Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-07-29
Fresh beef at Bakers.
Good show for a feed crop.

John R. Wilson spent Sunday in
Hays.
Frank Strong was Kansas City
visitor the first of the week.
J. G. Hixson shipped car of cattle
to Kansas City Tuesday morning.
Owens ice cream in any quantity
the best of quality-at the o. K. II
Yankee Robinson's circus is show
ing along the line of the Rock Island.
Fritz Staatz and Harry Gearhart
went to Denver Monday morning on
the flyer.
For any pain, from top to toe,
from any cause, apply DIR. Thomas
Eclectic Oil.
Miss Mary Faulkner of Omaha,
Neb., is visiting her mother Mrs.
Hugh Faulkner northeast of town.
Mr. and Mrs H. Meyer were in
Hays and Ellis last Friday and at
tended the ball game at the latter
city.
We amt much on the brag but we
are of the opinion that we have the
best patch of sweet corn in the
county.
n. WiIkerson agent for Bakers Gel
ebrated extracts and remedies is call
ing on the farmers of Trego county
this week.
Attorney Beardsley was up from
Russell last Monday on business. He
reports good rains at Russell in the
last ten days.
Mrs. w. F. Swiggett was taken sud-
denly i'll with acute indigestion last
Friday night. At present writing
she is much better.
Doan's Regulets cure constipation
without gripping, nausea, nor any
weakening effect. Ask your druggist
for them. 25 cents per box.
Miss Minnie Sauer of Riverside
township visited her sister Mrs. HI.
Meyer the latter part of last week
returning home Monday morning.
Frank Wonner harvested twenty
six bushels of grasshoppers from ten
acres of alfalfa last week He used a
Mrs May Hamilton of Topeka ar
rived in the city Tuesday morning
from the west and is visiting her
mother Mrs. j. M. Rhoades who lives
on the Saline.
Two city tickets have been nomi-
mated in Utica. Tuesday Ira Shell
lenberger and n. G. Bollinger, of the
Peoples party, and Chas Fink and A
L. Miller, of the Citizens party, were
in Ness on business. County
News
During the thunder shower last
Saturday evening, John Franklin's
two-story house two miles west of
Togo, was struck by lightning and
burned to the ground. Fortunately
Mr.. F. carried an insurance policy,
the amount of which we did not
learn.
Chase Wilson, Wa-Keeney bank
cashier, his sister, Miss Mary, his
mother, Mrs. R. G. Wilson, and a
lady friend, Mrs. Hays, spent Tues
day visiting Rev. Brown of the Pres
byterian church. They have been
warm friends for nearly quarter of
century being early day residents
of Wa-Keeney. The party came over
in an auto.-Hill City Republican.
An Western Kansas editor went
into the newspaper business fifteen
years ago with fifteen cents and to-
day is worth 100000. This remarka-
BILE success was due to his peristant
hard work and natural newspaper
adaptibility and the further fact that
a rich uncle died a few months ago
leaving him s99, 1893. This must be
Deacon Walker of the Osborne Far
mer.
The boy stood on the burning deck
and didn't squeal or holler, although
the flames did scorch his neck and
crimp his paper collar; they called to
him: ''Oh, we entreat-jump over
board-you ought'erl" Says he: ''I'm
used to awful heat, but don't know
much of water;" and as his soul went
up in smoke (Oh, wasn't that pity2)
He gurgled: while wait to croak
I'll sing little ditty," and what he
said l can't repeat-'twaS half doz-
en- stanZas = condensed it meant;
"Who cares for heat; / spent last
month in Kansas Ex.
+ One of our friends, relates an ex-
change, in discussing the best story
in the Bible, says: ''It may surprise
you, but its about Noah and the