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Newspaper
Kansas Agitator
Location
Garnett, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1904
Page
8
Collected by Miss Nellie McMurray, featuring a two part eggsless cake batter and filling. First part uses grated chocolate and brown sugar with milk and vanilla, second part adds sugar flour and soda, then combined. Filling combines brown sugar milk and batter, with butter and eggs. Spice notes include raisins cloves and spice blends for a dessert bake.
A chaotic verse tale follows Opportunity and Johnny as they craft hard snowballs to rival Willie Watkins. Willie knocks them down. Johnny tumbles late, making it a comic account of mischief and a cautionary lesson about absence and effort. The piece blends a nursery rhyme rhythm with a moral about showing up.
Local notes report widespread sickness in Lone Elm with Miss Mattie Kelsey and Miss Verna McKee among those affected. Mrs J B Relsey visited relatives in Music City, while several residents travel for work or family reasons. A Circle ladies group formed the Presbyterian ladies met, and a child, daughter of Wallace, died at Lone Elm on January 14 from rheumatic heart disease. The community grieves as the family endures ongoing illness and loss.
A preservation of a 19th century warning from the St Louis press cautions about risks facing girls in big cities. The piece notes the gateway to St. Louis and the union depot are filled with dangers for unwary young women, urging constant reader awareness to prevent enticement and potential harm. It stresses that country papers should continue to warn and protect readers, framing the issue as a moral duty.
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