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Newspaper
Kansas Agitator
Location
Garnett, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1902
Page
6
A garbled Kansas column notes Coat table availability at Garnett while mixing in global items. It parades scattered remarks on Minister Wu Depew, European sympathy for Boers, a St Paul inquiry, price scramble, and other odds and ends.
About an hour from Paris lies Sceaux known as Le Vral Arbre de Robinson where M Guescenin built a tree top restaurant fifty years ago. The site features leafy dining rooms reached by rustic stairs with views from the branches. The idea spawned imitators and today many trees host dining rooms and even sleeping apartments, some three stories high.
The Philadelphia Record notes Fred Cook, longtime Ottawa correspondent for the London Times, used a bilingual campaign poem with a decorative card featuring his picture and the mayoral office. He won the mayoralty by a surprising majority after previously failing to secure the nomination and serving a brief term.
A Chicago publishing house reports a Yukon order for books reflecting the far Northwest shows culture shifting away from Bret Harte era. The piece argues that frontier readers now demand scientific, educational, and diverse works as the old monoculture fades.
Two young Philadelphia men pursue charity begging by collecting all institutional literature, inspecting the asylum, and presenting its case to benevolent donors. They quote a commission of 10 to 30 percent and reportedly raise about 5,500 dollars annually each. The report notes Texas packing houses as a subsequent topic.
The seven masted steel schooner Thomas Lawson recently completed a trial trip off Boston Maine. She is the first of her kind, showing speed and ease of handling. Built with a 403 by 50 by 34 1 2 foot frame, about 8100 tons cargo capacity and 11000 tons displacement. Sixteen crew. Sails weigh eight tons and are hoisted by deck engines. The vessel cost about 250 01?
A remarkable golf stroke occurred at Cluny Castle on the nine hole course near the town. Matthew Beat, a castle employee, and a fellow servant played from the fourth hole when Beat hit the ball toward the fifth. A boy watching the rough course announced the ball entered the hole, initially mistaken for a rabbit’s burrow by Beat. The boy was within sight of the players and never nearer to the ball.
Record jump by Heatherbloom, owned by Howard Willet of Mamaroneck New York, clears six and a half feet at Chicago. The horse, noted for fly barred gate leaps, established a new record with a fence height shown in the accompanying picture compared with Heatherbloom against the bars.
The narrative describes a golf drive of about ninety two yards with the Wall removed at the fifth hole. Mr Best, noted to be forty-two years in service at Cluny Castle, is mentioned amid the discussion of the outing and the event surrounding the hole.
The Louisville Courier Journal notes that mineral waters and all liquids including tea coffee and ice cream soda can affect weight. It argues that water is essential and warns fat women against frequent small glasses of water and frequent sodas after shopping and gym workouts.
A Bucolic constituent received a consular report with a wrapper warning Official business and a penalty for use of 200 dollars. He wrote to the State Department asking why he would pay 300 dollars for the report and declined to cover return postage, suggesting it be mailed back. He complains that unrelated international issues do not affect corn and potato prices and mocks the pricing.
The readable fragment hints at seeing ourselves and others in new mirrors but lacks concrete facts, names, places, or events to form a coherent news item.
A New York doctor urges every family to keep a compact poison antidotes book for quick reference in emergencies. He cites cases of accidental poisoning from household items like muriatic acid and choking devices, stressing prompt action before professional help arrives.
A reflection on instinctive forces guiding right action and contentment. Discontent is linked to inner turmoil and the gradual death of character. The text cites habit conscience and convention as enslaving factors, warning that warring intuitions foster distress at the doorstep.
The rarest shell known is the Cone of the Holy Mary with a specimen in the British Museum valued at £1000. The largest sailing vessel is the Preussen, 8000 tons, 437 feet long, 53 feet wide, 94 feet draft, and 48000 square feet of sail.
An early report notes that Britain currently has higher working hours than any other nation across agriculture industry shopkeeping and commerce. It emphasizes long hours in all professions and calls attention to the broad scope of labor practices.
The item mixes historical notes about London Bridge’s construction from 1176 to 1209 and the present bridge begun in 1824 and finished in 1837, with fragmented 19th century advertisements and slogans. It hints at regional opportunities, consumer goods, medicines, and quirky proverbs, reflecting a busy period of public notices and commerce.
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