Collyer Notes Warm Days Wish Rain In Grainfield Trip
Collyer column reports warm weather with a wish for rain as residents recall a recent Grainfield ball game trip and note several local business changes. It covers church services, visiting neighbors, a furniture store headlined by C C Hickman, a St Michael's church fundraising exhibition, and efforts to boost church patronage. Also mentions tragedies and community events including the death of Henry B Van Seyoe and Roy Powers’s farming accident with medical updates and ongoing recovery hopes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grainfield
Joe Bachura
Jas
Frank Yanda
St. Michael's Church
George
Henry Glantz
Delecek
Wu Keeney
Collyer
Jesse Kessler
C. C. Hickman
O'Toole
B. O'Dwyer
LaCerte
Roy Powers
Henry B. van Seyoe
Mr. VanSeyoc
Roy
Wheat Sowing Starts Amid Dry Spell In Voda County
Farmers prepare to sow wheat as drought slows plowing. Ralph Kristoff visits Collyer. T Schimkowitsch threshes. Jim Zeman threshes for Lee Centivors. Wheat yields about five bushels per acre in Voda County. Carrie Stradal attends Normal in Hays City. Banra Schwanbeck improving and due home soon. A rural route petition circulates for Collyer including Voda and Banner. Will Cox visits. he is told not to come again. Mr. and Mrs. R Owen host a picnic with light refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Zeman
Lee
Voda
Carrie Stradal
Hays City
Banra
Mrs. R. Owen
Daily Roundup of Local Visits and Home News
Sunday activities and visits across the neighborhood include Miss Sadie Biehler at home, Baker and family visiting Wm Sumit, Will Wollner painting J B biehler’s house, Mr and Mrs John Chalk at F M Epperly’s, and the Rey Rhule party from Republic City, Neb. Myrna Biehler heads to Wa-Keeney for high school, Edna Hall returns from Ransom, and Uncle Tom’s Cabin drew crowds in Wa Keeney. C S Gossett holds 100 acres of sod to seed to wheat in section 19 13 24. applications to John W Spena Wa Keeney Kan.
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Sadie Biehler
Cc. B. Baker
Wm Sumit’s
Will Wollner
J. B. Biehler
John Chalk
F. M. Epperly
Rey Rhule
Republic City
Neb
Willard Rhule
Myma Biehler
Wa-Keeney
Flossie Snyder
Hoobler
Edna Hall
Ransom
Wa Keeney
J. R. Guilbert
Hays
Mrs. Haas
Rose Biehler
Grainfield
H. F. Stimits
C.S. Gossett
John W. Spena
Kan
Riverside Labor Day and field events mix with town news
Wm Roundtree visited Ellis and engine repairs occurred after a broken cog wheel on the Smoky river trip. Mrs. Thomas Ryan and child ren attended Labor Day celebrations. John Colberg of Denver visits Riv er side among friends. The Labor Day picnic drew a crowd though the Riverside Coyotes game against the Ogalish Blues was canceled due to players’ trips. A comic parade, three clowns, and a fat man's race entertained attendees with musical bells and humorous feats.
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Wm Roundtree
Ellis
Thomas Ryan
Israel Roser
Mr. Keagy
Riverside
Roundtree
John Colberg
Denver
Win Roundtree
Smoky River
Riverside Coyotes
Ogalish Blues
Coyotes
Aene
Seis
Peterson
Ed Wagner
Elihu Allman
J. P. Holmquist
Guy Blakely
Track meet fun and rough finish at Omaha fair
Judges crowned Ed Wagner first money and Elihu Allman second in the main event. Holmquist vanished after a jackrabbit chase toward Omaha. Billie LaShell won the free-for-all foot race with Rinker second. Reynolds won the sack race with Roberts second. Holtzinger led the fast horse race over Harvey with Harvey second. Blues beat Mundhens 15 to 11 in the bell game. Crowd left around six, promising to return next year.
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Ed Wagner
Elihu Allman
Holmquist
Omaha
Neb
Billie Lashell
Rinker
Reynolds
Roberts
Hedspeth
Will Harvey
Claud Ryan
Emil Johnson
Clarence Holtzinger
Holtzinger
Harvey
Blues
Mundhens
Dry district No 11 schools to begin next Monday
The district No 11 schools open next Monday as some farmers along the line finish plow work. E W Allman walked Bills sidewalks last Saturday. Several attended the Denver excursion. A W Hixson of Ogallah township bought hogs. East-side farmers attended Nenner sale. Leo Germann B E and Earl Purbeck hi wheat crops threshed. Roy Cross returns to Kansas City. Dr Thomas Electric Oil advertised as cheap accident insurance and wound healer.
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East Side
Leo Germann
B. E
Earl Purbeck
Roy Cross
Kansas City
American Flag for Every Kansas School House Offer
The Kansas Farmer publisher offers to supply a free American flag to every school district in the state, citing 1907 legislation chapter 319 and inviting districts to write for details. Mention is made of broader notes on marriage and family life as editorial aside.
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Kansas
Kansas Farmer
Topeka
Eye and Ear Surgeon Visit at American House
Dr. M. Jay Brown of Salina will be at the American House Saturday September 14 to treat eye ear nose and throat diseases and to fit glasses. He is prepared to perform medical and surgical care for these conditions.
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M.jay Brown
Salina 2
American House
Doan's Kidney Pills End Kidney Ailments
Wa Keeney reader John Reddig reports his wife found relief from backache and urinary issues after taking Doan's Kidney Pills from W W Gibson's drug store. The ad promotes Doan's as the sole kidney remedy, priced 50 cents, by Foster Milburn Co of Buffalo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fata Bright
Doan
Wa-Keeney
John Reddig
Kan
Dean
W.W. Gibson
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
United States
Doan's
Library Notes on Local Club and Library News
Locust club members and library patrons learn the library is managed by the public library's librarian. The year’s terms will be published after the Tourist Club’s first meeting on September 13. New library cards will be issued. Mrs. Herbert Baker donated books to the library including Tattlings of Retired Politish Crissy King of the Golden River Ruskin The Heart of Toil Thanet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Baker
Politish Crissy
Golden River
Ruskin
Cured Hay Fever and Summer Cold with Foley’s Honey and Tar
A Batesville, Inc. customer writes that a summer cold and hay fever symptoms troubled him for months before Foley’s Honey and Tar in the yellow package cured him quickly. He adds his wife also used it with success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A.d.Nusbaum, Batesville, Inc
Foley
Gibson
Hog Patients Offered by Salina Seed Company
If you are feeding any hog, drop a postal card to the Edward Lot Feed and Seed Company in Salina Kansas for information about their Hog Patients and how it can help you.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Lot
Feed & Seed Company
Salina
Kansas
Poley’s Kidney Cure Promises Kidney and Bladder Relief
OF Interest to Many. Poley’s Kidney Cure will cure any case of kidney or bladder trouble that is not beyond the limits of human endurance. This ad-style claim highlights a remedy offered to readers seeking relief from urinary ailments.
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Poley
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Ross & Waldo
Ogallah
C.D. Yetter
J H. F. Osterkamp
Ralph Kristoff
T. Schimkowitsch
BOSNA
Thomas
Fivcky
Rocky Monier
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