Try 7 days of FREE access to billions of articles

Start Free Trial

Western Kansas World in Wakeeney, Kansas

We have 6,677,888 pages in Kansas

View this page and access billions of articles with a 7-day free trial.

Start Free Trial

This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!

Start Free Trial

Cancel anytime, risk free

Not what you were looking for? Search our billions of articles

Advanced Search

Articles on This Page

This newspaper page contains 3 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.

Newspaper

Western Kansas World

Location

Wakeeney, Kansas, United States of America

Date

Dec 14, 1907

Page

2

Love Proves Superior To Law Decrees

A dramatic look at custody fights shows mothers and fathers kidnaping children after divorce. Cases include Maude Clare Clarke taking her son George from Dr Kremer after custody orders, and Mrs Dan Hanna fleeing with her three boys to Europe. The piece argues courts fail to curb parental kidnaping despite decrees, noting many recoveries and reversals across numerous families.

Mrs. Smith United States Clarke Forrest C. Clarke Metropolitan Steamship Company Capt. Clarke Boston Maude Buchanan Dorchester George Carleton C. Kremer Harvard Little George Carleton Clarke Kremer Hanna Dan R. Hanna Mark Hanna Ohie New York Halland House Europe Tome Mom Motherlove Aince Fig Flora Bert Krieger Germany Hamburg Theodore Wood Gates Avenue Brooklyn Florence Wood Mrs. Wood Chicago

One of the Victims and Other Vignettes from a Cyclone Tale

A cyclone narrative recounts a man recalling intimate details to a stranger on a train while a sharp eyed old maid probes the event. The piece shifts to news of Mrs Cadies abducting a boy in New York and a guard against an onlooker’s outraged protest. It ends with Manila’s river Pasig defining the city and compares it to Canton’s Pearl.

Manila Pasig American “Indies Maria Canton China

Missouri Drainage Ditch to Reclaim Vast Bates County Lands

The Bates county drainage ditch project, a 23 mile long channel with a 26 foot depth and 90 foot bottom width, will reclaim about 119000 acres. Funded by 370000 dollars of six percent bonds, assessable on forty acre parcels, and engineered to handle overflow land, the venture aims to transform flood prone fields into productive farms amid rising land values and immigrant interest. led by J F Kern of Butler and Jona D Moore of Rich Hill, with Foohey & Sons handling main digging and A V Willis & Sons southern end work.

Missouri Bates County J. F. Kern Butler Jona D. Moore Rich Hill Kern Illinois Indiana Kansas Topeka Ottawa Vernon Jefferson City Marie Des Cygnes Papinville Miles Goa Foohey & Sons Fort Wayne Ind A. V John D. Moore Farmera Blezest

Also Mentioned on This Page

Maude Clare West Eighty-fourth Street Orter Smith Va ‘Smith Mr. Smith Miss Jones Aitte Smiths Madden John E. Madden Madison N. J Lexington Katherine Cadiex George Cadiex Odd Fellows Unionport Bronx Mrs. Cadiex Ward John BE. Ward Marion Vera Cecilia Eust One Hundred and Seventy Fourth Street Mr. Ward Old Maid St Louis Globe Democrat SIG Bates County Enterprise Siarie Des Ana Psace
Search Courier

Search the Western Kansas World Today with a Free Trial

We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.

Not Finding What You Were Looking for on This Page of The Western Kansas World?

People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!

Looking Courier

Browse Newspapers

You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!

By Location

By Location

Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.

Browse by Location
By Date

By Date

Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.

Browse by Date
By Publication

By Publication

Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.

Browse by Publication