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Newspaper
Western Kansas World
Location
Wakeeney, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1903
Page
6
A collage of humorous jabs, political quips, and world affairs glimpsed in a Kansas paper. Items range from plucky one liners about politicians, royalty, and celebrit ies to light takes on finance, law, and science with dated references to Europe and America.
The piece surveys enduring relics of ancient aqueducts led by Pont du Gard in France, detailing its three tier arches, 80 foot lower spans, four by five foot trunk, and 150 foot height, built with stone and cement but mortar free. It notes agricultural pests and a California moth control project involving bird cages to study dietary impact. The report mentions experiments with birds to deter orchard pests and a brief, unsettled note on Russian innovations affecting women.
The New York Herald describes a newly invented pest trap for flies. It centers on a paste vessel with longitudinal slots and a cover, connected by a cord and a flexible wire to keep the cover tight. When unused, the device folds away, taking little room in winter.
The famed mural The Last Supper by Leonardo da Vinci in the Convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie, Milan, is fading. Only shadowy outlines remain and soon the fifteenth century work may cease to exist as a visible fresco.
A fragment reflects on the splendid structure and its preservation, posing a meditative question about Rome's lasting empire and the fate of civilization if solidity and endurance had been neglected.
The St Petersburg Press reports a London widow, a former chimney sweep, plans to train girls as apprentices from ages 8 to 12 and adult women 14 to 35 to form a guild of female sweeps. She aims to demonstrate crematory urn handling and inscription tablets as part of the move. The police must grant permission before the August 1 start.
In Syracuse a grocer gave a brewer an old cat and four day old kittens. The brewer locked them in his brewery overnight. Morning revealed the cat and four kittens asleep on the doorstep four miles away. The kittens were carried by the mother cat in her mouth each four miles.
Lewis and Virginia Green of Bell County Kentucky celebrated 73 years of marriage in a home they first occupied as newlyweds. The couple, ages 93 and 92, have ten children, the youngest being 43, and report no deaths or notable illnesses in the family.
A La Crosse Wisconsin baseball club composed entirely of pastors declined to play the Brewers in a scheduled game citing reasons not specified in the fragment. The brief item notes the unusual lineup and pending scheduling details.
Harry F Edsall of Hammonton New Jersey claims to own the only educated rooster in the state. George the Barred Plymouth Rock answers to family calls even from a distance and will sit on laps and crow on command. He is jealous of attention to other fowls and may fight if another chick is petted.
William Redmond MP recounts a youth travel episode in Africa where King Ja Js offered him the position of prime minister and heir apparent. Redmond notes he refused the lofty offer.
A lake on Kildin Island near Russian Lapland mixes fresh water at the surface with salt water lower down and seawater with hydrogen sulfide at the bottom. It appears isolated from the sea by land but tides reach the lake, suggesting subterranean connections. Fresh water fish inhabit the surface zone while salt water fish live deeper.
A woman drives a motor car through a fifty eight foot track looping into a perfect circle, then exits onto a run out track. The stunt contrasts with prior centrifugal acts by completing a true circle rather than a twisted loop. In another item a burglar in Andrews Center Pennsylvania is deterred by a lightning flash during a thunderstorm.
A Humble confession from Mr Swigeard to Rev Dr Snow about failing to keep a vow to abstain from alcohol since January. He recalls a moment of weakness leading to one drink and a night out, waking with regret that he had not tasted champagne yet still feeling deep remorse.
A country lawyer visits Bluebeard proposing a novel divorce court run by the husband. He imagines divorces by mail, publicity or none, with wife payments and his own counsel retained. Bluebeard dismisses the plan, noting his own methods suit him, despite frequent followups.
A historical comparison notes New York City’s population dwarfs ancient metropolises. Babylon Rome and Alexandria rarely exceeded two million, while Greater New York surpasses 1,000,000 more than Greece and Serbia combined, with extensive leads over Portugal Holland Denmark and Norway as well.
A San Francisco Post excerpt describes restless, quarrelsome people always stirring trouble. It contrasts unhappy, self blamed individuals with those whose constant mood leads to social friction, suggesting stern parental discipline as a remedy for fretful children.
A renowned Philadelphia surgeon operated on a prominent merchant's young son after the mother urged one last prayer. The child knelt, prayed, then asked to pray again, and the mother encouraged him to do so as he was undressed. The scene showed a child’s faith amid medical peril.
In a stark courtroom moment a defendant whispered a prayer for safety, pleading to God not to kill him as the doctor remained present. The plea highlighted the tense atmosphere and gravity of the proceedings.
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