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Newspaper
Western Kansas World
Location
Wakeeney, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1901
Page
5
A mix of WWI era verse and prose discusses marching songs and the hardships of infantry life. It notes the burden of gear on modern soldiers, the monotony of marches, and the push for mounted infantry. Also includes letters debating Russian conduct in China and a war correspondent tale.
Surgeon General Sternberg presents statistics comparing deaths by self injury and homicide in the army for 1896 and 1889 with the decade 186? to 1897. He notes fewer homicides in those years, an average of 17 personal crisis reports annually for an army of 27,116 over 19 years, and a per thousand rate of 0.3. In 1898 the army strength was 147,795 with 38 crisis reports (0.26 per thousand), and in 1899 strength 105,646 with 30 crisis reports (0.25 per thousand).
The war department prepared a circular announcing free Christmas boxes for soldiers serving in the Philippines. Hundreds seized the opportunity to send remembrances to friends in the service, supporting their country through the holidays.
A critique contrasts the modern self reliant heroine with earlier ideals, noting Amelia Sedley’s era passing as the Gibson girl becomes emblematic. It condemns past domestic focus yet praises virtues, then sketchily shifts to featuring a child centered room concept and fashion notes, ending with a caution about love’s impact.
A fragmentary description lists a little girl’s blue French frock with yoke and cuffs in white, a blue liberty scarf lighter than chrome, and a pale yellow cashmere guimpe with white satin collar, lace trim, chiffon ruffle, and Liberty satin sashes with black ribbing.
A survey of consular reports from Europe and the United States notes varied adoption of typesetting machines. France shows large newspaper markets yet relies on local labor. Germany has about 170 machines and favorable reception but supply lags. England has around 50 machines with limited growth. Italy reports few machines with resistance due to wage labor concerns.
Maria Abreu De Estevez, famed in Santa Clara for sugar estates and a theater, funded schools for women and children. During the war she sent large sums to Cuban insurgents, aiding the cause with about 150000 dollars total, and later returned to Cuba to lead relief efforts.
An authority notes life expectancy has lengthened over time. Back in 3000 BCE the average lifespan was about 70 years making middle age 25. Dante and Montaigne viewed aging differently, while today 50 is middle age. Revolutionary era leaders were deemed old at 50. Advances in medicine and hygiene suggest longer lifespans ahead.
Mud and sewage waste are now manufactured in London into combustible briquettes. Mud drawn from the Thames at Millwall is chemically treated and compressed into briquettes with a calorific value of 7.52 pounds, burning quickly with minimal smoke and leaving only 25 percent ash. Street sweepings are mixed with cheap chemicals, pressed into blocks, sterilised, and marketed as coal substitutes.
A shy heiress attracts a handsome Hungarian adventurer among Russia s nobility and wealth, but he maltreats and deserts her as she reaches age thirty, ending in tragedy and social fallout.
A woman living as a street beggar in Budapest died recently at age forty from hunger and cold. Her coffin was not followed to the grave as no one cared for her funeral.
The twelfth Lord Fairfax is a banker in New York and unlikely to use his title. His father, a physician known as Dr Fairfax, lived as a gentleman farmer and never visited England. His pride lay in George Washington marrying into the family.
A historical report details the decline of silk production around Murcia Spain. Mulberry-fed grub are drowned in vine gar before spinning. The withdrawn cocoons are processed with chemicals, dried and sold in bundles of 100 along the Mediterranean.
A mother asks her four year old Johnny what he wants to be when grown. He replies that if allowed he would rather be a clerk in a candy store than a merchant doctor lawyer or preacher, signaling a preference for a modest, straightforward job.
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