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Newspaper
Kansas Agitator
Location
Garnett, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1897
Page
2
The article compiles varied clippings from Kansas and beyond, noting social curiosities, theatrical clashes with authorities, a Boston debutante in a sanitarium, reflections on Admiral Tromp, and a Grand Rapids theater bettering charity amid police pressure. It also covers wedding gift woes, bread price debates in England, and wheat to loaf cost calculations, with figures on gold output and local anecdotes.
A dramatic obituary notes Henry George dies four days before a New York election, once derided for Progress and Poverty now hailed as a reformer and patriot. The piece questions why archists of today may defend county honor tomorrow, citing shifting views on his work and influence.
National labor commissioner Carrot D. Wright challenges views on women entering industries. He cites invention, telegraph, and electricity creating new jobs while noting women’s perceived reliability and willingness to accept lower pay. The piece also recalls historic shifts where women moved into textiles, cooking, and dairy work, implying men may reclaim roles as needed.
England braces for a possible strike of cotton spinners and weavers affecting 300,000 operators. Manufacturers demand wage reductions to curb bad trade, but workers refuse, arguing lower pay harms competitiveness. Estimated losses reach over 5 million dollars annually for spinners and weavers combined. Unions vow to resist, potentially halting production by shortening hours as a remedy.
President Ratchford argues for a more perfect miners union embracing all members with a solid defense fund. He says reforms like shorter hours and higher wages have advanced only through strong trade unions and readiness to strike if needed.
Trades urge a universal eight hour day to distribute surplus labor from mines and curb idle workers. The idle man is not always undeserving. the employed laboring long hours lowers wages for others. Machinery regulation is a shared issue to prevent people from being controlled by machines.
The Brotherhood of Tallovs with 15,000 members seeks to abolish the contract system through a peaceful conference with the Clothing Manufacturers' association. Meyer Schoenfeld, business agent for the brotherhood, says strikes harm both sides and that abolition would boost profits, raise wages, and shorten the workday by hiring directly.
The Cleveland City editor scolds readers for overworking the monopoly question and mocks the Omaha Labor Bulletin. It urges caution in political agitation, cautions against alienating friends, and encourages spreading public ownership of monopolies while avoiding excess.
The era’s voice laments sowing public gifts abroad and warns Minnesotans to back local literacy. It cites John D. Rockefeller and Andrew Carnegie as two men of means with duty to fund a state university or library at home.
Neto L W Trogers launches a labor paper in Landing amid Knights of Labor prestige recovery. United Labor League of western Pennsylvania seeks support to block judges who oppose government by Infune ton. A four-railroad brotherhood federation plan is proposed in Peoria with ratification to train men and other groups across the US Canada and Mexico. English reports say employer federation ponders talks with Amalgamated Society of Engineers to end a major strike. Sir Charles Duke of Gloucestershire criticizes rising American labor sentiment amid high tensions in Newcastle meetings.
A long feature profiles Blind Adam Domeraus, a once sighted man who became famous in Kane County after losing his vision. He runs a small cottage workshop near the Fox River with his wife, makes two brooms an hour, performs on the flute, and recounts his Bavarian origins, early hard labor, and path to broommaking in Jacksonville and Huntley before settling in South Elgin with his wife Miss Bower.
London Sketch reports Mary Anderson-Navarro now Mme de Navarro has withdrawn from public life and settled near the Cotswolds. The article notes her transformation into a village presence, her sunny health, and a reduced, contented domestic life. It highlights Miss Valerie White and Miss Anderson’s circle, praising her voice and suggesting a possible concert collaboration.
English speaking visitors to Paris in 1900 will benefit as Proprinters of “Muggising du Louvre” and “Whiteley’s of Paris” launch English lessons for their staff. English professors will be paid by the firms to reduce the need for interpreters and improve service at the counters.
A political rally turns chaotic as the presidential candidate, faced with taunts about his background, bolts from a second story window to escape assault. The crowd shouts for removal as the mob cries down with him. News from Cleveland Leader details the tense scene and uncertain outcome at the polls.
An expert estimates a sixty minute modern fleet engagement would cost over 500000 dollars for ammunition and wear. He notes this excludes censorship damage and related losses which could reach into the millions.
The article notes studies by William George Jordan on turning city refuse into fertilizer worth 9 to 12 dollars per ton, and describes processes in St Louis that evaporate water, dissolve fatty substances, and yield saleable products. It mentions municipal waste disposal costs in London and Paris and devices like the dust destructor making clinkers for rails and cement.
Dogs that pull loads in Alaska wear small moccasins to protect their feet on cold and rough ice. The dogs perform tasks usually done by horses, dragging and carrying heavy loads as their drivers fit buckskin or reindeer skin footwear with leather thongs to keep their feet from injury.
A jumble of humorous lines and garbled phrases references a mayor, a journal, and a sun heat metaphor. Odd exchanges involve Miss Klondike and Young Fool, with mentions of Mr Totling, Mr Dimling, a Detroit telegraph messenger, and a town with a fast wheel rider.
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