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Newspaper
Kansas Agitator
Location
Garnett, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1904
Page
2
A Kansas_Garnett humor column riffs on social gossip, politics, and fortunes. It teases Alfred Austin, warns about counterfeit bills, jokes about Mustard Brown socks in the army, baby names, and a widow scattering ashes, plus quirky notes on a divorce case, autos curing consumption, and a Cecil Rhodes daughter claim.
Members of the American Medical Association warn that the young men of the country are overworked and exhausted by strain from relentless driving. The note suggests automobile use contributes to health risks as people push beyond endurance.
Guanajuato is described as a striking mountain city with winding streets, arches, and vibrant colors, rich in silver and gold mines dating to 1648. The piece highlights its underground mining activity, wealth, and the lavish life of miners, alongside historic churches like the Church of La Campania and San Francisco. It notes British capital and Cornish miners, contrasts old Spain with modern influences, and recalls Cortes era art and missionaries shaping the landscape.
Gen Alexander Hays, long associated with Pittabure, is to be honored by a monument at the site of his death in the Wilderness battle. The arrangement preserves his memory in the region.
Opinion essay traces Korea under Japanese rule from ancient vassal ties to 19th century abuses. It criticizes 1894 to 1897 reforms that decayed public morality, forced topknots on Koreans, and led to the murder of the queen. It urges moderation and noninterference in future governance.
Lord Dartmouth will lay the foundation stone of a new building for Dartmouth College alumni to replace a burned structure. The earl, direct descendant of the college’s namesake, carries the arms of the first U S president’s family line and serves on a royal commission of historical manuscripts.
A paraphrase of Von Moltke's idea that the organizer's work ends once mobilization begins. In 1870, a friend found him on a sofa reading a French novel, saying his work was done when mobilization was ordered and only resumes at the front.
Rumors say Bourke Cockran may marry widow Mrs Adolf Ladenburg, with gossips naming every few months a new suitor. Cockran’s affection is evident as he shadows her at the Graveyard race track on Long Island.
Captain Ludwig Eisenbaum, sole navigator, completed a 17 foot dory crossing from Boston to Antwerp and returned to New York aboard the Red Star liner Kroonland. He brought the small craft home, plans to appear at the St Louis exposition. The voyage near death many times with ships spotting him and urges to abandon.
The death is reported from Jena of Dr Ottokar Lorenz a well known historian. He began by studying law but after 1850 philology and history claimed his attention. He was made professor of history at Vienna in 1860 and employed on the state archives but left the position for political reasons. In 1886 he became professor at Jena. His contributions to German and Austrian history were numerous and valuable.
In larger Turkish towns England maintains a consul who Armenians Bulgarians Macedonians and even Jews turn to as a de facto court of appeals. His unofficial backing of the gyrours and other cases proves highly influential and rarely refused.
An odd, fragmentary dialogue centers on Mansfield and an ardent admirer praised for sacrificing his real self to perform great roles. The exchange mentions forgetfulness, dreadful deeds, and a comic image of hurling tenderloin steaks at a leading actor, with the admirer unaware of the mischief until reading the papers next day.
Fragmentary text hints at a playful prehistoric invitation with warnings and taunts. It mentions stone carvings, a warning about intruders, and a potentially ominous invitation to meet, all conveyed in a fragmented newspaper notice style. Named entities are scarce but include archaic terms and possible references to a group or publication.
Winston Churchill's recent breakdown in parliament echoes a prior memory lapse by a member named Sheil in the House of Commons. A London Daily Mail correspondent recalls other memory slips, including an Yorkshire divine who lost himself in the Lord's Prayer and a professor at an anatomy demonstration who broke down, prompting dismissal of the close.
The earliest sulfur matches, over a century old, appear awkward by modern standards of convenience. They were called "Sspunks" and varied in length from five to seven inches, reflecting old manufacturing ideas and product naming.
Descriptions note that these matches were packed in bun ches with straw, dating to 1830 and preserved in York Museum, England. The matches proved unsatisfactory as the sulfur refused to strike fire.
In the Pennsylvania mountains and farming districts near the anthracite region, belief in witchcraft remains powerful, as it did two centuries ago. The notion of bewitchment persists as a common excuse for crime, despite waning in New England.
A man named Walker and two daughters were on a Rutland Vermont rail stop. He saved one five year old by placing her on the rear platform as the train departed, then tried to board with the other. The child rode on the rear platform for five miles before falling from the steps down a steep embankment. She was uninjured aboard a train moving thirty two miles per hour.
John M. Houck of Middlefield Massachusetts was fishing for trout when a string of about thirty fish vanished from a rock behind him as the rapid water drowned sound. He turned to add another fish and found no string, the thief gone. Lightning at Cape Neddick Village Strikes House and Man
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