Weather and local ads from Wa-Keeney week ending Wednesday noon
Government thermometer readings show maximum 80 and minimum 66 for Wa-Keeney with a dry mild and bright week overall. Tuesday evening saw a trace of snow, mules for sale by W. F. Little eniid Jr., and local notices include an advertisement for Dr King’s New Discovery praising its cough, cold and pneumonia relief, with a trial bottle offered, plus an ad for pure home made lard at Bakers.
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Wa-Keeney
Max Mix
Dr. King
Gibson's
Bakers
Coyotes Kept at Bay by a Horse in Kansas Tale
A story from Larned Kansas recounts how horse J H Elis kept pursuing coyotes at bay when a cattle drive rider was knocked unconscious. Passersby rescued man and horse after the horse held the circle at bay. The item notes the tale may be a hoax or spoof from the Kansas City Weekly Post. Also mentions a local billiard hall sale to Carl Herber and Ernest Hillman.
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Kas
J. H. Elis
Stockrange
Trego County
Ellis
Steed
Kansas City
Trego
County
Larned
Frederic & Rassala
Carl Herber
Ernest Hillman
Trego County Wheat Yield Dispute Sparks Controversy
A letter from J W Phares of Wa Keeney challenges Secretary Coburn’s crop report tallying Trego county wheat at 249 152 bushels. Phares claims at least 600 000 bushels were produced, citing shipping records from Wa Keeney Ogallala Voda Ellis and other markets plus seed use.
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F. D. Coburn
Board of Agriculture
Trego County
J. W. Phares
Wa-Keeney
Coburn
Phares
Trego
State Journal
Kansas
Commission
Voda
Bustiels
Ellis
Chaham County
Graham County
Wa Keeney
Topeka
Petrified phrase talk and 13th day superstition
A humorous note on spelling and taste in language from Uncle Heck and Judge Ruppenthal, plus a petrified bird tale and a frightened woman who steps inside to escape fear. It closes with county officers taking office January 13, 1913, amid 13 hoodoo superstition but no refusals to serve.
Kansas plan to strengthen western branch stations foreseen
Manhattan Kansas December 7 1912 the state agriculture college seeks larger appropriations to revive all branch experiment stations in the western part of the state. W M Jardine is named acting director and dean of agriculture to guide a division spanning agriculture animal husbandry dairy poultry entomology chemistry forestry milling and veterinary medicine.
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Manhattan
Kansas
State Agriculture College
Board of Regents
W. M. Jardine
Farm Crops Department
Merry Xmas Prayer and Holiday Reflections
The passage wishes readers a merry Christmas praising the Savior and God’s peace on earth. It hopes for joyful celebrations with turkey, gifts, dolls, fifes, and drums, and laments arbitrary railroad impositions as a public issue and calls for fair treatment of corporations.
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Earth
Turkey
Railroad Regulation and the Cost of Living Pressure
The piece argues railroads face strict rate approval and penalties, while other industries raise prices with minimal public penalty. It claims rail workers and families bear rising living costs, with railroads unable to match wage hikes without higher rates, unlike shoe, rubber, textile, and coal sectors. It condemns perceived public bias against rail pay raises and calls for fairness in cost of living adjustments.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Railroads
Con
Kansas City Stock Yards Cattle Prices Drift Through Heavy Receipts
Cattle market at the Kansas City stock yards steady to lower with 12 000 cattle received today and a 17 000 head run yesterday depressing prices. Steers largely 15 to 20 cents under Friday, best steer around 2 14, bulk 6 60 to 7 75, cows 4 50 to 6 75, bulls 4 50 to 6 25. Hogs 15 000, top 7 25, bulk 4 90 to 7 20. Sheep 11 000, lambs 7 65, yearlings 6 75, wethers 4 85, ewes 4 25, feeding lambs 6 25 to 6 78. Market notes say packers will demand concessions if receipts exceed meat demand, little hope for early year rise. J A Rickart reports. State health seeks law to force crippled children to hospital care funded by state. County commissioners to examine crippled children for hospital placement.
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Kansas City
Chicago
Fed
J. A. Rickart
Train Locomotion Spooks Passengers In Salina Tale
A Kansas Salina journ al recounts a railway journey where a small black and white animal darted onto the track ahead of a moving engine at about 20 miles per hour. The event caused frantic reactions from passengers and station crowds, with scent and noise overwhelming the scene.
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Kansas
Salina
Salima ‘Journal
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Wa-Keeney State Bank
W. F. Littleeniid, Jr
Strauss
Pierson
Suitatorium
The
Hardman Lumber Co
Judge Ruppenthal
Uncle Heck
Fate
Edgar Mource
Sants Claus Ws-Keeney
Kans
Santa Claus
Buster
Santa
Edward Monroe
Garden City
Dodge Crry
Tribune
Ogallah
Merry Xmas
State Board of Health
Osborne Farmer
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