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Newspaper
Kansas Agitator
Location
Garnett, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1901
Page
6
A fragmented Victorian poem fragment evokes bells and holiday warmth. Imagery of silver gleams, falling angel Penne upon earth, and promises of good will to men appears amid garbled lines from a magazine.
Edwin Thompson declares bankruptcy and Rose reveals her true self after a New Year’s ball. He learns of an unexpected inheritance that shifts power in their strained marriage. Their clash ends in a fragile harmony as Rose discovers love beyond wealth and social rank.
In East Tennessee mountains residents celebrate Christmas with a large outdoor barbecue. An ox is roasted while a variety of fowl is prepared, all suspended over a massive wood fire. Neighbors travel in wagons draped with cornstalks as black jugs are sampled. Fireside games, fiddling, dancing, and treats like elder and gingerbread fill the day, with girls sometimes walking seven miles to attend.
Christmas on board ships is marked with elaborate dinners ship decorations and jovial skylarking. The day is honored with a general celebration as officers and men alike join in a long standing naval tradition of merry Christmas while scattered across the world.
The passage reflects on personal legacy and the care with which one should craft life records. It describes a historic Christmas meal featuring plum porridge and plum pudding, noting early English customs and the recursive serving of plum sauce as part of the feast, with reflections on final life entries.
A brief antiquarian overview traces Christmas customs to pagan traditions. It discusses The Feast of Lights, Saturnalia, gift giving, Christmas trees, evergreens, holly and mistletoe, and the mistletoe myth tied to Baldur. The piece notes Santa Claus origins and druidic beliefs about sacred trees and mistletoe.
A French tale shows St Nicholas's roving care for maidens and its link to Santa Claus. He gave a purse to a poverty stricken father to save three daughters from crime, inspiring stockings and wishes in convent schools, and the tradition of hanging stockings for Christmas Eve. The shift from December 6 to Christmas Day remains unclear.
Indoor sports on Christmas are numerous and diversified with billiards at the core, ice polo and hockey at rinks, chess and checkers, basketball for gym goers, and boxing bouts not unusual. Bowlers stay home after earlier wins, enjoying their holiday fruits of prowess.
The text notes that millions of Christmas trees come from the United States each year, with supply meeting demand. It cites Maine and Michigan as principal sources, and mentions forests replenishing young pines and spruces. The passage implies ongoing availability despite steady consumption.
Colonel K Henry Smith resigns after eleven years as London city police commissioner. He cites council inaction on increasing the force as the cause. He endured frequent strains from crowd control and staffing limits, including the London volunteers incident. London officials face public unrest over the resignation and slow council response.
Frain for the Conrina notes the Empress of Russia as a beautiful, capable consort and devoted mother. The article lauds her position at court and in foreign lands, highlights the emperor and empress with their daughters, and laments the lack of an heir to the throne.
Milas Besale Abbott, an American soprano, made a strong debut in Paris as Juliet in Gounod's Romeo and Juliet. Discreet rumors trace her journey from America, where Jean de Reszke found and brought her to Paris under M Goithard. She is described as dark, pretty, and a skilled performer.
A historical excerpt notes strikingly similar anecdotes about Pope Leo XII and Archbishop Temple. The pope reportedly said he needed a worker for six months despite a task likely to kill in six months, while Temple allegedly argued that duty now matters more than outcomes two years hence.
The passage notes numerous schools in Germany teaching trades such as farming, gardening, floristry, carpentry, blacksmithing, and more. It claims government support or free access for many institutions and mentions servant training institutes with minimal or no tuition.
The Pittsburgh Dispatch notes a Dun's Review comparison showing higher living costs. In July 1807 a year’s supplies for one person were $72.45, today $1018, with January figures around $121.76 two hundred years ago. Wages have not kept pace, though employment remains steady and advancement opportunities exist.
Cincinnati Enquirer laments the neglected Harrison tomb at North Bend Ohio, once home to General William Henry Harrison. The granite vault shows vandalism and decay, with a rusty door and overgrown path, underscoring public indifference to a national memory.
A London paper notes irony as the city corporation, once wary of socialism, becomes the first authority to establish municipal golf links. The Chingford course in Epping Forest will be city controlled and under the new regime all can enjoy the pastime for a nominal fee.
A monument to Rosa Bonheur the animal painter was unveiled at Fontainebleau. The pedestal slide panel reproduces some of her works. A small pane shows a red bronze bas relief of Rosa Bonheur plus a bronze Mes banne.
The Australian Commonwealth government offered a prize for the best federal flag design. About 30,000 designs arrived. five winners shared 750 dollars for a flag featuring Union Jack elements, the Southern Cross, and a central shield.
In Mexico City the La Concepcion chapel faces destruction claims but is to be saved. Historians dispute its historic ties yet agree it is among the earliest church sites in North America. The neglected site will be repaired, fenced, and set in a new park named Jardin Barriozbul in honor of a former Mexican minister of war.
A Barton County plan outlines a seven mile wide by fourteen mile long artificial lake to flood the valley and create an oyster bed. The project asserts a Supreme Court win clears path to widening the river ditch and redirecting flood waters to fill the lake, with salt springs at the bottom considered for oceanic tasting beds. A Horton County man says the oyster venture is a probable reality.
The article notes feats of memory in history and science, citing Caesar’s legion names, Prof. Asa Graf’s recall of 25,000 plants, and Prof. Theodore Gill’s similar skill for Alaska. It compares a child’s 500 word vocabulary to an adult’s 20,000, and mentions Rig Veda verses preserved for 3,000 years by Brahmins and knowledge of the Koren by Lienert among Muslims and Chinese scholars.
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