Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-10-23
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W. B. CIPHER, of Riverside, was in
town on Monday.
DR.. Jones made a professional visit
to Fred Alters last Sunday.
TEACHERS! Come to the WORLD
office and get your report cards.
NJ Martin, south of town, will move
to Burlingame. Kansas, shortly.
Frank Cross and Peter Feezor. of
Glencoe, were in the city on Monday.
Mr.. Cook, who lives in the Ned
Ferris property, is working for A.
McAtee.
Dave Yoder ana Harry Easter
brook. of Ellis, were in the city last
Saturday.
Auctioneer Eppler and Hank Nor
ton, of the east side. were in town on
Thursday.
Chas Garrells. south of town, is
making arrangements to move to
Arkansas.
A. \. Johnson was initiated into
the mysteries of Odd Fellowship on
Wednesday evening.
A good hard coal burner and some
household furniture for sale cheap.
Inquire of John y. Nelson.
f. II. Burnham bought all the half
bred Berkshire pigs DR.. Jones had
last week. They are beauties.
Guy Hewitt, travelling salesman for
a st. Joe Hardware firm, was a guest
of the Ferris house, Wednesday.
F. II. Burnham, the grain and i'm
plement man. sold fourteen wagons
and twenty-five grain drills this fall.
DR.. Jones received last week a
registered Berkshire boar from Hope,
Kansas His sire weighes 1920 pounds.
DIR. Raffington, the dentist, will be
at Hotel Ferris. November 3. +. 5 and
6, prepared to do all lines of dentistry.
Quite a mum Ger of farmers were in
town Monday. All wore smiles on
account of the splendid rain of Satur-
day and Sunday.
The damp weather the first of the
week brought our Office towel into
ease" 1t refused to stand alone for
two or three days.
chased a thoroughbred Berkshire
boar of DR.. Jones. 1t took ten
dollar bill to get him.
DR.. Jones purchased a thorough
bred Berkshire sow of Judge Sutton.
of Russell. The sire of this SOW was
shipped from England
The appealed cases in the Supreme
court have Deen set down for hearing
at the January term and decision
Charles Folkers is enjoying a visit
from his brother of Sedgwick county
this state. They were in town Thurs
day and made WORLD a friendly call.
Joshua MuSgrave, of OgalIah town
ship, has purchased the quarter of
land just east of his farm for 81 per
acre. He will sow it to wheat this
fall.
Eric Lindberg, of Ogallah, was in
town Saturday having eXtentions
made to his grain drill. He made us
a call and renewed his faith in the
WORLD.
Hank Davis, former resident of Wa
keeney, writes from Hardtner. Kan
SaS, that he has sold his general store
there and will make Trego visit in
the near future.
Harry Evans, who is working for
Allen Stephens. on Big Creek dropped
in on us last Saturday evening and
subscribed for the WORLD. Harry is
a good boy and will make his mark in
the world.
The abundant rain of last Saturday
and Sunday was not an unmixed
blessing. ThreShing has been delay
ed The grain can not all be taken
from the straw, it is poorly cleaned,
and unfit for marketing.
The third quarterly conference of
the NJ. E. church of Wa-Keeney cir
cult will be held October 30 and 81, at
Ridgway school house. Let all re-
ports be in and full attendance of Off
cial board. E. E. Gunckel, pastor.
At the August examination in Ora
ham county about one-half of the APP
plicants failed and in Rush county
two-th1rdS was the proportion of I'M
lucky ones. What awful superin-
tendents those counties must have
Mr.. and Mrs. G. G. Yetter. of Ogal-
lab. were trading in the city on Mon
day. Mr.. Getter is one of the largest
wheat raisers in Ogallah township.
He has 240 acres of wheat up-4O
acres of which is two inches high and
covers the ground.
Walter Baker departed the first of
the week for Chicago where he will
take treatment with an eminent ply
stefan for curvature of the spine
Walter was hit in the back last win
ter by lump of coal and the mishap
has given him considerable trouble
0. Hankins, of the Saline, was in