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Newspaper
Western Kansas World
Location
Wakeeney, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1913
Page
4
The Western Kansas World marks its service schedule and registration as a second class matter. It lists subscription terms per year and notes its establishment on March 2, 1879 with a reference to a Saturday issue dated June 26, 1913.
Normal Notes recounts Friday visits by Luella Jones and others, examinations scheduled, and students from Manhattan returning home for summer. It notes Wood samples sent from a brother, local visitors, and teachers from State Normal at Hays and Flags. Electric depot lights debut, a merger of Western Times with Commonwealth, and a tale of H. E. Tripp’s journey home after work in Salina.
Kansas City stock market report notes cattle receipts below 9000 head with steers weak and draggy, cows strong, feeders active, and calves higher. Hog prices ranged 4.70 to 6.? with bulk near 8.05 to 6.75 in Chicago, while natives lead receipts at 7500. Spring lambs and Texas muttons show steady gains. market mentions torn between Chicago forecasts and local demand. Also includes notices: trespass on Skelton ranch, farm loan offers, and cash-for-trade deals from Wa-Keeney State Bank and Star Grocery.
Paris fears a revival of a Polish custom where a lord dined with guests while all tableware was discarded after the meal. A modern twist shows guests seated at a decorated table with servants presenting cutlery and plates, a spectacle measured against traditional prearranged elegance.
A staged scene features a character insisting on a larger part while another balks at a minor role. The dialogue hints at refined society drama, with the butler delivering sharp epigrams as a fixture of the performance.
An Irish peasant balances cruelty charges with wit on a country road. He defends loading a stubborn donkey with turf by saying he’d face cruelty to a wife and six children if he did not. The tale, attributed to Weekly Telegraph London, preserves a stream of humor amid reality.
A humorous exchange quoted from Puck shows a patient recalling an old cure and a doctor noting modern medical advances. The brief dialogue highlights shifting attitudes toward treatment and progress in medicine as satire.
Despite two native dynasties hindering progress Servia shows poverty nearly unknown with a prosperous peasantry. The majority are landowners and quite well-to-do throughout the country.
Gibbe notes trading reputation for money while Dibbs cautions about the losses. Patience questions if he ever worked to music. Patrice mentions he works as a dancing teacher.
A mustard plaster and gin and ginger remedy stomach aches in elephants, especially newcomers from the tropics. The treatment involves wrapping a blanket over the plaster and stamping to secure it, then administering gin and ginger internally. Elephants show relief after the first application and comply with further care.
A humorous exchange mocks the graduation ceremony as a southpaw pitcher delivers the diplomas, joking that a senator was not involved and remarking on the ceremony's supposed elegance. The quip highlights a playful, rustic school event with local color.
A playful exchange about affection compares a wife's tender glances with the sharp humor of flatiron remarks, noting how both express warmth and wit within a domestic moment. The speakers revel in a lighthearted, intimate interaction.
A concise portrait depicts Fonen as a man with constant spring fever, described by Jeck as perpetually energetic and restless, implying a lively, perhaps impulsive character.
In a concise exchange, observers note rain falling in sheets, soaking the wheat fields. The dialogue emphasizes the heavy downpour and its impact on the crops as moisture pours from the sky.
A quip plays on political jargon with a deadpan joke about graveyard voting. The exchange teases the notion of ballots tied to deceased voters, contrasting grim humor with election chatter.
A Wa Keeney resident testifies to Dean's Kidney Pills proving helpful for backache and joint pains after a period of disordered vilifiers. The letter praises the remedy and urges readers to remember the Dean's name. Sold by Gibson's Drug Store and Foster-Milburn Co. as sole U S agents at 50 cents.
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