Outcry Over Suppressed Progressive Teaching at State College
A column denounces actions by Stanley regents who dismissed professors Will, Bemis and others at the State Agricultural College for teaching politics and economics beyond Republican orthodoxy. It asserts plutocratic influence, fears of socialists, and vows to resist suppression of cooperative thought and the science of government.
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Kansas
Will
Bemis
State Agricultural College
Stanley Regents
Jesus
Wendell Phillips
Stanley
Agricultural College
The
Diana
Ephesians
Goldsmiths
Dia
Rockefellers
Day of Mancipation in verse street tones
A reflective poem describes Mancipation Day with long bright days and silver nights. The speaker recalls drums, flags, and laughter, while expressing mixed emotions about freedom, youthful teasing, and old memories. It contrasts public celebration with personal sorrow and enduring chains of the past.
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Tiger Lily
Hayfiel
Prescribing Obedience to Power and Weapons
A stern exhortation insists that people must be thoroughly impressed with the doctrine of submitting to the powers that be, for they are ordained by God. It warns that authorities have risen from the depths, and pledges to enforce obedience even by Gatling guns if necessary.
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God
Way
Financial shows 1898 99 stock advances and farmer woes
From July 1898 to July 1899 major stocks rose including American sugar stock from 134 to 157 and the Illinois Central from 110 to 115 while Wheat hogs cattle and cotton held near old prices. The article argues the gold standard boosts prices for labor and assets, while farmers and workers see little gain and blame the Bryan platform for misleading voters.
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Atchison
St. Paul
People’s Gas
Ilinois Central
New York Central
Metropolitan Street Railroad
Pennsylvania Railroad
Bryan
Ingalls on Trusts Prompting Biscuit Market Tactics
John J. Ingalls in the New York Journal recounts a Western state encounter with a so called American Biscuit Trust agent. He notes two Berlin bakers turned saloon keepers who tried resuming cracker sales faced price undercutting by the trust, which then opened a rival store, slashed prices, and responded to counter offers.
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New York Journal
John J. Ingalls
Berlin
Tinois
Trust
The Capital’s Downfall and a Grim Trade War
The speaker denounces price control as a crime worse than highway robbery. He contrasts this with tyranny by rulers, claiming capital strangulation harmed bakers in St Joseph and Atchison. Workers were discharged as a proprietor profits from guarding against free trade in ginger soaps and illicit food smuggling.
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St. Joseph
Atchison
Missouri River
Ridiculous Light Over Regents Lunch Room Gains
In Manhattan the State Agricultural College regents face ridicule after fusion holdovers Hoffman and Limbecker were ousted amid a partisan probe claiming misused funds for a student lunch room. The Republican regents reestablished the lunch room and borrowed 2000 to test cattle feeding. critics say the double standard mirrors past charges against their predecessors.
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Toreko
State Agricultural College
Manhattan
W. Eugene Stanley
C. B. Hoffman
J. N. Limbecker
Hoffman and Limbecker
Fragmentary Kansas Times note on governor pressure
A special Kansas City Times item hints that releasing certain defendant names would embarrass Governor Stanley. The fragment underscores political risk and potential harm to state leadership without full context or details.
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Stanley
Kansas City Times
Government Printing Office Used for Political Purposes
A historical critique argues the Government Printing Office serves political aims more than public education. It quotes Omaha Bee on speeches never delivered and costly publications rarely read, urging Congress to reform abuses and citizens to protest waste of public funds.
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Boston
Goverment Printing Office
The
Omaha Bee
Congress
United Action
Cape to Cairo Railway article in McClure’s August issue
W T Stead writes the Cape to Cairo Railway piece in McClure’s Magazine August, notable for Stead’s ties to Cecil Rhodes and key backers, with illustrations of incidents along the line. Miss Tarbell recounts Lincoln's death from unpublished recollections, richly illustrated.
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McClure
Cape To Cairo
W.T. Stead
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CAC
Anderson County
Jahen
iMeinl
UCT
Edie
JM. Anesanner, Wl. Amsnoen
Asenomte Editore
Marie
K. RT. AL
Syernunt
Garnier
Kassas
Meouer
Inez C. Parker
ST. Louis Post-Dispatch
Union Central
First State Bank
Garnett
Kas
Anderson Co
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