24 Feb 1900
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Newspaper
Western Kansas World
Location
Wakeeney, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1900
Page
1
A cash only sale advertises reduced prices for spot cash. The offer promotes Cosr with the best stock of groceries west of Salina and urges buyers to bring money for goods to stock their pantries.
State Superintendent Frank Nelson discusses a law to compensate parents for transport costs of pupils living three to four miles from Sebonl louse. Districts may pay up to fifteen cents per pupil per day, with flexibility below that limit. He notes fair, not excessive, application and urges equitable district-parent arrangements.
Scattered items include requests to bring iron to Verbeck and Lucas Lumber Yard for top market prices. A school term extension is noted in J F Barcclay district. Various product ads mention digestion remedies and blood health. Details are fragmentary and include several names and locations such as Yor SaLe and Wa-Keeney.
A local notice proclaims Dr A B Jones as a candidate for State Senator from the 39th district. He has dwelt here twenty years, owns property, is a heavy taxpayer, and is described as industrious and devoted to educational and public advancement. Support urged from friends and former beneficiaries to secure the nomination and election. Also memorial notices recount the death of William H Spicer, detailing his long service as a merchant tailor, Civil War record, and family survivors, with funeral rites held in Ellsworth.
Local items note Dr A B Jones of WaKeeney a prominent western Kansas physician visiting Hoxie. Populists set convention times and places with Congressional at Colby on April 3 and Senatorial at Colby on April 10. Other notes include Colby visitors and brief ads for Minute Cough Cure and local legal notices.
Wanted reliable man to open a new ranch office in this area. Energetic sober applicant preferred. Mention this paper when writing A. T. Monts Clactonati O illustrated catalogue 4 cents postage. Come tips for job work.
Prices listed for corn by the load and per 100 pounds, corn chop at 75 cents, half corn and half barley at 0c per 100 pounds, barley chops 5c per 100 pounds, corn meal 1.00 per 100 pounds, and grain rates with 1000 bushels of good seed barley available. Grinding 4c per bushel by load, with ad urging customers to buy wheat and place orders.
Fragmentary OCR yields an ambiguous local notice or shorthand. No clear event, date, or named entities present to summarize with confidence.
New goods and latest styles headline Moore's inventory. Public notice promises quality footwear headwear and caps. A medicinal claim for Worms treatment is included with Worrr's Cream Weembvee offered at 25 cents by Jones and Gibson.
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