Rubber Stands Strain Better Than Steel
San Francisco motor caravan on a hard test to the St. Louis Ad Men’s Convention faced snow rain and mud. Four survivors of fourteen reached on schedule while one tire punctured near St Louis and another was worn from the rig. The Goodrich tires on the Studebaker pilot car endured the longest without trouble, driven by Chester N. Weaver of San Francisco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Studebaker
Goodrich
Chester N. Weaver
St. Lot
Goodrich Amina
Dir Weaver
R. C. Durant
A. D. Plughoff
G. A. Buckingham
Fred Connors
James Houlihan
Mrs. Bernstein
Merchants To Close July Fourth 1917 in Wa-Keeney
The list shows local businesses including Trego Co-Op Association Verbeck Lumber and Supply Co Wa-Keeney State Bank Star Grocery Wa-Keeney Hardware Co Cavon s Ladies Outfitters and Western Kansas World will close on July Fourth 1917. The notice names multiple owners and firms such as H OO von The Trego Mercantile Co P E Keraus Co and R H Hobbs among others.
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Trego Go
Co-Op Association
Verbeck Lumber and Supply Co
H. OO
Trego Mercantile Co
P. E. Keraus Pe County Bank
E. Olson
Wa-Keeney State Bank
T. R. Moore
Star Grocery
Treger
H. W. Finch
E. H. Dodge
J. H. Poffenberger
R. I. Pickering
Hardman Lumber Co
John E. Reddig
O. L. Lucas
S.J. Straw
R. H. Hobbs
E. A. Courtney
P. Hashman
J. C. Cortright
C. Wollner
J. J. Keraus
L. S. Myerly
Ralph Pierson
Charles Steele
A. Hillman
Wa-Keeney Hardware Co
W. G. Baker
Cavon’s Ladies Outfitters
Western Kansas World
FIREWORKS AND PATRIOTISM IN 1917
Hussey the State Fire Marshal urges restraint on Independence Day displays. He notes that 1892 people were killed and 42909 wounded by fireworks in fourteen years and argues patriotic displays should conserve powder for the front and protect lives and property.
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Hussey
Child Killed by Horse Near WaKeeney
A child died after a horse incident last Saturday when the rider’s foot tangled in a strap. Mr Yowell tried to free him but the horse jerked, throwing the boy. He died at Hays hospital about three o clock the same day. Burial followed in WaKeeney Cemetery. The community extends sympathy to the Yowell family.
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Mr. Yowell
Jones
Hays
Wa Keeney
Yowell
A Penurious Mean Man
A newspaper notes a thief who entered the office Tuesday and stole $1.50 from widow subscription money left on the desk. The item condemns the act as especially mean and jokes about offering $2 to return the funds. It also corrects a mistaken report placing Judge Peacock at an undertakers convention in Hutchinson.
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Judge Peacock
Hutchinson
Undertakers
Red Cross Drives County Support Amid War Effort
The Red Cross movement urges all citizens to donate. One dollar suffices to save a soldier, with county goals set near $9000 and Ellis County aiming $20,000. C. H. Benson, president, and Mrs. A. Blair, secretary, lead efforts. members listed include A S Pea and many local residents. Leaders will be appointed in townships to accelerate fundraising nationwide. Mrs. Ben C. Rich of Ogallah visited Mrs. W. C. Olson last Tuesday.
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Red Cross
Trego County
Ellis County
C. H. Benson
Red Cross Movement
A. H. Blair
A. E. Blair
Curtis Hutchdon
Smmual
Smells Oil Rumor in Hamilton County Arises
Lawrence reports a Hamilton County resident asked Dr. R C Moore of the University of Kansas about oil near the Kansas Colorado border. Moore says no oil in Hamilton County and explains oil depths elsewhere, noting a state geological survey underway to map drilling activity and prospects, with a comprehensive 250 page report to be released next fall free to Kansas residents.
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Lawrence
Dodge City
Hamilton County
Kansas
Colorado Line
R. C. Moore
University of Kansas
Doctor Moore
Chautauqua
Mongomery
Butler County
Summer County
Seneca
Onaga
Wabaunsee
Kelso
Cottonwood Falls
Burns
News Service Department of Journalism
Record Smash Sets New Transcontinental Pace
Allen T. Bedell completed a record breaking cross country run aboard a Henderson at 26 14 mph covering the distance in 7 days 16 hours 16 minutes, shaving 3 days 19 hours 54 minutes from the prior mark. He also set a transcontinental auto record and earlier broke the world 24 hour record with 1153.5 miles in one day. Ludwig Dietz and others leave for Russell County to work in harvest fields.
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Allen T. Bedell
5. T. Bell
Governors Island
New York
Liggett
Los Angeles
Henderson
Bedell
Also Mentioned on This Page
Farmers Union Store
RED Cross Organ
Ben C. Rich
Ogallah
W. C. Olson
Margaret Swiggett
Keeney, Kansas
Hamilton
America
A. Ss. Treger
Wa-Keaney, Kansas
Ludwig Dietz
Henry
F. A. Dietz
Wm. Deitz
John Deitz
George Koleber Jr
Phillip Kline
Russell County
Wakeeney
Kline Baildi
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