Farmers must be taught self reliance and deep cultivation
The article argues editors should teach farmers not lawyers or doctors, stressing self reliance, study of soil, and adaptation to seasons. It warns weeds must be killed young, plows greased to save labor and money, and cites old sayings about plowing deep while others sleep, urging proactive, practical farming advice.
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Franklin
Charles V. Eskridge
Emporia Republican
Emporia
Hsh
Daily Republican
Rockefellers
Vanderbilts
Goulds
Astors
Atlantic
Pacific
Lakes
Gulf
United States
Botkin Speeches on Soldiers Pensions and Government Reform
Three congressional speeches by Hon. J. D. Botkinon cover Soldiers Pensions Army Reorganization and Collateral Subjects and The Purpose of Government the Maladministration of Government Protection Fails to Protect Currency and Banking Return the Need of the Hour the Abolition of Trusts Demanded.
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Congress
J. D. Botkin
Revolution Began With Thought, Says W An derson
A concise quotation from W Anderson in Freedom notes that thinking marked the start of a ongoing revolution. The line appears in a London publication reflecting on intellectual origins of social change.
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W. Anderson
London
England
Gold standard debates and war atrocity reports shock readers
The excerpt cites a Manila correspondent's claim that orders to kill insurgents led to executions at close range, with a Kansas volunteer saying no prisoners were taken. It links censorship in Manila to harsh wartime policy and notes editorials opposing the gold standard, calling it cannibalistic and harmful to labor and democracy.
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Manila
New York Sun
James Tull
Co. I
Twentieth
Kansas
Coffeyville Journal
St. Louis Republic
Otis
Weyler
Cuba
America’s Shame Reflects on Loyalty to Liberty and Life
A reader letter argues Americans have outgrown the Constitution and the Declaration, condemning the Philippines war for slaughter and decrying the murder of prisoners. It cites letters from Ozark Missouri Minneapolis Kansas Indianapolis and St. Catherines about civilian killings and prisoner deaths.
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Gen. Merritt
Smith
Philippine
Philippines
Leonard F. Adams
Ozark
Tennessee Boys
Charles Brenner
Minneapolis
Kas
Kansas Regiment
Caloocan
Bishop
Key
J. D. New
Indianapolis
Indiana
Oregon Volunteers
Nebraska
Manila
Anthony Michea
Third Artillery
George Michae
St. Catherines
Ont
Malabon
Damaging Death Damages Stir Controversy In Courts
Reported remarks by Judge Robinson of Connecticut sparked outrage after he cut a laborer's death damages to ten dollars, saying the life of a worker is worth little against a passing train. The case followed prior comments by Judge Gummere of New Jersey who reduced a child's death damages from five thousand to eighty one dollars and sixty cents.
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New York Journal
Robinson
Connecticut
Coud
Pinkerton
Gummere
New Jersey
Superior Court of
Robin
New Kansas Insurance Rating Bureau Opens
Inspector Eldridge of Topeka establishes a Kansas rating bureau echoing the Clarkson bureau. The Chicago Times-Herald notes managers accept based on premium returns with a $5,000 admission for subscribers, signaling pooled rates and limited competition.
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Kansas
Eldridge
Topeka
Clarkson Rating Bureau
Morrison Clarkson
Webb McNall
Chicago Times-Herald
Hldridge
Topeka State Journal
Educated and Virtuous Letter From Luzon Doctor
Lieutenant-Colonel Little reports to his father from Abilene about meeting an American physician who has spent twenty two years on Luzon. The doctor observed that villages had schoolhouses and that most natives could read and write. He claimed that apart from a few wild tribes the Luzon natives are educated and virtuous.
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Little
Abilene
Luzon
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