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Newspaper
Western Kansas World
Location
Wakeeney, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1908
Page
4
Local notes recount visits and visits by residents to WaKeeney and Ellis. Miss Anna Benisch enjoys music lessons in Morell while Jane Hoobler loses cattle. A Brownell land sale netted 4700 dollars to a Wisconsin buyer. Community events include school board action, bachelor gatherings, and a lively social at the Morell schoolhouse with plans for future programs.
Miss Anna Thiel spent Sunday sick in Collyer area. Matte Teague is reported ill with rheumatism. Mrs Maxwell Brown visited Mrs Jno Glenn. Mr Slover and family visited friends in Quin ter. Schwanbeck Bros shelled corn for Chas Glenn last Saturday. Geo Morell and family hosted Illinois relatives. Services at St Mishael s church February 2. R J Tague and Miss Mabel Tague visited friends on the Saline. Parrow has gone to his Grinnell home until the grain business improves. John Tilton bought acet business of Chas and took possession. Roses wedding themed dance noted.
Bosna F M Hatch hauls corn to Voda. The Whistler children are ill with Jagrippe. Marion Conley visits relatives in Coffey county. Ww Stimus is ill at son Frank's in Grainfield. Mrs J B Biehler recovers from illness. Mrs J J Osborn and Mrs J C Yewell visit. Yewell sick list but recovering. Mrs C M Carson, our teacher, was at home south of the Smoky. Several from these parts attended the Big Creek hall dance Friday night. all report a good time.
Fine weather and busy commerce as residents report hogs shipped and bought, corn husked, and horses fed. Several visitors call on neighbors at Whitman and Krhut households while Hotel de Voda thrives and a Friday dinner brings the Rush family together. A Texas trip hints at future plans.
Mrs Trailor is very sick at this writing. Joe Haugh marketed wheat this week. Miss Elsie Gullett visited Miss Helen Curtis Sunday. L McKune and family visited at J F Hazen's Sunday. J C Milholland and wife visited at Chas Lee's. Eugene Holmes made a business trip to Wa Keeney Saturday. Mrs John Hoover died yesterday. Young folks gathered at the home of Mr and Mrs Deerslaught Friday evening for a nice time. A serious accident near Wes Rough's last Sunday left Mr Far with a dislocated shoulder after a team ran away.
Riverside updates show Eston Joseph on Ryan ranch and Henry Gilmore visiting from Pennsylvania. Sylvia Hazen and Ethel Allman socialize at a young people’s meeting, a local revival grows, and land buyers prowl the countryside. A famous divorce case ends with modest alimony and furniture claims. Amanda Nelson plans a Europe trip funded by alimony.
Get our prices on coal RKoss and Waldo. There will be a dance in the Ogallah ball on February 21. H H Thornton's little boy broke his arm last Tuesday. The Ogallah Literary society may miss a meeting due to the revival. Fred Harrison and Jessie Harvey visited Mr and Mrs J J Harrison at Collyer. W H Chew has sold his place and will hold a public sale soon.
Brown has stayed about a week and left this morning. D B Fulton aims to clear Russian foes with a bold move. Fred Smith rushed to Wellsville for his mother’s illness, who died soon after arrival. Relatives called to A V Hixson’s bedside due to serious illness. Roy Biskely injured when a team jolted from the schoolhouse to the post office, dislocating his left elbow. J A Rich assists with schooling.
An assortment of local items from Ellis and Ridgway noting illness, social visits, and events. Miss May Fulton improves as red flags fly in Ellis. Local workers adjust rail shop hours while bridge work proceeds. AUPiano revivals, gambling raids, and a forthcoming ministerial path for Sepremstes Chambers are reported alongside a hospital appendicitis case and a charity tea promotion by Hollister’s Rocky Mountain Tea.
Card of Thanks expresses sincere gratitude to friends and neighbors for assistance during illness and death of beloved husband and father. Message from the Srena family asks continued prayers and support. note mentions Saasime congregation and a request to buy Foley's Honey and Tar.
J. C. Owen touts South End Restaurant offering the best meals available for hungry patrons.
In the District Court of Trego County Herbert K Bacon plaintiff sues James D Bohm and George Ward and unknown heirs for title to land in Wa Keeney Lehi and Tree County Kansas. The defendants are warned to appear January 1 1908 with a plea to the petition seeking judgment that the plaintiff holds title to the property free of adverse claims. The court orders the defendants to answer and for sale of the property to satisfy the judgment. Some legal notices and public sale details follow including notices to interested parties and attorneys for plaintiffs and clerks.
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