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Newspaper
Western Kansas World
Location
Wakeeney, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1906
Page
3
A rugged portrait of a sturdy boy with laughing eyes named John Howard. The verse praises his courage and loyalty, promising he will stand firm in adversity and endure fire and drum without flinching, while clinging to family tales of war.
Orson Nickerson of Oconto Wisconsin is cited as one of the few survivors of the Mexican War under General Winfield Scott. Born in Canton North Carolina in 1824 he enlisted in May 1846 and served in all battles of Scott’s campaign. He belonged to the company led by Robert E Lee and later Ulysses S Grant.
The memoir recalls Nickerson, a Louisiana railroad laborer who fled the Confederacy to join the Union under Grant, fighting from Gettysburg to Appomattox and later settling in Wisconsin. It also honors Arthur MacArthur Jr. and recounts the Swamp Angel siege work at Morris Island, detailing Gen Gillmore’s plan, Serrell and Edwards’s perilous swamp survey, and the 206‑pound Parrott gun’s assault on Charleston.
Kansas and Missouri clash over 500 acres on Goose Island in the Missouri River. land appears on Wyandotte county tax rolls in Kansas and on Clay county tax rolls in Missouri. owners say it lies on Missouri side but cased sold for Kansas taxes. likely appeal to the U S Supreme Court to settle the boundary.
Washington figure Kermit Roosevelt will join cousin on a hunting trip to three new camps owned by William Sewall near Mattawamkeag Lake in Maine. Sewall, a 60 year old district collector, leads a 15 man staff and is famed in Aroostook. Also noted is Quentin Roosevelt at Force School causing a playful classroom uproar over beverage etiquette.
Prof N E Hansen of the South Dakota experiment station reports discovering an alfalfa in northern Siberia suited to dry Northwest conditions. The plant, with yellow flowers, endures 30 to 40 below zero and promises value for cold dry regions after tests and seed collection.
The report by Commissioner of Navigation Chamberlain forecasts the fastest shipyard output in 50 years if current gains continue. It cites 1 221 vessels totaling 418 745 gross tons built last year, with 293 000 gross tons so far this year. The document urges merchant marine legislation and notes nationality data for 126 754 mariners.
The postal service will follow congressional law as Canada ends the second-class mail treaty on May 7 1907. A joint Senate House commission led by Senator Penrose has gathered evidence since October 1 on second-class mail, with expected legislation. If not enacted the two nations may revert to International Postal Union rates, one cent per two ounces, amid Canadian objections to US classifications.
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