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Newspaper
Western Kansas World
Location
Wakeeney, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1917
Page
8
A period notice describes the North Brothers Stock Co performing at a big tent theatre with street concerts during their stay, promotional pricing at 25 and 35 cents, and a reminder to attend Monday night showings. The item reprints a 1917 Western Kansas World notice about the troupe and its public performances.
In the Justice Court of Wa Keeney Township Trego County Kansas J H Acre Justice of the Peace E R Cave and G C Brittain Plaintiffs R F Billings Defendants You are hereby notified you have been sued for 137 50 and costs and County State Bank by this court and certain moneys and credits attached therein and indebtedness due you and you must answer said action in this court on or before the 30th day of July 1917 at 10 o clock a m or judgment will be given the plaintiff for said amount and costs and the said Trego County State Bank ordered to pay into this court sufficient amount of the moneys credits and indebtedness due you from said bank to satisfy said judgment and costs Given under my hand this 27th day of June A D 1917 J H Acre Justice of the Peace H W Finch was called to Towner Colo Tuesday evening by a message announcing the serious illness of his wife Mrs James Finch HELP THE HEN LAY notice Dr Pruitt of Hays Kansas has a preparation called HELP THE HEN LAY guaranteed to help the hen lay or your money back after using all of the package 101b box 1 00 or 3 00 a bucket And I have a lice paint at 1 50 a gallon and also order a 50 cent box of Dr Pruitts Lice Powder for the chickens for it will take every lice off a little chicken in one minute or your money back Any order for one dollar or over for any of my remedies sent express prepaid if cash accompanies the order The Pruitt Remedy Co Adv 1821 Hays Kansas
A 19th century style ad promises Hall's Catarrh Medicine cures catarrh through the blood and mucous surfaces. Proponents offer $100 reward for any failure to cure and urge readers to send for testimonials from F. J. Cheney & Co of Toledo, Ohio. Sold by all druggists.
Chas Folkers is talking bungalow these days. Soloman Devies hauls water for Jase Benisch. Mrs Pete Schneider visited Mrs Julius Sue Tuesday. George Koleber Jr left for Russell to harvest. The surprise party at James Benischs last Saturday drew a large crowd. Mr and Mrs James Benisch visited Chas Folkers Tuesday forenoon. Mrs J J Michaels left for Canada Tuesday to visit her brother and regain health. Mrs Joseph Ptacebek and family of Ellis visited daughter Mrs Frank Benisch early this week.
Dry and windy conditions mark the week as Wr. Cox of Collyer visits our burg. Hudson Harlan's sale draws local attendees while Sunday School forms at Diamond school. Several locals travel east to harvest and Mrs. Miles Powers continues steady convalescence. Wedding bells ring for Charles Kellogg and Miss Hattie Beougher, and Miss Maggie Morton and Mr. Martin.
An advertisement notes Dr Prui tts Lice Powder will remove lice from young chickens or money back. Two boxes priced at fifty cents each are being offered for purchase.
Dr John Merritte Driver renowned author composer and lecturer will deliver the third night address at the Chautauqua titled Watchman What of the Night The speech will cover America's relations to the European war and reflect Driver's wide European observations He is noted as a successor to H W Thomas and Frank Crane of Chicago's People's Church.
Wa-Keeney readers attest to the reliability of Dean's Kidney Pills. Barber shop owner J H Poffenberger reports two boxes from W W Gibson's Drug Store relieved back pain and regulated his kidneys. He adds that even after seven years his opinion remains strong and he continues to recommend them.
A Kansas advertisement from Hays by the Pruitt Remedy Co promises a gall salve guaranteed to heal a horse s shoulders. It offers a fifty cent box prepaid with fifty cents in stamps and notes Adv 1821.
In re Samuel L. Shriner Bankrupt No 215-4. Special Master will hear at Salina Kansas July 11 1917 at 2 PM objections and proofs against discharge must be filed five days prior. Final hearing before the judge in Kansas City Kans in US Court room Salina June 9 1917.
The text urges self assessment by potential rather than current satisfaction. It argues that true measure comes from what one can become and from hidden reservoirs of power waiting to be unleashed to inspire new impulses and growth.
The article notes mealie as Africa's staple across varied groups from Zulus to Bottentots and Bushmen. It claims cultivation fosters industry and hints it could spare the Bushmen from extinction. Subacribe for World.
Notice is hereby given that letters of administration for the estate of John Conner were granted by the probate court of Trego County on June 6. All persons with claims against the estate must present them within one year for allowance, or be barred. claims not filed within two years from publication are forever barred. Dated Sunday of June.
June 18 1917 the board of county commissioners met for the last day as a board of equalization personal property assessments were adjusted to the satisfaction of all parties no further business appeared the board adjourned sine die CH County Clerk notice Plenty Canton weeders and cash implements advertised by A M Finley the cash implement dealer
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