Income tax campaign to begin in Wichita on January
Collector W H L Pepperell announced officers will start from headquarters January 2 to assist residents in filing 1917 income tax returns. An auditor will be in Wa Keeney January 7 to 10 at the courthouse to help unmarried earners over 1000 and married earners over 2000 determine tax obligations. He warned slackers and stressed most merchants, professionals and farmers will owe tax and should seek guidance to avoid penalties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita
Kansas
Lsw
Internal Revenue
W. H. L. Pepperell
Court House
Wa Keeney
Pepperell
Forms for Everybody and Persons Who Expect to Call on Him
The notice instructs that those needing forms need not write to the office. It emphasizes self-serve access or availability of forms for the public, indicating an administrative efficiency or public service reminder.
Home Guard meeting in Trego County January 3 1918
All residents interested in the Home Guard unit are invited to a Court House gathering on Thursday evening January 3 1918 at 7 30 PM. Election of officers and permanent organization will take place. J H Heckman Recorder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trego County
Court House
The Topeka Daily Capital Advertisement Note
The Topeka Daily Capital is on sale both daily and Sunday in Waeeeneey through agent W. W. Gibson. Gibson offers the Capital print including all state and national news. Ad promotes daily Capital advertising and price or availability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Daily Capital
Kansas
Waeeeney
W. W. Gibson
Capital
Gibson
For Sale or Rent in Trego County Kansas 1918 bid notice
For Sale or Rent sale notice for the southwest quarter or section 27 township 14 range 25 in Trego county Kansas bids due by February 15 1918. Property to be sold to the highest fair bid on easy terms. if not sold, bids to rent for farming use to a responsible person for a term of years. Mention this paper Burton E Oakes Buffalo N Y Station C Adj 45 eow pd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trego County
Kansas
Burton E. Oakes
Buffalo
Station C
Adj
Eow Pd
Allen the Topeka Dentist to Visit Wa-Keeney
Allen the Topeka dentist will be in Wa-Keeney January 8 at the Bosserman Hotel for one day. He will perform all kinds of dental work including crown and bridge specialty and optical work with glasses fitted to difficult cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wa-Keeney
Bosserman Hotel
DIAGRAMS and Dry Year Notes Share Local News
DIAGRAMS discuss quitting tobacco and a dry 1917 rainfall of fifteen inches, with drought hints for 1912. Red Cross notes urge knitted articles to be sent to the chapter room by January 10 and weekly work days. Christmas drive adds members in Trego County to 1,100. Executive committee appointments and a president fill vacancy due to illness. An executive meeting is set for January 7 at C. R. Hille's home.
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Trego County
W. A. Tawney
Ogallah
Chas. E. Downie
Collyer
R. K. Sutton
J. H. Niesley
T. R. Moore
Mr. Borsh
Grinnell
C. R. Hille
Shortage of Cotton Seed Meal and Cake Warned
After a Washington talk with the Food Administration, officials report cotton seed meal and cake demand far exceeds supply. Prices are fixed by the government by protein grade, contracts will be filled, and dealers may deliver any grade if unable to meet Texas output due to drought. The notice urges early acquisition through any channel and limits dealer profits to one dollar per ton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Donaldson
Food Administration
Texas
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Tennessee
Louisiana
Missippi
Eake
Desler
Federal Food Administration
Railroad Board of the Food Administration
Oeson
Kansas Live Stock Assn Urges Feed Cake Availability
In a note from J. H. Mercer secretary of the Kansas Live Stock Association the organization urges local feeders to ensure cake supplies for livestock and asks communities to notify feeders if timely access becomes difficult. The message stresses cooperative effort to secure steady feed in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Mercer
Sec
Kansas
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH SERVICE SCHEDULE BEGINS JANUARY 6 1918
The church announces preaching every other Sunday morning and evening starting January 6 1918 with a Wednesday prayer meeting at 7 30 pm and choir practice afterward. All are invited to attend and bring friends.
M E Church Notes Schedule for Services January 6 1918
The M E Church notes list Sunday School at 9 43, preaching at 11 00 am, Epworth League at 6 30 pm, and a 7 30 pm preaching service. An officer election for Sunday School is set for next Sunday after services. Evening program opens a new series of Song Services with the theme Walking With Jesus and invites non churchgoers.
Market Report Kansas City Stock Yards 1918 cattle hogs lambs
Cattle receipts steady with top steers $13 and hogs strong with best heavy hogs $16.95, light weights $16.75. Sheep and lambs firm, best lambs $16.35, Western feeders and stockers bid up, Illinois buyers pay $9 for 800 pound Kansas red cattle, prices hold amid uncertain hog future.
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Kansas City
Kansas
Illinois
Iowa
Ives
Best
Reward for theft of cotton seed cake on Christmas night 1917
A reward of $0.00 is offered for recovery of cotton seed cake stolen from the premises on December 25 1917. The notice requests the conviction of the party or parties involved, referenced as Adv. 4m v. Litthechild.
Mistreat Americans as Prisoners of War Warned
The Topeka Journal reports that Americans captured by Germans may be denied ordinary courtesies given to POWs. It claims Germany plans to use American prisoners in harsh labor under brutal conditions, similar to past treatment of Russian prisoners.
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Teutons
Topeka Journal
Trego County School Boards and Teachers Convene in Wa Keeney
The Trego County Annual Convention of School District Boards and Teachers Association will meet in Wa Keeney at the county courthouse on Saturday January 12 1918 at 2 00 p m The program includes High School Standardization of Schools Mrs Elsie Stephens discussion led by D O Hemphill Junior Red Cross Work Miss Fern Weaver Consolidation of Schools J H Niesley and county Red Cross participation efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trego County
Next Teachers Association
Court House
Keeney
Elsie Stephens
D. O. Hemphill
Red Cross
Fern Weaver
Teachers Professional Work Checklist for 100 Percent Interest
A guide for teachers to achieve full professional interest by reading the circle book joining the county association paying dues to Miss Thelma Lynn Wa Keeney attending two associations reading an educational journal and attending institute or summer school. The reading circle books listed are Leiper's Language Work in the Elementary Schools and Babson's The Future of South America, available from W. W. Gibson Wa-Keeney Kansas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Teachers’ Association
Thelma Lynn
Wa Keeney
Reading Circle
Leiper
Babson
South America
W. W.gibson
Keeney
Kansas
Rural and graded school exam schedule fragment
The fragment lists examination dates for rural and graded schools across months from January to April. It notes two days per period, with specific mentions of January 10 11 and March 7 8, and references final exams in April. Names of months and sequence imply a school calendar excerpt.
Wa-Keeney Masonic Lodge Notice January 1918
FP and A M notice lists jurisdiction meeting at Wa-Keeney hall number 148 at 7 o'clock Sunday evening January 6 1918. Attend St Johns services at the Baptist church. W W Williams W M W Bingham Secy
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wa-Keeney
Bapter Church
City School Report Lists Pupils With No Absences or Tardies
The monthly city school report shows first through eighth graders who were neither absent nor tardy. Names span Warren Campher to Ruth Bingham with many in between, indicating strong attendance across grades. An unrelated agricultural ad follows noting Colorado sheep and a skincare product promotion.
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Warren Campher
Adolph Campher
Brenton Campbell
Donald Frazier
Chloris
Erne Heyl
Paul Howe
Margaret Pierson
Lois Steele
Ethel Simpson
Venda Smith
aArla Sutton
Lola Pickering
Kenneth Bach
Marthella Baker
Theo Boxberger
Gertrude Clevenger
Burtell Gardner
John Horak
Wilford Hardman
Willamette Knapp
Esther LaRue
Henry Rensmeyer
Wayne Rhoades
Velma Rucker
Maude Riley
Neva Seeley
Earl Wheeler
Florence Boch
Clarence Gunekel
Blanch Collins
John Hardman
Loretta Hixson
June Harlan
Elmer LaRue
Francis Perrine
Zelma Perry
Ned Rhoades
Don Rhoades
John Rhoades
Robert Shuler
Harold Spens
Roy Sprague
Grace Wo
Sheep for Sale at We-Keeney Stock Yards
A sale notice offers 400 White Face ewes well bred from Priday to be sold January 4 at We-Keeney Stock Yards. Johnson advertisement 45.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. G. Johnson
Colorado
Priday
We-Keeney Stock Yards
LG. Johnson
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The
WaKeeney State Bank
J. H. Heckman
Allen
Wollner’s
Prince Albert
F. C. Wollner
Brickle
First Baptist Church
C. C. Baker
M. E. Church Notes
Market Report
Litthechild
Margaret Swiggeit
Keeney, Kansas
Parm Loans
Howard
Hamilton
A. Ss. Treger
Williams
W. Bingham
City School Report
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