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Newspaper
Kansas Agitator
Location
Garnett, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1896
Page
6
A humorous exchange in a Cleveland Post item features a wife as plaintiff and a judge quipping about the new woman while noting the jury is comprised of married men. The dialogue satirizes gender roles and courtroom decorum.
Gossip from a court house overheard about sheriff candidates sparks banter and feuding among rivals. A clerk’s alleged political tie and a mock dialogue about marriage and voter status surface as light-fare amid charged local politics. The item cites the Pittsburgh Chronicle Telegraph and Washington Star as sources for timely wit.
A Kentucky Colonel is saved from a watery grave in the Mississippi bottom. He remains shaken and asks where he is, then jokes about landing in a prohibition state and wanting to be thrown back. The scene shifts to light banter about long marriages and a quip about ball bearing and watches from a Washington Times note.
The Cleveland Post recalls a quip from Mary Queen of Scots at her execution. She pauses at the scaffold and asks her burial attendants to place her head correctly, the warder quipping to set it straight as the cortege proceeds.
A terse local scene shows a mother berating Joe Jefferson as he stands mute and silent, with the speaker counting and pressing him to hear the rebuke in a tense moment.
A Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph note recounts Mrs Dukane scolding her daughter for slang as they debate if consuming can mean eating. A second item, "A Loving Mother," features a clumsy twenty one year old boy whose mother seeks a graceful path for him, joking about breaking things and commandments.
A patient recounts a dental visit where he was told he had nerve and could endure pain, then agreed to inhale gas for a troublesome tooth. An auditor remarks on him “getting rid of it” as the gas treatment proceeded.
A humorous exchange about a pastor who has married many couples since the start of the year. The punchline notes he has “caused 17 Hearts to beat a fifty-eight and a half,” with a quirky aside about a “bloomer girl” marrying a “postage-atamp cole leotar,” yielding a local newspaper style joke.
A dialogue snippet shows an author pressing for a strong emotionally charged moment while an actor opposes trampling on ties of affection, calling the scene too suggestive. The exchange centers on artistic intent versus audience sensitivity.
A noisy exchange centers on Grimshaw's gift described as a cigar tagillatnous. The critic, Tike Nam Dike, damns the odor likening it to brimstone and peppers while demanding the brand. Grimshaw remains calm and reveals the name Meru Louse.
Fragmentary OCR text questions Ragweed Keggie about leaving Rertless Watkins last year. It mentions Roadalde Jim and working his tees with a 1 hit slomp, indicating unclear local sports or personnel notes amid garbled phrasing.
In Woman's Corner new for Little Gtrieif Silk A Dress of Crepon Keme offers inexpensive remnants for small gowns. Five cents a yard buys dimity or batiste for future makes, with dianty lawns and blouses with short skirts edged by embroidery. Bright colors like yellow and green dominate, with white hats and pink rosebuds completing outfits.
The fragment describes a woolen crepon costume with gray and maroon taffeta elements, a Loula Quinze bodice with changeable taffeta vest, and gauze trims. It shifts to a domestic vignette about Bertha L and a motorist rule, then to rustic anecdotes and a moral about folly and danger.
A column offers guidance on social etiquette and appearances. It covers whether to shake hands at introductions, polite replies after dances, favorable hair colors for brunettes, and appropriate hairstyles for a 16 year old. Also includes advice on pursuing acting careers and remedies for hair loss with cautions about the low probability of success in acting.
A detailed description of a sable and white striped silk costume. The skirt features a full front with three pleats at the back. The bodice shows sable passementerie opening to a pink silk gauze chemisette with coquilles. Sleeves are striped silk with pink gauze puff. Belt, shoulder knots, and collar are white gauze and jacque minot silk.
An old time styled judge remarks on trains favoring the opposite track noting how many travel the other way since their start. The quoted line evokes a rural, folkloric voice about transportation and fate.
A brief, enigmatic quotation questions genuine desire to elevate the stage in American culture. It contrasts a skeptical view with an apparent aside about a wallery godn, suggesting a meta reflection on art and intent amid a terse, pocket-sized cultural nugget.
The report describes a Windsor castle footman nicknamed Sergeant Bikeman who tends candles and bridies for royal children and who supposedly received the title from the queen. It notes the queen’s favorable view of the wheel and mentions Bikeman’s scarfe gold coat buckskin breeches top boots and hat in vivid detail.
A yearly prize known as the crown of roses and the tithe of the Rosarie is awarded for virtue in several provincial towns in France. In Nanterre near Paris the city awards the crown and gifts to a maid deemed worthy by the municipality after a formal convocation to assess local maids.
A Philadelphia woman jokes about old intents and the sound of trolley cars while a New York woman comments, as an Indianapolis Journal item notes an angel of peace and goodwill retreating for a call set in 8300 A.D.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer item notes Charlie Dumley’s attempt to win the Bullion heiress by flattering her father as a communist sympathizer. The ruse failed to win the daughter’s favor, leaving Charlie out of the family circle.
Aunt Mary tells Henry not to be cast down and that the sooner she goes the sooner she will return. Henry laments not seeing any consolation and questions what comfort remains in that.
Banvist offers excursions to the Southwest including Oklahoma Indian Territory Western Colorado Utah and Arizona with a round trip fare plus a small tax and stopover privileges. The program runs on several dates from August through October and invites Homespoxers to enjoy autumn travel while harvests peak. Gen Hagenbuch P T A Santa Fe Line provides details and booking from Kavsan City Missouri.
A garbled court scene mutters about a husband and wife, a black eye, and requests for urgent assistance. The speaker speaks of sight, mobility, poverty, and a lack of carpets, with references to life and a rushed plea for aid in a troubled domestic context.
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