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Newspaper
Western Kansas World
Location
Wakeeney, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1906
Page
5
A Syracuse resident extols Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey as the best tonic of the age, noting personal use since July 2, 1906. The testimonial claims the whiskey strengthens heart action, purifies the system, and has stood a fifty year test as a pure medicinal beverage.
A humorous fragment from old Georgia shows a man trying to ship a goat by express with a destination unclear on the tag. The agent cannot read the label, the owner insists the goat will go wherever it is headed, and a corrected guess finally reveals the box’s intended destination. The passage also references remedies and local notes about newspaper practices and public notices.
Fragmentary OCR notes announce upcoming Kansas Legislature session and urge readers to subscribe to The Daily State Journal. The snippet mentions address lines and names but lacks coherent details or full context.
Articles describe a cattle illness named cornstalk disease found in late fall and early winter in corn stalk fields. It progresses rapidly, with cattle dying within hours or days after showing symptoms such as weakness, jerky hind-leg movement, foaming at the mouth, or head drooping. Investigations note normal organs on death but occasional heart hemorrhages. treatment is largely futile due to rapid fatality.
A poem praising Kansas dwellings from sod houses to grand mansions. It celebrates pioneer resilience and the enduring symbolism of local homes as emblems of patient toil and nationhood. The verses contrast humble dugouts with brick mansions, praising builders of the state.
A humorous sketch from Osborne Farmer portrays Old Bill Shiftless feigning piety at union revival meetings while his wife, Mrs. Shiftless, manages chores at home. The piece contrasts Bill’s short lived religious fervor with his steady absence from duties and hints at the skeptical wife awaiting his return to normal life.
The Mafi and Breeze reports the first white girl born within the state borders is alive in Kansas City, Mrs. Susan A. Dillon, aged 74. It recalls Kansas and Nebraska before statehood as desert like. Farmer Charles Scranton of Avingon Walnut Creek in Rust county yields 10 tons of hay valued at 70 dollars and 81 bushels of alfalfa seed at 39 cents per bushel from three acres in one season.
The Topeka Capital, with the largest Kansas daily circulation, promotes its reliable market reports and global news. It notes its Washington correspondent and strong Kansas coverage. A limited-time offer provides three months for 75 cents, instead of $4.00 per year.
Effective December 1 1906 the Union Pacific Railroad Company announces charges on less than carload shipments detained in freight depot or on platform. For 48 hours after unloading 1 cent per 100 pounds or fraction thereof with a 25 cent minimum per consignment. Extension of time for inland destinations by distance from stations. Free time 5 days for 5 to 10 miles and 10 to 20 miles from station. R EK Morsx Agent.
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