Decoration Day Observances and Local Notes
Decoration Day exercises were held at the courthouse with flowers flags and emblems. Senator McMillan of Minneapolis Kansas gave the address praising the Grand Army. A large crowd attended the ceremony and cemetery procession, with Wa Keeney townspeople contributing towers of flowers. The piece also lists local notices and names residents, trades, and events from Wa Keeney Kansas including farm sales and road work.
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Court House
Senator McMillan
Minneapolis
Kansas
Grand Army
Wa Keeney
Nicholson's Untimely Death and a Possible Wedding
The article recounts the death of BR. R. Nicholson, a Bills merchant, on the day he might have wed his former sweetheart Miss Estella Winters. Their romance from twenty-five years prior, his discovery of Winters with her brother, and the looming wedding are described, but death intervened. Additional items include an advert for a dyspepsia cure and a notice from Wa-Keeney about enforcing premises and dog taxes after 1901.
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BR. R. Nicholson
Mr. Nicholson
K. GC. Journal
City of
Wa-Keeney
Local notices and ads from Wa-Keeney area
Patchwork items list farm sales and pasture needs near Wa-Keeney Kansas. Notes mention officials and residents visiting relatives in Wilson and Collyer townships. Items include home fencing work, furniture for sale, dancing party, insurance visit, and a church Children’s Day event.
Low Rate Excursions all Summer via the Burlington Route
The Burlington Route announces its lowest summer excursion rates with varied destinations. Cheap tours west to the Black Hills and West overall, east to Buffalo Exposition and Atlantic resorts, north to St Paul and Minneapolis, and California trips weekly from St Louis and Kansas City through agents McCrozier Wakely and Edward Elliott.
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Burlington
Coinratin
Diab
Black Hills
West
Buffalo Exposition
Sea Shore
Adirondacks
Canada
Michigan Lakes
Mackinaw
Chicago
Letroit
Cleveland
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Superior
Bonnington
California
St. Louis
Kansas
Sc. Josephe
Rite Us
M_ CROZIER
Wakely
Main St. Gen
L Pass
Kamsas City
Edward Elliott
St.Louis
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Mary Pedrarl Jenness
Nellie Perry
Wilbur Rosters
John Penesek
Guy i Makeley
Baral Ci Olyrie Cypher
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Katie Matthews
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Clarence Cochoran
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A. L. Gleason
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James Tague
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John Conner
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Frank Woodward
Aibene
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Young
George McVey
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D. J. Hanna
Dave
Roy Marshall
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Trego
Clemons
M. E
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Pat O'Toole
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John Blake Jey
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Walter Guilbert
Hackberry
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Marley McCollum
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Charles Cue
Big Creek
Tuk Worp
Charlie Lofin
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H.d. Hille
F.S. Diebold
A. Tt. Cooper
Buffalo
Mr. Cooper
Boston
Bert McKnight
Bert
Denver
Clyde
Adolph Schwanbeck
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Mrs. Buck
Topeka
A. Retun and
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Ladies’ Aid Society
Walter Gibson
Mollie Snum of
Wars
James Walsh
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Mr. Burns
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Ed. Guschewsky
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Lund
H.C. Tilton
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Fred Cross
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John Hopkins
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