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Newspaper
Western Kansas World
Location
Wakeeney, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1901
Page
7
A collection of humorous snippets features a fortune teller jailed for street handbills, a dramatic love exchange with Gladys, a quirky house-hunting tale with five boys, a stubborn job seeker, and playful banter among suitors and relatives. The pieces showcase lighthearted wordplay and everyday miscommunication.
A brief undated remark by Miss Woodbe notes ancestors landed on Plymouth Rock and adds sotto voce a year of 1862. The exchange reflects pride and curiosity amid admiring and envious whispers.
A clipped theatre style exchange shows Rowland confronting Roxey about nearly killing the manager over a role in Uncle Tom's Cabin. Roxey explains the skin and bloodhound character idea offended him, while another fragment notes a flirtation between Edlith, Bertha, and Fred after golf, with light quips about marriage and boarding houses.
A street encounter ends with a man pleading for aid. The other speaker refuses, citing dangerous heart enlargement and risk of immediate death from any further strain. The exchange highlights urgent kindness versus medical caution in a tense moment.
Fragmented humor column presents a string of light vignettes and quips. Interlaced lines feature callers like Clara and Maude with a ring joke about a physician. Classic one liners include a banker quip on football brutality and a bachelor club aside.
An old river bed discovery reveals a wooden vessel about fifty feet long buried seven feet deep in England. Constructed mostly of oak with an elm keel, it features tree-wall ribs and iron fastenings. Antiquarians link it to the era of King Alfred the Great and Danish conflicts.
The piece discusses Russell Rage as a selective eater and a respected French authority on cuisine who lunches with figures from Gould Interests at Western Union. It recalls H. Washington entertaining the U S President and Alabama governor in December 1898 at Tuskegee, with praise from the New Orleans Picayune for gracious hospitality by Booker T. Washington and his wife.
Northport Michigan December 9 reports a remarkable recovery from kidney disease in Byron C Leslie after using Dodds Kidney Pills. HePreviously suffered severe pain and despondency but months of good health followed and he proclaims a permanent cure prompting wide physician and public interest.
The common cockroach has spread through the civilized world by ships and rats. It travels aboard vessels as freely as other pests and occupies ship holds that carry foodstuffs. The text notes their coexistence and monopolization of cargo holds on seafaring ships.
A vintage grocery ad promotes Red Cross Ball Blue for laundry, claiming it keeps clothes clean and sweet as new. The copy urges shoppers to buy at all grocers.
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