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Newspaper
Kansas Agitator
Location
Garnett, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1900
Page
6
A period style column discusses women’s attire and footwear trends. it notes outdoor boots with water resistance, low to moderate heels, and comfy plain leather options. It highlights indoor shoes in fine kid with slotted instep designs and satin slippers with ankle straps. Hosiery shifts favor embroidery and floral patterns, with embroidered thread stockings rising in popularity.
The article describes dentifrice made from pulverised charcoal mixed with prepared chalk and scented with cloves for cleansing teeth. It notes Orrin root as an excellent dentifrice, available powdered from apothecaries, with an ounce scented with wintergreen lasting four times longer.
A 19th century essay argues women suffer when isolated and helpless without companionship. It urges early self help through education and hobbies such as reading, sewing, music, and pet care to find fulfillment and avoid melancholy.
The article discusses women's hats and stockings, noting elaborate stockings for evening wear while Queen Victoria inspires but does not initiate fashion trends. It reflects on women's desires, social display, and the joy of companionship versus discontent in daily life.
The text notes pleasure in twilight and reliance on reminiscence for daily comfort. It asserts occupation as remedy for loneliness and safeguard for well being, highlighting mental solace through recalling past experiences.
A guide urging a hostess to maintain calm and good humor to manage mishaps and keep guests at ease. It emphasizes absolute control of feelings, bearing with minor disasters, and projecting confidence through composure and tact to ensure a successful entertainment.
Guidance advises a pillow under the head and a small mat for posture drills. It urges walking with an erect head and expanded chest, noting initial discomfort but long term improvement. An exercise suggests walking about with a boot on the head to keep chin up and gradually reduce stooping.
A fragmented contemplation on eyebrow raising as a facial trick. The text suggests such acts are mere demonstrations of expression, with rare individuals capable of sustained conversation while maintaining a neutral or unreadable visage.
A collage of household recipes covers Mickory Nut Candy and Deviled Cheese spread, a nourishing Eggnog, Cucumber Onion Salad, and cucumber preparation tips. It threads in a tribute to Marshal Newell at Harvard, notes on athletic history, and a stray quip about a conductor as a closing aside.
A 1894 Harvard class member admired for his personal qualities, Marshall Newell, won a second Marshall electio n honor and wore the Harvard H while playing for the team. He later died in a railroad yard, with the Newell gate at Soldiers Field erected in his memory. A tale ends as a conductor gently guided a traveler to the correct car through a humorous mishap.
An amused crowd aboard an uptown car witnessed a theatrical lapse as a passenger frantically searched fly pockets for a missing blue document beneath his mustache. The episode, noted by the New York Commercial Advertiser, drew laughter from riders and even the typically stern conductor showed unusual patience during the incident.
A report describes a cannibalism incident in the Solomon Islands involving Noumea Kanaka, who served as an overly to a lamigetlon office party and was honeymooning with his wife. The couple planned to land at Aoba where her tribe resides, but Kanaka was killed and eaten after misplacing himself among the wrong tribe. the widow received a second distinct payment from the tribe.
A teacher in northern England reports a pupil wrote a curious note asking to avoid grammar lessons. The student requests engagement in German drawing and piano vocal music instead, claiming two grammars failed to help.
Washington Star quotes Sir Eras Pinkley describing a man as looking queer like and sheepish on the road. Miss Milam Brown asks if sheepish means stolen sheep, noting the man did not look sheepish but chickenish in manner.
A Chicago Evening Post excerpt depicts a dialogue where a man argues his daughter is too young to marry and cannot decide her own mind, while the suitor insists on immediate union, insisting there is no need to wait for consent.
A fragment from a Pit stage or column features Mrs Muggs replying to a query about missing a husband. She jokes she is not lonely thanks to her parrot that wears and a tobacco-chewing monkey, mixing humor with local color.
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