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Newspaper
Western Kansas World
Location
Wakeeney, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1909
Page
3
Kansas readers report widespread potato damage by the Colorado beetle. Prof. Hunter outlines a spray formula using white arsenic and lime with 50 gallons of water to kill bugs, to be applied after each rain through the season.
A long serving navy figure with 46 years’ service and no combat experience is installed as the top officer by Admiral Charles Beresford’s removal. The British admiralty, amid tense European conditions, selects a commander seen as untested in actual battle.
Sir William H. May, former second sea lord, takes charge of a vast fleet formed by merging the Channel, North Sea and Home Fleets to defend England against invasion. Described as a master of torpedoes and gunnery, May commanded the Atlantic fleet in 1905 06 and now leads the leather clad force with the new Dreadnought flagship in his possession.
Mrs Carrie Chapman Catt of New York is reelected president of the Woman's International Suffrage Alliance. The widow of George W Catt, a wealthy contractor who died in 1905, she has long championed suffrage in the United States. She has lectured in most states and written extensively on the subject. Her home is 2 West Eighty sixth Street. Born in Ripon Wisconsin she graduated from the State Industrial College and studied law. She was an educator in Masonry Hard to Solve.
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