Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-08-22
Kansas Notes


a Talmage sermon of last Sunday in
its plate miscellany.
1.-THE only blot on the Wathena
Chautauqua," says the Troy Chief.
was the Burton-Tillman disgrace"
A member of the Blonde and Bru-
nette club in Barton county says the
only outdoor sport she enjoys is
bridge
Jewell City takes pardonable pride
in a boy who is able to eat green corn
without putting both elbows on the
table.
A doctor in Scandis returned death
certificate with his signature on the
wrong line. 1t was on the space lett
for cause of DEATH"
The Minneapolis Messenger is rum
ming department of Choice Chunks
of Chaff and Chatter Clipped From
Our Cheerful Changes"
.'Tyro." who still writes ably for the
Fredonia Citizen, complained that the
cellar of the Gold Dust hotel "con-
tinues to emit ambrosia1 odors."
A girl from Peabody is taking vocal
lessons in Kansas City and s home
paper is authority for the statement
that 'sher voice is coming out fine
The Clyde Republican is authority
for the statement that Karl Christian
Frederick Vascen Luerdensjldi has APP
piled to have his name changed to
John Anderson.
A 'plain drunk who was fined $40
in Topeka last week gives expression
to his gladness that he did not have
an open work jag trimmed with point
lace and plated up the back
w. B. Trembly of Kansas City, Vas,
hn <>f d
point of historical dispute Saturday by
falling from the James street bridge
over the Kaw and proving that he
could swim.
raise of several feet in the Smoky
Hill river caused many settlers to flee
to the hills. They were encouraged
by the Riley Regent, which exclaimed:
Come up higher. dear people; there's
plenty of room at the top"
Linwood is planting the seed for a
Town Row One faction wants ~
move the town a quarter of a mile
north. where it will be out of the way
OF the next flood. The other faction
wants to stay where it is. The council
stands 2 to q The case has been taken
into the courts.
Congressman Botkin of Winfield.
kas.," has broken into the Kansas
papers again with his thrilling story
OF now he was cured of catarrh after
twenty-five years of suffering. Mr..
Botkln served one term in Congress.
from 1896 to 1898, but the patent mcdi-
cine testimonial goes on forever.
An osborne county boy says his en-
ployer is 'the best man in the world
TO work for. He gives him until mid
night to get the chores done and calls
MIN up plenty early enough in the
morning to milk seven cows and feed,
curry and harness six horses before
breakfast.
From the Confessions" of Father
Beck of the Ho1ton Recorder: ..I have
written good many things that at
the time of writing would have taken
an oath were original, but after read
ing them in print 1 was mortified to
remember vaguely that I had some
There read them and had been guilty.
Of theft
"a very small basket" says Cover
nor Riddle, might hold the product
when some people collect their
thoughts
Junction City had another Jail de-
livery this week, and "steps are be-
ing taken" to catch up with the es-
capped prisoners.
In order. to draw a crowd out to
the mid-week prayer meeting a church
in Mound Branch, Elk county, serves
ice cream and cake after the service.
Almena is to have an Alfalfa car
nival soon, and Tom Cordry wants
the management to hurry and engage
Judge Haymaker of Wichita to do the
speechmaking.
A Leayenworth man has g. Bible that
was printed in the year 1864 and is
still in a good state of preservation,
but in Leavenworth Bibles are not
subjected to very hard usage.
There is none too poor to outbid
of the chair of chemistry at the State
Agricultural college has accepted an
offer from a small college in Ripton
Wis.
AS soon as the report becomes gen.
orally circulated that $3.50 a. month is
spent for tobacco for the conyicts in
the state penitentiary a delegation
from the w. C. T. q. is sure to call
upon the governor.
Ed Hoch of the Marion Record ac-
cused Charles F. Scott of the lola
Register of using the word don't
when doesn't" should be used. "And
this" replies Mr.. Scott. from an edi-
tor who thinks thoughts
"Canton's new band a paper says.
sis doing good work." but it is hoped
it is not following the policy of all