17 Dec 1887
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Newspaper
Western Kansas World
Location
Wakeeney, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1887
Page
1
A scrambled composite feature containing notes on Leipsie city charm and a critique of artistic ambition. It discusses Leipsie’s streets, schools, and appeal to American and English visitors, followed by essays on talent versus scope, citing Wolfe and Goethe to illustrate the tension between mastery and broader study.
A tale recounted from the late Rev William Drury of Braddan Isle of Man describes him at about age sixty leaping into surf to pursue a diver bird, catching it alive and bringing it to a picnic party. Years later Warren County Pennsylvania couples wed illegally across the Ohio line, then must remarry legally.
A long collection of quips and stories from old newspapers. Bits about theater practices in early times, a near assassination incident involving Ward H. Lamon and Abraham Lincoln, humorous exchanges at breakfast, and a courtroom tale about a money theft case with legal twists and statutes of limitation.
Waes Miss Sadie Aikens of Reaves Georgia slipped the other night and took the family watchdog. After informing them and seeking forgiveness she tied the watch to the dog's collar and sent him home.
Tom Bocarono led an upbeat act in a city venue drawing a large audience. The performance drew attention as the diner’s grimaces at cover charge bike added humor and local color to the lively event.
A Paria production introduces a deep tolling level normally possible only with a 15,000 pound church bell. The effect, once a problem, is solved by a noted saxophone and saxhorn artist using a bell of unusual form weighing about fifteen pounds.
A garbled passage shows a shopper, clerks, and a stray dialogue about making a dress look right. It then leaps to a dated note on tobacco in the Americas and its spread by Europeans, mentioning San Domingo and France and England with mixed chronology.
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