The Floods Reach Eastern Kansas Towns in Losses
Reports paint heavy flood damage across eastern Kansas with Topeka Salina Manhattan and Lawrence among the hardest hit and Kansas City Kansas suffering dreadful inundation as officials and residents respond. The piece also notes local events and daily life intertwined with flood recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Salina
Manhattan
Mittchnson
Lawrence
Brookville
Wellington
Kansas City
Kansas
Missouri
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The column lists local notices and events across Wa Keeney and Collyer including dances at Collyer on Friday June 12 1908 and Decoration Day church fundraising. Residents such as Miss Swisher and Hiram Griffith are noted alongside farm purchases and land improvements, with railroad flood impacts and town happenings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moxey
W. Hi. Swiggett
Hiram Griffith
Bliis
Keeney
Tuvedi
W. J. Beardweill
Wa Keeney
Collyer
Decoration Day at Collyer Honors Veterans and Speakers
Decoration Day at Collyer featured the G A R ceremony with the Gettysburg address by J Parsons and remarks by Prof. Harlan Vint. Miss Eva Brown Miss Kackley and Miss Minnie Briggs contributed poems songs and a toast as veterans graves were decorated including Johnnie Teague.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Parsons
Harlan Vint
G. A. St
Eva Brown
Tennessee
Miss Kackley
Turner Kackley
Minnie Briggs
McKisightt
Decoration Day Observances in Wa-Keeney and Collyer
Decoration Day exercises were held at the Wa-Keeney courthouse with the G A R and a patriotic oration by Herman Long, noting Civil War events. A large crowd attended despite rain and somber skies, and Collyer reports wheat prospects and local farm notes along with town news.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wa Keeney
W. S. Harrison
Ida Swisher
Maud Cook
Julia Ricker
Herman Long
Iowa
Long
Liine
Collyer
Noah
James Buchanan
Quinter
W. J. Swiggett
Robert Tague
James Tague
Kansas
Harlan
Wa-Keeney
Wa-Keensy High School Report 1903 Summary
The Wa-Keensy School presents the Magy 1903 report detailing high school enrollment attendance and staff. It lists names of present and absent students, teachers, and a Kansas Sunday School Convention resolution set adopted at Parsons May 12 to 14 urging shared county wide supervision and structured department divisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. P. Lucas
Epworth League
M. BE
A. A. Stephen
Kansas
Parsons
Bowie
Ingesend Se
Engle
Jerom Salem
Season of 1903 Farm Horses Described for Wa Keeney Area
A 1903 farm note details Jack the four year old horse at a Wa Keeney area site six miles south and two east. It lists lineage from Mammoth Jenny and Joe Blackburn with a breeding plan and care notes. Also mentions cousin Frank six years old with mixed Clyde Morag lines and a live colt. Care taken to prevent accidents and to insure safe outcomes for the owner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack
Wa Keeney
Jenny
Joe Blackburn
Clyde
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