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Newspaper
Western Kansas World
Location
Wakeeney, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1903
Page
4
The paper lists train times and routes for the United States Railway, noting past express and local freight arrivals and departures. It names agent Schacter and indicates baggage checks, with due times around 8:45 am 0:20 pm 10:25 pm and 10 mi. Other line items reference various train numbers and destinations in shorthand.
Governor Bailey announces further modification of cattle quarantine rules. Cattle may be moved if the owner affidavits disease freedom. Rules apply to counties under quarantine May 21 1903 except Trego and Graham which are raised after sanitation board and state veterinarian review. W J Bailey signed.
Dr W A Crawford Optician from Kansas City plans a visit to Wa Keeney on Tuesday August 18 1903 at Ferris House. Advice on eye troubles includes free consultation with focus on children. Also cattle sales loans sales and local notices with August events and farming guidance.
Wa-Keeney gallery dates set for Voss Hays photographer with portraits and prints. Community notices mention local visits, farm sales, and a gamut of personal happenings from Ellis to Salina including medical ads and a surgeon’s Salina practice, with event details for August 21 and 22 in Wa-Keeney.
Total enrollment is forty. Riley Garrett smiles this week as other youths attend the Institute. Next Tuesday evening a lecture in the court room is announced. Mr Seaman is a good talker with an interesting theme. Marie Swisher is described as the swiftest sprinter. Visitors have joined at various times, including Swisher and Wilson. The instructor and conductor were present Tuesday morning. A math problem on the product of the square of a and the cube of a is discussed.
In a secret session last week the English literature class studied Sir Walter Scott with Ivanhoe Heart of Midlothian Lady of the Lake Marmion named. A student asked if Scott wrote Emulsion. The institute reception Thursday featured Ladies' Aid Society and a program of music and refreshments.
The Board of County Commissioners met to audit accounts. Present were the chairman and commissioners Mot Soddashes Yanda and the county clerk. Claims included Lobo wolf scalps and coyote items, with specific amounts noted by Hillman and McCool.
The board of Wa-Keeney City district owners approves delinquent tax reductions on several blocks, accepts compromise offers for multiple lots, and approves county treasurer bond. It orders road view waivers and directs road record updates for a line between sections 3a and 15 south. Attest: J. W. Paanss, County Clerk.
A read notice published by Piret on August 6 details a case involving bakers and pickled pork storage. The fragment references perhaps a legal or trade notice, but lacks full context or clear names beyond Bakers.
A farmer reports six spring calves strayed ten miles south of town. Fatrig Miliey Co of Topeka plans shale mining on Smoky River land south of Hays City. They hired Jeck & Lewis of Wamiegu Illinois to drill 1000 to 2000 feet with heavy piping. Work begins this week. early coal indications noted in Ellis County.
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