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Newspaper
Kansas Agitator
Location
Garnett, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1900
Page
3
A provocative piece argues wearing a coat to avoid social censure tests nerve and fashion fear. It contrasts reform talk with social duty and notes readers may choose comfort over mob scrutiny. The column then shifts to business cooperation, survival of the fittest, and the push for humane, just labor relations aligned with nature and economic success.
A fragmentary mixed notice contrasts a poetic piece on The Stocking Bag with a discussion of The Khedive of Egypt’s wife. It recounts her Circassian beauty, European household management, and progressive education efforts, followed by lace care tips, ironing, and mending guidance.
Judge John D. Holt, a Democratic gubernatorial candidate in West Virginia, tours rural districts on horseback. He impresses voters with cooking blackberry dumplings and soothing a fretful baby, then shines as a skilled fiddler drawing crowds and votes. He frames these acts as plain folk canvassing to prove he can govern himself and the state.
Daniel Black of Detroit Michigan a native of Wallacetown Ontario born 1872 came to Detroit in 1889 and trained at the Detroit Free Press He joined the union in 1892 and has long served as a devoted worker delegate to the Detroit Trades and Labor Union and an officer of that body He was recently elected a trustee of the Union Printers Home at Colorado Springs Colorado by a large majority
Industrial notes report Chicago stationary engineers win eight hours workday and the Santa Fe Railway plans to replace telegraphers with telephones. Other items include a Chicago tailor fined for labeling clothes unions, New York postworkers securing an 10 hour day via strike, and wider labor statistics from Commissioner Wright citing 1.5 million wage workers in unions with AF L leadership.
A portrait of Her Grace of Hutherland, heiress of Rosslyn, wife to the richest duke, and a leading figure in English society. The duchess balances wealth and influence with philanthropy, women’s suffrage support, and cottage industry patronage, living simply at Dunrobin while overseeing stylish homes in London and the north. Her daughters, including Lady Rosemary, share her practical, down-to-earth outlook.
The article describes mother of pearl from Melegrina mergariifera in Torres Strait near Thursday Island Queensland as a key raw material for knife handles buttons and ornaments. Shells are auctioned in London five to six times yearly attracting global buyers. Value has risen with Queensland exports reaching £150,000 in 1899 and rare pearls found on shell interiors. A perfect spherical specimen once sold for £400.
Vichoo Pichon, the French ambassador in Pekin, shifted from medicine to politics, becoming a leading figure in foreign affairs and a Justice writer. If he had earned his medical degree he might be a country doctor, but his fate lies in a world wide drama as his son’s youthful pranks threaten his reputation.
In a terse exchange, Marini resigns from American Cea amid mounting freight charges of 24 cents per pan, signaling a dispute over cost allocations and contract terms with the carrier.
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