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Newspaper
Western Kansas World
Location
Wakeeney, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1900
Page
2
A Kentucky anecdote recalls Senator Blackburn’s fearless humor. A young attorney, sent to serve a writ, returns battered after the tenant attacks him. Blackburn rises in anger, orders the writ served, declaring the tenant cannot intimidate him through the messenger.
In a satirical mall side story the San Francisco Call portrays a well known servant of municipal government whose wealth belies his clerical pretensions and a stately wife. A nursery incident ends in a humorous slipper discipline and a dimmed whispering family moment as a husband’s accidental appearance leads to a lighthearted moral. A testimonial from F A Bancoem of Erie Pa praises Chamberlain's Balm in a separate ad-like note.
A Cairo dispatch reports the mummy of Thothmes I, a key figure of the eighteenth dynasty, found and to join the Ghizeh Museum. The piece argues such finds shift from sensationalism to cataloging, with collecting goals ahead of historical significance. Menes’s early prominence is noted as a collector’s prize, foreshadowing ongoing mummification recoveries and possible gaps in the royal sequence.
An obscure 19th century ad asserts Power's Howky and Tat enhance voices and lungs, claiming they fortify the nerves and improve singing endurance. Mentions Jones & Gibson and UC Ellis as related parties in the trade.
A survey of explosive effects cites trials at Naval Proving Ground and other sites. Data compares dynamite and gelatin delays, noting profound differences when confinement occurs. Examples include major rock displacement from two tons of explosives and substantial yet uneven destruction across different settings.
An early notice touts the climate near Great Salt Lake as delightful. It advertises a one fare round trip from Missouri River to Salt Lake City with a 2.00 surcharge, valid for select dates through October 1, 1900, urging readers to contact G U Schäferen, the agent, for reservations.
A shopper describes a well dressed woman called the Fiend who visits many first class millinery shops in New York to try on hats without buying. A millinery shop girl explains the woman’s habit causes hours of wasted time and is disliked by shop staff. The woman is said to have a mania for admiring hats and viewing herself in mirrors.
A humorous household scene from a New York Commercial Advertiser excerpt shows a Vermont maple syrup routine at the head table. Father explains extra treats for Bob and Maxie while Teddy listens as Edward reveals thoughts of birds and exotic animals replacing common comestibles.
Popular Science explains that railway cars use two motors not for extra power but to ensure reliability. If one motor fails, the other can still move the car to its destination, as each motor is sized to handle normal loads, withstanding abnormal strains in nine of ten cases. Some small towns use single-motor cars to cut costs, but this risks delays when a motor fails and one car must wait for another to push it onward.
A patron from Burgettstown recounts severe stomach pains and relief after using Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. The testimonial notes one dose fixed the ailment and praises the product, available at Jones & Gibson, Druggist.
Notice is given that a timber culture proof publication proceeding is scheduled in Brownell Kansas. Witnesses Lewin S Birr and others listed, with a May date referenced in the document from the United States Land Office.
Notices for Publication No 12254 from Wa-Keon land office announces filing by J. Marin i On Dry Tames Spank Homespead Entry No S573 for property at southeast quarter of section X, witnessed by T Walsh and others. Details vague due to OCR errors but identifies entry and location near Chenrik Hiena.
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