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Newspaper
Western Kansas World
Location
Wakeeney, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1908
Page
8
Local residents and visitors report from Wa-Keeney and surrounding towns. Name checks include Mrs John Zeman in Chicago Miss Riva Philbrook in Cadell and Mrs I L Olmstead in Togo. Towns referenced include Collyer Hays Waldo and Topeka with updates on crops and trials.
R. H. Burns's baby improves while H. C. Steinberger, nephew of Charles Steinberger, departs for New Castle after a weeks visit. Insurance agent R. C. Wilson reports fourteen county losses for St Paul Fire and Marine. Heavy rain last Monday saved a major fire by washing water down Main Street. Local residents travel to Sheridan Lake and Emporia for visits. Several residents change jobs or relocate, including Cleve Benson moving to Togo Kansas. Mesick concert tickets go on sale with discounts for Normalites. Rural route carriers informed to appear June 6 for exams. Local events include Misses Wilson and friends visiting Emporia, W. A. Root leaving for Abilene, and talk of a new auditorium in Keeney. J. J. Drummond seeks reelection as sheriff. comment on party alignment. Hamlet play at Normal grounds impresses.
Mr and Mrs BH Rasmussen Mr and Mrs Chris Rasmussen and Mr and Mrs Will Dillon traveled from Wa Keeney to attend a Rasmussen family reunion at John Byers home in Buckeye township. Thirty two relatives gathered for a social afternoon.
The county superintendent's office recalls Mr Graves's faithful and efficient performance during Mrs Smith's long illness. Instructors at the Normal Institutes he attended describe him as an apt and faithful student with a bright future ahead.
The Tregonty Sunday school convention will be held at the Congregational church in Collyer on Friday June 12 1908 starting at 10:00 a.m. The program includes opening service by Mrs Myerly Rev Harper talks and multiple sessions with topics on needs life of teachers reports of officers and various departments followed by music and an address by J H Engle chaired by Mrs L S Myerly and H B Graye on arrangements
A letter to R C Wilson from Wa Keeney Kansas extols Devoe lead and zinc paint as the best and cheapest, claiming it wears twice as long as lead and oil. It includes testimonials from A M Griffin of Plainfield New Jersey and notes dealers P B Verbeck Lucas in New York Chicago and Kansas City.
The new pension measure approved by the president on April 19, 1908 guarantees a $12 monthly pension to widows who married honorable discharged soldiers or sailors before June 27, 1890, regardless of other property. Existing widows receiving $8 will have their pension raised to $12 without needing to apply, while some applicants may be denied under certain conditions.
An assorted local advertisement page lists insurance offers from O A Cortright and Kansas Mutual Hail Insurance Co, sale and trade items like second hand ante, farm equipment, and a threshing outfit. It also promotes abstracts by W H Swiggett, Barrett’s Cash Store incentives, lumber and building materials by Verbeck & Lucas, and Hollister’s Mountain Tea. Nearby properties and rentals are offered, plus cattle and horses to pasture.
A Michigan man faces trouble for attempting to throw his mother in law down stairs. In Independence Kansas Hattie D Shook wins a divorce from John M Shook. A Cambridge woman stitched two quilts totaling over two million eight hundred thousand stitches. A lighthearted local quip notes a boy’s mishearing of sister’s beau as George Dont. A work novice at a downtown law office is teased over kissing the boss’s typewriter.
De Witts Kidney and Bladder Pills are promoted as prompt and thorough, strengthening weakened kidneys and aiding bladder inflammation. Sold by W. W. at B. Son.
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