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Newspaper
Kansas Agitator
Location
Garnett, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1900
Page
7
Albert East notes Japanese art excels in small subjects but struggles to transfer the human form divine to canvas. He cites broader limits in achieving a lively, enduring representation of humanity within traditional media.
Mixed, garbled notes recount Thomas Nelson Page praising tobacco as a brain stimulant and Harvard figures like Walt Detanden and President Eliot taking positions on student attire and shirts. It mentions Victor Emmanuel’s coin and stamp collection, shelled eggs from Russia, and Long Term justice Tullius Burgoyne’s long service, plus Egyptian telephone operators speaking several languages.
In Kansas, seven capitol buildings have stood, but the Pawnee town site once housed the first state capitol. A stone two story structure near Fort Riley remains as a relic of early settlement, built for the first legislature in 1865 amid a volatile quarrel with Governor A. H. Reeder. Legislators traveled 150 miles by prairie schooners and camped outside town as they prepared to open.
The early legislature met in the new stone capitol, then adjourned to Shawnee Mission as the session waned. Pawnee failed to grow, cholera struck Fort Riley the next year, and the state house decayed on the plains with coyotes and sandhill owls in and around the derelict interior. There is a plea to purchase the ruin for future generations to recall the founders’ attempts to build a great city.
The annual Allegheny county workhouse report criticized the Muchlronner Law of 1897 as failing to educate inmates. It claims the law increased idleness, disease, and taxation while transforming the prison into an idle shelter. It notes similar effects at Western Penitentiary, with rising illness and deaths among prisoners.
Southern France vine growers deploy 52 cannon manned by 104 gunners to bombard approaching hail clouds. The method, begun in Italy, aims to protect 2,500 acres of vineyards with repeated shots until clouds dissipate, backed by government support and the National Agricultural Society.
A fragment from a Victorian warning describes John Islip who made a fortune in Mexico and, fearing death, built a swinging island cabin off the Irish coast. He spent years inside the cabin reading and gazing at the Atlantic, dying aged forty three, his mind undone by fear. Another tale follows a fortune hunter who believes motion wastes life, retreating to a country house and barely stirring for years.
Fra Stanislaus Kosca, formerly Fra Stanisinis Rose, transitioned from Trappist novitiate at Gethsemane Kentucky to Private in the Hospital Corps. He previously served in the Spanish American War era hospital in Jacksonville and will fulfill a three year term before possibly returning to the monastic life. He has Austrian parentage and has resided in the United States nine years.
In the Canary Islands engaged couples must court from the street as lovers are barred from entering the fiancés home. The girlfriend may sit in a window to receive attention while homes are in flats. Lovers use low voices and improvised devices to hear each other across distance.
The late Samuel 8. Cox known as Lunent Cox served in both Ohio and New York congresses and was famed for wit. A caller seeking an Egyptian mummy asked his influence while Cox presided, then he scanned Congress and crooned a dry quip about taking a “bolo” in a grave moment.
An Atchison woman aged 76 recently inherited a small sum and informed an 80-year-old man, who had previously jilted her at age 15, per Ohlaoy Globe. The report notes the unusual postscript to a long-ago romance and the woman’s decision to share the news with the former lover.
A famous hat worn by President Van Buren at his inauguration has been presented to Hitness College. The item, a symbol of era style, is linked with President Harrison and is highlighted by commentary from embryology professor.
The Kansas City Oatmeal and Cereal Company in Kansas City Missouri offers a free Atlas with their Atlas Oats. The edition includes one colored map and 97 pages of reading matter. Readers are urged to write for their copy.
A German theater in Mannheim staged a performance of one of Hirch-Pfeiffer’s plays to mark the centenary of her birth, drawing a well attended audience. The item also mentions San Francisco era ads and a variety of items, including foot care, arctic exploration notes, and fashion tips, reflecting a typical 19th century newspaper collage.
A fragmented OCR page notes John H. Smith, a New York City police officer born in Finland, obtaining permission from Calvary Presbyterian Church elders to hold country church services on Sunday afternoons. It mentions Finnish residents in New York Bay and references a Finnish gunboat warship and local civic notes.
Dayton Journal notes straw piles called strawaiart have vanished as baling becomes common in Preble County. Farmers now bale straw soon after thrashing, leaving few old time stacks visible.
A garbled column notes outward opening doors for Greek and Roman homes and warns against knocking before entry. It lists “Ten Greatest American abroad s” with mileage by railways as of July 1900, naming New York Central and others, then jumps to diet tips, patent remedies, dyeing with Putnam, and assorted ad-like lines across a miscellany page.
The passage describes a handle on the floor within reach of a bed that, when pulled, would apply brakes to the whole train. It mentions Queen Victoria's seleon earrings as part of the description.
A peculiar note claims that all Chinese government buildings are yellow and that private individuals must not paint exteriors yellow, labeling any violation a capital offense. The statement reflects outlandish color superstition rather than factual policy.
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