29 Aug 1918
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Newspaper
Western Kansas World
Location
Wakeeney, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1918
Page
1
A jumbled column notes Old Si's campaign antics and letters about Merriam taking Red Cross work, plus reflections on German language fears, a license number superstition, cotton prices, and a jurors list for September. Local items include a Methodist class party with Miss Wendt’s girls, and paged mentions of Army exemptions and a few place names like Wa-Keeney Collyer Ellis and Ogallah.
I Strauss Eye Specialist and optometrist will stay for a short visit in the county. Anyone wishing to see him drop a postal to Wa] ney and he will call on you. Adv.
Farmers are urged to avoid sowing wheat too early based on five year Fort Hays findings. Optimal sowing spans September 15 to October 15 with yields comparable across dates and higher than early or late plantings. Risks of early sowing include grasshoppers Hessian fly and inadequate moisture for growth. September 15 balances pasture and grain safety.
Fairbanks Morse Gas Engines and Tractors agent J F Brock from Lawrence Kansas will be at the Penny Hotel Friday September 6 offering optical services with guaranteed work. Wa Keeney graded school opens September 2 with teachers listed. High Schools in Kansas accredited with Class A schools noted. Opening day activities and a dance at Voda Hall on August 31 with Neal's orchestra.
In Trego county this year grasshoppers threaten fall wheat. A stripe of poison bran mash between wheat and infested fields can protect young wheat with little time or cost. Prepare now with poison and bran mash to meet the critical period.
Last Monday evening a large crowd at the depot sent nine Trege Counties youths to Camp Funston. Names called to the colors were Rupert B. Kearns Palco Byron Eaton Palco James S. Kysar Ellis John F Scanion Wa-Keeney Earl Shaw Wa-Keeney Mace Benson Wa-Keeney George Mai Wa-Keeney Dewey G. Whisler Banner Alonzo Stumpff Banner.
Leo W Faulkner writes from the front about two months in the war zone and back near Paria planning a move. He notes Dutch on the run, capture of prisoners, a friend killed, weather delays, tobacco support from the Red Cross, and mentions crops, draft, and local Collyer news including Route 1 extension and cattle updates.
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