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Newspaper
Western Kansas World
Location
Wakeeney, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1905
Page
2
A collage of satirical lines and quick quips from a Western Kansas paper mentions a Tennessee woman inflating a $50 bill joke, stray remarks on suffrage, royalty markets, and assorted aphorisms. It mixs humor about bets, crowds, and daily life with pointed social commentary and light political jabs.
A fragmented record listing multiple yachts and owners including Alisa H. S. Redmond Avantic W Marshall Apache E Randolph Endymion G Lauder Jr Fleur de Lys L. A. Stim Hildegarde E R Coleman Thistle RE Tod Valhalla Earl Crawford Jo.stec C. The text presents a roster of vessels and proprietors without coherent context or dates.
United States yachtsmen chase a 12 day record from Sandy Hook to the Lizard in the Kaisers cup race begun May 17. Endymion has 13 days 20 hours from 1901, while eleven starters include eight Americans, two Brits, one German. The route covers about 3000 miles with vessels from 86 to 239 feet. Noted figures Lord Brassey and the Earl of Crawford bring yachts to Cowes as winds and seas determine the outcome.
A historic shift shows pneumonia surpassing tuberculosis in New York and Chicago mortality, with pneumonia rising to over 18 percent of total deaths while tuberculosis drops below 10 percent. Reports note ongoing public health campaigns and commissions to study the trend as other diseases like cancer and Bright's disease gain prominence.
The Washington Post argues the world favors the spendthrift who wastes nothing productive over the miser who saves for investment. It warns that a shift toward frugality would hurt the current generation more than future generations, given present societal adjustments.
In New York Well street a story says Russell Sage is retiring not only from active business but due to a waning grasp of high finance. Some say losses in the last two to three years reach five million dollars, sparking talk that his famed judgment has weakened and prompted friends to urge rest.
New York police pension rules under Fire Commissioner McAdoo spark legal and public debate as veterans threaten court action to keep their positions. Critics say medical exams should not decide police duties and that pensions exceed many family incomes, burdening the public. An cited case notes a policeman drawing $3,000 yearly after long service, while previously earning less.
In Paris last spring, a man asphyxiated by a meat fragment at a fashionable restaurant when a German hospital surgeon dining nearby performed a daring procedure. He cut the throat, removed the obstruction, inserted a funnel, and later a silver tube at the hospital, declaring the patient out of danger hours after.
Collier's Weekly places the Mukden battle casualties in perspective by likening two hundred thousand killed or wounded to major disasters and to entire populations of states and regions. The piece aims to convey the scale of war losses through vivid comparisons.
An eight year old pupil at a Barre district school tore his trousers on a nail at noon recess. He hid in shelter, removed shoes and pants, used a shoelace as a thread and a sharpened shoe sole as a needle to stitch the rip, then returned to class and walked home for repairs.
A humorous tale recounts Jones the lawyer and his friend Brown visiting a rural farm. The hosts praise homely produce while Brown jokes about Will’s staying only two years. The piece cites Iowa butter and poultry trust fears with a Sun quoted line andSpringfield Mass Republican note.
A garbled OCR style passage mentions Mabel at tea with dreamy mood and a whispered name Ethel. It references accounts of knaves and slips, a Sea at Sea as well as a location in New York, Bow psbergh Wises, hinting at a literary or gossip column fragment without clear dates or context.
Sir Henry Irving, entering a cab, handed the driver a fine Havana cigar. The cabby wore airs and smoked proudly, delighting the actor. Irving praised the cigar and gave a second one with orders to smoke it after supper, but the cabby refused, fearing the landlord’s reaction at his house.
An 1900s style testimonial claims grip leaves weakened vital powers and thin blood, risking pneumonia and other illnesses. Mrs. Laura M. Van Scoy recounts relief after taking Dr Williams Pink Pills, praising them as a “very thing I needed” after severe grip. The piece also includes unrelated anecdotes and adlike lines about authors and social gossip.
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