Kansas Agitator and World News Roundup
A collection of curious and varied items: a note on tractors lowering grain harvest costs in distant fields. a Rome dispatch reports seminarian girls smuggling cigarettes near Manila. A Berlin Academy prize is awarded for American history to James Ford Rhodes. A London Spectator reference notes protests by burning ricks over thrashing machines. An Ohio resident loses $16 to a man named Dan Sullivan who is caught hiding money in a pipe.
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Berlin Academy of Science
Marquis de Chasseloup
Jamen Ford Rhodes
Cleveland
Hanna
Hides
United States
London Spectator
Suffolk
Kesex
Springfield
Ohio
Dan
Sullivan
Lawless
Oceanic casks marked for Arctic drift study and varied political alarm
A U S Revenue Marine plan pairs a specially designed bottlelike chest with polar ice drift research by marking casks carrying multilingual instructions for finders to contact consuls with location and date. The piece also reports on violent racial rhetoric in Louisiana, anti monopoly policy debates and Republican factional conflicts amid calls for anti trust enforcement and political reform.
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Bering Sea
United States Revenue Marine Service
United States
Admiral Melville
Arctic
Atlantic
National Trust aims to protect scenic beauty in Britain
A London editor proposed that the National Trust for Places of Historic Interest and Natural Beauty profit from Andrew Carnegie’s wealth by acquiring Har Moor, the English Lakes, the River Thames, the Snowdon District, or the Trossachs to safeguard landscapes from builders and advertising. In Naples Arragola a sailor killed his sister’s suitor then killed himself after discovering the attempted courtship.
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National Trust For
London
Andrew Carnegie
Hamoor
English Lakes
River Thames
Snowdon District
Trossacha
Orme
Great Gulf
Arragola
Naples
Mark Hanna and Corruption in the 1896 Campaign
The text recalls Mark Hanna touring Nebraska to defeat Bryan, noting sudden prosperity and many party financiers. It cites Democrats and populists as corrupt, claims middle-of-the-road figures traded offices for support, and references D. Clem Deaver’s 1896 appointment rewarded by President McKinley amid fusion opposition. Deaver explains his appointment as a formal record.
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Dietrich
R. B. Schneider
Republican Party
Senate
Millard
Denver
Deaver
Bynum
Irish
Buckner
Mark Hanna
Nebraska
Bryan
Hanna
Snez
D. Clem Deaver
McKinley
Dickson
Tariff A Failure Sparks Call for Reciprocity Convention
The National Association of Manufacturers based in Philadelphia plans a national reciprocity convention amid Protest over tariff policy. It argues for treaties to extend American trade, citing countervailing duties in Russia and Italy. Critics say Congress should initiate tariff revision, while trusts benefit from current protections and higher prices.
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National Association of Manufacturers
Philadelphia
Dispatch
Congress
President Search
America
Russia
Italy
Association
Senate
Executive
Manufacturers’ Association
Republican
Hanna
Safe boat questioned after water-shipping voyage incident
A fragment notes a transport that carried water through its portholes and quenched fires, weathering the Golden Gate. It questions the vessel’s safety for carrying Uncle Sam’s auxiliaries, implying someone profited from a barrel of money.
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Golden Gate
Uncle Sam
The Power of Will and Habit in Home Life
A Household article urges women to will happiness and maintain a bright outlook to improve health and balance. It stresses trust in wisdom, avoiding worry, and managing rest and nerves with routines. It also notes gentle sleep aids like onions for insomnia and cautions on narcotics.
The Thin Woman Needs Naps, Ledger Says
The Ledger Monthly notes that sleep is essential for thin women to repair fatigue and support energy use. It argues nine hours daily, ten if possible, with thin individuals displaying brisk mental and physical activity and a higher rest need than fleshier sisters.
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The
Ledger
Ancient fashion of girdles and pendants cited
The Detroit Free Press recalls girdles known as demi-cent in the Louis XII era, with dep end chains for knickknacks and gold chains. Mirrors hung from them, reflecting fierce fidelity in women, though their style has evolved.
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Louie Xitl
Detroit Free Press
Elegant Deep Red Gown and Old Fashioned Raisin Roly Poly Notes
A description of a deep red gown trimmed with black satin and white moire, with fine hand embroidery and silk details. Includes a kitchen recipe sequence for soup, gravy, and a raisin roly poly dessert with steps on boiling, jelly, and icing. Mentions precise cooking steps and ingredients.
Meat Ball Recipe Amid Fashion Notes from Old Column
A fragment discusses meat balls using one and a half pounds minced beef two eggs salt pepper and cracker crumbs with guidance on mixing and shaping. The text shifts to fashion a note about grass cloth parasols and waistline trim revealing era style.
Basal to Whatever Happens Power Insight
A philosophical excerpt on unity of power and nature. It argues that the mind aligned with natural laws shares in the current of events and can predict outcomes. One who embodies the same substance as events is in sympathy with their course, and whatever happens to others may first befall him.
Sweltering Sabbath Sermon Turns to Thermometer
In a backwoods church a sweating minister abandons a long sermon to point out the thermometer. He warns the congregation that conditions hereafter will be hotter if they do not mend their ways, as quoted by the Atlanta Constitution.
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Jeet & Sample
Atlanta Constitution
Demand for Athletic Clergymen Declares Parish Need
A country curate told the London Telegraph that modern parishes want athletic clergymen. He said he was told to leave because he was not a good cricket player. The vicar added the parish needs a fast bowler who can break from the off.
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Saya
London Telegraph
Woman Cures Dropsy After Dodd’s Kidney Pills
Mrs. J. B. Flanigan of Carmi suffered fifteen years with dropsy and could not wear shoes for three years. After doctor’s bills and discouragement, husband bought six boxes of Dodd’s Kidney Pills from J. J. Dale’s drug store. Five of six were used leading to a full recovery and praised by Mr. and Mrs. Flanigan as a wonderful remedy urged by Dale. The couple says the cure surpassed all prior hopes and becomes widely talked of in White county.
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J. B. Flanigan
Dodd
Dale
Mrs. Flanigan
White County
Beotland Newspapers and Their Editors Named
Two Keottiah Newspapers claim prominence with the Edinburgh Statesman as the most influential in Beotland and the Dundee Advertiser as the oldest. Editors are Sir John Long and Charles Cooper, both English natives from Hull, Yorkshire.
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Keottiah
Beotland
Edinburgh Statesman
Dundee Advertiser
Sir John Long
Charles Cooper
Hull
Yorkshire
Are You Using Allen's Foot Ease
A vintage ad copy announcing Allen's Foot Ease powder to treat swollen smarting burning sweating feet corns and bunions. It claims it is the only cure and invites readers to ask at druggists and show stores for 20 cents with a free sample offer directed to Allen 8 Olmsted LeRoy N.
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Allen
Addrean
Allen 8
Olmsted
LeRoy
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