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Newspaper
Kansas Agitator
Location
Garnett, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1891
Page
2
A California man moves to build a hotel on a newly formed southern California lake shore. Heng, a philanthropist, recognizes the era’s needs. Hamburg millionaire Heinkel Belimilinski plans to leave most of his fortune to charitable institutions in his home city, funding support for an asylum for unmarried women.
Farnot McStaxcer of Troy Hill Pennsylvania reports his ottes drawing wide attention with about 2000 letters monthly. He answers roughly half and discards the rest. He predicts a pilgrimage of around 20,000 during the feast of St Anthony.
A cabinet photo of Harper's young daughter accompanies petitions sent to the president begging for mercy for E L Harper the Cincinnati bank robber. The child writes Dear Mr President won't you please send my papa home again and I will think you good.
In Cincinnati an unusual event occurred as the three Stevenson brothers, all railroad men, were simultaneously raised to the master’s degree in Free Masonry. The orderly ceremony drew a large crowd and caused ripples through the local lodges.
In Philadelphia’s large dry goods houses women clerks are required to wear black skirts, with summer allowances for white waists or jerseys while the skirts stay black. Two young ladies attempted to wear bell shaped dresses and were sent home to change, warned not to repeat the breach of dress code.
A reader notes 5000 Japanese in San Francisco with more across California and projects 20 000 within five years. The writer argues Japanese immigrants, skilled workers in carpentry and tailoring, threaten labor markets more than Chinese immigrants.
John D. Kilpatrick, noted railroad contractor and builder of the Central Pacific, died at his home in Nebraska. The report also notes Sing Sing inmate George Pranks, who arrived in Auburn with fifty transferred prisoners, under an alias.
Fifty dead and many injured are reported from the St Maude railway disaster. Grenadier Guards return from exile in Roglind. A swindler who duped Americans via Spain arrests. Britain and the World's Fair commission share luncheon talk. A French squadron visit to Russia prompts a Carnot greeting. Captain Saunders dies in Liverpool after a rescue. Italy adopts economy as policy while Vatican and state cut costs. Berland and Dore are guillotined in Paris amid crowding spectators. Berland creates a scene on the scaffold. Red socks referenced in passing.
Senator Quay and Wm W Dudley resign from the National Republican Committee. J Clarkson is chosen to succeed Quay. The executive committee met in Washington to accept Dudley’s resignation and elect Clarkson as chairman. Hobart elected vice chairman as the panel adjourned.
Crary Rozinner of CATO HL Ang. &-Samuely Davis, an engineer on the Mobily Ohio road, resisted officers Mahoney and Maller during a sudden frenzy. The suspect attacked furniture and threatened harm with a bed slat while his wife and children hid. Davis, steady and reliable, helped restrain him and place him in irons.
The notice states Mr Parnell will take action regarding Rapes 2X6 from eel airas amid O Shea divorce dispute. A London bankruptcy court ruling on costs seeks to pay O Shea's costs while Parnell argues the notice invalid due to executive page. The report notes further developments in the case and related delays.
Local capital aims to inject 3,000 into the new zinc smelter project in Joplin. The move signals a major expansion for the industrial site and broader regional production growth.
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