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Newspaper
Western Kansas World
Location
Wakeeney, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1902
Page
7
Poem urging the soul to dwell deep with faith and love for mankind. It emphasizes forsaking pleasure, avoiding neglect of duty, and offering comfort to those who weep, attributed to James Buchanan.
A weary young woman near decline finds solace and purpose in a hill seen from her window. The scene awakens a deep religious calm, shaping her art and life as she writes nature poems and gains renewed hope and strength. A neighbor’s gift of arbutus seals the transformation and her work flourishes with newfound meaning.
Joseph B White of New Castle, Pa, preserves a 1806 deal between Daniel Henderson and John Dickey. The memo promises Henderson will deliver 40 hewed logs, eight inches face, at Shenango bank within three months, in exchange for Dickey paying three shillings per 18 foot log. Crawford White signs as witness.
A reflective column laments the paradox of endless appetite and the body's inability to metabolize certain foods or truths. The piece mulls philosophical questions about limits, memory, and the futility of forcing change on stubborn matter.
A large shark was hooked after breaking the line and escaping. Crew hauled it aboard, pierced its jaw and eye, opened it from head to tail, and threw the vital organs overboard. They hacked out the jaws for the teeth, sank the carcass, but the shark swam away still intact, astonishing the crew.
Clergymen debate whether the word obey should remain in marriage rituals arguing it binds conscience and equality. Some propose both partners promise to obey, others seek its removal as unenforceable. The San Francisco Bulletin notes concern over useless legal ink and the value of a promise kept.
A compact verse urging expressed love to friends and brothers before life ends. It champions sharing joy and sorrow, praising songs that move you, joining prayers, and offering kindness to all kin. The poem emphasizes genuine words, support, and communal warmth.
A kitten fell into a ventilating flue in a Boston post office building apartment and endured five days without food or water. Architect Bryant learned of the distress Saturday afternoon and, after attempts to break the marble casing, the starved kitten clung to its claws and was slowly drawn to safety.
A kaleidoscope of short items from Kansas towns includes a jailed colored woman in Leavenworth for razor use, legislative session date, penitence and court tears in Fort Scott, insane inmates at a jail reception, odd fads in Newton, rail workers strikes in Neodesha, and rumors of a mine in Old Mexico. Also reports on Monroe Balley’s death, sheep wreck salvage, a mule blocking a Missouri Pacific engine, statewide school costs, and various humorous local notices from Ottawa, Manhattan, Atchison, and Topeka.
An OCR fragment touts Hall’s Catarrh Cure with a local ad style promising nine hundred dollars for incurable cases. It mentions Cheney & Co Toledo and Baits Family Pits with a sardonic line on lying being fashionable.
An ad lists a 1903 St Paul Calendar on 10 by 15 inch sheets with Bryson pastel color reproductions, priced at twenty five cents per column or stamp, to be mailed on receipt. Also contains assorted promotional lines and a clover stalk anecdote from Powder Valley Pennsylvania.
The Rev Richard Cotton Smith rector of St Johns Episcopal church in Washington bore a striking resemblance to boxer Bob Fitzsimmons in general appearance. The illusion vanished when he removed his hat revealing a different head shape. Nearby, the Kennebec Journal reports a man found 219 bottles left behind after the Damaris cotta fair, varying from half pint to two quarts.
Since electric light was introduced at Burton-on-Trent nine years ago the town has seen gas consumption rise by about fifty percent each year, signaling shifting energy use patterns and infrastructure demand.
Ashley North Dakota December reports J H Hanson cured of Rheumatism of the Heart and Dropsy after using Dodd's Kidney Pills. He says he can work again and feels better than in five years. Mrs Hanson also improves and endorses the remedy.
A publicity piece recalls starting with two people and $15000 annual sales, now employing 190 workers and dominating advertising. It credits newspapers and magazines for customer gains, asserting news media payoffs as the key difference over time. A testimonial extols Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound for female ailments, claiming total recovery and urging others to seek Mrs Pinkham’s counsel.
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