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Newspaper
Western Kansas World
Location
Wakeeney, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1920
Page
2
A Wakkeeney area farmer reports Kanrea wheat as “all right” with best prospects seen, noting several carloads sown last fall. The piece mentions price-cut sales in Ellis, upcoming county elections with sheriff likely as sole rival, and local notes on weddings, papers, and a Missouri court verdict awarding 40000 for oil tank injuries.
A Kansas farmer Geo Sears grows an acre garden each year on the western prairie near Sharon Springs in Wallace County. In 1919 he sold 155 dollars of tomatoes melons and garden produce beyond his family needs. Also an ad seeks fifteen head of horses or cattle to pasture for summer by Alvin L Saleen Ogallah. For sale a five room house garage hen house granary barn and 15 lots contact World Office.
Notice invites travelers to obtain traveler’s checks for convenience and safety. Checks can be cashed at hotels, stations, banks, or other spots without additional ID, as the checks bear identification on their face. WaKeeney State Bank.
Instructions for a poisoned bran mash to control grasshoppers and cut worms. Mix 20 pounds bran with 1 pound arsenic or Paris green, add 2 quarts molasses and 3 citrus fruits, plus 3 1/4 gallons water. Wet bran with the syrup mixture until moist. Scatter at dawn for grasshoppers and at sunset for cut worms. Also notes a memorial chimes drive at Kansas State Normal School to raise 19000 dollars for nineteen war dead. one third subscribed.
The P. P. Weigel ranch of 800 acres northeast of Grainfield Kansas has been subdivided into smaller tracts and will be sold at auction Monday June 7. Part of the Wyatt Ranch on the Saline river this land includes prime alfalfa wheat and grazing acres in Sheridan county. Weigel recently bought the cooperative store at Park and will close out stock and implements on the same day.
For Sale and Want Column itemized notices from Wa-Keeney and nearby Kansas communities. Listings include Shumac cane, Shrock kafir seed, horses and mules, a four room house, pure bred pigs, Hereford bull calves, 320 acres near Ogallah with crop notes, various land quarters in Trego county with per acre prices, discount for all cash, and terms. Also hay, seeds, a 3600 piano, draft animals, Shorthorn bull, land parcels, and homes for sale with prices. Many entries include contact persons and locations in Wa-Keeney Hackberry Ogallah Collyer.
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