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Newspaper
Western Kansas World
Location
Wakeeney, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1900
Page
2
Poem by George Sebel laments the life among antique tomes as leather and vellum memories age. A bookman, gazing at spines, seeks value in margins and bindings, hoping a critic someday finds a heavenly Grolier inside.
In a storied exchange between Uncle Peter and Sist' Mournin' at Zion Chapel, a revival meeting erupts over religious tensions. A Baptist preacher's fiery conduct inflames mourners, prompting a chaotic scene with shouts, a fracas, and a sheriff’s writ to stop the gathering, ending with Sist' Mournin' leaving while singing.
Andre Mosument sold the ground hosting a historic monument erected by Cyrus W. Field in memory of Andre, a revolutionary figure, after nonpayment of taxes. Since Mr. Plekd’s death the memorial waned, now owned by George Dickie of Nyack who vows to erase it. unveiled Oct 2, 1879, and an 1883 altro-glycerin explosion attempt is noted.
The department's fiscal year ended June 20, 1890 reveals total revenues of 102,354,579 dollars and expenditures of 107,149,288 dollars, producing a deficit of 4,718 dollars. This financial note reflects stamped items and related costs.
Elberfeld and Bar men host a grand ceremony as William and Empress Augusta Victoria inaugurate the Wupper aerial railway. The system, the world’s first suspension line, runs eight and a half miles along the river from Barmen Ritterhausen to Vohwinkel with cars on two rotary bogies, twenty-five mph, two to four car trains, automatic block signaling, pneumatic and electric brakes, and a cost of about 265000 dollars per mile.
Fenelon's religious aim centers on true piety that enlarges the heart and guides all life. He argues the kingdom of God lies in loving God wholly, subduing untoward temper, and accepting divine direction in daily affairs. His practices include prayer, scripture study, holy living, and benevolence.
The Oberammergau Passion players received small acting fees despite demanding roles yet the village saw ticket sales surge this summer. Total receipts topped £75,000 with performances exceeding the usual number, boosting the community’s earnings beyond prior years.
Gerland and the Tyrol are cited as enduring a bad season yet the small Bavarian mountain village reports a bumper harvest. Local farmers attribute the gain to favorable conditions and resilient crops amid hardship.
In Wordsworth's preface he asserts science can become material for poetry and the poet may guide transfiguration as science becomes flesh and blood. The piece notes Italy's late start, wars, and revolutions forming a great power, uniting diverse peoples. Blair adds that tribes may be found with religion but without policy or arts.
Johann Haslinger, an Austrian tailor from Vienna with no legs, travels solo around the world in a red wheeled contraption with pneumatic tires. He covers about twelve miles daily, strapped to a peculiar device that substitutes his feet with mechanical propulsion.
A Kansas roundup reports on a Mormon colony in Brash county and Conway Springs with 1,000 residents lacking a lawyer. It notes 34 state banks this year and lists local real estate leaders, mineralogists seeking zinc in Greenwood, and deaths including Benjamin Franklin of Doniphan county. It mentions convicts in Douglas county, a Topeka inventor of three automobiles, and a state senator buying a bank stake. It covers school costs and balances, assorted county marriages, and a critical note on a museum history claim about Funston. It also records a proposal to consolidate horticulture and agriculture boards, a law on osteopathy, a veteran seminary founder Miss Mary E. Chapin, and updates on Kansas politics, consular postings, and memorial plans for Cyrus Halliday. The report closes with local court action in Emporia and a partial mention of a Kansas crime case.
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