05 Sep 1903
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Newspaper
Western Kansas World
Location
Wakeeney, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1903
Page
1
A New York World editorial argues American women must pursue strength and outdoor sports. It celebrates independent, athletic girls who row, swim, sail, and shoot, rejecting the old fragile ideal. Strong, self-reliant women are praised as boosting national fitness and manly vigor.
The article surveys tick-free districts across northern Mississippi and adjacent counties, noting cultivated lands and pastures as tick-free after certain conditions. It explains how plowing, twelve months without cattle, and sun exposure reduce tick presence and mentions water-logged areas aiding tick death. Also discusses rancidity in butter and hog feed experiments with barley, oats, roots, and cooking effects on animal gains.
Bees swarmed a Fort Wayne street after colliding with an electric car. Frightened passengers were stung and several riders avoided danger as the swarm flooded the area. Commuters faced panic while the swarm took over the roadway and disrupted traffic.
A local resident, Meman, reports a curious growth on a Brunswick tree. The object is egg shaped, wood-like, about the size of a football and roughly one quarter inch thick. Its unusual formation has drawn considerable comment from observers.
A Japanese family operates a log cabin near Magnolia offering their wares. Across the street is the Indium store with a Spanish tea house nearby. An exhibit of oriental tapestries and jeweled trinkets is on display. A Hoe brew tailor presses pants nearby, completing a cosmopolitan group of statekeepers.
An aged mother in a shadowed attic recalls a trunk of cherished keepsakes from long ago. A flowing wedding dress, satin gown, faded ribbon, a golden lock of hair, a doll with frock and frill, and a little shoe, all laid with care as memories of happier times. The trunk remains safe, sacred to the heart’s hidden gold of other days.
Seamen on the Discovery compare Antarctic conditions with the Arc- He noting drier air and harsher cold. Iceberg shapes amaze. sledge progress is uneven and slides alter seven times. Grover Wehnes reports a Seneca Lake sea serpent sighting near Kasbong Point, claiming a yacht obstacle and a speedy pursuit before the creature vanished.
Gates on Norway roads create frequent delays for travelers as motorists stop to lower or raise the bars. The obstructions mark farm boundaries and separate cultivated land from waste areas, hindering passage across the countryside.
A Jersey man quips that people resemble their meals as he vows to join the elite. Women barred from a Centura contest celebrate a long tradition, noting no woman entered the St. Catherina Mt Stmal competition for 1,400 years.
The article argues for automatic watering to save labor on farms. It explains using inverted bottles over shallow pans, wood troughs, and barrels with air pressure to regulate flow. It notes that proper systems reduce contamination and waste, suggests windmill or barrel setups, and mentions keeping water clean for birds fed soft foods.
The article emphasizes studying available literature and applying practices in poultry. Felch compares success to the old Indian idea of using tobacco and rum, but stresses using good stock and care. It warns that many fail due to overconfidence and lack of preparation before investing.
The article describes gum exudation on stone fruits, caused by insect injury especially from the fruit bark beetle, and notes it is most common on sickly trees with holes in bark leading to fatal damage. It suggests wash treatments and cleanup to reduce infestations. It then presents A C Hartman’s catch crops including rape with oats or barley, oats with rape, rye and timothy, and their benefits for fall pasture, soil humus, and weed control through shallow cultivation.
Indiana dairy meeting offer invites local dairymen to contact H. E. B. Van Norman secretary of the Indiana State Dairy Association to arrange gatherings in suitable places. The group aims to promote dairy improvement and urges attendance to learn from successful peers and adopt best practices.
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