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Newspaper
Kansas Agitator
Location
Garnett, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1903
Page
6
Fragmentary OCR text shows garbled phrases about a girl and education. The readable items mention confusion, lack of understanding, and self-study, with unclear names or dates. The piece reads as a damaged diary or article fragment rather than a complete report.
An aged bookseller Zeckel Halliday returns daily to his Charing Cross shop to find the building next to it demolished. Martha Mugg, his long time helper, cares for him as the old life decays, and their bleak end looms with a grandson’s arrival and the shop’s collapse.
A narrator fingers a rare edition of Pilgrim's Progress, cherished by a celebrated novelist who admired the old volume. The scene evokes a homey atmosphere as pages are handled with care and affection.
An exhausted Zeckel wanders a transformed city seeking shelter and a familiar past as the Embankment, river, and memory of a Dickensian London blend into a fading dream. He longs for Mooney’s, Money’s, and the Short’s before slipping into a final sleep.
George Creighton visits Bullivan county this summer and keeps photographic gear under lock. His landlady Mrs Hubbard admits to borrowing his rubber trays by mistake. She cooked chicken in the wrong pan and caused a smoke filled kitchen and a strong burning rubber odor.
Francis Rousseau, a native of Auren rea, invented sealing wax after years abroad in Peru and the East Indies. He resided at St. Domago in 1692 and gained royal favor when Longueville demonstrated the wax to Louis XII, spreading its use across Paris. Rousseau reportedly earned 60,000 livres within a year. A 1624 letter from De Krapf at Spires references the oldest red wafer seal on a government missive.
Fragmentary verse in which a speaker laments separation from a beloved maid. The speaker speaks of tears, longing, and the impossibility of words conveying true feeling. The piece references emotion and devotion repeated across lines, ending with a signature that reads Lond Byres.
In Chester Pennsylvania thirteen young women at St Michael’s church defy luck by presiding over a thirteen table and hosting thirteen minute supper rituals including a reception by Miss Mamle Duffy. Newport Nebraska mocks a “Two gents umbrellas” reclaim promo as a light note on postal office life.
A traditional Indian tribal tale explains caste origins through a sun created couple bearing twelve children. Each pair’s food choice determined lineage: Vegetarians birthed the Brahmins, pigs produced the Santals, hillock flesh the Kol, strength for the Aghting Kola, and the last couple left with no food led to the Ghaais who depend on others.
In a New England farming district a group of youths planned a final winter dance and engagements at a season’s end. Hawkins, famed Pagovin, and his Strad ylvarius were to lead the melodies when death claimed Mrs Hawkins. Ole Ben, not a blood relation, still played for the party, prompting questions and a solemn performance.
The Kherring marriage ritual features a priest guiding a hair tracing from the bride’s center forehead to the nose tip and down the head as the couple’s future is read. If the hair misroutes toward the nose or forehead, bad luck follows. Afterward they anoint each other’s foreheads with sindur while faces stay averted, sealing their union.
A discreet Major Por and two managers recall a humorous tale of an American preacher in England who drew larger crowds than expected. After a successful sermon a night, the preacher demanded higher wages in a moonlit bargaining scene atop a London cathedral, a costly but amusing image for Major Pond.
Boston man Harry Metzel trekked into the Mountain Tex hills seeking mountain tea with a young beagle. The hound wandered off and yelped loudly until Metzel tracked it to a brushy opening where a large snake clamped its grip on the dog.
The Missouri river flood gave B. Nuckles of Rocheport, Missouri, a new fully furnished house. The high water drove him from his farm, and on returning he found a comparatively new dwelling on his land still in good condition, with no indication of ownership.
A young baseball player with rolled sleeves and alert stance consistently stands out as the best player of the era, capturing attention in Gomerrike Journal reports.
The excerpt mentions two cents per hour power in San Francisco due to melting snows and glaciers plus petroleum, then shifts to venomous snakes in Natal and large pythons along the Zambezi river, and finishes with a note on the last English burning of Bartholomew Legat in 1611 at Smithfield by sentence of the bishop of London.
A Philadelphia mother disciplined her four year old and fired pistol caps from his hip pocket. The incident leads to the boy's realization of his dependence on the mother country, as reported by Toledo Binde.
A Greek church cathedral valued at over one million dollars will be erected in Cleveland Ohio with substantial contributions expected from the Russian town, signaling a major faith and cultural project.
In Entili Springs Tennessee on August 24 Mr C D Holt explains his long recovery from a back injury. He says three boxes of Dodd's Kidney Pills restored his strength and mobility. Modern note claims Fourth of July deaths exceed Spanish war casualties, mocking Mauser pistols.
Paul Laurence Dunbar crafted Oak and Ivy from early verse work begun in high school days. He saved lines with the plea Ma, don't destroy these. By twenty, the collected poems were ready from an old kitchen box.
Hawaii registers protest over further Americanization as natives fear loss of control on the island amid increasing external influence. The report notes local concern and potential political consequences for indigenous autonomy.
The Ohio State Journal recounts a paradox of friendship as a man grows. At age twenty one he says the friend is owed help, and at age forty he reverses to wonder what the friend will do for him. The piece comments on shifting duties and reciprocity in relationships.
The distinction lies in audience and purpose. An epigram judges the living with sharp wit, often biting in tone. An epitaph memorializes the dead, offering praise or gentle myth without dwelling on flaws.
Mick, a Marquette carpenter and builder, credits Grape-Nuts for rebuilding his brain and boosting stamina. He states the food improved thinking, planning, muscle tone, digestion, and nightly rest, allowing greater fatigue endurance and enjoyment of life. Towtum Co of Battle Creek, Michigan, provides the product.
Polson of Hay Faver and Prof. Duiver in Hamberg announce a method to isolate poison in pollen causing hay fever and salicylate reactions. European rail motor service launches on Hungarian line. Texas adopts paper from sawdust waste. Vienna postcard journey connects to Lemberg origins after six years. Navy prize money long overdue for retired sailors.
We learn that there is a marked decrease in the size of the Chicago girl's foot. Her shoe has shrunk from No. 8 to No. 4. Let us hope the improvement will continue. We have had rather too much American girl lately. Landon Judy.
The readable fragments reference Defiance Starch, Deridea 4 ox, cold water brands, fried chicken leftovers, yellow clothes, grocers selling large O2 packages, and a remark about a very tall fly. Also mentions Laxative Bromo and refund notices, suggesting a chaotic mix of products and advertisements with uncertain context.
A comparison of measurements from Rugby and Marlborough schools reveals modern English schoolboys are taller and heavier than their counterparts from a quarter century ago. Separate item recalls a witty exchange about fear at the dentist with the widow asking Colonel about true fright.
A Seattle Poste Intelligencer note states that a union laborer was disciplined for attending a nonunion wedding, arguing the idea of a nonunion wedding is a contradiction in terms and reflects union principles.
A French alchemist says he produced half an ounce of gold after months of work. The modest yield makes widespread replication unlikely. The piece ends with a wry line that gold making beats boot making unless a larger amount can be produced.
A collage of ad snippets and notices including Mother Gray's Powder for children, Almanac for 1903 distribution in Kansas City, and various brief lines about products and public notices. Reads like a late 19th to early 20th century catalog of items and advice from a newspaper page.
Alton resumes fast night service to St Louis with passengers from Kansas City gateway via Chicago and Alton line. Train departs Kansas City at p.m. and arrives in St Louis at 7 08 a.m. Extra chair cars and compartments offered for an additional charge. Contact L Dy Cooper at Chicago and Alton Railway Kansas City Mo for lowest rates.
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