School adopts uniform dress for girls after fashion display
Smith Center reports students fatigue over fashionable attire causing humiliation in classes across towns and cities. A seven woman committee designs a uniform to start October first, to be displayed in store windows. The outfit includes a regulation white middy with detachable blue collar, plaited navy wool skirt twelve inches from the floor, cotton lisle or wool stockings, and brown or black shoes with Cuban or military heels in any color.
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Smith Center
Seven Indies
Heavenly Rest Church Announces Sunday Prayer and Chautauqua Plan
Heavenly Rest Episcopal Church invites all to evening prayer and a sermon each Sunday at 8 p.m. until further notice. Everyone is cordially invited. Plan to attend the Chautauqua event.
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Heavenly Rest Episcopal Church
Good Rains and Plenty of Feed County News
This week the county received timely rains keeping ground good for plowing. Local rainfall reached 2.27 inches, near territory average, with some areas higher. The rain supports a strong corn yield and ample feed for livestock and dairy cows to be wintered locally.
Water barrel return notice at fair grounds
Missing water barrel from the fair grounds seeks owner or finder. Please contact C. H. Benson to arrange return or use during the Chautauqua. Western Trail gasoline and kerosene advertised. Phone 10. O. L. Gunckel. 191f.
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C. H. Benson
Western Trail
O. L. Gunckel
Champion fish eater of Trego county named
J. F. Gunckel of this city is praised as the county’s champion fish eater with Henry Hobbick backing the claim. Gunckel states six pounds of cat fish makes a proper meal, with coffee and no other meat or potatoes. Hobbick recalls a day they caught and cooked six pounds, while Gunckel reportedly ate almost all of it. Gunckel also asserts the largest channel cat he caught weighed five pounds. Who’s next?
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Trego County
J. F. Gunckel
Henry Hobbick
Mr. Gunckel
Prices on Cream and Eggs Coming Back
The article notes improved prices for farmers eggs and cream, while spring chickens remain strong. Butter fat fetches 31 cents per pound, lower than last year, yet the dollar buys nearly as much groceries as fifty cents did previously, factoring in sugar and overall costs.
Golf Notes at Mrs O Neill Farm Course Near WaKeeney
The WaKeeney area greens are being shaped on the Mrs O Neill farm pasture south of WaKeeney. Niles Goodrich of Unifold laid out the course, Dr Miller holds a 209 yard driving record, and many ladies look forward to learning to drive. Visitors welcome and club sets are loaned to guests.
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Mrs. O'Neil
WaKeeney
Niles Goodrich
Unifold
Miller
U. S. Pays Debts as Foreign Holdings Retire Bonds
Secretary Mellon said in Washington that in the last fiscal year foreign governments paid 70,706,899 on principal to the United States and the treasury retired 73,939,300 in Liberty bonds. He noted most payments were on special accounts or adjustments and should not imply a general program of repayment.
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Washington
Mellon
Treasury
Lutheran Church to Dedicate Ellis Exercises Next Sunday
The congregation will participate in church dedication services in Ellis next Sunday, marking a formal dedication event for the Lutheran church.
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Ellis
How to Treat Biliousness with Chamberlain’s Tabs
Advice instructs avoiding meats and light foods, then taking three Chamberlain's Tablets to cleanse the stomach and tone the liver. Promises that within a day or two you should feel better. Sold by all druggists.
Kansas City Stock Yards Prices and Receipts Report
Hog prices rose with a top of 10.65, bulk 9.75 to 10.60, while cattle and sheep held steady. Receipts totaled 11 000 cattle, 9 500 hogs, 7 000 sheep, with year-ago and last week comparisons. Beef, cake fed, and stocker prices noted, hogs at 10.65 peak, and market tone cautious amid shrinking fed steer supply.
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Kansas City
B. Cypher
D. E. Cypher
Ellis
Mike Knoll Sr
Collyer
Firestone
Raymond Custer
Marion
Kansas
Chautauqua season tickets urged as best value
Wa Keeney residents are urged to buy season tickets for the Wa Keeney Chautauqua, with six numbers priced at 275 dollars and daily admissions costing more. Tickets are transferable within the family, and buying early supports guarantors. The article notes the program is strong this year and includes six days for the price of five.
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Focal Committee
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