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Newspaper
Kansas Agitator
Location
Garnett, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1900
Page
7
The London Chronicle reports Queen Victoria's eyesight is deteriorating causing grave concern. Blue spectacles lose effectiveness as dispatches and letters are read to her majesty. she now writes mostly her signature. A renowned foreign eye doctor has been consulted with no encouragement.
In a playful exchange Mrs Blutins asks her partner to pay more attention to baseball. he jokes about being a crank, while noting her wish for his focus. The passage also mentions fragrant herbs Vragrant Leaves Lavender sweet basil and Jonewary with inconspicuous flowers yet sweet leaves.
A traveler from Siberia reports that prisoners are not chained and dine with guards. The government pays a pension to each prisoner's family, and upon release the prisoner can return to Siberia, with government aid to repatriate and supply home goods and tools.
Commissioner Peck hesitated to offer champagne to guests at the U S pavilion opening, fearing it would not be approved in New York. A report cites a million dollars in foreign capital active in Russia across manufacturing and shipping sectors. A Syracuse runaway accident left a man seriously injured after a horse bolted, dragging another wagon with its team. The Dwiggses are described as queer neighbors asking about lawn mower repairs and community funds.
Shipping toll receipts for January through April total 5 746 000 in 1900, 6 425 000 in 1899, and 5 705 000 in 1858. Advertisements offer Allen s foot powder and Cross Ball Blue, with notes on worry and baldness, and praise for Phoenix Park in Dublin as a popular tourist spot.
Indiana news clip notes J M Barrie properly purchased and sent a large quantity of tobacco at his expense to the High end Brigade fighting in South Africa. It also cites local color about youths and a remark on electric shock fatalities with no recorded self inflicted deaths.
The notice touts Grain-O as a pure grain coffee substitute gentle on delicate stomachs. It claims most cannot tell it from coffee and promotes low cost at 15 and 26 cents per package. Also mentions valuable opera glasses and Princess of Wales treasures priced at 10 000 dollars.
A solitary ad offers free medical books for men including Know Thyself and The Science of Life with engravings. The offer requests responses to No 4 Kulfuch Street Boston Massachusetts and notes benefits for wounded soldiers. It mentions a Dublin castle to Windsor shipment of queen’s presents for wounded soldiers.
Allen's Moot Enae is marketed to ease tight or new shoes and aid swollen hot feet with ingrowing nails corns and bunions. Trial package prepaid by mail address Allen 8 Olmsted Le Roy N Y. Bed of Sweet Herbs highlights a pleasant garden feature noting a sheltered nodge by a wall suits modest plots.
A garbled mash of patent medicines and dubious ads appears beside notes on a giant unknown creature unearthed near Atlantic City New Jersey. The page mixes quack remedies for infants and children with stray lines about dentistry, fashion, and whimsical sayings, reflecting a troubled broadside from the era.
A humorous tale recounts an artist who painted a secluded shore scene for a lover who halted his engagement. The patron vowed to pay, then canceled, then allowed another commission. A week later he resumed, declaring the same place but a different girl as subject.
A humorous collection of quotes and fragments from Chicago newspapers. It features a drunken narrator lamenting life behind a barn, a critic debating the novel A Woman of Quality, a jab about an old fashioned bicycle, a runaway automobile, a palmistry fortune teller act, a playful scene with Misa Clara and her father, and a census joke about age concealment.
In a Philadelphia Press quip, a facetious boulder asks about a device for condensed milk while a farmer replies that the great expansion that transformed the country also affected his own industry. The cartoonish exchange highlights economic growth and its unintended effects on everyday goods.
A Chicago Tribune fragment shows a humorous dialogue about boating terms and a summer plan. The doctor tows, Miss Yacht asks what the para pulls, the boat answers scull. Maud and Irene discuss Hillside house, maroon mountains, and weak coffee versus strong hammocks.
The long disputed Tennessee Virginia boundary case reaches the U S Supreme Court with Tennessee Attorney General Pickin filing a brief. The dispute hinges on the 1811 survey and reflects regional tensions as Virginians in Tennessee seek Virginia incorporation while others resist.
Mrs Amy G Tuompeon of South Hot Springs Arkansas writes that after a decade of suffering from uterine and ovarian inflammation weakness and painful periods she found relief with Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She reports regained strength weight sleep appetite and ability to do housework after five bottles and seven packages, and credits the remedy with saving her life.
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