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Newspaper

Western Kansas World

Location

Wakeeney, Kansas, United States of America

Date

Dec 20, 1917

Page

4

Christmas Cantata at Church Promotes Giving

A Christmas Cantata will be presented by the church choir and Sunday School next Sunday evening at 7 20. Attendees are urged to come early. The event emphasizes giving over receiving with a White Christmas theme and offerings to starving Armenian children.

Collyer Township Baker Rev. Dreising Dr. Lacerte L. E. Steigelman E. J. Tilton R. J. Tague Steve Benson Chas. Kellogg E. A. Courtney Wa Keeney

Wa-Keeney War Fund Totals Across Townships

Financial roundup shows total war fund receipts of 1 801 41 with 556 00 in members dues and 2 157 41 in county totals. Northwest Wa Keeney lists funds 147 75 members 32 00 grand 179 75. Collyer 166 00 fund 7 00 members 173 00. Wa Keeney City city totals 1 209 16 fund and 234 00 members. grand 1 443 16. Major contributors include Mrs Walker, Mrs Atherton, J T Rhoades, D Pershing, Guy Blakely and Mrs Purinton.

Wa-Keeney Township J. T. Rhoades Wa-Keeney D. Pershing Guy Blakely City J. W. Harvey Banner Collyer Steigelman Yoda Cinderella Party Christian Sunday School Epworth League Diamond Needle Society Ogallah Wa-Keeney City Presbyterian Church Garden Theater Boy Scouts Locust Club Fats Jeans

Market Report from Kansas City Stock Yards 1917

Cattle receipts 12 000 head with steers lower and cows and heifers down. Hogs 10 000 with market slow and ten lower, top 16 20. Sheep and lambs 6000 steady, top 16 25. Beef cattle dull to lower, killers scarce, range cattle from OK NM CO under 11.00. Stockers and feeders dull with lower tendency. feeders weak.

Kansas City Oklahoma New Mexico Colorado

Banner Picnic Funds Under Scrutiny and Red Cross Questions

Hudson Harlan denounces alleged misuses of Red Cross funds from a Banner Picnic noting $102 to $105 claimed as donated to the Red Cross while questioning itemized expenditures. He cites $25 to a public speaker, $90 to three ball groups, $5 for a patriotic marshal, $15 for auto trips, and $15 to a band, urging transparency and accountability.

Red Cross Kansas

Peace on Earth song memoir and ad for county paper

Poem praises sacred bells and angels announcing Christ birth while lamenting world warfare and calling for inner peace. Includes archaic phrasing and religious imagery. Local advertisement promises old home paper and county news for $150 per year.

Earth Christ Sammie

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