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Newspaper
Kansas Agitator
Location
Garnett, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1902
Page
2
A garbled, humor-laced column mocks politics, technology, and social quirks. It glances at Marconi, Rockefeller, boisterous gossip, and exaggerated claims about universities, judges, and fashion while riffing on American life and international tensions.
The article discusses the 1812 battle between the USS Constitution and HMS Java off Brazil, noting Bainbridge’s maneuvers that exposed the British to devastating raking fire. It adds context on sail-powered warfare, ship damage, and crew losses, with a lengthy digression on timber use and other curiosities.
In Lealei’s Weekly the article argues the United States leads world agriculture driven by a large home market and crop diversification. It cites 40 percent farmers, $1,000,000,000 export value, and total agricultural product value between $8 and $9 billion, equating to about $100 per person annually in consumption and production.
A fragment notes a neighborhood around Oxford, England, described as medieval and ancient. It mentions villages in Oxfordshire with little access to medical care and hints at a conservative, slow-changing rural setting near the oldest university.
Washington has appeared on stamps since 1847 with Franklin on low values. Jefferson Jackson Lincoln and Garfield Grant Madison and Taylor also graced faces on various issues. Higher values feature Sherman Webster Clay Jefferson Perry Madison and Marshall.
The French sceny of Authors plans a private member circulated manual with useful writing information. It will feature a list of provincial newspapers under five headings including those who reply and those who never reply.
Linda Hull Larned discusses finding beauty in labor and the homemaker ideal while describing a handy belt brace accessory. The article blends fashion critique with practical sewing tips, detailing a metal belt brace that holds belt width and position, a ribbon belt, a skirtband seam, and a coordinated velvet cuff and tan chiffon knot for a stylish, up-to-date attire.
The engagement sparks a belief that an early betrothal party is a delightful innovation. The festival serves to publicly acknowledge the match and bypass slow dissemination of news, allowing rapid congratulations across society.
A study of gowns for the coming year notes fabrics will be more durable. Despite transparency and minimal trim, they will resist wear and tear. Gowns can be mended, darned, patched, and pieced to stay attractive, even lace gowns with holes can be covered with chiffon roses as a decorative remedy.
A vintage item description notes towels labeled with initials for specific uses in a household. The monogrammed tea cloths feature a blue border and woven images of a teapot, cup, and saucer, highlighting a decorative yet functional post.
Velvet and Velveteen dominate the season as universal favorites, with velveteen edging cloth in workwear. Silta of velveteen and corduroy rise in fashion, and gowns feature rich yet durable materials. A tan broadcloth street costume showcases applique embroidery with tan panne velvet and Corticelli Filo silk accents.
An imported dinner gown from Paria house features pastel blue satin over white taffeta. The skirt shows sun-burnt tuckings with rare lace insertions and a fan shaped founce. Bodice and bolero trimmed with lace, tucked sleeves, white chiffon undersleeves puffed in balloon shape, lace collar with chiffon back. Best remake advised using Corticelli silk.
The display features a wide range of muslin undergarments for the average woman, including lace trimmed robes de nuit and dresses. Styles move beyond the old eighties pattern with options such as Cossack Grecian Russian Empire Marguerite Consuelo and Mother Hubbard, all accented with ribbons and lace rather than buttons.
In carriage wraps and elegant frocks, top designers push black velvet Louis XV coats with brocade waistcoats and lace jabots. Velvet gowns rise in popularity, often simple with a deep embroidered corgelet band.
A two feather sequin headdress shows two peacock feather motifs rising from black velvet knots and a matching band to encircle the hair coil. A pretty Imgota plant with pale pink blooms intermingles with dark green Imves, priced at $1.50 for a good-sized specimen.
The article outlines form fitting serpentine skirts developed in vel yok or corduroy with Bohemian color glasses for table decor. It notes jeweled belt slides to match ribbon balls, puffed chiffon fronts with matching collars and belts, and elaborate ten dogras sleeves. For tall women Louis XV coats rise in style, worn with matching fabrics. It mentions trim Eton jackets with bone buttons and front fastening, plus yoke facing and belt plaits as new features.
A fragmentary line notes a person described as hewn or formed in a rough manner. The readable text is insufficient to identify names, places, or clear events, offering only a fragmentary glimpse of a biographical or descriptive note.
Carnagiv's Wish Hatemery and Mr Carpe have erected a large incubating operation on Skibo grounds Beiting 190000 eggs housed in well appointed boxes. The Skibo and other Sutherlandshire estates include extensive salmon fishing rights along Dornoch Firth Kyle of Sutherland and stocked lakes for trout.
In a school for colored children a boy insisted on saying have went. The teacher kept him overnight and ordered have gone to be written fifty times. Returning, she found the page filled with have gone yet on the back read I have went home.
The text notes gamblers are highly superstitious and carry portable mascots. They avoid entering games of chance without their charms such as lumps of lead coins snake rattles locks of hair bone bite heirpins and related items.
The Indianapolis News notes that Florida’s orange crop nears pre freeze shipping levels, aiming for about 6,000,000 boxes, a level reached before the 189? freeze. The piece attributes the jump to recovery from the disaster that reduced shipments and remarks that without that setback, shipments might have reached 9,000,000 boxes.
An elaborate monument to Kosciun ko by to be erected in Kosciusko Park Milwaukee. The monument will be 1P feet high and will stand in the center of a Nettle Lake N. rod the artist. Bays It will cost about $19,000.
Nadeau Michigan February report tells of Nelson De Roster, a 61 year old farmer, who endured years of kidney pain until using Dodd's Kidney Pills. He praises the remedy as a friend and urges others with kidney trouble to try it. The advertisement claims the pills cure kidney troubles, Bright's disease, dropsy, rheumatism, lumbago and backache when used as directed.
The article notes Representative Minor of Wisconsin as a keen fisherman and admirer of Izaak Walton, claiming he can distinguish bass bites from brook trout. It also describes the Petrified Forest near Adamana Arizona, its access via the Sante Fe line, a small inn run by Albert Stevenson, and the nearby ruins and carvings.
The century opens with wireless telegraphy advancing rapidly and the imagination turning to nature’s secrets. The Baltimore Amorioan notes that fairy tale wonders have entered common business life, hinting at an era where myth and science blend.
An odd courier account from Louisville Journal reports a Hot Springs citizen who shot two men after they refused to drink with him, arguing self defense. The piece questions whether refusal to drink makes a man a danger warranting lethal action, noting local skepticism about such claims.
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