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Newspaper
Kansas Agitator
Location
Garnett, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1897
Page
2
TheKansas Agitator reports on political maneuvering among African American figures including John R. Lynch and Mississippi leaders seeking influence in Louisiana. It notes shifts in leadership, critiques city governance, and discusses a patent for a waterproof textile treatment using electrolytic processes, detailing the chemistry and potential effects on fabrics.
Actor Seabrooke must pay $49 weekly alimony to his estranged wife even as he is out of work. She currently earns about $100 weekly more through her own labor, while a longer term national tragedy is noted with estimated 1,100 theaters destroyed by fire and 16,000 fatalities over a century. The report adds the United States faced numerous deadly fires, underscoring broader safety concerns.
A faded poem laments a father’s death and a family’s grief. The speaker recalls a father’s chair hat and book, the vacant seat, and the enduring ache between memory and loss. The piece intertwines personal sorrow with war's shadow and the homeward ache of those left behind.
The Chicago Record notes Debs and the Social Democracy of America advocate a platform to end capitalist gains from labor and create a peaceful, democratic commonwealth. They argue profit abuse and electoral corruption stem from an oligarchic economy, seeking a system where laborers receive full benefits and share in civilization’s advances, while personal ambition is tempered.
New York state reports 3,849 convicts in three state prisons with 1,575 in productive industries and 1,140 in necessary prison work. Idle convicts total 630 and are decreasing as new industries start. Sing Sing lists 1,295 employed in various trades. Auburn shows 253 in necessary work and 317 idle, plus stone, iron, basket, cloth, and wood industries.
The record lists industries such as furniture and cabinet making tin casting enamel setting up machinery constructing buildings and more with numbers tied to workers and prison labor totals. It notes idle periods and a total figure showing many men employed on average under the old system.
This excerpt argues unions protect workers from rapid industrial change and greedy, law-bending capitalists. It contends organized labor along craft lines secures wages, factory conditions, and a fair share of wealth, asserting laws are created to be broken. From Olgar Makers Journal.
J W Bramwood, secretary treasurer of the International Typographical Union, is described as an independent, seasoned printer with wide experience. Born in Ashton England in 1856, he arrived in America as a child and began as an apprentice in Fall River Mass. His career includes Denver union leadership, delegates to Louisville and Colorado Springs, and a reputation for never losing an election he seeks. He is married and noted for his distinctive woolly wear and a promising son.
A discussion on managerial wages versus workers in a steel rail cartel. It cites William Clark and describes the Vulcan mill of St Louis, subsidized by others to avoid rail production, illustrating alleged wages of supervision and the absence of payments to supervisors. The piece reflects labor economics and industry manipulation in a historical context.
A Paris venture titled Theatre Feministe plans to be run entirely by women with a male manager acting only as an employee. The project, led by Mme Loewy and a five-woman board, will stage plays focused on women’s rights, inviting international authors while keeping male input to a minimum. The effort seeks to prove women can control productions and public theater spaces.
In a Cleveland Plain Dealer note a playful exchange imagines memorial day celebrations in America. Beck of Berntch and Prince Constantine discuss joining bicycle races, but a caution about the prince not fitting in due to his ground records is voiced.
A garbled excerpt suggests a discussion on baby talk and a shift from mother tongue to easy speech. The fragment hints at a term Meeponniitity and references to a transcript describing how baby talk and marriage language blend or diverge.
A Vermont farmer recounts a comic tale about paying a minister with two pigs and change, while his wife discovers the livestock debt tied to their wedding. The minister got ten dollars in a bank bill and 45 cents, leading to a humorous lesson on who was paid for the pigs.
Chapleigh notes the oddity of placing a steeple on a church and Dudleigh quips that it’s the obvious choice, highlighting a humorous back and forth. The dialogue hinges on a playful misunderstanding about church architecture.
Crawford asks about driving him to madness as Crabahaw fled to Chicago to compile a social register. This fragment hints at reputational plots and efforts to map elite society.
A fragment from a 19th century moral miscellany emphasizes self reliance, mutual trust, and cheerful conduct. It advocates self restraint, apology, charity, respect in misfortune, and aiding others to unleash their best effort, closing with a caution about gendered expectations and social behavior.
In warm weather manure decomposes faster than in winter. Prevent losses by keeping excrement piles covered to stop ammonia escape. Night penning in barns wastes liquid manure, reducing dairy profits as milk and rop prices rise. Focus on conserving waste to preserve profit margins.
A fragment from a Dixonsina page hints at a heated dispute with a remark about brands and tokens. The readable bits suggest a political or social clash with accusatory language and a focus on identity.
A city man recalls hearing a shepherd trumpet in a noonday dream and waking to a fate of gloom. A local ice cream peddler is mentioned, with remarks about ginas mixed with dry corn and a claim that placing certain items within reach of rats will banish them from the premises.
Positive claims for nervous debility and intestinal and liver issues described as a cure. Instructions suggest arterial compression for bleeding and general medical guidance. Also mentions Norto Nan for tobacco dependence and a generic blood purifier. Alongside, fashion notes describe ivory bolero jackets with sailor collars and gold thread embroidery.
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