The Kansas Agitator’s Roundup of World and Local Notes
A chaotic digest cites varied items: Mayor Low’s nickname His Smiles. Henry’s studies on liver pills. the effect of three-year courses. a Kentucky bank robbery of 36000. President Castro of Venezuela. Chamberlain’s speeches and English Liberal politics. women buying last year calendars. Krupp’s wealth. Germany’s gunmakers. Britain’s steel trust. a new glass company and glass trust. Mrs Nation’s England visit. France birth rate and drink habit. railroad combine in courts. L. Gashaway of St. Louis sentenced for stabbing. New Haven youth dies from football injuries. New York Central’s tunnel improvements. daily U.S. news service for Philippines. Canadian Liberal gains. Lim burger cheese claim. Nordica and midnights in Georgia rail. Chancellor in eight languages. a North Side man’s quick thumb use. rough business dignity vs embassies. a Kansas editor burglar stereotype.
Winter Fur Trends Dominate Latest Fashion Hints
Immediate value shifts in fur pieces mark the season with double prices for name neckpieces and jackets in sable broadtail and chinchilla. The era sees furs used as trims on gowns and accessories with lace and fur applique, while gowns feature satin, chiffon, and mink accents. pearls and turquoise jewelry pair with white gloves as color trends emerge.
Labor's Field and Japanese Press Reform
The piece surveys workers’ toil and dignity in Labor's Field, quoting verses on honest labor, and then explains the Japanese Daily News printing system. It details type challenges, staff roles, and the scale of circulation, plus a second vignette on plate glass making and a church sermon about the church as a defender of common people.
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Nova
America
Song
Japan Daily News
Troom
Atty
Japan
Mado
Kansas City
J. Clayton Yonker
Euclid Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church
Oak Park
Hest French Lingerie Delights Elite Shoppers in 190% Importation
Chicago News reports on French lingerie importation highlighting hand made trousseau garments for fashionable women. Exquisite embroidery, sheer materials, real lace, high prices, velvet appliques, and ornate trimming mark the collection.
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Ays
Chicago News
The Working Girl Seeks Skill in Home Making
A Boston Globe reader signed Golden Hair writes that servant girls should learn to cook and manage households on small incomes. She argues many marriages fail because men marry unsuitable partners and expect wives to live on meager wages without basic cooking skills. She urges earnest discussion and encourages others, including Bashful Youth, not to be discouraged.
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Boston Globe
Germany leads Europe in glove making with 1100 firms
Germany hosts more than a thousand glove makers, mostly in kid gloves, plus 100 tanneries for kid and 40 for shoe leather. Export-focused firms number eighty-five. Other nations follow with far fewer firms and scattered centers in Paris, London, Milan, Stockholm, and Brussels, while Russia has about thirty. Invention.
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France
Germany
Europe
Austria-Hungary
England
Italy
Sweden
Norway
Spain
Russia
Austria
Prague
Vienna
Paris
Grenoble
Chaumont
London
Worcester
Naples
Milan
Turin
Ingweden
Stockholm
Malmo
Belgium
Brussels
The Dog Governess and the Canine Wardrobe
A New York Tribune summary notes a woman of refinement offering hourly dog care for wealthy owners. The role includes dog walking, baths, grooming, and seasonal overcoats, with the Boston Herald remarking on the extent of the canine wardrobe and accoutrements.
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Indy
The
New York Tribune
Boston Herald
Japanese Prince in U S railroad shops learns locomotive building
Yoshio Yaamoto, a prince of Japan's imperial family, works as a laborer in Pennsylvania railroad shops. He plans a three year stay to study how Americans build locomotives, stating he already knows how to hand locomotives but wishes to learn the American method and system.
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Yoshio Yaamoto
Imperial Family of
Japan
Pennsylvania Railroad
Defiance starch marketed as up-to-date finish
An Omaha Neb magnetite starch company promotes Defiance starch as the up-to-date choice for a soft glossy finish. It claims lower price per ounce than competitors, with sixteen ounces for ten cents and urges customers to ask their grocer for a package.
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Magnetice Starch Co
Omaha
Neb
Farmer Spares Forty Thieves in Opera Seating
An Oklahoma farmer, eager for a treat, buys a ticket with a $5 gold piece for the opera Forty Thieves. He receives a ticket and $4 in change and, upon leaving, forgets the ticket. He quips that he does not care to see the other thirty-nine, keeping the ticket.
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Oklahoma
Owl rite in Asia Minor children chant Palm Sunday omen
Fragmentary text describes a curious rite concerning owls in Asia Minor. Children hear an owl from cypress groves and exclaim about good news and messages, then chant a rhymed line when they catch an owl, while the meaning of the rite remains unclear.
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Asia
Asia Minor
Dr Henson Meets Friend in Big Store While Shopping
Dr Henson, recently delighted for a time, is approached by a friend in a large department store during holiday shopping. The exchange prompts a biblical allusion from Henson, quoting a line about waiting all the days of one’s appointed time.
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Menson
Dr. Jr
Henson
Exploration claims Brazil and Peru could meet world rubber demand
French explorer Emile Bonne chaux proposes that with adequate protection Brazil and Peru together could fulfill the global rubber demand. He argues regional stability and security would enable sustained extraction and export of latex to satisfy international markets.
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Bupdee
Peru
Beal
Emile Bonnechaux
Brazil
Kaiser's Wish Gratified Fulfill Underground Berlin Boulevard
The Kaiser’s wish has compelled the electric road to run beneath Unter den Linden in Berlin, turning the city’s main boulevard into an underground thoroughfare. This decision reshapes traffic and urban design, signaling a major shift for the capital’s transportation planning and historic streetscape.
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Kaiser
the Kaiser
Unter den. Linden
Berlin
Defiance Starch and Defiance Laundry Ads in One Line
A fragmented newspaper fragment touts Defiance brands such as Starch and laundry products. It contrasts Defiance with rival packs and mentions non cooking uses and value, with assorted lines on remedies, wages, and social observations.
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Kansas
Sarnett
Mayor Low
Prince Henry
Kentucky
Castro Ot ‘Venesuels
Tf Chamberlain
Liberal Party
Ife
Washington Post
Coronnation
Herr Krupp
Detroit News
Kuberik
Britain
New Glass Company
Glass Trust
Philadelphia Ledger
New Haven
New York Central Railway Company
United States
Philippines
Dominion
Chicago
Georgia
Nordica
North Side
Kankakee
Gutenberg
Oxford
Melton
Fang
Matthias Barr
Maude
Lucky
Nia Bane
Canada
Manitoba
Uni
Axamipoli
Haskatchewan
Alberts
Great Northwest
Opportunity
Opportunity Company
Wewspaper
St, Paul, Minh
Homestead
Dick T. Morgam
el Rene
Priesmeyer
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