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Newspaper
Kansas Agitator
Location
Garnett, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1904
Page
8
A Hartford Courant note reports a woman who opened a long used pincushion after 25 years and found 410 needles inside. The item was said to have developed earlier from a pincushion in ongoing use.
Berlin institutions receive regular plant supplies from public gardens. Hospitals and almshouses get fresh mowers, while national schools receive 100 to 160 specimens monthly for botany lessons. A romance unfolds as a Colmar man plans to marry his late sweetheart’s sister and then her mother.
The article describes how Japanese letter writing places the country first, followed by the city, the street and number, and ends with the writer’s name. It notes this reversed addressing convention contrasts with Western formats.
Defiance Starch Co offers 25 round trip tickets to the St. Louis Exposition. Five winners from Till wold Iowa Nebraska Kansas and Missouri will mail the most trade marks from Defiance cold water starch to Omaha Nebraska by September 11 1994. The 16 oz package pledges value with extra starch and iron adhesion. Tickets to be sent by registered mail September 5.
A curious note claims gray hairs at an early age run in families, possibly from generations of men with dark hair marrying lighter haired women. Also, a successful singer says lasting success needs more than a fine voice in today’s world. Earl M. Pratt.
Magnetic iron sand discovery on Java's south coast touted as valuable. Travel note promotes Colorado Midland Railway offerings with summer round trip rates to interior states Utah California and the Northwest. Inquiries directed to Mr C H Speers Denver Colorado.
A historic note estimates that an acre of grass emits about thirty hogsheads of water daily. It states that roughly 200 parts by weight of water pass through a plant to one part fixed and metabolized within its tissues.
Reflection of Wise Meditation congeniality and endless patience described as key traits for lasting marriage. Ble Light for Neuralgia touted as Italy’s claimed cure using blue light. A shabbily dressed man arrested in Stratford for discrediting the king’s uniform. A Sontilé firm shipped spars to Maine for shipbuilding, lengths from 9% to 118 feet.
Newberry chief of police, C. W. Harria, reports years of kidney pain and backache. Two boxes of Dean's Kidney Pills relieved backache and improved kidney function. Free trial offer mailed to any U S address. Foster-Milburn Co. Buffalo, N Y. Fifty cents per box.
A steam fire engine at a large Uxbridge estate near London is used to wash sheep, delivering 106 gallons per minute to the Neece of each animal. Horses are washed similarly, marking a remarkable agricultural use of fire apparatus.
The article notes that sowing cotton generally starts around February 16 in Upper Egypt and ends in the first half of April in the northern Lower Egypt provinces. In exceptional years sowing may extend to the end of April with no harm to the crop.
The Atehlson Globe notes a pretty poem that begins with Dainty Nttle dande lon smiling on the lawn. It suggests many things that sound pleasant in poetry are harmful when found outdoors, specifically dandelions becoming pests.
In Kushequa Pa a local section claims Dodd's Kidney Pills cure rheumatism and lame back after Mrs M I Davison reports lasting relief. She used two boxes and says her back pain vanished. The piece notes growing belief and cites daily reports of similar results.
An old advertisement mocks grocers who stock rival brands while Defiance Starch offers 16 oz for the same price as 12 oz, claiming better quality and no cooking required. It touts hotel and fair travel mentions, assorted testimonials, and moral quips about choosing brands and partners.
A fragment from a Baltimore American poem appears under the caption The Common Herd. It laments common folk who toil from sunrise to night, enduring hardship and cold. The speaker asks for God to bless the common herd and reflects on daily income, hunger, and fatigue. The verse echoes sympathy for laborers facing harsh winters and meager sustenance.
Labor news surveys union gains across industries from Danville to New York, noting new contracts and wage boosts. It reports recent conferences in Albany, Chicago, and Milwaukee,하며 highlighting demonstrations, sympathy actions, and legal rulings on closed shop bans while detailing worker counts and agency efforts in Canada and New England.
Uorto Date Bricks are produced from clean ground quicklime and granite mix costing $2.50 per thousand. The blend is packed into a steel mold via a screw, air removed, hot water admitted, forming under pressure and heat. Country Life In America notes a Royal Commission report on tuberculosis showing human and bovine forms are practically identical and arise from tuberculous material used in animals. A duck belonging to Mr. T. Lane of Cheaterton laid a record egg weighing 10% ounces, 4% inches long, and 8% inches in circumference. The M C A, started June 6, 1844, began with twelve members and sixty cents weekly funds. now has towns with buildings over $30,000,000 and membership over 600,000.
A Lowestoft man sentenced to seven days hard labor at the workhouse offered to toss a coin to decide if the mayor should double the sentence to fourteen days or nothing. The act followed his drunken conduct and the judge noted the impropriety.
The London Daily Mail notes an unusual monument among Westminster abbey's graves and memorials a prizefighter has been honored in the holy quiet of the cloisters, startling visitors and readers alike with this unexpected tribute.
The Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul railroad operates its own sleeping cars formerly run by Pullman. For twelve years the company has owned and operated sleeping car equipment. Cars now feature wider and higher berths with added length for extra comfort. They run on nearly all St Paul Road lines and are popular with travelers.
An 85 foot long screw weighing eighteen tons has been completed in England, claiming a world record. The item is reported amid novelty interest while a quirky aside notes Defiance Cold Water Starch as superior laundry aid and humor about spinsters being single by choice.
The black fox skin from Kamadatka is the costliest fur. When dressed it yields a very attractive Dine. A single skin is valued at about $100.
Miss Nell Homes of Buffalo New York trustee urges women to rely on Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound after years of menorrhagia and related pains. She reports sleepless nights backaches bearing down and headaches improving after use and recommends others to stop other medicines.
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