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Newspaper
Kansas Agitator
Location
Garnett, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1904
Page
2
A kaleidoscopic collection of quips and brief notices spans culture, crime, and society. References range from Paris fashion and Frenchmen to a Cleveland baby tragedy and aPhoenix man’s death after a drink invite. Mentions include Nordica divorce, J P Morgan, Makaroff, Me, 27 percent teachers, and a Missouri sailor Monson’s heroics.
A New York Children’s Aid Society gallery on East 22d Street showcases a diverse public photo record of successful rescues. Since 1853 the society helped thousands find families or shelters and placed many in public service, business, education, and the armed forces.
A note traces the publication of the first book printed in America to Cambridge in 1639, marking a landmark in colonial printing history. The fragment mentions the title and printing locale, highlighting early colonial scholarship and the spread of printing in New England.
A historical note on the entrance of the country’s oldest printing establishment dating to 1639 and the 1790 era primer. It highlights New England book outputs from pocket-sized works priced at twenty-five cents to vellum bound volumes selling up to $1,000, including the Old Farmer’s Almanac and Webster’s dictionary as notable examples.
French dealers push to form an alligator farm in southern France to profit from a rising demand for skins. The article notes alligator skin popularity in France, cites a gift to President Loubet, and mentions use in boots shoes handbags writing pads and cosmetics articles.
A strong wooden stake marks a floating postoffice in shallow water at Lake Wabigoon Ontario. A box on top holds mail as the Rat Portage steamer drops mail here on outward trips, while a shore canoe collects it and the steamer returns the next day with the closing mail.
Four brothers and four sisters from North Bergen weigh a combined 139 stone and stand over six feet tall. Each member is proportionately built and contributes to the family’s impressive size.
A Ontario article describes a grain curing sanitarium in Port Arthur where diseased grain receives washings, brushing, polishing, and drying through hot and cold air. After treatment, grain weighs more per bushel, remains fully grain with no chaff, and is returned to owners with a curing guarantee.
An Anti-Sea-Sick Ver Ident of the French navy proposes a ship design to cure sea sickness by a steady swing. He imagines passengers aboard a 6,900 ton vessel at 19 knots with cabins on a deck over thirty feet above sea level to counteract waves.
The scarcest stamp of all, the British Guiana 1854 issue, has only one known specimen. It is said that M le Rerotiere von Ferrary of Paris once refused £5000 for that lone example.
A superstition claims blood fertilizes roses and flowers, boosting beauty. In Newmarket England a moat site supposedly holds human remains, and a so called bloody flower blooms in June and July with bloodlike petals, linked to that tradition.
A northern London minister owns a gold signet ring that hides a tiny musical box. Pressing a spring inside lets the wearer hear a hymn as the ring rests near the ear. Placing the ring on a box fills a large room with the same celestial tones.
A Berlin tradesman proposes employing squinting girls in his shop to deter theft. He explains that with eyes looking in every direction, customers who steal will not know when they are being watched, reducing robberies.
The New York Times reports Kiwi-Kiwi, a dancing bird named Carmencita, drawn from an Australian sailor's tale. The bird, with four toes per foot and human-like nostrils, dances at twilight, performs a vivid fandango, and upstages other attractions but cannot fly. The owner notes rare demand and a strong value for Carmencita amid circus-like scenes.
The piece notes a wartime headline trend with a striking scare line that repeats across editions, highlighting how editors use attention grabbing phrases during prior conflicts. It preserves the era’s tone and signs of heavy public anxiety.
In Western Australia white ants and their nests find varied practical uses. Aborigines sometimes eat the ants, though not as a common habit. More typical is consuming the mold the ants cultivate. Prospectors improvise ovens from the nests to create solid floors, and Derby has seen nests rolled into a top layer for road surfaces, proving profitable.
A California hotel plans to use the hollow trunks of the world’s largest trees between Santa Cruz and San Jose as rooms and dining areas. The main trunk, with a twenty two yard circumference, serves as a reception and dining space while smaller hollow trunks house bedrooms. Staff occupy nearby trees, sheltered by a thick leafy roof.
A London Tit-Bits note recalls early attempts at underwater craft from the Stuart era. It describes a primitive submarine propelled by oars, noting its awkwardness and frequent sinking challenges. The writer quotes a naval captain who questions human evolution of the underwater vessel.
Warren W. Emory of Range New Hampshire has served thirty years as town clerk thirty one as town treasurer and twenty five years as postmaster He also served two years in the legislature the record shows reflecting long public service in multiple roles.
An 19th century style notice claims kidney trouble causes general fatigue and headaches among women. It features Mrs. William W. Brown of Paterson New Jersey praising Dean's Kidney Pills, describing relief after use and offering a free trial by mail from Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY, 50 cents a box.
A drinking cup reportedly dated at thousands of years old was discovered in a field near Stoningfeld Essex. The find is conserved at the Chelmsford Museum. Details remain unclear due to garbled source text.
Emigrants from southern Italy show widespread black teeth caused by a gaseous contaminant in drinking water during growth, likely from volcanic vapor. The defect spoils appearance but apparently does not impair tooth strength or durability.
America ships all kerosene leaf tobacco and pine lumber to Liberia via England.
An English auctioneer is forced to sell his household furniture due to debt. Gustav Kobo of New Orleans donates a vast natural history collection and a scientific library to Tulane University. The note also mentions food fats, digestion, and strenuous drills at the Japanese Naval Academy.
A tender on threshing waste highlights that old style threshing machines squander grain. The Nichols and Shepard Co offers improved threshing equipment promising efficiency and savings. The ad suggests larger borrowing appeals, noting a capitalist favors a $5000 loan over a small five dollar request.
Fragmentary OCR note discusses a man refusing to admit a leap year process amid a dispute. The text mentions differing methods and a defensive stance against accepting the alternative, framing a question of procedural legitimacy and personal stance. No clear dates or named entities are recoverable from the readable portion.
A household remedy article touts St Jacobs Oil as a universal pain reliever for aches and universal pains. It claims rapid relief for rheumatism neuralgia lumbago sciatica and minor injuries. It emphasizes keeping a bottle at home as insurance against pain and suggests widespread use.
The making of Brussels lace once employed about 150000 Belgians thirty years ago, but now only a quarter of that number remain at work, reflecting a sharp decline in the lace trade.
A historical notice extols an inexpensive skipping rope as a remedy to torpidity of liver and poor circulation while promoting exercise for children. It cautions moderation and notes potential risks from improper use during a child’s attempt to record a score, highlighting safety concerns.
The article describes Japanese belief in numerous mythical beings. It mentions serpents 00 feet long capable of swallowing an elephant, eight legged foxes, four eared monkeys, ten headed fish, and erune that after 00 years needs only water.
The United States Statistician says replacing the current system with the metric would save two thirds of a school year for American students. The change would streamline calculations from farm to factory and bring substantial efficiency to the country’s counting-houses.
A hare skin can be altered to resemble a dark brown fox with expert craft. Arctic fox kin, cost 2.59, shipped to Leipmic, is transformed into a dark brown fox valued at 30 to 50 dollars. Marmot skins imitate sable, and a rabbit is used to mimic a fur seat skin.
In a Paris Academy of Science paper M. Duboix shows Roentgen rays can inspect living oysters without damage to detect pearls. If a tiny pearl is found the oyster is returned and allowed to live until it develops a larger pearl.
Japan aims to be a premier commercial force in the Pacific having tripled its international trade in the past decade.
Lambeth guardians seek to check English boys emigrating to colonies by apprenticing them to home farmers ready to pay good wages and provide proper care. The move aims to guide youth before excursion, balancing opportunities with protection.
The czar is believed to hold gold silver and precious stones worth about 60 million dollars in the Kremlin Moscow. The treasury may have been looted as part of broader upheaval in Russia.
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