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Newspaper
Kansas Agitator
Location
Garnett, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1900
Page
3
A survey of party convention finances questions who pays for halls, decorations, tickets, staff, and entertainment. It notes that national committees control expenses, that staff often works pro bono, and that cities offer large enticements without full public accounting.
The Lafayette statue, sculpted by Paul Bartlett, will be unveiled in Paris on July 4 as a symbol of friendship between the United States and France. It is a gift from American school children to the French government.
In a new report Prof. Koch states malaria infection is sustained year round by relapsing cases, linking consecutive fever seasons. Mosquitoes find germs at summer’s start, and without relapses malaria would die out in a district. He also identifies so called centro-automnal fevers as identical to tropical malaria.
A fragmented Victorian era verse recounts a patriot spy's calm death and sacred resolve beside a war torn landscape. It shifts to Lexington Massachusetts noting historic houses including Hancock Clarke, Merriam and Monroe houses and bullets lodged in furniture, with details of their roles in the Revolutionary era. A Woolwich stained glass window honors Field Marshal Lord Roberts amid jubilee memorials.
The Lexington Common near Boston, a triangle park central to the village, preserves reminders of 1775 events. Tablets mark dates on hotbeds of early settlement, the Pulpit monument honors colonial churches, and the Minute-men memorial buries those killed. The bell from Belfry Hill once rang the alarm signaling British marching toward Lexington.
The passage portrays famine in India with stark imagery of Hindoo villagers accepting hunger. It contrasts vegetarian customs and fatalism among low caste Hindoo while describing daily subsistence and looming death at relief stations as famine tightens its grip.
A mule patrols the beach at St Augustine Florida in search of turtles. When she has found one she tips it on its back and then ambles off to inform her master. A man never accomplishes much till he has got something behind him to be ashamed of.
A Kansas reader recalls loot found in the Philippines during WWII era service. Lloyd Brown describes discovering hidden money in a hospital supply, including Mexican pesos and assorted coins totaling thousands. He notes a cross cave concealing eight bushels of pennies and coins dating to 1404.
A dog weighing about twenty five pounds was attacked by a large eagle as it walked with a boy and cattle dog through a paddock near Dandenong. The dog snapped at the eagle’s wing, both animals fell, the dog sustained serious cuts, and the eagle was killed by a boy with a stick. The bird spanned seven feet from tip to tip.
A Dublin paper reports a live dog altered the electric light and tramway system. It gnawed insulation on a lighting table, was electrocuted, short circuited lamps, and a second dog impeded a power station suction pipe, halting tramway service temporarily.
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