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Newspaper
Kansas Agitator
Location
Garnett, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 13, 1903
Page
2
A column of garbled snippets surveys politics travel and culture with references to Dan Patch posters Rudyard Kipling and King Alexander. It jumbles jokes about mirr ors prices and alliances in a rapid fire mosaic of public sentiment and conjecture.
A fragment notes that the cruiser Varjag and other top warships of Russia and the United States were built in the United States and argues that the United States will not mind who makes war as long as battles are made to seem glorious.
Fred W. McDonald of Charlestown, four feet tall, campaigns for Ward 3 Common Council. The boy–like voter impressed registration officials by claiming to be twenty one, and precinct leaders now toy with the idea of sending him to City Hall. He promises to prove himself a capable, if diminutive, representative.
Postmaster J C Ralph of Southwest Harbor Maine reports an unusual artifact found in the Stoddard grounds at Manset. An ax blade appears to have grown through a large tree root with rootlets extending two feet on each side of the eye, revealing a remarkable growth pattern.
The New York Tribune notes the Neaver Union water company plans a dam about fifty miles from Neaver. The structure will stand 227 feet high and form a reservoir of roughly 874 acres containing 26 billion gallons.
A Hartford boy grabbed apples from a local fruit owner. The owner chased him away, the boy fell and injured his wrist, and the father filed a damages suit against the owner to seek redress.
The mariner's compass struggles as migrated ships alter steering dynamics due to magnetic interference. Authorities warn navigators that translated vessels introduce deviation, complicating traditional readouts and demanding recalibration methods.
A prominent Cleveland motorist has set a unique record by being arrested thirty seven times for speeding. He repeatedly exceeded limits set by various elites and authorities across Ohio. The pattern highlights persistent violations and ongoing enforcement actions.
A remarkable chalk inscription found on the door of miner Merrick’s shanty in British Columbia details a will written in fourteen words. Merrick, a 19th century prospector near Golden, died in 1886. authorities searched the cabin but found no heirs or other papers of value.
Mrs. J. H. Stineford of Bowerbank Maine used her apron to tie the legs of a deer wounded by her husband after it became trapped in brush. She freed herself, then alerted her husband to finish the job.
The broiling Moroccan sun sterilizes drinking water by destroying microbes before it reaches consumers, illustrating a natural purification effect.
Ferlin a 10 year old boy who never attended school was kept in by a police officer for a week or more. He then began escaping at night to avoid the guard and was finally confined. One night he leaped from his prison window thirty feet to the street, breaking his skull and most ribs in the fall.
In Hazleton, Joseph Muralto died after his heart faltered following a royal flush draw. He shouted on seeing his hand and then wavered before collapsing lifeless, leaving the event framed as a dramatic gaming incident.
A fragmentary notice notes Whitman King owning an aged legal paper in South Raynham Massachusetts from 1688 drawn by Philip King and Bazine Hall and argued by Governor William Bredford.
A remarkable case from Peszer Hungary reports that seven related aldermen killed themselves after forest sale proceeds were secretly divided among them. The council operated as a family unit, drafting deeds without others' signatures, leading to a dramatic self-inflicted end when discovered. Also referenced are old English gags used for torture and an 1678 steel gag illustration.
A Portloe farmer’s donkey found a seal asleep on the rocks near Banthorn in the St Mary’s Inland area. The animal seized the seal and carried it about a quarter mile inland before laborers rescued the creature alive. The seal weighs 45 pounds and measures 3 feet 6 inches. Mr Woodcock offered it to Mr T A Dorrien Smith of Trescoe, the island lessee.
Three of the five women on the revolutionary war pension roll are New Englanders Hannah Newell Barrett of Boston Massachusetts aged 103 pensioned by special act as daughter of Noah Harrod who served two years as private with the Massachusetts Line Esther B Damon of Plymouth Vermont aged 80 pensioned as widow of Noah Damon who served in the Massachusetts One from April 1775 to May 1780 Rhoda Augusta Thompson of Woodbury Connecticut aged 82 pensioned by special act as daughter of Thaddeus Thompson who served six years as private in Col John Lam's New York regiment
Observations describe the albatross maintaining equilibrium through strong muscular tension during flight. Wind is treated as a sequence of lulls and gusts, with the bird balancing itself and exploiting each blast. In calm or no breeze, albatrosses flail with short wing flaps to move forward.
A calf born in Glover Vermont was described as a freak of nature, having two heads, two necks, three backbones and two tails. Local observers report the unusual creature drew attention for its abnormal anatomy. Veterinarians estimated the calf’s condition is a rare congenital anomaly. The farmer plans to preserve the calf as a curiosity.
Flowering plants are induced to bloom early by vaporizing ether. Plants stay forty eight hours in an ether-filled tank, then moved to a hothouse to bloom in two to three weeks. Lilacs azaleas and deuteras respond well, treatment now widely used in Germany.
The text advises cleaning a run and ebony backed brush in hot soapy lather, washing Winsing flat in hot and then cold water, rubbing the backs with a small amount of linseed oil and a soft cloth, and drying quickly and thoroughly before use to prevent loosening or flabbiness.
Aphoristic scene portrays Phocian, the Athenian, stern and unyielding toward popular demands. He delivers a speech praised in part, then questions friends on what he may have said wrong, underscoring rigid leadership vs public will.
A garbled note asserts that local catarrh remedies cannot cure the condition and mentions Hall's Catarrh Care as a non quack product. It references various names and unclear claims about payment and legitimacy, with no verifiable details.
In Lapland a family dining scene shows sugar hung from a string tied to a rafter above the table. A piece is tugged off by each diner as craving for sweetness arises, then the meal resumes.
The most valuable book ever published by a private citizen likely catalogues the Walters collection in Baltimore. Only 100 copies were printed and presented to major libraries and museums worldwide. The email edition cost over $100,000.
A Philadelphia Press excerpt discusses a dramatic scene where lovers fear leaving a rope ladder hung, with guidance to pull it up to prevent escape, followed by a technical note on iron painting debunking a white-cleaning theory. The pair of items blends fiction snippets with a note on paint adhesion to iron.
In sixty years whisky per capita fell from two and a half to one and a quarter gallons while beer rose from under two to over seventeen gallons. A Boston wharf coal handling record moved 220 tons per hour from ship to storage, with a two ton shovel capacity.
A Daily Thought notes that it is easy to form the habit of seeking beauty and happiness and that, like a searcher for trouble, we will usually find what we seek. The reflection urges mindful perception and positive expectations.
A dyspepsia sufferer recounts three years of poor appetite and fatigue. After trying Grape Nuts at a sister’s, health improves, energy and grades rise, and friends notice the brighter appearance. No author listed, Portum Co Battle Creek Michigan. Low in each package for consumer.
A Presbyterian clergyman from Wisconsin reports months of immobilizing kidney pain eased after taking Doan’s Kidney Pills. He says the pills improved kidney function and overall health, with price and dealer details provided. The piece also notes early English inns, jewel care tips, and bank operating expense ratios for reference.
Local resident George Hiland of Polk Arkansas says Dodd's Kidney Pills cured his Acute Rheumatism in 1900 after doctor treatment and pain. He reports first box relief and now full work ability, asserting the remedy truly cures Rheumatism and challenging reform sentiment.
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