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Newspaper
Western Kansas World
Location
Wakeeney, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1921
Page
7
A Washington Star quip notes a market basket exchange about whether a product imitates butter and a dealer replying they are now imitating imitators. An auction notice advertises land sales through The Bird Investment Company in Hays Kansas dated 11-3tp.
A traveler in a southern town was greeted by a colored porter who, in a sharp exchange, asked if the local hotel was American or European and quipped about being Irish. The scene reflects ethnological humor and racial stereotypes of the era. The item ends with a brief note: Pure home made lard at Bakers.
Ert Miller of Lavensburg Kansas a well known Allen county stock man recalls cattle trading years He cites 1901 the drought year when corn belt and grazing areas burned out with cattle starving for feed and water He sold aged feeder steers at 275 and stockers at similar prices noting money was scarce Yet he argues the country now has corn feed good pastures and the worst cattleman condition claim is exaggerated per Drovers Telegram
Lawrence Kansas May 31 Public schools will gain better curriculum alignment with visual education updates. University of Kansas officials announce fifty new reels added to the state film depository collection bringing total to about 200 by fall. Films cover classics for school use plus physiology hygiene and geography. obtained with Wisconsin visual education department and Chicago Society for Visual Education and rented for a small fee.
A Birmingham Age-Herald remark recalls a cheerful tourist who, in California, talks with a waitress claiming she will become a movie star. The light anecdote captures optimism and small-town dreams amid travel.
A Kansas afternoon of April 1921 unfolds in vivid prose. The merchant print shop hums while weather shifts from warm sun to cold clouds and hail. By evening the sky clears to reveal a tranquil calm that follows the storm, a testament to Kansas resilience and nature’s rhythm.
A quoted remark from Mrs. Torkins laments lack of opportunity for brains, noting Charley’s horse knowledge but race track restrictions. The item also mentions cabbage at 50 cents per hundred at the Ice Plant and a notice about Dr. M. J. Brown of Salina.
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