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Newspaper
Kansas Agitator
Location
Garnett, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1903
Page
1
United States District Judge Peter S. Grosscup urges taming the trusts by turning them over to the people. He argues that making trusts public and democratic will render them harmless and curb their power, a plan praised by Socialists and advocates of government ownership. The piece notes alignment with public ownership, endorsing the judge’s approach.
A fiery exhortation argues that wage earners form 75 percent of voters and criticizes working class voters for opposing unions. It questions who appoints judges, noting elections decide judges and urging voters to accept political roles in labor disputes. The piece condemns keeping politics out of unions and warns about class conflict.
An Emporia Gazette editorial argues Victor Murdock will be a queer figure in Congress until it gains sense. It accuses Congress of fakery and calls the lower house a pack of lies and a gang of clerks serving senators or constituents, with little real legislative work.
Charley Finch comments on Miss HELuN Goutp planning to hire experts to study plans for improving the condition of the poor. He urges attention to preventing her brothers and other millionaires from gobbling the earth and taking wealth from the earners.
A Chicago heiress prepares for marriage to a European prince while Americans express unease about royal matches. The piece contrasts American concerns with the Sultan of Turkey acquiring a slave girl, noting the Sultan’s approach differs from European and American practices.
Poem reflects on the power of words and deeds to shape outcomes. It uses metaphor of seeds and trees to emphasize that actions and thoughts return as results. Emphasizes kindness flourishing into shelter, and thoughts traveling as swift influences that bring back what was sent out.
J McDilla argues Jesus’s command to love thy neighbor as thyself. the parable of the Good Samaritan condemns priests and Levites for neglect while praising the Samaritan. He extends the lesson to society’s failures, noting victims of poverty, drink, and inequality as modern neighbors needing aid and compassion.
A long editorial laments chronic financial robbers and social rot. It argues Christian love would prevent poverty and crime, condemns debt and saloons, and urges citizens to hunt down violators, close risks, and educate for self defense. It concludes with a call to continued action.
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