Wacky world miscellany from Western Kansas World
A fragmented Western Kansas World column surveys a mix of headlines and quips on topics from politics and finance to brewing trends and travel. It touches on Sol Smith Russell’s death, wireless advances, copper in Oklahoma, cases of injury, and the season’s seeds, finishing with a jab about Adam and Eve testimony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sol Smith
Russell
Sals
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
Eve
Adam Wes O
Beauty of Colorado irrigation boom and irrigation growth
Colorado prospers with Denver Pueblo and Colorado Springs seeing new buildings and jobs. Irrigation transforms farms, boosting yields and land values as reservoirs expand storage and crops like beets wheat and orchard fruit thrive. Grand Valley peaches and Canon City apples highlight state as a rising production power attracting homeseekers and investment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clorado
Union
Denver
Pueblo
Colorado Springs
Colorado Fuel and Iron Co
Fort Collins
Lake Cheeseman
Colorado
California
Loveland
Grand Valley
Canon City
New York
E. J. Matthews
Paonia
Worse Than Atheism Rheumatism Scandal at a Pious Church
A satirical Tit-Bits excerpt portrays a devout, eloquent preacher lamenting a rift in a small congregation. The clerk reveals the absent Farmer B faces a malady described as worse than atheism, Socinianism, and deism combined, ultimately labeled rheumatism.
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Poyzsicat
Zezious
Cam
Niles
Farmer B
Daniel Webster Recalled as Leader Lone in Popular Affection
The Century notes Daniel Webster lacked popular warmth despite immense ability. While others like Jackson, Harrison, Clay, and Taylor carried affectionate epithets, Webster remained “the Honorable Daniel Webster” to his followers. Cartoons dubbed him “Black Dan,” reflecting mixed public perception as Whig masses favored Taylor’s rough, ready image in 1848.
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Mack Dan” Webster
Daniel Webster
Jackson
Old Hickory
Harrison
Clay
Harry
Taylor
Massachusetts
Black Dan
Henry Clay
Boyhood Lent Lesson From Admiral Evans Story
A relative recalls a clergyman urging Lent self-denial. Young Evans defends his Lent by jokes about patience. A blind man tests taste in a grocer's shop, and Evans correctly identifies sugar, prompting laughter.
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Admiral Evans
Evans
Rulers but Good Horsemences in European Courts
European sovereigns display varying horsemanship with few possessing a refined seat. The German emperor shows a shaky seat while Emperor Nicholas lags in grace and control on horseback.
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Europe
Nicholas
Giant lobster battle saves fisherman on Cascoe Bay
Charles McVane, a Long Island fisherman near Portland, Missouri, battled a four foot lobster in Cascoe Bay after an April night at Ram Island. He fought the crustacean for minutes, pinned it, carried it to safety, and turned the 27 pound monster over to Taxidermist John A. Lord for mounting.
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Charles McVane
Long Island
Portland
Cascoe Bay
McVane
Ram Island
MecVane
Vane
John A. Lord
Crickets Sold on Ascension Day in Florence
Florentine vendors cry out on Ascension morning selling crickets as fine singers at two to five cents each. Shoppers choose a cage and insect, believing a merry cricket foretells health and happiness while a bad song omen presages misfortune. The day includes masses in the morning and crowds at cafes and the Cascine in the afternoon.
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Fiorentine
Florence
Ascension Moraine
Cascine
Career of Gov Clarke and related naval experiments
The record notes Gov James P Clark who governed Arkansas from 1895 to 1897 and earlier served as attorney general after a long career in the state legislature. It also mentions Senator James K Jones and a late 19th century career arc, plus British Navy trials coaling battleships at ten knots and a Trafalgar era press reference.
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Gov Clarke
James P. Clark
James K. Jones
Arkansas
Yasco City
Miss
Gov. Clarke
Little Roth
Costes
Bem Bome
Trafalsar
Bot Press
India
Child labor in Japanese mills shifts at noon and midnight
Jepes's report notes Japan's mills changed hands at noon and midnight while most workers are children earning very low wages. In Osaka one mill employs 2,600 under age 15 with 3,700 spindles, compared with 300 workers for the same spindle count in America.
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Jepes
Japan
Osaka
America
Cure for Rheumatism Reported by Mrs Hildebrandt
Lake Sarah Minnesota May 12 observers recount a cure for rheumatism after Mrs Hildebrandt tried Dodd’s Kidney Pills. She suffered severe arm pain that ruined sleep until one box helped, leading to lasting relief and gratitude to the remedy.
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Lake Sarah
Minn
Hildebrandt
Dodd
Nose Biting Verdict After Unwanted Kiss Incident
In 1837 Thomas Saverland sued Caroline Newton for an attempted kiss that led to a nose bite by the defendant who was acquitted. The judge remarked that a woman may bite an insistently kissed nose if she wishes, defining a historical edge to the case and its vivid phrase in The Kiss and Its History.
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Thomas Saverland
Carolne Newton
Scared to Death and Patent Remedies Ad Mix
Fragmented medical claims warn of heart disease myth and stomach gas. Dr McNamara cites indigestion as common cause, while Caldwell Syrup Pepsin is promoted. Ads urge laundry whitening with Ball Blue and Vogeler's Compound touts cures for indigestion and related ailments.
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Francis W. McNamara
Chicgo
W_ B_ Caldwell
Orchard Cottage
Vogeler
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Michigan
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J. Pierpont Morgan
Steamship Combine
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France
Great Britain
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Great American
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