Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1920-05-20

LOCAL NEWS ITEMS

kinds. Mrs. Bessie Wall. Adv Ii op-
Miss Mary Morgan came in from
Little River last Friday evening,
and is visiting with relatives here
Al Hendricks and his step-father,
Mr. Barnes, arrived home Friday
night from their business trip to
Lamar, Colo
A four-buckle rubber overshoe |
was left at this Office last week and |
the owner can have it by paying for
this advertisement.
Lawrence Mack, manager of the
Mack-Weling Lumber Co business
at Collyer, was transacting business
in WaKeeney last Friday.
J. F. Brock, Optometrist of Law
renee, Kansas, will be at the Penyy
Hotel, Thursday, May 9th. Have
your glasses corrected and fitted 1t
The vacation time is over for J. E.
F'ritts and he is again on the job
agent at the U. P. depot C. E. John
son, who relieved him, has gone to
Merino, Colo.
Mrs. w F. Hancock and little son,
Harold, arrived home from Hays
| Saturday afternoon, where Harold
had been receiving medical treatment
at St. Anthony's hospital.
| DR.. F. W. Swearingen the Topeka
Eye-Sight Specialist will be in Wa
Keeney to fit glasses Wednesday,
| May Goth, at the Penny Hotel. Don't
forget the date Wednesday, May Goth.
Chas. Dodge went down to Russell
county Monday morning for a short
| vacation trip at the home of his
father, where he will spend some of
the time hunting and fishing.
/ Clyde Berry and sister, Mrs. Hazel
i Spitsnaugle, were up from Salina
over Sunday visiting at the home OF
their parents northeast of WaKeeney
They returned to Salina Monday
Mrs. F. E. Natter and two chill
dren, of Concordia, Kansas, arrived
here Monday night and expects to
spend the next two weeks at the
home of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs
J. H. Acre.
/ J. W. Phares came in from Denver,
Colo, Sunday morning and has beer.
transacting business here this week
He says the season is more backward
in Colorado than it is here, caused
by the wet, cold weather.
Alvin Law has purchased an inter
est in the hardware store belonging
) to the c. E. Webster estate and will
be its manager The company will be
known as the Webster Hardware
!, Company.-Hil1 City New Era
!, At least some of the people of
, this vicinity are providing against a
coal shortage next winter and are
laying in their supply of winter fuel
There is more than the usual amount
of it being put into bins at this time
of the year.
Harry Thomas and daughter, OF
} Collyer township, We're transactine
5 business in WaKeeney Monday. be
s tween trains Harry reports havins
3 had some corn planted long enough
that it is coming up but the we
season has delayed spring work con
siderab1y.
!, Mrs Vanek and Joseph Bednasel
and son, John, all of Wilson, wer
here a few days during the last weel
: visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs
z Jos. Vanek just east of WaKeeney
Mr. Bednasek is the father of Mrs
3 Vanek and Mrs. Vanek is the mothe
z of Mr.. Vanek. They left for thei
2 homes at Wilson Tuesday
FL Pete Hendrickson, son and daugh
: ter, arrived home last Friday nigh
: from their visit with relatives i
& Kansas and Illinois Mrs Hendrick
: son stopped over at Lindsborg O
3 the way home and will arrive here
3 week or so later. Mr.. Hendrickso
g reports fine trip but that Their
9 was plenty of moisture all along tn
z way.
8 Messers- Brewer and LawIer Hose
= men, of Hays, were up Monday an
& arrangd with the Trego County Fai
3 Assn and G. c. Mangould to put O
3 spring races in Wa-Keeney, on Jur
z 9Th and 10th The people of this v
81 cinfty should patrenize the rae.
3 freely as they will see some of til
x best horses in the state and the racs
q promise to be the best ever see
over the Trego county track.
There was ttSome RAIN throupho,
this part of Kansas the last of ii
week. In fact it extended throue