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Newspaper
Western Kansas World
Location
Wakeeney, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1901
Page
7
A Berlin to Zossen test car with three trolleys runs near 100 miles an hour using 10 000 volts, claiming advantages over single trolley systems. Built at Cologne Duetz, the 69 foot long car carries 50 passengers, with eight motors totaling up to 750 horsepower each.
A new church on Ontario and Howard streets called the First Church of the Latter Day Saints will worship followers of Joseph Smith and the Book of Mormon. Rev W E La Rue and Elder George W Hobley lead a congregation of over 100, with an edifice costing 7000 dollars and seating 500. The pastor expects growth this winter as converts increase while asserting orthodoxy against polygamy and differing social codes.
Easy Traveling by Falcoon explains balloon travel as a paradoxical calm ride with the wind. The narrator notes the shock of speed while feeling no weight and being carried by the air, moving with the wind even in strong storms.
A bronze fragment or plate unearthed near the Temple Hereom at Argos contains a decree from a high official and an ordinance on personal violence. It shows early Argive writing and offers insight into ancient criminal law compared with modern methods.
A poverty haunted tale unfolds around a boy battered by family hardship who vows to protect his sister Tildy. After tragedy and an offer of a new life with a traveling show, he returns home to keep his promise, choosing duty over escape as night falls.
A miscellany from Kansas towns including Wellington, Emporia, Topeka and Hutchinson. Items mention a tomato cabbing project, a memory-impaired man in Wellington, Fort Riley artillery audible in Alma, a horse traded for potatoes, ex senator Peffer's debate index, a rye whisky contest winner in Emporia, plans for a mammoth two story department store in Simpson, Dodge City press growth, a holiday nails deal in Emporia, Methodist church cookbook fundraising in Smith Center, a Topeka road house fire and Bible Society mortgage, Mrs Nation’s Medicine Lodge boom, a Ford county four legged fish tale, doctor bill joke device, honey and milk cows stats, life insurance increases, match-making in Wichita, postmaster Atchison seeking bank loss reimbursement, divorce suit with a bizarre exhibit, youthful judge mentions, and notes on ex-senator reminiscences and Okla. fugitives.
A legislator feigns indignation at a proposed raise in a Philadelphia Press fragment. The lobbyist counters with a courteous denial, noting the offer is not meant to insult and that the legislator’s spouse shows keen interest in manual training.
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