Kansas Agitator And Other Oddities From The Era
A sprawling miscellany notes profits from diamond mines at 2.5 million, a cyclone propelling a man forty feet, Queen Victoria’s jewelry, a famed rifleman Captain Cash, and frontier wit. It cites Mrs Oppenheimer’s divorce bid, panics over cigars, and curious weather prophecies. Tiny items include a Denver minister’s blood prediction, Nordica’s marriage, and a gaggle of local oddities about garish fads, garnishments, and a boy’s dangerous bottle accident.
The Poor Idle No More a Plea for Labor Reform
A polemic on poverty and labor argues the poor are driven to toil by greed and unfair wages. It warns that cutting wages or dismissing workers fuels crime, misery, and social decay, urging readers to consider workers’ plight before judging the impoverished. The piece cites Saint Louis, Missouri, as its publishing locale and calls for freedom and justice for laborers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Social Democratic Federation Urges Immediate Utopian Reform
London program pledges democracy in means of production and equal rights for labor and women. It calls for elected organizers, abolition of standing armies, compulsory education, universal free schooling, property reform, public housing, municipal control of utilities, income tax above 300 pounds, land nationalization, cooperative armies, disendowment of churches, pensions, municipal hospitals, and wide political changes including adult suffrage, annual parliaments, and proportional representation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sn Nck
Uility
Mening
Post Office Savings ‘Bank
Stata
Ilegal
House of Lorde
Socialist international solidarity urged by Deputy Vaillant
Paris dispatch notes Deputy Vaillant urging a militant Socialist line amid global class struggle. The text traces rising political action in Germany England and Italy, warns against capitalist intrigues, and calls for May Day demonstrations and an international congress to organize coordinated labor action and eight hour workday reforms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dupuy
Porier
Hodalam
Elues
Revolutionary Party
Reacton
Socialist
Depuy
Perier
Party of Ronation
Thor
Germany
England
Socialist Party
Haa
Italy
Yro- Forwrat
Socialiet Party
Minketwolf Detterhaard
London
Thi
Epowaap V
Strikes Paralyze Florence Straw Plaiters Industry
In Forence province thousands of straw platters strike paralyzing work and burning stock. Clashes between strikers and carabineers injure officers, infantry dispersed the mob. Merchants pledge to raise funds for improving straw plaiters and support an eight hour day effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forence
Florence
Thin Wation
Bohemian May Day Clash Leaves 2 Dead 5 Wounded
In Reichenbrg Bohemia a May Day labor rally drew about a thousand persons. When police ordered dispersal the crowd refused. Gendarmes fired on the mob, killing two and seriously wounding five before the crowd scattered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reichenbrg
Bohemia
Wolf
The Church and the Workingman in Caldosia Indiana
Rev J A Bradley in Caseguille argues the church has failed working people across history. He cites slave oppression in the United States, John Brown, and labor unrest, accusing the church of complicity with tyrants and greed while workers suffer. He condemns church wealth and political gambling, urging workers to seek liberation from organized theft.
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Congregational Church Association
J. A. Bradley
Caseguille
Ind
France
John Brown
Bis
D. D
Megun
Materia
Post Office as Socialist Example in London Opinion
In a discussion of Social-Democratic theory the Post Office is examined as a national, non profit driven service. It notes parliament oversight, argues profits are not the aim, cites telegraph and penny postage as public benefits, critiques staff divisions and favoritism, and concludes the Post Office illustrates coordinated labor and public welfare over private gain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry W. Mayo
London
Dustion
Wjustice
Enyrloyee
Honda
Benaras
Horne
Thavn
Cownties
St. Buryan
St. Just
Cornwall
Variana
Chiera
Rise of Italian Socialist Party Amid Persecution and War Backlash
A fragment recalls Crispo and Rudini era Italy, detailing Socialist oppression, elections, and martyrdoms amid Africa War backlash. It notes mass arrests, electoral disenfranchisement of 700,000, and postwar revival culminating in renewed organization, regional congresses, and upcoming international congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tomy
Criep
Socialist Party
Jess
Crivpi
Radical Party
Cronind
Africa
Adownl
Italy
Perlor
Bourgeoiais
Palmer
Pugin
Milan
Rome
Repblican Party
Moat
I Qnorant
Oae
Crisps
Margulis de Rudini
Tntifondi
Marqais de Rudini
Garibaldi Bosco
Gaiseppe de Mulice
Nicolla Barbato
Parve
Parve~cation Has Passed the Italian Hocialiet Party
Tha
Italian Socialist Party
International Socialist Movement
Socialist Proletariat of
International Socialist Workers and Trade Union Congress
Also Mentioned on This Page
Kansas
Garnett
Owen Rhodes
Queen Victoria
William L. Cash
Washington
Cash
New London Telegraph
Jacob Oppenheimer
Brooklyn
N. Y
St. Louia
New York
Thomas Cooper
Jamestown
Indiana
Paw-Paw, Mich
Denver
Mme. Nordica
Indianapolis
Nordica
Gen. Weylar
Cuba
Wiggina Ayn
St. Louis
Wig
Himsvif
J. C. Gary
M. B
Virginia, Minn
Marton
Ohio
Williama
George McKinley
Williams
Aquire
Lord Clarence Zeigler
Chicago
Zeigler
Lord Clarence
Charley Gauptlen
Cleveland
George C. Farnsworth
Abydie
Ye Teilonh
World of Labor
Choowe To
Aventor
Marimon
Elateh
Thers
Bowanea
Famreno
St. Louis, Mo
Paris
Vaillant
Plomench
Prague
Austria
Caldosia, Ind
Moolalinde Lageten
Ton
Socialist Labor
Haly
Crispi
Blolly
Lolgiane
Boston
Mass
New Zealand Labor Bureau
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