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Newspaper
Kansas Agitator
Location
Garnett, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1904
Page
3
The article outlines chic Kid belts with brass buttons and a four dollar buckle, white mare girdles with jeweled buttons, and plaited bolero jackets in taffeta with varied trims. It also covers frying fish in olive oil to blue heat, a lemon horax sugar remedy for freckles, delicate lingerie hat mesh guidance, and rose drops candy making steps.
A fragmentary fashion vignette describes embroidered hems and dainty detailing. It notes black accents as a single dark note and highlights white mohair coats and hand embroidered towels as attractive touches for garments and linen.
A simple serving method combines lemon jelly with charlotte russe. Cut jelly into cubes and arrange on plates with three to four tablespoons of filling, place two or three Indy fingers in the center, then top with vanilla flavored whipped cream.
A garbled old text offers dubious kitchen and cleaning advice, suggesting adding red currant jelly to prunes and cautioning against metal pots for spinach. It includes odd instructions about patty cleanliness, removing glass, stain treatment with lard and turpentine, and polishing mirrors with spirits and blue powder.
Henry Savage Landor, grandson of Walter Savage Landor, was born in Florence and educated there and in Paris. A prolific traveler, he journeyed through Japan, China, Korea, Tibet, and Africa, authoring voyages and adventures. He was first white man to reach both Brahmaputra sources and endured imprisonment in Tibet. He joined the Allied march to Beijing in 1900, entering the Forbidden City.
A tan ta ffa ta box coat for little girls showcases a fashionable style with or without a lace collar. The design suits silk, pique, linen, pongee, satin, and cloth, needing about 1g 3% yards of material for medium size 4 years at 62 inches wide plus lace trim.
Fashionable waist styles feature fancy yokes in silk and muslin. Describes mercerized bitiste, Teneriffe wheels, and lace trims, with yoke options in all over material or contrasting banding. Details include fitted lining, tucks, back closure, and measurements for various yardages and sizes.
The shy young man recalls six months of courting as a maiden waits for her father’s return from the city. A tender scene on the train reveals a lost ticket and money, with a hopeful push to have the father speak of it.
A fragmented poem recalls tides and moods of hopeful days and gloom. The speaker contrasts breezy seas with dark clouds and ghostly shores, urging resilience as the ebb returns and bright days may come again.
A Congressional anecdote recounts Rep Cushman joking about a colleague wanting a horseshoe for a memorial arrangement. The florist hints the horseshoe means good luck, prompting the member to demand an anchor or harp instead. The tale highlights playful misinterpretation of flower symbolism.
The Linnacle of Spring street delivers a botanical lecture on drunkenness. He prescribes three ounces olive oil with ten whiskys twenty-five beers and a dozen champagne bottles, then urges eating half a raw cabbage to sober up within minutes.
Congressman Finley of South Carolina, known for a faltering ear for music, dismisses a mishearing in a conces sion stand exchange. When asked what piece he recognized, he blurts out America and clarifies he meant the famous patriotic tune, prompting lighthearted chatter among onlookers.
Senator Blackburn recounts visiting a tight Kentucky district to study voter mood. A farmer, initially uninterested, predicts excitement and asserts Republicans gain ground with three new families, while long-standing voters stay loyal. The exchange highlights stubborn party alignment amid shifting demographics.
A homeless penniless tramp sat on a rail platform when two telegraph office workers warned him his home and family were in danger as a train was coming. He rushed to the ticket window, hesitated, and returned to the platform, stunned yet relieved to learn of a missing home.
A devotional prayer praising watchfulness and prayer to endure temptations and reach the heavenly shore. It pleads for faith, steadfastness, and the joy of heavenly reward, trusting in Christ's shield and divine grace. The excerpt foresees eternal peace and praises the Joy of the Lord.
Governor Odell meets old New York friends in Newbury and Newburg. He greets all with a smile and questions about family, occupation, and prospects. An inventor buddy, after years of effort, admits the airship is not yet a success saying it must rise and stay aloft.
George W. Vanderbilt holds the Staten Island ancestral farm against buyers. Though owning Biltmore in North Carolina, he rarely visits the old summer home once favored by his mother and first country estate bought by the Commodore Vanderbilt. An amusement company offered to buy, but he replied the farm is not for sale.
A New York clipping bureau has gathered 8 714 Hanna stories since his death. Editor Elmer Dover arranges the clippings into an album spanning 3 012 pages across eight volumes. The set will include customary memorial material and related items.
An unreadable OCR fragment mentions Balke Catarrd Gure and Cure, with garbled phrases about remedies and transactions. It references a wholesaler, Dringanaatoo, and a price claim of 7% per unit, but most names and details are unclear. The text resembles an old drug advert with corrupted wording.
The public works committee proposed building an extra underground lavatory after noting small fees can yield profit. They reported four existing underground lavatories earning the city a net of 2,435 dollars annually.
Do your feet ache and burn? Shake Allen's Foot Enno powder into your shoes. It relieves tightness new shoes cause. Cures swollen hot sweating feet corns and bunions. Sold at druggists and shoe stores. Sample sent. Ad insert dated.
A pasture sighting prompts a farmer to tell how his stool helps locate his cow. The owner explains the rope and block setup, saying his stool stays nearby when his cow is found.
This sixties style self help line urges reliance on oneself in all endeavors from love to business. It stresses that success is earned by one’s own efforts and that failure leaves you to suffer alone, emphasizing personal responsibility.
The quote contrasts pain from malicious names with joy from warm greetings. It urges using the same measures we apply to others, inviting reflection on character and conduct inspired by Dean Stanley’s words.
The article notes a progressive reduction in the standard factory day in France from twelve hours down to ten hours since April. Despite the shorter day, workers continue to receive the same wages as when twelve hours were worked, highlighting a shift in labor conditions over four years.
Africa to be cotton plats Africa, owing to her climate, soil and population, is better fitted for cotton production than any other of the continents of the globe, and will become the greatest supply fed of that staple after civilized methods of government and economies have become dominant there.
In some county mansions of England fire engines are kept that can be driven by ordinary electric current at a critical moment, or the engine will wash the outside of windows without endangering the lives of nerve ants.
The czar has sanctioned a reduction in the number of holidays observed in Russia. The move aims to curb excessive celebrations and streamline official calendars across the country.
Ailing man describes near death from grip and stomach failure a year ago. After trying Grape-Nuts with cream his condition improved rapidly, enabling sustained work and renewed vigor. He credits the cereal for restoring health and mental clarity, urging others to try it.
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