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Newspaper

Western Kansas World

Location

Wakeeney, Kansas, United States of America

Date

Dec 19, 1903

Page

3

Qualified Success of Ladies' Clubs

A reflection on women’s clubs showing they can meet daily apart from men, dine harmoniously, and enjoy each other’s company without conflict, continuing to thrive with male guests absent.

Nebraska Court Rules on Cashing Bank Checks

A Nebraska court held that if a man receives a check in payment of a bill and lives in the same town as the bank on which the check is drawn, his only safeguard is to cash the check by the following day at the latest.

Nebraska Job Hedges Thost New York Times

Were Finally Hitched in an Acknowledged Ceremony

An esteemed contemporary recalls there was not a hitch of any kind from engagement announcement to the service. The couple were married as planned and the union proceeded without issue, per the account.

Migration of Day Birds Reveals Hidden Flight Powers

Dr Catke argues that day birds turn nocturnal during migration, singing notes used in other times, and reach speeds and altitudes beyond their ordinary abilities. He suggests a soaring principle at work not previously considered by naturalists.

Catke

Animal vs vegetable foods in protein and fat content

Animal foods, judged by bulk and weight, cost more per pound than vegetables. Yet vegetables are not overall more economical. Animals provide more than six tenths of the protein and nine tenths of the fat in total consumed foods.

Antiquity of Man in Delaware Valley Supported by Geologists

Competent geologists familiar with the locality deem the evidence conclusive in proving the great antiquity of man in the Delaware Valley. The text suggests that humans were present during the later glacial deposits at Trenton, and possibly in preglacial times.

Delaware Valley Trenton

Bright's Disease Cured in Whitehall Ill Chronicle

Lon Manley, told by doctors he could never recover from Bright's Disease, credits Dodd's Kidney Pills with his healing after years of kidney, stomach, and liver troubles. He recounts being a “wreck” and bedridden before the treatment, then returning to work and thanking the pills for saving his life.

Bright Whitehall Lon Manley Mr. Manley Dodd

Anonymous Gift Totals Six Hundred Thousand For London Hospital

A unnamed donor presented Ble 600,000 to St Bartholomew's Hospital London to purchase land for an extension. The note references unclear lines about delays and cooking, with stray phrases about weather and defiance.

St. Bartholomew's Hospital London

Record Run to Kansas City by Wabash Train

A Wabash fast mail train between St. Louis and Kansas City set a new record Sunday afternoon, finishing the fivehour and fiftyminute run despite delays. Conductor J S Gould led the service, with engineer George Nelson and fireman Charles Summerville aboard.

St. Louis Kansas City Mexico Montgomery City J. 8. Gould George Nelson Charles Summerville St. Louis Republic

Famous Child Student Torquato Tasso in Urbino

A sketch notes Torquato Tasso famed in Italy before age nine as a Greek and Latin scholar and poet. By thirteen he stood as the intellectual center of Urbino's brilliant court, shaping its literary culture. The piece highlights his early mastery and court influence.

Torquato Tasso Italy Urbino

Municipal profits from Nottingham plants surpass four year average

In Nottingham England municipal services including water gas electricity street railways markets baths and cemeteries posted an average annual net profit of 158000 dollars over the past four years The gains are directed toward tax relief Manufacture Toys expands as a domestic industry in Meiningen Sonneberg villages boast skilled woodcarvers and cabinet makers A New York breach of promise case records the defendant kissing the plaintiff 1 386 times referencing a street car register in Denver Post style notes

Nottingham England Principality Meiningen Sonneberg New York Denver Post

Census contrasts China and Europe population density

A clipped note reports a census finding China at 103 per square mile versus Belgium 320, Great Britain 130 and Germany 106 per square mile. It also mentions the lost ten tribes of Israel in 721 Bc and includes garbled lines about starching and cheering a sports win with no clear context.

China Belgium Great Britain Germany

The Gender of Arkansas in a Schoolroom Joke

A teacher recalls a humorous classroom exchange about Arkansas gender. Moses, a colored student, parries with a grammatical punchline naming feminine endings by regions, prompting laughter and a corrective exchange that ends with the teacher joining the joke.

Name Change Advice From Judge Over Adam Failure Tale

A New York Times excerpt recounts an old colored man before Judge Rufus B. Cowing asking how to change his surname Failure. The man laments the name ruins his trade and the judge suggests using his first name Adam to lessen the impact of the last name.

Rufus B. Cowing Adam New York Times

Not So Bad as Appeared in Senate Session

A compile of anecdotes and poems shows light humor in political and personal life. Massachusetts Senator Lodge jokes about a cigarette in a clerks’ room after a spring special session. A venders’ tale from Job Hedges and a verse by Theodosia Garrison add a mosaic of everyday scenes.

Senate Lodge Capitol Senate Lodge Massachusetts Mr. Lodge

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