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Newspaper
Western Kansas World
Location
Wakeeney, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1907
Page
7
A collage of humor and brief items from early 20th century papers features jokes about school truancy, revival sermons, faith cures, and social quirks. Vignettes include a boy skirting punishment for a fishing trip, a lawn mower party gag, a physician’s advice on pushing exercise, and playful exchanges about marriage, etiquette, and cleverness in daily life.
Senator John T. Morgan of Alabama writes research heavy magazine pieces without pay and declines railroad passes for himself or family. Though over 80, he works half the night and avoids seeking jobs for constituents. He entered the Senate of modest means and remains largely dependent on his salary.
Mrs. John Mansell of 614 South Jefferson Street New Castle Pennsylvania recounts years of kidney trouble with painful urinary passages and swollen limbs. A week of Dean's Kidney Pills restored health and strength at age 68, with pills sold by all dealers for 50 cents.
An Oklahoma editor recounts how Grape Nuts nutrition cured his weakness and gained 25 pounds in eight weeks. He credits the food with restoring brain power and vitality, noting its taste wins friends and its claims are proven by his own experience.
A collage of old advertisements and comic dialogue excerpts features Defiance Starch directions for stiff collars, a joke about matrimony with a milliner, a lawyer quip about army service, Allen's Foot-Ease, Lewis' Single Binder cigars, and Winslow’s Boothian writings. The fragmentary text hints at product pitches and light satire of men’s habits and social norms.
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