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Newspaper
Western Kansas World
Location
Wakeeney, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1917
Page
4
The excerpt blends letters and anecdotes from a rural audience. It notes patriotic wartime bravado about France and enlistment, recalls a humor filled misquote about a minister and a Negro couple, and ends with reflections on memory and progress, citing a cemetery marker for a town founder.
The Village Deacon urges calm living and warns against grandstanding. The piece stresses that the war is real and sacrifices are inevitable with conscription, hardship, and deaths likely, asserting freedom justice and national pride are at stake and the war is everyone’s.
Dr John Crank moved to Hill City Kansas and built a natatorium on a hill turning his farm success into a water powered venture. He irrigates ten acres for beets and fruit trees, selling berries and fruit while continuing to run the popular pool. The doctor, now over 80, remains energetic, planting new trees each spring and planning further agricultural improvements. Stockton Review notes the town’s Fourth of July plans and local ad offers.
Wa-Keeney residents are urged to endorse Dean's Kidney Pills if trustworthy. Barber shop proprietor J. H. Poffenberger testifies the pills relieved back pain and regulated his kidneys after months of discomfort. He notes sustained satisfaction seven years later, recommending them as strongly as before.
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