Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1917-08-23

Henry Johnston was here this week
from Topeka on business trip.
Ralph Kristof shipped car load of
cattle from Voda to Kansas City last
Sunday morning.
Room and board for four school
boys. SIG. Mrs C. z. Seeley, Wa-Kee-
ney, Kans. Adv. 16.
Lee Palmer came up from Ellis on
Wednesday afternoon to watch the
ladies base ball game.
Lost-A ladies paraso1 Wednesday.
Was taken from the court house. Not
ify Ruth Bingham. Adv. 26 1t.
The city school building is being re-
paired and cleaned up, getting in
shape for the fall term of school.
AL Hendricks, the city drayman,
spent the first of the week at Wichita
as guest at the home of his mother.
S. J. Straw and Miss Bessie LARA
bee, of the Straw furniture store, tran
sacted business and visited at Ellis
Tuesday.
Mrs. J. H. Gunckel came out from
Ellis Tuesday for visit at the home
of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. J. T.
W. Cloud.
Victor Newland, foreman and Limo
type man of the Russell Record, spent
Sunday in Wa-Keeney and took in the
ball game in the afternoon.
John Spena unloaded another car
| load of Fords this week and consid-
ers himself lucky to have been able
to get them.
Mrs. Hattie Fuller has been quite
i'll at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Cor
rell this week and at thisswriting is in
critical condition.
Miss Clara Sprenger came over
from Quinter Monday and spent. a
couple of days in this city as the
guest of Miss Ruth Bingham and Miss
Beth Parsons.
Poultry Wanted-For exhibition at
the coming Trego county fair. Liberal
premiums are offered on all breds
recognized by the American Stan
dard of Perfection.
Notice the Ogallah Chautauqua adj
vertisement in this issue. The pro-
gram is good one. The big home
| coming day is to be on Sunday. The
program commences August % and
closes September End.
DIR. Clark Myerly, of Burr Oak, Kan
sas was here Monday visiting at the
home of his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. L.
S. Myerly. He was on his way home
from Pueblo where he had visited a
day or two with his brother, Leo, who
is with the Colorado National Guards.
While returning home to Topeka
from a vacation trip to Colorado Mr..
and Mrs. Rev. ]. W. Johnston, of To-
peAa, stopped eff here a few days this
week to look after their interests
country again wearing a handsome
coat of green
A challenge is issued to all those
who have pure bred or high grade
holstein heifers under two years old
/ to exhibit better one at the fair tais
fall than a certain one which is now
announced will be on exhibition at the
fair Get in line for the competition
Further information will be given
| later.
The Russell base ball team came up
last Sunday and played against the
Wa-Keeney team. The result was just
the same as nearly all the games play
ed by the home team this year 1t was
victory in their favor, the score be-
ing five to four. The boys have made
an excellent reputation for themselves
this year in the number of the games
played they have won having lost only
three games this season.
Almost since the war in Europe
got under way, the United States
has shown as conclusively as II is
possible toshow, that it did not want
war; and even now, the daily press
TO the contrary Notwithstanding, the
war is not popular. Nevertheless since
TO aid in the prevention of world DOM
/ nation by Prussianisn, this country
was at last obliged to join In with
the Allies, for heavens sake, let's
all take hold, and not make fizzle
of it--Mrs. Tom Thompson
The old home paper and all the
county news for $3.50 per year.