Kansas Agitator and Oddities Across Lands
A collage of brief items: pension expansion estimates show 70,000 new pensioners costing 2.5 million dollars. a 1452 church bell found in Germany. consulars barred from private financial inquiries. Australian life club fever and rifleman forms. Paris exhibition costs and hotel rates. long obituary details for Henry Smith of Deerfield. a Sicilian mother bears five daughters and four more children. Queen Victoria and Napier quotes on mercy and discipline. reflections on naming children and changing public opinion. Hoar statue debate and the idea of posthumous recognition in Statuary Hall.
Weekend Bowling Green wedding links two decades of devotion
In Bowling Green Ohio Harrison Cheney aged about 70 married Misa Agnes May aged 18 The union fulfills a long promised arrangement dating from Cheney youth when he cared for a dying lover s daughter and later for the child The tale marks a rare local marriage born of old family ties and mutual care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Smith
South Deerfield
Mr. Smith
Palmidr
Bonth Deerfield
Mill River
Pattie Clapp
Bowling Green
Ohio
Harrison Cheney
Misa Agnes May
Cheney
Pennsylvania
Way of Gold Bugs in Universities Controversy
A Chicago Chronicle analysis argues college trustees dismiss presidents and professors over public utterances on politics and imperialism. It cites Rogers, Andrews, Bemis, Herron and Brown University to question endowment influence, universality, and liberal donations shaping academic freedom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Wade Rogers
Northwestern Univerity
Chicago Chronicle
College Trustes
Rogera
Hia
Henjamin Andrews
Brown University
Bemis
Chicago
Herron
Grinnell
Rogers
Andrews
West
The Boers War Opinion Urges U S Intervention
A historical wartime letter criticizes U S policy on the Boer War, praising British victory, condemning American government passivity, and urging Washington to prevent the extinction of the Boer republics by asserting intervention after the South African conflict.
Deliberate merger demand halts British empire policy
A commentator argues that while monetary indemnity and concessions in commerce may be sought, the explicit proposal to merge two republics into the British empire should be opposed by the government as a matter of public policy, not sentiment.
Plea of the Filipinos for Independence Petition to Congress
The Katipunan secret society asks the United States Congress, via the Philippine commission, to recognize Philippine independence. It claims 4,000,000 members, cites 1892 as its start, asserts broad Filipino support, rejects annexation, asserts autonomy fails, and demands recognition of independence with American protection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Katipunan Society
Philippine Islands
Congress of the United States
Philippine Commission
Otis
San Isidro
Aguinaldo
No Honest Men in McKinley Money Politics
A letter questions integrity in the McKinley administration amid alleged corruption. Ferdinand W. Peck, commissioner general to the Paris exposition, is cited as a victim of the money pursuit, claimed to have expended about 1.45 million dollars and only accounting for 498 thousand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKinley
Ferdinand W. Peck
Paria Exposition
Revelations of Cuban graft under McKinley rule
The critique cites payrolls in Cuba showing favored operatives and relatives earning high salaries. It lists expenditures from July to December including salaries, labor, and repairs, alleging vast misappropriation and theft totaling hundreds of thousands. Figures attributed to auditor for Cuba accompany calls for accountability.
Concedes Philippine Failure and McKinley War Policy
The editorial questions McKinley’s shift from anti annexation rhetoric to a pro conquest stance in the Philippines. It argues insurgents remain rebellious and seek more troops, while Republicans blame anti imperialists. It cites Gar rison and ends with a British note about London pawnshops handling large sums.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKinley
Congress
McKinsey
Wiliam Lloyd Garrison
Labor and unions and a bygone era of reform
In England alms of shorter hours and higher wages are praised as labor gains. W. Steadman notes a decade of reduced hours and higher pay in various trades, while James M. Lynch’s election as International Typographical Union president reflects intense union rivalry and reorganizing strength in Syracuse. Estimates show thousands leaving cities amid labor unrest, with Kennedy Favors Trusts arguing for coordinated industry and government oversight toward a new era of industrial emancipation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
W. ©. Steadman
London
Steadman
Great Britain
Tyneh
International Typographical Union
James M. Lynch
Syracuse
United States
Canada
West Indies
Hawaiian Islands
Lynch
B. Donnelly
New York
the International
Syracuse Typographical Union
Traded’ Assembly
Trades' Assembly
Trades Unioniam
Utica Saturday Globe
Kennedy
Standard Oil Company
Cera
D. F. Kennedy
Indianapolis News
Inauguration of General Lockout Strikes in Chicago
The Utica Globe reports that after sixteen weeks a general lockout and strike have shut down Chicago building trades. About 10,000 trade members have left the city seeking work while 10,000 more are supported by the trades council and affiliated unions, and 7,000 are out of work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John A. Long
Building Trades’ Council
M. B. Madden
Mechanica Latt
Chicago
Utica Globe
Building Trades Council
Ruth Aplitter's Wit in Montana Campaign Tale
From the New York Tribune J W Lamar recalls the Clark Carter contest in Montana during territorial days. Land Office head Commissioner Sparks limited timber to eight inches, fueling farmer miner protests. In Bozeman a heckler shouted Why aplit em and the audience jeered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Aplitter
New York Tribune
Montana
J. W. Lamar
Helena
Mont
Sparks
General Land Office
United States
Bozeman
Industrial Notes on Employment and Transport Movements
Over 1,000 workers lost jobs as Jones and Laughlin mills near Pittsburgh shut down. The Cape Nome voyage on the Robert Dollar carried 272 passengers and 1,200 tons of freight. Canal traffic through Saint Marie by May 1 reached 427 vessels and 473,482 tons, a contrast to no pre May 1 freight in 1989. Exports from British ports to India and the Far East for three months ended March 31 totaled £12,200,000, up from £11,896,560 last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones & Laughlin
Pittburs
Cape Nome
Seattle
Robert Dollar
Missouri
Saint Ste. Marie Canal
Canal
Bankok
America
England
Manchester
Liverpool
London
Clyde
Southampton
Newport
Equi Coast
India
Straits
Also Mentioned on This Page
Kansas
Garnett
Kangar
Sehlesthein
Schafthausen
Germany
Busin Peas
Australia
Victoria
Prospec Uye
Paris
Pont the Arc de Triomphe
France
Madame Granata
Madame Granate
Ditchens
Fife
Queen Victoria
Godas
Didi Kes
Victoric
Charles Napier
Napier
Blank
Hoar
Jess
Statuary Hall
Supreme Court of New South Wales
Oasis
Mill Court
Ippeal
Privy Council
Tia
Jetrad
Africa
Ybi
Mllank
Oferty
Nid
Mark Hanna
Soula
Philippines
Natonal Watchman
F. W. Peck, Jr
Crowninahield
Peck
Wilson
Cuba
White House
Department of Charities and Hospitals
United States Army
Neely
F. W. Neely
Reever
Bristow
Rathbone
W. EB
Labo Sondater
Lovelinan
Bart
Ana
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!