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Newspaper
Kansas Agitator
Location
Garnett, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1900
Page
7
A reader note about the Pinkham Record praising Mrs. Pinkham offering free women’s advice from Lynn Massachusetts contrasts with a tale of the Queen Regent of Spain and Maria Christina sharing roses from a personal garden. The pieces reflect period curiosity and courtly gesture in a single column.
Joseph W Burgess of Burgess and Von Morn chemists Harry Lay and W T Fuge barbers were arraigned in Kansas City criminal court on May 2 for refilling bottles of Coke s dandruff cure with a spurious article and selling it as genuine. They pled not guilty and were released on $500 bonds each to await trial May 24. Authorities expect more arrests and vigorous prosecution.
London with a population of 5,500,000 hosts 120,000 daily visitors and 120,000 annual visitors within the metropolitan area. Some stay a week, some a month, yielding a steady flow of people throughout the year.
In a labor and industry discourse the article contrasts wariness of prosperity with wages in Indiana’s gas belt. It cites 1898 wage rates for three factories, noting no gain in real income and the risk of hardship from shrinking purchasing power. Rev McNutt advocates wage-led prosperity and Christian outreach to workers, while ministers discuss working conditions and church roles in aiding laborers.
Andrew Carnegie in the May Century argues that concentrating capital in staple-article manufacturing benefits both rich and poor. He claims monopolies fail, trusts will not need heavy legislation, and capital-led production expands, eventually lowering prices as new, efficient works exceed consumer demand.
The note outlines losses from plant shutdowns, wage cuts, and widespread labor actions. It cites Steel and Wire Company with $100,000 weekly losses, theater shutdowns in New York, and extensive idle workers in Chicago, Pittsburgh, and Irwin PA amid lockouts and strikes. It mentions union efforts to identify non union workers, wage gains at Montreal Cotton Mill, and rising union activity in Georgia. It also notes immigration tensions and mobilization of conscription efforts by workers.
An old travel feature recalls Knickerbocker lore and successive rail lines from St. Louis to New York, highlighting the New York and Boston Limited and a companion train with the Big Four motto Comfort in travel, plus a brisk wartime style promotion for kangaroo farming and twine pricing in Atstratia with garbled vendor notes.
An Austrian village scene from Storebeck shows Avery residents teaching children chess alongside reading and writing. An ad promotes Allen's Foot Wax to ease foot discomfort, with a 25-cent price and sample offer. The text includes a Collier's Weekly excerpt about Boer War quips and commanding officers.
A jumble of ad copy and stray quotes discusses hair issues, cures, tonics, and patent medicines. Mentions Dr Fhe, Winslow's soothing burn, Guova's Tartales, and unique watches while noting medical quackery and generic health claims.
Advertising text touts Grove's malaria treatment with iron and quinine in tasteless form. Claims imitators advertise false formulas while Grove's is the genuine article used across malarial regions. Promises no cure no pay and a 50 cent price.
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