Ogallah notes include new goods and local projects
Hudspeth boys return from Rock Springs with coal. Ross & Waldo stock fly nets and horse coverings as Nelson and Ross plan a near-future opening. Leisenring visits Ellis for city hall lighting. local freight times improved. Rains aid crops but miss wheat. Farmers Mutual Tele phone lays under track wiring. W.T. Corgin moves to Russell. blacksmith shop sold to Tawney. Cement house near completion, first cement-walled in town. Sherman gravel shipped for station platform and track. Griswold opens blacksmith shop. Ogallah Grays beat the city carpenters by batteries Pearson Artz Pebbles vs Richards and Richards.
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Hudspeth
Rock Springs
Ross & Waldo
Ross &Waldo
Nelson
Ross
Leisenring
Ellis
City Hall
Sherman
O. A. Griswold
R. A. Samuel
Wey
Ogallah Grays
City Carpenters
Bes
Carpenters
Pes
Pearson Artz
Grays
Richards and
Richards
Harvest forecasts lift spirits amid early rains in Big Greek
The report notes a promising harvest with期待 rain Monday improving wheat yields beyond expectations. Mentions of local residents such as Bower returning from Philadelphia, Mrs Furbeck visiting Hays, Clara Roundtree shopping Ellis, and Chas Wheeler painting a house highlight a bustling Ellis area.
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Bower
Philadelphia
B. E. Furbeck
Hays
Clara Roundtree
Ellis
J. A. Wheeler
Chas. Wheeler
Chas. Goble
Aes
Plainville Camp Meeting and Ridgeway Church Day Report
Orda Ranyon attended a Plainville camp meeting late last week. Children's Day at Ridgeway last Sunday featured an excellent program. A P Teeters plans eastward Relatives visit and a stay at Excelsor Springs. Six months till Yocemento cement plant operates. Mrs W F Cross Chas Cross and Lillian Cross visited Hays and Yocemento last Thursday. Yocemento advances. dynamo installation expected to light the town with electricity.
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Orda Ranyon
Plainville
Ridgeway
A. P. Teeters
Excelsor ‘Springs
Yocemento
W. F
Chas
Lillian Cross
Hays
Voda and Wakeeney Folks Attend Services and Events
Sunday social notes list Voda residents visiting, church attendance in Wakeeney, and a talk by Prof Neisly and Roy Blakely on the ideal. A rain socked farmers, two ball games at Voda ended 9 to 0 for Voda, and an old fashioned housewarming at J. Conner’s with eighty guests and festive activities. Fresh pork advertised at Baker’s.
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Veda
Ralph Horak
Neisly
Neisley
Roy Blakely
Wa-Keeney
Voda
Big Creek
Saline
Jim Finch
Riverside News Highlights and Local Ball Game
Riverside residents report fine weather and a busy week. Miss Helen Curtis visits Miss Beulah Garrett while Newt Giffin borrows boots from J B Tunnell. Ed Shade visits his sister Mrs Jewell. H Harlan surveys the township. A Riverside versus Swedes baseball game ends 12 to 9 in favor of the Swedes with many locals in attendance.
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Helen Curtis
Beulah Garrett
J.B. Tunnell
Newt
Giffin
Ed Shade
Missouri
Jewell
H. Harlan
Elihu Ailman
Frank Hays
Goodland E
Creek
Robson
R. L. Bailey
Tom Ryan
Joseph
Adoption of New School Text Books by State Board
The State Text Book Commissioners adopt a five year list for common schools. Speller Rathburns Readers Powers and Balliett Grammar Geography and other works from Scribners Ginn Brock Toresman and Co McGraw Hill and Allyn and Bacon. Includes Speller Mental Arithmetic Geography Grammar Physiology Civil Government Algebra and Physics texts from multiple publishers.
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Rathburn
George D. Rathburn
Ottawa
Kansas
Powers and Balliet
Silver, Burdett & To
ice—Myers & Brook
Scott, Toresman & Co
Wentsworths, Ginn & Co
King’s Primary
Chas
Scribner’s Sons
Hoemschel
American Book Co
Son Scott, Toresman & Co
James & Sanford
Scribners’s Sons
Marsh, Chas. Scribner's Sons
Asg & Bri
Carharts & Choate, Allyn & Bacon
Normal Notes from the School Enrollments and Visits
Enrollment stands at 50 with new names J. E. Bates Josephine Martin and Carrie Stradal. Assistant State Superintendent G C Starr visited on Monday. Several new textbooks arrived at the superintendent's office. June 28 and 29 bring activities with Misses Scott and Gorrell visiting Wednesday. Clara Kellogg and Clara Absent due to sickness. Trene Acre acts as school papers agent. Students distributed Abi line Central Kansas Business College papers. Hunger dialogue notes lunch habits and a caution about an unhealthy physiology lesson.
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Scott and
Gorrell
Smith
Clara Kellogg
Trene Acre
G. C. Starr
Normal
J. E. Bates
Josephine Martin
Carrie Stradal
Institute
Foley's Honey and Tar Praised For Lung Trouble Cure
A. A. Herren of Finch Arkansas writes that Foley's Honey and Tar is the best remedy for coughs colds and lung trouble and claims it has cured consumption in early stages. W W Gibson also endorses the product saying he has never met anyone who used it and was not satisfied.
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A. A. Herren
Finch, Ark
Foley
W W Gibson
Weighing Mail By Railroads To Track Volume
The Post Office will weigh all mail daily for six months to learn exact mail volume carried by railroads. Past estimates relied on pre Christmas samples. Rural carriers have right of way on country roads. other vehicles must yield to rural carriers to protect mail transport.
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Sam
United States
Uncle Sam
Notice to Clerks of Trego County Schools
The blanks for announcing the annual school meeting are now at the office of the County Superintendent. District Clerks may obtain these blanks by calling for them. The date of the annual meeting is Thursday, July 18, 1907.
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Trego County
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Moore's
Ogallah
W. D. Austin
C. Thiels
R. Owen
Richard and
Price
Wakeeney
Miss McCoy
Miss V and
M. J. Finch
Hays City
Commandery
George Kristoff
Charley
Collyer
Baker's
Riverside
Bill Rhener
Dean
The
Wa-Keeney State Bank
St. Paul F & M Insurance Company
Coal Grain C.D
J. J. Hyde
Abilene Steam
Chas. Rogers
Hardinan Lumber Co
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