Hays City Incorporation Promoted and Public Improvements urged
Wa-Keeney editorials urge incorporation as a path to civic progress with a focus on public improvements. The piece laments past apathy, praises drainage and sidewalks, and calls for trees along Franklin street to beautify and protect the town while arguing state towns should pursue collective municipal action. It notes local figures and presses Kansas items including rail bond debates and a Starkweather-like roster of notices.
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Womp
Wa-Keeney
Wa Keeney
Franklin Street
Kansas City
New Orleans
Salina
Wales
Warren Avenue
Railroad Avenue
Decoration Day at Wa-Keeney in Kansas
Patriotism and loyalty mark the Wa-Keeney Decoration Day parade with thousands in attendance. Senator Plumb delivered an oration praised for its approachability and reception, and plans were hinted for his return later in the summer as the community honors the nation and local Wa-Keeney.
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Wa-Keeney
New West
Plumb
Kansas
Colored hands barred at dance end in killing and threats
A clash between black and white community members at a dance ends when Hunter Butt, a Georgia negro, shoots dead a white intruder. The piece condemns white interference with Black social events and urges restraint, while noting local lynching pressure and calling for decency and fair treatment.
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Ferry
Miss
Mby
Mack “LnoTpe
Hunter Butt
Georgia
Butt
Thorpe
Butte
Wa Keeney
Demon Director Causes Train Chaos Killing Two on Flight
An insane man named Rennmo with a leveled revolver dictated a Kansas City to Chicago passenger train run. He killed two men before mortally wounded, resisted arrest as Chicago police rushed the scene. The train departed Denver at 8 05 Friday and passed Wa Keeney at 7 15 Saturday morning.
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Renmo
Kansas City
Chicaim
Detroit
Mick
Hoe
Rennie
Denver
Kansas Pacific
Wa-Keeney
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