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Newspaper
Western Kansas World
Location
Wakeeney, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1917
Page
5
Wa-Keeney items recount residents traveling to Kansas City and Topeka for holidays and work. Families visit kin in Freeport and Manhattan while others enlist, seek exams, or join Red Cross drives. Community events include lectures at Garden Theater, Home Guard formation, and Christmas plans plus farmer news and local business notes.
Farmers are urged to repair barns and shelters now by installing sash in open windows and adding new light. Inspect roofs for rain and snow, check cattle barns, and secure materials. A full stock of lumber and storm paper is available for immediate use.
For sale by Hardman Lumber Co. W A Tawney men from Os to town strolls at American House, a Christmas feast bill of fare. World short on news due to rush of job work and staff gaps. Red Cross urged with 15 million members. Cecil Bundy and wife go to Ohio for winter. return in spring. Clyde Poffenberger travels to Salina then home in a new Overland. Home Guard organized by about 75 county men. Ira Hobbs visits Wa-Keeney. he’s stationed at Camp Funston on furlough. Sanol Eczema Prescription advertised. 35¢ trial at drug store. Christmas packages sent to Camp Funston soldiers by local A R C chapter with many donors listed.
High School notes report a Red Cross drive this week with 185 members in four hours. Attendance is good though some sickness among students, including Julia Hillman, Harold Smith, and Marjory Icely. A Christmas program is set for Friday at 2 30 with an open invitation, and vacation runs December 21 through January 1 as preparations resume January 2.
The annual meeting of the Farmers Union of Trego County will convene at the Court House in Wa Keeney on Saturday December 29 1917 at 2 00 p m. Local lodges are urged to send delegates.
The regular meeting of Voda local 742 will be at the Voda school house on Saturday December 22 for installing officers for the ensuing year. All members are invited and supper will follow. RB Owens. Sanol advertises relief for kidney or bladder troubles with a 24 hour promise and a 35¢ to $1.00 bottle at the drug store.
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