24 Feb 1912
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Newspaper
Western Kansas World
Location
Wakeeney, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1912
Page
1
A bustling scene last Saturday at the town store showcases a full-house crowd and strong sales. The proprietor hails the busy turnout as proof the shop remains the go-to destination for groceries, dry goods, and ladies apparel in the area.
Advertises free ironing boards bread and cake tins with every fifty dollar purchase. Claims each item is worth five dollars and promotes high quality goods and trading benefits. Mentions Queensware and China Department in the Balcony offering similar incentives.
Wa-Keeney and Trego county residents react to Governor Stubbs approving the Larned site for the new insane asylum after months of deliberation. The governor insists land cost not exceed 30 dollars an acre while claiming soft water as a key factor, provoking satire on the water analysis and the Wa-Keeney bid offering 900 acres of rich alfalfa land with abundant soft water. Larned’s distance and district are noted.
A World recap notes a March union house dance amid local chatter on irrigation plans for western Kansas, a Elbe steamer wreck story, a coal car distribution in Collyer township, a fall injuring Wa Keeney official, marriages in Adair, revival meetings at M B church, a basket social, court docket actions, real estate purchases, a Wa Keeney band, and a snow week tally.
The article recounts Trego County’s early elections including the 1879 vote for county seats Ogallah and Wa Keeney, a 1887 special election for $30,000 courthouse bonds and a $5,000 jail bond, the 1887 outcomes, and the 1894 high school bond approval. It notes bond terms, payoffs, site approvals, and mentions local development efforts, irrigation plans by Ross & Waldo, and Boy Scout program details in Wa Keeney.
A 1912 Topeka letter from Governor Stubbs approves the Larned site for the new insane hospital conditionally. It requires abundant pure water, soft for boiler use, proper sewage arrangements, and land acquisition by condemnation at a price not exceeding the Business Men's Association proposal. The letter was sent to the State Board of Control.
A fragmentary line describes a housewife and others expected to look pleasant as a parlor or porch is painted, reflecting a promotional or descriptive caption with unspecified context. The text appears as an incomplete advertising or illustration prompt from a historical page.
Auditor W E Davis says the U S Supreme Court ruling on school lands is final for the state and that the 1907 Kansas law declaring forfeited lands held by second purchasers provides clear title. The note cites Wa Keeney visitors Bettersee Struss seeking eye diagnosis and a county case reference, plus a bank loan pitch from Weaker State Bank.
Birth announced for a son to Mr. and Mrs. John McNaughton on February 14. Epworth League social planned at W B Marquand's. Shipped carload of old iron from Ogallah by Richards & Haynes. Local traders buying old bones in Ogallah. Commissioner McNaughton gifted cigars by friends. Funeral of Mrs Paul Huyeke attended by A B Vaughan in Topeka. Fred Smith aids closing out sale in Montpelier, Ohio. News from Lee Tomson returning to Kansas after army discharge. Various visits, trips, and social events noted around Wa-Keeney, Ransom, and nearby towns. Loans offered by Wa-Keeney State Bank.
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