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Newspaper
Kansas Agitator
Location
Garnett, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1901
Page
4
A garbled ad style notice touts The Thrice-a-Week World and a combined offer with the AdiraToR for one year at 3.15. It mentions low subscription price and promotional language, with many broken phrases and nonsensical insertions. The reader is urged to subscribe for quick access to news and headlines.
At a Washington hill inn Lucy Dashwood a Virginia gentlewoman faces social pressure to put her feet on the lattice rail shared by guests. She recalls old breeding and declines saying she is out of practice while others tease and urge compliance. The scene highlights social norms of propriety.
Bert Howard, a young pianist, performs ragtime with wit at the St Charles hotel in Atlantic City. A humorous, loose performance leads to playful scenes in the hotel parlor and dining room, including an onstage interruption by a waiter. Howard abandons ragtime after the summer, while his humorous style draws cheers and playful banter from guests and staff.
A curious France report tells of a couple at Gentilly whose bridegroom answered the final question with gusto while the bride suddenly uttered a decisive Not. The mistake, traced to a stray negative, leads to a brief legal pause as authorities adjust to the misread vow.
A clerk recalls elderly hotel boarders clinging to rooms for decades as many hotels close or repurpose buildings. He notes some tenants lived in familiar spaces for 40 to 27 years, while others are displaced by redevelopment. The piece laments loss of once well known hotels and the enduring attachment of long-term residents.
A man proposes. the woman declines citing mismatched futures and lack of affinity. He thanks her, notes his notebook, and admits past proposals where others accepted. The scene captures a cautious, bittersweet moment of romance and restraint.
An English memoirist recalls Kruger threatening a farmer to surrender stock, then spares the property and leaves. A cabman tale in Devonshire contrasts patience with crowded streets. Separately, Rhodes and De Wet are discussed by a Glasgow correspondent, praising De Wet as a fine fellow. The issue closes with 1809 infant mortality data showing 12 414 deaths from consumption, two thirds of which were women aged 1 to 40.
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