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Newspaper
Western Kansas World
Location
Wakeeney, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1920
Page
7
Editorial notes widespread violations of the Kansas statute on front white lamps and rear red lights, warning that many modern cars use unshaded headlights or improper lenses. It condemns spotting headlights on approaching vehicles and urges enforcement to protect highway safety. Liberty Bonds promotion closes the piece.
Russell Record reports Russell dam water unfit for drinking due to vegetation in the dam bottom. Mayor Missimer calls for boiling to remove odor while work begins to drain to wells for a safer supply. Wakeeney residents take pride in their city water sourced from Big Creek wells. Copier notes Wakeeney water’s reputed purity and value to citizens.
The Garden Theatre presents The Lost Battalion on August 21, touted as a stirring comedy drama romance and a living record of survivors reenacting history. Charles A. Logue, author of The Lost Battalion, crafts the heroic story with varied lights shadows humor and pathos for posterity.
A fragment promotes Hall's Catarrh Medicine as an internal remedy for catarrh, stating local applications fail and the disease is constitutional. It emphasizes a tonic composition and urges readers to send for more information or product details.
First published notice proposes amending Kansas constitution to limit state internal improvements to road and highway aid. Sets percent and mileage caps by county valuation, with exceptions for high-valuation counties, and directs submission to voters in 1920 general election.
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