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Newspaper
Kansas Agitator
Location
Garnett, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1903
Page
2
A jumbled compilation of quirky phrases, dates, and names from a Kansas newspaper page references Shamrock a yacht, Hetty Green, Russia, Red Cross, Wisconsin child labor, and varied anecdotes. It weaves cultural notes, lampooned figures, and misc. curiosities with no single cohesive story.
A period fashion and beauty column discusses whether powder ruins complexion, offering simple home tips with magnesia lemon milk wash and avoidance of frequent soap. It covers Button styles for shirts, hat designs, summer dress trends, petticoats with flounces, silk fabrics, and a note on the wee maid's sunbonnet style.
The item is described as pink or blue dimity with two narrow lace edged ruffles around the edge and cording. A short lace edged cape sits at the back of the neck and the bonnet is joined at the back with broad dimity bands and lace edges.
A fragmented fashion column hints at accessory placement for belts and hats, decorative soup garnishes with crisp lettuce and celery, and color ideas in turquoise and pink. It mentions medallions, hat ribbons, and clothing care, including washing white silk and styling tips for young girls.
A quirky fashion item notes superstition among women who wear small ebony tallamans shaped like caskets from Egypt. The boxes are said to open in a trick and protect the wearer from misfortune while bringing social success and happiness in love affairs.
A fragment describes home remedies for various ailments. It advises counteracting excess arr in cooking with equal brown sugar, treating corns with white pine turpentine wrapped as a plaster until the corn detaches, and curing sleeplessness by wetting a towel and applying it to the back of the neck to induce a calm slumber. Warm water is preferred to cold for this method.
The Michigan State Board of Health warns to keep drinking water pure and source future supplies from clean sources. It cites Plymouth Pa typhoid deaths as a caution and urges safeguards around wells, privies and vaults within a hundred feet, noting contaminated water can look clear yet spread disease. The Lausanne example shows outbreaks from streams and springs spreading typhoid to many.
United States consuls report Honduras is rapidly developing its agriculture. Main exports target the U.S. market with bananas and plantains leading fruit production. Over 42,000 acres planted with banana trees yielded more than three million bunches. plantain acreage reached about 20,000 with six million fruit harvested. Cocoa nut trees in bearing surpassed one million, with export value around 120000 dollars. Citrus, coffee, tobacco, and indigo are also grown, while irrigation remains limited to about 8,000 acres, suggesting irrigation could transform the country into a vast garden.
In Carroll county, W B Hostetter extols blue grass pastures as ideal for dairy cows. A 35 acre unplowed field remains superior with age, while a 32 acre plot supports about 40 cows. Pasture should be low, level, well drained, with grazing after a strong spring start. Cows grazed only after May 16 to June 1, per hostetter guidance.
Professor F M Webster argues for spraying as its own department in horticulture. He envisions dedicated study in spraying alongside entomology botany and chemistry to fully harness material and machinery benefits in agricultural colleges.
An early note describes farmers in India using an egg cooking method without fire as the ogee device whirs for six minutes, turning the beaten egg until it is ready. The passage mentions a mechanical motion and a brief six minute period to complete the process.
Mrs C B Pare of Glasgow Kentucky wife of a brick maker recounts kidney trouble relief after using Deans Kidney Pills noting regulated secretions normal color and banished inflammation. She praises rest back and overall improvement and offers mail order details.
A French naval certificate notes several salmon tagged by the Department of Agriculture at Castle Connell rose in weight by fourteen pounds within a month and two days, confirming growth under observation.
A soap named Ovo is manufactured for Los Angeles claiming valuable properties. Described as not antiseptic, it is touted as a tooth soap designed to keep the mouth free of germs.
A Bristol Ontario County mother credits Grape Nuts with curing her nervous dyspepsia child after other remedies failed. She notes rapid health and disposition improvements, praising its crisp nutty flavor and broad acceptance among local families in western New York.
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