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Newspaper
Kansas Agitator
Location
Garnett, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1903
Page
6
Readable fragments reference a poem style piece with mentions of tomorrow and dreams. Names appear distorted and a reference to September Clare or Holbert is unclear. The passage lacks coherent narrative or identifiable events.
Thirtynine new divisions of the Amalgamated Assocation have formed since April as wages fell flat. Alaska’s neighbor law challenged, rail unions reorganize, layoffs eyed at Wabash. Marine Engineers resist control moves while Chicago street railway dispute nears settlement terms.
Plans for a grand union station at Washington unite the Pennsylvania and Baltimore and Ohio railroads. Located at Delaware and Massachusetts avenues, the 620 foot long marble building will feature Roman arches, a central waiting room under a barrel vault, and a plaza 600 by 3,000 feet. It includes an Invalids room, mortuary chambers, dressing rooms with baths, a Turkish bath, and a swimming pool. Cost pegged around 14 million dollars with government and district contributions.
Holland ranks first among nations in tobacco consumption with an average of 100 ounces per Dutch person yearly. Belgium follows at 80 ounces, then Turkey at 70, and the United States at 60. Germany France Spain Italy are close behind, while the United Kingdom averages 23 ounces.
A fragment describes the Sultan of Zanzibar as 18, under regency by Mr. Rogers until age 24. It calls him a woolly-headed youth of negroid type but notes he is an old Warroyian educated at a famous school. It also mentions a marriage at age 16 to a cousin aged 11.
The Sun reports a party led by Mr. Phillips Verner leaving New York to equatorial Africa to procure pygmies. Verner, a former medical missionary near the Congo, knows many pygmies. their dwarfism remains unexplained though linked to the Negro race.
A 19th century-style discourse asserts that consumption is curable and preventable though contagious. It cites notable figures Goethe, Cooper, Coppee, and Herman Brehmer with colleagues Bettweiler and Trudeau as examples of recovery and advancement in treatment. The text reflects optimistic medical rhetoric of the era.
Improvement of terminal facilities and harbors in the south aims to expand export of southern products. Wharves are built and rail lines extended to deep water, drawing much of the grain trade away from northern ports and supporting the region's strong economy.
A Springfield Mass Republican note discusses correct demonyms for Panama. It says "Panamino" is proper though rarely used in news, while variants like Panamanian Panamian and Panamaian feel awkward.
Report from Minsk recounts a slow duel between two elderly Russian lawyers. After a minor accident and an exchange of insults, they faced off. One man was killed. neither fired a shot before. Admiral flags mentioned with ranks included.
The British era Grow Taller notes that over fifty years the average male height increased by an inch. The current average for men aged about thirty is five feet eight and a half inches.
English farms rely on imported machinery with only about one third produced domestically. Of the remainder 1,208,000 dollars comes from America and 212,000 dollars from Canada.
English geologist Sir Edward Fry argues in a recent article that 460 million years must have elapsed since life first appeared on Earth. The statement reflects 19th century debates on Earth's antiquity and fossil records.
A Paris committee is formed to erect a public monument honoring pigeons that aided during the siege. Nearby in Ireland, near Inch Ageelah or Cats Well, waters are believed to possess miraculous healing properties for ailments.
Fragmentary OCR notes describe a flood start date and rain, mentioning Noah, calendar compilers, and a cotton yield figure. It cites 26,000,000 acres sown to cotton with a yield of 10,827,000 bales of 600 pounds each worth about 425 million dollars, though exact context and dates are garbled.
Japanese petroleum appears on can wells asphalt springs and mud volcanoes. The importance of the dex posit was only recently recognized.
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