19 Jun 1896
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Newspaper
Kansas Agitator
Location
Garnett, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1896
Page
1
J Pierpont Morgan, retired from Europe, urged a sound currency linked to gold standard to restore investor confidence. He said a clear sound money platform at St Louis could calm markets and attract foreign capital. He shrugged at free coinage and warned about political doubt delaying investment.
A Portsmouth, Ohio letter-writer argues against coercion in forming and sustaining the United States. It contends secession rested on moral grounds, denounces central power as despotism, and blames tariff and slavery for sectional conflict. The piece invokes historical figures and documents to question the legitimacy of a strong national government and warns against coercive Union plans.
An indexed mix of verse and a Kansas political anecdote. The poem laments the vanished boyhood joys of sun, breeze, and bells, while Fred Vandegrift in the Kansas City Star recounts a petty carpet theft from Topeka’s state house. The tale traces a small cash entry, a torn carpet in four pieces, a coerced witness, and the carpet paid for with funds in Treasurer Atherton’s vault.
A bold Chicago ad proclaims a red hot all wool newspaper with three months on trial for 25 cents. It invites readers to request samples and address NorrisRapalger at Polk Street in Chicago for purchases and delivery.
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