17 Feb 1900
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Newspaper
Western Kansas World
Location
Wakeeney, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1900
Page
1
A cash only sale offers reduced prices on fowls and groceries west of Salina. Buyers are urged to bring cash to obtain goods and stock up their pantries with fresh items at the best available prices.
A South Dakota letter responds to a Kansas centered article on the Pomeroy model farm near Hill City. It disputes claims of Kansas focus and highlights Wa. McCallum’s work in Cheyenne County with drought resistant growth. The note describes a windward apple and stone fruit test in 1898, a long honey locust limb growth, and a 16 foot 2 inch earth sampling tube. It claims moist soil presence and continued potato cropping despite dry seasons, contrasting with nearby practices.
A reader recounts long experiments in North Dakota and Kansas on moisture conservation and soil cultivation. Despite harsh droughts, yields rose from 42 to 93 bushels per acre with improved practices and staged trials across five points, led by W. TL. Castenlone and collaborators, urging continued farmer education and public demonstrations.
Program for a teachers meeting lists sessions on geography interest Miss Elsie Taylor and Miss Lyde Drummond, readings by Mrs F Gunekel and Mrs M Hunt, and discussions led by M E B Skaggs. It notes timetables, recitations, music, and general apparatus use and care. An advertising snippet promotes buckwheat sold by C C Iestor from a Pennsylvania farm.
Reliable man sought to manage a new branch office in this vicinity. Energetic sober candidates preferred with good prospects. Mention this paper when replying. A.T. Moners, Cincinnati, O. Mustraled ratalogue 4 et postage.
Last Wednesday evening the Ladies Good Will society staged The Old Maie's Convention at the county courthouse amid stormy weather. The crowd, larger than expected for a bleak night, enjoyed a lively performance with costumes from 30 or 60 years ago, praised as the best such show in Wa-Keeney for years and highlighting strong local talent in a period-tinged production.
Local notice lists prices for corn and tobacco, 1000 bushels of word send barley for sale, and a grinding rate of 40 per bushel. Moore's stores announce a big line of shoes hats and caps with new goods and latest styles. The notice ends with a demand to pay outstanding balances.
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