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Newspaper
Kansas Agitator
Location
Garnett, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1903
Page
6
In a small town tale, Dolores Drummond reveals her true feelings after the late Marx’s memory stirs conflict. Dr Dick Richmond, once her neighbor and confidant, comforts her and their shared history leads to a wedding amid a family anniversary celebration.
A Western senator recounts Minister Bowen’s explanation for staying in his hotel room due to lacking suitable clothing. Bowen had ordered London raiment that was stuck in transit on a Brititsh bottom blocked by Allied fleets, with London clothes still in South America as the blockade eased allowing some to reach Caracas.
An medley of verse by James Whitcomb Riley reflects on lost childhood days spent chasing over pink pastures and clover. The piece laments aging, with the meadow, birds, and bees recalled as lingering memories of youth. The continuation discusses lawn care advice from Country Life In America, stressing foundations for a true lawn through sod quality, soil, yearly fertilization, reseeding, and careful watering practices.
The text describes Hi Harlx-How he asks about a son’s job near St Oathin. The reply notes he was carrying nearly everything before him and mentions he works in a pig ash foundry. The passage is a dialect snapshot with limited readable details.
A travel piece extols the Rhine from Lake Constance to Holland, praising vineyards and ruins. It recounts robber knights, legends around Bingen, Drachenfels, Lorelei, Staufenburg, Genovefa, and the Nibelungenlied, noting Wagner’s adaptation and enduring folklore.
Mrs Mary McClintock of Claremont New Hampshire found two letters with bank bills while sorting paper stock at a paper mill. The notes include a $10 Bank of Whitehall New York bank bill and two notes from the U S Bank of Troy New York and the Stark Bank of Bennington Vermont, dated 1862.
A brief note describes a papier mache swan bust and a resemblance to George Washington. The item appears to be part of a Town and Country display, indicating a local showcase or exhibit context with a stylistic nod to the first president.
Napoleon's road over the Simplon Pass is described as having 264 bridges and reaching 6 560 feet. The text also lists foreign population figures in the German Empire and several odd anecdotal items and advertisements including Dodd's Kidney Pills and various products.
A woman describes severe ovarian pain, fatigue, and illness from long hours at a store. After using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound she reports rapid relief, full recovery, and urges others to try the medicine. Address given as 174 St. Ann's Ave, New York.
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