Humorous Clippings Highlight American Character Across Kansas
A collage of notes from Kansas papers reports quirky local quips from Mrs Tennai of Sabetha to a Salina hardware tale. It cites Wichita and Emporia editorials, a misprinted line about Miss Higgins, and a 125 pound scale moment. The piece, by Arthur Ruh, argues genuine American humor roots in Kansas, contrasting it with continental iconoclasm and praising Thoreau as a model.
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Kansas
Kansas City
Tennai
Sabetha
Salina
Will White
Emporia Gazette
Emporia Country Club
Wichita
Higgins
Wichita Eagle
Jack Spine
Arthur Ruh
Harper's Magazine
Manhattan
Invented Seawater Stiff and Emily's Taxi Kiss Scandal
A biographer recalls Alexander Graham Bell’s portable seawater still for emergency drinking aboard ships. The tale shifts to Emily defying family disapproval by admitting a taxi kiss from her beau John, provoking tears and a swift acceptance of the romance, as the family jokes that truth outshines fiction.
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Alexander Graham Bell
Nova Scotia
Mr. Bell
Baddeck
Cape Breton
England
George Kennan
Emily
John
Questen
Never Again and a Childs Prayers Lost to Bedtime
A mother struggles to persuade her daughter to say prayers at night as the child cites being bored and the lure of an evening tire ride. The narrative weaves in disjointed phrases about golf and diplomacy, revealing a chaotic bedtime scene through fragmented speech.
News adsertiat ing pars. Give it a Bia
A terse note appears to describe a brief news item with unclear wording and partial phrases. Readable fragments suggest an ad style or adsertiat service fragment, inviting interpretation or further editing.
Bark Fuel from Pulp Wood Considered by Industry
George D. Bearce reported to the Technical Foundation of the Pulp and Paper Industry in Detroit that properly prepared wood bark could substitute for coal. Bark amounts to about ten percent of pulp wood and 250 pounds dry bark per cord. 100 cords provide fuel equal to eight tons of coal if moisture is reduced by half.
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Fia
Detroit
George D. Bearce
News Print Service Bureau
Bearce
Dog Lion and Odd Taxonomy Fascinate Rhodesia and Chicago
Professor Myers announced a new creature dubbed the dog lion at a scientific congress in Bull England. The Rhodesian animal combines lion strength with dog fidelity, provoking doubt among real lions about royal blood. Also described are twenty years of the Mellon dog temple in Milwaukee with nine mummified dogs and eight living in a dark upstairs room, a scene deemed a bizarre religious rite.
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Myers
Congress of the Scientific Association
Bull
England
Noah
Rhodesia
South Africa
Mellon
Milwaukee
Chicago Evening Post
A Vanishing Art
A provincial reflection on shrinking letter length tied to lighter postal weights. The author laments decadence in letter writing over generations, blaming a conspiracy of reasons and modern busy lives for reduced use of paper to convey opinions and knowledge.
Erupting Strombeli Volcano Threatens Shoreline
Volcanic activity on Strombeli Island drives ash and cinders high into the air while rivers of lava descend from the 3040 foot mountain. A glow from the crater is visible at sea by day and night, with underground rumblings and earthquakes. Residents flee the mountain and take boats to the mainland.
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Cicano
Strombeli
Hair
House Designed by W W Purvy Featured in Minneapolis
A residence on a prominent Minneapolis street showcases a center hall plan with a breakfast alcove, direct basement access, built in features including radiator housing and a sun porch bookcase, and a 32 by 26 foot main area. The six room home, with a stucco exterior and brick first story, lists a price around 10000 dollars, needs at least a 60 foot wide lot, and uses hardwood floors and tile in baths.
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Minneapolis
Happiness as Key to a Happy Marriage
Barbara Dane argues that the best ingredient a woman can offer is independent happiness. She warns against drama and demands, saying a cheerful, self-contained demeanor makes marriage endure. The piece notes the idea derives from a tea table discussion and cites The News edition.
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Bern
Pracice
Barbara Dane
The
Leader
Britain could yield navy fuel from coal if needed
Dr C H Lander told the British Association that home mined coal could supply oil for the navy and merchant fleet. A ton of coal might produce about six percent oil, with 1,000,000 tons of oil from coal costing 16,000,000 tons of coal and yielding coke and gas. If feasible, domestic coal use could shift to oil and reduce coal demand for fuel. Meanwhile a Philadelphia Record note reports a jury convicting a Iowa woman of first degree murder for killing her husband.
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Great Britain
C. Hy Lander
Fuel Research Board
British Association For the Advancement of Science
Althouse
Iowa
Philadelphia Record
Covell praises Tanlac for health after long illness
George C Lovell of Baltimore testifies Tanlac rebuilt his health after 26 years of suffering indigestion headaches back pain and sleeplessness. He claims the medicine cured his digestion and energy returning him to work with renewed vigor. He notes Tanlac’s broad use and mass sales.
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Tanlac
George C Lovell
West A3rd Street
Baltimore
Almot
Cone's Laughs Drive Polly Animation Character
The Paul Dispatch notes Cone's eyes are often half cased in laughter, a defining trait of his Polly animation. The light humor and vivid facial expression mark his onstage persona and comic timing.
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Cone
Polly
Paul Dispatch
Tidal Wave Damage Visible Along Coast After Seismic Readings
An assistant director at Kilwuenue Observatory says a tidal wave followed seismic readings but earthquake cause unclear. Waves crippled Walla hu River, wrecking thirty sampans near Hito and inundating a Japanese tea house and yacht club. Hundreds flee as riverside streets flood and boats topple.
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Headly Benshe
Vile Wad Walid
Nieal Waites
Hoy Th Dliehy
Kilwuenue Observatory
Pre
Luis ‘Beeg
Wallahu
Wile
Hito
Mile Wis
Gage Aml
Wiharod
Yacht Club
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Hilan Ty
Wageash
J .Weesa
Man
W. W. Purvy
Teral Memiione
Strentier
Covell
Gain
W. Patrick St
F.O
Fordson Tractor
Ford
Ford Motor CO
Detroit, Mich
Hawaii
RCC
Las
Hills
HU Cormeeny On
Anes
Fred
W. Patrick St. Frederick, Md
Fordson
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