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Newspaper
Western Kansas World
Location
Wakeeney, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1908
Page
6
A collage of jokes and jibes notes inventions, crimes, politics, and society from New York to Chicago. Quips about spelling reform, a balloon pace of sixty miles, suffragists, and a Brooklyn ragmaker share space with odd animal tales, coastal sand shifts, and a Boston relief expedition tease.
An analysis argues that disembodied spirits offer no extra knowledge, telepathy explains so-called messages from the dead, and that spirits cannot reliably communicate with the living. Citing Dr Hudson and biblical parables, the piece cautions on mediumship risks and stresses natural law.
In a Chicago Journal snippet, Mrs. Flatdweller endures a cold as Mr. Flatdweller jokes about coughing upstairs revealing the sex. He ruminates on whether coughs come from man or woman and muses on hearing voices through the ceiling, a light anecdote ending with a moral about room at the top.
Bangor Maine claims to have erected the first Civil War monument unveiled June 17 1864 in Mt Hope cemetery. Col Stephen Decatur Carpenter of the Nineteenth Maine fell at Murfreesboro and lies buried there. The Soldiers cemetery corporation funded the $3500 monument and a GA R site now flies flags. a larger downtown monument is planned with relief corps and GA R support.
A historic flag once carried by Maryland regiments in the Revolution, including at Long Island and Harlem Heights, and later at Cowpens and North Point, passed through the Bachelor family before its 1894 donation to the Society of the War Veterans. The piece also notes vast match production and consumption by nations.
The 1857 tale follows W Brendish, a boy telegraph assistant in Delhi, who relayed a crucial message across the Punjab as the rebellion began. His courage tethered to the line saved India. rewarded with a life pension, he died in old age.
A New York Press critique notes a New Yorker seller near Broadway who has never seen the Flatiron Building due to work and proximity excuses. It extends to thousands in Manhattan who have never seen the Brooklyn Bridge or crossed it, illustrating limited civic pride among city residents.
A Savannah News item comments on international marriage patterns, noting American heiresses rarely wed titled foreigners while European nobles do. It jokes about American titles to keep wealth at home and improve matches for American millionaires. It also mentions a home tradition of seeking suitable matches without European paupers. Then a brief note reports three Chinese navy officers training aboard British ships, with plans for more training and mentions other foreign officers.
A. Kaltenbrunner signs a lengthy homestead report praising Western Canada crops. He details 70 acres of wheat yielding 20 bushels per acre and 30 acres of summer fallow yielding 25. 9,000 bushels of first class oats from 160 acres. 90 bushels per acre from 5 acres fall plowed. 30 bushels per acre from 50 acres stubble. He shipped three carloads of oats at 53 cents a bushel and notes all grain was cut in late August before frost. He asserts crops cannot be checked by adverse conditions and expects higher earnings than last year.
The Carey Act opens up about acres of government land in Big Horn country for settlement near Granite offering an irrigated farm opportunity. A free information pamphlet with illustrations and maps is available from the Department at 408 Home Insurance Building Chicago. inquiries may obtain a copy by applying to the department.
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