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Newspaper
Western Kansas World
Location
Wakeeney, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1903
Page
2
A collage of wry observations and ironic lines from the Western Kansas World column. Notes on humor about work, memory, romance, travel, politics, and daily life mix with gadget gibes and light satire. A parade of playful anecdotes and pointed witticisms reflects early 20th century social banter.
A historic letter shows Gen Ulysses S Grant writing Let us have peace. Found in the Courant building Hartford, the note was addressed to Gen Joseph R Hawley, president of the National Union Republican convention which nominated Grant. Hawley had forgotten it amid other papers and it was recently recovered from forgotten correspondence.
William Waldorf Astor in America hosts extravagant Cliveden gatherings with a ten piece band, nightly dances, and a duchess guest who ordered amateur theatricals. Since William Astor’s relocation, he remains a British social figure, despite residence abroad. A separate Savannah ball plans a grand civic tribute to Gen. James E. Oglethorpe, aiming as a premier social event in Georgia’s history.
Miss Susan Grant of St Andrews Scotland arrives in New York en route to Washington with a stone fragment from the rock on which St Columba preached in 568. The gift honors Bishop Satterlee and the Washington cathedral’s plan to embed stones from ecclesiastical sites.
Two chefs named Petit and Dowst will enter a seven course dinner contest. Petit, a Pittsburg hotel employee, argues for gradual use of brandy or wine to enhance flavor. Dowst, overseeing the Montara hotel culinary department, advocates cooking without alcohol. The winner receives 1000 dollars and the event tests both culinary skill and sobriety.
An old friend asked Senator Teller if he felt odd being called a democrat. He replied he once affiliated with the democratic party in Allegany County New York before moving to Morrison DL to practice law and later attended the Chicago convention that nominated Lincoln and then joined the Republicans.
D Lippincott, a widower since 1833, will marry Belle Armstrong daughter of a prominent lawyer in Philadelphia and relocate to offices in that city and the capital. The engagement notes his second matrimonial union.
General consensus names Anita Stewart daughter of Rhinelander Stewart as the prettiest girl in New York. At sixteen she avoids society for two years though she attends matinees with her governess, drawing notice for her beauty, light brown hair, oriental eyes, and graceful height.
Robert Wilson Goelet, brother of the Duchess of Roxburghe, is a Harvard graduate reading law with the De Witts and aims to become a licensed attorney. He plans to actively oversee his vast real estate holdings like John Jacob Astor, and is noted for keen bargaining instinct in Wall Street deals.
Oliver Jenkins of Cleveland claims to have solved the crowded street car problem with an improved vehicle. His design features perpendicular sidewalk rises from the Moor instead of under seats, four additional rows of straps, and a claim that one seated passenger takes as much space as three standing. He seeks a thorough local test by the street railway to prove capacity for 300 persons.
Alphabetical list of matrimonial eligibles in the senatorial line is presented as a hat of names. The item appears as a social note noting eligible matches among prominent figures. It reflects a society page tradition of pairing notable individuals for potential unions.
Instructions on wintering bees in cellars versus outdoors, noting safer temperatures, ventilation tips, and honey consumption differences. A discussion on building fences over hills explains posts required remain the same while wire length increases.
A French engineer M. Defic introduces a monorail propulsion system. A one tenth scale model reached 13 miles per hour on a single track using electric power. Key ideas are weight reduction and improved wheel grip with a wheel ratchet. Further tests at Nemours aim to prove viability for 200 mph.
The New York Agricultural Experiment Station found that cheese cured at 40 degrees loses less moisture, remains higher in commercial quality, and can be stored longer without quality loss. Using paraffining with low-temperature curing yields greatest economy.
A Chicago Medical Recorder note describes using a tuning fork and stethoscope bell to locate bone fractures, especially in the jaw. The bell is placed over the suspected site and the handle near the bone, transmitting sound to the examiner to identify fracture presence or absence.
A customer testimonial from Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo praises a medicine for curing back ache and irregular kidney secretions, claiming they felt improved health after the last dose. The advertisement notes the price as 50 cents per box and urges dealers to stock.
Prof Koch of Heidelberg is the sole journalism lecturer at any German university who has taught the subject for years. He has now been asked to reprise his course on the History Nature and Significance of Public Opinion the Press and Journalism in Germany at Cologne University.
A private stationed at Mhow India received 168 hours hard labor for calling his lance corporal a Brod rick. He asked if the punishment was for insulting the secretary of state for war or the lance corporal. The court remained silent.
Mexicans must be shown. Mexican agriculturists must be educated to the use of modern agricultural implements by demonstration. If a man has never seen a thresher it is hard to sell him one from a catalogue.
The United States now produces more hops than any other nation. Of a world crop totaling 1,760,000 hundredweight, the U S contributes 462,009 hundredweight, leading global production.
The record states that 527 naval and military prisoners were committed to civil prisons in Ireland during 1902. This figure reflects the scale of military and naval confinement within civil facilities for that year.
Mrs. Anna M Willis of Kokomo Indiana age 74 writes a publication letter praising Dodd s Kids new Pills after kidney trouble for 20 years. She says the remedy restored her and let her perform farm and household work, making her feel 20 years younger. The note appears in a local address RR No 6 Kokomo.
A young village resident in Minsk province was arrested for possession of an algebra book. The justice of the peace acquitted him of conspiracy but warned against buying books that could make him an anarchist and infidel.
Report notes Russian merchants at Nijni Nor fair misbehave while amuse themselves as drunken cowboys. Last summer 1,169 cases of broken limbs were recorded, none brought before magistrates, as most incidents were settled out of court by payments of indemnity.
A fragmented note argues that a small lead pellet in a man is praised as strong proof of devotion to country while he may suffer malaria or salicylic acid poisoning. The text blends sarcasm and a mock-serious tone, reflecting confusion about patriotism and injury in wartime rhetoric.
A fragment notes the largest tree in Switzerland sits on Melchthal mountain side at a high elevation. Measurements given include a base estimate and a trunk diameter described as forty feet, though several figures appear garbled.
A varied page notes quirky phrases about dating quirks and dogs tracking boots, then shifts to advertisements and curiosities. It mentions insurance, slot machines, early railways, golden weddings, scarce cures, and odd cultural tidbits about dress, hair, and German toy manufacture.
A farmer's wife killed herself by hanging in the garden. He remarried and also hanged himself on the same tree. He wrote to a distant old friend about the eerie coincidence, who replied simply to send a cutting of the tree.
A British study notes Englishmen born between 1854 and 1890 saw their average life span increase by about four years, reflecting improvements in health and living conditions during the late 19th century.
A California trained nurse credits Grape Nuts with restoring her health after years of illness and failed medicines. She claims the cereal eased her nervous and physical collapse within months and led her to recommend it to patients. Look for The Road to Wellville in each package.
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