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Newspaper
Western Kansas World
Location
Wakeeney, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1901
Page
7
A Boston Pilot excerpt by Edward F P O Sullivan laments the shift from swords to firearms in military history. It reflects on the heroism and costs of past battles, imagining a warrior's pride in his blade and the dawn of a modern era where steel serves bullets and muskets.
Wichita correspondent notes Fort Cobb Fort and nearby buildings will be sold and divided into farms by a colonization company. The post, once key to Texas military operations and a site of Civil War defections, saw Major Sturgis threaten burning supplies in 1862 to block Confederate reuse before another reconquest.
The passage recalls visitors arriving in southern India to study traits, noting old buildings hosting social entertainments. It mentions Sam Houston courting his Cherokees bride locally, and John Howard Payne writing Home Sweet Home there, while Remington later produced Indian-themed pictures inspired by the region.
In Corona Long Island a soldier from the Flushing Regiment who lost memory at Vicksburg regains it after thirty years. He travels back home to Flushing and, recognizing the battlefield monument dated 1661, places a wreath on his own grave marker on Decoration Day, honoring fallen comrades.
The army post canteen feature faces strong opinions from officers and temperance advocates. Supporters argue it reduces harm by offering controlled beer, while opponents claim it endorses drinking. Soldiers’ behavior outside posts remains risky. many squander pay and forego discipline, undermining service and self respect.
South Dakota resident Capt Lockwood of Redfield claims $22,264 in back pay for a captain of volunteers service dating to 1915. Never discharged after the war, he argues he remained a captain and is entitled to the annual salary of $52 for 36 missing years, pursued with legal aid.
The Milwaukee Sentinel reports Speaker Henderson at a Manchester rally defended the tariff policy, rejecting any push to abandon or modify protection. He praised protection for development and urged Congress to uphold a tariff that benefits domestic industries, warning against free trade that aids foreign producers at America's expense. He warned revision risks to the Dingley law and urged protectionists to steer committee decisions. The piece notes Republican unity on defending protection and predicts Iowa’s influence in shaping policy.
Senator Allison defended protection as central to the American economy in Tama Town and Manchester speeches. He argued tariffs should be adjusted to maintain a domestic market edge while allowing some changes to duties. He emphasized the home market guarantees for producers and continued competition with foreign suppliers.
The San Francisco Chronicle argues that trusts influence prices and favors free trade in some goods, but warns against new tariffs. It cautions that tinkering with tariffs could unsettle production, reduce revenue, and harm domestic industries, citing past declines in customs receipts and private-home ruin.
The Seattle Post Intelligencer argues that opposition to tariff modification rests on facts, noting Russia Germany and Austria already impose higher or prohibitive tariffs. It contends the issue is discrimination, not retaliation, and that other nations have already retaliated in effect. The piece uses a fable to illustrate voting behavior.
The Beet Sugar Gazette notes growing beet sugar activity with rising numbers of new projects yearly and monthly. Projections show producers moving with more deliberation, as contracts are being let early for plants to be ready for the 1902 campaign.
Fragmentary text notes the Sugar Trust lowering prices to show prosperity of the country, arguing prices are less important than the trust's broader actions. Mentions deterrent or tribune terms unclear, with damaged phrasing and unknown dates or names.
The article describes how Sarag River project supplies Gentvason de rives with all its electricity for public and private lighting and traction from Rhone waters flowing from Lake Leman. It notes vast power remains unused and that electric railways and lighting are powered by numerous falls.
The text notes a proposed bill in the New Hampshire legislature to rename Mount Pleasant in the Presidential Range to Mount McKinley. It recalls precedent where only assassinated presidents have others named to mountains, citing Lincoln on a Franconia peak and Mount Gar sel a replacing Haystack in 1881.
In Alaska localities without current trees reveal revived discussion on Arctic flora suggesting tropical or semi tropical pasts. A New England professor once proposed early Earth poles hosted vegetation and humanity moved southward as cooling occurred. A Devils Lake North Dakota physician received a missent note joking about a deceased man and a forty dollar debt.
Eskimo men wrestle beside gambling in a test of strength rather than skill. Participants sit facing opposite directions, lock arms, and strive to straighten the other’s arm to win.
Fredericksburg Indiana December 2 Rev E P Stevens proclaims a remedy for kidney and urinary diseases. He credits Dodd's Kidney Pills with curing his own severe ailments and offers success in Lame Back Rheumatism Brights Disease Diabetes and other kidney disorders. He states it has never failed.
The Fruit Grocer reports years of storing Baldwin apples at 1.20 per barrel and selling after March 15 at 2.00 per barrel. It urges immediate storage after picking, noting even a week’s delay harms keeping quality.
A mass meeting denounces the masculine fashion of very short hair. Viennese stylists insist on a hair length of about thirty millimeters as artistic and natural, arguing current trends misrepresent men’s appearance and taste.
The San Francisco Chronicle notes that about 17,000,000 American children attend school, nearly one fourth of the population of the republic. The observation links the figure to the nation's status as enlightened and progressive.
A fragment from Hazel Green Verse notes a lady remarking after church last Sunday that she had never attended before when a crowd of about 60 elderly folks gathered, and she said they would wait until there is dinner on the ground.
Fragmentary text describes an avalanche scene where voices seeking the subjects are overwhelmed by snow. The passage hints at struggle as a few words manage to reach through, while garments or shirts fail to penetrate the deep snow. Repeated garbled phrasing obscures clear events.
Thomas Shaw of Minnesota State University writes after two tours through Western Canada that the vast region offers reliable wheat production. He notes Manitoba and Assiniboia to Saskatchewan and Alberta possess fertile lands, with irrigation feasible near the Rockies. He cites strong cattle stock, high grass quality, and government rail and land policies aiding settlement and farming viability.
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