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Newspaper
Western Kansas World
Location
Wakeeney, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1912
Page
4
In 1912 guidance extols salt uses across households and trades. It lists cures and helpers from culinary flavor to preservation and cleaning, noting salt in water for bread, teeth, felons, carpets, butter, and poultry care, with various practical tips. The tone reflects early 20th century home remedy culture.
Prominent stage beauties mocked by a horror on skin eruptions blotches sores and pimples. Kucklen’s Arnica salve claims to glorify the face cure eczema saltrheum sore lips chapped hands chilblains burns bruises and piles. Sold for 25 cents at Gibsons.
Experts estimate the winter feed for a family horse at 34 to 7 dollars depending on hay and grain quality. Dr. W. McCampbell of Kansas Agricultural College outlines four October-to-May rations with prairie and orchard hay as standard.
A collage of light anecdotes and quotes from periodicals including Harper's Weekly Exchange and Everybody's Magazine. Jokes range from feuds over a stuck car to a Massachusetts heathen joke, a saintly panhandler, a hotel pianist request, a regimental memory, a 25 year old wedding cake, and a boy seeking jelly beans to tease his teacher.
Judge Lumley Smith said checks for eight pounds were most altered by forgers in an extensive business. A specific case showed a check of £8 14s8d altered to £380 14s, illustrating the common tactic of adding a single digit to inflate sums.
A London club for lovers of dumb animals is forming under the patronage of prominent figures. It features a dogs cloakroom with attendants for members dogs and boarding services. A catering section for dogs and other amenities are planned.
A brief remark by Mr Olde Frend celebrates a festive look while noting a past all black attire. Mrs Brown responds with a sly line about not wearing fast black after her second marriage, as a judge observes the social quip.
A New York Globe item reports a humorous exchange where a speeding lady asks an officer to hear why she sped. She says she aimed to catch up to the car ahead to observe how the woman wore her hat trim med. The officer asks the reason for speeding, and the anecdote ends with a light, comic note.
A courtroom exchange features Judge scolding Tommy for idleness. Tommy replies that those who won’t work are supported by the family, delivering a sharp, humorous line about responsibility. The brief quip captures a scene of domestic humor in a legal setting.
A young man named Dubois files suit against his sweetheart in Marseilles France over being bored for lateness to a theater outing. The case centers on a quarrel over a planned evening out and the resulting alleged insult and dispute.
In a brief, odd exchange, a husband declares he is merely a husband, not a lion tamer, highlighting a curious remark attributed to Exsbengr. The fragment suggests a humorous or surreal local anecdote without further context.
Perry G. Holden departs Iowa State College to lead the International Service Bureau in Chicago. The move aims to spread agricultural education and cooperative farming, with Holden credited for creating demonstration trains, county schools, and the National Corn Exposition. He envisions a global network to boost per acre yields and farm prosperity.
An early constipation warning urges constant watching of a child’s bowels and gentle laxatives when needed. Dr Miles Laxative Tablets are praised by the Christian Charity group in Luzerne Pennsylvania for relatable taste, chocolate flavor, and easy administration to children. The ad claims efficacy, a money back guarantee if the first box fails, and a 25 dose box for 25 cents sold by Miles Medical in Elkhart Indiana.
A foreclosure notice from the Trego County Kansas district court directs an auction at the west front door of the Wa Keeney courthouse. On December 1 at 2 pm the sheriff Ernst Mirshem will sell the south half of section 34 township 14 south range 23 west to satisfy a judgment with 6 percent interest from September 17 12 and no extra costs. The property is the defendant s real estate in the county. The notice includes names of plaintiffs and defendants and is dated by the clerk.
A fragment reflecting on a lesson about distinguishing the sinner from the sin and the tension in loving a lie while resisting the other. The note references Christian Endeavor and author Reid, signaling a devotional or instructional line on moral discernment.
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