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Newspaper
Kansas Agitator
Location
Garnett, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1902
Page
6
A collage of jests and vignettes from a New York Times style page. It collects caricatures of doctors, police, judges, and clerks, plus snippets of satire about republics, literature, and social mores. Notable names appear in the scattered pieces, including Dr Cyrus Edson and John Flannigan.
A garbled OCR fragment hints at a city theater in a cross town area with a talk of the Fish theater and a person recalling a Pith theater. The speaker clarifies unknown details about a driver or a man, with other broken names and phrases suggesting a past event or location in the theater district.
Aged librarian Edmund Ile, long associated with Measra and Mudie’s library for over fifty years, retires. He later joined Charles Mudie’s son after founding the famous library and worked for Dr. Guinness Rogers at Clapham for thirty years. A separate note reports a Warwickshire hounds episode where a fox sought shelter in Nalley Hall’s kitchen and nearly fell into a boiler before being captured.
Bets New Faanie Mra, wife of a London publisher, causes a sensation in Paris by wearing a rare automobile coat made from a white colt hide. The garment features sable trim, a large reversible collar, and can be rolled up to reveal only eyes and nose.
Daring explorer D. Graham aims to swim through whirlpool rapids to Youngstown then to Toronto Iowa Lake Ontario and through the St Lawrence to Montreal about 400 miles in thirty days. Advertisement notes Defiance Starch and a Swiss meteorite claim while promoting Hall's Family Pills.
A jumble of humorous quips and product pitches appears, praising Defiance Starch and other goods. Mentions Hertha Fremont of Des Moines, Pine’s Cure for Consumption, and jokes about romance, social calls, and household shortcuts. The page blends satirical lines with early 20th century ads and snippets.
The notice describes a sale event with 16 ounces at 10 cents each and a refund promise, while noting possible connections to a poll walk and local figures. It references Heflance Stareh and a guaranteed refund policy, but the text is fragmentary and unclear.
Mrs Schafer of 436 Pope Ave and Mrs Long of Atwood Cal report dramatic changes in their daughters after starting Peruna. They describe improved health from frequent colds and convulsions to strength, with Mina Long’s mother noting no croup since beginning the tonic.
A physician from Muskogee Indian Territory testifies that his little daughter and son Carlo recovered from grip and deafness after using Peruna. He details severe illness, swift improvement with two bottles, and urges readers to seek Dr Hartman’s free advice if unsatisfied with results.
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