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Newspaper
Western Kansas World
Location
Wakeeney, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1903
Page
7
A sentimental tribute to a graduating girl, weaving dreamlike lines about dawns, whispers, and springtime blossoms. The piece blends fond memories and hopeful tones, noting how a graduate's presence awakens many memories and completes the season of achievement.
The piece notes remarkable Mexican endurance racing with 170 mile stretches at a slow trot and steady pace. It highlights the long mail runs from Guazapores to Chihuahua covering over 600 miles in five days, achieved on a simple pinole diet.
Capt H D Larymore reports a growing specimen of the mosquito plant to Kew Gardens. He notes its odor deters mosquitoes and suggests placing pots in rooms and on verandas to keep insects at bay. He wonders if it can thrive outdoors in this country.
Two men Daniel and James Richards in Shenandoah Pennsylvania each received six pay checks for varied work. They hung their jacket on a post and went to dinner. A large black mule then devoured the jacket along with the checks, leaving the men amused and displeased.
The passage links icebergs drifting across the Arctic to companion phenomena as moss and weeds form soil on resting glaciers. It then shifts to a German practice where savings bank officials visit workers at payday to collect savings, promoting thrift.
Philadelphia to Port Antonio Jamaica a sixteen pound shad is packed in a 300 pound ice cake for shipment this week. The project led by George H. McKay Reading Terminal market superintendent and Prof G Harold Powell of the Washington agriculture department tests cold storage for export of fruit fish and poultry under government patronage.
An item mentions Mr McKay's card and the preparation of a steamer setting, noting that before loading the cargo the ice will be covered with a two inch layer of felt and rubber for protection.
Science Siftings notes a 5000 year old base uncovered by Alaskan natives near Point Barrow during a Bear Arctic cruise. Utensils, hatchets, and stone bone implements from races predating written history were found, with a preserved dwelling suggesting home life of prehistoric peoples.
A prospector in Arizona discovered a remarkable natural bridge across a deep canyon about forty five feet wide. The bridge is a petrified tree laid across the scree, believed to have fallen ages ago during a great storm. Time and water have mineralized it, producing a solid agate arch that allows passage from one side to the other.
The article notes Strange Natural Sculpture by Chance, citing rock formations resembling Louis XVI in Saint-Denis Island of Rennion and a profile at Ardeche, France. It mentions the famed camel rock of Brignangau in Britain, once thought to depict a kneeling camel, a curious geological curiosity for visitors.
A Queensland paper reports its foreman measured obituary space and found three and three-quarters yards. It states the paper will charge for such notices in the future and urges readers to direct next of kin to pay for them when preparing notices.
Two men long sought for burglary in Mayence, Germany were arrested in the act and jailed in separate cells. One inmate attempted to escape during examination, while a second man remained confined as police secured the scene.
A brief diary fragment recounts a fortune seeker's claim of devoting most of life to wealth creation, reflecting on time spent and the pursuit of money. The fragment hints at a personal reckoning with success, value, and life choices.
In Persian nomad life butter is still made in a goatskin churn inside a goatskin tent. Milk is dumped into the cradle and rocked by hand until fat separates, producing unsalted butter. The article notes nomads sleep under starry skies, without prisons excess punishment.
Ora Miner, longtime walking delegate and business agent for Sharon Carpenters, resigns to become pastor of Masiertown Baptist church. Miner, formerly a clergyman, led a Sharon carpenters strike to unanimous union support but says he seeks a life with the Lord and an end to strikes.
Hamburg Pa notary public Jackson Levan claims the oldest notary record in Berks county. He holds the autograph of every Pennsylvania governor from Andrew Jackson to the present, on notary commissions or as justice of the peace. Levan, 74, began as JP on April 11 1865 in Hamburg. Over forty years he avoided appellate rulings and his cases were never ignored by the grand jury.
A fragment describes a Venetian plague costume worn by doctors during frequent outbreaks. The outfit includes morocco feather hat mantle breeches gauntlets and boots. A birdlike peak in the mantle housed aromatic drugs to filter air as they visited patients.
Douglas son of General Arthur MacArthur who earned distinction as Philippines commander has graduated at the head of his class at West Point. Dellars of little value in Colombia equate to a pound of coffee. Three three cents in American money would buy them. Cogfish taken in Milliewa could have yielded about six hundred million pounds last year.
The Jett White jury in Jackson Kentucky reports unable to agree on a verdict and is discharged. Venue moved to Cynthiana Harrison county for a second trial. Prisoners sent to Lexington jail under guard. Jury split eleven to one and seven to five for conviction with one acquittal. Captain B J Mc Fewen and Captain B J Ewes mentioned in dangers surrounding the case.
Joseph Bert Smiley author of St Peter at the Gate is dead found dying with a fuller hose in his temple near Keau daliville Ind. The poem tells the tale of a sinner asked entry by St Peter and a fiancé pleading for grace reflecting a moral tale in a dated voice.
Takahashi Kibaya, a young Japanese nobleman and son of a millionaire, attracted the most attention among the fourteen graduates of the Illinois Wesleyan University law class in Bloomington. He studied at Barrera college Chicago University and the Illinois Wesleyan law school, preparing for Japan’s diplomatic service.
Richard McMichael longtime Congress Hall proprietor at Saratoga Springs and later ran several other hotels. He died at his Brooklyn home after a long life in the hotel business spanning sixty years at Congress Hall and popular Southern resort status before the Civil War era.
Reverend Father Chidwick, once chaplain aboard the receiving ship Columbia and at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, resigns to return to pastoral work. He is expected to take a major parish in New York City under Archbishop Farley. Chidwick gained prominence as chaplain of the Maine after the Havana harbor explosion.
Fred Mink of Pittsfield Illinois, labeled a murder and accomplice of Outlay Tracy, shows diminished bravado in prison. He maintains the act was justified, responding to an old friend with a quip about crossing oceans to evade his stepmother’s taunts.
Missouri's oldest inhabitant, Mrs Sarsh Snook of St Joseph, is 108 years old. She eats pie and ice cream, walks a mile daily, and can sell a fur and road without glasses. She recalls great characters of the country almost a century ago and celebrated her 103rd birth anniversary at her daughter Agnes Jacquay's home. Snook hails from Louisville, Kentucky, and spent years in Kansas.
The Cromwell family of Vineland New Jersey has endured a sequence of woes. Mrs Cromwell injured her spine after a fall, forcing Mr Cromwell to leave work to care for the family. Earlier, Mrs Cromwell spent weeks in a Philadelphia hospital, a son Marvin broke his collarbone at school, Mr Cromwell was bitten by a mad dog and treated at Pasteur Institute in Latimore, and daughter Mabel broke an arm at school.
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