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Newspaper
Kansas Agitator
Location
Garnett, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1901
Page
7
A collage of vintage ad blurbs touts Defiance starch from Magnetic Starch Co. Omaha and Putnam Faceless Dyes alongside home ironing tips and remedies for frost bite and lamp joints. The prose blends lifestyle tips with marketing lines and a proverb about the rocking cradle.
Fragmentary OCR text suggests a quirky ad item mentioning Pluo's Cure for Consumption, mentions Trinity Springs Ltd and a February date of 1000 with urban rhetoric about white clothing and Red Cross Hall Blue, plus a brief grocer poll note about packages.
Fall painting advice urges preparation and seasoning of paint before sun exposure to protect property. Promotes Devoe ready paint as lasting longer than lead and oil and costing less. Advises asking dealers and sending for a free pamphlet on paint and painting. CHICARA
Yale physician Dr. Jay W. Seaver reports that a large share of American college students show spinal curvature. An analysis of 21 000 students over five years in 18 colleges found about 6.6 percent scoliosis, including 117 Yale freshmen. athletes show far lower rates. The study recommends prescribed exercise to treat or improve the condition.
Birds among the fustera Wille studied by Partion spawn a summer diversion in New England hills. Pairs or groups start at dawn with essentials for intelligent bird study. Walks double as classes in natural history, offering learning and fresh air, breakfast lunches, and close observation of birds' morning songs.
The sacred Bo tree at Anuradhapura, Ceylon, dating from 288 B.C., has withstood centuries of dynastic change and invasions. Pilgrims from India have long revered it, though today it stands in ruins with its trunk propped by masonry. A temple and guards protect the site while pilgrims leave offerings.
Happy Boy Oldenburg Illinois September 24 The thirteen year old Willie Kell suffered three months of excruciating rheumatism doctors failed homespun remedy tale says Dodd's Kidney Pills cured him after three boxes leaving no symptoms at all.
A general officer’s wife, awaiting a letter, rushes to greet an elderly postman. The postman jokes about unreadable cards while the general’s note is written in Greek characters, highlighting a curious, humorous scene amid a string of troubles.
A New York Press roundup lampoons authorial slips from Thackeray to Shakespeare. It notes Thackeray misuses names in Newcomes, Creasy misplaces Theodorle at Chalona, Trollope’s Andy Scott, Dickens Great Heart and Charles’ Wain, and Haggard eclipses for readers. It mocks Macaulay Naseby dialogue and Burke peers, citing misstatements in St Louis Massachusetts and a Fairfield probate.
A London era item notes Rev J H Scott at Christ Church Hall inviting locals to a Sunday service with free tobacco and tea. Two hundred respond, smoke together, then attend services, ending with tea and bread. Similar stunts include a Bartow Methodist minister washing clothes to attract worshippers and Lord Rupert Cecil inviting bicycle club members in uniform.
A New York Press observation on visitors who skip formal cards and demand to see hosts. A field man’s clash with a bellboy over identification ends with Mr Franklin refusing entry, then inviting a reconciliation a week later.
A magazine editor stated that over nine tenths of manuscripts offered are from women who seek recognition in print. He noted anger and departure when reminded that the articles had been previously published.
Denmark hosts 1,713,136 cows with 456 acres per cow and 756 people per thousand. Butter exports rose from 1898 to 1900 reaching 124,633,362 pounds with 3,593,262 pounds packed in tins. The article notes moves to mobilize armies and new transport devices for infection control. Berlin reports strong use of automatic railway ticket machines, 30,000,000 tickets sold from 192 machines.
A historic note places Utopia in Orsa Sweden. Over one generation it sold 44 million worth of trees and, through careful replanting, sustains a similar income every thirty to forty years. As a result there are no lax or laxity in the area.
The fragment hints at a business named Hall's Ontarih Care with internal handling and a price of 70. A quotation remarks that a person who deems riding on a pass as wrong would not obtain a pass anyway.
An unsigned Valley City letter extols Peruna as a cure for months of pelvic and stomach pains. It asserts doctors failed to help, credits a friend with a successful cure, and urges other women to try Peruna for catarrh and related female ailments. The notice invites readers to seek Dr. Hartman for free advice if results are unsatisfactory.
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