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Newspaper
Kansas Agitator
Location
Garnett, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1897
Page
2
A Kansas agitator column surveys practical wisdom and curiosities from daily life. It muses on self denial, employer fairness, the value of small courtesies, urban slums’ impact, and a 89 year old Lexington club. It notes new dental rubber teeth selling for $1.50 to $3 a set, explains trocha from Havana dispatches, recalls Dr. Charles Sweet’s bone setting career, and contrasts old English law days of grace with modern finance.
Kansas, Jan. 12. Governor John W. Leddy and new state officers were sworn in at a ceremony in Representative Hall. Ex-Governor Ostorne presided, and Chief Justice Martin administered oaths to Secretary of State W. E. Bush and others. Governor Morrill praised fiscal responsibility and urged cooperation with the new administration as Kansas begins two years of service. The event featured remarks by Morrill and Leddy, a brief chant by a Wichita pastor, and a large turnout with flowers and applause.
Kansas City agency head Thomas Conklin of the Pinkerton Detective Agency shoots himself in his private office at Seventh and Main. He dies after being found shortly after 4 PM with no known motive. illness or ill health remains suspected as contributing factor.
Jan 12 dispatch from Manni says Epoca confirms Maximo Gomes notified the Cuban committee in the United States that insurgents are demoralized and their munitions exhausted, rendering them unable to continue the struggle. The report notes a general surrender mood among the rebels.
At about noon yesterday Lawrence West Stephens took the oath as Missouri's new governor after Chief Justice Harelay pronounced it. The inauguration drew a large, largely female crowd in the house chamber where hours of crowded activity preceded the ceremony. Republican leaders met in Topeka and nominated a speaker and staff, including Loidell, Dubbison, Murtitt, Jordin, and Moore for key posts.
Governor Morrill granted a pardon to Anderson Gray, previously sentenced to death in Sumner County for being an accessory in the Patton murder. The case, once known as the Hip Notic affair, ended with clemency after years of legal questions.
Ken Enrotra reports the death of David FP Plumb father of Senator P. Th Plumb who died yesterday morning of pneumonia aged years. He wed on Lyon in 18. The notice is unclear and many details are missing or garbled.
In Hawaii county Gus Springer and Mack Mullen fought during a dance with knives after heavy drinking. Both were badly injured. Springer required fifty nine stitches and both men were not expected to survive. In Mexico Missouri, Mayor Ben C. Johnson accepted a job as assistant treasurer under State Treasurer Franke Pitts, allowing him to keep both posts.
After four years of limited output the spun silk department of Cheney Bros in Conn and Danbury began full-time schedule today. The silk division and all departments of the concern are now operating on full time, marking a shift from intermittent to continuous production since July.
On January 12 1926 Repub lican senators will hold a caucus at 11 o'clock to discuss and vote on a bill from Senator Walcott's caucus committee proposing an international conference.
Miss Reezie Fadden declares engagement broken as dialogues unfold in Cherry Hill. She explains the split with passion, accusing her partner of harsh treatment and refusing to explain motives. William Hill, a Washington sculptor, is named in local chatter about the frayed relationship and a potential reconciliation.
Cortland capitalists organize a scheme to can turtles for sale in New York and Europe. Plans include chartering or purchasing a sailing vessel, building a canning factory with kettles, and using native labor to prepare the meat for shipment to New Orleans or New York, then to England and France. Initial working capital is estimated at $100,000.
The Vienna Journal Gambrinus published a table of European breweries and output for 1487. Europe had about 80,801 breweries producing roughly 173.6 million hectoliters of beer and ale, taxed at 250 million guilders. Germany led with 26,143 breweries. per capita output varied from Bosnia and Roumania at about one liter more than a quart to Bavaria at 248 liters per person.
In Harper's Weekly republishing Bowers, a California prospector, describes Cook Inlet country as ideal for cattle and sheep with vast meadow grass and level river meadows. He notes a climate milder than Montana and that Kadiak Island grasses fattened horses and cattle, predicting Southern Alaska could become a major livestock district within a few years.
Quotations from John Ruskin on peace and the power of self made inner contentment. The essay urges building nests of pleasant thoughts to endure adversity, poverty, and pain, suggesting mental fortitude as a path to lasting calm. It highlights the choice between external amusements and inner peace through disciplined imagination.
A Cleveland World item quotes a line about a “wheel” and contrasts it with a claim of knowing little about wheels despite poetic phrasing. The brief note frames the verse as a simple, pathless regard to the wheel and author Byron in a topical press snippet.
A dialogue fragment questions why a stage villain always smokes a cigarette. Bugney remarks the villain fears no consequences and accepts death as part of his fate.
A collage of era items features playful verses about a Maiden, jokes about Mr Larrabee and an old bachelor, advertisements for tonics and cures, and stray notes on a pickle factory and lunar eclipses. It blends humorous quips with brief odds and ends including trivia on animalcule size, echo anecdotes, and travel-ish curiosities from Salem News and Mount Vernon.
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