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Newspaper
Western Kansas World
Location
Wakeeney, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1920
Page
4
A London Tit-Bits item lists farm bird superstitions and omens. Crowing hens, owls, magpies, swallows, martins, cuckoos, peacocks, and eagles are linked to luck, misfortune, or doom. The piece notes signs like birds entering a house, hens predicting death, and laying two straws to avert evil.
Legend claims buried aerent treasure on Ok Island Nova Scotia tied to pirate loot. First found in 1795 as a rock fitting a vessel and a hole, diggers reached 30 feet with wooden plank. six years later a company tried to mine to 90 feet but sea floods and financial failure halted progress. Subsequent efforts in 1841 1896 1911 produced borings and a coffer dam yet waters quicksand and shifting tides thwarted every shaft.
A New York Herald reflection notes that old troubles fade when new ones arise, proving the prior worries were likely unfounded. The piece observes how people forget previous concerns as soon as newer, real or imagined troubles appear, questioning the value of lingering anxieties.
A legend links Pontius Pilate to Mount Pilatus near Luzern where remorse drove him to drown in a summit lake. The tale blames storms on his spirit, yet the so-called tomb is actually a melting snow pond that dries in summer, leaving no Pilate remains.
American toy makers have studied children's needs and now supply diverse playthings from baby balls and strings to juvenile wireless devices, electrical trains, scroll saws, and sewing machines. The range covers both ages and both sexes, offering educational and entertaining options.
A man recalls a mistimed home entry where a frightened woman mistook him for a intruder and handed over valuables. He reflects that the incident revealed his vocation to become a burglar, a lesson from a late night in New York.
The Scotsman John Scot pioneered hunger strikes in the 16th century. After losing a lawsuit and fleeing debt he sought sanctuary at Holyrood Abbey, fasted 32 days in Edinburgh Castle, then toured Europe delivering sermons against Henry VIII's divorce while continuing brief fasts.
Two epitaphs from the Far West memorialize Hank Monk described as a famed stage driver and Lem S. Frame noted for killing 89 Indians, with notes on their deaths and dates, reflecting 19th century frontier era themes from the London Post.
The article notes little change in children's toys among North American Indians today, comparing them with ancient Egyptian toys. It describes rattles made from snake skin filled with pebbles, decorated with feather, cloth bits, and deer skin thongs, and a skin shield replica reflecting traditional designs.
The article traces how human life and animal life are linked from primitive hunter bands to later offensive warfare using tools. It notes climate shaped migrations and animal distributions, and highlights how Asia remains paleontologically underrepresented with dragon bones fossils bought in Tientsin medicine shops and described by a GermanSchlosser, valued for supposed medicinal qualities.
In 1547 the gray stone asylum in London known as St Mary of Bethlehem became Bedlam, a term for lunatic asylums. Patients were chained, whipped, burned, exposed to cold, and allowed to mingle. As crowds observed, feigned bands and beggary spread, with visitors paying a penny to mock the afflicted into 1770.
Dorothea Lyne Dix, born in Worcester Massachusetts, fought to reform mental illness care in the United States. Her work began with visits to East Cambridge jail in 1841 and expanded to memorials to the Massachusetts legislature, revealing squalid conditions and spurring the creation of state and federal mental institutions.
Amber appears in early Greek knowledge with finds at Mycenae and ties to Phoenicia folklore. Used since Hippocrates era in powders and poached eggs, the volatile salt from oil distillation and amber oil treated ailments from hiccough and typhoid fever to painful spasm and delirium tremens.
The Chicago Journal explains the difference between mad and angry. Mad denotes madness and insanity while angry means vexed or out of patience. The piece notes figurative uses like mad with pain or terror and cautions against misusing mad for angry.
A piece on violin care warns against letting resin cake under the bridge as a sign of poor tone. It argues resin buildup harms varnish and instrument value, stressing preservation of Stradivarius violins to avoid thousands of dollars loss.
A Washington Post note highlights how the word Indian was once misused as an adjective in reference to a plant mislabeled as Indian tobacco. Indians grew tobacco, but the article explains the so called Indian tobacco is not tobacco at all, belonging to the lobelia family.
The article explores why Hot Springs waters seem so beneficial, noting no proven chemicals and differing theories from radioactivity to imagination. It highlights a long history of visitors, from Indians to settlers, and inflow of modern workers seeking recuperation at the springs.
A fragmented dialogue shows Mabel and Marie in a tense exchange about an apology to Mr. Boreleigh for being cut off during a call. Marie responds with a dismissive line, indicating unresolved tension and humor.
A vivid Victorian meditation on Jerusalem’s moonlit silhouette and famed hills. The scene contrasts the holy city’s awe with its gateways and towers, noting the landscape’s austere beauty softened by the hour and the distant Roman landmarks.
Fragment from a meditation on time and pacing by John D. Barry. It describes people perpetually chasing time, living in tension, and ending exhausted. The piece suggests the core issue lies within self discipline and mindset.
A historic method used to catch South American bowling monkeys involved placing sugar inside a large shell. Monkeys insert their hands, grab sugar, cannot withdraw, as hunters watch from cover. Once trapped, each monkey is captured and packed into sacks for sale to menageries, a tale echoed in ancient fables.
John Van De Vereer argues in Industrial Management that success hinges on thinking in straight lines. Start from a defined point and a clear objective, then plan and execute with precision to avoid zigzags and dead ends.
In a memoir by A Poet and Pert W H Mallock Swinburne, while at a friend's house, drinks port, becomes talkative, and confesses how he wrote three proud poems. He requests another glass, drinks it in one gulp, then dozes in the chair like a child. He is not seen as alcoholic, merely momentarily intoxicated.
The memory of Nicholas I influence shaped his son Nicholas I as Colonel only, a filial gesture that unsettled military peers who mockingly called him the Colonel, a title that underscored dissonance between piety and prestige.
A fragment notes that a 1775 speech by William Gerard Hamilton, chancellor of the exchequer in Ireland, electrified the house. It remarks on later political limits and mentions women entering politics, reflecting on his famous but incomplete record.
A National Geographic passage argues that humans are the cheapest and most efficient labor, bearing the world’s goods and burdens from mountains to markets. It notes vast commerce relies on people and laments social neglect as populations rise.
A London writer explains aging methods for horned mammals and birds. Teeth, horn rings, antler development, spur growth, and tree rings reveal age. Mistletoe shoots yield yearly counts to estimate lifespan.
A Chicago Journal excerpt explains how scientific names arise from discoverers and patrons, with examples such as Fuchs and Crusta. It notes anglicized pronunciations, alternatives using discoverers or patrons, and a naturalist who named sea worms after his seven daughters, illustrating varied naming methods in biology.
The piece notes Hot Springs as the oldest unit in the national parks system and a government reserve since 18 percent. It states the reservation was created to protect healing waters for all, not private profit, but only the springs and town were included, leaving baths run by private concessionaires besides a government free bathhome.
Robert Clive, once dubbed horn dunce and deemed impossible by teachers, left home in rags to join the army. By thirty-two he struggled to read, yet he vowed to conquer all and eventually led 3000 men in a harsh critique during engagement, overcoming ridicule and inexperience.
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