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Newspaper
Kansas Agitator
Location
Garnett, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1902
Page
7
A fragment from a Los Angeles Herald column by W. Gillian extols relentless resolve. It urges pushing through fear and obstacles with firm faith and will, declaring the world serves the steadfast who set their course and declare, Well I am going to anyway.
John J. Hannahan, a longtime Chicagoan, was elected grand master of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen at the Chattanooga convention. He has served as first vice grand master for nearly twenty years and assumed duties when Frank P. Sargent became immigration commissioner. The order reports over 600 lodges and about 50,000 members with Frank W. Arnold of Peoria re elected grand secretary treasurer.
John J. Ryan argues in the Chicago Record-Herald that labor union incorporation risks national implications and uncertain outcomes. He notes courts already recognize labor groups via injunctions and advocate caution, warning that prestige words offer little practical protection.
Jane Addams of Hull House spoke to the Chicago Political Equality League on The Social Waste of Child Labor. She discussed a proposed measure by Illinois clubs to curb child work, requiring reading and writing tests and parental affidavit endorsement by teachers, while noting most working children were not from widowed families. She urged using wealth to fund education for poor children amid rising Illinois factory employment.
In a 1500 worker plant an Isbor union makes an unreasonable demand. Older workers disavow attendance at a meeting, but the owner argues that responsible unionists must attend and guide actions. He warns that unions succeed when the best men participate, while neglect invites poor leadership and strikes.
The American Federation of Labor will consider a pension proposal at its November convention in New Orleans. A Nebraska State Society of Labor and Industry endorsed resolution seeks pensions for men over 50 who have 26 years in the United States and no felony record. The South Omaha Federal Labor Union No. 7112 backed the plan and aims to win support from the Trades and Labor Council and the Nebraska society.
The United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners votes to raise the per capita tax to twenty five cents monthly from twenty. The decision will go to a referendum, with critics predicting likely defeat. The union describes the move as necessary to fund benefits and treasury needs amid strikes and financial strain.
Special correspondence notes Urbino as a pilgrimage site where Raphael, born there on April 6 1483, overshadows other interests. The article recalls the ducal palace, its statue by Luigi Bolli, the Via Raffello, and the grand halls once hosting Castiglione and the Italian Renaissance court amid decay and national monument status.
The account notes rooms in Urbino where Raphael is linked, describing a fresco of a reading woman lacking sacred halos, dating the hair and dress to late 15th century. Tapestries hidden in a room and Florence-bound fires are mentioned, while nobles attend glittering events with Virgil sung by a duchess and Bembo joining conversations. The piece ends with a vivid image of dawn over hills and Cupid presiding over coronations.
Oysters cannot live in the Baltic Sea because it is too fresh for their needs. They require water with at least thirty parts of salt per thousand parts of water to survive.
The article notes tours recovering from a year of impairment with strong hopes for full restoration. It highlights the Duke of Parma's large royal progeny from two marriages totaling eighteen children, seventeen living and all unmarried, and mentions Princess Maria Pia of Bourbon-Rielly as the first wife. It also recounts John Howard Payne's youth and early entry into a counting house before editing the Thespian Mirror.
A lieutenant of the 12th army corps at Dresden was charged with disturbing the public peace and assaulting a police officer but discharged. He was drunk and his conduct extreme yet no police dared take him to the station, using a rule that place was for civilians.
Horicon Wisconsin resident Mr FP Batach credits Dr August Koenig with a cough relief after using Hamburst Breast Tea. He states the remedy helped rid him of an obstinate cough and expresses gratitude to the discoverer of the machine referenced in the note.
A concise reflection on modesty describing it as an ornament and shield for virtue. It portrays modesty as a quick delicate sensibility in the soul that makes a person withdraw from dangerous appearances and avoid hurtful situations.
An OCR fragment shows multiple ad lines for tonics and remedies. Burdock Blood Bitters touted for torpid liver while Allen's Foot Ease promises foot relief for new shoes. Defiance Starch claims superior quality with 16 ounce packages. The jumbled text also references Dr Thomas electric oil and chaperonage remarks amid general sales language.
A fragment from the Atlanta Constitution notes a railroad incident injuring a leading post. It mentions the poet in hard luck and a man spraining both hands while splitting rails and needing moonshine to thin lip pulp. The piece is clipped and lacks full clarity.
The northernmost railroad in the world has its southern terminus in Lulea a town of almost six thousand inhabitants in Northern Sweden near the head of the Gulf of Bothnia.
A medical testimonial extols Dean's Kidney Pills as lifesaving after severe backache and kidney issues. Walter McLaughlin of Wheel ing WV credits the remedy for his recovery, recounting prior futile treatment and a public free trial offer from Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY, with 6 price per box information and a teaser about Defiance starch.
A damaged fragment discusses haste to gain recognition and the consequence of premature headstones. It mentions pride and a faint reference to clothing or rites, with garbled phrases suggesting caution in timing and appearance. The text resembles a moral or editorial aside.
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