Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1916-01-08

o. L. Cook spent a couple of days
in Russell this week on business.
Fl. E. Dixter left Thursday for a
visit with relatives in Norton, kans.
Chas Steinberger spent most of
the week in South Haven, Kans.. on
business.
Goto the new Garden Theater Sat
urday night. New equipment
throughout.-Adv.
After being confined to his room for
more than a week Abe Maxwell is
able o,be around again.
| Ernest Smith and sister, Miss
Blanch, returned Wednesday from
Atchinson, Kans-. where they visited
relatives.
For Sale-Prize Winning Rhode
Island Red Cockerels. Price 81 to 81.
Mrs. w. J. Beardwell. Phone GA
Adv. II If.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Powers of
Moberly. Mo, and Joe and Ed Pow
ers of Coilyer were guests at the A
c. Sellers home over Sunday The
boys are brothers of Mrs. Sellers
For -Sale-250 last years hens ard
this years full grown pullets at 81 90
per dozen: full blood Red Rock and
Plymouth Rock cock erels at soc each;
> ducks at soc each. A. Maxwell, l
mile southeast of town Adv IS St
The happiest man in town was Joe
Poffenberger; barber, Jim Killfoil,
THURSDAY morning. His wife and
babies arrived from Topeka and are
domiciled in Mrs. Chalk:s cottage
north of A. J. Ellermeyer's residence.
The Fl. o. A. society met with Mrs.
7. B. Hays last Wednesday and had
an enjoy able time. The out of town
guests were: Mrs. Frank Mccormick
of Twin Falls. Idaho, Mrs. Judd Yet
ter of Topeka, and Mrs Rhoades of
Council Bluffs, Iowa.
Graham County students at the
Hays Normal returned from their
vacation via Wa-Keeney Monday
evening. Among them were Robert,
Mary. Ethel and Ira Spencer, Garland
Wonker. Mary Sandlin. Blanche Bell,
James Cans. Raymond Welty, Erma.
Frank, and Edward Law, Charles and
Matte Daisy.
Sheriff E. W. Altman believes the
old adage that the early bird catches
the worm and hereby announces that
he will again be a candidate for the
nomination of sheriff of Trego county
To
and has made a competent officer.
He is always on the job and has not
in any instance neglected his duties.
1t will be no mistake on the part of
the people to give Sheriff Altman the
nomination.
1. T. Purcell and j. w. Phares
have been able this week to prove
that the new straw spreader which
they purchased from the Mason Camp
bell company of Minneapolis, Mimi,
is success. Not conserving the
straw in this country for practical
purposes has been som ewhat of a
problem which may find its solution
in the new invention which the above
gentlemen are the first to
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as much of a success as it is thought |
to be it will doubtless prove great
benefit to the farmers of Trego
county.
During the holiday season Mr.. Otis
L. Benton of Oberlin remembered the
editor of the World with handsome
copy of sThe Beauties of Friendship
by Samuel Francis Woolard. 1t is a
very attractively arranged little book
of choice verses, numbering about
sixty pages. 1t contains extracts from
all verse writers fro N Shakespeare to
Emerson and there are many gems of
rare and beautiful thought on the
great subject of true friendship Mr.
Benton has our sincere thanks for
this kindly remembrance to this
office.
Dan Koleber, the IS year old son of
George Kohleber, died suddenly at
the home of his uncle near Russell.
Thursday. The young mans home
was in this county and he had been
assisting his relatives with their
work He was attacked with an
affiiction of the throat two years
ago and taken to the hospital and
| returned pronounced cured. On
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