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Newspaper
Western Kansas World
Location
Wakeeney, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1900
Page
2
A collage of curiosities and data points: dogs banned in London carts, Bermuda island subsidence, New York polling sites, Cape Verde and Greek earthquakes, and Alabama census growth. Includes notes on ants counts, musk oxen in Sweden, telephoto camera gains, and a Liverpool Manchester electric railway concept.
Rex Morgan Wood D D, youngest to receive the Doctor of Divinity degree, leads popular lectures from Cleveland Ohio. Son of Rev E M Wood of Pittsburgh he studied at Mt Union College Yale and Boston universities and has served churches in New Orleans Bloomington Detroit Toronto. He is in demand for public lecture courses nationwide.
Frederick MacMonnies, famed for the fountain at Jackson Park, plans to move to New York next spring and switch from sculpture to painting after finishing the equestrian statue of General Slocum for Brooklyn. He will then pause sculpture to focus on the palette and brush for a time.
Arthur Van Ewyck, a Milwaukeean with Berlin roots, has risen in German musical circles. A bright young musician, he studied with top teachers including Felix Schmidt in Berlin. His rich baritone and refined performances have earned continental critical praise.
Wealthy railway magnate Peter A. B. Widener may seek the U S Senate seat from the new legislature. Mayor Samuel H. Ashbridge of Philadelphia is said to back Widener, while Quay’s chances appear slim and Ashbridge reportedly resists Quay’s return. Rumors say Ashbridge will influence 22 votes and two senators, with Frederick potentially backing Quay.
American and Canadian capitalists plan a vast pulp mill in the Rainy Lake region of western Canada. The project cites inexhaustible spruce supplies and exceptional water power. American funds will mainly come from Wisconsin's Fox River valley. An Appleton hydraulic engineer returned from Rainy Lake with preliminary observations and survey plans.
Mrs Maury Taylor an aged Brooklyn widow reputed worth about 100000 remains missing as police pursue the theory she was kidnapped by those knowing her affairs. Annie the nurse still says she knows nothing of the patient's disappearance and the case continues to shroud the widow in mystery.
The article discusses Democrat F M Simmons expected to replace Populist Marlon Butler in North Carolina, noting primaries influence on nomination and contrasts with Arkansas, Montana, and Pennsylvania practices. It cites the plan's merit and mentions Rev Dr Daniel J Hauer, aged 94, as the oldest Lutheran minister in America.
A new Corean minister, taller and more cultured than the former envoy, will soon travel to Washington. Prince Min Tong Whan brings military bearing and worldliness from West Point era training, studied customs of peoples, and familiarity with Corean and Orient history. He is expected to administer the legation creditably and gain social standing denied to his predecessor, exerting moral influence.
Jonah F. R. Leonard Iowa farmer, former Republican, joined Prohibitionists and then United Christian party, winning 60 000 votes for president. Native of Kansas in 1856, he settled in Iowa near Ainsworth where he is highly respected and popular. The note covers his political shift and local standing. A second brief discusses Sir Joseph Fayrer’s account of Burmese fire making, via friction using a piston and waxed cotton.
A charming tale follows Yankee and Dooie, prairie dogs turned pets, their vegetarian habits, mishaps with stacked blankets, and Yankee’s fame in London’s museum as a beloved, humorous dog. It then shifts to a botany note on the arum family, describing jack in the pulpit and skunk cabbage, and ends with a glimpse of tropical arum plants and the monstera vine.
A brief essay clarifies that the calla is an arum with a white spathe surrounding a spadix, not a true lily. It contrasts Jack-in-the-pulpit, notes berry danger to children, and explains common names including Lily of the Nile and pig-tail in Dutch regions.
A terrier named Pat watches Polly the cook's child parade a new rag doll in a cigar box cart. He quietly steals the doll, triggers a chase to Tengt', drops the doll, and hides on the piazza. Pat then imitates laughter with a playful, comical display, his lips curling and brows wrinkling as he grins.
European zoologists J M Aldrich and L A Turley report insects ride balloons by air sacs from their bodies and travel with the wind. They note a tiny insect found inside a balloon and ponder whether it was accidental or placed to feed during its aerial voyage.
John Lynch of Cornopolis ordered a monument for his water spaniel named Fido who saved his child twice. The dog died after guiding a girl to safety when she stepped before a trolley car. Three years earlier Fido pulled Charley Lynch from the river, risking his life.
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