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Newspaper
Western Kansas World
Location
Wakeeney, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1907
Page
2
In a winter night scene at Glenarm, Squire Glenarm and Miss Armstrong drift through a tense encounter. Secrets unfold as Pickering schemes with Bates and Morgan’s fate is questioned, while Glenarm contemplates his grandfather’s will and a looming betrayal.
Sam Houston, raised amid pioneer toil, learns reading and bravery. Adopted by Cherokee chief Colonel the Rover, he fights in the Creek War and earns fame as a lawyer and Tennessee governor. He later leads Texas to victory at San Jacinto after serving as commander in chief and facing the Alamo and Goliad tragedies.
In a memoir anecdote Captain J W Gambier recalls strict discipline as officers and soldiers train. While testing a cal lery pistol at a wall in Royal Engineer quarters, a shot narrowly nips an army servant Andrews in the ear. He shows no emotion, treating the incident as normal discipline.
A Cherokee county man named Shelton drifted into a fatal fraternal brawl years ago and faced a grim self punishment. He believed nightly a ball was pulled from his head by his slain brother, leaving him bald as the haunting ritual continued. Neighbors recalled his head gleaming in a tent as “The Modern Cain” while court testimony described a bride who endured nightly spectral visits. A separate neighbor’s confession of another murder ends with a severed head whistling a dead man’s tune as autumn winds rustled broom hedges.
The article notes the two hundredth anniversary of Fielding’s birth and describes the burial site amid Lisbon’s English cemetery. A tomb was erected after his death, once neglected, with Latin inscriptions restored in the 19th century. Borro w and Tempyson visited, while Doddridge is also mentioned as buried nearby.
Milan Walker son of ex Sheriff Miles Walker of Centre county recently finished his first teaching term at Rock Forge seven miles from Bellefonte. He walked 14 miles daily to school in frigid below zero weather, cycling on 14 trips, totaling 2156 miles for the term with 1596 miles on foot after subtracting bicycle travel. He boarded at home and despite deep snow he reached the school in time to warm the room before nine o'clock.
A dialogue fragment shows Miss Flurty denying romantic intent as Mr. Samilprie scolds her for accepting kisses and gifts from him. Mr. Smallpyie notes she never showed deeper feeling, while she asserts treason to suppose otherwise. The exchange hints at social boundaries and possible romance.
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