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Newspaper
Kansas Agitator
Location
Garnett, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1904
Page
2
A compact column of satirical notes and curiosities from across the era. Items touch on college life, politics, fashion, crime, public figures, and distant events, with quips about Uncle Russell Sage, Peary, Port Arthur, Red Cross, and Niagara Falls.
A detailed description of a red oxblood broad cloth child’s coat with triple capes and belt, note on gender conversion by lap over left over right, plus material yardage for sizes and trims. Also includes a mocha coffee recipe and a seven gore walking skirt description with fabric requirements.
The article discusses color blends of blue and green, smart straw turbans, black chantilly draped accessories, and white lisete gloves as suitable for day wear. It notes flowered organdies gaining popularity, informal evening dresses with plain net yokes, zibeline fabrics rising in season, net appliques enhancing trims, and a shift away from extreme floppiness in picturesque styles.
A trend among stylish young women features embroidered flowers replacing initials on underwear and dress accessories. Forget-me-nots in baby blue lead to embroidered handkerchiefs stockings veils and even corsages and trims. Other flower choices include violet pansy pink rosebud and buttercup themes as substitutes for monograms per Woman's Home Companion.
A fashion description presents a blouse waist with adaptable trimming and chemisette options. Made in ivory crepe de Chine with lace and chiffon, it features a fitted front and back with a detachable chemisette, buckled belt, and gathered sleeves. Yardage and material choices listed for multiple widths.
A fragment notes Turkish coffee in New York amid the Syrian conflict era, claiming Swest coffee is sold at a high price per cup in local restaurants. Details are unclear and partially garbled.
A new form of pledge replaces the engagement ring with a bangle. These bangles vary from slight circlets to broad gold bands, offering the wearer a sense of secure binding. The clasp requires a chisel to open. On the continent, men sometimes wear such bangles, though rare among English speakers.
Advice notes that formal wedding dress constraints loosen with plain fabrics acceptable. Satin and delicate chiffons give way to simple muslin and voile with lace accents. Embroidered white silks feature openwork motifs and forget-me-nots, while lace or tulle preferred if no heirloom lace is available. Emphasis on soft, tasteful styling over tradition.
The article notes that volumin and round headpieces look best without hems or applique, secured with an orange blossom wreath or white flowers. Orange blossoms, lilies of the valley, and violets return after twenty years, often paired with silver or orange blossom work. Annunciation bells bouquet gains favor, held in the left hand, matching gown embroidery.
A description of early fall flower hats with brimmed shapes and multi colored crown rows. Also notes innovative tea table covers showing heavy iron bases with deep borders of Russian lace and Cluny work, combining Russian braid and white Cluny for a striking contrast.
A garbled recipe fragment lists ingredients including green tomatoes two pounds sugar raisins and spices. It instructs slicing tomatoes boiling the mixture with sugar and salt for two hours then adding raisins and a small piece of butter to each portion.
A dated assortment of household hints covers lamp shades for smaller electro devices, pillow down care with beeswax, tomato presentations at porch luncheons, dust-free lamp storage, teapot and coffee pot air openings, flatiron washing, and ironing heat control to preserve heat.
Fashion note describes a white silk waist with a net yoke and bell sleeves. It specifies material needs for a medium sized woman: 34.5 yards of fabric 21 inches wide, 21 yards 27 inches wide, 1.5 yards 44 inches wide for the yoke and trim.
The article reports on AFL celebrations and union growth. It notes pledges by international unions for the 25th anniversary observance, conventions in San Francisco and Pittsburg, and joint agreements among Typographical, Printing, and related unions. It cites the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen conventions, pension and death benefits totals, membership gains, and calls for uniform governance laws and referendum-style candidate questions. It also mentions Colorado political inquiries urged by Gompers.
Reports show German industry employing many women. Montreal admits skilled labor shortages. New York diamond cutters grant a 20 to 25 percent wage rise. Switchmen's Union paid out over 300000 in three years. AFL adjourns in Washington before San Francisco convention. Pullman car works idle, 7000 workers idle, no return before December. Ziegler union mine injunction postponed in Springfield. Chicago plants close, 60000 idle. San Francisco judge fines a policeman for assault on a union picket. Parry alliance funds fine. Chicago court fights over nonunion engineer. Union viewed as force for Americanization. emphasizes self-government and living standards. Reading shows 8447 women in mills. five-year British labor trouble averages. Locomotive firemen brotherhood formed 1873. 900 delegates at second convention. $1500 death benefit. 10000 expected at Buffalo. Macbeth-Evans to operate nonunion chimney plant at Charleroi with inside housing and security. Patrick Scullin proposes National Peace Industry Association to settle disputes by conciliation. Claim of general public ignorance about tin age.
A Cherry Hill Settlement worker guided a young friend of the cloth through a district when a man appeared with a facial wound. He submitted to first aid, while a clergyman watched and reclaimed a watch from the thief, quipping it cost a dollar and noting the youth’s conduct. The thief reacted with mixed shock and humor.
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