Kansas agitator quotes and quirky observations
A Kansas agitator column compiles miscellaneous quips and witticisms ranging from political jabs at Roosevelt and Platt to reflections on boxing, fame, and public duty. It notes a monster peach tree in Maryland, cultural jokes about democracy, and a playful aside about a Chinese officer’s loyalties, finishing with measurements of a giant Napley peach tree trunk.
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Kent County
Maryland
Johnson
United States
Napley
Alan Harris
Robert Wickes
Self-control as safeguard against mental unsoundness
A collection of reflections on personal discipline and emotional regulation. It stresses self government to prevent nervous instability, notes that quick tempers can lead to disasters, and argues inner control fortifies character against crises. It also cites a public reaction to English sympathy during the Nate war and discusses manners of acknowledgment and social courtesy.
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London
New York's Children's Roof Garden Harvests Small Plots
At BL Bartholomew's parish home in New York City's Forty-second Street a roof garden project teaches children to tend personal plots. Some plant vegetables others grow flowers or vines. Crops flourish under careful guidance amid lively reports of lettuce peas and cheering songs as owners monitor growth and charm.
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Bartholomew's Parish
Forty-second Street
New York City
Roof Garden On Ten Stories Inspires Young Gardeners
Garton and Kardona seeds nurtured by teachers sparking lively growth among Tot pupils. Children carry seedling pride from school to home and back, tending tiny plots on a roof garden above the city, dreaming of blooms and fragrance.
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Garton
White House's First Bride Nellie Grant Sartoris Visits Boston
Mrs Nellie Grant Sartoris visits Boston with her children to make her home with her mother in a return from England where she lived two years. Described as still attractive at middle age, she remains American in spirit and bears charm and quiet refinement.
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White House
Nellie Grant Sartoris
Boston
Washington
Nellie Grant
Sartoria
Chinese official examination system shown in detail
The image illustrates the harsh method to select officials in China. Thousands assemble at district chief towns for days long exams. Candidates are locked in three by four foot cells with a board and table, fed through a wall hole, and may die from stress. Final trials occur in Beijing with intense competition.
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China
Germany
Seo
Confucius
Peking
SPORT AT OXFORD AND ITS QUIET PLEASURES
Ainslee's Magazine notes Oxford’s term time leisure, praising the grave, dignified pleasure culture. Observers see rowing under coach banter, quiet tennis at Holywell, and calm football matches between Cambridge and Oxford with no shouts or revelry.
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Antwatton
Oxford Nfe
Ainslee
Oxford
Holywell
Billy
Cambridge
Long Wait for Maid Conversation Quips from NY Weekly
A humorous exchange shows Mr Binks planning to call Mrs Binks while joking about privacy. The maid notes delays and the ruse of parlor arrival, with a playful line about Tam staying hidden and the effort to look presentable taking hours.
A Tobacco Hope Adversity Turns Blessing
A fragment reflecting on tobacco use in the British empire. The narrator imagines a rope of all tobacco smoked last year, coiling around the earth thirty times, and ends with a proverb linking adversity to blessing.
Better Be Wise Than Rich in Health Cautionary Ad
An advertisement claims Wise people gain riches through Hood’s Sarsaparilla which cures all oak diseases of the blood kidneys liver and towels, promising perfect action. The remedy purportedly regulates the entire system for vigorous health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr & Hood
Patents and advertisements in midwest issue
A collage of patent notices lists inventors from Missouri Kansas and Nebraska with items such as vapor burner whee feeding device roller attachment and designs. Also features design patents trade marks and a price list for patent copies plus miscellaneous ads for excursions, shoes, extraction devices and household goods.
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Higdon
Fisher and
Thor
Diasmond
Junction Main
Dale Aware Sts
Kansas City
Missouri
Kansas
Nebraska
Charles Dexter
St. Lovie
Frank
Mudes
St. Luli
Ferdinand Lahm
St. Loulay
Gane
Wy d. Gane
Lenriettit Shaw
Kansagy City
Abbain J. Slosecker
Warmerarneyehurn
John Wolf
St. Tiles Wall
George W. Wright
Wado Uilyy
Henrietta G Shay
Pla
Ring Blank
Henry B. Wright
Springfieldy
Polo Atmere
Kannada
Samuel N. Hinkely
Troy
Niels J. Rasmussen
Neola
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Darnett
Kanbar
Ladder of Fame
North Pole
Mason
Gov. Roosevelt
Mr. Platt
Mark Hanna
New York’s
Deee
Iit Ue
Nature
SPORT
Jousehold
Fuéa
John W. Howland
Lincoln
Treary & Koch
Hartington
L. D. Mouser
Imperial
Theodore A. Schlaebitz
Telssen
Pries
Fort Arthur
Juplin
Hot Springs
Ft Smith
Houston
Galveston
Port Arthur
Gen's Pass
Allen
Bhoe
Allented
Leroy
Minnin Dorsey
Wimin
Jereeul
Atonea
Vnva
Soailog
Ching “Withoue Gloves
Requir
Excelvior Mfg. Co
Fursons
Kan
Oftec
Western Newspaper Union
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