21 Jul 1906
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Newspaper
Western Kansas World
Location
Wakeeney, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1906
Page
1
Quiet week in Wa-Keeney with town cares many. Reports include social visits, church events, a concert on July 23rd, and a Bethany Concert Co performance. Local farming notes praise crops, showers, and a notable wheat yield. a rattlesnake bite near town is described alongside medical efforts and recovery.
Notes from town life recount farm work and local events. Residents mention little Millers wary daughter threshing underway and showers aiding vegetation. Socials at Razak ball and a benefit dance discussed. Hickman, Dietrichs, Brown family visits, local church organist noted, Joe Razak and Fred Hickman praise Palace hotel ice cream. Will Levine described as county’s biggest man with a newborn son.
Fine harvest weather. Otto Wolf and Al Parson assist wheat cutting. Kristof Bros pay off workers. multiple families visit and harvest continues with several headers in use. Rumors of moving Catholic church and local visits to Collyer Wa-Keeney and Veda mark a busy week amid uneven ripening and a 180 acre crop strong showing by V. Mallinovsky.
Ogallah residents arrive from Topeka and Illinois while plans emerge to open Hong Lon avenue by moving coal sheds. Sam Ridgway and family visit, wedding noted in St Joseph with couple soon living in Ellis. Clod Crushers beat Binker School Header Box Knights 24 to 16 in a ring around the rosy game praised for fun though not a Spaulding standard.
In Big Creek the dry weather hurt the hay crop while a steady rain began Sunday and another shower followed Monday. Rev Law plans a new meeting series in Bilis around October. Locals like C H Baird, ay Gleason, and Ridgway relatives are active on farms and projects.
The Banner notes corn is booming and the wheat harvest is nearly complete. It mentions fine rain forecast for Saturday night and another large rain Wednesday night. Local carpenter B. E. Jones works on church renovations this week. L. Clyne, appearing as Arnold, visited Banner Tuesday to talk with farmers. E. A. Wilds plans a wind mill and argues wind power is cheaper than hand pumping.
Fine rain Saturday and Wednesday night. Harvests fast ending in this vicinity. S. H. Yewell was out enumerating school district No. 5 scholars Tuesday. Misses Mayme and Rosa Biebler visited in Quinter with their sisters.
The eminent physician from Carcaie will be in our city Monday July 23 and available at the Best American Hotel until 5 p.m. for one day only.
Dr Potter, head of staff at Boston Electro Medical Institute, tours the states with a free consultation and treatment offer. Cures deafness by a new method and treats catarrh nose throat lung diseases along with a wide range of ailments. Glasses fitted, eye issues corrected. Free medicines, no charge for meds. Ladies must be accompanied. event at American House Wa-Keeney on Monday July 2014.
Misses Dora Manzer and Mae Purinton of Banner visited Bosna this week. Roy Rule finished harvesting Thursday and returned with his wife to Nebraska. Several visitors stopped at F. P. Manzer's Thursday. The Roger Bros. from south of the river passed through with their well drill Tuesday. Mrs Clira Dixon and Son Henry left Cushion Okla. Sanday Md. Rathburn had a serious accident last Thursday when he fell from the header, causing injuries. he returned to Palco, his home, Sunday.
Government thermometer readings show max 89 and varying min for the week ending July 19. A washout delayed forecasts. heavy rain fell two and one fifth inches in under four hours Wednesday night, with additional showers Sunday morning and Monday evening. Real estate loan offers from Herman Long accompany the report.
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