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Newspaper
Kansas Agitator
Location
Garnett, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1904
Page
2
A mosaic of offbeat notes and snippets mentions Jay Gould Helen Kiplingey herbs wars and misprints. It notes Miss Lottie Dod England’s golf title and Clara Morris aging topics, plus odd items about a Bennington couple a Servian crown and radioactive minerals.
The article recalls the founder of Valparaiso and a costly joke about the town’s site. It notes the hills instead of a valley, long streets by the water, and the reliance on towboats or elevators to move. It describes Chile as ambitious and foreigner driven, Peru’s nitrate wealth, and Antofagasta’s harsh climate. It ends with a vignette of consular visitors chasing information. The piece paints economic and social tension between natives and foreigners.
A garbled passage describes a crowd near a basin stone, with references to drinking, letters, and a lament about people not knowing their parents or heritage. The text is incoherent, lacking clear events, dates, or identifiable figures.
New Orleans hosts nineteen negro labor unions totaling 11 000 members. Congress rejects eight hour bill. Justice Hynd frees Western Federation of Miners secretary Haymond for flag desecration at Denver. Union leaders name New York as future headquarters for the International Association of Structural Iron Workers. Plans for 1904 AFL convention in San Francisco advance. Pittsburgh glass bottle makers vote to close plants for 90 days and seek wage cuts.
Across the Alps several post offices sit at elevations of 6000 to 7000 feet. A letter box on the summit of the Laugard sees the postman make four daily collections, nearly 10000 feet above sea level.
An observation on human nature notes the irony that man alone of all animals does not learn from experience. The fragment cites irony and suggests philosophical critique of human learning.
The treatment accorded women in the Inland of Sumatra ought to be a great satisfaction to the advocates of women rights. At marriage the worldly possessions of the husband are made over to the wife, and he thence forth devotes his energies to increasing this fortune. Divorce is practically unknown, perhaps because husband and wife do not lie together, but live in separate houses.
At a recent meeting of the French Society of Authors a member proposed admitting adult sons and daughters after regular meetings to foster marriages. He argued that such unions between literary families would yield a superior authorial race. The suggestion was not adopted.
In Korea dog meat remains in strong demand during certain seasons with sustained appetite for the delicacy.
A short instructional note describes a method to heal skin sores on a child. It advises letting the wound break naturally, then removing a membrane lining from an empty shell, placing it wet side down on the sore, covering with linen, and bandaging. The remedy is claimed to speed healing.
An exhibition at Madison Square Garden showcased pulling power of men and animals. Elephants pull 0.72, camels 0.76, horses 1.17 times their weight, while a man pulls 0.62 times his own weight.
A description explains that the fuse in an armor piercing shell delays the explosion long enough to pierce ship armor. If the vessel has a thin plate or the shell glances off, it will still burst within ten feet of impact.
At the historic Russian fair in Nijni Novgorod a curious selling method draws buyers. A fixed payment lets a person dive into a bag of turquoise gems and claim as many stones as they can grasp, creating a tense gamble for each entrant.
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