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Newspaper

Western Kansas World

Location

Wakeeney, Kansas, United States of America

Date

Aug 05, 1920

Page

3

Flies Essay Legend and Farm Notice in County Record

The piece notes Josh Billings as author of a famed flies essay and recounts a magazine’s $100 request with his witty reply. It also reports Lorin Norris and wife taking over the Cornelison farm in Trego county with a tractor for plowing now in use, per Arnold Item in the Ransom Record. Fresh pork advertised at Baker's.

Josh Billings Billings Frank McNinch Ransom Cornelison Trego County Lorin Norris Arnold Colby

Local trades and travels mentioned in WaKeeney item

Steinberger and Campbell unloaded a carload of big Reo trucks Monday. T. G. Shultz took the WaKeeney town send tractor agency. Oil interests draw visitors to Collyer. Kraus family visited LaCrosse relatives. Hays and party returned from Colorado trip. Buick garage near completion at Fritz Staatz. Walter Grant and Charity Ferguson wed in WaKeeney then to Palco. Baker's pure home made lard.

D. B. Kraus Ione Emma Hildegrath LaCrosse Kraus T. B. Hays Grover Miss Shepard Kansas City Eddie Sellers Colorado Hays Porter Fritz Staatz Walter Grant Belgrade Montana Charity Ferguson Flagler Wa Keeney Belle Grant Everett Grant Palco Hill City WaKeeney

Public sales and local notices fill Wakeeney page

Public sale ads for Wm. Lemke and J Guilbert announce livestock farm machinery and household goods to be sold at their Wakeeney area residences as they move to Louisiana and southern California. The paper notes attendees, auctioneers Mason & Olson and clerk C R Hille, plus brief local tidbits on residents, marriages and travel.

Wm. Lemke Wakkeeney Louisiana M. O. Williamson Ed. Williamson Galesburg Fred Olson Olson Mr. Williamson Trego County J. Guilbert WaKeeney California Mason & Olson C. R. Hille Manley

Cured of stomach trouble and constipation in Ohio

Rachel Cribley of Beaver Dam Ohio suffered two years with stomach trouble and constipation. She tried one medicine after another with only temporary relief before recovery is noted.

Rachel Cribley Beaver Dam Ohio Shy Neigh

Also Mentioned on This Page

Frank Burket Marysville Kansas Cattlemen’s Carnival Company Garden Cuy, Kansas Baker’s Woney Geee W. W. Gibson York City Edison Stradivariua Phonograph Albert Spalding Himsolf WakKeeney Drug Store F. M. Munson Amar T Service Steinberger & Campbell Keeney Edgar Cockrell Ogaliah George Barnes Stephana Joy Hays Henry Jordan, Ogallah Barry Reichard Wm. Kulp Harry I. A. Woerner Evelyne Salina Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Turkey Kharhof Kharkof Kanred Kansas Crop Improvement Association Secetary Manhattan, Kansas THE Trego County State Bank Wa-Keeney
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