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Newspaper
Western Kansas World
Location
Wakeeney, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1901
Page
8
Fragmented verse reflects loss and gratitude as the speaker contrasts the old year with the new. It laments hard times and praises health, plenty, and love received, while tenderly recalling the deceased year and the sorrow of the living.
In London on New Year Eve while brooding over a lonely life Walter Carson is visited by a veiled woman who reveals she is Leila, his long lost love. She returns to him with the New Year, they wed soon after, and their future brightens as bells ring midnight signaling a fresh start.
In a New Year meditation the article links human progress to expanding knowledge and scientific discovery. It cites Tennyson and the power of human thoughts to drive civilization, religion, art, and industry, asserting that all future achievements rest in the minds and emotions of people.
A reflective piece urging steady moral progress as the year ends. It encourages youths and early adults to embrace work, responsibility, and the educational value of life’s trials. It calls for perseverance, prudence, and a noble character to shape a prosperous future.
Major H. H. Austin of the British army recounts a perilous East African survey from Omdurman toward Abyssinia. Fifty-nine men endured deserts, swamps, and hostile tribes, with water scarcity and malaria as the expedition dwindled to a starving remnant on the coast. The tale intertwines Allied Abyssinian campaigns and savage conditions, echoing the Mullah’s siege as relief efforts faltered.
A new portable propeller driven by a sealed electric motor offers power for small rowboats. The unit fits below the waterline, replaces the oar, wires run up to the tiller, and a rheostat on the tiller post controls speed. The tiller turns the motor and screw as a single unit, enabling quicker maneuvering.
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