19 Feb 1898
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Newspaper
Western Kansas World
Location
Wakeeney, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1898
Page
1
East bound trains scheduled to arrive by 9 35 a m with fast express to Denver and Pacific Coast routes. Tickets and baggage checked to all United States points. Agent Bradshaw at Ransom posts Mountain Time schedule. Various freight and passenger notices included with agency and legal names.
The Poultry Farmer from Des Moines Da brings a practical farm poultry journal to 500000 farms, offering price data and advice for egg and meat producers. It promises value for farmers and their families, priced at 0 cents a year with free samples by mail. Also a note on a cold cure and a testimonial for Chamberlain's remedy.
Local store runs a broad promotional list of goods including Linoleum dining room options, jewelry, infant hose, purses, laces, dag marbles, iron glue, and a large assortment of clothing and household items. Prices touted as genuine bargains accompany the heavy catalog of wares and discounts.
In Collyer Kansas the past week brought business of dry goods and groceries, weather cool but fine, and local notes on farmers loading wheat, windmill dairies, and coal trips. Residents like Midget, Pat Walsh, Burns, Hickman, and Bower are cited with gatherings, revivals, masquerades, hunting geese, and school activities amid community chatter and errand runs.
Local notes report mud drying and springlike warmth as residents adjust fields and farms. Will Sullivan breaks sod, W. F. Smith seeds wheat, Bruce Furbeck and Jack Buchanan work on corn and property, with moves and visits noted. Revival attendance, farm rental, and repairs accompany a frontier daily life snapshot. Also printed is an advertisement for Bauranp’s Snow Liniment claiming relief for rheumatism neuralgia headaches throat and injuries.
News scarce this week. Mr Wallis marketed fine poultry Tuesday. Frank Ivan works on the section at Collyer. James McGuire stayed in the area last week. Charley Connors visits his best girl in the vicinity.
Mt Pleasant notes spring weather and local doings. William Stout shopped in the bung last Tuesday. Israel Rosier returned near McCracken last Wednesday. Nellie Sweet visited her parental home last Sunday. Robert L. Bailey traveled to Rooks County the week of the 19th. Rev. Thompson preached at Riverside schoolhouse. Joe Richardson and Israel Rosier made a county trip last Tuesday. Orlando Carlson retrieved his photograph coach early in the week. Walter Nelson claimed a quarter section of school land in the southeast. Parson and family visited Brownell. The Methodist revival at Brownell will continue all next week. Our plains have crete pin their origin is again monarch of all be surveys.
Local notes recount a camp meeting planned for Ransom in September. Two votes short of approval halted the event. The piece mentions neighbors Ibert Conklin and wife visiting Frank Squier, plus a lively dance at Trathleib's with thirty-two dollars earned. Birth anniversaries and regional remarks follow in rustic town calendar fashion.
Riverside farmers discuss tax bills and John Walborg plans Wisconsin tied to Otto Colberg hauling wheat to market last week. Walter Nelson and his best girl enjoy a Mt. Pleasant literary. S. Bailey and T. N. Johnson visited John Athan last Sunday. Five Pearson will not leave this spring thanks to access to D. J. Wilson's water on his south ranch. Ballard's Horehound Syrup advertises quick cough relief at 25c and 50c.
Messrs Chase and Sanborn Chicago report a 25 percent rise in their coffee trade since handling C. and S. coffee. Customers of other stores visit to buy only their coffee here. For Sale One pair 1100 lb work horses One pair 900 lbs One buggy W.S. Mean.
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