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Newspaper
Western Kansas World
Location
Wakeeney, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1920
Page
7
An advertisement touts Bayer as the genuine aspirin brand with the Bayer Cross thumb print to deter imitations. It promotes unbroken packages, small tin boxes, and larger sachets, noting aspirin as Bayer's trade mark and linking to relief from joint pains and general pain. The text ends with a dialogue line unrelated to the ad.
A lean youth visits a city recruiting office and quizzes the recruiter about service pay and benefits. After hearing thirty dollars a month, he dreads a trick and leaves, muttering of borrowing the money. Small humor and strip cartoon style vignettes follow, including home life and quick one‑liners.
An old advertisement touts Ely's Cream Balm as a fast remedy for blocked noses and catarrh, promising relief in one minute by applying the antiseptic cream inside the nostrils. It claims instant air passage opening and suggests buying a small bottle from a druggist. The piece also includes a jokey town notice about a dangerous hill and lighthearted quips.
All day dresses replace separate skirts and blouses as versatile one-piece frocks for women, especially those who work. They are simple in design, serviceable, and warmer under coats in winter, with subtle braid and button accents. Silk culture note ends abruptly.
A 1910 era guide explains salvaging worn linen by converting large tablecloths with thin spots into smaller cloths and into doilies, centerpieces, and luncheon sets. It describes methods like four square sections joined by crochet bands, edge finishing with narrow hems, and decorative lace to extend usefulness.
The article describes repurposing worn sheets into square napkins and cup towels, machine stitching narrow hems, and cutting wide sheets in half to create flat seams with unworn portions at the center. Worn bedsheets become narrow single bed coverings, discolored textiles become ironing-board coverings, and old pillowcases provide pressing cloths for woolens.
Nasty Colds offer quick relief at drug stores for only a few cents. The remedy acts without assistance and tastes pleasant. It contains no quinine. Insist on Pape's Ad.
A teacher recalls a mid day incident when a polite stranger corrected her about closing a school door quietly. The man turned out not to be a student but a friend visiting the school. He said the episode would serve as a good lesson for us.
A discussion at the workingmen's institute questions whether women should be given high appointments. A young, newly married firebrand protests a woman as secretary of the treasury, while an older man retorts that missing pay at home would quickly reveal the issue.
Fragmentary OCR text mixes garbled phrases about learning not to throw hand grenades at your elders. It mentions Sondage Misse and Stockholm GarSiedd Ten with unclear context. The readable fragments provide no solid event or source entities to anchor a full news item.
A daughter recalls a line about Little Eva dying from Uncle Tom’s Cabin. At dinner her father plans to go to the theater that evening, but the child’s remark reflects the prior day’s tragedy. The fragment preserves a moment of domestic reaction to a death in the story.
A cryptic fragment discusses gray hair and a stock with a vague reference to a veterinary or investment idea. It mentions a short horse and a kicker, suggesting a metaphorical or symbolic text rather than a clear news item. No identifiable people, places, or events are established.
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