Kansas Agitator Notes on War and Society
A Kansas column surveys public morals and current events, noting a Central American incident affecting Nicaragua, reflections on gossip and character, and remarks on commissions, railroads, and a Liberty frigate repair. It reports Jake Schaefer's lawsuit, Maguire Hines's railroad plans, and a San Francisco dispatch on Japanese scandal and postwar stock panic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
San Francisco Bureau of Foreign Commerce
China
Col- Japa
Debased coins and weighty Kansas City police
A far west minister piles up a collection of defaced Peruvian Hawaiian and Swedish coins offered in church. He will send damaged coins to the mint or melt them for church ware. Kansas City police weigh in at an average 198% pounds and 6 feet 10% inches, with the heaviest at 280 pounds and seven feet four inches. A wife’s resilient smile in a troubled marriage is noted as tiresome.
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Far West
Han
Colin
Renorova
Kansas City
Glasgow reforms praise Populist urban ownership
An editorial argues Glasgow's municipal ownership of utilities cuts taxes and costs, boosting water, gas, electricity, and streetcar services. It urges American cities to adopt similar policies for cheaper, better services and to challenge party prejudice for national prosperity.
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Glasgow
Scotland
Sewane
America
Mobile Register
United State
Agarula
Chien
Prinelytes
New York
Chicago
Founding of Chicago University attacked at ministers meeting
Dr W W Boyd of Second Baptist Church told a ministers conference that the university was founded in blood and must fall. He charged Rockefeller funded Chicago University, called capitalists' wealth a fleecing, and alleged press and professions aid capitalist brands. A debate followed as critics attacked Carnegie and Rockefeller amid Depression talk.
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Chicago
W. W Boyd
Second Baptist Church
Capiisls
Dr. Boyd
Boyd
Standard Oil Company
Colwell
Carnegie
Ur. Boyd
Newark
N. J
John D. Rockefeller
Cincinnati Post
Morgan's critique of Pacific rail plan and bank reforms sparks debate
The piece cites The Globe-Democrat praising restraint on railroad profits while cautioning prosecutions of bandits and theft. It notes rising savings deposits signaling tentative confidence, questions hoarding, and comments by Channcey M. Depew. It also discusses St Louis Republic's view on party coalitions, populism, and a Kansas Senate bill proposing state script to fund roads, with concerns about constitutional limits and note-based finance.
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Globe-Democrat
Pacific Railroad
Campbell
Labette County
Kansas
Senate
Coxey Good Roads
Iowa Rail Rates Debate Illuminates Passenger Costs
Inquiries by agrarian interests press state railroad commission on fair charges. W.W. Alneworth, secretary, cites figures from the Interstate Commerce Commission and state reports showing average passenger fares below cost, and argues for gradual reductions while warning of burdens on smaller lines. Data cover miles traveled, population density, and comparative international rates.
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Tater Ayear
Joe Pel
Interstate Commerce Commission
Aiot
United States
Bewa Te Lees
Aogland—Tiret
Vranen
Italy
Holland
Belgium
Ava
Mila
Helga
France
New York
Obin
New England
Minsouel
Wisconsin
Nebraska
Kankay
Towa
Sienourt
Wiecopaln
Kanwas
Routh Hakota
England
Ohio
Kansans tour Gulf ports to Port Arthur reveal deep water plan
A 64 member Kansas and Missouri business party traveled by special train through Arkansas Texas and Louisiana visiting Mena Shreveport Houston Beaumont and Port Arthur to study Sabine Pass deep water access. Ex governors bankers and lawyers toured fruit farms examined lumber trade and heard forecasts of a future Gulf port city as the Sabine channel work advances with 2100000 dollars planned for completion by July.
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Kansas
Missi
Kanegas City
Port Arthur
Pittsburg & Gulf
Morrill
Dawes
Stanley
J. D. Motkin
Ed. Madison
I. Meyer
First National Bank of
Hutchinson
Peter Smith
Citizens’ Bank of
Wittens
Ind
Tor
Paris
Texarkana
Texas
Shreveport
Citions
Houston
Beaumont
Lake Sabine
Lake Sabine Ini In Visiting the Experimental Farm of We Pittsbury & Gulf Road
Norway
Sweden
England
Denmark
Italy
Russia
New York
Philadelphia
Maine
Montevideo
South America
Cape Town
Praele Way
Africa
Sabine Pass
Sabine
Tex
Kansas City
The
Gulf
Sofaras
Nicaragua
Gulf of Mexico
Kaw
Mississippi River
Dakotas
Minnesota
Montana
Washington
Oregon
United States
Aso
South
Sablee Pans
Arthur
Pittsburg
F. A. Hornbeck
Wyandotte
Anilar
W. C. Eitwaris
Kamas
Ae Ee Futt
Ial Ger
Eusigeal Teat
Pittuburg & Galt
Fe ‘McDonald
Advertialag
Austelalacon
Hermit of Hemlock Beach Dies After Forty Years in Cave
Ebeneser Chichester known as the Hermit of Hemlock Beach died at Amityville aged 65. He spent four decades living in a sand dune cave on Hemlock Road and was last noted for his solitary life. A separate report notes a discovery of the largest mineral paint fields in Pine plans township Alegin county Michigan with pockets covering sections of landscape containing paints of various colors.
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Chicago
Henry VII
Pittsburg
Hemlock Wead
Ebeneser Chichester
Hemlock Beach
Amityville, S. 1
Hemlock Road
Pine Plans
Alegin County
Mich
Fragmentary coded note hints at a secretive messenger exchange
A garbled text snippet shows a messenger scene with phrases about delivering a letter, identification by a remark from “a beautiful young lady,” and a request to charge extra for the service. The piece reads like a fragment from a historical document with unclear names and places, suggesting a cryptic note rather than a clear news item.
Electric Victoria for Queen Chelatina's London Carriage
Fragmented item notes an early electric victoria built for Queen Christina of Spain in London, claiming ten miles per hour for 100 hours, with lights along the seat. It mixes ad-like health claims about tonics and bitters, unclear in places, reflecting a crowd of sensational 19th century prose.
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Chelatina
Victoria
Christina
Spain
Metropolis
London
Need of Master Clerk Tee in the papers on marriage timing
A fragmented notice from New Yorke Weekly discusses a clerk and a wedding. It mentions collecting a bill, a promise of refund if a cure fails, and a harsh remark about life and spirite. The text is garbled and hard to parse.
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New Yorke Weekly
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Mankind
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Jake Schaefer
Maguire Hines
Engand
North
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Confederacy
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Alwys
Europe
American Metriote
Morgan
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St. Louis Republic
McKinley
Ion Iowa
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Agrionitinral
W.W. Alneworth
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Merritt
Gulf of Mesivo
Whatery
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