20 Dec 1902
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Newspaper
Western Kansas World
Location
Wakeeney, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1902
Page
1
Fragment from a poem recalling a past romance. The voice laments lovers parted in moonlit dreams and river winds. References to streetlights, crowds, and tears mark a nostalgic landscape of bygone affection and cherished memories.
Ethel Genevieve Wynne, known as Vieve, pursues superficial delight under her scheming mother in a Raven's Nest hotel tale. Hendryx, a poor poet, loves her but cannot support a match. Wealthy Isaac Potter aims to marry Vieve for ten million dollars, leading to a hasty New York wedding and a chilling telegram reading gray gun horses.
A long feature combines humorous anecdotes from a Boston convention about a barefooted tramp and a deacon, remarks on shaving, and a digressive note on authorship and fishing. It also covers decor ideas for a country home, advice on preventing mold in butter packaging with formalin, Minnesota dairy concerns about co op creameries, milk yield testing, oleomargarine cases, horse and hog poems, and pasture management with varied grasses for staggered growth and steadier production.
R Morrill warns that nine tenths of peaches in the state and many from Illinois are picked too early or too late. Peaches half to two thirds grown spoil flavor and size. Best practice is to pick when most fruit turns yellow or cream white and harvest daily, avoiding multiple pickings that harm market reports.
The third International Live Stock Exposition will run Nov 29 to Dec 6 in Chicago, promising the largest most complete livestock exhibit. German and American colleges join, with every breed shown, new hog and sheep quarters, ring judging, evening ceremonies, and extensive visitor comfort preparations.
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