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Newspaper
Kansas Agitator
Location
Garnett, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1897
Page
7
An astrologer requests full names and post office addresses for free readings by mail. Readers must include birth date, time, place and year, with stamps for mail readings. The column lists sample horoscopes for various towns and notes prompts for responses and corrections.
The Vilinale tailroad and Warrhame Commissioners report on a 1897 request to cut passenger fare from three to two cents per mile. They deem the cut unwise and unjust to railroads, noting small lines would suffer while overall passenger travel has declined. The board cites three years of data showing average fares just over two cents and defers to legislature to regulate maximum rates.
A column lampoons changing name spellings from May to Mae and Sara to Sarahe, urging a “society for the prevention of cruelty to names” as women modernize. It cites New York Telegram humor about Vanderbilt and misread names, then notes African exploration around Lake Rudolph, British East Africa, and a French prescription law. A tech claim describes a motor to drive torpedoes via a flywheel, hinting at military applications.
A witty quip from the New York Weekly notes a spectator could name most losers but not the winning horse. The remark captures playful skepticism about luck and recognition in racing circles.
A damaged OCR reads like a garbled local note about a maker who produced thousands of items and a derisive remark. The text is incomplete and contains nonsensical phrases with likely misread names and places from Yonkers.
The piece surveys King James I and his Counterblaste to Tobacco, noting his early stance against smoking as sinful and criticizing the imitation of Native American manners. It recounts debates of the era, the tobacco’s perceived uses, and Raleigh’s alleged ties to royal intrigues behind James’s actions and the fate of Raleigh.
Hetty Green, America s richest woman, in New York argues the new woman should return to home life. She urges women to cook, manage the home, and stay present for family meals to improve husbands digestion, criticizes clubs, and calls for both wifely duties and restraint on ostentation.
The article details Beethoven's two compulsive habits moving residences and daily long walks. It notes his habit of walking after dinner regardless of weather and his fondness for bathing causing water damage to lower ceilings. It mentions his distressed howling while composing and a dreamlike scene in an old coat.
A testimonial from Mrs Ann T Devenish of Castleton Reno County praises Pink Pills for Pale People as a cure for nervous debility and rheumatism. She recounts long suffering, then relief after using the medicine, and notes other Castleton residents also benefited. The ad touts the pills as a blood builder and nerve tonic sold in bottles and boxes nationwide.
A column blends etiquette and physical training advice for women, urging daily practice for grace and mentioning shouldering mind and body development. A promotional note offers free spirit thermometers from Warner's Safe Cure Co for postage, framed to advertise a kidney and liver cure.
The fragmented text reflects a mid-century voice describing malaria illness and recovery, urging resilience and return to work. It also offers household tips on airing clothes and a dubious claim about a candy cathartic as a cure.
A young lady boasted that Kentucky made the prettiest women and fastest horses, plus the Dent whiskey. General Grant endorsed the first two points, but doubted the whiskey claim, noting in Kentucky it is drank quickly so it cannot grow old.
Fragmentary ad copy touts a laxative as a quick health fix. It claims easing bowel obstruction prevents health problems and mentions kidney rheumatic complaints and nervousness as conditions improved by the product. The language imitates early 20th century patent medicine style.
Fragmented OCR apportion includes reminiscences of a memory of a youthful debutant and a medical advertisement claiming Hall's Catarrh Cure can restore Eustachian tube function. It asserts ear disease from catarrh, promising $100 for a cure failure and urging readers to request a free circular.
A speaker asks how a neighbor bought properties adjacent to their home cheaply, with another person responding that it was easy. The dialogue lists family members by occupation or pastime, including elocutionist wife, daughter who plays the Jane, George on cornet, T on violin, Hob on banjo, Charley on bones, and Johnny on a drum.
A damaged OCR page shows a collage of dubious marketing lines promising cures and cheap remedies. It mentions no po Rae regulation, cheap cures, and odd notes about glass, paint scraping, and domestic items, with scattered names and places.
The note argues that many advertised remedies claim value but true merit is shown by results. It asserts Ayer's Sarsaparilla has the world as its market and emphasizes its history of cures spanning fifty years as proof of effectiveness.
The New York Times reports a claim that 610 safes were crafted as barrels with roll-bound forms and large ring handles, each with a four-cover hinge. The piece notes one German art piece in the Art Museum, smaller than a flour barrel.
A garbled record notes a special train run in January by John A Salzer Lead Co from La Crone to a southern site. It mentions seed potatoes, gravel and clover, corn, elm, and possibly shipments to Cannaneus area. The text is fragmented, unclear, and references health terms without coherent context.
A Melbourne clerk uses a faded pen and lacks a magnifying glass to inscribe a postcard with sections from Shakespeare and Dickens, a Genesis chapter, and the song Home Sweet Home. The writing is so legible that many passersby can read it with the naked eye.
The February installment features Richard Harding Davis and H Catom Woodville detailing the Moscow coronation from official observers’ viewpoints. Woodville holds a royal commission from Queen Victoria. Davis represents Harper's Magazine. The piece, noted as a definitive account, pairs with Loomis Mexico series and Simi authored photographs. Gua Heayings exchange ends with a dialect exchange about anger and offense.
A Galveston News aphorism warns that men who cheat their creditors in this world will face severe consequences in the afterlife, urging honesty and accountability. The piece frames moral justice as a constant, universal force confronting deceit.
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