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Newspaper
Western Kansas World
Location
Wakeeney, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1920
Page
3
240 acre farm near WaKeeney Kansas with a four room house granary small barn well and wind mill school house half mile from buildings. Located 6 miles west and 1.5 miles south in section 16 township 12 range 24. Address available on request.
Frank Burket discusses railroad rate increases and their mixed impact on buyers and carriers, then shifts to critique of primary elections and party representation. The piece touches on Kansas farm politics, the Nonpartisan League, tax questions, and upcoming November votes, followed by local society notes and brief quotes from residents and visitors.
Dr Potters from Kansas City visits WaKeeney Kansas at the American Hotel on Tuesday August 17 1920 from 11 am to 7 pm for free consultations examinations and medicines. He claims to treat deafness catarrh throat lung diseases eye ear stomach liver kidney and many other ailments with electricity and medicine. Free treatment with no charge for medicines. admission restrictions caution about time and audience. married women must be accompanied by husbands.
Community items record visits and illnesses in WaKeeney. Mrs. Bleand hospitalized. Bland boys visiting. Four heifer calves taken up with pasture bill due. Henry Jordan in Ogallah. F S Diebold from Buffalo arriving for extended business. Attorney C W McVickers buys oil lease interests in Trego county. Larrabee moving household goods. Spena relocates near town and injures right arm. Obituary note for August Klusner at Dorrance. Chas Folkers promotes a combination harvester thresher saving 400 bushels of wheat in 22 hours on weedy field, cost $75-$80.
The notice announces a public sale to be held at the August Tegtmeyer farm three miles east of Voda on Tuesday August 17. C R Hille is clerk and Mason Olsen are the auctioneers.
Mrs C B Fullington and children from Nevarre visited R G Wilson and Mrs J H Heckman this past week. Pure home made lard was noted at Baker's.
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