Local briefs from Wa-Keeney area and beyond
E F Sullivan optician to be at American House October 2. Various residents travel to Kansas City for stock shows and social events. Several farms sell land, houses under construction, and nearby deeds. Court actions, marriages, and local club meetings noted along with sales of cattle and calves to Royal stock show entries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. F. Sullivan
Optician
American House
Jim Finch
Kansas City
G. Billings
Sons and Daughters of Justice
I. 0. O. F. Hall
Wa-Keeney
J. A. Bonpugant
Sweet potatoes and apples unloaded by Heckman Produce
A varied local scene includes A P Hinshaw purchasing his brother Tom's residence as he heads to Clay Center for mercantile work, John Jones renting Geo Verbeck's home, Clade Martin shipping two cars of black calves to Kansas City, and a note on Miss Lula Neal's marriage in Ellis Kansas. Also items on a sale frame house plot, Venus and Jupiter event, and a funeral in Elizabeth Colorado.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. A. McConnell
Hume, Mo
W. W. Wingert
Ogallah
McConnell
Ogallah Township
Cox
A.P. Hinshaw
Tom
Clay Center
John Jones
Grinnell
Geo. J. Verbeck
Clade Martin
Kansas City
Harm Schneider
Travelogue from Wa Keeney to California in 1908
Dear editor describes a western trip from Wa Keeney to Denver Cheyenne Salt Lake City Los Angeles and Fowler California. Highlights include Salt Lake Mormon temple organ details Long Beach whale skeleton and a fishing catch by his son Ben. The letter invites readers to visit California and ends with a cordial sign-off by D. B. Puron.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Powler
Cali
Ben
Wa Keeney
Denver
Cheyenne
Wyoming
Rawlins
Ogden
Salt Lake City
Great Mormon Temple
Salt Palace
Senator Brown
Brigham
Salt Lake
Los Angeles
Hol
Mr. Murray
Tilton & Baloon
Long Beach
San Pedro
Venice
Santa Monica
Southern Pacific Railway
Fowler
California
D. B. Puron
Painting prices and paint quality puzzle posed to teachers
A letter to R W Blakley discusses paint value and quantity. It questions costs of Devoe paint versus other brands, the meaning of true and false or short measure paint, and the high prices paid for paint quality. The note promotes selling by Gleason & Marshall and mentions Verbeck Lucas Huycke firms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Devoe
FW Dever & Co
New York
Chicago
Kansas City
Verbeck & Lucas Paul Huycke & Co
Ogallah
Mound City
Horse Shoe Brand
Tod
Weather report from WaKeeney shows mild week
Government thermometer readings list daily highs and lows for the week ending Wednesday with temperatures around the teens to sixties. October weather is described as fine with no frost, bright and dry. Also included are a rural anecdote about a boy asking when his soul goes to heaven and a brief ad for pickled pork at Baker's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wakeeney
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Royal Grape
B. Roloson
Lorimer
Collyer
J. J. Keraus
S. M. Hutzel
D. B. Fulton
Ben Rogers
Gleason & Marshall
Roy Hammett
Schroyer
Kansas
H. E. Purdy
Milt Warner
Geo. M. Ufford
Rebekah Lodge
Salina
W. H. Swiggett
Federal Court
Levenworth
Abott Rare
Mr. Noll
Quinter
Harry Gearhart
Brown
A. Lopp
W.T. Lithechild
Bob Kirk
W. W. Gibson
Hastings
Ellis
Benner School House
E. D. Benson
Louis Morell
Herman Rinker
Nebraska
Wa- Keeney
Edith Scott
Irene Lucas
Elma Barnes
Hays
Sheriff Drummond
H. EB. Tripp
Wa-Keeney Lodge L 0.C. FP
Sullivan,Optician
Wa-Keeney State Bank
C. J. Ferris
Washington
Big Creek Hall
Hannah Wagner
Barham
Iowa
Lokie
Kankakee, Tl
Jnc. A. Nelson
W.E. Crabill
Plattsmouth
Nebr
Presbyterian Ladies Aid Society
T. B. Hays
H. F. Osterkamp
Ladies’ Good Will Society
F. P. Lucas
F. &. Burnham
Cook
Dean
Weiler Jardinieres
W. E. Crabill
Chas. Lofstead
Baptist Church
F. M. Brokaw
Larabee
J. J. Kerans
G. W. Marshal
Clit Baker
Guy Jones
Eva Philbrook
Albert T. Holmes
Pearl Blacksome
South Side
Trego House
Heckman
Peter DeBoer
J. R. Wilson
L. Schmidt
Mr. de Boer
Oregon
Pat O'Toole
Pat
Everett Kemp
Sevenoaks
Jim Fenton
Paul Benedict
Mike Conlin
Kesiah Butterworth
Mr. Balfour
Mr. Cavendish
Mrs. Snow
Trepper Fenton
Conlin
Theo Johnson
Emil Johnson
Otto Colberg
Chas Nelson
B. W. Allman
Floyd Brongardner
Riverside
Harry Chase
Wm. Nelson
Peacock
McCoy
Clay County
Nelson
Johnson
Long
Daughters and Sons of Justice
Heckman Produce Co
Oliver Penny
Lula Neal
Ellis, Kans
Margaret Mosbaugh
Cambridge City
E. Swiggett
Idaho
Venus
Jupiter
Observatio
Court House
A. L. Gleason
Lou
Ray
Elizabeth
Colo
Mr. Gleason
Gleason
R. W. Blakley
Wa Keeney, Kans
Verbeck & Lucas
L. S. Myerly
M. W. Mason
R. Hine
Little Newman
Baker's
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