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Newspaper
Kansas Agitator
Location
Garnett, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1903
Page
2
A collage of satirical snippets touches on Malthus, Morgan, dynamos of wealth, polar expeditions, war talk, and social quirks. It riffs on royalties, coroners, and curiosities from finance to fashion, with light jabs at politics, exploration, and celebrity culture. The piece stitches playful observations about society, travel, and international affairs.
The Granny Muff trend returns as a grand fashion, with women reviving old muffs from grandmothers. Attic finds become modern accents, featuring sable options up to 30 inches round and half a yard wide, plus velvet ribbons, violets, ostrich plumes, or morning glory corsage accents. Buttons in various sizes and styles, including enamel and jewel-toned designs, decorate coats and dresses.
Wiener Mode Album describes two Paris gowns. The first bluish gray mouseline de sofe over silk features grape embroidery with green leaves, beaded velvet borders, a velvet girdle, and a frilled sleeve. The second white gown in chiffon over silk has a pink floral embroidery yoke, puffed skirt, and ruffled hem with pink roses and green leaves.
The article surveys spring and summer fashion details such as smaller sleeves and pleated chiffon collars, bright red dancing slippers with white chiffon dresses, satin ribbon rose buckles, champagne etamine for gowns, and bold color tones for gloves and wraps. It also reports metallic calcium costing $2,000 a pound, with a Belgian process expected to reduce it to about $1, its uses and rapid oxidation making it unsuitable for construction but valuable in chemistry.
A style note describes bouquets tied with black velvet ribbon, noting how the dark ribbon enhances flower tones. It suggests combinations such as sweet peas with asparagus fern or daisies with maidenhair, ideal for refined arrangements.
Lace trims feature Cluny lace used on stylish gowns with heavy edging. Designers vary in approach with conventional wheel designs and wide insertions. Some choose to cut away the fabric beneath, while others leave it uncut for a fuller effect.
The notes describe melon and heart shaped accessories, velvet gowns trimmed with sapphire blue, and matching hats and muffs. Velvet and fur combinations create decorative sets, with examples of coordinated gowns and muff covers to complete the ensemble.
A series of practical notes discuss buttering bread before slicing, heating bread knives, removing fat from mutton before roasting, confirming sale authenticity of fowl by spur length, evaluating fruit cake mixtures, and distinguishing cotton from linen by moisture test. The guidance reflects period cooking, textile, and fabric comparison methods.
A fragmented description discusses how final touches define style after the main lines are cut. It notes a black satin bow at the back waist with a jeweled cameo buckle and a delicate vest beneath a bolero, with a black velvet strap over the shoulder.
A mixed article blend begins with a garbled song lyric about the brightest old country then shifts to a Chicago Inter Ocean report on irregularities at the American Federation of Labor conventions. It notes Curran forming an international union prior to official chartering and seeks Gompers’s response, plus a 16 year old labor bill and restrictions on child night work and hazardous jobs.
The Stona Derrickmen's and Gravel Roofers' unions signed new agreements with employers raising hourly wages to 45 and 50 cents respectively. The Lathers' union proposed a two-tier daily wage of 4 and 3.60 dollars, but the advisory board refused to endorse. Proponents argue against dual scales, urging a single minimum and letting employers pay more for higher skilled work.
Representative Davies introduces a composite child labor bill backed by Edgar T. Davies, Chicago labor groups, and the Chicago Board of Education. It preserves the 14 year minimum, ends notaries public issuing affidavits, makes the board of education determine a child's age, and requires birth or baptism registration with affidavits, plus a basic educational test.
Judge Bland of the St Louis court of appeals upheld a restraining order against the Master Plumbers' association preventing refusal to sell supplies to Joseph B. Walsh for not being a member. Judges Barclay and Goode concurred in reversing Judge Wood's ruling, finding the association lawful though restrained.
President I J McDonald of the International Union of Commercial Telegraphers and Percy Thomas of the Brotherhood of Commercial Telegraphers held a two hour conference by wire between Chicago and New York on amalgamating the two unions. They agreed to submit a proposition to both memberships that two delegates from each union name four to select a fifth, meeting March 15 at the African Federation of Labor headquarters in Washington to reach terms. The board’s decision would be final and binding.
George W Lightall president of the International Union of Steam Engineers arrives at headquarters after a convention backed decision by the American Federation of Labor. All engineers unions chartered by the United Brewery Workmen are transferred to the Engineers union with admission based on clear cards, resolving three years of divided trades.
A bill in the Pennsylvania legislature proposes compulsory arbitration. It would appoint by the governor a three member commission with a representative of employers, a representative of labor organizations, and a third chosen by the two. Appointments require Senate approval and can be removed for cause. The board would hear all employer employee disputes and its decision would be final.
J B Jagueth timekeeper for Butler Publishing Co Chicago was indicted for employing two girls under sixteen It is the first indictment under the child labor statute He acted for the Chicago branch manager but may not bear sole responsibility Previous cases under disorderly conduct carried small fines.
A Ram's Horn affiliated article condemns the steamship Siberia operating between San Francisco and the Philippines and China for four opium smoking rooms for Chinese passengers. It argues such indulgence spreads vice and harms American influence. The piece notes unions. the International Slate and Thin Roofers' Union and the Stonemasonal International Union of America have allied with the National Building Trades Council.
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