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Newspaper
Kansas Agitator
Location
Garnett, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1901
Page
2
State game Inspector ends search at a New York cold storage house reporting nearly 42 000 birds discovered killed out of season. Criminal and civil actions likely against several unnamed parties.
A Sons of the Revolution member plans to present each New York City public school with a colossal Houdon Washington bust made by Wilson MacDonald. The donor argues that patriotism should be taught in schools and memory of great founders should be kept alive in pupils. A Father of his country precedes all. Separately, Noblesville Indiana heard how a divorce case used telephone testimony when Mrs Nagle sued and witnesses testified via phone from thirty miles away, with Judge Fretten presiding.
Chicago physician Dr. N. O. Davin is credited with helping found the American Medical Association after proposing a national convention in New York in May 1846 to elevate U.S. medical education. The piece also notes a Mount Hope, Kentucky anti kissing league formed by B. B. Wilson and mentions a divorce suit by the secretary’s wife.
Paul Wayland Bartlett, sculptor, has a studio in an eastern Washington suburb and received a letter from the French government accepting his statue of Lafayette. The work, gifted to France by five million American schoolchildren, won the American Jury’s favor and will be erected in plaster for final review by the French authorities at the Louvre court.
Excerpt from H. F. Porter in Carsier's Magazine argues wages should be fairly set by the employer and that charitable measures or philanthropic branding do not buy happiness or loyalty. Focuses on proper time for conveniences, mental and physical well being, and that advanced methods must precede lofty philanthropy.
A young writer wins a prize for an essay on living on four dollars weekly. The employer praises the piece and muses on raising the writer’s pay, while a bank association fund promotes essays to justify modest salaries, debating the need for high wages.
From the Helena Independent the piece argues wool prices fell due to cotton in cloth and blames the Wilson German tariff while Dingley protectionists claim wool protection raises prices. It notes the Australian drought and protectionist reluctance to acknowledge broader global factors affecting wool markets.
Secretary Hedges cites wool price effects from the Dingley tariff and accuses manufacturers of diluting wool with cotton. He questions raising tariffs further, linking outcomes to beef and mutton prices and asking Congress to consider amendments to curb dilution.
The North American portrays brutal conditions in the anthracite mines, arguing Pennsylvania tolerates industrial slavery. Miners face forced labor, debt to company stores, starvation risks, and ill treatment. Wages are suppressed, prices inflated, and safety costs denied by operators who value profits over lives. The piece condemns negligent laws and enforcement that cheapen human life in mines.
Text discusses the split among Republicans on protection versus reciprocity, noting editorials from the American Economist and the influence of protected monopolies. It cites claims about Senate managers being influenced by protected industries and a rejected reciprocity invitation to France under the Dingley tariff law, highlighting regional manufacturers fear of price changes.
The article questions Senator Beveridge's trip to Russia claiming it may mask aims of expanding U.S. influence and possible annexation ambitions. It frames the journey as tied to his known tariff views and suggests covert motives behind the travel and freight arrangements.
A detailed report on Porto Rico outlines two labor union models, socialistic and AF of L type, with gremios regulating wages, hours, strikes, and benefits. It notes needs for bakeries, wickerwork, furniture, carpentry, plumbing, printing, stone cutting, and metalwork, plus a call for state-supported modernization and training.
A barely automatic needle threading machine recently seen in Minneapolis by L B Donaldson of Minneapolis demonstrates rapid production for embroidery. The device loads needles, threads, knots, cuts to uniform length, and stakes them into a rack, transforming manual threading into high speed mass production.
The article explains that Germany's workmen's insurance is a vast state mechanism, paying about 1,000,000 marks daily. It ensures sick workers receive funds for medical care and family support, provides fast compensation for work-related injuries, and lets aged poor contribute to household costs without relying on children or public charity.
The San Antonio union seats negro delegates and nine hour day gains, Quebec enacts the Trades Dispute Act to aid arbitration, and the International Machinists extend aid with a $160,000 strike fund. Senate reform priorities include penitentiary control and irrigation projects in the west, with officers and leaders reelected at the International Machinists’ Toronto meeting and Labor Federation plans for Scranton in December.
A Chicago broker received a letter from Mrs. Hland requesting to buy five thousand shares of People’s Gun at 95 cents and to sell the same at F118. She asks the broker to remit the balance after commissions by registered mail, stressing prompt action as crucial for her future patronage.
Nathaniel M Kay once a Boston shipbuilder now a Washington hotel keeper claims late Maine Congressman Boutelle was deeply in love with Mrs Hasen before she became Admiral Dewey’s wife. He says her refusal helped trigger Boutelle’s mental collapse prior to his death. Augie Comen from Eevee. We purchase from Egypt over forty four million people of cotton annually. Efforts to hybridize substitutes for cotton exist with hope of a superior staple. We are paying more than six million dollars yearly for cotton. Mexicans Adhere to Candion Candle widely used in Mexico due to petroleum costs. A bookkeeper sketches entries by a single candle’s light. A Mexican printer works with a candlestick in his box, two in shops share its glow.
A Harmiveas Bowien Oatmeal and water mix soothes, softens, and brightens the skin. Use sparingly for large pores as it can clog. Fine oatmeal or oatmeal flour makes a good face powder and is free from harmful ingredients found in many powders.
Mrs Ellenbeth Rorick of Buck Creek Indiana suffered rheumatism described as very bad with pain preventing sleep. She credits Dodd's Kidney Pills with a complete lasting cure and reports no return of symptoms after stopping the pills. Word of her cure spreads through Tippecanoe County as others seek the remedy.
Dr Max Farrand resigns the history professorship at Wen Jeyan University to take a similar post at Leland Stanford Jr University. He prepared at Newark Academy and Princeton, graduating with high honors in 1892, then pursued postgraduate work at Princeton and studied in Germany. He is noted for his interest in Thie Dresses and mas sian race aesthetics and remarks on diary keeping.
An old advertisement touts Allen's Foot Ease as the cure for swollen and burning feet, corns and bunions. It promotes a powder to shake into shoes with 25c price and free samples, from Allen & Allen LeRoy N. address. It ends with a provincial proverb about knowing one’s father.
Scattered lines describe internal use claims and pricing for a remedy. The text mentions hanging, white clothes as a sign, a housekeeper, red crows ballast, a large 3.02 package, scents, and a token urging courtesy for travel toward success.
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