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Newspaper
Kansas Agitator
Location
Garnett, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1903
Page
6
A fragment from Clinton Scollard appears in The Churchman, describing winter winds and desolation. The piece blends imagery of white and gray landscapes with hopeful reminders of spring, bluebirds, and renewed promise amid harsh weather.
In a Jacobian era tale, Henrietta and Nita navigate a yard of social pressures after selling a Persian rug to fund a house party. The sisters clash over money, romance, and a surprising confidant, as Nita hints at an unexpected engagement with Reginald Houghton, while Henrietta wrestles with jealousy and suspicion.
Maud Virginia Thompson reports in Boston Herald on a house party tale where Nita learns the fiancé Howland Smith, who she affectionately calls Johnt, secretly buys back a rug after a plan to elope or courtship unfolds. The fragment captures social intrigue and character quirks in a domestic setting.
A Detroit Free Press excerpt recounts a fireside tale about half luck guiding a man’s life. He narrates childhood mishaps such as eggs broken from a ride home with sugar, earning both punishment and reward. The speaker claims half luck colored wealth health family fortunes and marriages, ending with a wary acceptance.
A London newspaper excerpt recalls two Irish youths, Devlin and Conway, who rushed into a burning home to save children but died from their injuries. The tribute praises their gallantry and calls them heroic Irish lads despite the tragedy. The article also notes a Maine wood mill producing vast quantities of toothpicks and related wooden goods, including skewers, showers, reels, and vast white birch requirements.
An irate judge questions a man jailed for drunkenness over his superstitions. The man insists his actions stem from superstition as the judge convicts him and imposes forty days in jail to prove there is no luck in odd times.
A shrunken, rustic reminiscence outlines The Eskimo Bulletin published at Cape Prince of Wales. It claims to be the only yearly in the world and credits S. Swayne of the Seventeenth Infantry for initiating and producing the issue with enlisted men handling the work, highlighting their intelligence.
A fragment notes the Jolo Howler, an eighteen page army paper in Jolo, Philippines, printed for American soldiers with uncensored news, poems, personals, and ads. It comments on cultural clashes, local intrigue, and the paper’s brief but lively run amid garrison life.
Alton again resumes its fast eight train to St Louis with Kan sas City gateway options for passengers to reach eastward. The service offers chair cars and sleeping compartments, with rates and schedules via Kansas City, Mo. Officials advertise new almanac and promotional items amid a mix of ads and quotations from the period.
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