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Newspaper
Western Kansas World
Location
Wakeeney, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1907
Page
3
A detailed natural history of the Cuckoo Pint or Lords and Ladies. The piece describes its hooded flower, the fly pollination process, and the insect’s perilous passage through bristles to reach a honeyed chamber, ending with a reflection on the moral from the story of nature.
An old magazine describes making a spinning top from a lead disk with a bristle guide and a pointed peg. By mounting on a smoked plate and tilting, it traces scrolls like bank note designs, showing rotation count by each scroll while noting speed and stability variations.
An experimental explanation shows how Earth once a molten mass could form its present shape by layering water and oil in a glass and stirring to observe the oil gathering into a ball, expanding at the top and bottom while flattening at the sides, resembling a globe.
A servant from Finland tells the mistress the cat has chickens as the master’s return is questioned. The mistress insists on kittens, leading to a back and forth about what the cat actually had last night.
An 1880s tale recalls Gen Sherman and Gov Oglesby riding up to a crowded Memorial Day ceremony to lift a tired young farmer’s son onto a lap as he neared the monument. The boy, rain-soaked and hopeful, learns the general and Lincoln shared stories and legacy.
The Swiss army will be greatly strengthened by the new military organization. Infantry recruits will serve 65 detainees? yearly with the colors. There will be no change in the Swiss navy.
An exhibit in the sunken garden near the White House faces Pennsylvan ia Avenue showing captured ordnance from revolutions and wars. Included are a bronze 1760 George II gun, a Texas gift cast iron howitzer, two bronze St Matthew and St Merk relics, Seville bronze cannon from 1779, and ships guns by Haven 1760. The ornate Le Farouche bronze cannon from Santiago 1898 completes the display.
Kansas officials discuss annual school meetings for union graded districts shifting to the fourth Thursday in July. Warnings issued for non-residents to obtain licenses. state warden prepares to enforce a strict license regime after July 1. Reports detail penicillin twine plant reopening prospects, flood reclamation along the Kansas River, and a KU graduation of 247 students.
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