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Newspaper
Kansas Agitator
Location
Garnett, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 03, 1899
Page
2
A fragmented Kansas Agitator page blends social quips with broad claims about Goats lymph science and wireless telegraphy. It notes Rainer Wilhelm’s fast yacht, Kaiser plans, and a Puerto Cabello incident. Dolbear vs Marconi in wireless rights is raised, alongside rail fare ideas for students and weather barometer debates. The battleship speed trial is cited with knot figures and contract specifics.
Voices from John De Witt Warner to Henry Windom argue over gold and silver as currency standards. The piece criticizes Republican platforms for shifting from trusts to monetary policy, calling corporations artificial and dangerous to democracy.
This clipping surveys opinions on monopoly and public welfare, contrasting private versus collective ownership. It cites George's Weekly and Johnstown Democrat on costs of American soldiers in the Philippines, tax burdens, and criticism of the Republican platform for trusts. It notes partisan blame and public sentiment toward the war and trusts.
In a mix of letters and editorials, Salt Lake Living Tasties argues peace would spare soldiers from harm, while Wardner pen inmates suffer typhoid deaths and high medicine bills. The Interstate Commerce Commission report criticizes courts and calls for government ownership to curb rate extortion.
The Inquirer mocks claims the American Revolution was a mistake and argues for reform. It compares home rule, the British flag, and a Canadian governor general, noting Pennsylvania’s self-government fit and criticizing state leadership and the newspaper’s own wide circulation.
A humorous quip from Puck notes a elected jungle treasurer claims public funds pass through his four hands. The cartoonish remark mocks salary modesty and the breadth of control in a satirical scenario.
A terse preface cites George's Weekly and National Watchened musing on how social roles like tramp and millionaire arise from institutions. Prices are stated to depend on money volume, not color, framing a critique of economic and social systems.
The article recounts Coleridge’s own account of how opium use began after a cane of rheumatic symptoms. It describes his early relief from pain, the lure of the Kendal black drop, and the gradual descent into addiction shown through his reflective confession of pain and terror.
The text outlines the start and structure of the twentieth century beginning January 1, 1900, with leap year rules, day counts, and the plan to adopt the Gregorian calendar in Russia by omitting thirteen days and redefining the new year. It notes shifts in the astronomical day starting at midnight and civil day alignment, plus anticipated confusions from current practices.
A New York Evening Post item explains the vast postal workload by detailing the stamping envelope losses. It notes Chicago credited 21 cases in the last quarter, each with 10,000 stamps, due to misdirection, burning, or wetting, and sometimes sacks are ground under train wheels when catching a fast-moving mail bag.
An English railway passenger complained that luggage was not loaded as the train left a Scotch stop. The porter, in charge, faced a shouted rebuke and a witty retort about the luggage and the train. The exchange ends with a quip about who bears the burden.
A Kanane City Times report describes eleven large bars resembling sponge cakes, each weighing about the same. The bars bear the imprint 999 fine and were valued at $750 each. The silver was reported as Argentine smelted ore and the total shipment was worth $7,486.60. The scene at the depot appeared deserted with no immediate danger noted.
A new blasting method uses a water cartridge placed in a shot hole and converted to steam instantly by electricity. It is especially applicable in coal mines.
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