21 Mar 1903
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Newspaper
Western Kansas World
Location
Wakeeney, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1903
Page
1
A speaker explains being called strong for masking pain with smiles and laughter. She admits deep grief, a restrained outward life, and reliance on inner strength and faith to endure. The text references Gethsemane and a divine source of strength beyond personal power.
Kitty Gascoigne and Olive Chevenix share a wary friendship as George Gascoigne climbs the ladder of power. Kitty schemes to rekindle love by jealousy while George pursues promotion. A confession, a fateful confrontation, and a collapse lead to tragedy and a fragile reconciliation at Ascot.
An Irishman and Englishman debate famed fighters before turning to Balaam. The exchange claims many Irish greats, ending with Balaam as Irish, illustrating boastful humor across national lines. New York Times reports Mrs Russell Sage protests media intrusions amid her husband’s illness and rest at Cedarhurst.
Two crimson clover seed lots bought at 5.75 and 5.50 per bushel reveal the cheaper seed yields better germinable output after cleaning. Figures show waste and germination, noting a buyer could pay over 700 dollars for one bushel of good seed and still face failure without careful evaluation. The article urges farmer education to avoid financial loss and disappointment.
The Wisconsin Agricultural Experimental Association held its second annual meeting in Madison on February 5 and 6 with about 100 members, detailing cooperative work across counties on grain and forage crops. Officers for the year were elected, and plans to publish an annual report and guide were announced.
At the Illinois Horticultural Society meeting state entomologist A Forbes discussed two common orchard scales, the scurfy scale and the oyster shell. He explained they winter as eggs under scales on trees, with egg masses maroon for scurfy and yellowish or whitish for oyster shell, laid by females who later perish and dry beneath the scale.
The article explains two broods of scale insects in our latitude, with first hatchings in May and second in July. Eggs are hard to kill, as chemical sprays that spare trees are limited. Early May applications of kerosene emulsions at about ten percent oil are advised, with foliage and fruit safety in mind. California lime salt sulfur wash in late winter may also help, though slower.
Wisconsin cow cen sus report shows numbered herds reading only IDs. A poor herd, number four, lost money on feed yet the owner did not trust it. After learning his herd number, he improved and now profits exceed prior totals. A farmer swapped to grade Guernseys, boosting milk receipts to about 62 per cow.
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