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Newspaper
Kansas Agitator
Location
Garnett, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1900
Page
2
A long miscellany of quotes and notes covers weather, ethics, self improvement, Canadian timber trade, an ill fated 1880 mining party, reactions to theatre chatter, a Chicago school plan for domestic science, and British military action. It interleaves anecdotes about society, gender roles, and public policy with newspaper chatter from the era.
A historical roundup details cases of wrongful conviction tied to circumstantial evidence. It recounts Boone County Missouri 1893 laborer George Watkins and Andrew Hedgepeth over a missing man and alleged murder, plus John Cochran of Illinois tied to a 1888 murder and a dramatic letter. It also covers Solomon Baxwell and the Ratt case in which a cave blood clue misled a jury, and the Colvin and Hoorn family tragedy prompting a later exoneration.
The article notes vendetta systems persist in various regions including Sardinia, Coralen, Kentucky and other southern states, with cases spreading to England and Ireland. It explains the vendetta origin as blood revenge, where punishment is taken by the victim’s nearest kin, and only a fraction of victims survive.
Rev Dr Richard Salter Storrs of the Church of the Pilgrims in Brooklyn has resigned after six decades in the ministry. He led a long Brooklyn pastorate alongside Henry Ward Beecher, tracing a lineage from his father Joseph H. Storrs, and earned honorary doctorates from Harvard Princeton Union College and Columbia.
In a remote highland area near New York state cattle are driven to hilltops to keep them dry as tigers and leopards prowl the open at night. The beasts avoid light, retreating when torches appear, while residents fear frequent hidden attacks and rely on lanterns for safety.
A narrator argues the automobile will spark a new hotel venture in a mountain district named Lamistive. The plan is to build an old fashioned inn with high bedsteads, dimity gowns, comfortable springs, skating floors, and great open fireplaces to attract travelers and provide lodging as stagecoach days return.
An Englishwoman at a country house praises Bret Harte’s writings, declaring she has read all he wrote and claiming his dialect works are unmatched, while Harte replies with a humorous quip about a little wren man.
An Alaskan home described as a square earth floor with two terrace edges. Lower level houses cooking and weaving tools. upper edge displays blankets and beds. A central fire with a smoke hole in the roof, family life centered on parents children and servants, dogs howling outside, and vast northern landscapes beyond. The piece ends with the idea that home is made anywhere where the spirit of home remains.
Word reached home of Capt. Maximilian Lins and three fellow Rough Riders dying by drowning while crossing a river in the Philippines. Lins, of Spanish descent, served with Roosevelt’s Rough Riders, earned admiration in San Juan Hill, and later received a commission in the 34th Infantry. He enlisted with New Mexico National Guard as a youth and had a storied war record.
The text describes Mrs McKinney favoring certain flowers while avoiding yellow, with the president joining. Daily, a large bouquet is sent to adorn the president’s table, while other blooms are kept in Mrs McKinney’s apartments. It also notes over five tons of English documents from the Venezuela arbitration case removed by two railway vans.
An advertisement extols the inability to stand upright and links it to weak blood. It promotes Hood's Sarsaparilla as the standard blood tonic and cites supposed cures as proof of its efficacy. The copy uses emphatic language to urge readers to seek the product for stronger nerves and muscles.
Alma Todt aged three of 225 North Awland avenue swallowed a toy watch about the size of a quarter. X rays locate it in her stomach and indicate a dangerous risk requiring surgical removal. She became precarious and coughing after the chain fastening loosened while playing in the parlor.
Progress on the La Partie Texas constriction and port facilities advances as wharves, tracks, streets, sewerage and water systems near completion. J R Holmes, general manager of La Porte Improvement and Porte Wharf and Channel Company, will supervise improvements from the Sylvan Hotel in La Porte during the weeks leading to the February 1900 sale.
Workers on John Dood’s farm in Sweden Valley Pa attempt to form a natural icehouse by sinking four stuart in a rocky crevice. After fourteen feet of descent the air grows dangerously cold and work stops as dripping water freezes within minutes.
Health wid Picnicore Resorts of Texas Mexico Arizona and California are connected by the Southern Pacific Company's Sunset Route. Daily through service from New Orleans to San Francisco via Houston San Antonio El Paso and Los Angeles. Sunset Limited runs weekly Sundays and Thursdays from New Orleans with Pullman Sleepers Dining Car and compartments plus drawing room cars. Direct connections at New Orleans from all points north and east. Detailed information available from W G Nelmyer G W A Pac Co and others in Chicago Cincinnati and Buffalo.
The article notes that despite the check in the war with the Transvaal, Britain remains steadfast. It highlights public courage and unity across parties in support of Lord Salisbury and the government, offering full backing to ensure victory. The source is Petit Parisien from Paris.
The rapid rise in business for B, G, KRRe prompts major telegraph upgrades. About 2,000 miles of copper wire at 100 pounds per mile were installed last year. New lines connect Baltimore to Pittsburg, Baltimore to Parkereturg, Newark to Chicago, Philadelphia to Newark, and Cumberland to Gratton, with duplexing added on Baltimore Cumberland routes.
A St. Louis library reveals the difficulty patrons meet in obtaining popular titles. Libraries copy the method to place these books on a special shelf with a weekly fee of five cents to access them, illustrating growing frustration and new loan practices.
A fragment describes the locomotive as a marvel of design where heavy parts work in harmony. It notes the piston and connecting rod weigh about 600 pounds and hints at speed and precision in operation.
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