Community Ball Game Closure For Red Cross Benefit
Local merchants and establishments pledge to close on Wednesday August 22 at 2 PM for a Red Cross benefit game between Married Ladies and Single Ladies. Signatories include J J Kerans & Sons Wa-Keeney hardware Co Wa-Keeney State Bank and many local firms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
T. R. Moore
J.J. Kerans & Sons
Ralph Pierson
W. W. Gibson
Star Grocery
Treger
H. W. Finch
R.T. Bean
R. I. Pickering
G. J. Caron, Hinshaw. & Sons
S. J. Straw
W. G. Baker
P. E. Keraus. Co. Bradley
Wa-Keeney State Bank
Trego County State Bank
Chas.r. Kizby
Toward a Better Town Skirmish Rhetoric Sparks Street Clash
A blistering critique condemns local opposition to public improvements and calls for public spirit. It urges residents to avoid undermining progress, advertise, invest, and support growth while warning against petty obstruction and disdain for outsiders. The piece ends with a sharp rebuke to naysayers.
Mann for Congress in Osbornes District
Osborne County notes say Charles E. Mann editor of the Downs News is likely to announce as a Republican candidate for congress in the district. Mann is praised as capable and popular, not tied to factions, and expected to deliver a strong campaign. A formal announcement or denial may come soon. W A Eppler spent a couple days in Denver visiting business and Fort Logan to see his son Preston, who was not available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles E. Mann
Downs News
Congress
Mann
Osborne County
Charlie Mann
Borne County
Qsborme Farmer
W. A. Eppler
Denver
Fort Logan
Preston
Farmers Union
W. W. Miller
Topeka
Lyon County
Fred Shemm
Hays B. White
Mankato
Jewell County
White
State Tax Commission
Big Northwest
Max Andersen
Beloit
Topeka State Journal
WaKeeney wedding ties farm and town ties
In a WaKeeney ceremony the bride and her father led a modest procession from the east as the groom and Rev W A Sprague came from the west. Attendants were scarce due to the bride’s absent brother. The bride, daughter of Mr and Mrs James Howard, formerly taught in a district near WaKeeney. Mr Grekel, a farmer near WaKeeney, has built a new home for his bride and they departed for California for several months. Nearby social updates note residents traveling, sales, and local farm activity amid continuing county events and preparations for the Tre go County Fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. A. Sprague
George
Orgas
Margaret Smith
Elve| Albrecht
James Howard
Newton High School
WaKeeney
Kansas
Grekel
William Grekel
Roger Bowman
Hubble, Neb
E. E. Froma
Capitola
Wichita
Mary Stephens
Junction City
Newton
Eans Reddig
Will Simpson
Will Rhoades
Alvina Tegtmeyer
Christs Hospital
Topeka
Holton
Misa Reardon
We-Keeney
Fred Shaw
George Niesley
Colorado
Fred
Frank Brown
Denver
Colo
Hoxie
J. H. Brown
Hary Rott
Topeka State Journal
Trego County
Couny
Col. Eppler
Ellis Tuesday
Ross & Waldo
G. W. Musgrave
Trego
Ellis
Girls Protect Association Sparks Citywide Debate
In Solomon Tribune report a city girls group forms a protective association to monitor young men, met with public uproar as a slave‑like watchdog. Other items note schoolhouse contract for Ogallah, a planned Republican bid by Hays B White in 1918, and Holiness Camp Meeting in Central Kansas with sermons by Rev T J Nixon and Rev C B Ong.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Kansas Holiness Association
Trego County Fair Association
Solomon Tribune
Cit
Mer
Iis
Central Kansas
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Wa-Keeney
Red Grass
Masonic Hall
A.M. Berger
Wilson
0. B. Goffe
Berger
Fee World
Christendom
Boward—Grekel
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Cripple Creek
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Mr. Feeney
Peter Parke
Banner
Bloyd Lynn
Merrit Beamer
Boone
Wilberta
Lodella Kirkents
H. L. Nelson
Ogaliah
Nelson
State of
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Margaret Swiggeit
Keeney, Kansas
A. S. Treger
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Osteopathy
Mansas City
Ogallah
H. D. Reid
Jennie Rich
Jemnie E. Rich
McDonald Bros
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