Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-06-27

Wonder if bachelor Dave Hanna,
our handsome lieutenant governor,
will not follow suit or trump the trick
of Governor Bailey.
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A correction: W. T. Hunters lum-
Der yard occupied the present site of
+. P. Lucas yard in 1879. E. l.. Rob-
erts started a yard in 1873, but it was
farther north or near w. S. Meads
livery barn. Send in your corrections.
They will be gladly received.
xfx
In 1879 Collver had citizen by the
name of Bierbower. That could not
have been Will Bower do you think?
Twenty three years ago the Wa
Keeney WORLD claimed to be ''the
oldest paper between Hays City and
Denver" with ''circulation over g.
OOO." 1t is now the Western Kansas
World and older than ever, but / pre-
sumo that the circulation Is still lit
tie below four thousand.
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The flood at Lawrence left Congress
man Bowersock dam by his mill-site
but he has no mill by D. con-
siderable.
I saw a bachelors washing on the
line early, very early, this week Now
don't ask me who as / won't tell only
he is a flood sufferer
Theodore had never seen the town
site of old Trego so l waltzed her out
there Sunday and let her view the
remnants. 1t was quite a walkfor an
invalid but we made the round trip,
two and one-half miles, in two hours.
l can't get over the ground as L used
to but Pm gaining. Last year L could
not walk a block. Next year 1 may
walk out to the farm again, if do
not stop at the cemetery.
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/ have often wondered why one of
our best citizens keeps jug away up
on top of his water tank but 1 haven't
the courage to ask him. Seems to me
that is poor place to get jug filled
and mighty unhandy place to keep
it, zoo.
The Union Pacific depot in Wa Kee-
ney cost SIS, 900 of which Warren, Kee-
ney s. Co. contributed three-fourths.
1t was built in 1879.
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The first blacksmith and wagon shop
In Wa-Keeney was built early in 1878.
1t was on the south side of the track,
southeast of Diebold's lumber yard,
and was run by A. l.. Cook and G. c.
Van Horn.
Pastime is a compound of two words
from which we have dropped one SIS"
and the hyphen. Such are called
permanent" compounds. Wa-Keeney
is a contracted compound of two prop
er names, Warren & Keeney, but we
still retain the hyphen and capital X
1t has been In use more than twenty
five years. 1t it not time to spell it
Wakeeney.
The old, tumble-down, frame and
stone building on the south side of
Russell avenue east of the Americas
hotel was built in July, 1879, ana be-
longed to u. Barclay. Late in that
year it (theY) was occupied by the fam
ily of Captain w. J. Hunter, receiver
of the q. S. Land Office They came
here from HAYS but were formerly
from Manhattan. There was wind
mill on the south part of the lot at
that time. Dr. t. ]. Upshaw lived
here in the spring of 1888 but L believe
the place has not been used as a resi-
dence for several years
So
A call for mass meeting of the
Republicans of IRE 20 coIn.y was is
sued in 1879. OF the 4S signatures at
tached to the call recognize but
three as the names of citizens now
living here. They are G. c. Yetter.
w. c. Olson and w. S. Mead. The full
list may be found reprinted i'm the
World of September 10, 1891.
Buffalo steaks and roasts at It. p.
valiie's meat market r-(World of
December, 1871
Early files of the World give Mrs. c.