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Newspaper
Kansas Agitator
Location
Garnett, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1896
Page
8
A blind shopper, aided by a young accomplice, examines stripes and patterns by feel, confirming length with her own measurement and choosing trim materials. Store staff note such discriminating buyers are common, with the woman often guiding color choices while the clerk eyes the match.
Readings blend a nun’s visions with court questions and oaths, then shift to Block Island’s bygone life and the Rhode Island coast. It juxtaposes Saintly visions with a woman’s vow and a distant memoir of mills, isolation, and 18th century industry on the Atlantic shoreline.
In New Britain the rule forbids a son-in-law from speaking to his mother-in-law and even meeting her requires hiding or covering the face. A broken rule could lead to death by all parties. An English missionary failed to uproot the oath idea, as locals swear by truthfulness with the phrase about touching the mother-in-law. The text also notes Julian Hawthorne, son of Nathaniel Hawthorne, born 1846, and a brief anecdote about his childhood and later life.
A witty exchange features the First Lady and Second Lady discussing how unpaid joggers affect appetites and debt management. The dialogue humorously links debt to reluctance for seconds, implying economic pressures influence household spending.
The readable text mixes names and phrases about affection and a residence tilt near Washington Times. It mentions an Italian involgrante starting from Gonosnust traveling 4050 knots toward the Narrows at New York, with unclear context and garbled wording.
An advertisement claims catarrh causes deafness via inflamed mucus linings in the Eustachian tube and promises a $100 reward if Hall's Catarrh Cure fails to cure a case. It urges readers to send for free circulars and notes the product is sold by druggists with Hall's Family Pills in heat.
In the timetable fragment No. 202 connects via Ottawa except Sunday for California and all points on the mainline. No. 202 and 204 connect at Kansas City for Chicago and points east, with through runs to Wellington and Winfield serving Oklahoma and Texas. No. 201 connects at Cherryvale with Mexico line for St. Louis and points east, while Nos. 208 and 201 carry Pullman sleepers and guards.
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