10 Jul 1909
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Newspaper
Western Kansas World
Location
Wakeeney, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1909
Page
1
A compact column mixes verse by Kilian Wheeler Wilcox with practical tips on fly control and health, includes a California letter from D B Felton praising orchards and markets, then a mock adage on advertising value. The piece blends poems, household remedies, and small-town business wisdom with community letters.
A local retailer advertises remaining cool summer fabrics with red tags. Low prices persist from a big sale, listing 10c lawns and batistes, 25c fancy ginghams, and 50c jacquards and silk stripes, all at remarkably low rates.
A collage of notes from Wa Keeney area including ads for the Trego Mercantile Co and reader letters. Local officials appointments, church plans, travel mentions, and harvest weather update appear alongside school tax statute amendments and obituaries of daily life in early Saline and surrounding counties.
Pete Schneider visited at An drew McKinley's Sunday and Garret Garrets visited the Wm Lutz home Sunday last. Ernest Smith transacted business in Wa Keeney last Saturday. David and Solomon Devies and Fred Deitz spent Sunday at W Benischs. Joe Snyder and daughter Flossie visited at Mrs Hoobler's last Wednesday. John Squires and family visited friends in the locality. Thomas Schimkowitsch of Voda visited Fred Schemm's Sunday. Franc Hoobler sold a half section of land to Mr Wheeler of Wa Keeney for 33200. Henry L Benders two sons in law Mai and Wagner harvest crops here. George Devies arrived from Canada to look after farm interests. Devies lost a young horse from overwork and heat in a cornfield. John Squires reportedly sold his farm to an eastern lady for 2600. Squires undecided where to go next.
The 43rd Nations Encampment of the G A R will be held in Salt Lake City on August Stato 14th. Rates are 240 dollars from all Missouri River points in Kansas for round trip with route flexibility and stopover on return. Tickets must be stamped at Salt Lake City ticket office before return trip. no charge for stamping. Union Pacific named official route for Kansas. Senate bill 34 fixes weights and measures standards. county clerks become county sealers to ensure buyers get exact quantities from cloth to molasses to other goods. A Michigan churn anecdote illustrates consumer skepticism about new devices and butter yield.
The Greensburg Argus contrasts progress with nostalgia, noting steam’s supersession by electricity and new tech such as wireless telegraphy and machine pianos. It cites mounted police, a completed courthouse, and a hopeful outlook toward air travel while remarking on continued birth rates. It also states annual US casualties surpass Civil War totals.
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