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Newspaper
Kansas Agitator
Location
Garnett, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1904
Page
2
A cynical gaggle of quips and quibbles touching Radium prices, political jest, flirtations with popular culture, and social mores. The piece strings headlines and witticisms about figures like Herbert Spencer, Turkish and Japanese affairs, and notable personalities, delivering a light satire of era news and personalities.
A damaged OCR fragment presents a lyrical lament of love, death, and memory. The text references marriage, passion, and existential questions, with archaic spellings and uncertain phrasing, lacking clear narrative structure or identifiable events.
A summary of labor news notes wage increases for Vandalla road company trainmen and Illinois Central conductors, mass federation drives against long hours and child labor, union bargaining at Chicago yards, and plans for arbitration courts. It covers United Mine Workers, Marine Cooks, and Carpenters unions with figures, dates, and regional actions.
A fashion section discusses moleskin coats made from Scottish fur, late 19th or early 20th century accessories, and fabric trends including accordion-plaited veils and velvet trims. It also notes a record Wabash train run from St Louis to Kansas City, finished in five hours fifty minutes, with fast mile-a-minute segments and a full passenger car setup.
The article describes popular girdle effects and belts in the season, including same tint gowns with different material waistbands, new brocades touched with gold thread, long sash ends reaching skirts, and Teather belts in soft suede and feathers. It also mentions lamp shades of paper for decorative use, and bedroom slippers in two color schemes with zephyr knitting. Velvet skirt trim and narrow velvet bands are noted for day frocks with careful hem styling.
A fragment notes that after floods the region sees a vast rise in frog numbers, implying their essential role in keeping the land lively through harsh winters and torkn crowds, with a caution that without these frogs the dome country would suffer.
Travelers bring back mut chains described as extremely novel and artistic. The prettiest feature large oblong weights of mosaic joined with gold chains an inch long. Others showcase mountain stones from Switzerland in purple, green, blue and amber, tightly linked to create a rich effect matching gowns.
A dainty rosewood work table from Franet is described as about the size of a small stand with a round top opening. A deep shirred bag edges the opening and hangs below the table, holding sewing tools in pockets and compartments with a lid to close the top.
The feature highlights tiny needlework pieces including cucumber and fruit pillows and a range of novelty buttons. Crocheted, embroidered, enameled and painted designs attract attention with solid Aliver Japanese enameled options priced from 12 to 184 per dozen. Readers are urged to mail coupons to Harrison & Co for Ming Manton patterns and related accessories.
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