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Newspaper
Kansas Agitator
Location
Garnett, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1891
Page
2
In Garnett Kansas a clipped district report cites wavering opinions and vague hints of political shifts. It mentions a Chicago Army of the Tennessee vow delaying an unveiling, a St Louis milkman confessing a fraud, and broader remarks on May Day New York activity and Ohio third party doubts.
Mrs Porter and Mrs Gale filed a petition to restrain the board of lady managers of the World's Fair from attempting to remove Phoebe Cousins from the position of secretary. The action seeks an injunction to prevent the removal.
The Western Railroads association boycotted the Chicago and Alton route causing it to sell 00 worth of tickets weekly more than a year ago. Public sympathy favors Independent lines over the pool and concerns about safety in Florence reflect anxious travel and economic effects for Americans departing Vesiius to Turin.
A dispute over credit for originating the plan to raise 100000 for Kansas exhibit costs at the world’s fair ends without resolution. Information from both sides identifies A. Gusporr of Topeka as the man whose fertile brain originated the plan.
Lexington Kentucky women form a language reform group urging pure grammatical speech in daily conversation. The writer praises their initiative and proposes similar male and general community efforts nationwide to curb slang and ungrammatical talk.
A section of Low Istana faces severe drought with less than one third inch of rain in six weeks. Gardens and pastures burn, cisterns and streams dry up while the Mississippi River teeters near flood levels, threatening the surrounding country as residents compare the heat to poetry.
The president arrived in Hot Springs at 6 30 am to an enthusiastic reception and, joined by Governor Thayer at Crete, received a cordial welcome in Lincoln before proceeding to Omaha. In Omaha the mayor and citizens cheered as he spoke on expanding foreign markets for farm products and reciprocal trade improving meat exports to Europe. He emphasized liberty, limited federal reach, stable currency, and shared prosperity, praising the patriotic spirit shown by schoolchildren and families along the route.
The grand jury in New Orleans considered the Hennessy case and found Consul Cortes Jetter’s letter inconsistent with official dignity, returning it without comment. Cortes left for Italy. May Citizens’ committee nears a major report on talon steps and suppressing secret murder societies. A mayoral message to the council is anticipated.
Advices from Corriente describe the March 8 killings of Ricardo Monari his wife and two sons by six masked knife attackers. Leonara space ci survived by hiding while Solomon Solazet and associates, blamed for forcing Leonara’s fate, were found in a river with sacks. Documents on Solazet link him to Mata membership.
Great excitement grips Carbon Dale after the arrest of Frye a Black man accused of assaulting Mrs. Mitchell a widow living east of town. He entered her home forced entry wounded her then fled and was pursued to a hay loft seventeen miles away before hidden to Linden to avoid lynching.
May 13 reports from BaLowr and Thompsonville describe forest fires still out of control with residents fleeing burnt districts. A six by three mile tract burned near Boyer station. communities like Sterns camp and Poor Farm Lowes faced heavy damage as fires rage across multiple fronts in Michigan.
John D. Cox of Allegheny City Pennsylvania credits August Flower with curing five months of dyspepsia and wind colic after two weeks of use. He worked for Thomas McHenry a local druggist and notes his wife and family reside at 39 James Street. Green's August Flower advertises the remedy from Woodbury New Jersey.
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