31 Jul 1909
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Newspaper
Western Kansas World
Location
Wakeeney, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1909
Page
1
Fresh local notes cover city and county ratings, sales, visits and travels. W T Littlechild shipped hogs, J R Wilson traveled to Kansas City, and many townsfolk attend sales, farm events, and church services. Updates include farm activity, rail and road travel, social events, births, deaths, and community announcements from Wa-Keeney and surrounding areas.
Obituary and memorial items recount William Riley Page of Ellis and Trego County, Kansas. Born Ottumwa, Iowa in 1847, he served in the Civil War, lived on Page Creek, raised stock, later ran a Hugo Colorado restaurant, and died after a long illness. Also noted are Prof Simon Newcomb’s achievements and assorted market notes from Kansas City, plus a humor-poem fragment and a Salina sewing machine ad.
The ad promotes high summer relief items priced to tempt buyers. It features cool fabrics like India linens at 10 to 25 cents a yard, Batistes, Ginghams, silks at reduced rates, summer shoes in multiple colors, hose, hats, underwear, lightweight suits, and oxfords. It also advertises fresh fruits and vegetables daily and urges use of cold cash to stay cool.
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