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Newspaper
Kansas Agitator
Location
Garnett, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1896
Page
6
The fragment from a New York Tribene article features a phrenologist explaining parental affection via skull bumps. A man questions a boy about loving his parents, with the boy admitting a baseball injury last night.
The numbers on thread spools show how many hanks can be wound per pound. Finest thread scarcely exceeds two hundred hanks per pound, while the coarsest runs about two banks. Common qualities range from ten to seventy per pound, with spools numbered from WW to W.
A muddled Chicago Post excerpt records a conversation about memories and landscapes. The text references Yale Withew, Pa Terese, Rony, and Husketter's StoWn while noting unclear focal history and mixed feelings about a West visit.
An advertisement attacks catarrh cures and quack remedies, endorsing Mall's Catarrh Cure as a legitimate medicine claimed to act directly on the mucous membranes. The notice cites testimonials and lists price claims by Cheney & Co and references figures about gold in the ocean. It also includes unrelated social quips about manners in crowded streetcars.
Send 35 cents to Broadway corner Locust St Louis for the Mermod & Jaccard Jewelry holiday catalogue listing 3,000 watches jewelry silverware clocks and music boxes plus a Solid Silver Heart or Stick Pin offer for postage.
Elephant loads estimated at about twelve tons represent a principal burden in Hlatm and Afghanistan. The note highlights the animals as a chief source of heavy lifting in local labor practices.
Constance, an orphan warded by her brother and his wife Mrs. Romaine, faces a marriage proposal from Mr. Withers. Romaine urges rational choice based on character and social standing, while Constance weighs love, independence, and security as she contemplates a banker's courtship and the prospect of a constrained yet stable future.
Constance endures a cold household where frugal parents and a dutiful veneer mask emotional distance. She tolerates polite distance from relatives and finds little warmth in marriage prospects, yet remains socially active with friends and a few lovers as she questions her future at twenty five.
A clever elephant at the Jardin des Plantes in Paris delighted crowds with a water trick. He submerged himself in a pond, then released a spray from his trunk to shower spectators, who fled in panic as the elephant surfaced with evident amusement.
The article argues ice water should not be consumed as a drink due to stomach and intestinal risks, while recommending small sips to ease safety. It praises ice in small pellets for diarrhea and cholera, and notes cold ice applications can calm brain inflammation and convulsions in excess blood. It also mentions a method for croup relief using ice and cold air, followed by rest.
The irritable client asks for a replacement painter, noting the current worker has stayed three days without progress. He insists on starting a new project despite praise for the current craftsman. The exchange reveals tension over work pace and satisfaction.
A collage of jokes and clipped scenes runs through the piece. It includes a debate on politics and public service with Colonel Stillwell and Senator Hum, a farmer recruitment note, a cartoonish exchange about voting, and quick vignettes from Chicago, Cleveland, and Atlanta. It references pugilists, governors, and a baseball league, plus a note about California mustard production and a push for Sandwich Islands admission.
A fragmented chatter of lines recalls quirky street talk and gossip from a past era. Dialogues mention a brick incident, a question to the matron, marital notes, and a wary view of growth and change, alongside stray phrases about a night encounter and catching someone.
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