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Newspaper
Western Kansas World
Location
Wakeeney, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1905
Page
3
A cache of letters from 1862 documents Civil War turmoil including John Brown references, troop movements in Charlestown Virginia, and vivid notes on battles, prisoners, and a rebel correspondence. The material includes personal pledges, a brass jury door plate, and a sample letter threatening vengeance from wartime actors.
Reports from Capt Chagin aboard the cruiser Almaz describe the sinking of the battleship Kniaz Souraroff and Admiral Rojestvensky's wounding. Japanese torpedo boats and Togo's fleet tactics overwhelmed the Russians in the Straits of Korea, with four ships lost and many survivors rescued by Japanese authorities and fishermen near Yamaguchi.
The thirty sixth annual reunion of the Society of the Army of the Potomac led by Gen. Horatio C. King met in Manassas Virginia on May 30 and 31. Veterans recalled the 1862 Bull Run crossings and dedicated two monuments to fallen brothers near the historic battlefield. Reverend Newell Dwight Hillis of Plymouth Church Brooklyn delivered the address.
A veteran, long missing, will delay drawing benefits for twelve years from the date, with a court or state argument noting few capable speakers in Washington and expressing impatience amid sharp criticism from a clever woman. The ruling cites fect statesmen and broad exceptions.
An Iowa correspondent asks whether animals possess sympathy. Burroughs argues sympathy lies beyond lower animals, noting affection for young exists but true pity and altruism are human traits. He cites dog behavior as closest to human emotion, yet remains skeptical of empathy in other species.
A reader to Tom Parker asks for guidance on a chaotic domestic dispute. The writer describes a stepfather who terrorizes the mother, faces possible removal, and even contemplates killing him if necessary. The letter seeks legal and ethical direction from the sheriff.
The Optimist of Nolens Volens in Jackson prints a prison image with open windows in the dome. A historic tale recalls a failed escape where a man fell from a rope, survived, and afterward slept soundly due to a heart condition. The piece invites readers to try the remedy.
A fragmentary excerpt presents a comic piece on language barriers with a French speaker and an English lordly scene. It shifts to The Tattler and a poem titled The Coming of the King, describing a dramatic royal entrance and reflections on freedom and kingship.
Aire presented a villa at Beran to the divorced wife of the King of Saxony.
Housekeepers are urged to buy Defiance Cold Water Starch for laundry as it never sticks to irons and comes in 16 oz packages at the same 10 cent price as lighter sizes. Grocers pushing smaller 12 oz packs are accused of dumping stock to force Defiance out. Defiance is claimed chemical free and clearly stamped with 16 oz. Eddie’s mother and friends discuss Eddie’s age and his merchant father.
An advertisement discusses bad odor from breath linked to various dyspepsia forms and promotes Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a reliable, safe laxative cure. It promises to purify the body and freshen breath, selling at 50c and 1.00 with a money back guarantee if it fails. The note then abruptly shifts to a social observation about women at the theater seeking familiar faces in the boxes.
A fragmented OCR passage references George Washington with a claim of truthfulness and notes the absence of Martha’s comment. It contains garbled phrases about a boarding house hash appetite and rye usage, plus a stray remark about a minister’s funeral and unnoticed good deeds among Alan’s neighbors.
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