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Newspaper
Western Kansas World
Location
Wakeeney, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1917
Page
8
The Xmas program at the church in Ogallsh featured Miss Platner Miss Nell and others in the White Gifts for the King pageant. Proceeds of 160.00 were telegraphed to Armenian relief. Local notes report sick guests, Christmas visits, and school openings in Collyer and nearby towns.
The report notes that cars could not be obtained Sunday morning so none were used. A man who stole them returned to Mooreland and offered to help hunt the cattle for Mr. Huntington. He was identified at Collyer as the man who sought a car to ship out the cattle. The piece also includes a stray line about CORONA and a Salina Typewriter Company advertisement.
Wa Keeney residents endorse Doan's Kidney Pills for kidney weakness and backache. A. C. Sellerstestimonials note reliable relief after use, with pills strengthening kidneys. Price 60 cents at dealers. Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo, N Y.
A nostalgic column recalls life twenty years back with jokes and vague vignettes about bustles, silos, gasoline, milk, and plain folks. It notes shifting technologies and quirks in small town routines, from gasoline to telephones, and critiques media honesty and advertising. The piece also shares humorous exchanges about ice cream hair and bald apples, ending with cautions to rural ladies about telephone neck on party lines.
For Sale two items a spring wagon and single harness at Courtney's store adv 3911. The Trego County Co operative association sells corn at their elevator adv 40. The Knife Weeder for listed corn sold by H D Clayton Hill City Kansas adv 329 mo. Found on main street a pocket book with money owner to prove property and pay adv 41f. Found on road north of Voda a pair of ladies slippers owner call at this office prove property pay adv 41. The Farmers Elevator at Voda open each Thursday thereafter until further notice Fred Schwanbeck Jr in charge adv 36tf. Dr M J Brown of Salina offers medical or surgical eye ear nose and throat care and glasses.
Notice published in the Western Kansas World announces final settlement in the estates of E. F. Bryant and Gust Wahlberg in Trego County Kansas. Administrators A C Bryant and J A Johnson seek probate court approval at Wa-Keeney on the first Monday of January 1918 and December 1917 respectively. Creditors and interested parties are summoned to appear.
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