Six Dollar Waists to Five Ninety-Eight Bargain Rush
A miscellaneous column recalls a shop window where waists priced six dollars drop to five ninety eight, triggering a frenzied bargain-day crowd that jostles and pulls hair. Other items note Miss Mary McCann receiving a congressional medal for bravery during the Gen. Slocum rescue, plus civic admonitions on simple graduation, humane education in Pennsylvania, and home remedies with salt.
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Mary McCann
Gen. Slocum
New York Harbor
Congress
Wa-Keeney to welcome flour mill and modern hotel
Wa-Keeney amid WaKeeney and Trego county growth aims to secure a flouring mill as wheat belt prosperity grows. Union Pacific agent Morse revived hotel plans earlier halted by panic, hoping crops improve. Ford No 2 wins New York to Seattle race. Quinter baseball beats Quinter 4 to 3 on poor grounds.
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Wa-Keeney
Hays City
Oakley
Trego
Wheat Belt
Wa Keeney
R. F. Morse
Union Pacific Road
WaKeeney
Harry Root
Topeka State Journal
New York
Seattle
Quinter
Weather Report From Wa Keeney Week Summary
Government thermometer readings for Wa Keeney cover the week ending Wednesday noon with listed daily temperatures from Thursday through the following Wednesday. The period records 4.35 inches of rainfall, and no rain has fallen in the last 25 hours. Also notes are open for subscriptions at $1 yearly.
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Wa- Keeney
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Union Pacific
H. G. Kaill
PLA
W. W. Parks
Keeney, Kansas
Kansas State Mutual
Kansas State Mutual Hail Company
W. A. Eppler
Walter Eppler
E. Howard
Hamilton
W. E. Crabill
St. Paul Mutual Hail and Cyclone Insurance Company
Otis E. Doane
MES
S. Givler
Euste Duncan
Board of Education of
St. Louis
Pennsylvania
Keeney
Weather
Baker’s
W. A. Mong
Voda
John Conner
Kansas Wesleyan Business College
Banteau Argust
Mississippi
Tul
Raduece
T. W. Roach
S. Santa Fe Ave
Salins Kars
The
Wa-Keeney State Bank
Trego County
Hardman Lumber Company
J. T.W. Cloud
Geo. Blackman
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