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Newspaper

Kansas Agitator

Location

Garnett, Kansas, United States of America

Date

Jun 11, 1897

Page

7

Wildline Musings at National Education Meeting Review

Fragmented OCR article notes a National Educational Association gathering with mentions of Watashi Hernia, Watashi’s facilities, and travel details to Kansas City and Chicago. It references teachers, equipment, buffet car use, and lodging near principal hotels. Also includes stray items on trains, maps, and meteor displays.

Pawson Pawron Chino Chicago Landing Crane G. VA Waban RR St. Lonin

Meriden Cross Marker and Odd Health Ads

A fragmented page mentions a large village cross on the Meriden green in Warwickshire said to mark the English content point. It also lists various patent medicines and quack remedies such as Halts Catarrh Care and Don't Tobacco products with dubious claims.

Meriden Warwickshire England

Burdock Loaves For Horses In Summer Field Use

Farmers let burdock plants grow to feed horses in early summer as a tonic. Horses crave the greens and perform better after feeding burdock loaves. The practice is praised as beneficial, with medical notes suggesting molasses and bitters as fortifying remedies for various ailments.

London Navy Chief Weds in Uniformed Procession

Mateimony to Tandon, London's free chief and royal navy commander, married recently in a ceremony marked by a procession of about 100 women in uniform and a police escort leading the groom and bride to the church.

Mateimony Tandon London Royal Navy

Ancestral Claims and Hidden Treasure in Philadelphia

The piece describes a humorous reminiscence of noble titles and pride in ancestral lines, followed by a Philadelphia brick-layer uncovering a gold watch back embedded in Pompeiian brick. The inscription credits Eugene Buzby for saving a daughter in 1889, Wilfred Powell, and a dealer offers $10 for the precious artifact.

Philadelphia Record Forty-fifth Street Chester Avenue Harry Lockwood Lockwood Eugene Buzby Wilmington Del Wilfred Powell

Remarkable ruling engine aids Johns Hopkins spectrograph

The article describes a high precision ruling engine used by Prof. Henry A. Rowland of Johns Hopkins in Baltimore. It engraves 110,000 lines per inch on a large diffraction grating for a Prussian scientist, with a diamond-tipped carriage moving automatically along rails under strict guard.

Henry A. Rowland Johns Hopkins University Baltimore John A. Brashear Allegheny Hansawadht Magdenburg Prussia Audiehoes Royal Observatory Dublin McGill Montreal

Fire Delays Opelika Church Wedding at First Methodist

The Washington Post reports a church fire at First Methodist Opelika during a planned 9 o'clock wedding of EB M Jones and Miss Busle Greene. As flames appeared near the altar, guests fled the building, injuring several and separating children from parents amid a chaotic rush to safety. Averted tragedy left two attendants inside as the couple stood poised at the altar.

Washington Post Opelika Ala First Methodist Church of Eb, M. Jones Misa Busle Greene R. M. Greene Ister Mr. Jones Mins Greene

Fire damages church. organ destroyed in lamp explosion

A fire at the church caused extensive damage when a lamp toppled by a pipe organ ignited flames. Firefighters arrived quickly, extinguishing the blaze. The explosion started near the organ as a man and his fiancée were arriving from a carriage. Repairs follow at the bride’s parents home after the ceremony location.

Jonen

Fighting Preacher Choke Holds Off Prize Fighter at Church

In Delaware yesterday afternoon Rev Charles L Stencio of the Methodist church defended his pulpit by choking out visiting prize fighter John Stout of Dover after Stout demanded use of the church building for a sparring show. The preacher’s congregation praised his restraint and quick action.

Philadelphia Record Letpsto Del Charles L Stencio Methodist Church John Stout Dover Stout

Three Stowachs Short

Hans Hansen a Swedish boarder in Denver is dying after a prank by fellow boarder John Henderson. He was fed alfalfa fodder and instructed to eat it, causing severe stomach pains assessed by doctors. An emetic and acids were used to dissolve the hay, said to be rolled into a ball in his stomach. If not removed in a week he may die, and even with more stomachs his chances are slim.

Chicago Daily Tribune Denver Col Hans Hansen John Henderson Ike

York Turner's Leather Thumb Repair Impresses Locals

Jere Kormeny, a highly skilled York turner, lost a thumb in a planing mill. He rigged a leather thumb stuffed with cotton to his band, hardened at the end. The makeshift replacement proved successful, giving him substantial control and allowing him to resume work on the lathe.

York Jere Kormeny Kormeny Mr. Kormeny

Old Time Miccough Remedies Fall From the Globe Democrat

Special Saturday night last William Kaufman of Wright county was attacked by hiccoughs. He swallowed water and his family attempted to frighten the convulsions but he grew worse. A man of strong constitution he was compelled to take bed yesterday and today he succumbed in terrible agony.

St. Louis Globe-Democrat Webster City William Kaufman Wright County

Drowning of Mrs. Helen Sayers at Bleachery Pond

Mrs. Helen Sayers of Chicopes Falls drowned while bathing her dog in the Bleachery pond behind Dunn's Bleachery. She lost balance and fell forward. her head submerged and she could not call for help or escape.

Springfield Mass.) Union Helen Sayers Chicopes Falls Sayers

Death and Safety Valve Fatality on Steamer Jennie Gilchrist

Nelson Clark, a steamboat man aboard the Jennie Gilchrist, was scalded to death after placing a plank on the boiler and dozing off as the safety valve opened, causing fatal steam exposure. Local report from the Courier-Journal Paducah special.

Courier-Journal Paducah Nelson Clark Jennie Gilchrist

Paria Police Break Up Training of Youths for Heig Eloy

Since 1880 Paria law enforcement has arrested as many as 89 000 children alleged to be trained for hegi and vice, a figure cited in local reports.

Tuvendle Degravicy Paria

A Frenchman's View on Population and Decay

A long extract discusses France's population growth, arguing depopulation and low birth rates threaten national strength. It cites Paris and London census figures, links birth rates to poverty and class, condemns centralized policy, and warns of civilizational decline if maternity wanes. The piece laments education shaping artificial tastes and the risk of foreign invasion as birthrates fall.

France Germany London Troland Paris Parisiene Seine Ber Allon Grenelle Champa Elysees

Tacoma Mill Company Scrip Coins of Early Tacoma

The Tacoma Ledger notes Tacoma’s early minting of local currency by the Tacoma Mill Company. Iron tokens and brass dollars circulated locally to ease trade with Indians and settlers on Commencement Bay. William Hanson donated a set of these coins to the Ferry Museum, describing a harsh but practical local economy.

Tacoma City of Destiny Uncle Sam Idaho California Mint Pass Commencement Bay Tacoma Ledger Tacoma Mill Company Blackasmith Colon William Hanson Ferry

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