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Newspaper
Kansas Agitator
Location
Garnett, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1896
Page
7
A curious fragment shows a mix of criminal scheming and agate ads. It mentions a young woman lured into trafficking, hacks on a city mission, and a $1 payment for city housing, alongside sensational cure claims and quack products. The text also references sensational marriage statistics and illicit schemes amid scattered notices from Chicago and other locales.
A fragmented dialogue scene set in an invalid’s boudoir features Mrs Danvers Eleanor and Nellie reminiscing about love, marriage, and a deceased boy, with a mysterious bracelet as a dying gift. The conversation reveals forgiveness, misjudged engagements, and a forthcoming wedding while recalling past sorrow and divine will.
The New York Mail and Express reports a booming soup industry led by a producer who cans over three million gallons this year. Factories run eleven hours daily, employing chefs and workers to craft meat and vegetable soups like oxtail, beef, mock turtle, pea, and vermicelli. Canned soup offers convenience, no cooking, and stable flavors across climates, with quart prices ranging from 7 to 10 cents depending on quality.
A fragmentary reminiscence discusses the Stone of Scone housed near Westminster Abbey. It mentions Edward I's 1297 coronation chair, a visitor-restraining rolling rail, and a Westminster schoolboy BP Abbott who allegedly stayed in the abbey overnight to prove a wager about the coronation chair. The piece ponders whether courage or bravado led to Abbott’s act and its aftermath.
A historical notice reviews royal household reforms by the late Prince Consort and notes the high tips received by a footman of the Earl of Northbrooke at Stratton. It contrasts royal wages with noble or commoner pay. The piece then shifts to Texas agricultural bounty, climate advantages, and land-seeking incentives, urging migration for farming potential and prosperity.
The article mockingly links Onychophagia to intellectual decay and organ damage. It mocks quack cures, promoting a dubious health ad with references to Cascarets and other remedies. A narrator cites a Princeton notice about a young woman and a wealthy bachelor, illustrating sensational, period advertising tone.
An old Toledo ad offers “one warranted pollas” for catarrh and promotes a James West & Tends firm remedy. It touts internal use, blood action, and “dissent free” price per bottle, listing wholesalers like West & Tends and Marvin.
An odd debate features Uncle Alliant Sparks promising a moth‑proof ploy or a scrap of cloth to spare his clothes, while a weary housekeeper is ordered to hand a costly unworn overcoat to any honest tramp. The piece references a Chicago Tribune excerpt and a California limited railroad timetable toward Los Angeles and San Diego.
An illustrated catalogue promoting jewelry, watches and silverware. It offers a bold 28 cent silver ladies hat pin with a note that orders include care instructions and a request for payment. Includes address for Jaccard Jewelry Co. in St Louis and a push for inexpensive premiums through mail order.
Dr Kay cure for dyspepsia touted by Prim writes Edward Wood reports relief after ten feet of standing. Aruggiits sell via mail for 26 cents and one dollar with promises of skin softening and digestive aid.
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