Old Si quips on names and a canary’s hallway escapade
In a colorful column a quirkily named figure jokes about if his name were Hand cuff and recounts a canary kept in town slipping into a sugar bowl then dipping in a salt cellar. The piece shifts to tax talk noting rising tax receipts in Trego county, a long history of tax gripes, and local rates including Wa-Keeney and Riverside with commentary by Dick TaoRara. It ends with an ad for Dr King’s New Life Pills highlighting relief from headaches and digestive ills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wa- Keeney
Wa-Keeney
Ogaliah
Collyer
Franklin
Glencoe
Dr. King
Mall
H. K. Bucklen & Co
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Adv
Birds and school notes from Trego county columns
The Teachers' Column lists enrollments attendances and tardiness for districts including Nos 1 2 4 11 18 24 29 41 with Miss Cross Connelly Synge and Neff among others. A long passage explains birds: classes roles feather color migration nesting and care. A short tale of Little Tommy the cat ends the fragment with Eva and Tommys adventures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. A. Coffman
L. H. Damon
Miss. Nemeyer
Miss Marts
North Glencoe
Tardine
Miss Cross
South Glencoe
Miss Connelly
Miss Synge
Mary Neff
Susie Acre
Tommy
May Tilton
Grace
Eva
Trego County
Susie Acre Teac
Bank Promises Sleep Benefit for Depositors
A bank advertises a sleep friendly benefit, inviting customers to bring money and implying comfortable terms. The offer ties funds to a restful experience, signaling a promotional angle rather than a standard banking service.
Skirt cleaning and dyeing offered for persistent wear
When skirts become soiled send them for dry cleaning. Process removes soil without harming fabric, freshens and brightens, removes wrinkles, and makes skirts look like new. Cleaning and pressing a skirt costs 75 cents, with options to dye faded skirts to look like new.
S. J. Straw Commissioners Proceedings at Keeney
Keeney Kan October 14 1913 special meeting chaired by John McNaughton A H Hamm and S A Newcomer present. Dr W Herrick appointed truant officer and John Marey Tom Kite John Olson named appraisers for school land in section 36 township 14 range 25. County Treasurer C M Bell accounts audited. Sunday services and Thanksgiving service announced at local Methodist church with sermons and music. Wa Keeney State Bank advertises farm loan services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ia Keeney
Kan
John McNaughton
A. H. Hamm
W. ¥. Herrick
John Marey
Tom Kite
John Olson
C. M. Bell County
Ora
Committee to judge top student compositions
At school year end a five member committee will select five best writings from throughout the year and awards will go to the authors. Full particulars will be published later.
Thanksgiving Day services at Ogallah Methodist church
Announcement notes Thanksgiving Day observance at the Ogallah Kansas Methodist church at 2 p m inviting all interested to attend and participate in expressions of thanks for blessings received during the past year. Local businesses will close during the services as directed by the committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ogallah
Kans
Thanksgiving prayers and weather notes from 1913 Collyer Kans
A mixed item reports a Thanksgiving prayer urging gratitude amid war and disaster, followed by a Wa-Keeney weather summary for the week ending Wednesday noon. The page then lists an event schedule for the Trego County Teachers Association in Collyer, Kans on November 22, 1913, with program items and speakers. Also included is an 1885 Hall's Catarrh Cure advertisement with sworn statement by Frank J. Cheney of Toledo Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank
Cheney
FL J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Hall
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C. O. Courtney
Uncle Heck
Garden City
Dick TaoRara
Wa-Keeney State Bank
Hosier
S. J. Straw
Commissioners
C. HL Besson
South Et Ra
Epworth League
P. M
Ethel Nemeyer
Elizabeth Hoisington
Vernon M. Reppert
State of Ohio
City of
Lucas County
Frank J. Cheney
Smart
W. Qleason
J. Cheney
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