21 Mar 1914
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Newspaper
Western Kansas World
Location
Wakeeney, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1914
Page
1
A nostalgic newspaper ad proclaims home state delivery of daily news for less than a penny per day, offering 15 weeks for $1 and until January 1st, 1915 for $2.50, urging readers to send orders and remittances for ongoing world news.
Margie Seely quits school while Bernice Clark and Bernice Bolce miss days due to sickness and mumps. Ella Marey returns after illness as Hazel Henthorn visits chapel. Civics tours the courthouse and seniors rehearse a play for an educational meeting. Physics groups measure sound speed with a gun shot. Geometry class paints tanks towers and plastered houses with varied prices. Faculty and students plan a Silver Lake program Thursday night. First team basketball loses 36 to 31 after a late finish. Wa Keeney supporters cheer. Feed Store advertises seed potatoes and corn. O L Lucas ad. Subscribe for the World-oldest papers in the county.
County superintendent notes large attendance at Hass event shows strong teacher support yet district faces a shrinking Normal Institute. Only one student may attend unless costs are covered. April common school diploma exams set across 25 locations, with 98 pupils expected. Examinations are free, but costs for grading and graduation loom.
Township Trustees are urged to compile the 1914 jury list in April with economy and justice. Follow statutes on women jurors, select from the 1013 assessment roll, and exclude those with disqualifications or conflicts such as age, offices, or prior service. Report to the county clerk. district court clerk can verify prior service. Also an advertisement for Morrow's Kid-Ne-Oids kidney remedy and Liver-lax.
A compact piece contrasts tastes in music and flowers with social fads and urges rural Kansas to build five county roads along the Union Pacific route through Ogallah Wa Keeney Voda and Collyer. It also comments on information bureaus and social committees, then shifts to Kansas City Stock Yards market data for beef cattle, hogs, sheep and lambs with prices, arrivals, and trends. It closes with an advertisement for Hall's Catarrh Cure and Take Half's Pills.
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