Kansas Agricultural College graduates record big class at Manhattan
The 114 graduates, largest ever, split into domestic science 46 general science 15 agriculture 17 electrical engineering 6 architectural 4 and veterinary 4. Electrical engineers mostly farm boys. 16 have permanent jobs. Agriculture grads mostly return to farms. some teach or work in government. Domestic science grads pursue teaching or home life. Mechanical engineers head to shops. Class president W. T. McCall returns to the home farm in Trego county to lead livestock work and continues a pioneering diet experiment using sheep on feeds like prairie hay and alfalfa, the west’s first of its kind. The feature marks a substantial investment by Kansas in Manhattan.
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Kansas Agricultural College
Manhattan
W. T. McCail
Trego County
McCall
Kansas
College of Agriculture and Mechanical Arts
Mail and Breeze
Prize winners in township map contest across two counties
The township map prize contest in the 25d district reported entries from two counties, Trego and Wallace. Trego had nine contestants submitting ten maps, Wallace had five contestants submitting six maps. Winners include Merle Hitt Collyer first, Maggie Hitt second, Eva Greenwood Wa Keeney third, Fannie Polkovsky Collyer fourth, Kamilla Thiel Collyer fifth, Eva Greenwood sixth, Plorence Tilton Collyer seventh. Wallace winners were Louis M Bracken Wallace first and second, Paul Allen Weskan third, Raymond Russell Wallace fourth, Florence Russell fourth fifth Ethyl Russell sixth. Three townships in Wallace and six in Trego were mapped. Judges: J. S. Shively, J. S. Bird, J. T. Treadway of the State Normal School at Hays. A new contest will be held next year.
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Trego County
Wallace County
Merle Hitt
Collyer
Maggie Hitt
Eva Greenwood
Wa Keeney
Fannie Polkovsky
Kamilla Thiel
Plorence Tilton
Ray Preston
Della Smith
Asa Smith
Louis M. Bracken
Wallace
Paul Allen
Weskan
Raymond Russell
Florence Russell
Ethyl Russell
Trego
State Normal School
Hays
J. S. Shively
J. S. Bird
J. T. Treadway
Primary Election Instructions for Voters in 1908
The article outlines new primary voting rules to prevent ballot errors and miscounts. It covers obtaining ballots, marking ballots with a cross in the appropriate boxes, writing in unlisted names on a blank line, and the role of independent voters. It also details who may assist voters and how to return a marked ballot to officials.
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Attorney General's Office
the Supreme Court
Justices of the Peace
Election Board
New Line to Yellowstone Park Opens for Tourists
Tourists may go to the edge of Yellowstone Park by a new scenic line. Low round trip rates this summer through Union Pacific and connections. For information inquire at Mowe. For Rent 1W acres or more near Wa Keeney Kansas, possession by July 15. Lou
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Yellowstone
Union Pacific
Wa Keeney
Kans
Lou
Kansas Necklines and Advertised Cures in a Distant Era
A garbled page mixes ads for kidney pills from Center-Silburn Co and 1900s drug stories with Kansas satire. It references a New York Press piece on Kansas and Walt Mason’s Emporia Gazette quips, then includes a Mary had a little lamb verse about advertising. A Wellington News note recounts a brakeman letting tramps ride to Atchison rather than ejecting them.
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Rel Perca
Cluizen
Gibson
Sisce
Sea
Fenter-Silburn Co
Raffel
New York
Dons
Wellington
Atchison
Caboose
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Dog Man
F. D. Coburn
State Board of Agriculture
Norton County
Walt Mason
Emporia Gazette
Cocklebur
Jimson
Reeves
Nichols & Shepard
W. P. Sandstoe
Baker's
Yellowstone Park
T. W. Bundy
B. F. Bevis
Waekeeney
Welle
New York Press
Great West
Railroad Club
Creme de la Creme
New York Society
Jordan
China
Peru
Mary
John
Marysville
PEE Boo! Club Pest
Jeiter
G. M. Coe
Kansas City
Dewitt
Dswitt & CO
Chicago
Gimson
A. B. Jones
Wa-Keeney - Ramsab
Lindsay & A.M.D
Chosens
New Bane
Omice "Moneye
Wa-Keeney
DR. C. F. Bohman
Ormce Hores
John A. Nelson
C.D. Yetter
BURNS
Connecticut Fire Pepmade Company
Hartford
Ae Keeney
MW. Mason
Pj. F
Cloud
Keeney
Kas
Luster
Rocky Mountain
Ly Feters
COLES
LEE
Thomas
W. H. Swiggett
Omded
WA Keeney, Kans
M. Hutzel
Keeney Kansas
HF. Kline
W.R.C
Compant
Trpake
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