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Newspaper
Kansas Agitator
Location
Garnett, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1903
Page
3
Rod Platt ambles toward Welton with family tensions and a plan to seek work. A nighttime derailment aboard No. 127 leads to a brutal hijack attempt as three masked men loot the train, but Rod acts to save a restrained express car and ensure the train’s intact arrival, while a tearful girl awaits at the station.
In a tense scene a group consoles a man and inquiries about Uncle Nate as Hod struggles to rise. A husky voice and the crowd’s concern reveal fear, while a former fireman urges resolve. Nathan Bellows is mentioned as a key figure to be reclaimed.
The article traces earrings from their earliest recorded mentions in Genesis about 1782 B C to their use as amulets in antiquity. It notes archaeological finds in Etruria and Anglo-Saxon England, and explains that men’s wearing of earrings survives as superstition to ward off evil, with examples among Italian and New York wearers.
Fragments describe warmth from a crackling fire and family gathering on a cold winter night. The nostalgic tone celebrates traditional comforts, familiar names, and shared stories as superior to modern, impersonal progress. The piece reads as poetic reminiscence about old fashioned cheer.
A Harvard Law professor, famed for memory only of legal points, fails to recall his students. A sharp newcomer questions him, and the professor finally calls the student by name. The secretary reveals the misstep, noting the professor had been told the student’s name just moments earlier.
Zachary Macaulay placed his three younger sons in a school kept by Richard Etwell at Hammersmith. The London Standard notes the future historian and essayist was urged for admission but refused for being over age and notably solitary and unstudious. Richard Biwell, who died in 1887 aged ninety, relates his father’s reasoning.
Senator Tom Platt, intrigued by a mailed book, explains to Senator Quay that the volume is a reprint once valued by William Penn and followers, though scarcely known among their descendants. He dismisses the book by tossing it into Quay’s desk like the Bible.
Secretary Cortelyou proposes a large budget to staff the new department with clerks solicitors and examiners and to fund a grand building and extensive operating costs. He seeks 669600 annually for new personnel 7000000 for a department building and hundreds of thousands for contingencies travel and printing. The piece contrasts executive secrecy in the Senate with a growing public demand for openness.
A political critique denounces Mr. Lodge for blocking public access to U S Philippine Island proceedings. It argues a Republican government must provide full knowledge and reject autocratic suppression and evasive secrecy. The piece calls the refusal un American and stresses accountability to the people.
An editor notes a Washington report that the war department will supply governors with a stock of riot cartridges on demand. The piece questions why, amid supposed broad industry prosperity and stable unions, the government would alter a century of precedent to distribute such ammunition to state leaders.
The piece claims Cortelyou will preside over a sprawling new Commerce and Air department with many bureaus. It urges consolidating two thirds of the agencies within a year or two to end bureaucratic circumlocution and trim the service. It also contests senate dignity, accusing some members of accepting telegrams from monopolies to sway votes.
The note criticizes Senator Burton’s ear as to the need for a committee on publication related to a secret session. It suggests the idea is pointless and unwise, underscoring calls for openness.
A critical, era-voiced verdict condemns Congress as unfair to opportunity and led by dangerous interests. It denounces the body as betraying the public and harming republican institutions, wishing for better deeds from its successor and noting no mourners among the people.
The author disputes repeated assurances of peace in the Philippines especially Luzon, criticizing the benevolent regime of the commission and its justice, education, and uplifting influence. The piece notes persistent contradictions within a week and questions safety for white men beyond Manila’s walls over the past four years.
Western Republicans, upset by leaders refusal to revise tariff schedules, show strong support for Ingalls in Democratic views. The push threatens unity as western congressmen drift from earlier stances, signaling a powerful sentiment that could split the party.
The St. Louis Globe-Democrat laments a great conl hold-up blamed on coal barons and railroads Allied with unnamed culprits. It blames manipulated strikes and opal trusts as sources of oppression and urges effective government action and new legislative measures as winter ends and relief becomes possible.
Representative Cannon, chair of the appropriations committee, asserts that no bill pensioning ex slaves will ever become law. He warns Senator Hanna's introduction of such a bill could let dishonest whites prey on the credulity of the Afro American community, especially the freedmen.
Judge Grosscup signals possible future actions in the beef trust dispute at Chicago. The ruling concedes petitioners may have standing, while proof of their allegations remains undecided. Granting a preliminary injunction marks the initial step toward broader legal challenges.
The piece condemns the 28 percent tariff on books as barbarous and unworthy of an enlightened age. It argues such duties belittle public sentiment and damage national intelligence, calling for aroused public reaction against this bigoted legislation.
A historical review argues Rockefeller’s stance and public reaction spurred trust legislation, surpassing even presidential efforts. The piece reflects on perceptions of Rockefeller as a reformer versus a business titan and the mixed reactions to his influence on policy.
An 1899 advertisement extols Doan's Kidney Pills and Halleyr Drops cures for kidney and bladder issues including Bright's disease and dropsy. It quotes Joshua Heller praising pills from Cunningham Bros drugstore Champaign and offers a free trial, with medical advice and 60 cent boxes, plus related claims about Catarrh and tonic cures.
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