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Newspaper
Kansas Agitator
Location
Garnett, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1901
Page
6
A reflective piece describes leaves in autumn colors drifting over a forest path and aging beauty fading to death. Vagrant summer memories mingle with fall imagery as October’s fire weaves through the landscape, signaling the life cycle as time passes.
A fragmented narrative blends a Chinatown caper with a Bombay climate vignette. Characters Wun Sock Lip Gin Chip In Sip Gin Lam Chop scheme to kill Aguinaldo with a cobra, then Lam Chop tricks them and vanishes. The Bombay piece describes muggy weather, airless rooms, punkah life, and hidup in colonial settings.
Book excerpt recounts Booker T. Washington riding in a Pullman sleeper from Augusta to Atlanta. Two Boston ladies insisted he share a section and eat with them. He faced embarrassment in a car full of Southern white men, then received unexpected praise from Georgia citizens for his work toward the South.
The Philadelphia Times reflects on President Roosevelt hosting Booker T. Washington at Tuskegee, praising Washington as a practical educator shaping black youth. It notes Washington’s influence on Southern race relations and his recognition by Harvard, with Roosevelt seen as honoring genius across all colors, not signaling social equality.
Gina recalls Gladstone praising John Bright as a cabinet minister, noting Bright’s humanitarian support for free trade and his principled stance. Cobden shadows Bright’s intellect as the sought reasonings behind free trade. Gladstone recounts Bright’s loyalty and rare ability to contribute to collective policy without self interest.
A farmer speaker rails against the raw sugar tariff, arguing repeal would lower prices, boost consumer and farmer welfare, and cut costs for beet growers and fruit producers alike. He urges readers to write to their congressman and unite for cheaper sugar nationwide.
Historical ad copy touts Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a universal cure for female reproductive woes and related health issues. It claims to restore womb health, relieve menstruation problems, backache, nervous symptoms, and general debility, with endorsements and widespread usage. Sold by druggists everywhere and urged to refuse substitutes.
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