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Newspaper
Kansas Agitator
Location
Garnett, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1896
Page
1
A festive verse depicts a merry marching band led by Santa Claus driving toward earth with bells and joy. The poem celebrates gifts for girls and boys and the thrill of seasonal revelry as echoes of celebration reach distant shores.
A devotional portrayal exalts Jesus as the supreme figure above all historical leaders and sages. It contrasts his humble life with emperors, philosophers, and prophets, declaring him the living source of universal love and moral order.
The speaker argues prosperity came with fiat currency avoiding gold and silver, praising greenbacks as life to the nation and condemning the gold standard. He calls for replacing money with fifty dollars per capita of government paper money as legal tender, claiming it will end industrial slavery and unite nations under a single monetary system.
The Garnett Actrator editor W O Champe is praised across Kansas papers as a practical printer and reform advocate. Supporters tout his long journalism career and party service, arguing he is best suited to serve as state printer.
In a Cassville letter the writer laments not living up to Christian ideals of charity and peace while condemning government paper money as a weapon of the Devil. He urges editors favoring sound money to copy the piece, arguing gold anti reaches harm to honest people and enslaves the nation.
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