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Newspaper
Western Kansas World
Location
Wakeeney, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1906
Page
1
Long local item lists social visits, church events, crop prospects, road work, ball games, sales, and personal notices from Wa-Keeney Kansas. Mentions residents visiting relatives, congregations, and businesses. notes railroad and public works. reports health, travel, and a memorial day celebration with a large crowd.
A jumble of local notes from a Kansas paper describes rain, health, and day to day life. It mentions Hawkes breaking sod for Rev Harper, travelers in Bapeer, A J Ball’s illness improving, Ida Gourtney seeking treatment, and Children’s Day exercises. Jessie Burns visits from Chicago to Shurel and Bert Brown in Gove County hosts. An accident injures J Tuttle’s boy, and Decoration Day events honor veterans. The item closes with reflections on community life and civic duty.
Real estate transfers show Trego Investment Co to O A Jackett Lot 4 Block 19 Parkadd 4 Ida M Kessler to G F Dyas Wa KeeLand Ins Co to Geo Garrison 1ls22. Geo Garrison to D Heaton David Nelson to WM McShane shf se qrs hf sw 27-15-25. Anna L Fusion to L M Nelson se qr 12-14-24. Max Be Maxwell to Nancy Blair Ie 21 Block 40, Mrs N P Blair to Rh Wilson in 21 Block 40 es 10 June. D Knox to Joel G Tsen bers ht Block 15 South add. Weather report notes week ending Jane 7 with 74 max and low 4 inches? shows dry week with 12-100 inch rainfall. Consistency remark by Join McDonald Albrecht's Collection Agency. Elits Kansas. GLly.
Sunday showers brighten fields as corn grows and weeds overtake wheat. Dry spell hurts plowing needing more water. Glencoeites sow large corn plots. W F Cross’s prized horse snakebitten last Saturday. Miss Lillie M Cross attends summer term at State Normal in Hays. Lillian departs for Mays after a gathering at W F Cross’s.
Trego County and Wa Keeney report population rises with 508 residents in Wa Keeney and 4,870 countywide, plus a 58 student high school first year. The county pays over $500 yearly for wolf scalps with one man earning at least 385 in two months at $1 per scalp. Poultry, eggs, and dairy sales reach substantial figures as the school expands to three rooms, adding two more rooms next year. The high school, led by Prof. 4 H Niesley with Miss Terence Beatty and Miss Mary Kepner, remains jointly housed by Wa Keeney and the county.
Mr and Mrs Benson extend heartfelt thanks to friends for kindness during and after the death of their little son Alvine. The note preserves the tone of gratitude and tribute in a brief local notice.
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