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Newspaper
Kansas Agitator
Location
Garnett, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1903
Page
6
Fragmented verse extols a supreme master who reduces burdens and guides learners. The poem praises a universal educator shaping knowledge through work and care, with odd spellings hinting at a printer's error and a Boston setting.
Aunt Huldy, a loquacious Knob country figure, recalls a legend about a notorious bear. Uncle Jep hunts the bear with a smoothbore, the bear outmaneuvers him, Aunt Huldy lassos the animal and binds it to a tree, while Aunt Hardy narrates the close pursuit and the cattle-saving resolve.
In a rural tale, Uncle Jep wrecks a pine log and drags a bar over to the Eddy after a night of chaos. Aunt Huldy and Jonas bury a gun and receive payment from Mose, while Mose and Aunt Tidy stash the booty for future use. A smiling Providence is credited for the outcome.
A New York press summary credits London tailor Poole with shaping King Edward VII’s presentation. It notes Poole’s high standing, claims he once lent the prince significant sums and could address him publicly, and cites a harsh anecdote about his debt policies as part of a broader portrait.
The fragment urges indulgent eating and drinking without strict rules. It lists odd pairings like beer with ice cream and milk with cucumbers, plus bizarre claims about longevity and digestion. The tone imitates 19th or early 20th century advice columns from New York press.
The piece notes beliefs that clinking glasses or bubbles signaling a return, flames in a candle or candle’s flame length foretell a guest’s arrival, and shared drinks imply secrets. It also describes a large floral clock in Jameshourneh Gardens Scotland with golden feather pyrethy mum and a clock hand clockwork mechanism for time indication.
Ox tail soup, once called ox tail salip, emerged as a frugal dish among very poor Huguenot refugees from France after the revocation of the Edict of Nantes. With tails at low market value, the dish formed in the early stages of English dining.
An lady purchased the entrance mat stamped with Welcome and bold letters. A tax collector and others teased the purchase as a humorous misfit. The piece linked to a Mexican pantry, tying to President Diaz and a monument for famed men.
A historical account recounts the 1803 US Navy losses and daring actions around Tripoli. It details the Philadelphia frigate’s capture by Decatur aboard the Mastico, Bainbridge’s pursuit and wreck, and the subsequent cremation of the Philadelphia to deny its use. The narrative links these incidents to a broader memory of American naval history and the era’s warfare dynamics.
At an Iictian wedding in Oklahoma the bride wore a pinit alle foulard with pink ribbon sash blue collar caffe and black hat with yellow lavender trimmings a green veil and black gloves. The groom wore a black minus bia coat the day being worn. Hiawatha and Joba remain distant from entrance into 400 society.
Mile Sarah Broido, a young lady doctor, has secured a professional engagement aboard a steamer between Marseilles and Algiers. She is noted as the French doctoress challenging the traditional male ship doctors. Her example inspires two additional women to seek medical berths on other Marseilles registered steamers.
Three tame bears once peppered in Edward Carter’s summer garden at Wilkow Barre Pa four years ago recalled their pain and began to growl and lash at him when he approached the bears’ cage causing a scene that forced him to retreat and the animals to calm later.
A Quoddy Missouri afternoon spectacle showed huge schools of pollock driving waves as they chased shrimp. Fishermen abandoned hooks to use gaffs and forks, quickly filling boats with the slippery catch while shrimp escaped to shore.
An 8 ft 6 in shark weighing more than 800 pounds was tangled in nets by George Kelley near Northport campground in Maine last week. A large fish had been sighted nearby days earlier, but the shark became trapped and could not free itself. It is described as the first shark ever killed in Pesobcot waters.
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