May 1906 Wa-Keeney County High School rites run long
May 10 class day exercises at the court house featured entertaining class boasts and thorough participation. May 17 graduation in the court room drew a packed 40-strong audience with Irene Lavas Jane Wilson opening march, Rev Beott delivering invocation, Harold Porrester and others delivering orations and poems. Miss Hulda Nelson and duo piano violin performances earned hearty applause. Guy Wakely the sole graduate spoke on Success by Sacrifice before a welcoming reception. Union Memorial Service announced for May 27 at 11 a.m. with Civil and Spanish War veterans urged to attend.
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Abe
Court Room
Wa Keeney
Irene Lavas
Jane Wilson
Beott
Harold Porrester
J. H. Neisley
L. O C. Mudge
Firth
Robert Rinker
Dee
Gilbert Greenwood
Hulda Nelson
Guy G. Wakely
Trego County High School
Blakely
State University
C.D. Smarth
County Au Intenden
J. C. Everett
Everett
Union Memorial Service
Kansas
Union Memorial
Ericson
New Bank for Ellis Opens This Summer
Ellis Headlight reports the formation of Citizens Bank in Ellis with a $10,000 capital. Officers are President Charles Keagy, Vice President Thos McMahon, Secretary George Leisenring, and Cashier George Cross. The Ross and Waldo building has been rented and Cross visited Kansas City this week to buy a cafe and furnishings. The bank is expected to open around June 1. Subscribe for the World.
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Ellis
Citizens Bank
Chas. Keagy
Thos. McMahon
Geo. Leisenring
Geo. Cross
Ross & Waldo
Cross
Kansas City
Elis
Collyer Notes Rich Weekend Activity in Town
Correspondence reports a busy Saturday with many visitors Mrs Himer Tiltup entertaining kin from Kansas and Rob Levine in town courting trouble. Skaters at the rink sparked thunder while a severe rainstorm passed with no damage. Palace hotel offers cold drinks and ice cream amid improving weather. A local baseball game sees Cracker-Jack beat Wa-Keeney Snides 15 to 12 in 11 innings amid umpire tensions.
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George Cross
Ellis
George
Bills
Collyer
Wa Keeney
Palace Hotel
Wa-Keeney
Voda scenes and Kansas cattle markets 1906
Local notes recount dinners at Krhut's and Kristoff's in Voda, Sunday school at Neff school house, and a Bible class. Social visits include Emmelina Wake visiting Collyer, musicales with Moravian and Dutch songs, plus a postmaster building a fine residence. Market report from Stock Yards Kanes noting cattle, hogs, sheep trends, and upcoming grain outlook. Married Edna Eaton to Sam Phares at Mendota May 1 1906. Grandmother Munson ill at home. W A Tawney buys land near Ogallah.
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Geo. Kristof
Emmelina Warke
Ellsworth
Collyer
C. ‘Thiel
Anos
Rosa
Kammela
Mattie
Joe Buchura
Sil
Ralph
J. Horak
T. Wyon
Wa Keeney
Adolph Schwanbeck
R. Owens
Kansas City
Kanes CH
Chiruga
Crideere
Ap Gai
Lwo
Texas
Northwest
Lost and Hostess Gatherings Highlight Social Ties
The passage notes the desire to remember old friends and welcome new ones, describing a pattern of social events that celebrate continuity and expansion of social networks among hosts and attendees.
Frege Center Sunday School Notes and Local Visits
Dimly noted Frege Center references include Sunday school at Trego Center school horse every Sunday. Mrs. M. E and Kulp visited all her daughters Mrs. A. P. Hinshaw. Charlie Kulp took a trip Southwest to view the country. Ed Hobthick lost a horse last Monday with a broken leg. Henry Hobbick, a former Reeneyite, visited his father at Sarith ciuanty.
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Trego Center
M. E& Kulp
A. P. Hinshaw
Charlie Kulp
Hobthick
Gao
Hobbick
Sarith Ciuanty
Henry Hobbick
W. Reeneyite
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Pearl Britt
W. TH. Grabb
Louis Wagner, Sr
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Will- Cox Township
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Topeka
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Collier Township
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Guy Jones
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Hil City
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Roy W. Blakeley Northinker
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Alfred Lofstead
Ida Rogers
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Sresley
Wworld
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Coflyer
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Banger
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Krhut's
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Neff School
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Tsam Phares
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