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Newspaper
Kansas Agitator
Location
Garnett, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1904
Page
6
A fragmented verse by Adolfin Prens reflects a child’s longing to remain youthful and carefree. The speaker questions growing up and leaving her mother, cherishing a prized motherly presence and precious pearls of childhood while wondering about future happiness and love.
Edmund Dalby rushes home to confront imagined betrayal after quarrel with wife Letty. In a twist, a letter found by Alfred Hilbert reveals a note to Nell, exposing a case of mistaken writing and entangled affections among the Dalbys and Hilberts leading to a tense confrontation at the station.
A man discovers a note hidden on a fender reading You got the Lockets Be at my office not later than 7 and we will go Tin death and after Alfred. He rereads the message, stunned by the strange handwriting and its ominous directive, then rouses himself to act.
In a chaotic exchange, Bo it tol! hys terically shouts of wedlock and a headache lead Nelly to wrap tabloids around a paper in the fender. At home in Watford Edmund and Letty reunite, she offers him a gold pencil with his initials, seeks forgiveness, and they plan dinner to recount the tale.
A Brooklyn Bugle tale contrasts an aging, seasoned war correspondent with a boastful young reporter. At a public dinner the rookie’s bold grab for oysters and drink leads to an ironic moment when he calls the elder man “Sonny” and sends him to fetch cigars, highlighting the clash of experience and ambition.
An educated chimpanzee died in England and was insured for 126000 dollars. Notable entertainers also carry high policies. Mme Patt was an early figure in insuring performers with a 5000 dollar policy for her yvoice per performance. Paderewski, Hofmann, and Kurbelik insure hands and voices with sums ranging from tens of thousands to half a million, reflecting broad trends in performer insurance.
The article describes Father John Sergleff of St. Andrew's cathedral in Cronstadt as a renowned Russian priest famed for piety and healing. It notes his influence across social ranks and his presence at Emperor Alexander's deathbed. It claims he persuaded imperial doctors to allow his healing touch during the czar’s typhoid illness.
The Rev William A Robinson pastor of the First Congregational church of Middletown dies after years of service. He surprised his congregation by handing in credentials after thirty nine years of ministry. He was sixty four at his death and had endured illness. The article recalls a life of faith community work and personal hardship.
Mrs. Joseph Callowitz of Centralia Pennsylvania woke to find herself atop a freight car from an eastbound Lehigh Valley train. The car derailed at Railroad Street and Locust Avenue, crashing into the Callowitz residence and saloon. The impact tore through the barroom and damaged the upper room where an infant slept. she escaped with only a slight nose cut.
An ordnance system by J. Hamilton Brown claims a ten inch bore gun with a 576 pound shot could fire nearly 59 miles. Such range would allow Atlantic City ships to reach Philadelphia, and New York could be bombarded from shore batteries on either side of the English Channel.
The article surveys unusual eating habits around the world. It notes Arabian horse flesh, elephant flesh, Indian and Chinese tastes for cats dogs bear paws and bird nests, West Indies caterpillars on palms, Java swallow nests, and Finnish clay consumption as a universal oddity in diverse cuisines.
U. S. Consul F. B. Keene of Florence reports that antiquities of every kind and description, including clever imitations, are being exported to the United States. He notes only government gallery officials can detect deception and seal imports, and that precious ancient places may be hindered, yet many cases labeled as ancient art works are sent abroad.
The article recalls candy making in the past with tallow, molds, and wick anchored at the mold bottom. A careful eighty year old housewife faced burns as she dripped hot tallow and oiled the mold with a melted dip of tallow. Candies were released by pulling on the wick ends after cooling.
A New Rochelle greenhouse hosts an orchid nicknamed the baby orchid for its almost identical likeness to an infant on the center leaf. The plant features a light yellow ground with brown spots and lines, a canopy over its head, and measures about five inches wide. In India similar orchids resemble a butterfly and deter enemies with snake-like coloring.
A Paris discussion between a brain specialist and a leading physician debated high speed driving effects on the brain. The brain expert warned future racers may show brain elongation and more insanity cases, while noting many accidents arise from machinery rather than brain guidance.
Lewis Dennett of Saco Maine owns a London bullseye watch nearly two centuries old once belonging to his grandfather Isaih Dennett. Made by Thomas Spruce of London, it has not run regularly but could be repaired to keep time like modern watches. Inside case papers record service dates including 1817 by clockmaker Edward 8 Moulton of Saco.
A Pullman automobile costing 36000 with a 308 horsepower engine is described as the largest in the world for Loula DP Seboonders of Cleveland. It features a mahogany interior and leather upholstery, sleeping berths on both sides of an aisle, electric heating from a seven horsepower on-board dynamo, plus a dining room kitchen and cupboards.
The infant son of Mr and Mrs W N Wotan of Arkansas City Arkansas died after a celluloid rattle box exploded near a hot stove. The toy caught fire burning clothing and flesh the hand holding the box. A sister was present in the room during the accident.
At Taunton Massachusetts a man known for egg eating devoured ten hard boiled eggs and finished with a raw one in under ten minutes to claim the prize in a local wager.
A Montreal Herald report describes a natural curiosity in Thunder Mountain Idaho the Sheep-eater’s Monument a seventy foot high rock shaft with a fifty ton capstone perched on slender supports. Erosion and melting snows threaten the big stone as the slope hillside erodes revealing the long slow formation process and possible eventual collapse.
A wooden iron looking three legged bimetallic stove called a comforter is part of a Tarrytown collection. Used by old Knickerbockers to light pipes, it is copper with brass upper works and an apple seed pattern. Filled with lye coal, it provided heat for curled-paper tapers a century ago.
Louisville Courier Journal correspondent explains how Kentucky stream names Kingdom Come and Why Not arose from local places and tales. Kingdom Come is a stream in Leslie county tied to John Fox Jr's Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come. Why Not is a small post office named after the old revival song Why Not Tonight, which moved locals to nickname the place Why Not.
A successful rat show in Cheltenham England showcased sixty exhibits in colors including black gold gray white piebald and tan. Agricultural journals note rats as an economic future and possible dainty, highlighting varieties while cautioning that prospects of finding value remain uncertain for the rodent.
Inglewood resident George O. Zilligitt keeps a remarkable carriage mare with a silver mane eight feet long, braided in a net, and a young colt. The notes mention Chinese instruments of reed type and the unusual horse's features, including mane and tail that reach the ground.
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