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Newspaper
Western Kansas World
Location
Wakeeney, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1901
Page
3
A nostalgic piece recounts a pond visitor bullfrog whose nightly croaks disturb residents. After threats and a plan to quiet him, a stone is slung, ending the frog’s reign. The tale shifts to a piano and furniture telling of a child’s absence, and the anticipation of next year’s toys and love pats.
A mischievous boy naps as a clock strikes twelve and a piano, desk, rug, and other furniture comment on the day’s chaos. The boy’s actions spark squeaks, groans, and protests from the household items, revealing comic mischief and playful dialogue.
A first person reminiscence describes a tame blue robin kept as a cage pet. The bird enjoys daily freedom, perches beyond reach, dodges capture, and engineered a scare when finally caught with a vell. It later sprang up, chattered, and returned to its perch in defiant playfulness.
An ancient anecdote from Plutarch traces the proverb He’s a brick to Sparta. Lycurgus answers that a city’s defense is a wall of men, not bricks. A Epirus embassy tale reveals the king pointing to soldiers and declaring You behold the walls of Sparta, and every man brick.
In Albany, Bishop Deane walks with a massive Great Dane named We. When invited to deliver prayers in the Senate or Assembly, he leaves the dog in the corridor, places his shovel hat in the dog's teeth, and the animal holds it until the bishop completes his prayer.
A Pittsburgh Dispatch item recounts a man’s dating plea in which every reply to his matrimonial ad was to include the applicant’s portrait. Sixty five letters arrived, with many charming pictures and parental notes. He planned personal viewings via orchestra box in Scalia Theater. The Milan audience reacted with puzzled amusement as women watched the box.
Fifty years ago Paris belles wore velvet bracelets as a coquettish staple. The ultra fashionable segment of today has revived the style, though the modern bracelet is updated for current tastes.
The Philadelphia Inquirer notes that the term foolish is increasingly used by women to describe various items and actions from hooks and pies to coats shoes and even ice cream makers. The piece highlights how lexicographers notice changing usage as the word spreads across everyday scenes.
Instructions describe Potatoes to Perotine style sliced potato at one ounce butter, boiled potato dice with milk, salt, pepper, simmered. Cucumber Boats are filled with watercress celery chives capers and white mayonnaise, served on plates with parsley. White mayo uses lemon juice and whipped cream to finish.
An Oregon correspondent notes the Royal Chinook, the finest salmon, is endangered as the Columbia River run declines due to fixed gear, improved handling, and halted fishing. Canneries run short seasons. fishermen are discouraged while demand stays strong for prized pink flesh and large fish weighing up to 100 pounds.
Salmon runs and heavy fishing gear on the Columbia and Sacramento threaten the species. Fish wheels trap fish in currents, allowing escapes, hindering passage and prompting calls for regulation. California once legislated out wheels. Oregon and Washington fund artificial propagation. In 1900 Columbia River salmon packing valued near $3 million.
Police warn of a rising crime wave as heat sets in with murder and suicides seen more frequent in summer. Statistics show fatalities increase nearly 50 percent versus winter amid high temperatures and stressed conditions.
In the North Carolina mountains a civilized band of Cherokee Indians governs a separate republic. The chief, a four year term leader paid 500 dollars yearly, may receive 4 dollars daily on public business. They claim dual citizenship as citizens of two republics, with voting rights under the 1817 treaty and counted with North Carolina for federal elections.
The agricultural department will conduct extensive inquiries into fruit harvesting and marketing, including refrigeration for storage in warehouses and during transit. It aims to assist states in placing their fruits on foreign markets and to aid people across the nation.
Oliver Wendell Holmes advises newly married couples about aging and the beatific state of duality. He warns against delaying marriage and treats the notion of marrying as a practical domestic act. A note on apricots and peaches says they have little nutritive value but are valued for flavor and laxative juice.
A column notes a mouse fad among society women in Washington and New York, praising mice as amusing pets trained from cellar traps and promising to curb squealing. It also reports on Burns relics collection dispersal and a Nutmeg state judge declaring Sunday work a necessity in a Norwalk barber case.
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