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Newspaper
Western Kansas World
Location
Wakeeney, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1906
Page
4
A storefront ad promotes farm implements and wagons with guaranteed quality. It highlights gasoline engines for pumping and grinding, listers, corn tools, breaking plows, disc plows, buggies, spring wagons, harness, and nationwide delivery to save freight, inviting customers to visit and compare prices.
The Kansas editor details his Swedish impressions in Sweden during a post arrival meal. He describes bread, butter, and coffee, notes on a Trelsingborg castle, a Helsingborg view of Denmark, and comments on Swedish army service for 21 year olds. He praises Swedes as musical, sturdy, disciplined, religious, and hardworking with long winter nights for study.
Advice to Parents urges teaching children self control over appetite temper and ambition to avoid future danger and promote fair treatment. The piece recounts a Kansas dairyman keeping cream cold without ice and honors Melcher Wideman the blind organ grinder who played doleful hymns at Glen Island for decades, died at 76 and left a modest legacy.
In a local item the Anthony Republican reports Mrs W A George promoting a preventive for chigger bites. She suggests sprinkling four of sulphur inside stockings or rubbing it on the forearms when among vines or bushes. Some claim warding effects from oral sulphur, but she notes her method is effective.
Hats and outfits displayed by Mrs T R Moore. Eight miles south of Ogallal on Labor Day 1906 features husky program including shooting, baseball, foot races, pole vault, running high jump, potato race and more. Morning and afternoon games, prizes, music by Ellis U P Band, and picnic. Prairie grass tribute note underscores Kansas landscape and community life amid regional ads and notices.
Opportunity to earn 15.00 to 330.00 weekly by taking orders for a high grade line of nursery stock. Commissions paid weekly and expenses advanced while active. No experience needed. Write today to The Guizsa Nurseries, T. E. Griesa, Prop. Lawrence, Kansas.
Union Pacific announces daily low round trip and excursion fares to Oregon Washington Idaho Montana California Colorado and Utah. Tickets onsale September 2 to 14 with limits through September 30 and October 31, plus special rates via routes to Puget Sound Ogden and Salt Lake City. Inquire for details and eligibility.
The House and Legislature propose a constitutional amendment for Kansas to require uniform operation of laws and restrict special laws. It would place the measure on the 1905 election ballot for approval or rejection with the title Amendment to the constitution relating to laws and the rule construction by the courts. The certification notes the official copy stored in the Secretary of State's office.
Senate Concurrent Resolution No 14 proposes amending the Kansas constitution to create probate courts in each county with a single judge elected by county voters for a two year term. It outlines appointment or election of probate judges pro tem if absent and directs submission to voters at the general election. December 1905 certification by Secretary of State J. K. Bunnow confirms copy on file.
Notice from the Department of the Interior Land Office at Coliy Kansas dated August 10 announces a settler filing paten ts final proof. The claim covers the southeast quarter of the northeast quarter and east half of the southeast quarter and the southwest quarter of the southeast quarter of section 6 township 15 south range 22 west. Names witnesses as Broxe, Wa Keeney, Samuel Raaler, Lyman Bart and Joan Tmoncan.
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