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Newspaper
Western Kansas World
Location
Wakeeney, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1905
Page
8
A fragmentary notional note describes childish melodies arising when Babble plays. The lines suggest music that is simple, flowing, and atmospheric, passing like a breeze and barely meant for ears, with a childlike quality evolving from the performance.
An aging flirtatious tale unfolds at a hot dusty country station where a married woman, once coquettish in her youth, encounters a lonely gentleman. A chance exchange over a dropped handkerchief leads to an awkward invitation toward a field, exposing boundaries and unspoken tension in two hours of waiting.
A couple escapes a dreary station, strolls beside a stream and flirtatiously drift towards a more intimate moment. She resists and deflects, while he is polite and attentive, sharing light banter and recalling a dropped handkerchief.
In a summer station scene Editha reunites with Jack after five years. He reveals his beard had grown and he explains his summer visit while she recalls a family engagement and a recently deceased husband. They embrace, pledging happiness as the train departs unseen.
Dr Robert Ellis Thompson proposes a future where household chores are done by public and private utilities. Central heating, hydraulic brooms, central cookery, automatic elevators, and outside specialists would ruralize or urbanize home tasks. The idea raises questions about who pays and how poor women would benefit.
A couple in a Chestnut street creamery debate flavors as a waitress lists options. The female companion settles on cherry ice to avoid pistachio, citing color and nerves in her old rose gown, while the male friend murmurs a Pistachio remark. The Philadelphia Record provides the setting.
In London, an Englishman tells this tale at a West End social event that bores one young society man. Wandering into a conservatory he meets a stranger who, as a fellow sufferer, bluntly critiques the evening and proposes they act to the club. The reluctant reply signals a weary mood.
Fragmented lines describe distant lands and longing, asking if a rose was ever found. Imagery blends earth, wind, and dream with references to Iowa, yearning, and distant seas. The text reads like a poem fragment with incomplete phrasing and obscure syntax.
Oswald Jensen of New York unveils a nine foot monocycle with a large wheel and inner steering system. The machine promises rapid cross country travel over rough terrain and ditches with a speed near a mile a minute, plus transformable auxiliary wheels for a tricycle stance. It targets military use, Arctic exploration, and racing, with the rider controlled by a side lever and an automatic brake.
A report on unusual amphibian parenting notes several toad species where males incubate eggs. In Darwin's frog the male carries eggs in a body pouch until tadpoles form, while other species use leg wraps or protective holds. Surinam toads present eggs on the female back with male help to place them into hexagonal back cells.
An American disputes the proclaimed Bonapartist claim to the French throne by challenging Prince Victor Napoleon. The controversy grows as Bonapartists increasingly doubt the longtime pretender’s authority, with growing attention on Jerome’s role and influence.
Representative Cochran of Missouri described a curious incident in St. Joseph where a well dressed man traveled with luggage and, after a porter damaged a box, shirts and other items spilled out. The man claimed a patent fire escape hooked to escape from any hotel window, while the proprietor noted hotels require cash in advance for such devices.
A vivid Sketch shows Salvini living largely isolated at Dievole in Tuscany. He keeps self supplied, visits a country house elsewhere, often with a house party, and values solitude where he can rest undisturbed. The piece closes with a pastoral note and a wry flourish about Edenic gardens and a snake.
A New York Tribune item recalls a clever yet awkward plan by an economics housekeeper to reuse half-shells for two dinners. She served oysters on balfshells one night and ordered the next day’s servings placed on the same shells, prompting Johnny to exclaim the “eyes” grow the wrong way in the wash.
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