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Newspaper
Kansas Agitator
Location
Garnett, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1901
Page
3
A column argues that men shaped by childhood attitudes toward women become better husbands by learning courtesy and empathy. It warns against “too much boy” behavior, urges mothers to guide sons, and contrasts male attitudes with women’s daily realities, using domestic scenes and social pressures as context.
The article describes two gowns from Paris, one by Doucet in embroidered white muslin with straw-colored satin, featuring a plum draped girdle and black lace hat. The second gown by Pantin blends velvet and guipure with a velvet girdle, white muslin undergarments, and a cerise chip hat with green plume, illustrating daring, capricious styling.
Miss Bowen daughter of Canon Bowen of Chester pursued art from schoolbook sketches to sculpture and painting in Rome with F Sanitorio and at Circolo Artiatico. Her early works My Old Nurse and A View of Sorrento sold at the Women Artists exhibition. St James Chapel at Elberon, N J, notable for Garfield and Grant memories with memorials to Drexel and Childs. The chapel, founded by summer residents, hosts notable bishops and is served by Rev William Bodine in season.
Rome correspondent of the London Daily Chronicle reports that Mgr Falconio will succeed Cardinal Martinelli as Papal delegate in the United States, replacing Mgr Calabria who was previously listed. Falconio, Papal delegate in Canada, is in America at Little Valley New York, naturalised and voting history noted. Born in 1242 at Fescocosto.
Bowler Col notes a western city with two women undertakers Mina M Wendt Buchhelt and Ming Mary Melette rising in the trade after marriages and examinations. Both women, prominent in Boulder society, operate rival firms and challenge male-dominated norms in the profession.
James R. Howe as Brooklyn register promised to donate fees to public uses and plans a $60,000 Washington equestrian statue. Six sculptors were invited, with Shrady’s design chosen. Critics claim it copies Napoleon at Austerlitz, while Shrady argues it offers a new Washington concept. Public sentiment remains divided as Brooklynites accept the result.
An old newspaper describes a Pennsylvania inventor's improved water wheel using balanced buckets that stay full during the downward run and empty at the lowest point. A tripping device releases water as the buckets begin the upward journey, allowing efficient return and restoring balance. The design claims about a forty percent increase in power output.
An illustrated electric plow links two mortars on separate carriages to plow fields efficiently. Secretary F. D. Coburn notes Kansas alfalfa acreage jumped from 34,984 acres in 1891 to 910,000 by 1901, with gains across many counties.
The article notes Russian efforts to expand tea cultivation in the Caucasus where tea can be grown beyond ornament. It recalls early attempts near the Black Sea since 1890 and ongoing government support while noting limited success. It also recounts John KR. Barlow and his son visiting a scarcely explored area near Nidgars Cave of the Winds and a remote point behind and under the American fall, claiming unseen rock changes since 1887.
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