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Newspaper
Western Kansas World
Location
Wakeeney, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1914
Page
4
An old advertisement notes a grocer in Sulphur Springs Texas offering remedies that claim to regulate and strengthen the bowels, drawing on testimonials. It also mentions fresh beef at Baker’s. The fragment reflects period advertising language and commerce.
A flood of 1914 political notices from Trego County Kansas shows Camus A Stradal seeking renomination for County Superintendent and L Coox running for State Representative. O A Conehiger, C E Hew, J G Averernian, F B Achy Lama, W B Fryen, F H Bine Way announce candidacies for treasurer probate judge county clerk and other posts in the August primary.
Miss Ethel Kirkendall visits the city this week while G A Dor man advertises a sale with a 12 foot header for 60 dollars. The Fair Association holds a meeting at the courthouse with officer re elections and dates set for September 2 and 4 including a colt show and old settlers picnic. Also notes on visitors from Topeka and a brief health tonic advertisement followed by patent medicine notices.
The note requests not to contact about next year's school work as the writer is busy with grading. It states that names and grade levels will be published in late August before the school opens. Passing marks require regular attendance and at least 88 percent monthly reports. students may not take on more than six subjects. parental and teacher permission is required for irregular work.
Caner A. Steadal, County Superintendent, informs students they will be called on before school starts to ensure understanding of expected work. He assures the upcoming tasks will be more pleasant and easier because all assignments align with the Course of Study.
Farm advertising pays off says H W Davis of Kansas State Agricultural College. He urges naming the farm on all packaging and stationery, using a seal or stencil, and printing simple letterheads and catalogues or leaflets to reach buyers. A circular letter remains a cheap yet effective method for marketing eggs and other farm products.
An advertisement asserts deafness results from inflamed mucous in the Eustachian tube and claims Ball's Catarrh Cure can restore hearing. It offers one hundred dollars for any case of deafness caused by catarrh that cannot be cured and promotes Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
The article explains separate party tickets for the August primary with party emblem at the head and a non partisan judicial ballot for three justice of the supreme court and district court candidates. It notes write ins allowed if no candidate is printed, but not mixing party ballots. At the November election township offices have separate ballots but all other nominees appear on one ballot paper without party columns.
The report covers voting procedure with ballots marked by crosses in squares and eligibility rules for primary and election in cities, plus a Delaware farmer who marries his son's widow creating a tangled family situation. The Stockton Review asks if the confusing lineage is clear.
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