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Newspaper
Kansas Agitator
Location
Garnett, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1897
Page
2
A Kansan column compiles diverse items from Europe and America. It covers royal jubilee preparations in London, population shifts in France and Germany, Massachusetts backed Mayflower log restoration, winter wheat losses in Illinois, Cuban conflict updates, Baltimore political graft accusations, and other brief notes.
Fragmentary verse reflects starving men of New York and a speaker describing youth facing loss and duty. A commentator named George Lee Lyman is referenced as the author of a reply about life as a dream and work as the answer to sorrow.
Thousands gather at Broadway and Houston Street during a snow removal shift as unemployed men beg foremen for jobs. Amid hunger they protest when some are passed over, prompting police to restore order after riots and demonstrations led by Italian workers.
A Union Labor Bulletin article laments the reluctance of workers to demand union labeled products and the tendency of manufacturers to avoid labeling to dodge union conditions. It argues that if union members rejected excuses, dealers would compete by offering clearly union labeled goods and fair labor standards.
John D. Rockefeller told young New York churchgoers it is religious duty to get all the money you can, a remark that sparked debate over whether wealth alone defines success. The speech drew attention to his view on money as a measure of value and sparked questions about its meaning.
The speaker laments how wealth and power are invoked in debates over independence and crime. He contrasts Astor Rockefeller and capitalists with the public’s right to fairness, accusing the rich of aggrandizing wealth while harming the young and old in a relentless chase for fortunes.
The piece questions whether Carnegie’s wealth is a rightful return to the community or a product of monopolistic privilege and taxed power. It contrasts Carnegie’s claim that rich men should act as trustees for surplus wealth with the doubt that wealth conferred by privilege truly benefits society. The argument weighs origins of wealth against civic obligation.
The New York State Board of Mediation and Arbitration released its annual report to the legislature. For the year ending October 1, 1886, strikes and lockouts fell by about 40 percent from 1895 and were well below earlier years. The decline is attributed to ongoing business depression and unemployment, plus conservative worker attitudes toward strikes. The board handled 18 strikes that year, with 240 strikes and lockouts recorded in 1896 and 417 in 1892.
Certun agitation in favor of a labor temple has borne fruit and work will begin early in the spring. The owner will secure funds for the erection from a building and loan association in which it holds shares.
The building inspector for Washington DC favors day labor on public works and sends a recommendation to district commissioners. Tennessee passes a law protecting Unton labels from imitation. Over a thousand white workers, mostly women, strike in New York for a 20 percent wage rise and win. The Cigar Makers International Union to exhibit at state and national expos. Nashville Centennial exhibit prepared. demand for organized labor products urged. Boston to equip a city printing plant at $100,000 annual outlay. Mayor Quincy and the Typographical Union back the plan. Globe Ship Building Company workers in Cleveland strike for double pay on Saturdays and overtime, winning after one day. they belong to AFL unions. New machine in St Paul disrupts coopers with hoop-driving action, claimed to be highly successful. A committee lobbies for better military bake shops and limiting blue ribbon bakers per day in the legislature.
A colonial-era piece describes the Andaman Islands dwarfs, their four to five foot height, frizzy hair, and habit of wearing necklaces made from human bones. It notes their hostility to outsiders, firemaking by friction, and beliefs about bone necklaces warding off disease, with details on hair, skin color, and skull customs.
Special to Chicago Times Herald reports hypnotist act Fontanasy leaving several juvenile followers in Sault Ste. Marie Michigan. Ages 12 to 18 allegedly hypnotize friends. one boy reportedly used a basement high school to immobilize a victim. Superintendent Ferguson summoned for help. another case in Central Methodist Episcopal church involved a boy acting strangely after apparent mesmerization.
Report describes an unexplained ignition aboard a vessel or vehicle in a confined setting. Details are fragmented but indicate sudden burning within a chamber or refrigeration space on shore or near a building. Officials have yet to confirm a definitive cause or identify individuals involved.
A St Paul Dispatch report notes tests show freshly made wood charcoal cannot spontaneously ignite after air exposure, debunking alarm over charcoal in retigating chambers. The piece also covers John Spiek’s court case over alleged coercion with a weapon and a Georgia evangelist Tuttle performing his own funeral sermon, tracing his circus roots and dramatic conversion.
An owner recounts the death of Hector, a long trusted leader of a pack of hounds. In his old age he grew infirm and stayed near the kitchen fire. One day his memory stirred the pack to a full cry after hearing his note, and the room learned Hector had died.
A quirky narrator recalls a method to fall asleep by imagining a flock of hundreds of sheep running through a fence hole. The boy watches them shrink into sleep, while readers are invited to share their own sleep suggestions. The piece, from the Indisnapellé Journal, includes playful dialect and humorous asides about cases and doctors.
A garbled note suggests Miiking questions a claim about sewing a cycle sult. Regan Ai ero appears in fragmented form, making the exact meaning unclear.
A Brooklyn prophet foresees the world ending in autumn 1000 and predicts a race so heated it will overshadow events. He notes language usage and cites a peculiar figure about English and China speech, framing a sensational, though unclear, claim.
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