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Newspaper
Western Kansas World
Location
Wakeeney, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1902
Page
8
A young couple in a fragile romance faces family and political divisions after a Civil War era clash. Rachel, torn between love and her Unionist beloved Dick, seeks father’s blessing amid Decoration Day observances as the old soldier voice calls for forgiveness and unity.
In a brief exchange the two characters reflect on friendship and love. One urges Not to hate and defends mateship, while a line about divine love echoes as they share a final look. The scene centers on emotional bond and a hopeful, bittersweet farewell.
An inventor explains a patent idea to a capitalist: secure all doors and windows except one, wire that opening to an alarm at the bed, so the burglar or the sleeper is alerted. The capitalist asks why not make that last window secure too. The inventor concedes the point with a rubbing jaw.
An aging servant named Pompey controls the family doors as visitors come and go after a morning drive. A former intimate of the young mistress arrives, seeking Mrs Bell, only to learn the ladies are out. The exchange underscores Pompey’s role in guarding household secrets and routine.
An Italian voters club applauds a political speaker in English, shouting Viva and Bravo as the orator expresses delight at the reception. He imitates a mock gesture with fingers to cue lively cheers from the audience.
In Sur rey England villagers witnessed a quaint medieval style sale as the landlord of the white brown meadow at Bourne bequeathed the field to be auctioned. Bidders compete at set times and the meadow is let to the final unchallenged offer, a ritual that delights the local rural population.
The article profiles Mary MacLane, describing her as erratic and obsessed with fame, claiming she is a genius who accepts isolation and scandal. It details her hostile mother relationship, her morbid self-image, a dispassionate life, and her aim to shock readers with a controversial book.
A fragment from a thread lace in Mrs. A. L. Vrooman’s Minneapolis collection is said to originate at the ancient city of Porruell beyond Fompell. Excavations revealed multiple items from a city buried by volcanic eruptions, with the lace depicting Edenic scenes including a central tree, a man and woman, and serpent heads on branches. The silk face of the lace is estimated at over nine centuries old.
A New York Commercial Advertiser passage describes an official photographer, sixty feet underground, documenting the building wall crack to counter claims that excavations caused damage. He notes dozens of prior photographs showing structures before work and after, to deter claims.
A compact overview lists President at forty four and a lawyer graduate of Harvard, Hays aged sixty four described as a literary man and Brown alumnus, Shaw fifty four a Cornell College Iowa lawyer, Root fifty seven a Hamilton College graduate and lawyer, Knox about fifty a Mt Union College alumnus, Payne sixty a businessman, Hitchcock sixty seven a businessman, Moody forty nine a Harvard graduate and Wilson Scottish born and educated as a farmer.
A Lady Warwick peacock is believed to exceed a century in age. A writer in Country Life notes a friend has kept the same peacocks for fifty years, unsure of their ages when first acquired. The piece closes with a remark on the least man as part of God's plan.
J H Ross portrayed as a rising Northwest Territory politician and Yukon governor elect, issues an ordinance to abolish all gambling houses in Dawson City with strong Dominion backing for the measure.
In a celebratory speech for his eighty years, Edward Everett Hale jokes that his only real enemy is forgetting his own name. He quips about planning daily to avoid losing track of people and ideas, and reflects on aging with humor and resilience.
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