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Newspaper
Kansas Agitator
Location
Garnett, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1900
Page
6
A damaged OCR style fragment presents a wind themed poem line with questions about wind’s age strength and nature. It resembles Stevenson diction, mentioning wind blowing all day and the singer’s perception of wind as strong and cold. The text reads as a pastiche of verse rather than a complete article.
Pierre Lavalle, once rich and admired, loses fortune after a 1000 franc investment. A Chilean lover, Anita Pena, and a mysterious Alvarado partner reveal a plan to share Lavalle’s fate and wealth, including a 90 to 100 million franco estate. The tale blends envy, wealth, romance, and a promised legacy.
The article recalls December 12 marking the centennial of Washington as seat of government. It describes early site disputes between Potomac and Delaware regions, Washington’s selection influence, and the Sixth Congress’s 1800 Washington sessions amid an unfinished Capitol and improvised conditions in Philadelphia for the Supreme Court.
The article notes Kridor’s modest death tribute and his sacrifice in battle for a cause he believed in. It also reports a separate Interstate Commerce Commission ruling on a Danville Virginia case alleging overcapitalization. The commission ordered a freight rate reduction for the Southern railway after evidence showed rates were too high, despite the railroad’s plea that a rehearing would cause annual losses of about 423,000 dollars and the absence of dividends in 1890.
Forty years after the plan for Washington was drawn by Major Pierre Charles L infant the French engineer his grave remains unmarked on the Riggs farm a monument fund is urged by the Daughters of the American Revolution. The article notes the early five commissioners appointed by Washington and the contest over the city’s name and identity.
The Financial Times commented on excessive water in American wrecks and a London case showing extreme watering. The Colonial Finance Corporation Limited, once valued at £1,500, was sold for promoter schemes in rising sums of £50,000 and £100,000 with extra shares.
A Chicago rail crossing watchman William Kridor dies saving a woman who ignores his warning as a train approaches. His brave act under strict duty is honored, while a satirical, gossip filled aside mocks titled aristocrats in a later paragraph.
The annual Life Saving Service report details 700 shipwrecked individuals aided at stations, $9,727,260 in property imperiled, and $2,246,600 lost. Of 3,430 lives in danger, 53 were lost, with government costs reaching $1,636,036.
The writer laments lack of politeness in modern schooling and society. He recalls thirty years ago when children were taught courtesy in and out of school, noting examples of disrespect on streetcars and in public spaces, and expressing gratitude for earlier teachings.
Report notes the New York horse show favors simple black derby hats over silk hats for women riders. Hair is braided low and accessorized with black ribbons. Gloves are less common and breeches are full and short, with riding habits replacing trailing waists as the vogue.
The Gaekwar of Baroda possesses four artillery pieces, two gold and two silver. The gold guns, each weighing 400 pounds, were crafted in 1874 by Lakha’s artisan over five years and are solid gold except for a steel lining. They sit on carved wooden carriages overlaid with silver.
A California inventor introduces the rapid fruit stem clipper for harvest regions with large fruit crops. The tool uses a pivoting blade with rings for the thumb and forefinger, enabling one handed operation to sever stems and catch fruit with the other hand for speed and efficiency.
A fragmented description suggests a tool called a clipper used for severing fruit and pruning tree branches. It hints at timing to aid forté in gathering flowers for market and mentions partitioning two rings to adjust cutting size from small to large.
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