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Newspaper
Kansas Agitator
Location
Garnett, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1902
Page
3
Dwight Van Wert surprises friends by announcing engagement to Grace Serena while a narrator recounts Van Wert’s striking appearance and life story. The piece shifts to a frontier patriotism vignette highlighting a Decoration Day speech in Georgetown Colorado and a vivid parade memory.
In a crowded talk, Ken and Trenchard discuss Van amid talk of Grace and her mother preparing to go to Europe. They fear Van may act recklessly to follow them, or be drawn into a cooked up excuse that forces a sudden swing in his life.
Kansas City Journal reports the penitentiary warden doubts the idea that convicts cannot rejoin society. He notes two inmates he oversees have seen about 9,000 prisoners pass through over 25 years. The prison population now stands fifty fewer than last year, prompting questions on growing lawfulness.
Aerial balloon experiment by Telenorone de Bort in France reached 72 degrees Fahrenheit, the lowest temperature recorded on the ascent. The craft climbed to about 48,000 feet, registering the extreme conditions encountered during high altitude flight.
A historical observance calls veterans to honor fallen comrades of 1808. The memo urges every soldier to pay homage to valorous heads and keep the patriotic dead in memory as a duty of national remembrance.
A Chinese gardener Ah Luk was shot in the back at the Chinese Theater on Jackson street and killed. Police pursued the gunman to Fish Alley and captured two binders who were released after their prisoners swore innocence. The next morning the brothers of the dead man swore the accused were not involved, yet the brothers were later jailed for assaulting a released man. The case highlights perceived bias in trials of Chinese defendants.
The two square mile Morosnet enclave, disputed by Prussia and Austria after Vienna 1815, remains neutral and unnamed in many geographies. A New York Sun note and old church anecdote illustrate its obscure status and odd political position.
In Mahanoy City public schools under the geography and physiology program a lower grade class was asked about the composition of the human body. A six year old girl responded that the body is mainly water with the rest dry land, prompting the class to reflect on the lesson.
A Washington letter from Congressman Botkin lauds Peruna and Janalin for mostly curing stomach catarrh and constipation after years of suffering. Augusta real estate agent L P Verdery also reports relief from dyspepsia, calling the remedy a near-magic healer and urging others to seek Dr. Hartman’s gratis medical guidance at The Hartman Sanitarium in Columbus, Ohio.
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