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Newspaper
Kansas Agitator
Location
Garnett, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1903
Page
7
The article notes tobacco introduced to Japan by Portuguese traders in the seventeenth century, now government monopolized with a small pipe as the common method and cigarettes manufactured for export. It also reports London housing shifts, with one room flats shrinking while larger multi-room homes rise in number.
The finest paintings of late Robert Mola of Antwerp adorn the house of his sister Mme Osterrieth in Brussels. He is noted for the minute realism of his pictures of hips.
Hinton Kentucky November 2 Over two years two physicians treated local school teacher E J Thompson for diabetes and kidney trouble. He credits Dodd's Kidney Pills with a cure after taking about ten boxes. He praises the remedy and notes doctors had given no hope.
The Yonkers Statesman notes a clash where Lord Thurlow snubbed a bishop’s sermon preferring House of Lords debate. A humorous panel joke follows about sweeping horizons and a light domestic squabble. Also, a walking craze in Paris drew 660 entrants over 38 kilometers. A Louisiana leper colony near Indian Camp, eighty miles above New Orleans, is slated for relocation near the city.
The Cape Colony holds about 19 000 000 sheep and goats valued around 47 500 000 dollars. In Manchester England the Old English Inn The Seven Stars Inn marks a license tenure of fifty years.
A Brooklyn business man recalls coffee’s grip and how Postum Food Coffee replaced it. He says coffee harmed his health and mood, while Postum restored color, energy, and happiness. He praises Postum’s soothing effects and notes a friend he converted now endorses it.
A satirical verse condemns hypocritical commentators who shun genuine faults in others while moralizing loudly. It derides pretenders who tear down idols and prey on the vulnerable, urging readers to see flaws in themselves and resist gossiping crowds.
Barney Cohen of the Chicago Cigar Makers Union is elected president of the Illinois Federation of Labor. The glucose trust employees win full union wages after seven months. International Tube Workers gain 1000 members every four months. Locomotive Firemen report 642 lodges and 48,508 members as of Aug 31. Several unions face strikes, wage increases, and organizational changes in iron, steel, paper, and building trades. International president Curran expands freight handler union plans in New York City and Chicago. Dyers and Mercerizers end Philadelphia strike. Numerous reforms and affiliations with the AFL are noted amid wage scales and eight hour demands. National unions reorganize, with tensions between craft groups and broader labor alliances continuing.
Reported use by Mother Grays Suse Forder for children in a New York home shows success in curing fever stomach complaints and related ailments. The notice suggests the remedy was applied at union rates and references a scale for procedures.
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