Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1913-12-20
Ransom

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part of the week.
Mrs. w. E. Brown was transacting
business in our town last Monday.
Mrs. Bird Johannes of Garden City
was visiting relatives here the past
week.
G. F. Edwards from Ness City was
in town few minutes last Tuesday
evening.
Mrs. J. G. Kraus visited her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. E. Doerschlag last
Monday.
w. A. Doerschlag went out to his
farm northwest of town the first of
the week.
All of our merchants have some
beautiful displays in their windows
this week.
Bert Tilley has got his ice house all
finished and is ready for some good
freezing weather now.
Edw c. Doerschlag and Will Haug
made business trip to Wa-Keeney
the fore part of the week.
Mr.. and Mrs. JIG. Marcy of north
of the river were in town Saturday
trading with our merchants.
The town basket ball team have
their ground all fixed up and are
practicing industriously these days.
There was car of corn on track
this week and was rapidly hauled out
by the farmers of the neighborhood.
Miss Vermillion from Missouri, a
niece of John Vermillion is visiting
her uncle and family at present
writing.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. A. Barley and
Mr. and Mrs. w. A. Doerschlag spent
Thursday evening with Mr.. and Mrs
John Kellogg.
Saturday was hog day in Ransom
and a large number of farmers
brought in their hogs selling them to
A. A. Rassicot.
We. West of Mountain View, Mo-,
formerly resident of this place was
here a few day last week on business
and visited friends.
While playing basket ball the other
day Lee Schrieber, John Schneider
and Walter Doerschlag got their
heads together; black eyes and bruises
being the result.
The Xmas season is again with US
and it seems as though we have
hardly had time to forget about the
last one till this one came. AS one
grows older time flies faster-if you
keep busy.
! Representative G. L. Wilson of
Tribune, Greeley county, Kans., came
over from Wa-Keeney auto last
Saturday to take the train west from
here and visited with Mr.. and Mrs.
Jno. Kellogg while here.
Several of the roads leading into
town have had the road drag on them
and are certainly in fine shape. There
is no instrument that we have seer
that will give as good result as the
road drag after wet weather.
Several of the boys who have beer
skating on the lake ventured out tt
the center the other morning while
the ice was still firm and in getting
back got ducking, which all goes t.
show that the ice isn't the best a.
yet.
There was large attendance a
the Epworth League in the NJ. E
J church last Sunday which was led b.
Mrs. G. Scherzinger. Miss Bum vii
lead the meeting next Sunday night
! The topic being the Xmas lesson
Everybody welcome.
We supposed that when the aut
and motor owners paid the extra tax
: that there would be a lot of draggin
done on the roads, it seems tina
i we were mistaken Can some one in
) form us what has been done With tn
money.
We think that Miss Elsie Tile
mas the distinction Of being th
: editor of one of the unique newsps
pers in the country, 4s-every Monda
. evening after collecting all locs
items of interest from her acquain-
ances in town and country, she neatl
writes out a little paper for the bens
fit of her aged grandfather John il
: hannes, who on account of age is uI
able TO get out among his friends an
yet is interested in their affairs.