Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1920-05-13
LOCAL NEWS

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| Lewis Honomichl, OF Wilson, tran
sacted business here during the 1as1
week and visited at the home of his
| daughter, Mrs. James Benisch, south
of Wa-Keeney. He returned Wednes-
day.
Mrs. Griswold and children arrived
home Tuesday afternoon from 3
weeks visit at the home of her par
ents in the east. Mr.. and Mrs. Girls
| wold live on the Hille ranch south Oh
Wa-Keney the Smoky
J. NJ. Perry informs us that he ex-
poets to move his family to the state
of Idaho in a few weeks leaving here
| sometime next month. He expects to
locate in an irrigation district but just
what line of work he will follow he
has not decided.
When you are anticipating taking
a long trip a short trip come in
and get some of our Travellers Cheeks
as it is the easiest, most convenient
and safest way to carry money.
10 3t. The Wa-Keeney State Bank.
The regular meeting of the Womans
Foreign Missionary Society of the
Methodist church will hold the regular
meeting, Thursday, May 20, at the
home of Mrs. Holcomb at 2:3O o'clock
and the April magazine will be used.
L. J. Masopust, of Ellsworth, was
transacting business in this county
during the last week He informed
The World that he had sold three Oil
Pull tractors in the vicinity of Voda,
one each to v. Malinowsky, Steve
<Krhut and F. A. Mlinek
1t isn't very often that the cry is
getting too much rain and we are not
raising it now, but just at present the
most of the farmers would like a lit
tie more sunshine for the next two
weeks than there has been for the
last two weeks.
The report has been received here
of the south part of this county at
the hospital at Hays. According to
the story he was shot through the
stomach at Brownell Monday by Dr.
Combs. He was taken to the hospital
and operated upon but died inmed-
lately afterward. According to the
report he had threatened the life of
Dr. Combs and he, knowing something
of Stokesberry's past life did not
take any chances. The understanding
IS that Stokesberry was unarmed at
the time of the shooting.
The proceeds from the entertain
ment to be given by the school child
rem tomorrow evening are to be used
for the benefit of the school in pur-
chasing music, records for the phono-
graph and other things necessary for
the convenience of the school Over
two hundred children will have parts
IN presenting this operetta, eThe
Land of Sometime and it will GER
tainly be an interesting entertain
ment- 1t will be held in the court
room.
1t doesn't happen very often in any
town of this size, but there were two
unfortunate young men in Wa-Keeney
this morning both walking on crutches
and each had lost the foot and lower
part of one of his legs. It was the
right foot on one and the left foot on
the other They seemed to be travel
ing together presumab1e on account of
the high price of shoe leather They
could divide up and save the price of
one pair of shoes whenever a new
pair was needed.
According to information received
C. H Benson is soon to have a rival
in political activities in the person of
AAAS SOAi, q Uoo- Ahe eiCCIiou oI OiuceTS
and members of the @Student's Coun-
ell" at the State University at Law
renee IS big event each year. Judd
has been student at the University
for the last three years and this year
was candidate for membership in
this council the representative
from the college course. There were
five candidates and Judd came out to
the good with more than three humid
red votes His father has always been
good runner at the polls in this
county but has never shown this
amount of speed. The best he has
ever done was only four or five hund-
red to the good when he had only
one candidate against him.
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