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Newspaper
Western Kansas World
Location
Wakeeney, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1903
Page
2
A collage of observations and quips covering politics, travel, science, sports and society. Notes include Peary and Panama, Adelina Patti and Sarah Bernhardt, Mark Twain, Yale dining hall hazing, and a New York woman losing jewels from her stocking.
The old Carthage jail in Illinois, where Joseph and Hiram Smith were killed in 1844, has been sold to the Mormons for 4000 dollars, 1000 under value. A. H. Woodruff of Chicago arranged the purchase. the building may be moved to Salt Lake City as a memorial.
Oberlin M. Carter ex captain of engineers U S Army has left the United States penitentiary at Fort Leavenworth after serving three years seven months of a five year sentence by court martial for alleged frauds connected with Savannah harbor improvements. He entered Sept 28 1899 and gained several months good time. Carter now 47 in poor health gains weight and has white hair. He served as doorkeeper flower gardener nurse and later nursing instructor for inmates. He is said to assist the government in cases against Gaynor and Green and may spend time in mining ventures in Arizona and New Mexico with uncle L D Carter.
The subject asserts he was the victim of prejudice by several officers who served on the court-martial, maintaining ongoing bias influenced proceedings from start to finish. The statement frames his stance as a complete vindication of his claims against the officers involved.
A Portland Advertiser excerpt describes a borderland tale of Blackcat, a hill region near Poland and Raymond. The story links the name to a legendary battle with a gigantic wildcat and to local inhabitants whose work on hills causes a one sided gait, with cows also affected.
Senator Cullom recalls a humorous Blooming ton editorial office visit. A town character complains the paper did not print his articles months ago. The editor keeps the pieces to remind himself how much worse the paper might be, then stays cheerful.
The family of the late Episcopal Bishop Richard Hooker Wilmer of Alabama selects Rev. W. C. Whittaker of St. Andrew’s Church Jackson Mississippi to write his biography. Wilmer, the only southern bishop elected and consecrated during the Civil War, was nicknamed the rebel bishop for refusing to pray for the president as Gen. Thomas’s forces occupied Alabama.
Joseph Jefferson took part in a benefit for a New York hospital opening with a short talk. Noted performers crowded the wings to hear him, then two rouged performers entered the dressing room listened briefly and left, with no laughter during the ten minutes that followed.
A reminiscence blends the tale of an old fashioned cider mill with Civil War memories. Descriptions of sunken vats and foamy tubs contrast with modern facilities and sharper science. The piece recalls the Dedication of a Pennsylvania Monument on Missionary Ridge and a vivid reunion of veterans over lost debts and shared history.
William Kaufmann of Port Richmond and James J. Ackerman of Mariner's Harbor, both Civil War veterans from opposing sides, recall a famed Chancellorsville hand to hand duel. They shared a drink after a bayonet wound and later fought again, meeting during armistice exchanges aboard.
The twenty second annual encampment of the Commandery in Chief Sons of Veterans U S A held recently at Atlantic City N J reported 714 camps and 25242 members with a net gain of 73 camps and 4018 members in eleven months. Officers elected included Commander in Chief Arthur B Spink Rhode Island Senior Vice Commander James B Adams New Jersey Junior Vice Commander F B A McDowell New Jersey Council in Chief H V Speelman Ohio Walter E Smith Pennsylvania N J McGuire Indiana.
The commander in chief the adjutant general the quartermaster general and listed National Council of Administration members form the executive committee. Included are Thomas W. Scott Fairfield Ohio Thomas Q Sample Allegheny Fla L W Collins St Cloud Minn Jobs W Hersey Springfield Mass E F Venton Detroit Mich S C James Centerville Iowa Henry A Root Michigan City and the Committee on Pecsisus chaired by Charles G Burton Nevada Mo A A Taylor Pensacola N M H E Taintor Hartford Conn Bernard Kelly Topeka Kan J B Raymond Hampton Iowa James Owens New York City addresses and affiliations are provided for identification.
A collage of humorous quotes and garbled lines from several papers shows readers quipping about barroom talk, mistaken geography, and a misspoken obituary. The bits feature Bright Meandering Mike, Plodding Pete, and a broke-down pane of humor about a hanging and a widow’s condolence discussions.
A dialogic fragment shows a charged exchange about human nature and self judgment. A question arises if a strong guess prompts talk about good judgment, revealing tensions between perception and humility in a social interaction.
A fragment from a comic dialogue shows Um-vYeal scolding a maid for insolence while wife and husband exchange quips about dressing each other. White suggests calling it quits and using influence for a bonnet, and Jack recalls a row with his wife over a bucket. Edyth asks about the trouble, and the exchange hints at playful domestic tension.
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