Frozen Death Of D. S. Taylor On Prairie Near Utica
D. S. Taylor was found frozen to death on the prairie about three and a half miles northeast of town after wandering from Utica Tuesday night. A search party found his body about a quarter mile southeast of where the team was tied to a fence. he had struggled for warmth and crawled on his hands and knees before dying. He was 56, left a wife and three children, and funeral services were set for Friday at the M. E. church conducted by Rev. Reed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. S. Taylor
Utica
Taylor
Charles Summers
W. E. Taylor
Pete Miller
Mr. Taylor
Birnbaum Farm
Albert Evel
Ness County
W. 8
Tiis Place
Lis
Rev
Reed
M. E. Church
Utica Enterprise
Trainmen Struggle With Snowbound UP Line Wrecks
The Union Pacific faced heavy snow that delayed trains for up to eighteen hours. A freight wreck west of Wa Keeney prompted rapid wrecking efforts from Denver, but drifting snow blocked the routes. Additional engines dispatched to aid wreckers were halted by the same drifts, trapping several passenger and freight trains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ous
Wa Keeney
Union Pacific
Denver
Ellis
Rabbit Bounty Continues in Wa Keeney Kansas
The Board of County Commissioners voted to pay five cents per rab bit scalp until further notice. Scalps must have both ears attached to qualify. W. N. Lananer, County Clerk, records the decision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wa Keeney
Kans
Board of County Commissioners
W. N. Lananer
Oakley Lovers Wed Despite Snowbound Road Block
Thomas B. Scott of Oakley and Ivah D. Haskell married on January 1, 1912 at Bert Smith’s residence near Oakley after travel delays and a blocked main line left them unable to reach Wa Keeney or Sharon Springs. Rev. W. E. Scott officiated. the couple and community celebrate the union amid harsh winter travel conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colby
Wa Keeney
Sharon Springs
Gove City
Russell Springs
Thomas B. Scott
Oakley
Ivah D. Haskell
Dan Cupid
Thomas
B. Scott
Ivan Husskell
Bert Smith
W. E. Scott
Tom
Wa-Keeney
Noel Critchfield
Trego County
Nellie E. Grabner
Mrs F C Wollner Hostess At Five OClock Tea Evening
A social tea at the Wollner home drew many ladies for a pleasant gathering. Prizes went to Mrs. G W Marshall and Mrs. W W Mattingly for travel guide tableaus. Miss Cora Marshall played tunes, and guests departed around ten with favorable impressions of the winter social season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. C. Wollner
Wollner
G. W. Marshall
W. W. Mattingly
Carl Trapp
Topeka
G. G. Jones
Mesdames Olson
Williams
Anderson
J. C. Cortright
Chalk
A. B. Jones
Crabill
Hille
Peacock
O. R. Hille
Herrick
Purcell
Hays
Morgan
Ellermeyer
Phares
J. F. Jones
Mattingly
Givier
Miss Hattie J. Kirby
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Bell Coffee
Kansas City
Wa- Keeney Lodge No. 148
Brother Adams
J. Straw
Ridgway
Bee
Rabbit Bounty
Walt Mason
Uncle Walt
Walter Mason
Fairbank
Uncle Walter
Uncle Bill
Oberlin Times
W. E
Hall
F. J. Cheney &Co
Toledo
B.d. Cheney
Walding, Kinnan & Marvin
A. E. Ramsey
Cave
Gray County
Ramsey
Enon Ee Pe Ee Beate Bank
the Trego Mercantile Co
Trego
Ray Ufford
The
Hardman Lumber Co
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