Kansas Agitator and Miscellany of 1890s News
Aggregated notes cover cholera origins from rice, Belgian premier decline, a Michigan girl’s dream omen, and rising food demand. It reviews Glasgow’s streetcar replacement by electricity, New York Justices’ stock investments, Russian oil in Germany, and Sioux place name pronunciation. It also describes a Russian ballooning device, Indian park plans in Minnesota, French reforestation spending, United States Adirondacks protection, and a London novelty photograph clock for workers.
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Minnesota
Hose
Mississippi
France
New York
Adirondacks
Hudson
The Money Question A Greenback View on Money Supply
F G R Gordon argues that money is a government stamp not value, criticizing gold and silver standards. He claims labor costs to produce money vary, advocates public paper like greenbacks, warns against bonded indebtedness, and asserts workingmen have a stake in monetary policy. He links private railroads and monetary schemes to worker burdens and endorses state control.
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F. G. R. Gordon
Reasen
Lincoln
America
Cost of Assimilation Under McKinley Burdens Army Retirees
Under McKinley a practice grew where retiring officers were placed on paid lists then replaced, creating a rotating chain of generals. The tally lists multiple officers with very short retirements, many serving only days to months before retirement, all to collect increased pay. The passage concludes by questioning public perception of President McKinley’s honesty.
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McKinley
Frank Wheaton
J. W. Forsyth
R. Bilas
Breck
W. H. Bell
T. Cushing
W.H. Nash
C. P. Eagan
A. B. Carey
W. R. Shafter
W. M. Graham
J. M. Mizner
Anton Milla
C. H. Carlton
Ife
William McKinley
How We Do It. Herron on civilization and commerce
Prof. George D. Herron compares the current situation to a man overwhelmed by a heavy dray of merchandise. He warns that while civilization bears the load, a few men may notice the man beneath and act to prevent waste and loss, urging timely aid.
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Geo. D. Herron
Public ownership seen as remedy for railroad influence
A Boone Town letter discusses how public ownership could curb railroad corruption. Citing a Swiss example with government run railways and a fifteen day pass, the author argues Americans could ride all roads for 67 dollars, asserting public control benefits voters, while rail interests lobby for favorable laws.
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Switzerland
Ohio
Oto
Walt mi Ft
Porto Rican Tariff Absurdities Highlight Trade Oddities
The New York World notes a Treasury table showing Porto Rico duties on U S goods with bizarre cases. Wheat bread taxed four mills, cornmeal taxed three cents per bushel, rice untaxed while oats taxed, beans taxed, codfish untaxed but dried herring taxed, and many other inconsistencies. The piece argues such tariffs on interterritorial commerce violate the constitution and plain duty.
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Treasury Department
Fan Juez
United States
Porto Rico
New York World
Government ownership of railroads argued in clippings
A reader letters debate on socialism and railroads. The Toledo Blade criticizes private ownership, cites U S service quality and lower passenger rates, and argues government ownership can offer cheaper freight. The clippings reflect progovernment views and partisan journalism.
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Richill, Mo
Anak
United States
Europa
Europe
Toledo Blade
Monarchien
Pan
How to Kill Opposition in Kansas City Papers
A reader argues for a workingmen led boycott of capitalistic daily papers in Kansas City. The piece urges workers to shun papers and advertisers that misrepresent them, claiming a boycott can quickly coerce editorial policy and damage newspapers valued at hundreds of thousands.
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Kansas City
Ecaba
Decline and luxury threaten virtue through wealth
A reflective critique warns that wives and daughters of the wealthy unknowingly aid the costs of riches. History and a noted author are cited as Rome’s signs of decline show virtue eroded by luxury and self indulgence, foreshadowing ruin and social horrors.
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Caro
Thor
Rome
St Paul
Labor and Industry in Chicago Drive on Labor War
A lengthy Chicago dispatch outlines a fierce labor dispute with wholesale plumbers and glass workers facing union pressure. It notes union and nonunion firms at odds, with picketing, conspiracies to crush small jobbers, and threats of industrial arson. Grand jury testimony portrays a system of price control and contractor pressure, urging both sides to find reasonableness.
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Chicago Robbery’ Association
Ecouta
Denlera
Glass Workers’ Union
Chicago
Imaginative Lift for the Workingman in Daily Life
The piece argues that imagination can brighten a workingman's life by appreciating beauty, nature, and art. It urges exercising this gift to transcend monotony, find inspiration in landscapes and music, and achieve a daily mastery of spirit over the physical self, ending with a hopeful note on personal fulfillment.
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Heaven
W. M
Philadelphia
Sunday Times
Unionism in defense of labor rights and capital limits
A Midland Mechanic echoes a pacific unionist stance, arguing labor protection over capital greed. It portrays unionism as peaceful protest against capital encroachment, seeking fair wages and prices, stressing labor’s sacrifices and humanity meets divine sanction in its cause.
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Midland Mechanic
Medea
Lazarus
Liberty
Shylock
Staelf
Father
Eye to Business Circular From Wabash Agent
General Passenger Agent Crane issues circulars to all departments asking employers to inform travel plans of employees. The notice urges prompt reports of journeys to any point and directs notifying the nearest passenger representative. The company promises attention to all such advisories to boost revenue.
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Crane
the Wabash
Austria Faces Mass Strike by Coal Miners Across Provinces
Austria endures a sweeping labor conflict as 40 000 to 7 000 miners in Bohemia Moravia and Silesia press demands for shorter hours wage increases and grievance redress after six weeks on strike. The movement reflects a tense siege between capital and labor amid misfortune and unrest.
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Austria
Austeia
Bohemia
Moravia
Silesia
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Kansas
Garnett
Kanbar
M. Vandenpeerboom
Belgium
West Flanders
Michigan
Glasgow
Stprema Court of New York
Germany
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Bloux City
Sioux Rapids
Soo
Schoo
New England
K. Danilowsky
Signal Corps
London
Alde Smith
Boone
Town
Switerland
Tensor
M. H
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Se Jet
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Labor and Industry
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