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Newspaper
Kansas Agitator
Location
Garnett, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1902
Page
2
Disjointed clippings mix jokes on wealth and politics with oddball anecdotes. It mentions Marie Correll, Spain's navy, Charles M Schwab, Rabbi Hirsch, and Mother Eve, plus references to Paris society, Monte Carlo gambling, and a Chicago social column. Local aside details drift through politics, crime, and curiosities.
A Philadelphia Ledger lifestyle note observes a trend toward simple embroidery this fall. Cross stitch decorates shirts, dollies, and household linens with red and yellow accents, while a bridal gown worn by Mrs Sadie Price Pell features pale grey crape de chine with antique lace and pale fur felt turbans.
A New Shade of Gray named ice gray targets pale transparent tones in winter dress goods. The piece notes soft intermingled shades, then offers a pressing outfit with a tiny iron and board, wax, sandpaper, and a box for travel use. Monte Carlo coats in various designs conclude the fashion note.
Practical tips cover tea flavoring with cloves, bottling methods for preserves, and clever reusable packing ideas. Also included are cold water face cleansing, feather care on windy days, and a white waist blouse description featuring taffeta or cloth with turquoise blue velvet trim and chenille fringe.
The feature showcases buckles for colonial ties and new house slippers with patent weather options. Satin, suede, and dull finish kid uppers suit morning to evening wear, plus three strap patent sandals with Louis XV heels. Despite chic sandals, smart hosiery and no low heels mean many pass on the trend. The Cuban heel remains popular on colonial styled footwear.
Instructions describe treating a worn white woolen shawl by dipping in cornmeal and rubbing, then suggest enhancing apple pie with a strong yet delicate tea and a blend of clove and lemon flavors. The language reflects traditional domestic guidance and flavoring ideas.
A description of Anne Hathaway curtains copied from Stratford-on-Avon features scrim or dotted Swiss fabric about three-eights yard long with a short hem, hung across window tops to soften light without darkening rooms.
A description praises taffeta for gowns noting its body and rustle, suitability for jackets and bolero styles, and its popularity as an excellent material for frocks and frills at the upper portion.
The verse extols the self made man as the true American, valuing equality, labor, and devotion to God over pedigrees or throne. It lauds the citizen who plows the fields, builds granaries, drives progress, and bears Old Glory high as a creed, portraying him as a knight of humankind in the New York News.
Martin Fox, veteran labor leader and president of the Iron Molders Union of North America, defended union principles amid organizing battles, insisting on fair agreements with employers. The Port Jefferson old grist mill, built before the Revolution by Richard Mott, faces demolition for safety concerns.
Chicago faces a large but evolving labor scene with about 800 non working residents and 526 unions claiming roughly 40 percent of workers as members. Over two years unions reached peak power with a 200 percent rise in unions and 400 percent in membership while clerks freight handlers and street car workers added new unions. Printing trades recently unified all establishments including five shops that had been non union for sixteen years. Many men think marriage changes priorities after tying the knot.
Denis A. Hayes, president of the Glass Bottle Blowers Association of America, asserts organized labor is imperfect but strives under adverse conditions. He argues immigration limits and shorter hours could solve apprentice shortages, enabling widespread work and future progress toward broader social reform.
The Board of Trade annual report for 1901 outlines 109,221 disputes between wage workers and employers in Great Britain. Employers won 37,875, unions 80,069, and 40,955 were compromised. Notably many strikes aimed at wage reductions.
A new effort to spy on labor unions has emerged in Cleveland, styled the Corporations' Auxiliary Company. It claims to inform employers about union strength, membership, meeting actions, and other insights to preempt labor troubles. The piece notes this is the third such effort in the city and ends with a quip about understanding women.
The New York Sun quotes Indiana official labor statistics showing skilled labor at 2.43 dollars per day, unskilled 1.88, boys and girls and women 93 cents, and average 87 cents for girls and women in individual or partnership industries. The piece notes the moral judgments of working women and warns against casting stones at fallen women, mentioning an 98 cent daily wage as a disturbing figure.
L J McDonald chosen president of the International Union of Commercial Telegraphers after its first national convention in Chicago. He is one of the best known telegraphers in the country, with organization spreading from Chicago to other parts. Representatives of 35 local telegraphers unions in the United States and Canada attended the meeting within three months of the initial movement.
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