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Newspaper
Kansas Agitator
Location
Garnett, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1896
Page
2
A garbled Kansan column discusses Corbett and Sharkey, politics, and shifting careers. It mentions Miss Kate Horner and a coroner in Nebraska, plus fears of violence during a Moscow coronation and a prank at Ohio Normal University Ada.
Farmers in Central Illinois are warned about a deceptive note sold as life insurance. Scammers promise low rates and collect applications that turn out as mere notes. They then coax insureds into large endowment policies with upfront payments of 200 to 300 dollars.
City authorities remove drinking fountains used by the Woman's Christian Temperance Union amid claims they induce boys to pretend to drink beer gamble and mischief. Ellis Kane women patrol streets as detectives while most whisky joints and gamblers are jailed. County attorney faces bribery charges from liquor sellers and courts clog with suits against joints.
At Kilmore Indiana a weeks long revival led by Mrs Mershon featured Newton Sheets converting to sanctification. Sheets vowed to fast and pray until his friend Nathan Rodenberger converted. Rodenberger resisted, and Sheets faded from exhaustion before breaking his self denial and resuming food and rest on Monday.
J C Monaghan predicts strong demand for Rhode Island apples in Germany. He notes German physicians favor apples but their own varieties lag behind U S Baldwin Sunset and Northern Spy. He urges exporters to expand shipments and speed to market, citing Atlantic cities and fast steamers as routes. A separate note mentions rapid court actions and a grim call to justice, and reports croaker talk of a recent frog shower in Chicago and a remarkable sea eel.
Poem fragment from Newark New Jersey marked World of Labor asking who will write the songs of labor and awaken the sleeping masses. It calls for writing fiery verses to break oppression in the modern factory and crown the humble with power, urging action and awakening.
A historical overview traces Karl Liebknecht's life from German student and revolutionary to exile in London, his activism with Herwegh, and eventual leadership in the German Democratic movement. It covers his clashes with Bismarck, imprisonment, Reichstag work, and enduring push for workers' rights and economic freedom, ending with his fifty-year influence on German socialism and democracy. The piece contrasts British labor struggles, noting dockers, shipyard workers, and the 1870s labor laws and unions shaping industrial society.
A Birmingham Corporation report on the municipal public house at Long Village details strict rules, age limits, and income from 12 to 2 pm and 6 to 9 pm hours. It notes higher profits reinvested in a reading room and social benefits, with overall approval from inhabitants and reduced drunkenness.
In Amsterdam, the city plans to acquire gas and water companies and the telephone wires with a tramway nationalisation rumour, as the Town Council leans toward full municipal control. In Germany, the National Printers Union and employers reach a nine hour day and wage increases across sectors, with a wage rebaselining committee to adjust where local rates exceed the national level.
The Worker presents a striking diagram of land distribution in Queensland showing the Tetole area vastly under cultivation and concentrated in the hands of banks and large companies. It notes mortgages held by the Bank of New South Wales over extensive tracts, with the Bank of Australasia and eight companies owning areas rivaling Turkey and nearly Spain in size.
The Socialists in Buenos Aires describe the new city election as marred by vote juggling and electoral impurity. They claim orthodox factions rigged booths and manipulated totals, with Socialist support around 200 votes per candidate amid widespread manipulation in the Spanish Monarchy era context.
In Hokitika the New Zealand Premier criticizes past land policies and absentee profits, arguing that land has been hoarded to the detriment of many. He claims governments borrowed money with unpaid interest, while squatters resist unemployed workers and housing reform.
A Manchester report describes new automatic looms in New England mills boosting output and reducing needed workers, with one operator tending up to 20 looms. It cites labor displacement, calls for industrial freedom and unity, and praises the Socialist Labor Party as the labor world’s force while questioning party loyalty and urging ballot-box action.
Lowestoft and East Anglia notes report fishermen at Lowe ntoft pushing back on Sunday work in protest of wage-based ownership patterns. The article covers a Berlin rally led by Wilhelm Liebknecht and speakers from the Trades Councils praising international socialism and urging unity to end wage labor. it also mentions a shopkeepers’ drive for safer hours and a Family Home project to aid widows and children with shared facilities.
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