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Newspaper
Kansas Agitator
Location
Garnett, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1902
Page
3
A quirky exchange at ringside features two pugilists and a referee who rules a green trunks fighter as constructively knocked out after guarding low. An expert explains why a dog can be fashionable only if it fits ideal size and appeal, while a novice questions the idea.
A witty exchange unfolds as a sour-pated spinster tells the wife of the man who wooed her that he proposed out of revenge for her prior rejection. She retorts that he is driven by gratitude, claiming revenge never brought sweetness and he feels only gratitude toward her.
A humorous collage of quips and exchanges about rules, money, and daily life. A farmer, a hen, and a leghorn rooster spar over prices and pride while a narrator muses on time and propriety as spouses and strangers swap lines.
In a Goat Lady asylum scene a doctor explains two inmates who lost their reason. One was jilted by a lady and went mad. the other lost his mind after marrying the same woman. Both are described as harmless despite their condition.
A humorous exchange in Kentucky unfolds as a floorwalker misdirects a man seeking a wife to a department store marked down sale of second-hand wives on the twenty third floor. The quip plays on dialect and miscommunication with characters including Gayboy Rounder Juice and a judge.
A fragmentary dialogue presents Mrs Caustique arguing marriage faults lie with social bias, not women. A crusty bachelor counters that blame is misplaced. The text references brotherly love and a nested line about Nance and Jack Morgan, but clarity is limited by missing context.
A comic dialogue features Hobson and Bagley with a boast about gaining 130 pounds and a playful reveal of the visitor. The scene shifts to a misadventure about a nurse twin mix up, concluding with a pun on wholesale versus retail nursing and a firework-like blunder in pyrography.
A paradoxical line from Ingend states that ugly affection proves love, claiming the beloved’s beauty rests on the speaker’s deep feelings. The remark twists perception, suggesting love alters judgment and justifies praise as a reflection of emotion.
A humorous fragment lampoons a parental talk about gender, guests and social pretensions. Three banjos thunder from windows as a father laments his three daughters, while a dinner with the "four hundred" prompts satire on manners and table fare.
In a humorous dialogue Mrs Snape reads of a Belfast man who marries three women while Mr Snape recalls a local man who married one. A small exchange follows about a neighbor child’s singing, with curious family reactions and a fond parent remark.
Fred teases about Maggie’s appearance saying she has neither face nor money and that her neck is all she has to show. The remark exposes social pretensions and cousinly insensitivity in a sharp exchange.
A string of quirky quips and jokes about hats, a minister’s rain prayers, a picnic sight gag, a weigh off, a parrot murder accusation, and a parrot’s crude imitation of a lawn mower. The snippets amuse with wordplay and light banter from a bygone page.
In a classroom exchange, Sammy defines nutritious food as something to eat that has no taste. The excerpt notes Hopeck has given up smoking, reflecting a shift toward healthier choices.
Hearth and Boudoir notes light weight all wool fabrics for autumn and winter gowns. It praises soft white wool goods and a palette of deep greens blues violets and browns with fresh curtain hues. For little girls blouse suits in serge satin and similar fabrics are recommended, with a blue serge model shown and specific material quantities given for a medium size eight years.
A playful line examines laughter versus gloom, suggesting that even a weak imitation of a beastly laugh surpasses a frown or sigh in tone. The quip invites a lighter mood amid a mundane moment.
The piece describes a smart dress of soft gray twisled wool with a simple coat bodice that can be worn over a blouse or styled with lace and muslin. It advises on versatile coat wear and outlines cautious packing methods for flowers, recommending moss and florists paper to protect blooms during mailing.
A fragment notes fabric textures and tones as similar to diaphanous silks, describing coolness and visual lightness. The passage contrasts heavier than muslin with translucent weaves, suggesting a refined wardrobe mood.
A reflective piece urges women to own their given social role and shape it by choice. It argues happiness hinges on inner resolve and personal actions rather than external circumstances.
The guide explains fitting flowers into the box with no crowding and no stacked layers. Rows should be tight, with flower heads resting on the stems of the previous row so only blooms show when the box is closed.
The article outlines fur fashion trends with cape collars in vogue and a shift toward ermine, chinchilla, seal, and baby lamb furs. It notes modern flat stole popularity, longer pieces, and varied coats. loose blouse coats with embroidery, and increased bone box coats.
The piece describes shaping decorative ruffles at elbow sleeves, lace threaded with ribbon, and coordinated picture gowns with picture hats. It notes pompadour taffetas for dresses, dangling wells on hats, deep velvet bindings, and hats that drape back and front with back emphasis. It cites popular weaves, revived undersleeves, pale cream pink roses, and sheer organdie as chic fabrics.
A country idyll interrupts the urban strain as a worker overwhelmed by trade life encounters a breath of rural calm. The poem contrasts brick and stone street life with hayfilled lanes and orchard paths, praising love and a heavenly memory that softens the busy, money-driven city. It references Charla Francia Saunders in Harper's.
A pilgrim writer details use of children under twelve in cotton mills across the South with reports of eight and seven year olds on night shifts in South Carolina and Alabama. Wages run pauper scale, adults earning 60 cents to a dollar daily, children 10 to 40 cents. workdays run from 5 45 am to 6 30 pm plus often two extra hours under benevolent paternalism, with no union interference.
Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen held its most successful convention in St Louis. Delegates debated skilled versus unskilled membership and a higher per capita tax for death benefits, both results discussed and referred to locals. Michael Donnelly was reelected president and Homer D Call of Syracuse was reelected secretary treasurer with a $600 annual raise.
The twenty ninth annual report of Hugo Miller second vice president of the International Typographical Union covers the German branch. It notes consolidation of German newspapers causing a light membership decrease and only one strike occurred, which was won. Finances are strong with benefits totaling over 11000. A push seeks to add old age or invalid benefits to protect members from poverty as they age.
Samuel Gompers, president of the AFL, spoke to a large crowd on the labor and capital relationship from the workman’s perspective. He noted the cruel impact of child labor, criticizing states with no prohibitions and urging reform as mills depend on exploited youth. He added that missing speaker Joby Mitchell of the United Mine Workers could not attend due to the anthracite crisis.
A minister preached twenty years to a faithful congregation with only one soul converted. When urged to leave, he accepted the count, thanking God for the single conversion and hoping for two more in twenty more years if spared by God.
J L Kilburn, newly chosen president of the Georgia Federation of Labor, is a Macon Typographical union member and district organizer for the AFL. He organized seventeen Macon unions in fourteen months and has led the Macon Central Labor Union for years. A Georgia state legislator, he was renominated for a second term in the Democratic primary and is active in the Bike Knights of Pythias and Red Men.
The September 1 wage scale of the Lake Seamen's Union sets pay for wheelmen and watchmen at $52.50 per month on steamers and barges, and $2.26 per day in all schooners, applicable wherever the vessel is located on that date. Members are warned not to sign articles unless the clause is included.
The National Boilermakers and Shipbuilders’ Association convention in Baltimore debated piece work and favored day work changes. It adopted resolutions thanking Congress for navy yard builds and decided to pay each of six vice presidents 1200 dollars annually.
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