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Newspaper
Western Kansas World
Location
Wakeeney, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1911
Page
6
A satire filled column from Western Kansas World features odds and ends, quips, and doodles about a wide cast of topics. It riffs on fashion, sports misfires, improbable investments, odd laws, and newsy riffs about Chicago, Boston, and Broadway. Names and places mix with light jests and social curiosities.
In a remote shack amid a blizzard a brutal husband confronts a jealous wife and a young suitor. She plots escape with the boy, kills the husband in a flash of gunfire, and the pair flee into the storm clutching a note of confession. The blizzard hides their fate as authorities ponder their likely death or disappearance.
A mother pleads with her child Viola to stop thumb sucking, fearing she might swallow it. The girl’s innocent reply hints at an unusual expression and prompts the puzzled magistrate to question where the phrase came from.
In a Broadway store a man, carrying a large hat, demands a refund for a pricey hat his wife bought. He insists she does not need it and has already bought three hats this spring, saying he cannot afford to waste money. A store clerk notes the bold act compared to Napoleon.
A country household boarder laments missing letters as Melba the pet arrives with a chip of food. The next day a child greets Miss Alice with a worm filled message claiming the postman failed to deliver letters, implying worms as grub for the garden.
An excerpt notes disillusion among adventurous youths who went to Mexico seeking real fighting, predicting they will be denied that pleasure and must return home to confront the umpire.
A Wisconsin creamery manager says coffee harmed health and business and that switching to Postum cured digestion, reduced stomach fullness and heart palpitations, and boosted mental sharpness. He notes no coffee on tables now and praises Postum as the greatest table drink of the times.
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