Epworth League News and War Coal Drive Notes
Epworth League meeting led by Miss Lacy Herrick discusses The Upward Reach. next Sunday 6 30 pm. Hazel Lynn leads. Members bale paper, with 3 to 5 workers. Services listed for Jan 27 1918 with school at 9 45 am and sermons at 11 am 7 30 pm. Plus a call to support the United States fuel program urging coal conservation as part of the war effort with a tag campaign on coal shovels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Epworth
Lacy Herrick
Hazel Lynn
Epworth League
United States
Emerson Carey
Kansas
Garfield
United States Fuel Administration
New York
San Francisco
U. S. Fuel Administration
Official Fuel Notice for Trego County business hours
Acting on State Fuel Administration guidance this notice sets store hours by class. Class 1 stores operate 9:00 am to 3:30 pm with Saturday close at 2:30 pm. Class 2 drugstores open 9:00 am to 7:30 pm, Saturdays to 2:00 pm. Class 3 billiard halls noon to 10:00 pm. Class 4 picture and amusement places two entertainments weekly, close by 10:00 pm. Schools shorten noon sessions by half hour. All other businesses align with the spirit of the order to minimize fire hours. Effective January 24, 1918 until removed by Fuel Administration. Hudson Harlan, County Chairman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Fuel Administration
Trego County
Fuel Administration
Hudson Harlan
Wa Keeney Merchants End Free Deliveries Starting Jan 23 1913
The merchants of Wa Keeney will not offer free deliveries from Monday January 23 1913. Deliveries will be charged 6 cents each, with charges added to the bill or paid at the house. Notices from several local businesses including Star Grocery and Trego Mercantile Co. Also ads for jewelry and registered Red Polled bulls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wa Keeney
E. A. Courtney
Star Grocery
Trego County Co-Op
A. P. Hinshaw & Sons
Wollner
Trego Mercantile Company
Puel Administration
Obituary of Mary Elizabeth Stewart of Wa-Keeney
Mary Elizabeth Stewart born May 20 1842 in Wheeling Virginia died January 14 1918 at age 75 7 24. She was a Christian church member. Married Joseph A Law December 28 1861 at LaHarpe Al. They moved to Trego county settling near Wa Keeney then in Wa Keeney. Survived by eleven children thirty six grandchildren and several great grandchildren. Funeral January 17 conducted by Rev Sutton of the Methodist church at Wa Keeney cemetery beside her husband. A precious one is gone from here. A voice we loved is stilled. And though the body moulders here the soul is saved in Heaven.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Elizabeth Stewart
Wheeling
Christian Church
Joseph A. Law
LaHarpe
Trego County
Wa-Keeney
Card of Thanks for Beloved Mother
We wish to thank those who so kindly assisted us during the sickness and death of our beloved mother.
Pioneer Community News Roundup From January Items
A long list of local updates covers illness, schooling, ice work, trips, and social events in Pioneer. Notes include Howard Que ill with mumps, Miss Carrie Pugh visiting, ice slicing activity, family visits, D. E. Miller’s return from Lexington, scarlet fever quarantine, and school enrollment at nineteen with 16.53 average attendance for January. Mentions Rev. Sutton and Rev. Parish preaching, local store purchase by Herbert and Norcross, lyceum Friday January 25, and weekly movies. Also records community sports, Home Guards organization, Sadie Vetter’s Topeka honors, a Palmer Joseph wedding, local theft, and various local travel and homefront notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Que
Carrie Pugh
Marjory Tawney
W. J. Kulp
D. E. Miller
Prank Mangold
George Rhoden
School of Pioneer
Walter Rich
Patterson
A. B. Rich
Ellis
Route 1
C. F. Reeves
Pioneer
Ruth Kelley
Lyceum
Gidding
Naf
Ogallah
Big Creek
Ross Blakely
Joseph Kellogg
W. A. Tawney
Topeka
Sadie Vetter
Topeka High School
Palmer —Joseph
Wednesday Ice and Visits Highlight Rural Week
Wednesday featured butchering day at Otto Shuler's and ice cutting by J E Richardson and Glenn Walden with Will Walker last Friday. Mace Smith returned from Missouri Tuesday. Mrs Will Walden and two daughters visited Mrs Tom Walden Wednesday. Lew Galloway reported an extra good ice crop and Mrs J E Richardson along with her daughter called on Mrs Tom Walden Wednesday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otto Shuler
Mace Smith
Missouri
Tom Walden
Frank Hancock
Red Cross
J. E. Richardson
Glenn Walden
Will Walker
Lew Galloway
Lew
Will Sandstoe
Registration of German Alien Enemies Begins Early February
You are hereby notified that the registration of German alien enemies is to commence at six a.m. on February 4, 1918, and continue daily thereafter between six a.m. and eight p.m. through February 9, 1918, at eight o'clock p.m. in cities over 5000 by 1910. O. T. Wood, United States Marshal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
0. T. Wood
United States
Flag Etiquette Rules and Display Guidelines
The document outlines proper Flag protocol from sun up to sunset, including lowering at half mast on Memorial Day, ceremonial handling during plays and parades, and rules for display with other flags. It covers handling, not letting the flag touch the ground, standing for the national anthem, and placement on bier or altar.
Kaiser Bill Rises in The United States War Tax Talk
A dialogue fronting on wartime finance critiques a lax citizen, Hiram, urged to pay taxes and support Liberty bonds and Red Cross. The piece juxtaposes Kaiser Bill’s mockery with the dad’s thrift and a call to national duty, urging everyone to fund the war effort. The narrative centers on personal finances, national obligation, and wartime sentiment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hiram
Liberty
Red Cross
Kansas
Kaiser
Kaiser Bill
Amiel
Townsman Urges War Bond Duty And Restraint
A letter to Hiram urges prudence and national duty during wartime. It critiques lavish social life, advocates buying War Savings stamps, and proposes reallocating resources to support troops. Mentions Oberlin National Bank assets in Liberty Bonds and notes Lt Harwood Benton and Lt Gerald Benton, sons of Otis L. Benton, plus Lt Gordon Bancher of Boston. The piece denounces political figures and muses on public virtue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Hiram
Jer
Oberlin National Bank
Otis L. Benton
Harwood
Gerald
Pansy
Gordon Bancher
Boston
Ed Summers
Democratic Party
Benton
Yua
Janes Oberlin
Esquime
Norton
Home Guard Notes Ogallah Organizes Company A
Ogallah forms Home Guard Company A with 41 members and 58 active members total. Regular meetings are Thursdays at 7 30 pm. Honorary roll includes 40 registered men, draft eligible, can drill with active members but need not attend every meeting. When 75 members reached, roll closes except for vacancies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ogallah
Rifles sought by Trego County Horse Guards
The Trego County Horse Guards request any resident with knowledge of old army rifles for procurement to notify Captain J. H. Heckman at once.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trego County
Also Mentioned on This Page
The
WaKeeney State Bank
M. E. Church Notes
A. S. Treger's
T. Hawilas
We-Keney
Route 3
Adat
Rev. Sutton
C. Vetter
Grandpa Schwanbeck
C. J. Anderson
Martin Lofstead
Rev. Parish
Lincoln
Nebr
Herbert & Norcross
Williams & William's
Standard Oil
Cromb & Merril
Tom Brabb
John Herbert
D. C. Guyler
Kansas City
Percy
Chris Huck
Trego
Frank Benisch
Grant Ropp
James Benisch
Julius Litz
A. R.mckinley
Kite
Jno. Wiedeman i
Alex Riess
Geo. Lohman
Jno. Wiedeman
Geo. Koleber Jr
Hoisington
Willcox
Carl McKinley
Wall
Robert McKinley
Camp Funston
Nellie Kite
Wa- Keeney
A. R. McKinley
Pete Schneider
Hays
Margaret Swiggett
Prem Loans
Wa-Keeney, Benses
P. W. Morgan
Union
J. H. Heckman
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!