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Newspaper
Kansas Agitator
Location
Garnett, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1903
Page
2
A column of witty notes discusses international tensions and forecasts of war, social morals, and curiosities. It surveys misers, engineers, actresses, and heiress boasts with sly barbs. Notables include a Los Angeles marriage report and a New York social speculator.
In this note from the Farmers Review dairy workers are urged to treat milk as human food and maintain strict cleanliness. It compares milking conditions, dust, and clothing to contamination risks and explains bacteria cause souring and odor. It stresses sanitary dairy practices and cites W. J. Fraser of the University of Illinois.
The outfit features a pale green organdie afternoon gown with darker green leaves and pink buds, lace dyed to match. A white voile carriage coat is trimmed with pale silk embroidery and silver buttons. The hat is dark gray chip with heavy lace and a cascade of white roses at the back.
Short bone jackets are praised for youth wear and easy use. The illustration shows a smart model adaptable to seasonal fabrics. It features fronts and undulating rear stitching, inverted center plait, and shoulder and underarm shaping, with yardage given for sizes.
A detailed description of a shirt waist featuring a neck yoke formed by bands or tucks, bordered with soutache that also trims the collar and yoke front. Front plaits open midway, box plaits with small pocket flaps, and outside-set sleeves with soutache trim forming cuffs.
Mauve leads the season with soft lamb skin textures and crisscross strap outfits. Frilled petticoats for children mimic adult styles, while sailor hats feature rolled brims and oversized crowns. Shirt waist pongee with bright piping, tunic coats with wide sleeves, and hyacinth blue turbans foreground new spring tones. linen and lace fabrics showcase openwork Madeira embroidery and silk linings.
Elegant gown details describe a gray voile dress designed by Ernest Randalla for the Comtesse de P. Multiple five tuck groups form squares, with graduated embroidered bands at the hem. Lace jabots and trimmed sleeves mirror the corsage bolero and double shoulder accents.
A guidance on varnishing kitchen walls for sanitation and durability, noting thin varnish preserves colors and supports multiple washings. Also describes a white cloth blouse with bolero fronts, plaited trims, embroidered motifs, a shoulder collar, girdle, and cuffs with gold buttons for a refined look.
The bent French model features a sleeve that fits above the elbow with a puff below. The upper sleeve is decorated with passementerie or lace motifs, and the cuff may be turned back with a lace gauntlet, though a simple pointed sleeve extending over the hand is also common.
Household remedies from an old periodical describe mixing starch with soapsuds to improve adhesion and cleaning. Advice covers turpentine in wash water, kerosene on wringers, creosote and alcohol for bedbugs, and alcohol on windows to prevent frosting.
From Paris comes a theory that high buttoned boots in black with narrow Louis XV heels are preferred to all others. If gray or tan boots are worn stockings must match. Black is considered the best style.
Window curtains of Grash and brown linen feature in recent innovations for window dressing. They suit rooms treated in ecru or various yellows, offering a versatile look with subtle tones.
From Farmers' Review, W B Anderson cautions home stock raisers returning from fairs about assuming pureblood success. He argues that rapid form changes come from scrab feeding and scrab conditions, not pedigree. A farmer must study feeding, nutrition and patient care to improve stock, or risk turning prize animals into scrub progeny.
Prof W A Henry notes that man supplied food appears to lengthen hog intestines. Cuvier cites wild boar intestines nine times body length, domestic hogs 18.6 to 1, slam boar 16 to 1. Henry measured 39 fattened hogs showing small intestines 16 to 80 feet and large 18 to 16 feet, average body length 3.5 feet. He finds modern pigs have longer intestines relative to body, suggesting better digestion and greater intake.
A humorous exchange unfolds among a cheerful board and cynical boarder about curing “ick trees” with mule and other social puns. The dialogue shifts to government press controls, then a tale of Deacon Kindleigh and Brother Littleton leaving all to a children’s home, with a brief note on a large family.
Bridget faces shame as Mistresa accuses her at a ball while Dolly confesses an engagement to Simpkins the bank cashier. Polly reveals promising to marry and notes her father’s permission to endorse her promissory note. Mrs Whoopem recalls the college yell and the baby inheriting it.
Tommy and Elsie argue who should act as manager in a humorous stage exchange. Elsie contends she could be the bella donna while Tommy insists the manager must be a man and they settle on roles.
A quirky dialogue about choosing an inscription for a pew telescope. The speakers joke about celestial sighting, friendship, and a playful nod to a deacon’s opinion while weaving slang and old time phrasing into a humorous back and forth.
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