10 Jan 1903
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Newspaper
Western Kansas World
Location
Wakeeney, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1903
Page
1
Fragmentary verse reflects on parting and tender memory as love eases pain. Images of a hand on a door, a goodbye kiss, and aging years evoke yearning and mutual longing. The piece contrasts giving and taking in love and the difficulty of departing.
In a remote woodland hotel by Lake Superior Constance Penrhyn, 28, wealthy and sought by many suitors, declines proposals from Erasmus Moody and Claude Mayne DeLay while Cub John Hammond wins her heart. After moonlit drama and a failed poet’s plea, she elopes with the Cub and marries him, finding rare happiness and admiration.
An old Long Island cemetery displays four tombstones honoring successive wives of a town resident. The stones reflect not only memory but the husband’s rising fortunes, with each memorial differing in size and style. The piece references Daniel Nason and his clerk John Comfort in a separate anecdote from the New York Times.
A reflective poem asking for guidance from the Father to move softly like grasses and trees yet possess inner power. It uses natural imagery such as poppies oaks and a beetle to frame kindness patience and resilience as life renews. The speaker seeks simple strength amid a wild world and changing fortune.
A fragment recounts a San Francisco era scene where a young Mark Twain, then a struggling writer, carries a cigar box under his arm and a acquaintance remarks on the box. The brief anecdote hints at his early career and daily life as a printer and observer.
A California station report details lima bean growing in Ventura and neighboring counties, describing the bean belt, drought impacts, harvest methods, and yields. It notes 1200 to 1500 pounds per acre on good land, with some areas reaching 2000 pounds, and prices around 4 dollars per cental amid fluctuating production.
Orchard and berry planting advice from Frank Aikin and Lilly Orchard Company covers spacing, intercropping berries among apple trees, shade effects on currants and gooseberries, and profits seen from peaches versus apples. Also notes low-heading of trees reducing storm damage and a spray trial yielding plums, plus a call to consider future fuel supply and woodlot care.
From the Farmers' Review the round-up lists garden production on an acre of thin clay soil. Rhubarb 225 dozen bunches, gooseberries 20 gallons, currants 15 gallons, strawberries 19 and a half gallons, lettuce 30 large bunches, radishes 50 large bunches, onions 50 large sets, sage 2 1/2 pounds, peanuts half a gallon from five seeds, corn 69 dozen ears, beans 50 gallons, pole beans 72 gallons, Mina beans 40 gallons, hulled beans, tomatoes 157 1/2 gallons ripe and 40 green, musk melons 90 fine, cabbage varieties 142 heads. The salable stock is noted, with Jersey Wakefield early and Dutch/Drumhead late described. other text truncated.
The article argues fowls need outdoor air and not harsh confinement in overheated houses. It stresses freedom in the open air as essential for poultry welfare and condemns forcing birds into extreme indoor conditions during winter.
The Wisconsin Experiment Station tracked 524 bred ewes and found gestation spans from 140 to 156 days. Most dropped lambs around days 146 to 150, with breed differences showing Southdown and Merino carries, and suggested the normal gestation range is 142 to 154 days. The study notes shorter gestation in compact breeds and longer in Merinos, aligning with French observations.
The author argues for sticking with proven hog types and breeding methods, rejecting the bacon-focused trend as distant. He contends local breeders already align with the proper type for profit, emphasizing consistent quality and the potential to maximize earnings without chasing distant shifts in market demand.
A farm review notes the need to catalog trees on the property and assess costs and profits from the past season. It emphasizes taking stock of what stands on the land and the financial outcomes of farm operations during the recent period.
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