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Newspaper
Kansas Agitator
Location
Garnett, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1903
Page
2
A zany Atlantic monthly style ramble jokes about work, memory, love letters, taxes, and politics. It notes Wise paying $300 for a Shelley first edition in London, references Paris and Newport parities, mockingly critiques Alaska boundary compromise, Langley alibi, and a Chicago bootleg tale, among other assorted quips.
A long-remembered tale recalls two Thanksgivings in one year in early Alta California. On October 4 near Monterey indigenous and settler communities gathered for a Franciscan feast as a ball proceeds amid social tension. A young Americano, Rodgers, seeks wealth and a future with Carmencita, pressing for marriage and escape to sea aboard the White Wings, amid conflicting loyalties and desires.
In Monterey a Thanksgiving service ends with romance and pursuit. Don Thomas Larkin introduces Alvin Rodgers to Carmelita Diaz as a wary crowd disperses. Rodgers wins her affection despite family mistrust. After a violent escape, Rodgers and Carmelita vanish at sea with stolen pearls, never to return, while locals recall legends of gold and caution against greed.
Quick Results reports Justice of the Peace J Hill of Concord New Hampshire endorsing Dean's Kidney Pills as an effective remedy for disordered kidneys back ache and irregular secretions. Milburn Co Buffalo markets them at 60 cents per box through dealers nationwide.
The article notes that American readers find it hard to grasp how commerce in Mexico relies on personal relationships. It argues that orders for machinery like threshers depend as much on the salesman’s personality as on machine merit, with brisk business tactics often ineffective outside major cities.
Prof Koch of Heidelberg is the sole Germanni versity instructor giving journalism lectures. He has taught for years and now is invited to repeat his course on the History Nature and Significance of Public Opinion the Press and Journalism in Germany at Cologne.
A private of an infantry battalion at Mhow India received 169 hours hard labor for calling his lance corporal a "Brode rick." He then asked if the punishment was for insulting the secretary of state for war or the peer. The court remained.
Mexican agriculturists must be educated to the use of modern agricultural implements by demonstration. If a man has never seen a thrasher it is hard to sell him one from catalogue.
The United States now leads global hop production with 462000 hundredweights of a 1760000 hundredweight world crop. This marks the U S as the top producer, surpassing other nations in harvest size and market influence.
The recorded count shows 527 naval and military prisoners committed to civil prisons in Ireland during 1902. This figure reflects the year’s overall discipline and security actions affecting service members and their confinement outcomes.
A 74 year old Kokomo resident, Mrs Anna M Willis, publishes a letter praising Dodd's Kidney Pills after kidney trouble affected her heart and back. She says after using pills she feels 20 years younger and can perform farm duties again. The piece also notes a London Daily News view on the fading faith of modern society.
A young peasant in a Russian village near Minsk was arrested for possessing an algebra book. The justice of the peace acquitted him of conspiracy charges but warned him against buying books that could make him an anarchist or infidel.
Report notes Russian merchants at the Nijni Novgorod annual fair appear like drunken cowboys. Last summer 1,169 cases of broken limbs were recorded. None of these were brought before the magistrate as offenders settled by payment of fines.
A fragment debates whether a single lead pellet proves devotion to country while a man endures malaria or stomach acid for the same motive, and yet remains unnoticed by others. The text questions the value of sacrifice and the visibility of personal suffering in patriotic acts.
The Melchthal hosts Switzerland’s largest tree perched on a mountain slope. It rises about 460 feet above ground with a base circumference near forty feet, drawing visitors for its impressive size and location.
A girl faces pressure when two men ask her to choose who accompanies her. She avoids conflict by not choosing, hoping to keep peace and prevent one man from angering the other. The situation reflects social dynamics around dating and decision making.
A sensitive dog will follow the track of a man wearing the master's boots and reject the track of a master if the boots are strange. The observation highlights how dogs respond to familiar footwear cues and human scent associated with ownership.
In London the Blot Machine Insurance firm discusses accident insurance for slot machines. A device is described defying fraud, likened to a clock. A reference to the First Steam Railway notes a balk for a mean care on the Charleston and New Hampshire line in South Carolina. A statistic states only one in a thousand marriages reaches a golden wedding.
The ad promotes Bre Winslow’s soothing syrup for teething pain and calming the gums, claiming it eases wind colic and is superior in quality and quantity. It references a large reward, praises the product’s gentleness, and contrasts it with inferior starch and other “premiums.” The copy emphasizes reliability, domestic use, and broad claims.
The Sak tribe in Africa forms hair into a bag shaped mat with clay. A Sak Meo wears a cape of monkey skin rubbed soft, used not for warmth but to keep clay from washing out when it rains.
The German toy industry employs about 50,000 people and exports are valued at 15,196,388 dollars. It is centered mainly in Nuremberg and Sonneberg with related small workshops scattered in nearby counties.
A farmer’s wife hanged herself in the garden and, after marrying again, his second wife hanged herself on the same tree. He wrote to an old married friend at a distance about the coincidence. The reply was stark and morbid: send me a cutting of your tree.
Between 1854 and 1890 average life expectancy for Englishmen increased by about four years. The finding reflects improved living conditions and public health measures during the period.
A California trained nurse credits Grape-Nuts with restoring strength and mental clarity after severe illness. She details relief from medicines within months and recommends the product to patients, citing notable improvements and renewed work capacity. The testimonial appears in an ad for Postum Co.
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