Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1917-07-05

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son.
"Bily' Jones has been here this
week from Topeka visiting with
| former school mates and friends.
There were two damphools in Tregc
county the night of the Fourth. They
paid S34 each for nights lodging
Mr.. and Mrs. Al Hendricks are the
proud parents of new baby girl who
arrived at their home last Monday
morning
i Nick Hobbs, former resident OF
| this city, came in Monday on the
/ jitney from Russell and is now visit
ing at his old home on the farm near
st. Peter.
Miss Clara McCleland will teach in
the high school at Wa-Keeney, this
next term Miss McClelland is a sis
ter of Earl T. McClelland, of near
town, and her home is in Topeka
Quinter Advocate.
E. D. Sampson is attending the
Imperial Council of the Shriners
which meet at Minneapolis, MINES
ota, this week, as a representative
from the temple at Salina.-Quinter
Advocate
There probably won't be very many
sold this year but it viii leave him il
good shape for an early supply next
year. This is in reference to the fact
that J. J. Keraus received car load
of headers Monday.
Mrs. DIR. Farmer, of Jerseyville,
Ill, visited in this city this week with
old friends. About twenty-five years
ago Mrs. Farmer and her husband
We're residents of this city and the
visit with old friends was greatly en-
joyed.
W J. Shelton departed Saturday
evening for Moscow, Idaho, where ne
will visit his sister for about three
weeks. From there he will go to Port
land, Oregon, where he will join an
excursion to southern Alaska, and will
also visit at points of interest in Can
ada before returning.
There are liable to be. both men
and women going through the
country representing themselves to
be authorized agents to collect funds
for the Red Cross society If you wish
to give to the cause give it to your
local county organization and they
will place it to the cause you desire
With our country at war and this
years crop hanging in. the balance
on account of dry weather, it seems
very odd that people will buy auto
mobiles and give their notes for
them. A good business man of Luray
said short time ago that he would
not buy gold dollars on time in
situation such as we face today
Luray Herald.
This paper was in error last week
in stating that DR. Jones was called
and dressed the wounds of the little
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Vowel
who was killed by a horse. A call
was sent in for the Doctor but he was
out of town and did not return until
after the child was taken to Hays.
1t is through a misunderstanding of
facts that this error occurred.
Mr. and Mrs A W. Meserve accom-
panied MIS- b10SeTNS DTOlIier 10 Mali
sas City last Sunday night. Mr.. Nc
Kie was on his way home to Chicago
and expected to go from there and
enter the British army. He would
liked to have entered the American
forces, but as he had not taken out
his final naturalization papers he was
compelled to go back to his old home
70 enlist ellis HEADLIGHT
1t is now time to make your apple
alton for new auto license. When
you go to the Office of the county
treasurer to make application for it,
be sure to have the number of your
engine, name, make, and years model
of your car with you. Under the new
law of last winter the state now gets
but SO cents of the license fee, the
county $2.25 and the township in
which the car is owned S2.25.
Our little brother sends in the fol-
lowing clipping, with instructions to
US to watch our step: The proof
reader was a woman of great pre-
caution and extreme propriety. One
day a reporter succeeded in getting
into type an item about willie
Brown, the boy who was burned in the
West End by a live wire" On the
following day the reporter found on
his desk frigid note asking: (which
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