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Newspaper
Kansas Agitator
Location
Garnett, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1900
Page
7
In Bayonne area the Bernardines, a convent of women vows to silence, dwell among skulls and groves. High-born applicants seek admission, each supporting herself with a fortune as they contemplate death and devotion in remote hillside cabins.
The Indian Agent reports a total indigenous population of 297905 with 5697 fully clothed in citizen dress and 61923 in mixed attire. Literacy shows 42597 can read and 63314 can converse in English. Births reached 4287 and deaths 5263, while church membership counts 81655 across 213 church buildings. Education funding totals 261616 and general church work 119407.
Louisiana and Texas now furnish nearly three fourths of U S rice as irrigation and prairie lands boost yields. The shift from Georgia and South Carolina to the Southwest marks a major development in U S agriculture. Also notes on tidal delta rice, Scottish deer culling, and a curious fishing wheel on the Columbia River.
Compulsory vaccination in German cities since 1874 led to few observed smallpox cases. Most recorded instances involved foreigners arriving from countries without mandatory inoculation, reflecting the policy's impact on disease control.
Notes and Queries argues that while a board game resembled draughts, no ancient Egyptian pieces show varied shapes or distinct sets. Birch and Illustrations in Wilkinson suggest the game was not true chess. artifacts and museum pieces imply a draughts like pastime, not a genuine chess system.
The article notes a cycle of religious fervor in India with Hindoo theologians predicting Vishnu's ninth incarnation arriving on a white horse to purify the earth and inaugurate a virtuous era. It suggests widespread unconsciousness among caste women for an hour, then selective awakening for the faithful. It also mentions sales pitches for Hall's Catarrh Cure. It cites language statistics attributing vast Chinese and Hindu language speakers worldwide.
An early 20th century notice promotes Grain-O as a coffee substitute made from pire grains. It claims easier digestion, lower cost, and suitability for children, selling in 25 cent and 1 cent? packages. Also mentions Lead Mines on the Isle of Man with a famed seven foot wheel exhibit.
The article surveys various topics from infant remedies and sea vessels to desert life and historic military attire. It mentions GASTORTA remedies, junk ships with equal seaworthiness to long voyages, Sahara livestock in Algeria, Piso's Cure for Consumption, ocean sounding by the British government, and British military colors under different rulers.
A 19th or early 20th century advertising copy extols Alabastine as the superior wall coating over kalsomine and chalks. It claims Alabastine is washable, cementlike, not a paint, and can be recoated without scraping. It markets to churches, homes and public halls, urging readers to ask dealers for genuine Alabastine.
Two letters to Mrs. Pinkham recount a nineteen year old girl's attack of prolonged bleeding and weakness. One mother reports little relief from doctors, then praise for Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. A second letter from another mother notes rapid improvement after use and ongoing gratitude, with permission to publish.
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