14 Feb 1918
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Newspaper
Western Kansas World
Location
Wakeeney, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1918
Page
1
A column compiles quirky dicta and overheard lines about letter folding errors, division by students, and a mock plan to send councils to the slaughterhouse for brains. It recalls Burns and a hardware stock turning hedgehooks into tools against Russian Thistle, selling with a boastful Monarch pitch.
In a brief item the Thistle Hook is announced as specially designed and produced for consumer use. The note cites the device as a practical tool, emphasizing novelty and utility for everyday tasks.
Miss Mabel Blanche McAtee and Mr Ray M Yowell were married Saturday January 19 at five oclock at Rev Walter Scott Priest residence 724 North Lawrence Avenue with Miss Helen Scott as witness. New couple will reside at 310 South Lawrence Avenue Lawrence Kansas Journal
Government urges thrift to turn citizens from spendthrift habits and fund wartime needs. Citizens of Lawrence, Kansas, will gather at the Penny Hotel on Friday February 22 for a thrift campaign and eye examinations with guaranteed glasses, urging early attendance.
Capper announces candidacy for Republican nomination to the United States Senate, pledging to press wartime goals, curb profiteering, regulate big business, and pursue fair taxation after the war. He outlines priorities on price controls, public boards, and wartime prohibition, while noting he cannot actively campaign while serving as governor.
The Red Cross reports high need for wristlets helmets sweaters and sex and sweat ers. Fourteen workers met last Monday for gauze work and twenty five did general work Thursday. A shipment arrived last week with one afghan two scarfs eight helmets fourteen pairs of sex fifteen pairs wristlets and forty sweaters. A Garden Theater program Tuesday evening will be repeated Friday evening due to ticket holders unable to attend.
Internal Revenue Collector W H L Pepperell Wichita Kansas announces Treasury Decision Twenty Six Hundred and Fifty extends the filing deadline for all income and excess profits tax returns including information at source to April 1 1918. Taxpayers urged to file promptly and remit when able to aid the government.
Warren Baker of Hays Kansas leads a big housemoving outfit at Ogallah this week moving a house for Mr Nixon. Anyone with buildings to move should see him in the next two weeks. Write W A Baker Hays Kans or phone 229.
Osborne farmers report Caron of Beloit has chosen Osborne for a ladies tailoring and outfitting shop. He secured the Jeff Durfey building, aims to open by February 25, and plans a permanent Osborne location with a building to be erected. Caron already runs stores in Beloit and Wa Keeney, with locals familiar with the Beloit outlet. The Osborne elevator buys 2 cars of white Kafir seed at 2.40 per bushel for Wa Keeney and Collyer.
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