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Newspaper
Kansas Agitator
Location
Garnett, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1902
Page
2
A mosaic of quirky notes and quips on prices in Iowa corn trade rail logistics and house keeping. It mentions celebrities public figures and world events from Europe to the Americas with humorous asides on monarchs elections and health.
The historic McKinley home built around 1810 by James and Mary McKinley near Mishawaka Indiana was saved from demolition and moved to town on August 20 1847. James and Mary were destitute. William McKinley later funded a marked grave and iron fence in nearby South Bend cemetery.
A field eight to ten miles from Shelbyville yields a Civil War era ring unearthed slightly below the surface. The legend reads One of Nineteen July 4 1855. Nearby camps and Stone's River action 25 miles away are noted, suggesting a soldier lost the ring during the war. The piece ties to local Civil War reminiscence and regional history.
A fragment notes a ring said to belong to a Virginia Military Institute graduate of 1858 in Lexington known as the West Point of the South. The piece claims the ring is well preserved and ties to Groenland's One Newspaper, plus a New York resident who sold copies and boosted literacy among locals. Electric cab service in Paris loses about 900000 dollars to date.
Chester Randolph county sits on the Mississippi with a 350 foot climb in a quarter mile. A stairway built for pedestrians reaches the summit where the Post Office stands. The old town lies below on level ground near railroad mills and river traffic. The hilltop court house dominates a village of stone and ruined century old stores.
Krupp's great steel factory at Essen in Rhenish Prussia employs over 20 000 men and disburses between 200 000 and 250 000 weekly in wages. To save 1 000 a year it manufactures its own pins and has done so since 1876. Pins were first made by a common method. more recently a hovel method uses electricity to curl the wire and form heads, allowing thousands of pins to be headed simultaneously and reducing costs.
Western Australia stands as a land of vast mineral wealth with gold dispersed in irregular patches across the state. Some patches extend up to 100 miles by 30 to 40 miles, and the overall gold fields cover about 324000 square miles, roughly a third of the colony.
A village inn at Senner near Land's End Cornwall proclaims itself the last house in England. The proprietor later built a nearer cottage, making the sign inscription historically ironic though still notable.
The piece characterizes an English landlord who exploits any chance to advertise his inn. It also praises the romance in the naming of England’s famous taverns, presenting a vivid tour of historic signboards and branding.
A satirical fragment references Spanish acorns famed for flavor and pigs fattened on them, then shifts to light quotes and jokes about regional life, travel, and newspapers. The piece weaves Don Quixote lore with brief gibes at tourism, settling in Spain, and a string of humorous exchanges from various outlets.
Dr R T White of Allegheny unveils the largest X ray apparatus built with twenty six revolving plates of 20 inches diameter powered by a two horse power motor. The system operates at 1 000 000 volts with solid 22 inch sparks. Belleville hospital New York hosts the next largest with 16 plates and 26 inch diameters. The plant cost about 6000 dollars and promises to cut photographic exposure from a half hour to three or four minutes.
A neighbor recalls Uncle Jimmie’s reputation for thrift in life as he nears death. The family mourns while the sick man asks about the neighbor and jokes about a gallon of vinegar, revealing his stingy character. Included are garbled jokes and anecdotes from a London street and a drowning panic, ending with a punning mock of a legal notice.
A humorous exchange about holiday cheer centers on the idea that a large family around the festive board guarantees enough turkey leftovers for days. The sardonic respondent quips that a big gathering ensures plenty of leftovers rather than feast sufficiency.
A jumble of humorous exchanges and social quips from newspapers and conversations. It parodies opinions on husbands, sermons, clothing, and small town life with jokes about indulgent spouses, reading sermons, and market remarks.
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