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Newspaper
Kansas Agitator
Location
Garnett, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1902
Page
6
A poetic reminiscence from Theodore Roberts published in the Independent. The speaker longs for a tranquil inn where time stands still, imagining sleep, distant journeys, and a rest from worldly cares beyond war and frontlines.
A serene brook in a sunlit wood carries a little girl’s flower offerings to the sea. Forest creatures pause in their daily hum as the child speaks to the brook about her drowned father, asking it to deliver the flowers and messages to his grave. The brook accepts, then continues its journey alone toward the ocean.
Frederick Kost recalls an innkeeper on South Beach famed for low energy. An old man kept two dachshunds named Cocoa, always together, moving in perfect unison as he rested on his porch. The anecdote pivots on the idea that one name can serve both dogs.
A sensational fragment recalls cock-fighting devotion in historical culture. It narrates the Earl of Derby’s late life moment as he bets on game cocks, placing a gambling stake beside a prayerbook and Racing Calender, then dies peacefully after a final crow. The tale links to famed pugilists and celebrities in a moral frame.
Col Harry Hall recalls stumping for McKinley and a Greencastle lunch counter exchange. A prosperous local man asserts Republicans will win, claiming three Republicans moved into the county and no Republican families remain, echoing a New York World account.
The Out look argues that the Mormon machine educates the people with retentless precision and that census data imply two-thirds of Utah Mormons were born into the system. Twenty years ago newcomers would have outnumbered natives, with visible abuses and rebellions. Leaders have doubled temple receipts via revelations and sent nearly two thousand emissaries, reshaping politics and spreading proselytism.
The New York Times reports former district attorney McIntyre defended a man in a criminal case spanning two or three courts. After a $1000 bill for services, the convicted man balked, McIntyre and Adams debating whether the charge was reasonable and whether conviction was likely with different counsel.
An anecdotal piece recalls Mary Queen of Scots at Fotheringhay Castle asking for a final word before her beheading. She reportedly addressed the executioner with a line about crimes laid at her door and a defense of her life, amid a wave of labels and judgments from the world.
A Texas Mercury item recounts Rev G- delivering a frontier sermon criticizing formal education for ministers. He argues edification is unnecessary, urges ministers not to waste time in study, and claims God will provide the right words in the moment. A stockman’s court notice claimed Brother G- could outpreach any man west of the Brazos.
Residents of Ephraim Utah agricultural center of Sanpete county adopt a novel pest control plan as grasshoppers are captured for entertainment proceeds. A dance raised seventy five half bushels of grasshoppers at the door and the insects were used as fuel for a bonfire. City officials offer a bounty of one dollar per bushel to trap young grasshoppers before they fly.
Mark Twain is described as a model host and loyal husband in a family circle anecdote from the New York Times. After dinner, he quips to a guest that he is selfish and that the cold would not enter, but their coziness might.
A Philadelphia traveling man recalls a rock collision off the English coast where a heavily drunk passenger stayed in the saloon. He began playing Home Sweet Home as danger loomed, then switched to Down Went McGinty, provoking laughter and easing tense moments aboard.
Battle Creek Michigan plans a large scale honey venture forming a stock company to start an apiary on a mammoth farm of 100 acres suited to white clover. aiming to supply health foods and create homelike prosperity through bee industry and related ventures.
Students craft palmless baskets and rugs at Hampton Institute using pure vegetable dyes they manufacture themselves, avoiding commercial aniline colors. The girls showcase creative textile work reflecting self-made color processes and distinctive patterns.
A cute bedtime prayer about making all the good people nicer. The second item notes longevity in families with Mrs Kelthe of Gloucestershire allegedly dying in 1772 at age 193 and her three daughters aged 111, 110, and 109.
Orthodox convent nun in Oral Town Russia arrested for theft proved to be a man after three years living as a sister. Gen W H Shafter tours his former home in Galesburg Michigan visiting the Jog house birthplace and family burial site.
From Barcelona the Spanish government has received a petition praying that bullfighting may be excluded from coronation festivities for Alfonso XII II. Bound to Be Good notes that before Pitt died large subscriptions funded a statue in his honor and a joke suggested he was bound over for good behavior during rent of his life.
Chinese dealers and merchants seek to distinguish themselves by appending Russian terminations to family names, adopting Russian dress and manners while conducting trade.
Albert W. Paine of Bangor Maine has practiced law for sixty seven years since May 28 1826 becoming New England's longest serving attorney. The piece notes Paine's belief in the Monroe Doctrine and mentions Sir Frederic Pollock urging formal recognition by European powers. It also cites Sergeant James Condon America's oldest serving soldier with a career from 1888 to 1885 and his service in Florida Mexico and the rebellion. Portuguese authorities crack down on habitual epitting with fines to curb consumption spread.
The number of milch cows in Kansas is about equal to the horse population, a little over 800,000, with the spring cattle negocio valued at over 25 million dollars.
Alfred Hobgood attended a Confederate reunion in Dallas Texas. He swallowed a shoestring with a brace on it causing choking and blood poisoning. The incident ended in Hobgood's death.
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