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Newspaper
Western Kansas World
Location
Wakeeney, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1907
Page
7
Kansas schedules Alfalfa Day on December 14 with J H L superintendent of farmers institutes at State Agriculture College calling farmers to gather. About 750000 acres in Kansas grow alfalfa as discussions cover seed storage and handling across 250 meetings statewide from 1 30 to 3 30 PM.
Journal fragment recounts a perilous climb to safety from a tigress with cubs in a jungle. An English architect-in-training in Philadelphia befriends a local real estate man and awkwardly misuses gum, confusing gum with mucilage in a humorous office encounter.
Fire crews locate no blaze after climbing eight stories to answer an elderly woman’s window call. A misheard alarm and a missing fire were explained as a toboggan of miscommunication in a Bohemian neighborhood scene.
As Shela spoke two aristocratic looking travelers from a London suburb toured Paris with quickness and wit. In the Louvre James spots a striking painting and asks the price. An attendant politely explains the piece is not by Watteau and not for sale.
Ferdinand mocks talk of love as foolish for a girl of high social standing. He notes they could not live at Newport all year, highlighting class tension and romantic doubt in the scene.
Quoted remarks lament limited progress as Mrs Fidgett notes men do not exert themselves to invent smokeless cigars amid praise of wireless telegraphy and related advances in a concise, tongue in cheek exchange reflecting era attitudes.
Sears Roebuck and Co are indicted for selling a white lead ring claimed to be made by them. The indictment asserts the ring was produced by others. A second count involves a ring bought by R H Miles and a third count notes a misrepresented ring sent via the mails.
A Cleveland family hired a Scandinavian domestic who had never seen a refrigerator. The mistress warned to discard old items daily, but the next day she found old ice left in the yard, explained as yesterday's ice thrown away, illustrating a humorous misinterpretation.
A comic tale crowns a wife pressuring a husband to buy a car with a sharp twist. A wealthy man returns to his old village and hears a blunt verdict on his success. A Texas youth reports coffee nerves eased after switching to Postum, noting clearer skin and no headaches.
A youngster named John attends church for the first time and struggles to hear the minister pray. His mother hushes him, but he blurts out his disbelief that the prayer is not the familiar formula. The scene ends with his surprised, disapproving gaze.
The Well Informed demand a simple pleasant liquid laxative. This advertorial notes Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna as a known beneficial laxative, claims ethical supply by California Fig Syrup Co., urges buying the genuine product from leading druggists, price fifty cents per bottle.
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