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Newspaper
Kansas Agitator
Location
Garnett, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1903
Page
2
A collage of scattered lines lampoons figures like King Peter of Ser, Captain Kidd, and Edward VII while noting war delays, political tidbits, fashion quips, and social curiosities. It mentions New York senators, piano players in poverty, lariat feats by Lucile Mulhall, and a New Jersey wedding with a $100,000 groom amid brisk cultural jests.
The article highlights three quarter coats of light gray chinchilla and darker gray beaver, lined with gray brocade and wide sleeves, plus various serge coats, reversible styles, and the Fife coat novelty. It notes copper and silver buttons, enamel finishes, Empire coats for walking wear, waterproof parasols, and refined collars. It also gives domestic tips on pantry cleaning, onions, greens, boiling vegetables, and brass pan care.
The report describes the gala hall layout with gowns spanning the room. Flowers are used to enhance the color scheme, including silk and tulle layers, with American beauty roses forming central decorations. Lilies of the valley and green ferns are arranged at endpieces and per cover, roses and lilies for boutonnieres.
Among the season's furnishings for country homes the English chintz dominates as room upholstery. Pink leads colors with carnation motifs and roses on cream, featuring long stems, green leaves, bouquets, and dotted wildflowers. Designs appear in narrow and broad stripes and bright pink and brilliant colorings for draperies and hangings.
A practical list of stain remedies including milk for ink, ammonia for iodine, soda water to rinse the mouth between teeth, hot soda wash with turpentine rub, carpet stain treatment with thick powder, and using hot water for blueberry and fruit stains. Also notes pennies to remove paint from glass.
The article discusses summer fashion featuring ruchings and frocks with minimal trimming for affordable style. It mentions pinked ruches, pinked flounces, and a new pepper red shade as modern yet nostalgic options, along with fringe and jet trims in sheer fabrics.
Instructions describe slicing ham half an inch thick and boiling until just cooked, then browning fat lightly. Wipe the pan to a mirror shine, add fat, crack eggs, cover gently to cook four to five minutes, lift carefully, plate with ham and mashed potatoes.
Thora promises a revolution in sofa pillows through a new photography process. Eight sen sanitized cloth carries prints that resist soap, water, and heat. Kodak prints and large images can be attached to denim or coarse linen. Images favor detail over depth. Suitable as souvenir pillows for summer girls. White cloth with Chantilly lace.
Women in Canada favor tulle around centerpieces to decorate lunch and dinner tables. They pair pink, green, yellow or white to coordinate with flowers, with white common for dinner or bridal feasts. Tullets pulled out.
To soften hard water for the toilet drop orange peel into the bath or jug. The peel both helps skin and perfumes the water with a pleasant scent.
A Paris gown display features a black cloth bodice with blue velvet trim and black galloon, a Dipyoke pointed skirt, and a heavily trimmed bolero with network embroidery. White silk blouse front, white collar embroidery, and sleeve details include bands, lace, and scalloped caps.
A Vienna landmark, the iron tree, once marked by apprentices driving nails before leaving to seek fortune, stands as a relic. Nails driven into its trunk foretold smooth paths or hardship, and now the remaining surface bears many indentations as a testament to past ambitions and the diverse local community seeking place and prominence.
A terse recounting from Misalsalpp county details damages claims against a railroad after many hogs were killed by trains. The record notes a mixed commission and an eyewitness Zeph who humorously answered the chair by saying the hog was killed when the train tooted and took him away.
George Davis a Baltimore society figure and wedding usher in Pittsburg last spring was held up near his hotel by footpads in Denver. They demanded his pearl studs and mocked his courtly manners saying it is bad form to wear a watch with evening clothes. Davis protested with a sharp English accent as the bandits departed.
A Sioux Falls correspondent describes a sudden mosquito swarm in Toronto South Dakota. Dense clouds filled the town as millions swarmed around electric lights and doorways. People burned newspapers to kill them while many mosquitoes lay dead on the sidewalks the next morning.
A thoughtful querist asks why a mother who has toiled to marry off her daughter in Europe to an deemed eligible man would weep at the altar once her plans succeed, yet no one feels competent to answer the question.
The text notes that day birds turn nocturnal at migration, emit unique notes, and fly at speeds and heights beyond their normal powers. Dr Gatke speculates a special innate force enabling flight and sparing some principle only used during migration, a notion not widely considered by naturalists.
An unclear OCR fragment notes bricks laid in winter in Sweden and heating the area. The text is fragmentary but implies construction activity tied to cold weather and fire or heat use. Entities include Sweden and brickwork in winter.
Fragmented OCR text contains stray phrases about deafness, race, marriage, tea, defiance, weather, pockets, clothing, and ethics without coherent context or a clear news item. The readable portions mention unrelated snippets and out-of-context statements from various topics.
Crane and Friedlander report experiments showing roasted coffee acts as a bactericidal agent destroying germs including serious ones. The study notes coffee's active properties against bacteria and suggests potential health implications.
Wages for railroad section men and common laborers in Colombia range from 40 to 60 cents a day, with street car workers earning 60 cents and dairy hands 40 cents. steamers reportedly pay up to $1 a day. The piece notes Polish, Silesian, and Galician women travel to central Germany in gangs to work sugar beet fields in summer, overseen by a male supervisor, earning 35 cents a day plus board.
There are 125 automobile factories in the United States. ten produce electric machines, 100 manufacture gasoline engines, and twenty-five produce steam power machines.
The pope has adopted a white dove as a personal pet, described as one of his cherished companions. The brief note notes the bird's introduction to the papal household amid ongoing duties and rituals.
Mr and Mrs William McBride and Dr Jesse L Simes swear to tales of the boy’s illness and cure by Dodd’s Kidney Pills. They describe epileptic fits and partial paralysis prior to treatment and a rapid cessation of seizures within a week.
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