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Newspaper
Kansas Agitator
Location
Garnett, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1897
Page
2
A Kansas Agitator column from Garnett mocks common wisdom with pithy maxims on honesty, business, and failure. It parodies banking rules, inventors, and public life while mentioning Florida, Cuba, Seeley dinner, and Cherokee nation ship money. It frames local humor and social commentary in a dated, wry tone.
A Shelbyville wedding ends with a punch and a bill dispute. Squire Kenton is slapped with repayment demands after officiating, while a clergyman notes wealth stems from service and opportunity. The piece also contemplates large fortunes for valued work and raises views on honest earnings.
The annual report by Commissioner Brice notes 48 000 000 shad eggs collected and 83 000 000 fry planted into streams reaching the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico. Lobster fry output rose to 97 000 000 from 72 000 000, with expectations of further increases. mackerel production experiments yielded 24 000 000 eggs. Also cited is 31 000 000 tautog clam eggs and 1 500 000 fry released.
The piece blends verse praising a mother's arm chair with reports on Greater New York Trades labels. It notes unions forming under the Greater New York Tick League and outlines union label benefits. Chicago court case upholds Bernstein label validity amid arguments on registration and standing. Tenement reform in New York gains traction with City and Suburban Homes Company planning a $1,000,000 venture led by Dr. Gould.
Bicycle workers at Chicago Stamping Company's works threaten broader walkouts as tool and die, ring department employees quit over alleged anti union actions by Superintendent Anthony Jerome. Strikers, members of the International Association of Machinists, seek AFL mediation and a boycott on United States bicycles.
Labor's Warwick Gov Prugree favors arbitration to settle labor disputes. In a message to the legislature he proposes that incorporation requires free consent in the articles of incorporation and that employer employee disputes be referred to arbitrators. Eight Hour Herald.
The Illinois Steet Co orders wage reductions to take effect immediately. It is not expected to affect Amalgamated Tram and Steel Workers' Association members due to a six months' notice clause in their contract. About 800 mill laborers, many foreigners, are likely to be impacted, and lack of union organization is noted.
The public mood favors free text books for public schools and urges legislative action. Delegates are urged to align with popular demand, viewing free text books as essential to safeguarding republican government against ignorance.
The note cites about twenty eight local unions of bicycle workers in the United States totaling around 9,000 members with potential for growth. It compares the $2,000,000 annual salaries of 600 railroad presidents to roughly $300,000 in wages for ordinary railroad workers. It reports several telephone firms in St. Louis planning residential rates of 36 to 60 dollars yearly, contrasting with Bell’s 100 dollar rate. It mentions the Hudson Kimberly Printing Co and indictments over advertising cards imprinted with counterfeit gold pieces. The piece also references a looming issue around counterfeiting regulation and a woman involved in a related case.
A playful poem by Ella Wheeler Wilcox imagines a voyage to a Dream Town show at dusk. Dreamers sail beyond Slumber Sea to a port where dreams unfold each night with a moonlit performance. The voyage hints at departure at seven and an absence of encores as doors close to late arrivals.
In Sullivan County New York, hunter Dan Hallock and hired man John pursued a wounded black bear through Mud Pond Swamp for hours. Hallock’s first shot struck under the chin. after a long chase, a second long-range shot felled the wounded bear weighing about 260 pounds. Wildcats also hunted on Chapin’s Lebanon property yielding two four-foot cats and $18 in rewards.
An engineer on the Fall Rock Railroad reports a dark object on the track near Ti adaghton Station in Pine Creek canyon caused his coal train to stop at a shop. The crew attempted to remove the obstruction described as a drunken number man, then returned to the train at high speed.
A drunken man, described as a big bear by the New York Sun, sat on the rails and prompted a train to blast its whistle. The bear jumped four feet, fled down the track, and disappeared after a half mile chase through Ping Creek canyon. Patrolman Pat Callahan notes bears, wandering from three hunting counties, block the line and require flagging trains to clear the rails.
Scientist Balch notes temperate region caves harbor ice year round with mouths on slopes or cliff bases. Cave size varies from several hundred feet to small holes. He cites winter air sinking and freezing water at cave bottoms as main mechanism, while summer air expands and exits, with ice reforming each following winter.
A curiously shaped white oak on Misa Rhoda Hampton’s land along Hampton road north of Marlton turnpike four miles from Camden is described as two trunks joined at a union. Meehan's Monthly notes the growth likely formed naturally with an early union, not a split or rooted branch, and discusses possible causes.
A quaint character Jacques desires melancholy in music not for delight but for the mood it creates. He called for an encore to savor sadness, while most find merrier tunes more appealing. The issue promos both mirth and melancholy in a page of vocal and instrumental pieces.
A pastor J. D. De Tan of Spring Hut Iowa testifies that Dr B J Kay’s Lang Balm eased his winter coughs after using it on the urging of his wife. He reports rapid improvement and says he can preach without coughing and would use the remedy again. He includes full name and church details from the Iowa Oklahoma area and notes the balm is produced by The Dr B J Kay Mead Co Omohit Noblin.
A New York Herald excerpt presents a dialogue between a policeman and the Rev. Bensonhurst about liquor, crime, and city finances. The minister agrees liquor reductions could curb crime and taxes, while noting the devil’s role in business value. The exchange reflects urban temper and social tensions of the era.
A vintage ad extols a supposed universal cure with a $8100 reward, promising cure for disease by constitutional treatment and internal remedies. Mentions purchaser contact FF Cheney Co Toleno Ohio and druggists. The dialogue includes a joke about a poet Mildred and Madge referencing a poem titled Lines on Seeing the Bun Rine.
A jumble of patent medicine ads and quack cures appears, touting No-To-Bac for 50 cents and 14,000 cures, with claims of health, power, and guaranteed cures. Also features cold remedies, tonics, and moral quips, interspersed with dated social musings and promotional lines.
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