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Newspaper
Kansas Agitator
Location
Garnett, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1899
Page
3
Joan Woolley argues for a renewed American independence through conscience and reform. She criticizes party machines and calls for initiative, referendum, and an empowered people to overtake the current political system and restore true self government.
A compilation of editorial quotes condemns Republican policy as pro rich and imperialist. It questions the morality of U S leaders and media while noting slave trade comparisons, the burdens on common people, and global conflicts from the Philippines to Africa.
A fragmentary critique argues politics distorts sacred life, condemning those who meddle yet missing context about leaders and public trust. The piece presents a provocative view of influence, morality, and civic duty amid partisan conflict.
A bitter analysis contrasts workingclass puckish anger at monopolies with McKinley’s open door stance. It rails at private control of utilities, tariffs, and worldly power while urging readers to rethink self-government and trade policy amid European and Asian tensions.
St Louis Post-Dispatch urges Congress to investigate the seven year wave of conflict between mine owners and miners in the Coeur d Alene district Idaho. It describes martial law, military rule, and mass incarcerations with only 18 of 2,000 jailed receiving jury trials amid alleged corporate influence and trust methods.
Reader notes from Springfield Republican critique of Bryan and McKinley era rhetoric. The piece transcribes reactions to tariff policy and imperial questions, praising and mocking various figures. It cites praise for McKinley as a godly man and laments colonial violence, with references to Columbia and Kruger and a Springfield dispatch by Ernest A. Crosby.
The piece cites widespread price increases blamed on trusts, noting 15 percent higher living costs over the past year, coal and cloth price rises, and calls for a rewrite of political economy. It quotes the St. Louis Republic and other publications urging distrust in trusts and criticizing economic policy.
A mixed page discusses an oak tree insect Eliphidion villosum and its larval behavior, along with livestock feeding guidance. It covers calf rearing by hand, feeding methods, and the link between growth and feed efficiency, emphasizing careful management and the dangers of improper practices.
An old account describes a woodworm in a branch about the size of four men’s ginger. It eats the wood as it grows, contemplates a pupal to beetle transformation, and carves a tunnel toward the exit. A wind blows off the bark and opens the way, as the beetle scrapes away debris and escapes.
A writer in the Commercial Gazette argues against letting calves drink solely from the cow. Hand feeding yields natural milk temperature, reduces scours, and fosters mothering instincts. The method covers early milk use, gradual transition to skim milk, feeding ratios, hay, and addressing colic.
The piece argues against using ground feed and mifv in Owl care, noting it is not about personal opinion yet condemns harsh scout attacks during the war, as stated by a writer in an ex bangs. It highlights ongoing disagreements and defensive stances amid wartime commentary.
Bermuda grass is praised as the Gulf states’ staple pasture and lawn grass with strong, wiry roots, drought resistance, and soil-ability for levees. It yields two to four tons of hay per acre in good seasons and propagates by root transplanting, though it resists eradication once established. The piece also touches on frozen eggs markets, winter insect control, raspberry winter protection, and fodder handling, urging early fall cleanup and careful pruning for hardy plants.
The article discusses future science to regulate low temperatures in cool storage, aiming to keep fruit through winter and spring. It notes current cellar conditions harm keeping quality, especially potatoes and apples, and suggests opening windows at night, using thermometers, and admitting cool air to stabilize storage temperatures.
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