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Newspaper
Kansas Agitator
Location
Garnett, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1904
Page
6
A garbled excerpt discusses a man expected to become wealthy through a novel invention. It mentions labor and industry themes, a planned scheme, and a forthcoming fortune tied to a book or patent. The text hints at a sensational claim of imminent wealth and a visionary figure central to the piece.
A panoply of labor actions and wage changes across industries is reported. Steel and coal firms push wage cuts, lengthened hours, or suspensions while unions respond with strikes and appeals to open shop policies. Immigrant labor, eight hour debates, and charity within unions are noted alongside legal actions in New York courts and national federation activity.
Samuel H. Story, a 70 year old printer and publisher from Dexter a Treat NH, sustains himself on about 65 cents weekly for food. He consumes Graham biscuits pork scraps sugar cheese ginger and chocolate lasting a month, walks long distances in winter to work, avoids photographs, and advocates living frugally on a tiny ration.
A Philadelphia Record note describes a remarkable oyster shell buffet on Diamond Street near Sixteenth. The mother of pearl shells gleam with black eye-like spots that create a silvery, harmonious surface. Crafted by a Woodbury, New Jersey cabinet maker, the shells are arranged on oxidized silver with a black walnut base.
Bhiel the French archaeologist reports unearthed in the Babylonian town of Sippai a remarkable 4000 B C school building. It houses seven rooms with clay tablets. many unbroken and undeciphered inscriptions found. Some tablets in Rumeriah include hymns, primers, grammars, arithmetics, copy books. All dated texts bear Hammurabi’s name, showing prolonged use after its construction.
A French widow, Mme Sabaudrier, memorializes her late chiropodist husband Jean Baptiste Sabaudrier with a tombstone inscription that jokes about corn relief in heaven. She quips that celestial life will spare us corns, noting only winged ascent would permanently cure earthly corns.
Fragmentary report describes old naval guns and coastal weapons comparing English and Spanish armaments. It notes iron castings and smooth bores, with emphasis on size and strength differences that shaped naval engagements centuries ago.
Boston Globe reports a monument in Pittsfield honors Sarah Deming born February 1726 in Wetherfield Connecticut. She rode with Solomon Deming to the Pontoosuck plantation now Pittsfield and was the first white woman to settle there and mother of the first white child born within the plantation.
A record photograph, hailed as the largest ever taken, is claimed to be completed in Italy. The image, described as unmatched in scale, is noted for its exceptional size and documentary value.
A German firm records a 12 yard by 1.5 yard high hinge panorama of the Hay of Naples from Castello Marino. Photographic enlargements faced outdoor, night work using red lights. Enormous field setups, 45 by 6 by 3 feet, and a 15 foot wheel supported the process.
Police investigate a bizarre case after an elderly woman reputed as a sorceress dies in Abrud. Villagers, fearing magical retaliation, skewered her heart with a red hot rod and tore iron from her mouth in a desperate bid to prevent supposed sorcery from affecting them after her demise.
A New York Herald excerpt notes afternoon poker gatherings among fashionable women, often at homes or small rooms, with lively chat and luck charms on the table. Bets range from tiny to a dollar, and winning is frowned upon while being beaten is rude, as tales of daily life spill into play.
A sensational report describes a series of brutal crimes in Italy. The Countess Bonmartini and her brother and lover Tullo Murri are linked to murder in Rome, while attorney Rosada allegedly killed his mother during a wild picnic and hid the body with dynamite to collapse the grave.
An Edmond Missouri young woman seeking a beauty remedy mistook buckwheat flour for cosmetic powder. In the dim evening light she applied it to her face, resulting in a complexion spotted with freckles and a curious misadventure for the night.
Architect Sig Enrique Desertl of Naples and Rome proposes an experimental Nassau Street arcade. His plan includes sidewalk coverings and a curved route with hinged wings that can be rushed to provide emergency access for Fire Department personnel. The central arcade could raise or lower to permit safe clearance.
A dated advertisement extols Defiance Starch as superior and larger at 16 ounces per package. It claims better value than 12 ounce brands, noting doctors cautioning sons, and urges sensible households to choose Defiance for quality and extra quantity. The copy includes social commentary about marriage and thrift attitudes.
California fruit shipments to the Philippines marked an experimental voyage lasting five weeks. The fruit arrived in fine condition and apples sold from ten to twenty five cents each, drawing delight at the arrival.
A South Carolina farmer collected crude tin from a land area deemed worthless. The government geologist examined the sample and confirmed a substantial tin content, noting the specimen’s notable tin content.
Long excerpt notes electric disturbances may stem from solar phenomena. Includes mis-spelled attributions and a physician testimony praising Dodd's Kidney Pills with case details. Mentions Malaria Haematuria and swamp fever symptoms, then shifts to observed health claims.
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