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Newspaper
Western Kansas World
Location
Wakeeney, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1908
Page
3
A farm tips compendium urges tidy surroundings and timely work from sheep and hen care to pasture and grain handling. It stresses clean stables, proper breeding ages, milk quality, and prompt action on tasks, plus the value of modern ideas and regular farm paper guidance.
Maj. Devol earned fame as a planning and supply expert for the U S Army across the Philippines, Mexico and South America. He organized transport networks for 65 000 troops in the tropics, oversaw a vast clothing depot, and led the Pacific transport service from San Francisco after rebuilding the supply system in era 1896 1901.
Maj. Devol headed San Francisco department of stores and supplies totaling about 2.5 million dollars. He organized aid after the earthquake and frost fire, distributing goods to 211 city wards and earning a seat on the army general staff. As canal commission chief quartermaster, he will oversee up to 3 million in stock and related work including labor, policing, and transport to the isthmus. The year’s total department expenditure is projected near 3 million.
An advertisement discusses laundry starch and how Defiance Starch allows thinner use without dulling fabric or reducing wear. It cites improved stiffness with less paste, contrasts with other brands, and promotes a sharper finish for garments.
In Lower Austria a brick layer named Stephan Schmidt died last November. A district tax office letter to his family, addressed to Herr Schmidt, notified that taxes for 1308 have been officially written off because of his death.
Miss Marteina Kramers of Rotterdam Holland is a noted linguist and editor of Jus Suffracil the official organ of the International Woman Suffrage Alliance. She can read and speak thirteen languages and receives reports from various countries.
The woman who stays single all her life after the death of the man she loved is seen as a heroine, while the bachelor whose beloved dies young is often viewed as a fool.
The item promotes CASTORIA as a safe remedy for infants and children with the familiar line Bear Signature In Use For Over 30 Years The Kind You Have Always Bought It also mentions a warning against wasted speech and cites Gordon Pettit's Eye Salve claimed to restore eyes with distribution by Howard Bros Buffalo New York and a note about fishing for compliments with big ones getting away.
A Hubbite couple in a domestic scene unearthed boxes of love letters while sorting papers. The husband, after a quick skim, declares the junk junked, prompting the wife to protest that the letters are his and her shared memory.
A Washington Star note reports about 300 tons of waste paper shipped from the city to a Michigan mill for pulp. The stock comprises four years of canceled money orders totaling 2,500,000 sheets valued at 1.5 billion dollars. The fragment also includes ad lines and miscellaneous quotes.
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