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Newspaper
Kansas Agitator
Location
Garnett, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1902
Page
6
Fragmentary obituary style prose reflects on a man who bore witness to truth from youth and faced death. The text punctuates the tension between living truth daily and friends reacting to his steadfast conduct, hinting at a moral struggle and dedication to an enduring ideal.
A colorful tale of a storefront wedding in a furniture store window during a street fair. Agnes Fox agrees to marry in the window to satisfy her father, with a plan to flee to Niagara aided by friends. The ceremony occurs at one o'clock as crowds look on, ending with a cheerful, improvised nuptial scene.
In a reading before the American Medical Association Dr Thomas B Putcher of Baltimore summarizes gout as more common than assumed. Over 19 400 admissions at Johns Hopkins over 13 years yielded 35 gout cases while at St Bartholomew s 81 100 admissions produced 116 cases. All 36 cases were white males with most occurring in the fifth decade. Twenty seven patients were native to Americans and gout appeared mainly inherited rather than acquired with alcohol and lead as potent predisposing factors.
A Berlin congress on first aid to the wounded notes danger from dust and contaminated clothing as secondary infection in modern warfare. Surgeons urge excluding septic and tetanus germs over wound disinfection, while New York City reports many dust related illnesses among street sweepers. Cerebro spinal meningitis is highlighted as a common dust borne concern in spring.
An elderly speaker boasting of quelling her husband’s tobacco habit prompts audience laughter as a woman claims she kissed him after he signed a pledge to abstain. The report also notes a batch of Missouri metals indicted for penny poile om & Aabing.
Stories from Martinique honor scientists who climbed Mont Pelee and Morne Rouge led by Prof Hifl and Prof Angelo Hollprin. Cor respondents probed lava and ash to dangerous crater edges while governments and private groups study stations to save lives. Their modest pay contrasts with fearless dedication and world admiration.
Annie, late to class, tries to justify her tardiness by blaming her little brother Johnnie. The principal questions both, Annie confesses she ate seventy four eggs while Johnnie claims three eggs caused his lateness. Annie’s boast contrasts with Johnnie’s comic misfortune, ending with a moral reminder.
Prominent Trenton men pay high prices for pennies found in graves at the First Presbyterian churchyard where Hessian troops and Col. Rohm were buried. Excavations for a new choir gallery disturbed long buried bones and pennies now sought as keepsakes. Detected coins may be claimed only if authorities permit returning them to their original graves.
In Burgre Mo a rare wedding drew townwide praise as the ceremony sparked lively cheers. The village paper described the event as a thunderbolt from a cloudless sky and noted the courtship style as noble and earnest with a young suitor openly confessing love.
Count Carlo Alofalo Contarini dies in Venice, believed last male descendant of the Contarini line that supplied eight doges and forty four procurators to the republic. The first doge Domenico Contarini ruled 1043 to 1071 and rebuilt Saint Mark's. The count was a retired Italian army officer and left very poor.
The Omaha Auditorium Company opens its stock contest July 1 with a 25 cent share and two prizes per share. A $5,000 capital prize from Defiance Starch Co. and 1,000 other prizes will be awarded after the governor election on November 4 1902. Winners are chosen by guesses of total votes for New York governor. 1,000 runners up tie to next closest guesses. The scheme includes seven more monthly cash prizes and is open to all, with information via Omaha Auditorium Co in Omaha Nebraska.
Salt Lake residents and the summer colony discuss ongoing lake recession, noting the water level has been dropping continually since 1868 and prompting calls for study and action.
The July 16 awarding of the fret special semi monthly prize has spurred growing interest in the Omaha Auditorium stock contest. Ed J Hamilton of Wilsonville Neb won 160 cash. his guess netted 133.33 vs 152.64 in the larger sack. August 1 a commercial prize near 500 will go to the closest guess to the larger sack total. There are 1,001 prizes including a 5000 sash prize from Defiance Starch Co and a 3500 house and lot. tickets cost 25 cents and offer an extra chance on the next semi monthly prize. The contest ties to gubernatorial vote totals in New York and listed past governor election counts. Stock tickets for one share with two guessing blanks are available from the Omaha Auditorium Co. in Omaha Neb with representation in Nebraska and adjoining states.
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