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Newspaper
Kansas Agitator
Location
Garnett, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1901
Page
6
The west wind greets spring as saplings bend in welcome and grass blades murmur. A modest figure in pink or white returns with simple sweetness, petals opening, showers of stars in the dell, and a wood leaping into bloom at the first breath of spring.
In a February woods trip, Miss Harwood and Larry ONeil share windy pine scenery and crackling fires. He showers devotion, but a sudden kiss reveals a passionate, unguarded moment that unsettles her and tests their unconventional romance.
In a chilly night scene Miss Harwood recalls college days while a letter from Chicago hints at an engagement to marry Bla Hatello Manwaring. The wealthy suitor’s nonchalant fortune contrasts with her resolve to stay local, haunted by Larry O’Neil’s plea to see her again. She orders urgent action and plans another walk with Larry.
In a harsh February, Hector Sanborn of Dexter Maine trapped 44 pine grosbeaks, mostly females, kept them in a rear barn room, fed on seeds and fruit. Twelve months later he shipped 30 to a Boston naturalist for a collection, earning 120 dollars after a 4 dollar per bird sale offer.
The Sultan of Turkey shares tastes with the Brigish-speaking peoples. He enjoys outdoor pursuits and is a capable shot. He loves horses and dogs and his sons excel in horsemanship. A English coachman trained princes in driving tandem and four in hand but was dismissed and unpaid. The sultan also collects old and curious weapons and arms.
A fragment notes a private schoolmaster in the Tenth Hussars whose employment aids private soldiers gaining first class certificates and potential commissioned honors. It mentions educated rankers hired for coaching, highlighting neglected schooling among the corps and the value of tutoring as described in Pearsons Weekly.
When John Pierpont Morgan travels he commands a train of five elegantly appointed coaches. Rather than a single private car he uses a whole train under his exclusive control for his journeys.
The Chicago Record-Herald recounts notable second funerals and reburials such as Napoleon I’s remains moved from St Helena to Paris in 1840, Columbus in Havana to Beville in 1899, and King Rene in 1806, with notes on Charles I’s damaged coffin and Cromwell’s head surviving as relics.
Thomas R. Supplee of 1106 Poplar Street Philadelphia suffers sudden word blindness or amnesia following a sharp head pain. Doctors link it to a blood clot on the brain and anticipate possible absorption, while Dr. Frank Woodruff notes the rare condition may sever reading ability but spare writing.
The French Academy of Sciences hears Mme Guzmann has bequeathed 100000 francs to anyone who communicates with a heavenly body excluding Mars. If the prize cannot be awarded for five consecutive years, the compound interest funds astronomy work. The prize to be offered this year, per the Chicago Journal.
A colonial note reports on convict marriages in the Andaman Islands. Last year eighty eight applications for wedlock were presented to the superintendent. fifty were sanctioned while the rest were rejected for various reasons. In twelve cases the Indian husband of the woman declined to divorce.
A fragment reports Sorsine Mable and Bengal Bengal amid cocaine abuse and efforts to curb the drug trade. It notes Hindees using substitutes for opium and describes attempts to address the cocaine habit and related sales.
Letter from a Wisconsin woman recounts a two year struggle with womb inflammation and severe headaches. After months of doctor visits and declining health she tried Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and improved after five bottles. She urges others with similar suffering to seek this remedy and to share their experiences.
Public notices advertise July travel to San Francisco via Southern Pacific routes with round trip tickets at low fares valid for return to August. Tickets include first class passage with stopovers and through Pullman cars via Sunset Ogden or Shasta. Inquiries directed to W G Nolmyer, 233 Clark Street, Chicago. Also promotional material for South Dakota farming region via Chicago Milwaukee St Paul Railway. International promotions and assorted ad copy follow about local interests and consumer tips.
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