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Newspaper
Kansas Agitator
Location
Garnett, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1900
Page
7
Agricultural note from Charles A. Moyers and R. M. Allen urges mixed fertilization with farmyard manure and crops like cowpeas to restore soil fertility. Emphasizes limitations of mineral fertilizers alone and advocates moderate cattle operations and better peaches and apples marketing.
The article reassures housewives that bottling is simple if all germ sources are removed from the bottle. Place fruit or vegetables in the bottle, steam for an hour, then fill quickly with hot syrup or stock and reinsert the cork. It notes Argentine press urging South American republics to unite against Chile’s aggressive policy.
General Stewart Loudon Woodford, 66, hero of two wars and former diplomat, married Isabel Hanson in New York. The couple’s courtship followed his retirement from army life after decades of service, with Hanson described as a demure blue eyed woman from a well born Spanish heritage.
A man charged the moving car several times in a furious assault, making the vehicle shake. He backed away and repeated the attack until the animal realized its mating, then wandered off. Two large holes appeared at the forward end of the car and the headlight became useless.
The article outlines a ninety year effort to Christianize China, noting 23 missionary organizations with about 2 500 missionaries and over 5 000 native pastors and assistants. Protestant converts number about 100 000 with 40 000 scholars in Christian schools. Auxiliary societies and mission activities expand, driven by a core aim to spread Christianity across China. A Li Hung Chang remark is cited on Chinese views of souls versus homes.
The passage outlines a young New Yorker born in 1885 rising from colonial lineage to study at Yale and Columbia, entering law and politics, serving as lieutenant governor, a Forty third congress member, U S district attorney, and diplomat to Spain. It praises missionary work in China and the intellectual lineage of science and invention, honoring American progress and representative men.
About 80 passengers on a Philadelphia and West Chester trolley were held for a half hour last night by a man described as a mad ball who sprang from a field and stood between the rails. He stopped the car and demanded surrender before releasing it.
Ogden H. Fethers of Janesville Wisconsin, the new supreme chancellor of the Knights of Pythiax, grows irritated by a letter directed to "O. Fethers." Friends recall a wag once called him "Old Hen" Fethers, explaining the peculiar reaction.
In Prusen a school case notes 407 children involved in euleido over a ten year span ending in 1806. The fragmentary report highlights a historical education related incident with many names and dates obscured.
Roger Wolcott of Huston is appointed ambassador to Italy, a move praised across New England. Senators Hoar and Lodge proposed the selection, though Wolcott claims no effort on his part. Draper resigns. the post begins in fall. Wolcott, 53, former governor of Massachusetts, Harvard alumnus, a scion of colonial New England, with notable ancestral ties.
The article describes elite Chinese clubs in Canton and Peking with private oratories housing a club god for religious devotions. Members enter to pray before battles or political events, with war or Boxer gods now common in centers where Boxers once reigned.
The editor was robbed of $30 while traveling and plans to sell the account of the incident to an eastern magazine for $50. The Chicago Post notes the sensational tale as a lesson on literary compensation.
Rev. W. J. McCaughan pastor of the Third Presbyterian Church in Chicago declines a Belfast Ireland call offering life appointment and $5,000 yearly salary. He will remain in Chicago permanently.
A Labor Day celebration in Leavenworth featured a mine superintendent riding at the head of eight hundred striking miners, with the crowd noting the scene as a prominent event.
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