Kansas Agitator and World News Snippets
A rambling column covers diverse items from science and literature to crime and trade. It mentions Anne Barnett tied to Meph, Victor Emmanuel I, H. G. Wells, and Australian sermons, plus railways and bridges. It notes arbitration in Greenwood Kansas and a Manila Bay-era admiral’s daughter’s suicide in Genoa, with various disparate vignettes on fashion, crime, and courtesy in shopping.
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Montojo
Dewey
Manila Bay
Haa
Genoa
Barcelona
Jong
Mountain goat farm opens in Center Tioga counties Pa
A pioneer in mountain goat farming begins with cleared mountain land and a shipment of 1000 white goats at 13 dollars each. The fenced pasture supports hardy animals, with goats valued for fur hides and meat. Also notes Count de la Vaulx and balloon plans for a Mediterranean voyage in June or July with four crew and a two and a half by three point two meter car.
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Center
Tioga Counties
Revue de Paris
Count de la Vaulx
Mediterranean
Chalais
Dark snow and heat of tiny insects in Alpine tale
A passage describes red snow known from High Alps literature and black soot blended snow from London. It recalls a past sight in the Muette Valley where dark, nearly black snow fell in a heavy shower, carrying a strong smell and an immense heat attributed to tiny insects carried by a distant wind.
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High Alps
London
Muette Valley
Tapestries for walls echo luxury and social change
A Detroit Free Press note discusses silk and imitation tapestries as costly wall coverings in upscale flats, tracing a fad from tapestry imitation to silk and faux fabric walls. It contrasts elite taste with broader affordability and quotes Mrs. May Wright Sewall on leisure, class, and domestic life, criticizing modern American attitudes toward home and work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jelsure
May Wright Sewall
Lelsure
Detroit Free Press
KUMMER GIRLS HOOT WEAN
The summer girl will wear mostly black shoes with bright tan accents and trimmed stockings. Brooklyn Eagle notes black stockings remain in fashion with embroidered flowers and high clocks, while bold colored stockings are reserved for house wear.
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Kummer
Saya
Brooklyn Eagle
Face Improvement in London Dressmakers Circle
An enterprising masseuse in Conduit street London has built a niche by face improvement. She treats double chin to fashion’s taste, offering similar methods to reduce wrinkles and round out a sharp chin, drawing curious clientele from fashionable circles.
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Conduit Street
London
The Same Old Story of Debt Slavery in Anderson
The piece reviews a system of debt bondage tied to jail time and forced labor, detailing cases in Anderson where Black tenants and workers were coerced into contracts, stockades, and corporal punishment. It contrasts this with New Zealand land policy and Henry George ideas, citing a New York Tribune correspondence and recent critiques in The Star.
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Fowler
Siyptem
Negrave
Anderson
Correspondence
New York Tribune
New Zealand Land System Examined by Frank G Carpenter
Special correspondent Frank G. Carpenter reports on New Zealand land policy. He finds limits at 640 acres, government allocation to small farmers, and tax rules that heavily favor the poor while taxing large incomes, with giants like Rockefeller and Carnegie facing vast taxes under the system.
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New Zealand
Frank G. Carpenter
Henry George
John D. Rockefeller
Andrew Carnegie
Single Tax Outline Draws Support From Abbott
Rev Lyman Abbott lectured at the Brooklyn Institute on Democracy arguing the single tax could operate with less social harm than industry readjustment. He contended natural resources and land are social products not owned by individuals and traced land ownership through history to artificial rights. Abbott warned the plan seeks abolition of all taxation and signals a growing drift toward single tax among prominent thinkers.
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Lyman Abbott
New York Outlook
Plymouth
Henry Ward
Abraham
Lot
Labor, Landlords and Idiots Says Ralph Hoyt
A Los Angeles paper quotes Ralph Hoyt arguing that government should not provide full employment but enable self employment by freeing natural resources. He claims labor surplus is a myth, caused by landlords and fools who block access to resources, urging open access for all to work and produce essentials.
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Los Angeles
Ralph Hoyt
Aguinaldo as Peacemaker Seen in Boston Herald
The Boston Herald discusses Aguinaldo as a potential peacemaker who could help end the war, noting that if he proves as capable as supporters claim, he might be effectively used for peace. The piece also covers trade and labor troubles in British cotton manufacturing due to weak demand from India and reduced purchases from China, arguing that war devastates nations and limits demand for foreign goods.
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Aguinaldo
Boston Herald
Usefni
India
China
Ching
England
Salvage Award Sets Record From St Paul Wreck Off New Jersey
The St Paul ran aground near Long Branch in dense fog on January 25, 1896, carrying $1,260,000 in gold consigned to a New York firm. Lloyds and underwriters pressured swift unloading. Captain Clark arranged landings and a lighter transfer guarded by twelve men. Gold moved to a Wall Street vault as salvage of the ship yielded a $166,000 award, the largest in admiralty court history. The vessel stayed aground ten days with no major hull damage.
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Menem
Pau
St. Paul
Jersey Beach
Long Branch
New York
Merritt-Chapman Wrecking Company
Consignees
Clark
Llyod
American Line
Lloyds
Haggerty
Wall Street
Yice
Anna- Jee's
James Madison Youth and Public Life Chronicle
James Madison, born March 16 1791 at Port Conway Virginia, rose from a Scotch schoolteacher’s tutelage to Princeton and Hebrew study. He helped guide Virginia’s colonial Congress, served in early U S politics, led during the British conflict, and retired to Montpelier dying June 28 1836 in Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beoteh
Doonidson
Wim Wis Beart
James Madison
United States
Port Conway
James
Donaldson
Madison
Princeton College
Williamsburg
Virginia
Congress
Great Britain
Montpelier
Dress reform for women offers practical working wear
A New York Sun advocate of dress reform argues that bloomers and a denim bloom er costume enable women to perform house cleaning more effectively. She recommends removing corsets and skirts, wearing washable bloomers with a matching blouse, rolled sleeves, and a soft collar to keep necks and wrists free for labor.
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Saya
New York Sun
Monkey skins export increase and mass killings in Gold Coast
The Gold Coast sees a near thirty thousand dollar rise in monkey skins export value as past warnings go unheeded. From 1890 to 1896, some 884 768 skins were shipped while only skins in good condition sellable. It is estimated up to a million monkeys may have been slaughtered in the Gold Coast district alone during this period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gold Coast
Gold Comsat
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Kansas
Kansar
Anne
Fernandina, Pla
Haly
Victor Emmanuel 1
Cavallere Eperansa
Humbert
H. G. Wells
Sandgate
America
Paris
Union
Greenwood County
Eureka
Lee On
Hong Kong
Lee
Mott Street
Eencheon
South Carolina
Negewes
Enfaner
Ty Which
Carpenter
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