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Newspaper
Kansas Agitator
Location
Garnett, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1901
Page
3
A feature by W. H. Blodgett in the Indianapolis News highlights labor on local freight trains and the skilled, unseen work of conductors and switch crews. It paints workers as quiet heroes and truth-tellers amid hardship, praising their dedication and craft while noting the social context of labor.
A historical glimpse describes a local freight train operation with conductor C. A. Manker, head brakeman A. C. Thomas, center brakeman Fy E. Nollins, rear brakeman William McClaine, engineman William Healey, and William Dunlap as foreman. The crew assembles at 6 a.m. in the east yards and plans to depart at 7:45 a.m. from Belt crossing, with freight loaded as short loads, way cars, and terminal loads, all carefully recorded on DIL forms for proper distribution.
The piece reviews U S corn as the country’s most valuable crop with last year’s value at 751 220 034 dollars, compares corn to cotton and wheat, and notes corn yields and price changes across decades. It also discusses eating habits, claiming Americans are the greatest meat eaters among modern nations and cites commentary by Carlyle and Emerson on American appetite.
The engineer of the Twentieth Century will need broad knowledge and education. Inventions evolve beyond the surface ideas of the nineteenth century as Watt’s genius showed, with practical methods driving progress. Each successful inventor finds fuel for further productivity, while new tools and rotating instruments continually open avenues for engineering advances.
The first labor day Japan ever knew was observed in Tokyo on April 3 last. The celebration was proposed and managed by the Niroku Shinpo, a newspaper, a friend of the laboring class. Soon after the announcement, more than 1,000 laborers secured admittance to the ceremony.
The three torpedo boat destroyers launched at Maryland Steel Works illustrate the class of sixteen authorized in 1898. They weigh 420 tons, draw nine feet, and feature straight bows for seaway clearance. With crews of about 60, they epitomize advanced naval engineering aimed at high speed, endurance, and coastal defense potential by 1902.
The Columbia cruiser, once valued at $5,000 and built 11 years ago as a fast commerce destroyer, arrived at Brooklyn to be used as a receiving ship. Machinery is rusted, pumps fail, and only hand pumps keep it afloat, while other ships from the era remain in service. President Castro addresses Venezuelan concerns, noting Colombian instigation in unrest and an alleged invasion repulsed by Venezuela.
The first ascent of Mont Blanc was achieved by Balmat and Paccard in 1786. They earned Saussure's prize offered twenty six years earlier for 80 ducats. Today about fifty parties climb it each year.
A fragment states that out of three million inhabitants in Liberia about 25 000 are argalviliged and from the original fifty thousand Africans sent there by colonization about 15 000 are descendants, reflecting early demographic claims from the era.
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