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Newspaper
Kansas Agitator
Location
Garnett, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1897
Page
2
A mosaic of brief items from a Kansas paper covers suicide inquiry, a Georgia kiss price, a Caspian earthquake point, a narcotic from white zapote seed, Bank of Spain figures from 1896, Texas hog metrics, and state pork production trends. It notes Missouri and Iowa changes, Ohio declines, and Kansas hogs context.
A carved sculpture theme shows a heathen artist polishing the crown of a giant. Admirers doubt the need for every hair work while the godlike standard drives the craftsman to perfection. The tale links small moral perfections to fidelity beyond human eyes.
One of the world’s great storekeepers has founded a cadet school for boys in his employ at the Philadelphia store. Attendance is required between specified ages with free supper and exercises. After a year the program shows encouraging results and aims to foster sympathy for the poor among workers. Also a Senate amendment to exclude former members who lobby from floor access is discussed, with some doubt about its credibility.
The excerpt argues that a universal banking network linking all banks would enable pure barter, with debts and credits transferred via a perfected clearing system. It claims about 90 percent of trading now occurs without money, via debits and credits, making banks central to production and exchange.
The excerpt explains utility as inherent usefulness and distinguishes value and price as relative terms tied to trade. It contrasts objects like the sun and open sea with diamonds, noting that a thing can have high utility but no value or price, while diamonds can have high value and price despite low utility. It cites land, wealth, and slavery as examples of utility, value, and price.
The text defines Velvet money as a common medium of trade that is not wealth itself but a payable order redeemable in any form. It explains how money simplifies barter by matching buyers who want money with sellers who prefer goods, and how money standardizes values so items like hats shoes chairs or umbrellas can all be valued by a single unit.
The text discusses the need for money beyond coin, noting checks notes and exchange as essential tools. It explains this system functions as operations upon banks and bankers to transfer accounts on ledgers, highlighting money management as a key theme.
The text argues that labor and land are essential to wealth production with rent and wages forming two main distribution divisions. It explains that capital yields interest as a sub-factor, shaping how wealth is split among labor, landowners, and capital providers, and defines the roles of wages, rent, and interest in economic distribution.
A turbulent summary of labor actions cites machinists in demand for an eight hour day on May 1 1808, Buffalo workers marching to Batavia for peas, Schenectady polishers and brewers forming unions, Louisville broom makers expelling convict-made brooms, and various cities debating wage and work hour reforms. Reports also cover Labor Day plans in Indiana, calls for a minimum wage by Australian clergy, a Gulf to San Diego railroad proposal, a Frisco firm losing a boycotting suit, Plymouth street railway crews eight hour days, and child labor reforms under Hindu and local laws.
A verse about a mother reflecting on a boy’s grief after his brother dies. The speaker laments that the child cannot play and imagines heavenly reunion as the living seek solace amid summer memories by the garden, brook, and glade. The entry names themes of absence, longing, and faith.
Three siblings Marjorie Sophie and Besele tour a city life and a seaside trip before straying into a dark hollow of beech, rocks and frogs. A bear and fear drive them toward a farmhouse where their mother rescues them as they fearfully recount the night.
A Massachusetts Agricultural College study reports electricity affects seed germination and early growth. High initial sprouts show a strong response, but influence wanes as plants enlarge. A single brief treatment boosts germination, while continuous exposure yields diminishing returns.
A compilation of assorted items notes Britain’s manpower for war service, Wyoming survey costs, Rhode Island city populations, art reproductions from Tissot, and a famed Neapolitan miracle. It mentions Austrias parties in parliament, a Vermont fountain claim, and a home for women and children, followed by reflections on fine art dress and a homemaking guide with Ivory Soap usage and dress care.
A compilation of era notes mentions a street music limit in Boston to string instruments, a single Latin newspaper published by a German in Aquila Italy, and large landholdings by the Duke of Sutherland in Scotland. It cites prayers in Ashburn Georgia, debted France, Confederate veteran fundraising for a war women monument, Rhode Island legislature comments, debate on lethal chambers, Michigan island purchase for $6.50, Sydney post clock flashes, brigand threats in India, Lahore jewel robbery totaling $38000, and a Maine coast schooner report from Captain H B Richards near Negro Island.
A humorous, fragmented sketch on marriage and domestic quirks. It jokes that Eve did it, closets fill after moving, dogs next door interrupt, and gifts and fears shape wedding rituals. It references old deities and unusual days, all in a playful tone.
Fragmentary text traces origins of weekday names from sun and moon worship and mentions Tusco Tulisco and Woden. The passage cuts off amid discussing Tuesday and Wednesday, with references to Tulisco and Thor. The exact context and full argument are unclear due to incomplete OCR.
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