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Newspaper
Western Kansas World
Location
Wakeeney, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1902
Page
6
A collage of satirical notes from Western Kansas World includes jokes about London coronations and Rich ard Harding Davis, calls out economic buzzwords, references to Carnegie libraries, ballooning, Marconi, Rockefeller, Lipton and Shamrock III, Mont Pelee, Mont Pelee, and various gossipy quips on politics, crime, and culture.
On Bloom Street a mash of locomotives and a vinegar factory foul the air as Michael Haggerty a one legged watchman haunts the crossing. His son Jimmy grows, a wife arrives, and a tragedy unfolds when the crossing claims Haggerty before he can tell his son to be strong. The piece closes with a curious note on Commodore Vanderbilt and a mispronounced password causing a safe mix up.
The Neueste Nachrichten recounts a Berlin Thiergarten walk where the Kaiser and empress encountered a soldier and his sweetheart. The girl cried to “Willy” as the soldier straightened up stiff as a ramrod, then the emperor laughed and advised her to fetch her Willy, resuming his stroll.
An observer notes that the man, Towne, never speaks ill of anyone. Browne adds that he is a good man who can craft remarks to imply someone is happy while suggesting they are drunk. The exchange hints at perceived manipulation through insinuation.
Vienna correspondence reports a new penny paper to be nonpartisan yet progressive with morning and noon editions. The proprietor expects 80 000 daily circulation to cover costs, aided by paper industry stakes. Vienna papers rarely exceed 50 000. The piece notes a Kansas justice and a humorous topeka cigar homage with a bellboy’s quip.
A New York hotel guest mistook a cab horses tail switch for cruelty. The driver had replaced a hair tail with artificial hair. The old lady shrieked, summoned a policeman, then learned the truth and switched cabs rather than ride behind a horse with another horses hair.
A reminiscence from Youth's Companion recalls Lord Dufferin stopping to chat with an Irish laborer in Canada. The governor general, noting the wind, offered his hat, but the worker refused. In tribute, Dufferin removed his own hat to honor the laborer’s gray hair and dignity.
The article notes 10,645 US business failures in the prior year split into two classes: failures due to the operator and those due to others. The leading internal cause is lack of capital with 3,223 cases, followed by incompetence citing 2,023, and other causes listed in order: specific conditions 1,775, fraud 1,164, inexperience 828, competition 466, and unwise credits 376, contrasting with popular belief.
Writers of fiction have long shown the effects of intoxication and the intoxicating kiss on the hero. The passage hints at exploring whether depictions of such scenes are vivid yet potentially stale and unprofitable.
A visitor’s account of Martinique highlights the island’s climate, people, and fashion. It notes the mix of French Creole and African heritage, the colorful dress, jewelry, and head wraps, and praises the women’s strength and elegance while contrasting French and English colonial attitudes and language.
Mr. T. James of San Francisco recalls a failed attempt to drive cattle across the Colorado desert in Arizona. He cites more than 20,000 carcasses left at The Pools, where thirsty cattle killed each other amid extreme heat and dry air. The decayed remains dry into mummified forms as the sun bakes the desert.
Fragmentary reminiscence discusses Burns writing poems from memory and a view of George Eliot as a receptacle for discipline. The text mentions Gowa, Baste, and Saieee in unclear context, focusing on memory, writing, and character.
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