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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1916
Page
6
In the town of Zekesbury two remarkable figures, Hedrick and Sweeney, entertain a crowded hall with phrenology lecture and mesmeric feats. A crippled boy poetization and a vivid staged reading reveal comic and poignant contrasts in this lively rural episode.
A humorous tale explains how a Mexican merchant avoided duties on gases by sliding them into the United States with a greaser ferrying them across the Rio Grande. The buyer, astonished, learns the trick and sees the vases delivered intact at breakfast.
A dash of social satire unfolds as a well dressed man scorns a street urchin who asks if a cat or dog is dead and notes his own attire while moving on, the exchange highlighting class tension and wit in a brief street encounter.
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