10 Jan 1914
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Newspaper
Western Kansas World
Location
Wakeeney, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1914
Page
1
A long, eclectic column blends dialect and anecdotes with notes on courtship trends, suffrage debates, and county school reports. It mentions marriage licenses in Trego and Shawnee counties, discusses citizenship versus voting rights, and includes a 1896 teacher’s institute letter alongside monthly school reports. It also lists Kansas City stock yard cattle and hog market figures amid dated context and local humor.
Washington article notes the skunk as a crucial agricultural ally, feeding largely on insect pests like grasshoppers, grubs, and moths. It cites range caterpillar control in New Mexico and Hemileuca pupal predation, urging protection of skunks and noting misperceptions about rabies from bites.
Missouri Kansas and Oklahoma farmers embrace scientific dry farming to secure yields in dry years. Data from 1912 1913 show high wheat and corn per acre with limited rainfall, emphasizing soil moisture retention, deep plowing, fall conditioning, and seed selection to harvest despite minimal rain. Local farmers cite Woodward County Oklahoma as an example producing thirty eight bushels of fall wheat on eighty five acres with only two and a quarter inches of rain.
The passage extols the accidental nature of wealth talent and contrasts diligent effort with lack of money sense. It notes that capable people can be poor at accumulation and investment, leading to years slipping away as time relentlessly ages them and buries strength.
Mall and Breeze reflects on the old man pushed aside by time and wealth. It ponders whether merit and effort deserve praise when money and luck dictate success, questioning social judgments about value, worth, and dignity beyond riches.
The wait on parcel post packages changes to first and second zones up to 50 pounds and zones three to seven up to 20 pounds. Rates range from four cents per ounce to higher per zone with specified first pound charges and incremental adds. No parcel may exceed 72 inches in length plus girth. C O D insurance highlighted and emphasis on proper wrapping and mailing preparation.
Advertisement lists dry bones at 7.60 per ton and iron at 0.08 per hundred, with a closing line referencing BLUE FRONT DMFLERENT DOVER. The mis-typed notice appears from a 19th or early 20th century catalog or local ad page.
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