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Newspaper
Western Kansas World
Location
Wakeeney, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1915
Page
3
In Seeing Life columnist George V. Hobart mocks vanity as a social plague. He riffs on a society woman nicknamed Peaches fighting fat with absurd cures, chaotic workouts, and mishaps with devices from rubber straps to an electric blanket, ending with a quip on vanity’s endless lure.
A wealthy retired hardware dealer recalls starting in Ife by selling nails padlocks stoves and shovels. He aimed to be a writer but publishers rejected him, saved stamp money for five years, then bought a partner’s stake in a hardware firm. His success in hardware grew from that early ambition.
A London Chronicle excerpt explains how the Devil's Own name links to patriots and Napoleonic era volunteers. George III supposedly bestowed the title after mistaking a legal band for lawyers, who then adopted the moniker with humor.
The sermon discusses unity as spiritual harmony rather than outward agreement, urging lowliness meekness and long-suffering. It cites a Quaker organ episode and praises George Mueller's Bristol orphanage effort where diverse evangelical groups worked together in peace.
A brief dialogue shows a farmer praising a friend’s language as wonderful yet unused for much, remarking he only uses it to drown thoughts. The exchange captures rural speech and humor about communication.
A husband explains his white waistcoat was badly spotted after leaving a club. His wife scolds his carelessness, but he defends himself noting there were no menu cards to show what they ate, implying the tale is a light, anecdotal joke.
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