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Newspaper
Kansas Agitator
Location
Garnett, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1897
Page
2
A fragmented Kansas agitator page recounts diverse items including poems, politics, ballooning plans from Sweden toward the North Pole, a North Dakota divorce bill proposal, and summaries of trusts capitalization. It also cites New York City events, a Stevens Institute anniversary anecdote, and Newark library actions amid civic reform.
A broad labor era discourse argues against liquor trade harming wages and employment. It cites a government wage table showing $20.10 average per $100 spent on goods, with liquor at $1.07, and asserts beer, wine, and spirits drain wage funds and hurt industry. The piece links liquor to unemployment, urging prohibition to revive employment, raise living standards, and restore national prosperity.
A fragmentary note describes heavenly choir singing around the manger throne with wondrous strains of Peace on earth, good will toward men, linked to Sacramento California in the readable text.
A distinguished group of judges in London will hear an appeal over a £25,000 damages verdict won by non union boilermakers against the National Boilermakers Union. The case, centered on non union workers being replaced, has drawn worldwide interest as unions and employers weigh in on if unions may force discharges. A parallel report notes Columbia Typographical Union No. 101’s findings that civil service reform improved the government printing office’s staff quality and tenure, with calls to extend written charge requirements to this sector.
A Dublin garden party moment ends six centuries of Anglo Irish enmity between the Fitz-Geralds and the Butlers. A nine-year-old Duke of Ormonde and a young Fitz-Gerald diplomat seal peace with a handshake, halting a feud dating from 1250. The scene unfolds at the viceregal lodge in Dublin during a royal visit.
Captain Fred Neilson, co owner of the vessel Rattler, sailed along the California coast as his wife awaited at San Francisco. He kept three carrier pigeons to deliver love notes during an eight to ten month voyage. One bird carried a message to the ship owner and another to his wife, revealing the vessel lay forty miles from the coast. A third note was expected soon.
The Reading Iron Company reduces wages for 2000 workers while Los Angeles officials hear a large unemployed crowd seeking aid. Cleveland building trades press for an eight hour day. most contractors hold off. Knights of Labor membership sits near 41000 with finances strained. Chicago humanitarian groups back a bill limiting child labor to 16 hours weekly and 10 hours per day.
Elizabeth Chappel, later Bettie Van Pelt, has married ten men in and near Lebanon and Indianapolis, Indiana. Her spouses include Grace Brock, James Hagelrigg, Thoman Hudson, Milton Schofield, Frank Baker, Jacob W. Dinkins, Dr. Reene Trowbridge, Tiane Jeffries, and James Van Pelt. She has secured eight divorces, none contested, and reports no alimony requests. She is 44 years old.
Welding pioneer Roberts Austin reports that metals both molten and cold can bond in vacuum. Lead and gold surfaces kept at 40 degrees for four days unite firmly and separate only by a third of lead’s breaking strain. Gold diffuses upward through a lead cylinder over three days, challenging traditional solid liquid state views.
An archival fragment presents a dialect exchange attributed to George Washington and his son, shifting from a famous cherry tree legend to a humorous modern retelling. The dialogue suggests a playful reinterpretation with a self referential elder and younger George debating ownership and labor.
A historical guide on garment care emphasizing airing, sun purifying, and simple washing. It warns against overusing perfumes, notes deodorizing methods, and advises practical steps like turning garments inside out and sponging with ammonia solution before rinsing. It also mentions avoiding strong scents and using light cleaning agents.
A dialogue shows editor Lawley and novice James discussing a lecture report. The reporter completes publication with a doctored middle sentence that changes the ending to remark on detaining listeners briefly.
The report notes Zurich plans major new facilities as the largest in Switzerland, with a projected cost of 7,400,000 francs. Earlier lines mention unusual foods like Russian koumiss and a mix of vague crypto phrases about medicines and bottles, but the clear industrial item is the Zurich project.
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