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Newspaper
Kansas Agitator
Location
Garnett, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1900
Page
2
A garbled collection of opinions touches on Jim Crow, Transvaal politics, Spain and Puerto Rico policy, Yerba mate as a temperance stimulant, and American military conscription figures. The piece blends satire, foreign policy musings, and social commentary with scattered fragments and misprints.
Fragment from a torn 19th century text showing labor, industrial reforms, and personal piety. The piece blends references to labor councils and industrial novelties with a poetical prayer seeking endurance. It conveys fatigue, faith, and the hope for rest after toil.
The American Federation of Labor at Detroit approved a unanimous vote to publish names of firms and products not endorsed by the federation. The move aims to curb boycott abuses seen as cloaks for boodle and theft, urging boycotts to correct wrongs rather than invade cash boxes.
The strike of 100 marble workers against the Western Methodist Book Concern’s Chicago building project gained approval from the Chicago Building Trades Council. The move supports union based block cutting offshore and signals rising influence of local and national building trades bodies. E. A. Davin leads the Chicago council with praise for honesty and effectiveness.
The document notes a strong demand for labor in Germany over the previous year with widespread use of foreign workers from Russia Poland Galicia and Bohemia and a shift to mechanical power. Employment scarce cases of unemployment minimal and hours reforms debated though not widely adopted with some local successes extending dinner breaks and Sunday rest in isolated instances.
Fragmentary report notes wages were not raised despite freer food prices and rent increases. It suggests no clear improvement in the financial condition of the working classes due to higher meat and living costs.
The Americain Tin Plate Company faces hindrance at Mouedsen Pa due to carpentry security. United Mine Workers gain long effort to organize Maryland workers. In St Louis area 16,000 building tradesmen expect substantial wage increases this year. From January to April 1 14 to 49 percent pay cuts or raises affect plumbers bricklayers carpenters painters iron workers roofers plasterers and others. Victoria Australia enforces a minimum wage law setting hourly and weekly minimums varying by occupation, making the piece wage system obsolete.
Mine workers in Indianapolis gathered to set annual wage scales and press for higher pay, arguing coal’s worldwide demand and tight supply justify a raise. Operators met to hear proposals, aiming for amicable accord despite potential friction, with both sides ready to negotiate.
Reports from Chicago free employment offices show facilities well used by the public. In five months these agencies secured positions for more than 16 500 persons. Supt Geary of the South Side office says good satisfaction has been found in investigated cases and expects broader use of the services.
John Morley discusses Lucretius on war and calm heights and applies the image to Cromwell. He contrasts history's serene view with the torrid air of revolutionary times, factional storms, and personal passions testing leaders' constancy.
A writer receives a midnight inquiry seeking all rights to the words When the Troops March Home. He demands one hundred dollars, publishers offer fifty. Six months later they send royalty stamps and best wishes from the Atlanta Constitution.
A brief, fragmented dialogue line pairs Mar Incredatry with Delbette and Mins Haddum in a romantic-tinged exchange. The readable text centers on a single girl named Delbette and an expressed affection, though full context is missing.
Hamilton Gormel, believed dead after leaving Bridgeport twenty-one years ago, returns with a fortune. He reunites with his mother and sister, presents a $2,500 check, and plans to move to Texas with his wife and four boys for a peaceful future.
In Weat Point a seven year old boy Leon Ray shot and killed his playmate Ruth Haines at a neighbor’s home. The incident occurred as children played, a pistol found on a mantel prompting the boy to grab the weapon. The community reels from the shocking event and discusses details of the morning.
The narrator recounts leaving San Francisco for the Philippines, learning of his mother’s death, wandering the world and trading with natives, catching wild animals, and exploring remote regions. He later buys a Texas ranch near Lagarto Corpus Christi, sells to English syndicate for 100000, then discovers via a Bridgeport paper that his mother and sister are alive. He had lived under a cruel misapprehension for fourteen years before learning the truth. He also recounts a separate crime involving a boy named Leon Ray who killed Ruth Barnes in a violent incident, after which the sheriff took him into custody.
Mr W Bernard notes a story of an informal Volksraad gathering where Kruger corrected Gen Joubert, mirroring a tale of Napoleon and Macdonald. He doubts Macdonald but suggests readers may recall details. The London Chronic compares the two anecdotes as characteristic of Dom Paul, in a new edition with notes.
A Southern Review of Commerce endorsement claims Hood’s Sarsaparilla purifies blood and preserves health, contrasting with mercury-based remedies. The tale praises the product as a tested tonic free of mercury, taken internally to act on blood and mucous surfaces, promising reliable reader benefit.
In the Franco German War’s August 1870 clash at Shdan German troops captured 25 000 French prisoners. The next day 83 000 more French soldiers surrendered with 70 mitrailleuses 400 field pieces and 150 fortress guns. About 14 000 French wounded were found on the battlefield and 3 000 escaped into Belgium to lay down arms. On October 27 Marshal Bugalne after defeats near Mets surrendered with 66 generals about 6 000 officers and 173 000 men including the Imperial Guard 10 artillery pieces 100 mitrailleuses and 63 eagles of standards.
The piece extols La Porte at Galveston Bay as a new commercial center with a natural harbor, docks, and terminals. It notes plans to deepen Galveston Bay to a 26 foot channel, improving access to the San Jacinto area and linking toward broader Atlantic and inland sea connections.
British clothing stores supply khaki uniforms in at least thirty six sizes. Over 1,600 women currently work on khaki garments. The firms keep the exact fabric dye and production details secret, even from government officials.
A new grain based beverage named Grain-O is now stocked in grocery stores as a coffee substitute. It is claimed to be gentle on delicate stomachs and costs 18 or 25 cents per package. Children may drink it safely and it purportedly tastes like coffee with less expense. Honey stops a church clock in Harborne England as bees warmed the mechanism and filled it with honey delaying time for two days. A Yorkshire stock was halted by a bird roosting on a band.
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