Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1894-11-17
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Thanksgiving the 10Th inst.
Put the turkeys on full feed
Colorado potatoes at Bestor's.
"A slight snow Saturday morning.
Bring your job work to this office
Go to F. w. Fishers for canned
goods.
Master Chase Wilson lost valuable
colt this week.
Congressman Baker is elected by
about 100 majority.
Teachers meeting to-day at the
county superintendent Office.
R. G. Wilson made business trip
to Grainfeld the first of the week.
Now that the election is over let's
stop talking politics and give thanks.
John Charvat, Western Union oper-
ator at Ellis, spent Sunday with his
parents.
Mrs. George 1. Verbeck visited with
her mother, Mrs. Walker, on the Saline
last week,
Judge Osborn and Stenogra pher
Rea attended court at Sharon Springs
Thursday.
j. B. Hogan left Wednesday even
ing for Willard, Mimi. He will be abb
sent three weeks.
Mr.. Morse is the night operator at
the depot He is a genial and accomo-
dating young man.
George v. York, of Collyer, expects
to do some railroading soon in the ca
pacity of brakeman.
More cattle and hogs have been
shipped out of Trego county this year
than any preceding year.
The ladies of the Baptist church will
give dinner and supper on Thanksgiv-
ing day. Everybody invited.
Mrs. A. Banks and two daughters
left Wednesday morning for Cawker
City. Kansas, their future home.
The following is the vote of Ellis
county on judge at the late election:
Saum, All; Monroe, 372; Gilkerson,
179; Rathbone, $685.
Mrs. Jones, who has been final
proof clerk in the land Office for the past
year left for her home in Oklahoma
Thursday morning. Abe Frakes' brother
of Dighton, succeeds her.
Topeka celebrated the redemption of
Kansas with bands of music, fire works,
blowing of tin horns, speeches, etc,
Tuesday evening. Wa-Keeney will cell
citrate the grand victory by painting the
opera block roof red.
Kate Fields Washington says shat
"every magazine reader is in duty
bound to read all the advertisements at
the back of the publication, as it is the
supposition that he will do this which
enables him to buy the magazine at less
than the cost of production"
--
Official government statistics Just
compiled show that the low price. of
wheat has developed the pork packing
interests in Washington state, and
places the number of hogs being fatten-
ed on wheat in Whitman county at 49,
600. Only Is to 20 cents per bushel is
H., /, e.,
The Golden Belt Educational asso-
citation meets at Hays City, Novem Der
Both and December 1st. Superintelnd-
ent Peacock is a member of the commit
tee on program. Prof. Opp is booked
for paper on Parental Visitation, It's
Uses and Abuses" A goodly number
of our teachers ought to attend. It
would be a good investment for the
school boards throughout the county to
give the teachers the time necessary to
go and allow full pay thereof.
An exchange says that city girl, in
writing to county friend, says: ct is
a fond dream of mine to become farm
er's wife and meander with him down
life's fowery pathway" Yes, that is a
nice thing to talk about; but when you
have lived on a farm and followed
this meandering business for month or
so, you will find wide chasm between
the dream and the reality. You will
think of this about the time your hus-
band meanders out and leaves you with
out any fuel, and you will have to mean
der around on the prairie hunting chips
with which to cook the dinner. And
when you meander around on the prairie
two or three hours after shutdown in
search of the cows you will have a deep
perception that fond dreams don't al !
ways pan out one hundred cents on the |
dollar, and that there are several mean
behring's in farm life that are not what
they are cracked up to be.
An amusing story is told of a West
Walnut street young lady, who, having
read strange tales of Summing in Lon
don, determined to visit Philadelphia |
own very tough slum district and see