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Newspaper
Western Kansas World
Location
Wakeeney, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1909
Page
8
Local items include sales of horses and Encyclopedias at Bargains Book Store. News on addresses, marriages, Decoration Day parade, church events, bank openings, and the June 9 conference with District Superintendent Brown. Mentions Comrade P. H. Gubbins, Miss Lacey Courtright, John J. Harrison, and Harm Schneider.
Barnum praised advertising while a local accident claimed Maggie Brown, a young caregiver from Illinois, who died after a gasoline fire injury she suffered while lighting a lamp. Her body was moved to Illinois for burial, and the community expresses deep sympathy for the bereaved family.
Mr and Mrs P DeBoer spent last Monday at Ellis while Col Sellers of Kansas City visited on business. Roy Hammett of Schroyer Kansas stayed several days. FH Curtis left for Willcox township home. R H Burns was in eastern Kansas on land business. City council and mayor hosted Ellis city dads Wednesday. Mrs M Bort of Cedar Rapids Iowa visits Mr Lopp family. H J Rasmussen sold radishes and has home grown strawberries. Henry DeWitt missed the Banner mail to care for a newborn girl. J W Reynolds from Ogallah returned Wednesday with fine sale bills and a large ad. Mr and Mrs W J Dillon move to Jetmore. W A Eppler promotes his double gaited stallion at Blue Front Implement. Dr M J Brown will be at American House Saturday June 12 for eye ear nose throat care and spectacles. Burdock Blood Bitters advertised as improving blood and health.
A local notice offers policy details from St Paul Mutual Hail and Cyclone with Otis E. Doane as agent and contact number 725. The page also reprints a humorous exchange about travel in the west and a sharply worded response about a rude question regarding the Cherokee Strip.
An advertisement invites farmers to insure crops with Grain Grower's Hail Insurance Co of Topeka at low rates. It promises instant coverage on signing and guaranteed adjustments, noting nine years without litigation and bonds under 350000. Otis E Doane offers 8 percent, with phone 725 for details.
government thermometer at Wa Keeney records a week with cool, windy days and light showers. Week notes include the fatal lightning strike on J. J. Mader of Park area on Monday afternoon, his son briefly unconscious, Mrs. Mader aiding, and a separate local sale ad offering a house and two lots in west town.
A dance will be held at Big Creek hall on Saturday evening June Sth with a friendly invitation to all.
City alert issued by A. S. Peacock, City Clerk, states all dog licenses issued last year expired May 1 1909 and must be renewed immediately. Fees are seventy five cents for male dogs and two dollars twenty five cents for female dogs for dogs owned or harbored within city limits.
A caller promotes Northwestern Fire and Marine as a reliable hail insurance option with low rates around ten percent, inviting a meeting before wheat insurance is finalized.
Local arrangements list Monday sessions of the County Executive Committee and committees with addresses by Rev Samuel Ly Allison Rev Chas Harper and E C Knapp. Chicago and Ashland speakers discuss Sunday school duties and loyalty to the cause with afternoon reports and adjournment.
A garbled report lists payments and wages for teachers and staff. It mentions an exam date and salary figures, with fragmented phrases about allowances and deductions. The exact names, places, and amounts are unclear due to OCR errors.
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