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Newspaper
Western Kansas World
Location
Wakeeney, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1914
Page
8
A poultry promoter proposes Last Saturday in June as Rooster Day to urge farmers to kill sell or separate roosters from flocks. He claims millions of dollars in ego production are wasted each summer and offers guidance and a Wo Rooster Club registration to secure fertile egg savings for next season.
Classified items include farm equipment for sale such as 12 foot Jones header Osbourne Disk 1x16 and three second hand headers at Hille. Livestock offers feature six first class dairy cows and a team of geldings. Financial ads promote farm loans from Wa-Keeney State Bank and flour from White Elephant Flour. Community notes mention visitors from Olaf ln Kansas, invoicing Oakley Lumber yards, and a church anecdote at the Methodist church.
Inquire of John Lemke. Adv 16.
The High School Alumni Association held its seventh annual banquet at the High School on Friday evening June 12 1914 to honor the graduates of the class of 1914. Attendees enjoyed reminiscences, renewed acquaintances, and a strong school spirit. Officers elected for the year were Mary H Zeman president Joseph A Kellogg vice president Evel Cloud secretary and treasurer Delta Keyser librarian. The group adjourned hopeful for next year and praised the evening.
J G Hixson ships a car of hogs and cattle Tuesday harvest is near by maiddie next week. Dozens of local residents travel to Russell county for harvest work. A marriage occurs June 17 at Holton First M B church. Grandma Wallace dies after brief illness at Wa Keeney. Community ladies meet at the Courtney home for needlework with many named guests and decorations.
Miss Mary Dixon becomes Mrs Sryson Blair at a family ceremony on Twentieth avenue and Twelfth street Rock Island officiated by Rev. David A. Johnson. The couple leaves for Mon trose Col home with Blair's land interests in irrigated fields. The article recalls their early county land office days and extends best wishes. Roy Wheeler, now a physician after Kansas University Medical School, returns home for summer vacation and will join St Joseph's Hospital in Kansas City next fall.
A compact classified note lists a Ford auto with five pansenders, a mule and a gelding for sale or trade. Contact Emil Olson at 1197 in Ogaliah, Kansas. Also mentions Misses Maggie and Merle Hitt visiting from Collyer to attend the Alumel banquet on a Friday.
Professor Geo A Dean, state entomologist, identifies the wheat straw worm causing white beads in wheat and notes two brood cycles yearly. He advises crop rotation, avoiding continuous wheat on a field, burning straw only in extreme cases, and feeding stubble to stock to deter infestation.
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