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Newspaper
Kansas Agitator
Location
Garnett, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1896
Page
6
Items from Garnett Kansas include social quips and jokes about local figures Jerome Mount of Three Mile Hay Nebraska, a lady pin invention, a bicycle theft aside, and elopement gossip. A colored man comments on new women and opportunity, urging fair merit in society.
In Oshkosh a young woman agreed to marry if the suitor Clemens F. Luck alters his four syllable name. Webster City reports a rabbit driven diphtheria outbreak with twelve deaths in five years near Tybithra Lutheran church school. The church building will be burned.
Mrs. White of Detroit raids saloon keepers to enforce her husband’s sobriety. Despite his wife’s prohibition he continues drinking, so she collects cash and supplies from saloonists to avert prosecutions, totaling about $300 this month.
A London editor notes English workers can recite Longfellow without reading Tennyson or Browning. At Amer ican testimony on a Mediterranean steamer showed six nationalities presenting verses. A Russian lady quoted wrom on the bridge at midnight and an English captain recited A Psalm of Life while a French naval officer performed Excelsior. The scene underlines Longfellow’s appeal as a heart language accessible to all lands.
A historic note on Dutch land reclamation describes eight centuries of pumping and diking that turned 12 thousand square miles of sea into usable ground. Now plans aim to drain part of the Guider Zee at a cost of fifty million dollars, adding about eight hundred more acres to Holland’s territory.
Washington interview with Senator Cockrell of Missouri describes the silver question, party unity, and tariff prospects. He cites Democratic gains, notes possible extra sessions, and comments on Republican resistance to tariff measures. The dialogue touches sound money Democrats and the 1900 political landscape.
Debaters argue wheat and silver share a long term correlation, noting wheat price rallies and silver stability offset by demonetization in 1873. They claim over years the two have risen and fallen together, and a brief wheat spike does not break the broader trend.
In a discussion from 19th century trade commentary, advocates claim wheat prices show no relation to silver values. Data since 1873 allegedly supports remonetization of silver, asserting separate monetary value drivers and no cross-influence between commodity prices.
The Aliver Trust laments after the election that most rich silver miners backed gold standards and oppose free silver. It accuses major papers of spreading lies about a silver trust while noting few large financiers supported Bryan and many funds went to defend the gold standard. It cites Mr Bryan’s personal effort and appeals to moderate donors.
A fragment reflects on Republicans and party leaders resisting labor wage cuts while Congress bans trusts. It asserts anti trust law exists but is not enforced against trusts, yet was used to target labor organizers. The piece notes trusts multiplying despite the law and forming combinations without hindrance.
After an election in Jackson Obl, mines in surrounding coal regions notified workers to drop pay from sixty one to forty five cents per ton. The piece accuses a prominent Republican backer of profiting and predicts a sweeping reduction in wages for laborers and farmers who supported McKinley.
Leader recounts Cyclone Davis of the Populists once poised to succeed Cubertson in the House. His push for McKinley electors split his faction, angered Bryan supporters, and led to his downfall amid disputes over free silver and party colors. Assertions come from T J Cunningham of the Lone Star state at the Riggd House in Washington.
The piece argues Republicans push higher beer taxes as a front in a crusade against brewers and beer trusts. It claims brewers prosper, while politicians frame beer as a poor man’s beverage to shield the taxpayer from higher prices.
Dispatches report widespread bread riots across British India with an imminent danger of mass deaths from famine. British troops reportedly struggle to control the unrest and are said to be firing on starving rioters, sparking international alarm.
A fragment suggests an idea that an afficacious plan to check famine could be cheaper than American wheat, seen as a likely experiment watched closely by the country’s moneyed interests.
The wave of mood times strikes the coal trust after Mr McKining's election, raising coal prices twenty five cents per ton at least fifty million dollars to the trust. Prices rose prior to election by one dollar per ton while miners' wages stayed the same or were cut in several cases. The piece blames McKinley and prosperity as the natural consequence.
Describes the rise of Babas or forerunners in Mahdism as seen by contemporary sources. Traces Mirza Ali Mohammed, his claim to be a forerunner, his execution, and the spread of mysticism and panentheism among the tratima in Persia. Mentions sects like poufl hnakom and abelkfi taba shaping political thought.
Report of skeletons found near Anderson with heads partially removed for brain removal. Editor Biddle possesses a skull showing a sawed top and brains possibly extracted. Finds near Montpelier and Indiana mounds fuel theories of a taller, skilled ancient race.
A New York Sun tip suggests wrapping a three inch wide paper band around a frosted cake to prevent icing from running down the sides. Secure it tightly and allow the frosting to dry fully before removing the band for an even thick edge.
A playful exchange reports a parent urging Bobby to sleep early for fishing while Bobby resists, echoing a maritime or rural scene. The dialogue mirrors a New York World flavor, illustrating how family humor and mornings harken to the old saying the early bird catches the worm.
Coffee frog of duty is cited as a unique feature in Holland, claimed as the only European country to admit it. The note refrains from details beyond the regulatory idiosyncrasy and the nation’s stance on this item.
Kansas newspapers report state printer plans by Pleasanton editor Latimer, county representation disputes over 259 vote rule, and a trial in district court where Jim Butler was jailed for escape after a prohibition case. Also noted are governor Morrill’s Europe trip plans, campaign expense tallies, and local business notes.
Poorly legible bid for soil, rainfall, and land quality touts fertile lands in eastern Colorado County with strong crop potential. Claims mild climate, good drainage, and ample rainfall. promises low prices, easy terms, and four year payments. Advertises farm excursions via HL F to Fort Worth and Santa Fe routes, offers free land book and colonization details from manager at 11th State Building, Chicago.
An 1890s advertisement extols Dr Kay's Long Balm for coughs sore throats and general illness. A pastor from Des Moines cites personal success after trying the product and recommends ordering from the Western office in Omaha Neb for five dollars per five bottles.
A jumble of humorous vignettes on courtship and social mores mocks a widow's damages claims and a teasing theater crowd. Light quips about lovers, mothers, and daily life appear beside railway ads and gossip.
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