03 Dec 1887
Page 7
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Newspaper
Western Kansas World
Location
Wakeeney, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1887
Page
7
Train numbers 213 and 214 will carry passengers while other freights are not. The notice lists routes and service changes affecting the west side line.
Local column from Collyer and Wa-Keeney notes social visits Thanksgiving events and small-town happenings. Mentions T. K Philippa at Wa-Keeney A. W. Burnett of Buffalo Park, Hollington family plans to move to California, and Charles Adams and wife moving in. Reports on blizzard forecasts, school vacation due to cold, and a Thanksgiving ball. Many brief items cover births marriages weather travel and local business, property changes, and courthouse work.
A man named James W. King described as wealthy and about sixty fled the country from Wa-Keeney leaving behind hundreds of dollars in debts. He previously claimed a Shawnee county 240 acre farm worth 25 dollars an acre to secure a loan, but the bank demanded an land abstract and found no such land. The article notes other local items including business bids, public notices, and community updates.
In 1885 three Presbyterian missionaries in the capital opened secular schools and established women’s housing with demand rising for a girls’ school under the Ladies' Missionary Society. Reports recount extensive journeys, hardships, and steadfast giving by congregations across New Mexico and Kansas, including a bridgehampton church exceeding funds to cross the million-dollar mark and narratives of sacrifice among Spanish-speaking communities.
The column surveys fashion slang such as “a panked baby” for dresses and critiques changing attire trends. It riffs with snippets about mothers, children, belts, and the era’s fashion chatter, joking about style and social meaning in everyday life.
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