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Newspaper
Western Kansas World
Location
Wakeeney, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1908
Page
6
A collage of satirical lines from The Western Kansas World FANsas touches on politics, education in China, laughter as cure, and odd musings about crime, travel, and wealth. It lampoons figures from Chicago to Pittsburg, and notes oddities from Denver conventions to French roads, with a dose of humorous social commentary throughout.
A Civil War era cavalry pursuit unfolds as Hampton trails Murphy across desolate plains toward the Powder River. Nights, fires, and eerie visions haunt the chase while Brant’s memory reconnects with Nolan’s death, and Murphy faces fear of a ghostly face as the two men clash over fate and duty.
A fragment notes Americans turning catalogues into shoe insoles as a clever use while English law limits supply and demand in Nankin. The piece suggests Chinese interest in the thick illustrated catalogs and their prized status, with caution on fashion and trade implications.
Mrs Goodsole scolds her son for smoking while he jokes that it does catch her stomach. The brief dialogue captures tension between parental concern and a youth’s teasing response.
A compilation of anecdotes on hog cholera highlighting its threat to hog breeders with a testimonial about Sloan's Liniment, followed by a note on a German English misprint in a hotel, then commentary on rat damage to agriculture and a French lawyer joke about a purse theft, interleaving light humor with farming concerns.
A historical testimonial details a surgeon quitting coffee due to tremors and insomnia, switching to Postum. He describes calmer nerves, steadier hands, and improved writing after three years, sharing how a friend also benefited and joined the Postum switch.
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