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Newspaper
Kansas Agitator
Location
Garnett, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1897
Page
4
The Topeka Capital ridicules the Philadelphia North American over a Kansas debt record bill. It rebuts claims of theft and defends the reform, urging harsher punishment for mortgage scammers and condemning press misrepresentation. It cites cases of mortgage fraud and vigilant citizen sentiment against capital power.
Guthrie reels as a six to eight foot high wall of water, a mile wide, crashes into the Oklahoma capital with no warning. Homes crushed, property destroyed, many killed or missing, residents stranded in trees or rescued from the floodwaters. The piece cites social and political commentary amid the disaster, including calls for socialism and public ownership as remedies.
A child requests a Christmas tale told in fluent verse. The speaker recalls a motherly Christmas story of Bethlehem Calvary and a gentle Christ, sung like starry carols. The poem reflects on memory, faith, and the timeless tale recited beside a child.
The piece presents an Easter poem praising Truth over Falsehood and urging public support for local merchants. It blends religious themes with a civic prompt as joyous girls stroll sidewalks and echoing bells mark Easter, while urging readers to patronize the AcrraTor.
A critical examination of Kansan legislative corruption, corporate influence, and public theft by lobbyists and private interests. The piece argues that public utilities are controlled by private corporations and calls for stripping privatized influence to restore honest, efficient governance.
A fragment lists recipients for letters advertised in April 1857. Individuals named include EL Smith, A Senich, Matty Mathews, Jin wsleison, Miss May Halstead, Edward Highey, War. Eliot, Mrs H L Crone, Ned W Crandall, War Mertz, and Mary Johnston.
A sale notice for Prince Louis a black stallion about 1700 pounds foaled April 1 1890s bred by Risser Horse Co Onarga and tied to the Society of Hippique of Eure et Loire Texas asks 6 for a living colt with insurance conditions and precautions specified.
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