Ancient seas and giant fossils in Kansas shape timeless wonder
An Atchison Globe essay notes the vastness of time beside human life. It reports Chicago geologists finding a 19 foot platecarpus abruptous fossil from the Cretaceous in Smoky Hill chalk near Kansas and the Colorado line, about six million years ago, when Kansas was largely a sea teeming with strange reptiles, and ends with stock market ads from Kansas City and barge-like hopes for gains in 1908.
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Atchison Globe
University of Chicago
Smoky Hill River
Kansas
Colorado Line
May 4 1908 Wedding at Wa-Keeney Probate Office
In Wa-Keeney Kansas on May 4 1908 Harry Bell and Nellie Shell joined as one in a quiet ceremony at the probate judge office. The scene recalls earlier vows from 1881 with similar sentiment as families note enduring unity through a troubled sea toward a peaceful shore.
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Wa-Keeney Town
Kansas State
Harry Bell
Nellie Shell
Kansas City Market Report 1908 cattle and hog prices
Kansas City stockyards report May 5 1908 shows cattle supply one quarter smaller than earlier in the week with prices firming. Steers $7.00, yearlings high, heavy steers hardest to move. hogs 15 000 head today, top $5.62, bulk $5.45-$5.56. Sheep and lambs declined 20-30 cents, large runs of dead stock and goats from Texas and Arizona entering steady trade.
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Kansas
Corn
Texas
Arizona
Collyer Notes Sketch Local Life and Movements
Gollyer item mentions Miss Nita Sier at Ransom and Mrs. Lorimer care, Benl Glenn busy, King and wife moving to a new home, fur coats for July, Mrs. Simmons with uncle Kellum, rain brightens outlook, Deatrichs take auto trip to Wa Keeney, John Glenn resumes music, bachelor friends entertained, rumors of a new drug store and hotel, Frank Vanda's Denver move and sale draws crowd, Mrs. E Cass hosts a large reception, Lorimer aims for office, a nine pound baby anticipated speech.
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Nita Sier
Ransom
Benl Glenn
Wm. Lorimer
King
Wife
John Glenn
Falz
Frank Vanda
Denver
Heart Pains Promise from Kodol Advertisement
A short advertorial asserts that heart pains will vanish with Kodol and urges immediate use. It claims no doubt about the product’s effect and promises verification after a few weeks of use. Sold locally by W. W. Gibson.
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W. W. Gibson
Do Kidney Pills Marketed For Aks Pain Relief
An ad-like notice touts Do Kidney Pills from WW Gibson's drugstore in Wa-Keeney Kansas and others as a remedy for kidney pain backache and irregularities. It claims relief through a series of testimonials and urges readers to buy from authorized agents in Buffalo New York and Milborne Go.
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Spanabe
Eitars
Drupey
Geri
D. Borst
Wa-Keeney
Kans
Gibson
Rice Cc
Posto Milbore
Buffalo
New York
United States
Voda community notes mix with weather and humor
Local items list visits and shipments including Ross and Waldo wheat cars, hogs, cattle, and brick. Socials mention Voda visitors, Kirkendall callers, and a playful mule incident. An Implement Men’s convention report and a satire on stomach related heart trouble promote Kodol as a remedy.
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Ralph Kristof
R. Rush
Ross & Waldo
Bob Kirk
Stradal Bros
Anna
Rosa
Kamila Thiel
Voda
Kirkendall
W. D. Austin
Geo. Kristof
Mabel Kirkendall
Robert Kirkendall
R. Owens
Fred
Otto Schwanbeck
Salina
R. Kirkendall
John Ivan
John
Sam
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Fue
Conllan
T. W. Bundy
Nyone
Mabetoh
Munn & Co
St. Washingt
DR. S. Huff
Mound Valley, Kansas
Jaye Sy
J. Stevens Arms & Tool Co
P.O. Dox
Sdeanicitgha
W.R.C
Topeks
Aslies
Kennedy
DeWitt
Chiany
Sara and Sade
W W Gibson
H. Goe
W. W. Gis- Son's
H. Burns, Il
Sihe and Insurance
Connecticut Fire Insurance Company
Hartford
Conn
Wa. Keeney
Kan
MW. Mason
A.B. Vones
Ask Stites
Keeney
Frank Lindsay
New Bank Building
My "Pecans Teh, Wa-Keeney
DR. C. F. Bohman
Ormce
Losx
John A. Nelson
FT. W Cloud
Wa-Keeney, Kas
W.H. Swiggett
M. Hutzel
Keeney Kansas
Kliwe
Wa-Keeney, Kans
Pativat
Fendreda
Papsicione
Ristatera
C. A. Johnson
Brno
Foley's
W. W .Gibson
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