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Newspaper
Kansas Agitator
Location
Garnett, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1903
Page
4
Bank Commissioner Albaugh reports Kansas banks hold 92 million dollars in deposits, while assessors only find 3.2 million. The Topeka Capital riffs on Ananias with a satirical tale of taxation records and deceit, depicting a moral fable about financial misreporting and public trust.
A reader condemns Governor Bailey for pardoning an embezzler linked to George Thomas's death. The letter blasts the pardon as unwarranted and criticizes Bailey as the worst governor in the region. It asserts no commendable acts by Bailey and calls for strong critique from Kansans.
Mrs James G Blaine died at her Augusta Maine home after a long illness She was 71 years old The obituary notes she was married to James G Blaine a prominent figure in public life and local society in Maine
A tornado with rain and hail swept across many miles in Nebraska on Tuesday night, causing extensive damage to crops and property with only minor loss of life reported.
A 1903 critique claims a new military law ends American political independence. It states the law passed in secret with no roll call or vote record, and accuses Congress of shame and secrecy. The piece warns liberties are slipping away.
Commander Booth Tucker of the Salvation Army urges a pension scheme funded by corporate and government pension outlays redirected into scientific colonization. He cites four-year results from army farm colonies Fort Amity Colorado Fort Ronnie California and Fort Herrick Ohio showing land value gains and farmer colonists paid about $500 per person to settle and enable cultivation.
The Topeka Herald reports Kansas Democratic committee will run alone next year and seeks a compromise candidate blending Bryan and Cleveland to hold both gold bugs and Bryanites. Populists see fusion as fatal to their party and predict split support toward Democrats and socialism.
In a lever statement Dr C M Bell of Texas, kin to ex governor St John, claims he and three brothers all married with families, eight children total, with two brothers in their eighties and no child mourned. He asserts zero alcohol or tobacco use in his family and notes 160 Texas counties are now dry.
Opponents warn of corruption under government rule while the Interstate Commerce Commission findings show private ownership plundering the people. Public publicity and taxpayer safeguards would accompany civic-ownership pressure.
The supreme court granted bond to Chauncey Dewey Clyde Wilson and W T McBride the Berry family murder suspects in northwestern Kansas. Dewey reportedly has money influencing the ruling, as bond approval would typically be unlikely for such murder charges.
The Kansas Republican press hails the state binding twine plant at Lansing for supplying farmers with cheaper twine, contrasting with past criticism of the fusion legislature that created the plant at the state prison Selah.
Pension Commissionge Wars proposes to donate the scaffold used for John Brown’s hanging to the Kansas State Historical Society. The artifact currently remains in Richmond Virginia, prompting questions over custody and preservation.
Grorce Goup insists Marshall Field is wrong about the economy, stating we have not reached the height of our prosperity. He expresses cautious hope that George is correct.
A historical quote captures Governor St. Joan declaring socialism advancing rapidly, urging readiness as it rises to the forefront with defiant cadence. The remark emphasizes urgency and a fearless stance toward political change.
William Dean Howells argues that independence is essential for true freedom. He asserts that danger of want makes a person unfree and that a country failing to guarantee livelihoods cannot be genuinely free, as liberty dissolves with extreme poverty.
The New Time of Spokane notes widespread graft and corruption in the post office department and local and state governments. It argues that laboring men object to socialism due to fear of human nature not changing, citing scandals in St. Louis Jefferson City Minneapolis Porto Rico Cuba and the Philippines.
The New Time notes literary arithmetic on trusts and mergers, then reports the death of J. J. Frey, once Santa Fe railway general manager. Frey’s death marks the end of a career tied to rail and finance.
Report notes Tur Pope remains alive though death is anticipated at any moment. Medical staff monitor condition as family awaits inevitable conclusion. Local authorities have not issuedFurther updates are expected as situation develops.
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