Post Cards and School News Highlight 19th Century Practices
Post cards are widely used with strict rules for private messages and limits on adding materials to the front. The piece notes leather cards cost 2 cents to mail and warns about sending hazardous items. It also comments on schools receiving extensive newspaper space for commencements and praises community involvement and newspaper leadership in school coverage. The column ends with a local anecdote about children and a hen in a Sebetha story.
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United Sates
Seed harvest and gun incident from a bygone day
A boy retrieves seeds from a chastened hen and replants a garden before parents return, a glimpse of rural life. In Stockton, W R Griffin sells the Wield store after 15 years of growth from a $350 start to a 9,000 square foot, 25 by 125 foot stock, announcing he will stay in the county. He credits newspaper advertising as vital to his success, noting real dividends and weekly gains from ads.
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Sebetha
Kan
Herald
Murdock
Stockton
W. R.griffin
Rooks County
Wanted to Buy for Dry Bones Rubber Boots and Copper
H C Davis offers to pay 5.50 dollars per ton for dry bones 3 cents per pound for rubber boots and shoes cash on delivery address three doors south of Ross and Waldo's elevator.
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H. C. Davis
Ross & Waldo’s
Normal Notes and exams at the Normal
Normal closes Thursday with total enrollment 48. Examinations scheduled Friday and Saturday. Teachers and students update, including Miss Lillian Cross and Miss Maud Crosk attending. Alumni and County Teachers associations held elections. resolutions honor administrators. Various staff absences noted and a local stomach remedy advertisement included.
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Scott and
Everett
Lillian ~ Cross
Irene Acre
Maud Crosk
Pacific Junction
Iowa
Prof. Ware
Smith
C. D. Smith
Ralph Parks
Tors
Myra Biehler
Hattie
Ruby Larabee
Harry Gearhart
Homer
Harlon Acre
Erel Nelson
Schmidler
Boulder
Col
University
Notice to Clerks of School Districts in Trego County
Notice to Clerks of School Districts in Trego County informs that blanks for announcing the annual school meeting are now at the office of the County Superintendent and may be obtained by calling. The date of the annual meeting is Thursday July 15 1907.
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Guy Blakely
Amanda Nelson
Mayme Biehler
Clara Kellogg
County Teachers’ Association
C. D. Smith
Rosa Biehler
Lucia Kelly
Trego County
Bessie Roy Irene Efe Bowers
Mattie Shaw Petece Om
Lucia G Welly
Zita
Gertrude M Colting
Clara Kellog
Gay G
Blakely Lye J
Louis Hearting
Nellie Humparies
Blanch Connelly
C. D. Suiru
Trego
Nus
Suatwest
Sisteen
Adarrett
John Ryan Wmyan
Canas
Fraga
Archibald Hays
Gerefax
Gleneay Arct Hays
Lararer
Iseat's
Trego Mosint
Kansas
Union Pecttic Time Table Easing BOCED. Past Express
In United States and Canada R E Morse notes timetable details for trains including No 1 36 m past express and No 4 local freight due May 24. Tickets sold and baggage checked.
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Doe
United States
Canada
Weather outlook for WaKeeney week ending June 27
Government thermometer readings at WaKeeney show a series of highs from 59 to 94 degrees and lows from 54 to 62. Rainfall over the past week totals about 2.60 inches, with other parts of the county reporting near double that amount.
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Wa Keeney
Max Mrs
Ste Steer
Kennedy's Laxative Cough Syrup Promoted for All Ages
A vintage ad notes a digestive and voice changes with references to Mae and May. It extols Kennedy's Laxative Cough Syrup as a “prompt, pleasant, good remedy for coughs and colds” for babies and children, but suitable for the whole family. It claims no opiates, non constipating, and flavored with honey and tar, selling through W. W. Gibson.
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Kennedy
W. W. Gibson
Gard of Thanks and Endorsement for a Remedy
A note of heartfelt gratitude from Mr and Mrs C C Ssira and W R Ward of Dyersburg Tennessee thanking friends for support during illness and death of their child. The message includes a testimonial from WW Gibson praising Urine Laxative Fruit Syrup as a thorough remedy for chronic constipation.
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Mr. and
Mas
C’c. Ssira
W R Ward
Dyersburg
Tenn
Gibson
Gratitude Note and Local Notices
Gard of Thanks from P Mosier and children expresses heartfelt thanks to all who aided during illness and death of wife and mother. Miss McMorris visits sister from Strong City Kansas. Dr C F Bohman, Chicago dentist, with office over Porter and Porter’s restaurant, invites dental work clients and guarantees first class results. Foley's Kidney Cure advertised as effective for kidney and bladder troubles. W W Gibson.
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Gard
P. Mosier
C. F. Bohman
Chicago
Porter & Porter
Hail Policy Priority Over Header Cited by Eppler
W A Eppler stresses that hail protection for wheat takes precedence over header considerations. The note emphasizes practical farm risk management and policy alignment with crop protection. It underscores a pragmatic approach to agricultural documentation and risk handling.
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W. A. Eppler
Saline Valley Ranch Stallion and Mare Service Notice
Saline Valley Ranch near Wa Keeney offers seasons for two stallions My House Young Quimper at five dollars and My Jack Monacan at ten dollars to insure a colt. Mares removed from the neighborhood are considered with foal and the owner pays the service fee. Mare and foal stand for service. care given but no liability for accidents. W T Lirriecuitn Owner.
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Wa-Keeney
Young Quimper
Jack Monacan
W. T. Lirriecuitn
Wa Keone
Ugh Faulkner
Why Advertise in the Newspaper Reference Journal Appeal
The Reference Journal urges retailers to spend locally on newspaper advertising to counter mail order competition. It argues newspapers educate readers, promote home industries, and keep money and jobs in the community, urging merchants to advertise liberally to build town and business.
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Biorchant
Hearent Hie
Primary race looms Reeder faces possible challenger
In Sixth district politics talk centers on a primary to fund a Republican contest with W. A. Reeder favored to win. Possible opponent W. B. Ham of Stockton appears able to cover the expected expenses, while Meade Young Holland and Royce are not expected to join. Royce’s absence is attributed to his wife’s illness and newspapers' mistreatment.
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W. A. Reeder
Congressional Committee
Reeder
W. B. Ham
Stockton
Ham
Meade
Young
Holland
Bill Reeder
John Q. Royce
Royce
Osborne Farmer
Albrechts Collection Agency and Will Break Case
Reference to Albrechts Collection Agency in Kansas with notes on non-resident taxes and solicited correspondence. Mentions a $200,000 fee paid to New York lawyer William D. Guthrie for breaking the will of Henry B. Pont, owner of steamships railways and hotels. Widow’s $3,000,000 share tied in trust, seeks release with 10 percent of her share. Argentina and Australia sheep wealth noted, China postal development prompts spelling revision.
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New York
William D. Guthrie
Henry B. Pont
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New Westminster
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Yellowstone Park
San Diego
Union Pagig
R. E. Morse
A. A. Herren
Finch, Ark
Foley
Poley
W W Gibson
Ogallah
Wa -Keeney
Ste
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Parks
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Richard
Scott
Chas. Lofstead
Dr. Bohman
Little Mary
Weather Report
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Miss McMorris
Strong City
Rere
CIA
Rover
Weeten
Orie
McA
Chienge
Saline Valley Ranch
DeWitt
London
New Jersey
NEW Home Sewing Machine Company
Orange
Mass
Coprmiente Ac
Jason
Scientific American
Department of the Interior
Volby
William G. Biliman
Wakesney
Entead
Southweas
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Wa-Keoney
Palco
James ,Edward & Latter
Albert Jor
Wa-Keener
John Thomas
Rogteter
Albrecht’s Collection Agency
Elie
Argentina
Australia
Argentios
China
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