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Newspaper
Kansas Agitator
Location
Garnett, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1904
Page
2
A Kansas city column surveys a jumble of topical jests and quips. It mocks literature debates, soap scares, anticontraband warnings, and sensational science claims, then shifts to travel, politics, and local notes. It notes a Mexican or Chinese rumor, a dynamite lunch goat, and a vast Galveston seawall project with trade hopes riding high.
The article describes ribbons appearing on high waistlines, cuffs, fronts, and as wide sash bows sometimes forming large peonies. It also notes an evening tea gown with pink satin and black spotted net, and detailing on cuffs and bows. Further sections discuss gooseberry wine making and lawn fete costumes featuring lace and shantung with black embroidery and Swiss belt.
The center features sheer white linen with a border of pale pink and blue in Van Dyke or scalloped work, followed by four or five cords and a narrow hem. Pure white handkerchiefs remain for full dress, hand made and costly. Sleeves determine date and style, with latest shirtwaist wraps and blouses showing light shoulder fullness and straight cuffs. Material quantities vary by sleeve type and width.
A 19th century reminiscence recounts private coal bunkers feeding Union naval ships chasing Confederate cruisers like the Alabama. Sailors recall visiting distant ports for fuel and paying high prices, with anecdotes of canned negotiation at sea and a rogue Scotchman demanding $30 a ton in gold at St Helena.
A 19th century horoscope claims tsar Nicholas II born May 18 1868 in St Petersburg at noon carries doom. It predicts weakness in health and will, deceit around him, and a doomed struggle with Japan leading to defeat, internal turmoil, humiliation, dismemberment, and death of the czar.
A small boy of about nine stands on a curb at Thirty-sixth and Chestnut, shouting for his mother and begging for bread and jam from a hotel window. A bellboy leads him inside after a passerby narrator notes the dramatic scene as the hotel staff and crowd watch.
Germans in Samoa face economic strain as occupation fails to yield profits. Landed proprietors abandon estates and migrate to America while high freight rates and import duties burden small businesses, highlighting broader economic difficulties during the occupation.
From Paris to New York a new automobile fad outfits dogs with goggles coat and cap. Proponents argue wind and dust harm a dog's eyes more than a human's and European practice spreads to American pets. Lap dogs fear draught on fast country roads and will wear protective clothing when riding in touring cars.
The Kansas City Journal recalls the Vanderbilt voyage where a coal shortage forced a return to St. Helena after ten hours at sea. Scotchy waited eighteen months for a deal, loading 1000 tons at $40,000 paid by the federal government while the vessel faced storms and high risk.
A book agent visited Thomas Edison with a lengthy persuasive speech to secure an advertisement. Edison, recovering, asked how such a long talk was mastered. The agent replied that their speeches are taught by the phonograph at the home office.
A mid century description of a fashionable blouse waist featuring a pale blue chiffon material with black trim. Details cover a narrow vest, draped scarf, swing fronts, deep cuffs, and optional yoke and chemisette. Runs on yardage and sewing notes for sizes.
Peacock feathers once unlucky become stylish in various decorations. Jewelers crafted brooches belts and hat pins using peacock forms with sapphire and emerald accents. Now glass and pottery makers use bright green slag bowls with a brass net frame supporting feathers for dramatic fresh use.
A recipe for honey gingerbread combines flour with sour cream or milk, with butter if milk used. It adds ground ginger, cinnamon, sugar, honey, and a dissolved soda, mixed thoroughly. Bake about three quarters of an hour, slice into squares, and serve hot with extra honey.
A historic washing guide instructs to wash lace veils in strong lather with clear water, simmer slowly, rinse in cold water, add slight glue, strain through a weak starch, then dry flat with pins. Lay tissue over and press when dry.
A reader suggests using a dry salt rub as an occasional substitute for washing with soap and water. Rub table salt into the hair roots, loosen the hair, then brush out. Salt cleanses and tones, drawing out dust and dirt as salt cleans a carpet before sweeping.
The recipe instructs sealing together one and a half cupfuls of milk one cupful of sugar and five tablespoonfuls of ground coffee. Strain add the yolks of four eggs and four tablespoonfuls of sugar and cook over hot water until the custard thickens. Then stir in a quart of cream strain coal and freeze.
A novel use for a lace collar mounts it on a silk shoulder collar with long stole fronts. Edging with a frill or silk rush enhances the effect, making a useful and becoming accessory to the outfit.
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