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Newspaper
Western Kansas World
Location
Wakeeney, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1908
Page
3
The council last night refused to renew a license for a moving picture show amid complaints of fire risk obscene films and social danger. The Duluth Herald cites dangers from exits fire protection and panic and notes Chicago recently wiped out fifty cheap shows.
The late King Carlos devoted his reign to scientific study for the public good. Starting in 1896 he used his yacht Amelia to sound, dredge, and collect sea specimens while pursuing oceanography and bird studies. He published two bird sections and authored six volumes detailing his oceanographic campaigns.
The American Lifesaving Society reports last year 87 percent of drowning cases were saved by its representatives and staff. It operates 750 lifesaving stations at dangerous coastal and inland sites not covered by government services, staffed by 4,200 volunteers including 165 in New York City, 26 on Long Island, 10 at Albany and Troy, and eight along the Hudson River. Work funded by voluntary contributions.
Prof A Lawrence Lowell argues in a new treatise that upper class rule remains popular with the masses due to perceived probity. He notes rare exceptions but says a generally unstained reputation underpins ruling class supremacy, warning that erosion of character would topple power. Also mention of Dr Knopf comment on sunlight and hair color, noting freckles.
Small banks in the Pittsburg district report staff and customers thinning as many foreigners return to Europe. The city is described as soon to be populated mainly by millionaires, signaling a sharp shift in the local economy and demographics.
Alfred Vincent, stage driver, and Stella Anthony clash with Cadwallader’s wire tapping plot as danger closes on the Central Pacific line. Stella’s resolve grows while Alfred wrestles with love, duty, and threats from Gideon and Hamilton. Alvin vows to win Vi’s future, Sally B. expands her makeshift family, and a race to beat Placerville Stage Company looms on the night highway to Virginia City.
An old detective tells the observer that carrying a cane deters hold‑up men more than a revolver. He notes the cane’s versatility and unpredictability, arguing most robbers fear a cane jab to the face or eyes and that many revolver carriers cannot aim well enough to hit a barn.
An advertisement by G W Wioney of Medina Ohio offers Dean’s Kidney Pill as a cure for kidney and back pain. It claims a reader was weighed 162 pounds and cured after eighteen months of hospital treatment. The ad requests mail postage and notes the product is sold by Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY at 50 cents a box.
A Philadelphia matron recalls a playful scene in which three children act out biblical stories. Nine year old Thomas mouths the tale as Ethel and Jack cry out Garden of Eden noises. The moment captures realism in a nursery staged by a mother who values ethical lessons.
A terse exchange reveals Tommy admitting a fight with Carter boy. When asked if he was told not to quarrel, he confirms but says he believed bets were off after the Carter boy’s mother ceased speaking to him.
Josselyn returns from a New York manager with a rejected manuscript in rimed hexameters. His wife notes his disheveled appearance but offers encouragement, urging him to pull up his socks and renew his efforts, hinting at Youth's Dominion.
A "perfect lady" faced a police court charge for breaking an umbrella over another woman's head. Asked to respond, she called it an accident. The magistrate pressed, insisting the act occurred despite her claim she did not intend to break the umbrella.
A Michigan writer recalls adopting Grape-Nuts and Postum during athletic training. He cites weight gains from 124 to 149 pounds between June and September, attributing improved energy and performance to cutting pastry and coffee in favor of the cereal and beverage.
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