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Newspaper
Western Kansas World
Location
Wakeeney, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1902
Page
1
A tale of a man who chased the Why of the universe through philosophy and doubt. He read old and new thinkers, faced apostasy, and wore away in his quest before Death claimed him. A grave marker proclaims he sought the eternal Why and learned that man is born to die.
A fainting rider, insisting it was the hoas, collapses across his dead horse as a young aide condemns the "Poor material" in a terse, grim moment. The fragment hints at a chaotic incident with implied blame and tragedy.
Summer is the time to ready cow stables for cold conditions. Comfort saves feed, as cows in warm, properly heated stalls require less food to produce milk. Dairy cows need warm quarters around 70 degrees to stay healthy, while beef steers tolerate cold better due to fat distribution.
A rough Black Army recruit with a broken-winded horse struggles at camp. A foraging party meets Confederate fire near a ravine. The bugler’s horse returns the flag bearer’s colors under fire, saving the colors as the rider dies.
A quip-filled analysis from a New York Tribune piece contrasts private admiration of individual women with the blur of crowd gatherings. Jones comments on bonnets and the sorority of masses, while Mrs. Jones prompts about men. The dialog weighs crowd power versus distinct individuals in social and civic settings.
An unsuccessful government office applicant overheard a cabinet officer bragging about a Panama hat bought for high prices. The candidate later admits regret for not hearing the story sooner, while contrasting a $50 gold Panama hat his own wore with a famed $300 example from Panama decades earlier.
The piece describes penny weddings in Scotland where invited guests contribute shillings and sometimes a half crown to cover the feast. It contrasts German pay weddings where guests place jewels or money in a basin and pay for what they consume, sometimes yielding a profit for the couple.
Personal coaching parties operate in New York as a summer attraction. Coaches depart at set times, touring most Manhattan sights within two and a half hours. Each coach carries an expert guide to explain about 1,000 points of interest en route.
A historical guide to turning a summer hen yard into a productive space with divided plots sown in lettuce rape and oats for forage. It notes green pasture preference over chopped greens, and discusses incubation faults and handling weak chicks versus destroying cripples at hatch.
The article urges breeders to raise large flocks of high quality birds to win shows. It stresses cull management for superior stock, timely removal of poor birds, and dressing culled fowls. It recommends housing to avoid disease, careful breeding from spring chicks, and selling eggs to private customers to gain margins. It ends with a Provocative simile about the heart and a comment on hay prices.
The article discusses cooling milk from 98 degrees to 50 degrees to slow bacterial growth, recommends immediate separation and rapid cooling, and notes that poor temperature control harms butter quality. It also reports Ireland seeking South African market, with butter sold around 85 cents per pound and competition from Australia against Irish butter in England.
Illinois dairy regulator brings about a hundred prosecutions against Chicago milkmen for mislabeling wagon signs and cans, selling skim or watered milk, and using unsafe additives. Reports highlight firms named in daily papers as cases move through the courts. A closing moral line contrasts personal restraint with public action.
A communication from the Iowa Agricultural College notes many students of the department of animal husbandry secured summer positions on prominent stock farms. The placements offer practical experience on leading farms and provide generous wages to offset school-year expenses. Demand exceeds supply, signaling a strong future for graduates in stock farm management. Reshaping plains grasses is discussed, warning that overgrazing harms soil and yields long-term damage across miles, with comments from Jonathan Perlam in the Inter Ocean.
The article discusses oats as a superior horse feed, noting safety advantages due to oat structure that reduces measurement errors and potential digestive issues. It mentions cats and new cats in feeding, with a referenced researcher Bensingault on army horses, and warns against musty or poor teeth affecting feeding practices.
A discussion outlines the relation between cattle mange and sheep scab mites, noting they are the same genus but different varieties and cannot transfer between cattle and sheep. It details mite abundance on infested cattle, their ability to survive post removal, and experiments with specimens kept in room temperatures 45 to 80 degrees F during winter.
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