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Newspaper

Western Kansas World

Location

Wakeeney, Kansas, United States of America

Date

Aug 31, 1912

Page

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Local Social Roundup from Wa-Keeney Visitations

Mr and Mrs Pearl Britt were Wa Keeney visitors Friday and Miss Letty Rhoades called on Rose Parks Wednesday. A large turnout attended Gillespie sale Thursday where items sold high. Multiple families including Parks, Rhoades, Strain, and Broomfield hosts were noted as guests in Wa Keeney and nearby. An entertainment at Winnie Englert’s Saturday spellbound attendees into the night. Earl Walters returned home Sunday after assisting Pearl Britt.

Pearl Britt Wa- Keeney Letty Rhoades Rose Parks T. Broomfield Wa-Keeney J. J. Strain Wa Keeney Winnie Englert Garden City Eugene Howet Charley Frank Rhoades Jesse Riley Big Creek Strain Tim Rhoades Elsie Hossington Broomfield Earl Neema Walters Mae Ralph Britt Gillispie Dave Broomfielt Mong Boys Winnie Earl Walters Earnest Smith Jas. Benisch John Fabricus J. J. Fabricus Will Schnieder Hirman Schnieder Herman Hierman Jasper Benisch Anna Fabricus Albert A. K. McKinney

Voda Voters Form Local Farmers Union Meeting Planned

Voda area residents report widespread stock losses from an unknown disease with cattle affected too. Farmers have organized a union and will meet at Big Creek Hall next Saturday night September 7th. Several residents visit relatives and attend church in Collyer.

Richard Owens Manhattan John Stradal Ralph Kristoff John Zeman Ellis L. Downs Wm. Cox Cox R. Kristof Gee Kristof Charles Collyer Voda Big Creek John Connors Don’t Worry Ranch

Local notes from Collyer and vicinity reveal visits and losses

Collyer residents report arrivals from Kansas City and elsewhere visiting relatives, market notes on watermelons and tomatoes, and attendance at a Baptist Convention in Wa Keeney. Obituaries recount Dr Isenberg’s motor trip to Paradise for a nephew’s funeral and the death of Mrs Pete Weigle, alongside a fatal heart event and a house fire that destroyed Ed Taylor’s residence.

Daisy Kepcha Peorip Ill E. O. Taylor Russell Isenberg Paradise St. Micheal Mothes Ed Taylor Bng Leona Ward Pontious Manhattan Leona Collyer Pete Weigle

Weather, disease and daily life in Big Creek frontier town

Big Creek reports extreme heat and dry conditions stressing feed crops while a mysterious horse disease kills many. Local residents note injuries, personal visits, livestock losses, and active farming as threshermen pile wheat. Rattlesnake death of a child’s relative shocks the community. Minstrel shows draw crowds in Wa-Keeney and Alva.

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