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Newspaper
Kansas Agitator
Location
Garnett, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1902
Page
2
A collage of sharp wits and questionable headlines from a Kansas paper notes global scandal, politics, culture, and oddities. Pieces touch on Paris fashion, Hawaii class struggles, Mexican cattle fortunes, census costs, weddings, and imperial meddling, with satirical jabs at public figures, inventions, and trials.
A descriptive piece surveys East Indian mirror-spangled skirts and phulkerries for drapery, explains their exotic appeal and value as genuine imports. It then shifts to fashion how-tos: caramel ice cream, autumn coats, crimson clover hats, simple tailor gowns, and a Russian velvet ensemble, with practical sewing and styling tips. Also covers Chinese cookery basics for Chop Suey and Chow Mein, plus packing tips for skirts and lace accents on hats.
The post office decipherers labor daily to read badly addressed envelopes. Three men handle nearly a million misaddressed letters annually and about 0.5 percent are finally delivered, showing the service’s efficiency and usefulness.
The article recounts clerks wrestling with difficult addresses such as Min Lee Dunn and Cold Snake New York, illustrating phonetic spelling errors from foreign and American writers. It notes Mr. Menger deciphered an especially tough case, and describes Parisian whites and white satin linings as durable fashion observations.
A discussion of kitchen tips and postal misdirections, noting uses like vinegar for tender meats and salt to beat eggs, plus advice on stiffening clothes with borax. It recalls a letter misrouting tale about Louis Sawyer Auburn Me and the postal clerks deciphering trickier addresses amid jokers and quirky place names.
A column surveys humorous and odd child remarks from farm to city life, noting a boy’s porch without handles and a girl eager for pumpkin pie. It weaves in a bookshop anecdote about misheard titles, plus a note on women studying scientific farming to attract rural spouses and curb migration. It ends with a Paris cabman, a missing diamond, and a hen with a gizzard surprise.
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