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Newspaper

Western Kansas World

Location

Wakeeney, Kansas, United States of America

Date

Sep 19, 1908

Page

7

Wit and wisdom mix in a jumbled 19th century humor column

A collage of quips and cartoons passages. Jests range from spirit conversations to street wisdom about money lies and social pretensions. Several lines hinge on puns about neighbors, debt, and polite behavior, reflecting a period newspaper humor vibe.

Sultan orders Abdul Huda decapitated over star musings

The imperial sultan of Turkey, angered by court astrologer Abdul Huda's star predictions, orders his execution by decapitation as political turmoil follows the Young Turk revolution. Huda is imprisoned while palace intrigues unfold with ministers fleeing or reassigned, and the empire braces for further upheaval on New Year’s Day.

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Four years ago I suffered misery kidney pills cured me

A Whitesboro Texas clergyman Rev G M Gray testifies that Kidney Pills relieved his long running misery from lumbago. He states the pills removed the pain swiftly and endorses their sale by dealers at 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo N Y.

G_ M_ Gray Whitesboro Tex Dean Foster-Milburn Co Buffalo

Health Tale of 47 Chews and a Camel

A parable notes that chewing everything 47 times restored a rich man’s health and saved his soul. He strained at a swot and swallowed a camel, chewed 47 times, fit to pass the eye of a needle, allowing entry to the Kingdom of Heaven.

Kingdom of Heaven Puck

Work of Necessity on a Snake Bite

In a rustic exchange a narrator asks Dicky why he killed a snake. He answers it was trying to bite him, and a backhanded remark on cleanliness hints at using ball blue for pretty teeth as a social boost.

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