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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1903
Page
8
A melancholic man laments how hard it is to part from his relatives while a wealthy man scoffs that it is indeed possible to lose them. The exchange highlights contrasting attitudes toward family ties and attachment.
Jests and squibs parade in a light hearted column on domestic life and political clatter. A royal executioners joke and a hen and rooster scene mingle with quips about a border incident and a stubborn landlady. Characters include a mother in law a cook and a tea lesson miss Kiowit.
Fragmentary verse notes reference a bookish theme with lines about Attle and p s and q s. It mentions a sad scene with a politician, one hand in his pocket and the other on his heart, hinting at cash and sentiment and a reflective mood.
A fragmentary reading scene shows a boy comparing reading speed with a grown man and a humorous exchange about books and words. The dialogue includes a line about pronunciation and pride in clothes, plus miscellaneous misheard speech and a brief domestic quarrel.
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