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Newspaper
Kansas Agitator
Location
Garnett, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1897
Page
2
In Garnett Kansas a wry column notes residents and officials amid scattered remarks. It cites aldermen in Louisville Ky being arrested for prosperity while sparking debate on marriage trends, legal duties of carriers, and the value of the newspaper interview as a journalistic device.
A published letter by Stephen Crane, describing a shipwreck, is ridiculed for its muddled English. The piece includes awkward phrasing about being an inexperienced filibuster and indulging in “the physical delights of holding one self in bed” as he mentions going to the first mate’s bunk.
A Chicago correspondent notes Florida’s experience after the 1896 freeze. Thoughtful residents adopted mixed farming, abandoning a single crop for vegetables like peas, cabbage, lettuce, and strawberries to supply winter markets. The frost lesson redirected risk, boosting profits and diversifying livelihoods.
The article compiles opinion snippets on direct legislation, party machines, progress, and reforms. It contrasts populist ideas with banking practices, critiques the gold standard, and references figures like Hanna and Rothschilds while noting legislative demands and electoral tensions.
A garbled passage discusses banking instability noting eight banks failing and others at risk. It suggests confidence is shaky as much business relies on credit, with remarks about soundness and the fragility of financial soundness during a period of crises.
A collage of quotes on money's nature and value from Webster, Walker, Javons, Rees, Wallace, Appleton, North British Review, Price, Delmar, Cornuacht, and others. It explores money as medium of exchange, legal authority, and the role of law in defining value, noting that intrinsic material value often differs from statutory value.
The World reports a $3,000,000 offer for a controlling interest in the Erie Canal Traction company, amid ongoing negotiations in London. The Cataract General Electric company controls the subsidiary, with a pending transformation valued at $5,600,000 for the franchise and total parent rights estimated at $25,000,000, described as a gift from the state.
A humorous verse recites a card game scene featuring Ab Sin the Chinese character, Nye, and the speaker. It mocks anti Chinese sentiment as the players accuse a heathen Chinee of cheating with loaded cards and sleeves full of aces, highlighting prejudice within a playful contest.
In Norway Michigan Mayor John Sullivan and several town council members walk off their posts as miners strike over wages. The mayor, at his office deep in a mine shaft, confirms union standing and joins the walkout after a delayed call from a walking delegate. The dispute hinges on wages, with no immediate resolution in sight.
More than fifty women and girls were examined in a recent investigation into the wage practices and working conditions of women and girls in New York City. The labor commissioner called the issue a pressing problem requiring action.
The piece argues women and girls in Greater New York face insufficient wages and petty wage theft, praising unions as a remedy. It reviews Prof Bomis on cooperation, noting European models differ from American outcomes, with limited success in cooperative stores, manufacturing, and distribution, and compares urban to rural cooperatives.
President Prescott of the International Typographical Union announces that per capita tax rises five cents monthly to fund the Colorado home and a 14,000 addition will be built. No more annual conventions, but a convention can be called by a majority. Initiative and referendum will influence legislation, officers to be elected by popular vote. A five-member committee to push for a shorter work day will be appointed, with the personnel announced next month.
Reports from France to Nebraska cite late railway trainees, a woman husking corn, and wage debates. U S labor news covers unions, strikes, and legislative bills in Indiana, Washington, D C, and Des Moines. The silk trade, Panama Canal labor, and barber licensing are also noted amid broader labor movement updates.
Notes on regular sowing intervals to maintain supply, ideal night temperatures between 1 and 50 degrees, use of solid beds versus benches, and methods to prevent green fly damage. The text blends horticultural guidance with unrelated quotations and stray lines.
A fragmented column notes a riddle about a mutual friend and how people discuss others. It cites a Cincinnati Enquirer snippet and jumbled lines about behavior and speech, mentioning names in a stray, dateless context. The piece reads like a gossip column fragment with unclear attribution.
Fragmentary notes describe Chinese etiquette and a judge’s remark about a jury. The text mentions saluting women while hatless and suggests many men study Chinese manners. Olives are referenced as strengthening for a boss amid noisy dialogue.
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