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Newspaper
Kansas Agitator
Location
Garnett, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1904
Page
2
A pasted column mocks world affairs from wars and diplomacy to fashion and sports. It riffs on Admiral Togo, Kipling, chessy news bits, and a note on the U S navy recruitment while poking fun at fashion, censorship, and school discipline. It ends with a jab at baseball salaries and posturing about life choices.
Fashion pattern notes describe tucked skirts with flare, elastic hip fit, and versatile yoke options. Details cover materials, yardage for sizes 22 to 30 inch waist, gores construction, and applique trims, with pattern 4659 and 4660 for waist and bust measurements.
A fashion description details a cream and white waist in crepe de Chine. It features a deep cream point de Venise yoke over white mousse with taffeta ruching, convertible to open yoke for evening wear, elbow sleeves, and plaited box front and back.
The article describes a round neck elbow sleeve sleeping gown in airy fabrics trimmed with lace and embroidery. It notes warmth from optional wash silk or flannel jackets, describes neck gathers, no front opening, and slipping over the head. Materials listed include yardage and the pattern No. 4136 with sizes 22, 36, 40, available by mail for ten cents.
Ribbons will be widely used for millinery this spring with a golden gleam on trims. Walking suite of voile mirrors French tailored style and Brittany embroidery decorates collar and cuff sets. New fur trims combine lighter and darker furs and gauze or tulle strings are predicted.
A May Manton pattern No. 4002 offers a broad shouldered ivory Corean crepe blouse with ecru point de Venise lace, chiffon yoke, and mousseline sleeves. The guide lists fabric needs for sizes 21 through 44 inches wide and notes options for long sleeves, lace cuffs, and transparent yoke. Pattern No. 4002 costs 82 to 40 in the stated currency and can be mailed on request.
The text highlights spring and summer fashion focusing on waist emphasis in Persian lawn. It notes the growing beauty of brown shades among the new designs and contrasts dressy creations with cotton group offerings for the season.
A historic note suggests slicing cucumber into tomato soup for flavor and skimming before serving. It advises beating egg yolks into soup or custard with a light heat then a drop of cold water. Turpentine is recommended to kill vermin in cracks, and celery leaves can be dried for flavor. Canning fruits should overflow the rim after sealing to aid thickening.
The pattern 4661 offers a white lawn pinafore with embroidery bands and colored shoulder ribbons. Sizes 2, 4, 6 and 8 years include options for frill, tucks, and gathers with a buttoned back closing. Materials listed: 1% yards wide 36 inches for base, embroidery, insertion, and ribbon.
Practical notes on laundry wringers for blouses and tub use, oatmeal to soothe hands after washing, avoiding imperfect drying, cleaning brushes and broom handles, and coffee storage in a corked bottle with a note to serve coffee with milk or freshly made.
A useful household device called a broom petticoat is described. Made of cream canton kan nell material, it resembles a petticoat with a frill and tape strings. It measures twenty three inches in length and opens at the side with tapes to secure it, protecting walls from cobwebs.
Readers of thin paper can secure any May Manton pattern shown above by mailing coupon blanks with 16 cents, to Harrison & Co. 65 Plymouth Place. Oak sage Potters will respond promptly.
A patent drawing describes a picture hanger aiming for horizontal frame alignment and easy height adjustment. It uses a sheet metal hook on a wide bearing base and two independently adjustable suspension rods diverging at different angles for stability and easy removal.
The wire section ends adjust the hanger length while a pivoted lower elbow joint adds latitude in length adjustment. The rigid overall hanger lets a picture frame be hung or removed from the wall without needing a stepladder.
A new chair design proposes rapid egress from theaters and auditoriums during emergencies. Side frames align in rows, folding seats and backs attach, seats fold up beside the frame, a spring keeps the back in place, and the arrangement creates wider passages that may dispense with middle and side aisles.
A new instrument records soil temperatures at Tuc son Arizona with a copper tube and a buried copper cylinder. Invented by Dr D T MacDougal, a weekly revolved disc clocks and registers hourly readings across days. Readings show day night soil variation of one degree in New York and five in Arizona.
The newest explosive is powdered aluminum mixed with nitrate of ammonia marketed as ammonal. It is described as very safe and secure, unlikely to explode by friction or blow, yet possessing all the required qualities of an explosive for metal industry use.
A terse exchange contrasts honesty as a virtue with policy as a gamble, hinting at tension between moral principals and strategic rules in decision making. The dialogue suggests conflicting viewpoints on integrity versus practical outcomes.
Fragmentary item describes a dated invention for fixing hair in fashion with slight repairs during parliamentary sessions. It claims a quick method requiring one hour to build the wig and two hours to bake it, priced at a guinea.
In a treasury ruling the frogs were deemed not fowl for tariff purposes, a decision soon to be appealed. Precedents in favor of queer rulings favor treasury. A railway porter told a lady with a mental menagerie that cats are dogs and parrots are dogs, but a tortoise remains a taxed insect.
Macedonian Patriot Peto Guleft, a chief rebel leader, recalls a boyhood vow made at school that he would take to the mountains for Macedonia’s liberty. Some former schoolmates joined his band in later years.
Every city town and village in Mexico marks its annual fair lasting several days. These fairs honor a national holiday and draw people from across the region to mingle for business and pleasure, with typical festivities and community gatherings.
In the depths of yourself dig a grave and bury the wrongs you have suffered. Let it be a forgotten spot with no path leading there. In eternal silence, peace will come to abide with you.
Hetty Green is described as riding a $12,800 automobile that is said to be owned by her son Edward H. R. Green of the Texas Midland railroad. The note links her travel to a family asset connected to the railroad holdings.
Milan solidified its status as Europe’s silk capital while Lyons’ market declined. By 1912 Milan’s silk exports grew about 271g percent larger than Lyons, reflecting a shift in trade dominance and production strength in the silk industry.
A German social award story notes 144 domestic servants earned the golden cross for forty years with one family last year. Only one recipient was found in Berlin.
The article asserts that the sole remaining truly independent states in Africa are Abyssinia and Liberia, listing them as the only important self-governing nations on the continent.
Snakes in Arizona are noted as more poisonous than elsewhere in the United States. The report also cites immigrant gender data, showing Italian immigrants with 20 percent female and Greek immigrants with a small female percentage.
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