Kansas Kafir and Crop Contests Call for Wider Involvement
The Agricultural College urges broader participation in boys and girls contests to boost corn bread kafir crops and farming interest. Extension Division seeks school officials bankers clubs ministers and families to join nationwide effort with seed and rules pamphlets available from Dean College Extension Manhattan Kansas.
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Agricultural College
Kansas
Dean College Extension
Manhattan
Kans
Wonderful Cough Remedy Ad Claims Dr King's Discovery
Edison Tennessee retailer D P Lawson touts Dr King s New Discovery as the best cough cold throat and lung medicine with high sales. It promises quick relief for obstinate coughs and colds and urges families to keep a bottle. Available 1.00 at druggists or by mail. Bucken Co Philadelphia or St Louis advertise. Farm loan offer from Wa-Keaney State Bank. Subscribe for the World.
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Dr. King
D. P. Lawson
Edison
Tenn
E. Buckien & Co
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Fragmented Clippings Reflect Odd Policies and Social Snippets
A collage of eccentric observations on life insurance limits, freight charges, marriages, and school trends. The piece notes Old Si’s paid up policy, Uncle Sam’s parcel post, draymen’ s protest, a Missouri bachelor seeking a wife of unusual dimensions, and jokes about oysters vs crackers. It also mentions unusual names, a slipping tariff joke, Hamlet wedding feasts, and a push for practical education aligning with farm life.
Revival Meetings At Methodist Church In Ellis
Revival meetings are in progress at the Methodist church with good crowds nightly. Each evening features a specialty. This Saturday evening offers a country friends social hour after a short service. Sunday includes regular services and evangelistic meeting at night. Dr M Jay Brown of Salina will visit Ellis on Wednesday January 24 1914 to treat eye ear throat and nasal diseases.
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Methodist Church
M. Jay Brown
Salina
Kans
Ellis
Teachers Column and Court Story Fragments
A collage of school notes and legal vignette concentrates on a moral about selfishness through a mother’s cake tale, a young cousin’s German school contrasts, a girl witness in court who recites Bible lessons, and an economics analysis of railroad freight rates with historical figures and examples. The items present child letters, a courtroom anecdote, and argument on rail costs.
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Eva
Diantha Walker
Mensing
Nosir
Emily
Students Earn Perfect Spelling Grades Since New Year
Mary Mongan Helen Galloway Meta Tegtasyer Olive Riggs Earl Shaw Edith Shaw Clyde Acre Maurice Wollner Bram Hixson Ethy Bach Harold Billings Jane Kraus Mable McAfee Henry Hille Frank Blackman Charley La Rue Grace Curry Lacy Herrick Mildred Phares achieved perfect marks across seven tests. Winifred Tripp enrolled in the seventh grade this week as all students maintain thorough work.
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Mary Mongan
Helen Galloway
Meta Tegtasyer
Olive Riggs
Earl Shaw
Edith Shaw
Clyde Acre
Maurice Wollner
Bram Hixson
Ethy! Bach
Harold Billings
Jane Kraus
Mable McAfee
Henry Hille
Frank Blackman
Charley LaRue
Grace Curry
Lacy Herrick
Mildred Phares
Winifred Tripp
Market Report From Kansas City Stock Yards 1914
The Kansas City stock yards report notes South cattle arriving for the season and Western consignments from Colorado and the West, with steady prices and large receipts. Hog prices show a halt in advance, pork demand remains strong, and lambs and sheep are offered mostly steady or firm. An advertising anecdote from Jamestown highlights persistent advertising value.
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Kansas City
Colorado
West
Panhandle
Southwest
Kansas
Missouri
Iowa
Nebraska
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Earl
Yee
Alan Ihean
Wa-Keeney State Bank
Pierson
Suitatorium
Keeney, Kansas
W. F. Swiggett
Wa-Keaney State Bank
Simpy
Uncle Heck
Uncle Sam
Edouard
Aure
Yvette
Hedouine
Methodist Church Notes
Wa-Keeney
Johnnie
Greedy Harry
Freddie
Harry
Clarence Smith
Ogallah School
Miss Greenwood
Lena Colberg
Miss Ross
Tighier
Chicago
Atlantic Seabord
Boston
City School Notes
Market Report
Jamestown
Tssue
White Elephant
Star
Wresh Pork
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