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Newspaper
Kansas Agitator
Location
Garnett, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1904
Page
8
A Fountain Tree on the Canary Islands is said to distill water from sea mist each morning. The mist, driven by the winds against a steep cliff, is believed to produce a supply sufficient for all living beings on the island, a remedy attributed to nature.
A garbled 19th century ad style passage notes a watch on Mont Blanc gaining thirty six seconds daily due to air thinness and higher pressure. It references the World’s Fair in St Louis and various ads and odd product mentions including starch and a remedy. The text is fragmented with many unrelated insertions.
A reporter joins keepers at Minot Ledge to explore the fogbound lighthouse. He climbs a five story ascent through lamp rooms and kitchens, learns of the revolving lens, and witnesses storms and rescue lore tied to the Bates girls at Scituate. The piece blends sea danger with antique beacon lore and local memory.
A Tall Genius Nicola Testa, a prominent electricity student, is described as unusually tall with a flighty, genius-like demeanor. His inventions have made him wealthy yet he remains a tireless professional, about 37 in appearance, ten years younger than his actual age, son of a Greek church priest.
The piece extols the rarcesia or Sumatra 18 as the largest and most magnificent flower with five round petals a foot across in red and yellowish white swellings, surrounding a nearly foot wide cup with stamens. It also promotes Defiance Cold Water Starch for laundry use, claiming 16 oz per package, no iron sticking, and value against competing 12 oz packs, urging readers to Demand Defiance.
The reminiscence notes Avraham Lincoln loved gingerbread while Stonewall Jackson enjoyed buckwheat cakes. Ralph Waldo Emerson favored plum pie, Dr. O W Holmes valued peaches, Charles Sumner had a weakness for chocolate creams, Andrew Jackson praised ice cream, and George Washington favored hickory nuts.
A tale claims boiled boots can become soup and notes Mark Twain allegedly ate boots with holes tasting best. The piece urges sensible housekeepers to choose Defiance Starch for value and quality.
Notes describe how a fishes sense organs relate to pore networks on the head and a lateral band of canals linked to the outside via scale holes. The exact function of this apparatus remains unknown. Also referenced is Defiance Starch pricing and a claim about 44,000 US hotels employing 4.6 million people with a $6 billion investment.
Some Japanese historians aver that Genghis Khan, the 13th century conqueror of the Aglade, may have been born in Japan. The claim, debated by scholars, challenges traditional origins of the famed conqueror.
The region known as Tibet or Thibett is described as an unexplored country with vast plateaus and the world’s loftiest snowbound peaks. Its territory ranges from roughly 370 000 to 900 000 square miles and population estimates vary widely from 1.2 million to 12 million.
In June 1903 Canadian strikes totaled about 62 488 working days, up nearly 3 000 from the prior month. A major cause was a Sydney Nova Scotia iron and steelworkers walkout with 39 000 days lost. Six disputes produced mixed results with three wins for employers and three for the strikers, four settled by compromises, and one case resolved by new employees joining the union.
About a million telegrams are sent daily worldwide. In 1903 England led with 304,815,474 telegrams and 2,171,000 in dollars. The United States was second with 91,391,000. Germany Russia Austria Belgium and Italy followed in order.
Miraetta Harroop of Windsor Ontario recounts four years of salpingitis and ovarian inflammation. She praises Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for restoring health in five months and warns of possible hospital operation if neglected. A $5000 forger claim accompanies the letter's showing.
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