14 Jun 1917
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Newspaper
Western Kansas World
Location
Wakeeney, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1917
Page
1
The advertisement touts the Progress Electric Washer as the most serviceable practical economical labor saving device for home use. It claims years of easy washdays and urges readers to buy without delay to avoid another week without one.
A survey of small town items notes Richard Yoxall of Wa Keeney serving as a U S Marine after training at Paris Island. Penokee State Bank opens in Hill City with examiner due soon. W N Larrabee plans to list local "rich fellows" for income tax payments. Frank Clark shows wheat prospects under hopeful moisture. Local hailstorm claims cattle near Smoky Basin and damages High School windows. A man seeks age verification for a marriage license. officials probe a 31 vs 27 discrepancy.
Miss Anna Connor of Celyer is a freshman in home economics at the Agriculture College. R. J. Reid of Ogallah takes a course in the school of agriculture. Blanche Smith from Wa-Keeney is a special student. Elizabeth McCall of Wa-Keeney, a Wa-Keeney junior in home economics, and A. H. Aere of Wa-Keeney, a sophomore in industrial journalism, are active students. Extension division offers correspondence courses open to all. Trego county hosts 11 students, six in short courses and five in four year programs. Seed testing available to farmers to detect adulteration. chemistry department analyzes stock foods, remedies, patent medicines, and soils. The experiment station publishes free bulletins on crop varieties, rotations, rations, and hay crops, available by writing to W. M. Jardine, director.
A Wa-Keeney Kansas note recalls a dove captured by women amid registration day tales, linked to a rumor that the war may soon end. The piece reflects on Wa-Keeney’s past cowboy era, gold in Trego County, and nostalgic contrasts with modern days and frontier sentiment.
Dr Allen the Topeka dentist will be in Wa-Keeney Saturday June 16 to provide dental services for a variety of treatments. The notice invites residents to take advantage of his visit and book appointments.
A Kansas State Sire College expert and Fort Hays agent discuss silos in Western Kansas, noting silos paid for themselves by storing cheap feed, advising permanent, safe structures like pit silos, with early construction costs around 25 dollars and plastered, well-covered walls. The note emphasizes storing feed in abundant years to prepare for droughts and high feed prices.
Cattle receipts 12 500 head with steady prices and top 13 30. Hog supply 15 000 steady to 10 lower, top 15 65. Sheep and lambs 5 500 strong to unevenly higher, spring lambs 16 50. Central Nebraska cars 32 cattle hogs at 13 25 and 12 55, Texas quarantine cattle 10 50 to 12 65, Arizona steers 11 25 record, Oregon steers 11 85, Missouri steers 13 30, Kansas heifers 13 00. Butcher cattle steady, cows 11 00, bulls 9 75, veal 12 50. Stockers 7 65 to 2 50, feeders 9 10 to 11 00. Panhandle heifers 10 00 to 11 90. Shipments heavier, prices up about 1 from year ago. Hogs bulk 15 00 to 10 55, light hogs 14 75 to 15 75. Government purchases seen as stimulus amid war and shifting demand. Sheep and lambs advance with spring lambs up to 16 50 native and 15 00 Arizona. Ewes 8 50 to 10 50, wethers slight rise. Goats Angoras 7 50 to 8 00, fat Angoras 3 00 to 8 25, white goats 6 50 to 7 00.
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