Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-07-22
Fresh beef at Bakers.


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S. J. Straw made a professional trip
to Cove City last Friday.
This office got out a pretty year
book for the Locust Club this week.
Mrs. Morgan Mason and children
are visiting at Boulder, Colo, this
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Maben enjoyed visit
at Stockton, their former home, this
week.
E. Cunningham, our genial hotel
man, is enjoying a visit from sister
from Columbus, Ohio.
Topeka is having real smallpox
scare as well as a Dawson-Stubbs
controversy to deal with these days
L. E. Terry and family are enjoy
ing visit from Miss Wolverton a
niece of Mr.. Terry's whose home is
in Salina.
Tom Scott of Oakley visited his
sister Mrs. E A. Courtney this week.
Tom says Wa-Keeney looks pretty
good to him.
Miss Celia Cutler, assistant cashier
and stenographer for the Wa-Keeney
State Bank, is spending her vacation
with home folks north of Ogallah.
Agent r. E. Morse and wife will
soon return from Colorado and go to
Salina to visit. Bob wants to put in
his full month before he goes beck to
work.
Our friend A. ]. johnson has been
quite seriously ill at the home of his
daughter, Mrs. w. F. Stranahan
We hope Mr.. Johnson will be able to
be around soon.
County Clerk Larabee's new home
is nearing completion and is one of
the finest in our city being beautiful
ly finished and equipped with every
modern convenience.
Last Monday special train passed
through Wa-Keeney carrying the
cavalry troops of Wyoming back to
camp from border maneuvers. The
train was heavily loaded.
Thursday the Wa-Keeney ball club
went to Ellis and played the Air
Dome club of that city. Our boys
won in the tenth inning by score of
8 to I. 'Rah for 'Keeney.
Ruben Haffa threshed ninty acres
of wheat this week which averaged
13 bushels to the acre. Is acres was
new ground and Is acres old. This
is good yield for this year.
Some of the fellows had pretty
hard luck with their autos getting
beck from the ball game at Cove
City Tuesday night, most of the cars
were in for repairs next day.
Tuesday night pretty good show
er fell as Secretary Coburn would say
delayed precipitation which was
gratefully received. 1t is reported
that some of the streams were out of
their banks Wednesday morning.
Alfred Lofstead, who has been
working for his brother Charley at
the carpenter trade for several weeks
returned to his homestead near Flag
Ter, Colo, Tuesday evening. The
World will keep him posted on Trego
county affairs.
Inc nOg business continues gOOQ
despite the dry weather. Last Mon
day, regular shipping day, Rhoades 81
Hixson shipped nearly five carloads
of hogs to the Kansas City market.
They paid about five thousand dollars
for them which shows that there is
still some money in circulation. Hogs
are not as high by good deal as
they were this time last year.
On Monday morning Mr.. and Mrs.
w. H. Damn, accompanied by their
daughter and son, left for eastern
Kansas where they will visit before
their return to Maryland. Mr.. and
Mrs. Damn enjoyed their visit here
very much, renewing old time ac-
quaintances and friends and were
very much pleased with the changes
and improvements in Wa-Keeney.
Their many friends hope they may
visit our little city again in the near
future. They have been gone from
Wa-Keeney about eighteen years.