18 May 1907
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Newspaper
Western Kansas World
Location
Wakeeney, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1907
Page
1
Chronicle of Collyer notes Frances Glenn ill with measles and a copious Thursday shower. Mentions visitors, social events, a Buskirk trial, the Rollow Art Car on Main Street, local shop stock, a chicken chase, school closings, and a tenth wedding anniversary with a dinner and gifts.
J A Rich is laid up with mumps and A V Hixger shipped hogs on Tuesday. Ben Mapes sold wheat this week. Rock Springs coal advertised. C D Vetter attended a Masonic entertainment at Wa-Keeney Monday. George Hunt and mother visiting Chas Marquand. Jess Cortright crafting decorators art in C C Vetter’s new house. Will Harvey recovered from measles and is out. Orval Hiddieston had a bad fall from a scaffold but bruised and shaken. Sunday school convention postponed from May 5 to May 19 in Owallas with original program. W A Tawney ill with mumps but able to run the station. Joe Marauand fills in. Locals worried about wagon road south of the track plowed up near Wa Keeney, closing public access to the county seat. Commissioners may have leased the strip from the railway and kept it open, trade impact noted for Wa Keeney and Ellis. Merchants urged to address road issue to protect trade.
Fragments report local visits at Wa-Keeney and Voda with Ralph Kristott and Ralph Horak among attendees. Weather notes mention rain reviving wheat while potatos freeze and peach trees lose leaves. Talks of an upcoming farmers elevator and cooperative store at Voda surface amid garbled text.
A letter urges farmers to hold a Sunday meeting in Voda to form an elevator cooperative store and bank, noting weekday timing conflicts and suggesting outsourcing the task if attendance is unlikely. It argues the plan would benefit Voda and signs off with solidarity for a local cooperative venture.
The column chronicles area happenings from Ellis and nearby: farmers anticipate a strong wheat crop as pastures improve and new crops are planted. Local visits include Miss Lilia Cross and Miss Clara Mason at Mr J F Barclays Inst and Miss Bertha Glass with Lydia Glass at Frank Cross. The Golden Hill Elevator Stockholders meet in Ellis to solidify the company, while repairs near Ross and Waldo’s Implement House in Eilts proceed with a new concrete wall. The Sunday School Convention at Silver Lake draws a hearty crowd and several officials report solid road work led by James Coleman.
Wa Hanna Kansas April 3 1907 the board met with Gov Lynn chairing and James Walsh present. Four bids for cement arch bridge across a creek between sections 1 township 21 range 21 were opened and reviewed by the county clerk. Bids ranged from 175 to 606 dollars with bidders Hass City WR Boyd and Monte. One commissioner abstained from the vote for the July 15 1907 action on the cement project.
A Kansas bank presents a mid 1900s balance sheet with loans real estate and deposits, sworn by cashier John J. Harrison. The page includes a second sworn statement by R. C. Wilson, president, declaring no liabilities beyond listed items. An insurance ad urges hail insurance in 1907 for Trego county with local agents R C Wilson and associates.
An advertisement claims Kodol for Indigestion and Dyspepsia digests foods and strengthens the stomach and body. It emphasizes blood quality and compliance with the National Pure Food and Drug Law, and notes sale by W. W. Gibson and mentions Pickled pork at Baker's.
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