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Newspaper
Baxter Springs News
Location
Baxter Springs, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1908
Page
11
A Chicago American opin describes the hypothetical ideal wife as a bore and prig. It argues men overestimate dress sense and desire a paragon who never shows independence. The piece concludes men usually choose a mate who defies their ideal.
A British electrical expert reports bananas can be ripened by controlled electric light. Green bananas are placed in a glass case with adjustable lamps to simulate tropical sun. Tests show ripening correlates with light exposure, offering new timing for harvests.
Experiments with multiple men show that a five foot tall man weighing 126 pounds can lift 156 pounds to 8 inches or 217 pounds to 1.2 inches. Taller men at 6.1 and 6 feet 3 inches show higher lifts to greater heights. Overall, average strength equals lifting 30 pounds through 2.5 feet in one second.
The Pharos of Alexandria, an ancient lighthouse at the harbor entrance, stood on Pharos Island and is described as one of antiquity’s wonders. Built around 200 years BCE by Bastratus Cnidius, it is famed for its immense height and the legendary light that reportedly carried visibility to about 34 miles.
A quoted patron laments rising food costs and shrinking pie slices from a nickel quarter to smaller fractions, warning of protests in Park Row as pie becomes scarcer. Humboldt Pioneer William Conningham, a longtime Allen County business and political figure, died at his home after a long tenure.
For two weeks a gang unloads about 400 cars or 20 000 tons of coal at Emporia for winter use. Tracks are built atop the pile, then removed and raised higher as coal covers them. Santa Fe stores large coal quantities at division points, varying by division importance. Kansas Feeds Texas. W A Miller of Anthony mocks Texas hotel menus praising Kansas products. He says Kansans must leave the state to appreciate Kansas. More Time in Joint Case. The supreme court grants 60 days extra for evidence in the Wichita ouster case. State gets 30 days, city 30, and state 15 more for rebuttal. George W. Vandeveer reappointed commissioner to hear evidence. This follows a suit to stop the city of Wichita from receiving money from jointists in tax license fees.
J J Hartnett of Union Pacific cherishes the old store named The Kangas Pacific, a 50 year old relic from early Kansas Pacific days. Lawrence seeds firm ships 12 bushels of Kansas alfalfa and red clover to Vladivostok, Russia. boxes sealed hermetically for a three month voyage.
A state printing plant cuts staff to save funds amid legislative appropriation limits. Six of 24 composing room workers are discharged with more cuts expected in other departments as the force is reduced to avoid overspending this year.
Kansas City stores that once housed liquor joints are repurposed for legitimate business with few vacancies on Minnesota avenue, boosting rents. Kansas wins the Kansas-Colorado debate on national income tax, with Ralph Spotts and others speaking for Kansas. Rose’s contempt fine payment dispute heads to the Supreme Court as Wyandotte county contests fee allocation. A 20,000 barrel cement contract for irrigation projects in Arizona and New Mexico is awarded to United Kansas Portland Cement of Iola.
A Rock Island passenger train on the Herington to Salina branch derailed after striking an open switch near Abilene. The collision crushed fireman Carl Paulsson between the engine and the tower, killing him. Paulsson's 25 year old son resided in White City.
Farmers above the Lamar ditch signed about 800 acres to grow sugar beets on a larger scale this season after a successful experimental patch. The effort will allow more area to be tested under factory supervision. Meanwhile the Kansas City Oil Company will enlarge its Kan sas City refinery and distributing works at Troup avenue and First street to boost daily capacity from 500 to 1200 barrels over the next four months.
The Atchison Globe scoffs at panic cries of starving while noting claims of dyspepsia. Secretary of State C. E. Denton orders that nomination papers filed under the new primary law be inaccessible to the public. Petitions may be examined by those named, but not by the general public to prevent tampering.
Joseph W. Gillette an Ardmore banker stockman and land man and older brother of the deposed cattle king Grant Gillette died at Ardmore Oklahoma. The body was taken to the old Gillette home in Woodbine.
A Wichita merchant, noting winter stock sold, begins early spring advertising to push sales. Fort Riley reports nearly 60 discharged from the Seventh Cavalry with more departures planned. future recruitment crucial to avoid depletion. Iola proclaims itself home of Kansas's stingiest man amid divorce suit over gloves. Salina Journal scales the per capita cost of a $26,000 special session to about a dime. Eldorado waterworks show a year of profit and improvements. Hutchinson News recounts a tourist mistaking Santa Fe for Southern California after alighting a limited train, amid warm air.
Garden City claims a unique status with no movement on foot for a commission form of government. C Kendall resigns as state dairy commissioner to head the dairy husbandry department at Kansas State Agricultural College Manhattan. D M Wilson elected dairy commissioner. Fred Coffee, 18, operated on for a broken back at Bethany hospital Kansas City, with hopeful prognosis. Wathena Fruit Growers sue St Joseph and Grand Island railways for berries shipped to Denver worth 1083.60. delay costs 663.84. Hessian fly levels in wheat show limited damage. warmth accelerates pest hatch. farmers hope cold weather will curb it.
F D Coburn secretary reports wheat acreage now under 1906 levels. Moisture aided fall sowing yet overall condition nearly 96 percent, highest in five years, with germination and growth favorable. Historical state comparisons cited. 1906 93.7, 1905 94, 1904 88, 1903 90. Rabbit hunt in Sumner County involved Clearwater and Wellington residents. A 400 foot wire between wagons enabled a drive yielding 103 jackrabbits. about 30 participants.
A writer took copy to Fred Cloud's linotype office and a spectator watched the typesetter. When asked if he could set the copy, he quipped that it was Mort Albaugh's editorials not German, exposing the humorous misreading of the text.
Western Window Glass company starts at Independence with 75 men who are all stockholders and skilled workers. The plant operates on a cooperative plan with two under 12 pots, and all produced glass has been sold and will be delivered as it is completed.
A Topeka alfalfa meal mill becomes one of four in the world and the only one in operation locally. It can produce about ten and a half tons of meal per hour, yet orders already on file will exceed this output. The mill’s machinery was built in Kansas, with the other three mills also located in the state, marking Kansas as a leader in this fledgling industry.
Dickinson County boasts a smoother road now praised by locals and observers though some say it still lags behind best practices. District judges will convene in Topeka on February 2 to review procedural matters, while Iola’s mall shows record November receipts up 25 percent from 1906. La Cygne posts the state’s best sized post office, a new building featuring high class fixtures and keyless locks under government inspection.
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