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Newspaper
Kansas Agitator
Location
Garnett, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1899
Page
3
Report surveys Democratic and Republican currents in Ohio as Mayor Jones of Toledo announces a bid for governor on the Republican platform, with many in Columbus planning for the June convention. Commentary notes rising trust scrutiny, imperial policy debates, and fiscal strains shaping the political climate.
The piece argues the administration admits sending soldiers on unsafe errands. It challenges Congressmen and prominent figures who condemn war’s hellish nature, implying a discrepancy between rhetoric and action in imperial policy.
A Duluth widow in debt and despair killed herself and her two children. A Black Hills fortune evaporated as Avery Clark ended his troubles with a gun. J J Hill of the Great Northern faces new schemes amid layoffs and rising tension as Japanese workers replace white labor on rail lines. debate rages over modernization, wages, and employment.
A New York Journal excerpt argues the Vanderbilt control of Fourth Avenue streetcar rights transferred to the Metropolitan Traction Company, with old tracks torn up and cars junked. The firm would receive about two million dollars yearly rent, while a separate sum over time is paid to private individuals, claiming a perpetual public burden.
A reader laments the nation’s claimed republic while arguing it is ruled by a dictator identified as Marcus Hanna. The piece questions the difference between dictatorship and current republicanism and criticizes war funding and debt, invoking Macbeth and warning of subjugation.
A passage cites census figures from 1890 showing Indiana Kansas City Cincinnati Boston Philadelphia and New York with large tenant populations. It argues landlordism grows under Republican prosperity and the gold standard, urging voters to weigh this trend in the upcoming elections.
A collage of quotations critiques on law and democracy from historical papers. Calls for a new party by Sterling Morton, notes on English banking influence in Britain, and debate over Alger as Michigan senator. Cites Daniel Webster’s labor maxim and evolving ties between parties, corporations, and monopolies shaping votes.
Advices from Vienna discuss Princess Isabel of Orleans as a potential bride for the aging Austrian emperor. The narrative ties a string of royal misfortunes across Europe, noting Paris and Bavarian royal scandals, exile, and deaths, ending with the question of uniting a troubled dynasty through a baby princess.
A stark account describes the trafficking of Japanese and Chinese girls into slavery in San Francisco and other Pacific coast cities. It details procurers, buyers, and brutal abuse, noting children as young as under 12 exploited, with missionaries aiding raids to rescue victims and reveal industry secrets.
The passage argues that Anglo-Saxon civilization trained individuals to defend their own rights while American civilization teaches respect for others. It asserts equality before the law and urges love thy neighbor as a guiding commandment. It contrasts government by force with governance by example to inspire other races toward self government.
In Loutaville Kentucky an elderly fireman aged about sixty six on duty during a fierce fifteen hour blaze saw his white hair turn black after exposure to freezing spray from a hose. Despite a bonnet and helmet his eyebrows and whiskers grew wet and froze. By the next day his hair, which had been white for three years after eight years of gray, had become perfectly black.
William Mason, recently declared insane, cut his throat and stabbed himself on the Columbus City courthouse square in front of several around him. An attempted interference by bystanders failed as the man took his own life without warning amid the crowd.
A lawyer warns that postponement in a dangerous situation can heighten liability and harm. The advisory urges decisive, timely steps to mitigate risk and protect clients.
Article traces the origins of the common sneeze blessing across Europe and the Americas. It notes varied phrases used to bless sneezers in many languages, from Die gesundheit to God bless us, and mentions regional customs in Ireland and New Mexico.
A Worcester Gazette item recounts a professor who sells his old desk for 8.50 to a lawyer, then learns through a twist of fate that his own desk is bought back for 10 by the lawyer’s mother. The tale highlights antiques shopping and a humorous misdirection in a small city trade.
Dr Brinon warns France faces a grave national peril in widespread alcoholism, especially among Normandy women. He notes drink is sold by grocers and shopkeepers, fueling child mortality and chronic drunkenness across peasant and urban classes in pleureuse Normandy.
A southern man who recently returned home after a Boston visit told a neighbor about round white beans. The Boston answer explained beans are boiled for hours with bacon and molasses, then eaten, highlighting regional food jokes and cultural contrast.
The opening night faltered as the play failed to elicit laughs though the playwright hoped for audience reaction. A friend quipped that the piece suits tragedy better, hinting the public prefers stronger humor.
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