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Newspaper
Kansas Agitator
Location
Garnett, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1891
Page
2
A quirky item notes Joan Young Brown’s influence on her father’s bid for Kentucky governor. A Norwegian inventor introduces lactite as a potential ivory substitute. A German professor claims to have found the baldness bacteria.
A reader asks how many third parties exist in the week’s data and which number applies to the Prohibition Party born in Cincinnati. The fragmentary inquiry seeks clarity on party counts and official numbering for the Prohibition Party.
Ty Germanreiching notes the former diplomat remains a strong force in his country politics. The sugar market shows beet sugar surpassing cane sugar with beet at 3,600,000 tons and cane at 2,240,000 tons for the estimated crop this year.
Only 4.5 million of 11 million square miles in Africa remain unclaimed by European powers. More than half of this remaining area sits in the Sahara desert, underscoring the extent of colonial occupation.
A German newspaper proofreader was imprisoned for four months after editing and permitting publication of an article deemed distasteful by the authorities. The case highlights press restrictions and state censorship in the period.
The English census taken in early April shows the rural areas losing population to urban centers, matching last year’s trends. The pattern indicates ongoing rural depopulation as people migrate toward towns and cities.
The press quotes a paragraph attributed to Chauncey M. Depew claiming Adam was the first Mason. We doubt Depew uttered the remarks and note they are among the first attempts lacking sense wit or humor brought to our attention.
The eight inch well near Wheeling West Virginia has reached nearly a mile in depth. When reached the depth the government will assign two geological survey officers to direct further drilling to explore how far into the earth humanity can dig.
TRE school children in New York state vote 11 000 in favor of the golden rod with 100 000 ballots cast. Grammar schools favor the rose while boys in primary and grammar schools largely back the golden rod.
The legislature debates a measure to prohibit displaying physical deformities for advantage or emolument. It targets eccentricities of giants and dwarfs and would become law if passed.
A National Citizens Alliance essay reviews French money as legal tender since 148, noting no separate currency, Bank of France notes and gold and silver flows, and a 1804 Paris collapse aftermath. It argues government money derives from labor value and tax in kind, with France’s system contrasted to private bank dynamics.
A fragmented discussion argues that the government cannot have money except what is raised by taxes or borrowed with interest. It claims money originates from taxation and government issuances like legal tender, with bankers profiting from lending. The piece asserts currency derives from government credit and taxation power, not intrinsic value.
A National Economist piece denounces usury and defends a cheap money plan as a cure for financial ruin. It argues both major parties oppose cheap money, warns the treasury scheme could end usury, and asserts present methods enrich the few while plundering the many through unfair legislation.
A call is issued for a gathering of delegates from Kangus and Missouri border counties to be held in City, Me on May 21. Each sub union in the listed counties is asked to appoint delegates for Missouri and Kansas groups with county secretaries directing to send their addresses to H. W. Pulliam at the recorder's office in Kansas City for details.
Archos, Kansas May 24. Georg Weston, an Englishman, was sentenced to five years in the state penitentiary for beating his young wife in a jealous fit last Thanksgiving morning. The woman testified she did not see at the severe act she recalls now, as memory was blank, and she sought a new trial though the court upheld the original sentence.
A dated report claims the government intends sweeping police checks in the city and suburbs within two weeks. It alleges officials will target Hebrews for later actions and labels certain groups as rascal elements amid a tense promotional effort.
A collage of excerpts from various papers arguing over political divisions, farm relief, labor, transportation, and railroad influence. The pieces critique subsidy schemes, demand for broader prosperity, and warn that railroad power may shape elections and policy, highlighting regional tensions and calls for reform.
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