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Newspaper
Western Kansas World
Location
Wakeeney, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1903
Page
1
Fragmented verse speaks of love as a glamour that dawns in summer haze and purple beauty, then fades. The speaker asks why such glamour fades and whether life can endure without the crowning loss of a loved one amid war sorrow and hope.
Octavia rides with her horse Bobbie along a Central Park path where a police presence looms. Norman Rogers, secretly a mounted cop summering to fund his law studies, contends with their tangled past as Octavia seeks answers and a chance to speak.
Octavia and Norman, once estranged, ride with a lawless youth and a policeman. They reminisce, forget fines and arrests, and envision a quieter future with Bobbie as they drift through shared moments and talk of a new home.
An elderly man at a hotel mutters about respect for a dusty centuries figure and loves the deaf and dumb as quiet company. He then asks a young man if he is a parette or will take something, leaving the barkeeper with a quarter to the good.
A physician in a dispensary warns that self treatment with common household remedies often leads to serious injury. He cites cases of incorrect dosages for cholera mixture paregoric and ammonia and notes a woman who used an unsafe nonprescription drug highlighted in a newspaper clipping.
The largest chemical works in the world, Baden's aniline and soda establishment at Ludwigshafen on the Rhine, employs 148 chemists and 75 engineers with over 6,000 workers. It includes 421 factory buildings, 548 laborer dwellings, 91 official residences, 102 boilers, 252 engines totaling 12,160 horsepower, and extensive gas fuel use. The plant operates five steam hoists on the riverbank, owns a 600 metric ton vessel for sulphuric acid transport, and maintains a 27 mile railway network linking to the State system with 387 owned cars.
Forecasts show a record foreign travel season with 67 first class ships sailing monthly from New York to European ports, totaling 36,000 passengers April through September. Expert estimates place steamship fares at 71 million dollars and European expenditures at 379 million, widening the trade deficit beyond four to five million dollars.
The excerpt notes Louisiana as a feared state for emigrants and claims Louisiana supplies the largest share of migratory Americans. It frames migration as influenced by state conditions and unrest, suggesting Louisiana drives movement elsewhere.
The article argues peach orchards should be planted on large areas despite past disasters. It stresses soil moisture, drainage, and texture, noting roots need air and water, avoid hardpan basins, and caution against overly rich soil that boosts wood growth over fruit.
Western prairie lands show orchards thrive with red or crimson clover grown among trees. The decaying plant matter enriches soil, protects roots in extreme weather, and restores humus. Treated orchards gain longevity and fruit quality, reducing fertilizer needs. When bears extend at least one foot, manuring and thorough cultivation are advised.
Castor bean is a tropical plant not suited to northern climates yet grown ornamentally in cooler regions. Native to Southern Asia and Northern Africa, it thrives in warm areas and can reach thirty feet, living for years. In the West Indies it prospers, and in Texas and Southern Florida its perennial nature is evident. A Gardner in Gabestos reportedly raised a seven inch diameter stem, with beans yielding per acre up to a hundred bushels in suitable Texas locales. The oil from the beans is valued when pure for its pale yellow color, darkening to greenish or deep yellowish hues when inferior, and sun exposure alters it.
The Wisconsin station analyzes records from 514 ewes to outline gestation ranges, optimal lambing timing, and factors affecting lamb vitality and litter size. Key findings include 144 to 150 days gestation, 146 days peak, no sex difference in gestation, larger lambs lengthen gestation, twins common in mutton breeds, and ram service impact on offspring percentage.
The Missouri state veterinarian explains how blackleg spreads through contaminated pastures. Spores survive on ground and carcasses after a death, spreading via animals and scavengers. Once the germs are scattered, they wash into the soil and remain viable for indefinite periods, causing new outbreaks in previously unaffected counties.
A fragment discusses why butter makers leave the trade sooner than other workers. It cites monotonous daily grind, health risks from unsanitary creameries, early rising, long hours, and uncertainty about remaining in one place. The text hints at fading vigor and personal impact of the work.
In Farmers' Review, David O Boots of Peoria County Illinois argues mash as the morning feed yields better egg production fertility and healthier fowls than hard grain. He cites quicker digestion and reduced disease, plus beneficial conditioning powders, and notes fowls scratch less when fed mash. The piece also discusses grange status and activity in 1902, praising its role in agriculture and community organization.
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