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Newspaper
Western Kansas World
Location
Wakeeney, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1903
Page
7
Diverse quips and oddities from a 1920s era column touch topics from mosquitoes and wealth to Tolstoy censorship and racetrack musings. The fragment references figures like Sir Thomas Lipton, Baron de Rothschild, and John Bull, with humor about column topics, education, racing, and social trends.
The Des Moines Capital notes a 1904 Republican platform likely to uphold protective tariff without apology while Democrats press tariff reform. It cites Charles S. Hamlin urging foreign competition to replace domestic, and argues campaigns hinge on tariff and related protections amid party strategy and local variation.
A city mechanic and former Confederate veteran recalls shifting political views after wartime and labor hardships. He cites the 1893 free trade debates and the Wilson-Gorman tariff as turning points, arguing economic strain led him away from the Democratic ticket he once supported. The anecdote frames a broader question of party loyalty under economic pressure.
In a Bates Mo Record letter, a reader argues tariff reform will split the GOP. He contrasts tariff policy with free trade, claiming protection benefits workers and industry. He asserts personal gains from backing the party that prioritizes American labor and warns the party risks defeat if it abandons protection.
Secretary Shaw argues that the employer and the wage earner are both consumers and producers, intertwined in the market. He notes both sides may be shortsighted or farsighted about wages and living costs, emphasizing that prosperity for one often ties to prosperity for the other. The piece also hints at Republican tariff debates and regional reactions.
An editorial from the Chicago Record-Herald notes Canada’s spring immigration reached 40,672, led by 16,457 newcomers from Great Britain to the Northwest. Canada’s Anglo-Saxon and Teutonic influx rivals U.S. numbers, signaling a grain market competitor as U.S. expansion slows. Government pamphlets promote plots in Western Canada with agents like J. S. Crawford in Kansas City offering low rates to free grant lands.
The article reports progress in long distance calls from St Martin’s de Grand to Nice covering 960 miles. Plans to connect London Brussels Paris and Rome are outlined with proposed rates of 3s 4d for three minutes from 6 am to 9 pm and 6d after.
A courtier mocks a royal fool in Ferdinand II of Spain's court. Jonas, the favorite fool, retorts that he will speak if the other man will listen. The exchange escalates as the courtier commands silence, prompting Jonas to demand his turn to speak.
A recent comparative test found Scotch Ayrshires averaged one pound more milk per day, while American Ayrshires led in butter yield, producing an average of 2.16 pounds per day.
A fragment describes naval gun pressure near fifteen to seventeen tons per square inch, with a prior charge delivering twenty tons per square inch at a prom ing grounds. It notes eastern Massachusetts cranberry production, from Hassear Cape to a 1.566 mile distance, as part of a regional supply discussion.
An assortment of Kansas items notes flood reports and local color. Mentions of Lawrence weather words, Dr Snow dictionary quest, Driftwood headlines, University of Kansas faculty growth, a proposed School of Navigation, Ingalls on irrigation, Trembley in Kansas City swimming, a Lyons merchant ad quip, Clyde watermelon hopes, Bristow removal rumors, Topeka flood asphalt torn up, State Agricultural college wheat varieties, DeWar ranch cattle feud, a Council Grove yards fishing claim, Chautauqua invites, 1844 flood recollections, Mulgan e Record sale, supreme court visitation law ruling, forestry with gopher wood speculation, and a Western Kansas cattle ranch purchase by Indians and Ohio capitalists.
A South Dakota farmer reports unproved hops sprinkled in brine and hamware added to pickles. The practice, described as valuable to flavor and harvest, is noted as experimental by the unnamed source.
A claimant reports long kidney and back pain relief after using Dean’s Kidney Pills, claiming permanent improvement since May and advising others to try the remedy. The ad promises a free trial via Poster-Milburn Co. and lists Buffalo as the distributor with a 60 cent price per box.
Worty Eight thousand dollars paid for fancy leaf marks the biggest tobacco purchase yet seen. Frank P. Lewis of Peoria IL supplied the tobacco as a single lot with a written guarantee that it was fully selected. The Lewis factory now holds tobacco of high grade in the United States. Also noted, a celebrated English organist once claimed York Minster or Westminster Abbey would sound magnificent if sausages were fried there, a remark on exceptional acoustics.
Drums used by the Scots Guards in South Africa sold for as much as 300 dollars each, about eight times their original cost, with proceeds directed to the band fund.
Mrs Thaw raised her bid to $100,000 a year which the Earl accepted though he said he was dirt cheap at that figure and the marriage ceremony was performed in Indianapolis Sentinel.
Sea arching, starfish and frogs are rather low in the scale of nature, and no higher species has yet been re produced by artificial fertilization.
Elastic grass, a steeljike grass from the volcanic slopes of Oran Algeria, is so elastic it can be used instead of springs in turnitara manufacture. The find suggests a novel natural material with potential industrial applications in springy components.
A patient recovering from typhoid fever credits Grape Nuts with rapid strength return and convalescent improvement. Four teaspoonfuls with cream sustain a healthy person for half a day, while warm milk helps build up the convalescent. the product is praised as a powerful aid for weak digestion and recovery in a personal testimonial.
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