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Newspaper
Western Kansas World
Location
Wakeeney, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1908
Page
8
The Spot Gash Store thanks customers for patronage and promotes cash purchases to beat credit losses. A 5 percent discount on purchases of one dollar or more is offered during an inventory clearance from January 8 to January 18, with numerous items marked down 20 to 25 percent including coats skirts pants hats underwear and other goods.
A crowded Wa-Keeney column reports many small items: Pure lard at Baker's store, Henry Myers visiting from Hays, various bargains at the book store, and local travels to Denver and Sturgis. It lists residents like Grandpa Lew, Miss Hattie J. Kirby, E. Flood of Ellis, and J. C. Owen. Notices include an upcoming dance January 24 1908, legal business, farm land wants, and sidewalk ordinances. Also mentions stock shipments, restaurant specials, sermons, and a home remedy for cat tle disease.
In Wa-Keeney Kansas area notes report Mrs. Sarah Yates moving from a farm, Wm. Lemire selling four bogs to W.S. Wilham & Co, and a Shorthorn bull for sale at 75 dollars. Also mentions a court house concert, Baptist sermons by Rev. Silvins, fire bell timing for minors, a new Percheron stallion in Ogallah township, and local civic remarks.
A public sale on Tuesday January 21 1908 lists animals and farm stock: roan and bay mares with foals, geldings, a gray saddle horse, a large mule, yearling and sucking colts, 11 milch cows, 4 yearling heifers, 1 red polled yearling bull, 3 heifer calves, 4 steer calves, 10 shoats, 12 large shoats, 3 broad sows with litters, 3 large sows due May, plus 10 dozen Plymouth Rock hens.
A local sale listings detail farm assets including 2 farm wagons 2 mowing machines 1 hay rake 1 buck 1 crane stacker outfit Jobson grain binder riding lister nearly new hammock seat shovel cultivator 13 section harrow nearly new Challenge geared feed mill buggy and harness Buckeye disc grain drill Janesville sulky plow 2 sets heavy draft work harness with breeching Economy cream separator Old Trusty incubator 150 eye cabinet gas vapor stove 4 burners plus 20 tons alfalfa hay 200 shocks kaffir corn and 60 acres of corn stalks.
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