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Newspaper
Western Kansas World
Location
Wakeeney, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1902
Page
8
A young girl in Bleeker Lane braves a ravenous blaze to save her dog Freddie. Fire envelops the ramshackle three story and both perish as the house collapses, the girl carried aloft in a blaze of light.
The Earl Marshal plans a children’s corner in Westminster for the coronation of Edward VII, hosting boy and girl peers who inherit titles. Older monitors may supervise ages nine to nineteen, while the scene risks squabbles among the youthful aristocracy.
A nostalgic poem recalls a departed heart as Philadelphia veteran Gen Louis Wagner is profiled. Born in Germany in 1838, he rose from lieutenant to brevet brigadier general, led 14,000 colored troops, and served as first G A R commander in Pennsylvania. The piece honors his wartime gallantry and civic leadership.
The essay describes how a row of piling and brush hurdles can direct the Mississippi’s flow, building sand bars and reshaping shallow stretches. It notes the river’s ferocious power at high water, compares speeds to railroad trains, and cites failed dikes and a Tennessee mine as examples of river force. The parson’s beach remark hints at a local voice in the region.
John A. Mediston led a free range foraging squad on Sherman's march to the sea. He captured a wagon with hams wine and whisky and turned it over to quartermasters without comment. He seized bread from ovens and finished baking later in camp rather than waste food.
An Eastern period account recalls the Twenty fourth Michigan Infantry charging into the woods, bayonet driving the enemy, and capturing Confederate Geo Archer and many men. Private Patrick Maloney reportedly confronted the general and led him to the rear as Union forces pressed the attack.
Indiana’s war record lists 308 engagements across sixteen states and one territory. It notes three Confederate invasions of Indiana, including Newburg Warrick County on July 18, 1862, a Kentucky cavalry raid on June 17, 1863, and Morgan’s force of about 2200 on July 8, 1863, with Indiana troops last fighting at Palmetto Ranch Texas on May 13, 1865 two weeks after Appomattox.
A retired Confederate veteran recalls a hotel reading room exchange in Louisville where an irreconcilable predicts continued fighting. The one-armed veteran replies that while they fought, the South endured. now the war is over for good. The moment forged cross‑faction fellowship in Chicago, Vicksburg, and Chickamauga.
Capt Mercer describes Washington when seated in the House of Burgesses in 1752. The portrait notes his height of six feet two inches in stockings, 175 pounds, a well shaped head, poised bearing, and muscular frame. The description aligns with Houdon’s bust, illustrating a sturdy, disciplined figure.
Early American writers earned little while modern authors are well paid. Washington Irving earned about 205,486 from sales and copyrights after Sketch Book. Edgar Allan Poe made under 100 from most works. The Raven and The Bells sold for 15 each. Hawthorne and Stowe earned far more, with Uncle Tom’s Cabin netting 10,000 in four months. Emerson’s late volume was only modestly remunerative. Overall, a vast difference in personal compensation persists between old and contemporary authors.
A discussion of medical jurisprudence links crimes to dreams and hallucinations. Cases include an English gamekeeper son killing his father while half asleep, a peddler with a sword cane stabbing a traveler, and Bernard Schedmalzeg who killed his wife after battling a phantom in a dream. A Cleveland resident shot a party member while camping, and Simon Frazer dreamt of a beast then harmed his child.
A New York bachelor author writes of a machine sale offering a typewriter at $5 per month guaranteed to write poetry and fiction. A spinster replies with pride in her own machine calling it the Blank typewriter and boasting its sound, well-maintained, travel-ready condition. The Detroit Free Press notes the author aims to become a millionaire to hire such a machine. A North Franklin Street家 family story follows about a boy’s menagerie including lost kittens and groundhogs, deemed happiest in the city by ex-Alderman Gunner.
Fragmented OCR notes identify states with no debt and near zero debt including Jews, Nebraska, linois, California, Montene, and Noveds. The text is garbled with misspellings and unclear context.
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