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Newspaper
Western Kansas World
Location
Wakeeney, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1902
Page
4
Readable scraps show Verbeck’s Great Western Supply and Verbeck’s grocery push for trade. Mentions include Haker's pork, DH Henkel visits, Platt the Kansas buyer, Collyer shoppers, a water project, and local merchants like Baker and Bartlett. Weather and rains boost wheat. sales on dresses and fabrics appear. various residents and travelers pass through, with notes of trains and a pistol found near Owen Seanlon’s farm.
Local brief lists Miss Bessie Con tended to Sunday School convention at Salina and mentions several residents visiting, concerts, lectures, and social events. Advertisements note 12 pounds of coffee for a dollar, 18 cents per yard table oil cloth, and a sale of ladies mitts at Verbeck's. Decorations and Memorial Day programs are planned in Wa-Keeney and Collyer with church services and G. A. R. events.
A jumble of brief town items lists residents traveling and visiting, sick lists, farm and livery business, and local notices. Mentions Mrs Bartlett, Mrs O B Kessler, Mrs Lulu Cole, Rev Dimond, Jim Walsh, Clint Austin, Wm Dearne, and local services. Also includes notices about Overland Mail routes, Quimper and Mares, and sale of a kitchen cabinet.
For sale dark red short horn bulls of serviceable ages. Red by Uhestra Cruickshank bull Scottish Gold Dust 24 125437. One of the shortest and most compact bulls in America with good conformation and color. Dam is among the great cows of the reed and among America's best ee cows.
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