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Newspaper
Kansas Agitator
Location
Garnett, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1904
Page
6
The High Tower windmill at Great Yarmouth, once England’s tallest and a famed coastal landmark, was sold for 500 under the hammer. Built in 1812 at a cost of 50 000, it stood 120 feet high with twelve floors. Steam and roller milling ended its era as a quaint relic of the past.
The so called richest dog that ever lived died in West Chester Pennsylvania in 1888. He was the pet of Mrs Elizabeth Skee who left 1500 in her will for his support as long as he should live. The church receiving the funds required the dog to be buried in a shroud and coffin before the bequest could be paid. The dog was a mongrel of the lowest type, dull and foolish.
An eastern millionaire who owns a Jog cabin in the Adirondacks bought a specially constructed piano matching the cabin’s log interior. The birch framework is put together with roughness to suit the setting. The instrument reportedly has excellent tone and wood seasoned by a special process before assembly.
A clipped antiquarian note recalls extraordinary echoes described by Barthius and Pliny. Reports span the Naha break between Coblenz and Bingen, Milan, a Pantheon cave, a Dalmatian cave, and the tomb of Nur Mahal in Agra. Echo lore links religious praise, weapon reports, and musical reverberations.
A ruined 1704 letter from Milford New Hampshire was found with no envelope and a plaster seal. John Merrill notes its origin in Maine appears distant for delivery and shows marks of a long post route. The note mentions a 35 mile gap to the nearest post office and a costly route to No-Run Mortil Milford.
In El Cobre Cuba a long-abandoned copper mine yielded iron tools whose metal had turned to copper. Water dissolved copper ore forming copper sulphate while sulphuric acid dissolved iron, depositing copper and leaving impurities. The axe handle remained intact though the copper-covered axe was enlarged and irregular.
A woman with a lamp collecting fad uses a large bronze lamp as a safe. An electric bulb glows at night through a glass shade while oil is unused. By touching a spring, the top swings to reveal a key hole and a metal box lid lifts to show a receptacle for valuable gems.
Gendarme 876 of Mexico City reported discovering a warm forearm and hand in a package along Las Vivenas alley. The hand wore a diamond ring and a bracelet, indicating involvement of a higher class, and the arm was recovered by ambulance after the gendarme fled to the fourth comisaria. The man was later hospitalized.
The article notes the modern girl carries two concealed weapons in hat pins. It describes crown breadth requiring two extra inches to hat pins, now reaching ten inches total, made of inflexible metal to pierce heavy straw hats. Gold heads remain common, with plain designs and some jeweled versions.
A Chicago inventor outlines a method to kill hogs humanely using nitrous oxide. The plan aims to reduce stress and suffering for animals during slaughter.
Mrs. A. Q. Good of Topsham reports a fig tree about four feet high that has borne about a dozen large figs this year. The tree, eight years old, has yielded fruit for the past three or four seasons, a rare Maine horticultural note.
A setter dog at Exeter North Thames narrowly escaped serious harm after running under an electric car. The animal lost two teeth but survived the incident as the motor came within four inches of the ground, prompting concern for animal safety near vehicles.
A Belgian invention promises to aid oarsmen by directing the boat without the rower turning his head. The device enables the oarsman to mop in the direction the boat moves, addressing the common disadvantage of sighting obstructions after a collision. Movements of the oarsman are streamlined by this innovation.
The device, by D Bayon of Brossela, uses two part jointed oar sections fitted to the oarlock and linked by a toothed gear on a common axle. Plates with axles carry sectors that hinge, guiding the oarsman. It promises constant direction visibility and greater force with less effort.
A gold medal unearthed in New York tunnels honors Thomas Sampson fifty years ago a Metropolitan Police officer and Civil War federal spy In a single side the medal bears a life-saving scene while the other shows a stranded sailor and two men signaling for help Sampson also served as Lincoln's bodyguard at his first inauguration and aided in the hunt for his would-be assassins
A suburb of Vienna hosts a horticultural program inviting children to grow flowers and trees. About 750 children attend regularly and have planted 2000 trees and plants this year. Prizes are awarded at year end to those whose plants are best cared for.
Reports from South Australia describe a severe invasion of mice blamed on recent bad weather. The drought damaged the wheat crop and left grain in fields, providing abundant food for the rodents and triggering a widespread infestation.
Jedediah Buxton, an illiterate Englishman, possessed an extraordinary memory. He could recall the exact number of pints of ale he had drunk in his life, the prices paid, and even the names of the men who had treated him.
An army doctor observed that near musical sounds a wounded soldier bled less or stopped bleeding. Experts could not explain how music works but suggest air vibration calms the patient and slows heart action, reducing blood overflow.
A Vermont hen long unable to raise her own chicks has become a foster mother to geese, chicks, and pigeons and recently discovered and hatched a nest of bald eagles.
The article notes that artificial gems and paste stones are crafted from a highly refractive glass called trags, colored to imitate real jewels. It also mentions a puzzling scene of ducks at Brandywine Park refusing to swim and a reference to Tara's Harp in Trinity College Museum.
District Attorney Jerome of New York, then a young and poor assistant, was known as a heavy smoker. He bought cheap clears from a Nassau Street dealer who offered a perfector to tempt him, but Jerome refused, sharing that he could not afford a costly habit and gave the perfector away to friends.
German soldiers devised a method to fake ear trouble by rubbing a mixture in their ears that causes acute inflammation in order to obtain dismissal from service.
A jumble of travel tips and lodging prices around the World’s Fair locale lists a BL area hotel room near the convention entrance at about $1.07 per night, with routes from Union Station to Olive Street and Tulmiar Garden noted. Also contains an assurance of comfortable lodging and a plug for Allen’s Foot-Ease with a dated ad line about a pun on social behavior.
Grocers report stores carry few Defiance Starch brands due to limited stock of the 18 cm package. Buyers who previously used the product cannot resell it locally, tying up shelf space and sales potential.
Rudyard Kipling acted as a lay preacher on a wartime voyage. A notice announced a 9 p m sermon. Kipling spoke from an improvised platform delivering about fifteen minutes. The crowd of under 200 contributed over 350 dollars to a widow and family, praising the effort.
The article notes that there are 118,971,004,000 possible first four moves in chess, yet Harry N. Pillsbury reportedly played across twenty two boards simultaneously without seeing any board and secured a large majority of the games.
The current members include 236 lawyers in a 357 seat house of representatives, 129 lawyers in a 670 seat house, and 139 lawyers in a 584 seat French chamber of deputies.
A Connellaville woman reports twenty five years of severe headaches ending after she stopped coffee and switched to Postum Food Coffee. She says headaches ceased and general health improved, noting a friend had a similar experience. Her husband and others bought remedies with no success until Postum. There’s a reason and it’s worth finding out.
A garbled mix of topics covers insect parasites affecting fruit orchards in Australia and California, starch brands and kitchen goods, Irish land law based on a land commission report, and a sensational note about the Austrian emperor’s reign including personal tragedies.
Lawrence County reports a claimed discovery of a universal kidney cure with Ladds Kidney Pills and Dodd's Kidney Pills praised by Mrs Bagcott and others. The notice mixes testimonials and unrelated fashion filler, presenting a sensational medical cure claim from Monticello Mississippi in October.
The Twin Falls Land and Water Company on the Snake River near Shoshone aims to reclaim 275000 acres in Idaho with an over two million dollar Carey act project. The 69 mile main canal will carry ten feet of water as public entry opens 30000 acres now and 100000 more on October 20 at Twin Falls City.
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