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Newspaper
Kansas Agitator
Location
Garnett, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1899
Page
6
A Detroit Free Press item recalls a man known as a good neighbor on Piety Hill who ordered his telephone removed after a testing call. He described being angered by the tester and threatened to remove the line with an ax if it was not restored within an hour.
An Anglo Saxon caller asks if Russia and Great Britain will disarm. Li Hung Chang replies that it matters little to him what they do with their arms as long as their logs stay within paying distance, highlighting linguistic miscommunication and humor in diplomacy.
A chaotic pursuit scene unfolds as a agitated girl cries papa is pursuing them while Algernon jokes about a low storage battery. An auto escapes leaving the parent angry, amid a quarrel between children over playing roles including president of the United States.
A Washington Star note quotes a French official saying the president faces an ordeal and will not receive full public sympathy. The speaker suggests he should have game pictures taken, remarking on the difficulty of looking pleasant for such images.
A少年 reader recalls a cartoonish quip from the Chicago Post about monopoly. A boy, versed in political cartoons, answers the question how to spot a monopolist by his stomach, hinting at weight and appetite for power in commerce.
A fragmentary dialogue shows a father confronted by a budding financier. The financier asks if it is advisable to marry the daughter, while the father questions what remains to discuss after prior engagement and settlements.
A collage of clipped jokes and quotes appears with banter about courtship, military reform, and daily life. Dialogues showcase witty quips from various papers from Detroit Journal Washington Star Pick-Me-Up Chicago News and more, reflecting era style and social humor.
A garbled excerpt presents fragmented quotes about blame and alibi between spouses. The text appears to mix erroneous OCR from two papers, showing incomplete lines and unclear speakers. It lacks coherent narrative or identifiable events.
The article notes that mountainous Central America relies on Indian labor as the main transport, with loads of six to nine stone hauled by a leather thong harness. Passenger travel uses wicker boxes or rough board sledges, with water and provisions carried in a creel called the Iacayle. A future railway between oceans is seen as the hope for modern, convenient transport.
A Philadelphia Record look at how crowds form at train time between four and six p.m. The piece humorously details delays, ticket windows, gate guards, and the little dramas of last minute travelers as they miss trains, scramble for changes, and blame watches that never lie.
Sven Hedin reports in the Gobi high desert a buried Takla Makan city of poplar wood, once vast and advanced, now lost to history. Evidence suggests a large desert civilization with arts religion and industry, linking to ancient legends and biblical era trade.
Reading fragment shows Saelox kneeling before Mag and declaring engagement while Mag questions a suitor's worth. Puck comments mockingly on Mag’s decisive choice, hinting at social pressures and comic tone within the scene.
The excerpt discusses how lovers use flower bouquets to convey messages in the Language of Flowers. It mentions pairs like Artistie Pride and Jimmy, with phrases about attire, mother’s reaction, and patches, noting that modern Greées have detailed understandings of floral symbolism.
Comic opera thrives with star Jeff de Angelis touring in The Jolly Musketeer while Camille D Arville leads The Highwayman. D Arville, born Neelije Dykwtra in Holland, studied in Paris and Vienna before coming to America, where she rose to prima donna in Castle Square Opera Company. Jeff de Angelis, a veteran of San Francisco mining camps and New York stages, returns to the comic opera spotlight after earlier mixed results.
The article hails Patey Donovan as a sharp, high IQ ballplayer who repeatedly uses wit and strategy. In one notable seventh inning play, Donovan feigned a throw to the catcher then quickly threw to first to retire McGuire, preventing Anderson from scoring. Donovan collected three hits and drove in three Patriot runs, backed by Tom McCreery, as they supplied most of the team's offense and runs against Weyhing.
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