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Newspaper
Western Kansas World
Location
Wakeeney, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1905
Page
4
Community notices include sales, land listings, and farm gear in Collyer and Wa-Keeney. Names such as J. W. Spena, Ray Gleason, John Kirkner, and F. D. Hastings appear alongside local visits, church events, weather notes, and harvest plans. Several marriage, travel, and business updates reflect daily town life and regional commerce.
Catherine Lawson born in New Hartford Otsego County NY June. The article notes Mrs Lahman later widow, remarried to William Summerville in Os Kal oosa Iowa and moved to Wa Keeney Kansas 1882. It covers family milestones, local greetings, and a long poem about memories from the long ago.
In Voda, crops show mixed signs with oats badly smutted and corn starting to pop. Harvest begins next week as wheat around Collyer runs a week early. Elevation work progresses on the county’s largest elevator. Community notes report local visits, dancing at Carl Krhut's, and callers at Clas Thiel's.
A Western publish brief humor on readers and editors. A farmer subscribes to Ram’s Horn for sheen. A St Joseph editor with hourglass waist is noted. A Kansas City Star writer jokes about upholstering Manchuria’s seat of war. A Kansas man refuses due to one fine to whip his mother in law. An Indiana editor quits for bread making. Subscribing prepaid is compared to obligation on reading.
A Kansas physician misplaced a pocket book containing a sizable sum and later received the empty wallet with a note asking to refill the prescription. A Missouri editor comments on a wife’s practical virtues linked to strong marriages. A Grand Junction tale from Colorado mentions a game of catching the prettiest girl called lemons. Dr. B. Jones of Wareenee Kansas signs the report.
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