Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1920-12-30
LOCAL NEWS


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Found-A bunch of keys tied to-
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Office adv. ct.
We test your eyes free OF charge.
Come in and have your eyes tested at
The Reliable Jewelry Store. Adv. 81
Miss Edith Gambler, bookkeeper for
the Trego Co. Coop. Assn, spent
Christmas with her mother at her
home at Natoma.
"A crowd of WaKeeney young people
went down to the Big Creek pond on
the Knutson farm south of town Mon
day night for skating party.
The Christmas vacation has been
cold enough to suit any of us and
there was just enough snow on the
ground to make it white" Christ
mas The weather has commenced
to warm up little now.
+ Word has been received from c. D.
Mayer that he and his family expected
to leave Germany for their homeward
trip about the tenth of December.
They left here several months ago
for visit to the old home land
The World will take your subscrip
ton to the Topeka Capital, the State
Journal, the Capper publications, the
Drovers Telegram, the Kansas City
Post and several other publications.
No extra charge for this service.
Mrs. Frank Strong and daughter,
Ethel, of near Abilene, arrived the
first of the week and are visiting at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. J. t. w.
Cloud and Mr.. and Mrs Cannon
Hickman. Mr. Strong lived on the
Cloud farm north of WaKeeney sever
al years ago.
Mr. and Mrs. C. c. Wilton, former
ly of this city but later of Hill City,
are now in southern Texas where
they have purchased land near Yves
laco and are expecting to make their
home there. They have sold their pos
sessions at Hill City and made the
trip to Texas in their auto.
C. C. Cross, of Ellis, formerly of
Glencoe township, has been here dur
ing the last week on court matters,
being witness in a civil case He is
now employed at the Farmers Eleva-
~
that vicinity are selling their wheat
about as fast as they can regardless
of the price.
Lester Hendricks and Fawn Fritts
write from Chicago that they had
both passed the government radio ex-
animation and that each had received
his diploma. At the time the let
ter was written they had not been as
cir 70 df1fxy
Of the big ships were lying in port on
account of the cold weather.
Prof. and Mrs. Haas and the two
boys, Kenneth and Howard, left Mon
day morning for their home at Plain
vile, making the trip by auto. They
had been in this city at the home of
Mrs. Jennie GuiIbert, mother of Mrs.
Haas, for several weeks following an
at the hospital at Hays. Mr.. Haas is
principal of the High School at Plain
vile.
The big sales have closed and the
premiums have been won. The piano
offered by S. J. Straw to the person
who bought the largest bill of goods
during the sale was won by VIM. Les
sor on the purchase of a player piano.
Inc COAuHlDld OHOTeO
by the Trego Mercantile Co. was won
by popular vote by Post Moore Amer
lean Legion, and the Singerphone of
fered by the Trego Co Coop Assn
was won by the German Lutheran
church nine miles south of WaKeeney.
These sales all ended very successful
~ and resulted in turning many hun
dreds of dollars worth of goods into
cash.
S. j. Straw has been confined to his
home this week on account of a very
badly injured left knee. He had sold
three pianos for Christmas presents
and chose Friday afternoon as the
time to deliver them. The first one
was to go to the home of VIM. Lessor
southwest of WaKeeney. The piano
was IN the truck and the start was
made At the sidewalk crossing at
the Verbeck Lumber Co. Office the