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Newspaper
Western Kansas World
Location
Wakeeney, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1908
Page
2
The piece notes a large number of women speculators in Wall Street, with private rooms and entrances in brokerage houses. It argues women are heavier gamblers, with higher win rates among men, and describes their secretive trading habits and notable conduct after losses.
The piece notes Lord Curzon's decision to enter the House of Lords due to a physician's warning about his ability to endure Commons duties. It questions whether the Lords is still needed if it offers ease and rest rather than work and power. It also mentions the "white plague" threat and a European doctor's advice to the heir to the throne in Japan, plus Metehnikof's milk remedy thoughts.
Public notice extols Grape-Nuts and Postum Cereals as brain and nerve boosters. It cites Dr. Carey on phosphate of potassium and urges use by businesspeople and mothers to sustain nerve health, citing a testimonial from a writer as a case of improved breakfast nutrition.
Records from the Kansas Historical Society recount the once protracted debate over consolidating country schools led by District No. 1 in Marion County. Fort Riley maneuvers will feature about 7,000 regular troops and 5,000 state troops with eight training camps, September dates vary by state. The Kansas State Entomological Commission seeks San Jose scale data to protect orchards and urges public submissions for analysis. Editors meet February 22 in Topeka with planned addresses from J. W. Bryan and others. Stockholders in Stafford county bank express gratitude for deposit support during the money panic.
Salina police arrested 19 year old Helen Johnson on forgery charges. She had been planning a trip to New Mexico and, while in town, passed checks totaling 110 dollars, receiving about 70 dollars in cash and goods from several stores before her arrest.
A large Chase County land sale closed when George Storch Jr of the Eastern Kansas Loan company at Atchison bought the Hughes ranch near Hymer. The 9600 acre tract, spanning 15 sections between Diamond and Middle creeks, is among the county's largest ranches.
George W. Kanaval, chairman of the Kansas board of railroad commissioners, was named by the Interstate Commerce Commission to serve on a committee to revise freight classifications for American railroads. The panel, drawn from state railroad commissions, assists the ICC in establishing uniform classifications and regulations nationwide.
Ex-State Senator Simon Motz died at his home in Hays after a short pneumonia illness. He was years old and had long operated a prominent mercantile business. Motz served as custodian of the Fort Hays reservation and was a Grand Army leader. He left a widow and one son. The Howard Courant remarks on advising clearly without taking sides.
The North Central Kansas Fair and Racing association met at Belleville and elected RK. B. Ward of Belleville as president August Breseh of St. Marys as vice president and J. Q. A. Sheldon of Manhattan as secretary treasurer. Fair dates were set for St Marys August 25 28 Clay Center September 1 4 Belleville September 31 Concordia September 13 16 Abl- Jene September 22 25 Manhattan September 29 October 2 Minneapolis October 10 11.
W L A Johnson state labor commissioner reports 17 strikes in Kansas in 1907, down from 45 the previous year, with 938 workers involved and wage losses of 132018 dollars. 27,719 factory workers in Kansas, 2609 women. A Abilene syndicate offers to back Lawson bet against Roosevelt. Newton man Richard Mulvanes dies after heart trouble during fire. Lawrence January rainfall 0.5 inch, driest January in 41 years. snow rare, mean temp 34.42F. Wind highest in nine years for January.
R Simmons promotes the Southwest as a fertile land region praising its liveliness and pleasures. He is described as a Southern born, courteous man who seeks to help others and guarantees a square deal in land negotiations.
A playful 4ARE BD MAN exchange riffs on winter weather. The Whiz quips that the cold is so harsh it makes a man’s wife consider her own side a better place than a matinee, pairing humor with the season’s bite.
A affected Ark resident recounts severe two year eczema on the ankles resisting two doctors and various treatments until Cuticura Soap Ointment and Pills provided relief and night rest after weeks of agony. Cure lasting over a year with no return. Also mentions treadmill practice in English prisons and promotes Defiance Starch for home laundering.
A fragmented montage shows a young man courting a banker’s daughter and a grave nod from the banker followed by a grim smile. The text then shifts to notices and ads for Castoria, Brown’s Bronchial Troches, and church property values, mixing moralizing phrases with promotional phrases and generic claims about proof.
A fragment from a period advice column urges women to share private health concerns with Mrs Pink of Lynn Massachusetts. It promises strict confidentiality and cites decades of correspondence with sick women to support trusted guidance on intimate matters.
Thirty years of Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound promoted as a standard remedy for female ills. A testimonial from Mrs Norman R Barnett of Allen Town Pa credits it with relieving organic derangement and nervous headaches after medical advice suggested surgery. The text lists conditions allegedly cured including displacements inflammation ulcers fibroid tumors irregularities and backache among others.
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