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Newspaper
Kansas Agitator
Location
Garnett, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1903
Page
3
The narrator guides a nocturnal stroll through Johannesburgs Chinatown and red light districts, noting police surveillance, opium dens, and a fan tan game. The piece contrasts light and darkness, urban change, and immigrant life with wary curiosity as a graveyard nearby hints at a Chinese community cemetery.
A fragmented eyewitness scene describes police chiefs present as two men climb a gate, slip into a dark area, and enter a garish inner space. The writer finds the setting dull and unpoetic, with a garbage-strewn square and no pagodas or tea houses in sight.
Senator Dubois of Idaho faced a contempt reprimand while practicing law in Boise. He was fined 50 dollars, then presided over by the judge for a subsequent session. He directed the clerk to record that the $50 fine had been remitted by order of the court.
A Milwaukee Sentinel excerpt recalls a summer scene on a city street where a young woman asks about pale beer at home and a companion replies that her father prefers his bottled beer, reflecting social habits and humor of the time.
In Manhattan a one legged Boothlack, Joseph North, is noted near the rear city hall entrance as a letter carrier delivers a note for him. In Boston, James L. Washington, a young blind preacher, and his father, a Jubilee songster, debut at Ebenezer Baptist Church delivering a talk on Unbelief. The boy is reported to be from Big Rock Arkansas born in 1888 and began religious work at age four. He is said to read any Bible passage and recite 631 chapters from memory.
Vernon Clark and Robert C. Powell, Amherst students class of 04 and 06, left Poughkeepsie New York and Bing hamton New York respectively. They walked the distance to Amherst at the start of the college year living off meals given by farmers along rural roads in search of adventure.
Has Twenty-four Children John Lawyer of Irving in Daviess county Indiana is father of twenty four children. He has been married several times including the second marriage to his first wife sister. His son Fred married and after the death of his first wife married her sister. Now comes John Sawyer Jr who has married his first wife's sister. Pireo In one family have married sisters of their first wives.
Adelard Audet of Augusta, aged 28, is described as the smallest man along the Kennebec. At forty inches tall and forty two pounds, he appears as small as a boy of twelve though well built.
The annual wages paid to street car men in the United States show a downward trend. Data indicates reductions in average pay across major transit systems, reflecting broader cost-cutting measures and aging wage scales. Local operators report tightened budgets and slower wage growth despite rising living costs.
Reuben J. Spaulding of Hostis, Colorado, proposed a winged man patent in 1869. His design features featherlike wings attached to a man and a guiding tail, operated by rope rigging and a water‑treading motion for lift. Details describe a flamboyant model with a green headpiece and a birdlike frame, amid historical debate over Langley.
A fragment from Hank Spink in the Enston Herald argues for a modern birth of the “new baby” alongside the “new man” and “new woman.” It critiques old customs, promotes self-reliant modern motherhood, and imagines a child who raises itself with a mother’s guidance.
Nostradamus admirers claim a quatrain foretold Pope Leo X death in the twentieth century. M Donechet says a comet, the BorelIi, fits the clue of a hairy star vanishing the day Leo X died, as noted by the New York Herald.
During a naval committee inspection aboard the Dolphin Representative Roberts of Massachusetts witnessed Gunner's Mate Spoer fire a 40 pound Colt automatic and strike a seagull at four hundred yards after a first shot hit another at three hundred fifty yards. The crew cheers Spoer as the ship's crack shot, though he modestly deflects praise.
In France individuals living off others have found a shameful method of theft. They attend funerals undisguised as mourners, entering early with the invited guests. Families, unaware of these impostors, assume they were known to the deceased or invited by relatives unable to attend in person.
Gen Butler testified before the British war commission about Boer artillery. He described an advanced recoil interception system that let a big Boer gun fire at extreme range, noting a shell created a deep hole where a native fell in to inspect its depth, then a subsequent shell struck the same hole and killed him. He doubted that contemporary guns could fire two shells into the same hole.
A Hampton resident who wore a straw hat all last winter says he will repeat the habit again this winter. He believes the old theory that keeping the feet warm while the head stays cool aids health. Amedeo Bucciaroli, an Italian inventor, has patented swimming wings for feet to help poor swimmers swim faster.
A Tangler wood yard explains customers do not buy by the cord but receive only the amount needed for that day, highlighting a daily carry method rather than large prepaid bundles. The note clarifies how fuel and supply planning works in practice.
A fragmented report notes that in Washington township Herk s county Pennsylvania eleven persons, totaling 910 years, are described including seven women.
A 145 pound bear was killed near More Town in the Virgin Islands. The animal showed three missing claws, suggesting it is the same bear that left three claws in a trap months ago. The bear was in fairly good condition.
India cultivates about half a million acres of tea producing 190 million pounds with an investment of roughly $100 per acre. Labor requires thirteen persons per acre. One pound of Indian tea yields seven percent gallons of tea of a given strength, compared with five gallons from Chinese tea.
In Norsea’s absence an Olvo farmer Mr. Raser tied a plow and mower behind his automobile. The machine operated too fast, failing to achieve proper results.
Fragmentary aphorism about stories and fortunes. The text implies a saying that one tale outlives another and that belief in fairness or luck depends on timing, with a note of a friend named Dillon and a ship metaphor. The readable portions suggest a moral about shifting fortunes and trust.
A rare silver leaved poplar on Mrs. Kate Wolcott’s lawn in Claremont New Hampshire draws daily visits from naturalists. The 50 year old tree measures nearly 20 feet in circumference with the largest diameter about 6.5 feet, and three main limbs ranging 7.5 to 8.5 feet in circumference. Its east west spread spans about 84 feet, north south nearly the same, though southern branches were cut last year to protect the house. One limb extends 60 feet toward the ocean. The wood is soft yet now valued for dry floor use, though most poplars are only about 12 inches in diameter.
In Kulu India a leopard and a bear fought above a rock for half an hour. The bear seized the leopard by the head and crushed its neck, leaving the big cat dead. The woodmen left with a lesson on jungle dangers and the dominance of strength.
A stone pipe with a bird head and wings found in a nearby grave suggests smoking predates known cultures. The object, with metal mounted carved stone pipes, hints at ancient origins of tobacco use and raises questions about how prehistoric peoples obtained their tobacco. Museums and archaeologists lack conclusive data on origins or migration of those early smokers.
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