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Newspaper
Western Kansas World
Location
Wakeeney, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1916
Page
2
A poem recalls a man who tells of grand crops and plans each season while never planting. He sits on a nail keg then a chair, discussing future yields of corn and hay as neighbors mock his idle farming life. The cycle repeats yearly, with his self important chatter and lack of action in Headlight.
Monday afternoon Mrs Mare L Friend hosted friends and neighbors for Mrs Parsons who leaves for Wa Keeney. The event was pleasant with ice cream and cake. Mrs Friend earned thanks for her hospitality. A separate notice recounts a counterfeit $10 bill story and a daily thought about love and friendship.
Illinoisan humorist George Fitch jokes about prison life and reform schemes. He recalls Tim Cullinan, Junction City Kansas chief of police, who kept eleven prisoners and planned escape routes. The tale contrasts outside poverty with jail residing, suggesting times are hard.
The Verdun battle ended a long period of inaction. Col Don Nicolas y Ceretjo, Spanish military attache, recalled trenches and dusted wire as English and German forces joked about comforts. The Verdun offensive ended that humor, marking a decisive shift in wartime mood.
The United States reclamation service used a wooden raft to apply a cement sand and water mix to the upstream face of Elephant Butte dam in New Mexico. The coating was laid in horizontal strips ten feet high along the dam at water level in four layers about one fourth of an inch thick.
A crowded classified snippet lists money to loan from Wa-Keeney State Bank, farm land and real estate for sale, seed and machinery ads, insurance offers from American company, and multiple individuals offering livestock and property for sale or trade in Kansas and nearby areas.
A brief notice from P G Owens of Vods Kansas promoting hall fire lightning and tornado insurance with reliable old line companies. It promises safety first principles and prompt cash settlements after adjustment.
The knife weeder, used by Graham county farmers for fifteen years, supports one to three rows and is built of steel and iron with a lightweight, open frame. It adjusts knives, reverses them, shifts weight, and uses rollers to reduce friction. Made by H D Clayton of Hill City Kansas, with a Hill City factory now producing them adv. 13 tf.
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