Christmas Echoes In Wa Keeney Local Notes
Community notes recount sick lists, Christmas plans, and social events in Wa-Keeney. Mrs. Walter Olson and Little Morgan Wollner are ill. teachers meet December 20. Mrs. J W Hanna to spend holidays at St Peter. the Woodwan lodge has 71 members. Nearby shifts include train crew, church society meetings, and a dance club hop. A county treasurer busy in town. multiple travel and shopping updates. a turkey-egg mix of humor and local business.
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Woodwan Lodge
J. W. Hanna
St. Peter
Independent interest sale and local life notes
Dr Jones sold his stake in DPhe Independent to W W Gibson. Earle Hust and three Govettes visited Monday for a contest. George Diller from Ogallah reported a tenspound boy at his home. Deep snows blanketed the region last weekend with dry wheat helped. Local accidents included Bert Stephens’ boy cutting his tongue and Charlie Mobbick’s boy injuring fingers. Miss Mattie Plyr burned by a kerosene stove blast. Rogers brothers displayed a live opossum, sparking a small betting scene. West School District 17 reports 17 enrollment, 275.5 attendance days, 14 tardies, several pupils absent. James McCord writes of ten inches of snow in Fairfield Iowa and sleighing joys. Thanks given to churches for donations December 8 and to M E church for silverware for 20th wedding anniversary. Wa-Keeney State Bank annual meeting set for January 13, 1903 at 10 4 m. Candy and nuts advertised at Star Grocery. Coal and Western Lump coal prices noted.
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Bert Stephens
Charlie Mobbick
Vetter Notary Public Listed by Company D
Notary public Co D Vetter is named in a formal notice as the official signer. O Allan is referenced in relation to the filing. The fragment notes a notarization role without broader context or dates.
Musgrave Bros Ship One Car and Hixson Two Cars of Cattle
The Musgrave Brothers shipped one car and A V Hixson two cars of cattle in Kansas City this week. Mrs Schuman and daughter left Wednesday for Elkhoro Nebraska for the holidays. The Ogallah library will not meet next Thursday Christmas night owing to most members taking part in the Christmas Eve program on Wednesday evening.
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Musgrave Bros
A. V
Local Ellis News Briefs Reflect Winter Weather and Town Life
Six inches of snow fell Saturday night as Ellis residents noted steady trade despite stormy weather. Cattle moved from down south. Gleaming new school house in District 13 readied for plastering. Mary Eberting and James Miller wed at the Eberling home with friends present. Collyer School plans a Christmas program. Matt Mahoney, formerly of Trego, died at Solomon and was buried in Ellis.
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Basil Ridgway
District 13
D. J. Wilson
Down South
Charles Wheeler
Perlge & Co
Ellis
Baird and
Cockrell
Dora Allman
Manhattan
Humphrey Hoffer
Matt Mahoney
Trego County
Solomon
Kans
Justice of the Peace
Schwanbeck
Congregational Church
Gus Eberling
Kessler
Collyer
Mary Eberting
James E. Miller
John Eberling
Contyer Township
Weather, travel, and social notes from a Kansas town
The column reports coal scarcity and heavy snow with near freezing temperatures in Kansas. It notes Rev A N See leading a recent M E church quarterly meeting, Mrs Florence See visiting from Salina to relatives, and teacher Mrs Hunt at home pending Christmas break. It mentions Mrs Hawkes returning from Chicago trips, and Wm Coop losing his bike in a snowstorm near Collyer, later found near Castle Rock after seeking breakfast with Bob Levin.
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Kansas
A. N. See
M. E. Church
Florence See
Salina
A. W. Purpton
Worlp press vows to endure amid rumors of move
The Worlp marks its 24th year in publication despite rumors of relocation to Stockton. The town paper boasts resilience against heat, political winds, coal shortages, and competition from other papers in Trego County while promoting local ads and services from Baker’s grocery to Stephens’ Book Store.
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Stockton
Post Office
Reliable
Trego
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G. C. Schnefer
Walter Olson
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E. B. Webb
Railroad Ditch
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Hays
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Methodist Aid Society
Earl Morgan
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A.S. Grant
Washington
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C.E. Darey
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Turkestan
Central Asia
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Joun G. Marcy
Emery Cass
Mrs. B
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Dphe
W. W. Gibson
Earle Hust
Govettes
George Diller
Ogallah
Mattie Plyr
Rogers’ Brothers
Franklin Township
Wm. Brown, Jr
Henry Davis
West School District
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Susie
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Myrtie Bustiell
Leroy Gerriss
Della Snook
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Jesse Kessler
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Theodore Webster
Win. Walsh
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Lottie
James MecCord
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Eric Gusceet Axp Wire
Wa-Keeney State Bank
E. C. Winson
Star Grocery
Jas Kenry
Rose & Waldo
Co. D. Vetter
Notary Public
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Kassas
Big Creek News
Christa
Colorado
Verbeck’s Department Store
C. A. Goff
John Danielson
Haker's
Book Stone
Geo Baker's
Boox Strors
Stermens
Stersens
Boox Stox
Santa Claus
Tim
Stephens’l
Hillman Brothers
John A. Danielson
Davidson
Stefamus
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Joshua Masside
Chemical Cleaning
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God Egey
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Goble Brothers
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