, and property listings. Local deaths, camp meeting plans, lectures, weather, and social events fill the page with a mix of ads and community notices.
Miss Kirby leads spelling and instructional sessions while Rex Cleayns handles janitor duties. The institute plans an August 1 lecture with broad invitation, featuring Prof. McCroskey and Prof. Rose guiding history and civics. Enrollment is small, with one boy and several female students. scholars gain free scholarships as Lonmen school graduates near Thursday, August 6.
Fragmentary notes from the county clerk touch on salaries, elective expenses, official printing, and assessments. Mentions of overseers, roads, and ship terms appear muddled. The text references counties, a cryptic list of names, and administrative items without clear dates or outcomes.
The notice states that a road petition by residents of certain townships will be reviewed by a county board. Viewers Thomas Wynn Daniel Pershime and Honey Cutler will meet at the section corner in Township 12 South to view the proposed road and hear all parties. County Clerk Phares signs the document on July 70? day.
The County Clerk records a road laying and establishment petition by residents of a township. The board orders view of the proposed public road and invites parties to appear at a meeting on August specified date to present evidence and consent. Witnesses and signatures from local residents are noted, with dates and county details.
The Etlis Headlight reports on market staples including fresh meats and breakfast bacon, mentions Dr Jones of Wa Keeney and Frank Atwood's illness, notes Jesse Cockrell on headers and wheat progress, R H Burns from Wa Keeney visits town, Ida Sumiver's Ohio return, a church gift of song books, and plans by new Bares oil drill owners to drill near a former site with shale and metals to be refined at a proposed 100 ton mill.
Postmaster Harmon of Stockrange visited the county seat on Monday and ordered a favorable call. He bought a new Jones header cut 300 acres of his own wheat and cut $250 worth of wheat for neighbors, completing the work last Saturday. A curious local note mentions an orchestra at the courthouse and a nostalgic reminiscence about old days, alongside an advertisement for a 16 horsepower Giant engine, a 3658 Northwest separator, and a 12 barrel water tank with terms via Ed Hebbick in Wa Keeney Kansas.
State Live Sub Sanitory Board held no meeting at the courthouse last Saturday afternoon to discuss the cattle dipping order. About seventy five stockmen from all parts of the county were present and everyone had their say. The new order which revokes the old one will be found in this issue. Every stockman should read it.
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