13 May 1916
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Newspaper
Western Kansas World
Location
Wakeeney, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1916
Page
1
Witty, rambling column blends garden chat with wartime America. Dandelions are praised for resilience and multiplicative seed production while a tangent on paper waste, straw use, and a novel “serothrust” device mixes with brief local ads and notices. The piece closes with a high school play listing and reserved-seat details.
The High School closing week runs May 21 to May 26 with events across the district. Plays, graduations, addresses by W R Woodward and J H Engle, an Alumni Banquet, track and field day open to all Trego County entrants, and a Friday evening reception at the principal’s home are listed alongside an earlier May 19 Masonic hall program featuring music, addresses by Geo D Adams and Chas Miller Jr, and lodge activities.
Wa-Keeney announces Clean Up Day on May 19 urging all residents to place garbage in alleys by that date for city removal run by Mayor J P Jones. The Trego County Farmers' Union No 34 meets May 20 at 1 30 PM in the courthouse with President McAuliffe to speak everyone invited.
A Progressive Caucus will meet at the Wa Keeney courthouse on Saturday May 20 to select delegates to the State Convention in Topeka. Chairman FP Krxe. An advertisement by E D Wheeler notes funds are at stake.
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