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Newspaper
Kansas Agitator
Location
Garnett, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1896
Page
7
A granddaughter of Philip Armour seeks a million after a baby girl is kept in an incubator. The piece compares the tiny inmate’s world to a brooder, detailing hourly milk feeds and staged growth projections.
A comic tale unfolds as a ward delegation questions how to refer to a father and son killed in a single house fire. The query editor insists on precise terms, while the spokesman argues the downstairs elder died first leading to a tricky naming outcome. The piece closes with a separate anecdote about Lord Russell and a colonial era dollar across a stream. Also touches on Park College students planning a water works project in Parkville Missouri.
The article outlines incubator like brooder care for a fragile infant, detailing constant warmth, darkness, and silent handling, with careful monitoring via a chest stethoscope and scale to track weight. It explains artificial milk production through sterilization and precise fat sugar and protein adjustments, noting variations across natural milk samples and the influence of maternal physiology. The Presbyterian church contributed last year for home missions $984,590.
An eminent physician urges prevention to curb headaches and proposes eight hours each for work, sleep, and leisure. It cites headaches from diseased eyes, fatigue, bilious or sick headaches, neuralgia, and digestive issues, recommending hot baths, cool air, mustard plasters, and dietary changes as remedies.
Dialogues reveal a bold plea for engagement as Miss de Lyle-But seeks a leading role. Willie Brambridge and Clarence Fernleigh plan a duel next week over a dispute, while Cleveland Lender confirms the show’s move and a weekly salary of $450, with the manager declaring the engagement official.
Fragmentary OCR text discusses a potions claim for a stomach remedy, naming Hoitstur's Stomach Bitterk as a stronger option and noting ineffectiveness against certain complaints. The passage is garbled and references persistently urged use though clarity and sources are lacking.
In Chicago Times: Herald, a colonel learns a major he once killed at a past primary election is alive due to a strong family resemblance. The exchange reveals the mistaken identity and humor as they discuss near relatives who resemble each other.
The notice is a fragmented advertising claim for Nu-To- and No-To-Hane hair drug advertisement. It mentions strengthening and life improvements and promises free samples from Chicago or New York curbside druggists.
A quirky Washington Star piece recalls a man cornered during a parade who realizes the lively passerby is his own husband, unable to walk due to journalism. The tale blends humor with a glimpse of intimate surprise in a public procession.
A remark from Gayley praised the girls last evening as peachy and flattering. The speaker counters that the comment is not fitting and suggests the girls have a peach crop that fails yearly, expressing sarcasm about the praise.
The fragment mentions a suspended policeman for sleeping on his beat and a week of eating and drinking on the narrator. It also references dubious patent medicines and odd moralizing lines. The text reads like garbled OCR with scattered product pitches and social commentary.
A fragment from a Washington Star notice mixes a theater manager remark on golf sticks for pretend play with scattered lines about fashion gowns travel fluids bed baths and drinks. The garbled text cites Dr Kay and Mrs Winslow remedies, a Windsor address, and a note about insects.
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