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Newspaper
Western Kansas World
Location
Wakeeney, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1902
Page
2
A collage of anecdotes and jests about public figures and events from a wide era, mentioning Cecil Rhodes, Russell Sage, King Edward, Boston papers, Dr Hale, Susan B Anthony, an American tour of Kubelik, and other cultural notes. It critiques press influence, suffrage debates, and royal pomp with a satirical tone.
The Ea, a Spanish steamer, arrived in Philadelphia laden with iron ore after a voyage so rough three sailors were seasick. Named by a Spanish nobleman for his daughter Esmerelda, she has sister ships Eolo Aro and Orla, and the fleet features names no longer than five letters.
The late Cecil Rhodes reputedly feared women. During a London visit he dined with a wealthy titled acty. when asked who he took to dinner the reply was I dont know Some Lady Somebody I never spoke to her.
The Kaiser has ordered 1,000 copies of his photographs distributed among the German navy sailors, aiming to circulate images within the fleet.
A Belgian town about thirty miles east of Antwerp near the German frontier, Gheel, is noted for housing around 1,300 demented residents within the homes of ordinary citizens. The government arranges their care, with four mental specialists and four assistants resident to look after the community.
The origin of the term honeymoon is traced to a Teutonic custom of drinking hydromel honey-wine for thirty days after marriage. It is claimed Attila the Hun died from drinking enormous quantities at his marriage feast, a legend linked to hydromel consumption.
Timothy Dwight resigns as Yale president saying retirement is not due to age but the end of summer and vacation time has arrived. He notes he lays down his office at the close of the season and looks forward to rest.
A reflective selection traces Civil War veterans, scars, and pride including Jack Jeffers and Sheridan scraps, plus a note on a forthcoming Sheridan statue. It surveys veteran mortality, pension lore, and reunion plans, peppered with poetical lines and local civic acknowledgments.
A request seeking a $100 bounty for an old soldier was presented to the Cincinnati Board of Public Service. The motion drew considerable surprise as it marked the first instance of such a request before the board, conveyed in writing from a party identified as Attoroes.
Wayne County prepares for Indiana State encampment in Indianapolis May with Richmond veterans forming a large delegation. Civil War regiments from Wayne county include the Sixteenth Thirty sixth Fifty-seventh Sixty-ninth Eighty-fourth and One Hundred Twenty-fourth infantry and the Second cavalry. J Frank Davenport of the Eighty-fourth long resident in Richmond will bear its flag. Separate note covers the United Confederate Veterans 12th annual reunion in Dallas Texas in April led by Gen John B Gordon and a concurrent convention of the United Daughters of the Confederacy. thousands of camps and applicants signal broad participation.
A New York Health report notes alum and pulverized rock in baking powder and contrasts responses in England Missouri and New York. It warns against cheap brands and urges buying reputable high grade powders. It cites housewives tempted by low prices and prizes and emphasizes avoiding unsafe products to protect families. It also mentions Massachusetts debating a 50 cent annual cat tax with fines and furrier transfers for nonpayment.
A Brooklyn woman tried to have her husband arrested for non support saying he refused to buy her a Easter hat costing $4.98 and that she had not had a new one since the previous Easter. His income was $3 a week, and he advised her to make do with cheaper options he had seen in shop windows at $1.98.
It notes that certain noises lure snakes and describes the mowing machine as attracting and enrageing cobras. It states that on one grass farm in India up to 120 cobras were slaughtered in six months due to the whirr of the mower.
Sam Hague who first introduced real Negroes as minstrels to Europe died recently in England. While running a Syracuse saloon about thirty five years ago he formed Hague's slave troupe and took a company of darkles abroad. The group became a tremendous hit and Hague grew wealthy before dying with little remaining.
Amsi Lorenzo Barber, a Howard University philosophy professor, is presented as a rare blend of practical street sense and deep theological study. Despite vast asphalt industry earnings of 35 million, he remains an unlikely secular theologian renowned for his expertise and unusual career arc.
Lancaster area postmaster John Remers recounts a four year battle with diabetes. After consulting Buffalo specialists, he stopped medicines and used ten boxes of Dodd's Kidney Pills, claiming renewed health. He urges diabetics to try the pills and offers to answer letters from sick readers.
The latest ruse targets recent immigrants landing at the battery for New York bound trains. Swindlers peddle elevated railroad tickets for six cents each, preying on vulnerable travelers.
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