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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1906
Page
7
An old Bagdad merchant Abou Casen famed for avarice wears patched clothes and nails set in slippers. He profits from rose water and crystal deals until misfortune and a buried treasure rumor drive his greed. His slippers cause a fatal chain of events ending with disposal in an aqueduct.
A tale of Casen the miser who borrows to avoid buying slippers, loses them in a bath, is jailed for theft, pays fines, burns his slippers, and causes a citywide curse that ends with an official edict. The story ends noting the danger of wearing one pair of slippers too long.
A riddle states ten men's length and ten men's strength cannot tear it, yet a baby can carry it. The answer is a rope referenced as a test of strength and portability.
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