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Newspaper
Western Kansas World
Location
Wakeeney, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1911
Page
8
A crop of community notices covers court adjournments, travel, and visits across Wa-Keeney, with names like Wheeler Swiggett and Swiggatt tied to real estate and banking notes. Local events include weddings, birthdays, shop ads, horse and buggy scenes, and a parade of residents visiting relatives or heading to Colorado, Topeka, and Nebraska.
A Pittsburg Gazette Times report recalls a pubescent park incident where a bold youth from the country argued with a motorman over boarding a streetcar at the front end. The boy paid multiple nickels to ride to the rear, strutting with defiance while his friends cheered, a tale likely to be told in Bingville for years. Also covered are a Keeney versus Gove City ball game, Mrs. H. W. Morris of Yoda’s death and funeral in Stockton, a stage performance of Charlie’s Aunt at the courthouse, motion songs led by Miss Olive Rackley, and a cash-store notice by F. F. Worst of Collyer Kans.
For Sale notice advertising good shouts and brood sows with contact at the American Hotel. Indicates the paper reaches about 1400 homes.
A concise notice offering delivery of all lumber types including hard and soft wood, dressed or undressed, and trim work service directly to your site. The advertisement emphasizes full range of timber and related wood products for immediate on-site delivery.
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