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Newspaper
Western Kansas World
Location
Wakeeney, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1914
Page
4
Sufferers describe itch and rash from eczema and similar skin eruptions. A testimonial from Mrs A Binfeldt of Rock Island praises the ointment as the first relief in nine years, claiming healing begins with the first application. Guaranteed 50c at druggists. Also mentions Danes Regulates for bowel regularity with a testimonial from KE Davis in Sulphur Springs.
A flood of candidate declarations in Trego County state plans for the August primary. Nomination bids cover sheriff, judge, superintendent, county clerk, treasurer, probate judge, register of deeds, sheriff, and district clerk with Republicans and Democrats urging support across the 23rd Judicial District.
Lyman B Beardsley attorney at law of Russell Kansas seeks the Republican nonpartisan nomination for judge of the 23rd Judicial District which comprises Russell Ellis Trego Gove Logan and Wallace counties He has lived in Russell 28 years and asks voters both men and women for support for the primary on August 4 1914 and continued backing to win the November election
A nostalgic look contrasts prudent mother’s board doors and old makeshifts with modern innovations. It recalls ashoppers, splint-bottomed chairs, and hickory brooms alongside telephones, gas engines, electric lights, phonographs, typewriters, wireless telegraphy, caned music, pocket cameras, X rays, aeroplanes, and radium. A light note ends with an ad seeking to buy a team of horses.
Kansas adopts legal bushel weights from the last session with listed measures for grains and produce. The table includes wheat 60 pounds, corn 56, Indian corn 70, oats 32, beans 60, potatoes 60, peppers none, salt 80, dried fruit weights, and alfalfa 60, among others.
A collage of rural life muses on calling and character from farmers to ministers. It contrasts a youth suited to farming with a life in small-town ministry, notes parental guidance shaping futures, mocks flirtatious behavior, recalls camp meeting testimonies, and ends with local ads for services and banking.
Testimonial from Mrs. James Duncan of Haynesville Maine claims Electric Bitters cured her after doctors gave up. Ad promotes a tonic available at druggists for 50 cents to 1.00 with urging to start today. Also includes county notice for bids on Golden Belt road grading in Trego Kansas with bids due July 6 1914 and right to reject.
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