Kansas Agitator Advocate of Reform
A concise description of a political newspaper titled Kansas Agitator. It centers on an aggressive, progressive advocate devoted to ES reform and advancing the interests of a reformist stakeholder group.
15 Mar 1894
Page 1
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Newspaper
Kansas Agitator
Location
Garnett, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1894
Page
1
A concise description of a political newspaper titled Kansas Agitator. It centers on an aggressive, progressive advocate devoted to ES reform and advancing the interests of a reformist stakeholder group.
A brief excerpt presents Lowell urging spoken truth and public voice. It emphasizes steadfastness in expression and the impossibility of retracting a word once spoken, even as some may hate or resist each line.
A compilation notes new Populist paper The Union from Minneapolis and St Paul and praises its lively tone. It discusses the north-south railroad, a planned cooperative colony in Tennessee, and Speaker Douglass’s local influence in Sedgwick county. An Indiana editor quotes a Dublin correspondent musing on nominating Helen Gougar and Mary Lease for president and vice president in 1890.
The text critiques church leaders and politicians, urging alignment with the people over wealth. It highlights Mary Bi Lease and Helen M Gougar as figures and calls ministers to move closer to common folk, condemning usury and forced toil while praising practical needs like food and homes over creeds.
The coast country of Texas competes with California in pear, grape, and strawberry raising. A 1803 record of LL. M. Stringfellow near Hitchcock, Texas, yielded nearly $6,000 in pears from 13 scree, suggesting replication. G. T. Nicholson of Topeka, Kans., offers a free illustrated pamphlet about Texas farming.
Mrs Mary E Lease speaks on Boston Common praising voter education and electing working class representatives while criticizing past leaders. She supports woman suffrage but jokes that women voting in the last 25 years would have worsened conditions. She tells unemployed to stay home with babies. praises decisive political action.
In a forceful address from Santa Cruz, the speaker denounces charity toward the unemployed, insists work earns wages, and urges decisive action to curb idle labor. He condemns the social system that concentrates wealth in under 1% and highlights child toil and exploitation among women, urging a square deal for producers. The New Charter, Santa Cruz, Cal.
The piece markets a book titled To California and Back by G T Nicholson and G P A Topeka offering a free copy. It touts the San Francisco Midwinter Exposition to lure visitors, promotes a pamphlet about the World's Fair, and praises California climate and sunlit days with low Santa Fe route fares.
Kerr takes a firm stand on a contentious crossroads policy advocating clear middle ground. No compromise is offered as tensions rise among supporters and opponents.
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