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Newspaper
Western Kansas World
Location
Wakeeney, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1908
Page
2
Harry Smith returns home in South Trego while Lillie Brown attends Willcox school and Mrs. Rogers visits. Neighbors report frequent Sunday calls, threshing work, homestead filings, and moves around Lemarr, Wa Keeney, and nearby farms. Widespread social activity includes weddings, visits, and family updates across the region.
Several Bosna residents attended Simpson's sale. Daisy Hall helps Mrs Hawkes this week. Jess Hood visiting relatives in Paola Kansas. Joe Zeman buying cattle in Bosna area. Marion Conley on a business trip to Scott City. Stelle Yewell and daughter Marjorie visited Bosna. Raymond Buell and spouse left for Wallace County. Mayme Biehbler visited sister in Gove County. Dr M J Brown to be in American House Saturday September 12 for eye ear nose throat exams. Glasses fitted.
A fragment notes a service issue tied to Saturés entered in June for the SPeee service. The readable portion suggests a scheduled or recurring entry but lacks clear context or full details.
Dry sultry weather follows infant burial as Collyer residents note large school attendance and creeping illness rumors. Town events include German class entertainment, a successful millinery opening, charity visits for a new hospital, and a prominent toy threshing machine. Local mischief, a jigging mishap, and DeWitt’s Little Early Risers closing with ad copy.
Fragmentary OCR notes show W. Cox spending Sunday in Wa within a rainy context. The brief item hints at a local social detail without full names or dates.
Keene y J M Zeman threshing around Voda this fall. A G Schwanbeeck shipped a car of cattle to Kansas City. P Reidel of St Peter delivered wheat to the Voda elevator. Wheat quality improving. J Erhot plans a Nebraska claim. Colorado claim back. W A Mongs father back in Lincoln county from California visit. Local residents visit W D Austins. Sunday school growing. Old Stormy of Palco praised as western Kansas writer. Kodak advertised as stomach aid by W W Gibson.
Patchy rural column reports improved condition of Mrs Berry’s boy and pleasant news from Bloody Run. Mentions Chas Grimm’s schooling, Mr Sommerville’s visits, sick child under care of a doctor, James Finch buying a threshing machine, George Christenson’s Lincoln county trip, the Dugan infant’s death, and local city marshal delaying a prominent citizen during a melons inspection. Also notes a county attorney candidate Jno Nelson and a boastful claim by a Texas broncho rider. Local gossip tone with casual humor.
The piece notes extreme heat and drought harming corn, with threshing nearly finished. It mentions Prank Katina threshing for D. J Gugler, Rev. Chambers taking a theological course in Salina, Mrs. Chambers filling his Ridgway appointment, and residents asking if a bridge across Spring Creek west of Elis will be built after several commission meetings. Residents complain taxes seem high and question funding for the bridge.
For sale northwest quarter of section 32 township 10 range in Graham county fenced ne quarter buys if taken at once address N W Miller Lordsburg California
Market ended strong on steers and steady to weak on cows with 24 000 head run yesterday including 3000 calves. next day supply 25 000 head with 4000 calves, heaviest run this year. Cattle shipments and slaughter totals cited, prime steers at 7.60, corn fed 5.90 to 6.75, hogs near 6.95 top, lambs 5.25 to 5.60, stockers and feeders noted, extensive western sheep and lamb activity reported.
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