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Newspaper
Kansas Agitator
Location
Garnett, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1901
Page
6
The column sketches several Chicago social vignettes. A misfiring husband messages his wife during a stock frenzy. A dream of a melting meringue ends with a humorous wake. A beauty gadget misadventure yields a glowing outcome. A sharp aunt and a card party clash over family plans ending with a comic reconciliation.
In Shanghai the Towager Empress stands as a rare exception where a woman ascends from servitude to rulership in the world’s most populous nation. The article notes Mongol practices and mentions a temple honoring Huang where Chinese men worship her image for her service.
A fragment recalls a westward opera tour singer charged admission at a cathedral fund event, a Chicago audience debate over sacred entry, and a parade of quirky societies. It notes Lucy Monroe and several clubs titled for luck, numbers, or whim, and hints at a Boston or Chicago print milieu with bohemian flair. Marble existence is claimed in twenty four states.
A terrier waiting for nearly a year at Southampton docks supposedly yearns for its master who died abroad. The dog greets arriving troops with longing, then vanishes when no reunion occurs. Nearby in Deming Texas a coyote went on a ferocious spree biting dogs, showing frothing mouth and fiery eyes, suspected hydrophobia, then escaped.
Congratulatory messages flood in from Manylands and abroad as Professor Cornelius Tiele turns a birthday. England sends thanks and Gifford lectures are cited while Edinburgh hosts remarks. Oxford Cambridge Dublin and Holinbursh confer honorary Doctor of Law.
A new bridge across the Bosphorus is planned bearing the name of Sultan Abdul Hamid. It will be built of granite and metal by the Bosphorus Railway Company, linking European railways with the transasiatic Baghdad line under construction by German builders. The construction point will follow the narrowest waterway divide.
Indians on the eastern Keabena reservation near Geanto Wie held their annual io feast. Once dogs were fattened for these feasts and roasted, but in these degenerate times they now feast on plentiful turkey chicken goose and other delicacies at the Keahena tent.
The article records Mrs. Grant denying rumors about her husband’s disdain for her musical performances. She states he did not dislike her singing and often asked her to perform, noting his fondness for music and singing requests.
A Cincinnati woman Miss Netta Mixon lauds Dodd’s Kidney Pills as life changing after three years of weakness and dizziness. She reports rapid improvement, four boxes curing pain and restoring strength, praising the price and urging local orders or Buffalo, New York, mail order.
A dense suite of 19th or early 20th century patent medicine notices sells Botanic Blood Balm for rheumatism and catarrh, Allen's Foot Bare powder for foot sores and frostbite, and Garland Tea for cleansing the system. The text touts cures, testimonials, and free samples, with scattered quips about health and a final line comparing a mother with a baby to a woman with a dog.
A legendary debutante gala for Mia Gallatin, daughter of Frederick Gallatin, was delayed after news that the family’s elderly servant, in service over twenty years, lay near death. The postponement reflects the circle’s gravity and discretion. The piece also covers sponge anatomy with notes on surface holes and channelia, describing water flow and feeding through Narike appendages.
Guests at a Cincinnati wedding joked about a cursed omen after Mina Alice Sinclair found a thimble in her bridal cake. The soothsaying hinted she would die an old maid, but her fiancé William Keeler convinced them to help prove it false. Three hours later the couple married.
The report notes Treckery Weare Rowte Governor-elect Dockery continues wearing boots and simple attire, while the executive mansion will be a home-like residence during his tenure. Due to Mrs Dockery’s health, social entertainments will be modest, reflecting cordial, old-fashioned hospitality.
Abram Rothmyer of Sharon, Pennsylvania, fearing grave robbery after death, had a metal body jacket. while moving a heavy coffin he was crushed and died. The report also touches on sensational commentary and a Peruvian liberty law granting amnesty to political prisoners.
Sir Henri Joly, lieutenant governor of British Columbia, with help from the Natural History Society, plans importing large quantities of snipe from England and eastern Canada. Officials expect rapid acclimation and thriving in the province's environment.
Efforts in Beaufort aim to secure an appropriation to rehabilitate and preserve the old fort on the site where Jean Ribault landed 400 years ago. The fort, built by Spaniards after expelling the French, marks a historic point in early colonial history.
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