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Newspaper
Kansas Agitator
Location
Garnett, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1897
Page
6
A poem by Ella Wheeler Wilcox appears in The Toiler's Corner praising perseverance in face of oppression. The text mocks political rhetoric and urges courage for labor and women against triumphant wealth, ending with the author’s signature.
At the Federat ion of Labor convention Silver policy sparks heated debate. Lennon moves to reaffirm free coinage at 11 to 1 without foreign consent. Yarnell declines. Woodbury and others denounce monetization as a foreign invasion. Votes tally 11 910 to 262 in favor.
A historic note describes a new electroplating method using aluminum and ammonia alum solutions. It details mixing warm water with 20 percent valuta, adding pearl ash and ammonia carbonate, filtering and washing the precipitate, then treating it with a second warm ammonia alum solution containing plum and potassium oxynide, boiling, adding water and potassium cyanide, and boiling before use in the electrolytic bath.
Instructions describe imitating old silverwork by applying a blackish red coating to non friction areas while keeping relief bright. A paste of powdered plumage with turpentine and red ochre roughens the surface then brushes remove residue. Small items like buttons are treated by immersion in the paste mix with sawdust to achieve coppery tones.
Te Holect a Balance-Spell-Many workmen do not use the gauge when se lacing a balance spring. They pick out one coil with proper width and opening, placing the center coil over the balance.
The excerpt explains testing balance spring vibration by counting oscillations for about a minute to assess accuracy. It notes the ritual of mounting the spring, listening to vibrations, and adjusting the spring length or balance. If many vibrations differ from the desired rate, replacing the spring is advised.
A six acre field in Sermatse La Marne Prairie was ploughed by an electric plough by 1879. By 1841 a farmer at Olasel used electric ploughing with power from a waterfall. Siemens and Hieleke introduced the device. reports from Leipzig note progress in Germany. Power comes from a farm engine driving a dynamo. current travels via a grounded cable supported by four wheeled cars. The plough trolley carries the motor and traction wheels enabling movement along the field.
Springfield Republican reports a city funded bath complex to be a 110 foot structure with separate men and women waiting rooms on the first floor and separate baths on the second floor. The top floor will house the manager and family, with fifty total baths including seventeen reserved for women and an estimated capacity of 150 per hour.
A Missouri inventor showcases a wimming device with collapsible wings on a handle to open and lock underwater. Other patents include a trolley wheel with center guidance, an automatic grain elevator, a rain-water filter mounted on gutters, an adjustable bicycle crank, and a steering system linking rudder and auxiliary propeller for quicker boat turns.
A Siamese funeral practice features female onlookers lowering their dress to watch a ball while men search pockets for a metal item to place between their teeth, signaling a pause in ceremonies.
William M. Stewart argues for silver free coinage and warns against returning to a gold standard. He criticizes international bimetallism schemes and asserts U.S. constitutional power to legislate monetary reform without foreign consent. He condemns the St. Louis platform and pledges to push silver legislation if Republicans refuse a foreign conference.
Senator Allen of Nebraska defended the Populist party in a Monday Senate speech responding to Massachusetts Senator Hoar. He praised contract inviolability, private property rights, and equal justice, argued nonresidents would access courts, and urged fair rates and nonpartisan rail service without political advantage.
The piece argues that Cleveland’s Democracy maintains its organization to keep McKinley out, separates from British gold standard influences, and frames a new people’s democracy versus European driven wealth. It asserts a clear political split, urging Americans to choose self government over foreign influence, with anecdotes and odd insertions from Household Words.
A Chicago era of prosperity is blamed for hunger and despair as November records show 28 suicides by self death. Names, ages, and addresses trace victims from Van Horn Street to West Fiftieth Place, with carbolic acid, revolvers, and starvation driving acts of self harm.
Werler at the Mint announces that Director Preston will include in the 1896 annual report a full history of the 1873 coinage law change. He found Knox draft letters and correspondence showing the bill’s aims, and will outline the minting process from ore to coin including smelting refining dies milling edges and distribution.
The Globe-Democrat reports winter work for 4,000 men and a statewide vote approving $9,000,000 to improve the New York canals. Erie Canal will gain nine feet depth, allowing longer boats and 50 percent more freight capacity. Lockport may receive an elevator lock to raise vessels 62 feet. Rock blasting and dredging to occur in winter.
A garbled quote from a garbled source concerns attention to Turks suffering amid global discussion of Armenian killings. The fragment mentions violence and a call to address Turkish woes, with a stray line about ink, salt, and car damage.
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