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Newspaper
Kansas Agitator
Location
Garnett, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 1897
Page
2
A chaotic collection notes travels, social views, and political quotes. Highlights include Miles’ report on American forces, discussions of women’s roles, and Annie Besant on gender. It also notes the yellow fever outbreak near the Gulf with calm public response and the risk of secrecy provoking panic.
The text notes Cuba’s long revolt since 1868 with insurrection resurging in 1895. Spain sent over 260000 troops to Havana, about 45000 killed, and nearly double that number injured or disabled. Many injured soldiers returned to Spain and burdened local communities.
The Chicago Record notes support for a postal savings bank measure while flagging defects to be corrected in Congress. Provisions limit deposits and withdrawals and permit lending to banks and bonds, with amendments allowing unlimited accounts and checking. Walter J. Howard, once a detective, recounts a Chicago robbery where two gold teeth were among the only valuables left.
Reading through a mangled dialect piece, the grain and weather loom large. Neighbors discuss idle days, fences down, cows wandering, and hesitation as a harvest waits on rain. A calm rural scene centers on chores postponed amid talk of labor and time.
The article argues that many innovations fail due to lack of suitable materials, methods, or markets, and praises studying expired patents and neglected inventions. It cites pneumatic bicycles and motor carriages as examples tied to broader industrial progress, urging experts to revive dormant ideas for modern applications.
Detroit Free Press reports ongoing attacks on W D Mahon president of the street rally way employes and Paul Gompers head of the American Federation of Labor. A trades unionist notes possible socialist involvement or influence behind the campaigns while Gompers explains he signed no call and sought to shield the convention from hostile groups and keep labor unity.
The text hints at a future reveal of the labor movement’s organizers and disruptors in America, promising that the complete plot will be laid bare. It notes a shift to full band music from this moment forward.
The executive committee of local division 88 of the Amalgamated Association of Street Railway Employes of America reports in support of Maton. They deny any dishonesty or bribe taking and express full confidence in his honesty and integrity. They pledge to follow his guidance for future success of the street railway workers’ organizing effort in Chicago.
During the fifty eighth annual section of the Rock River conference of the Methodist Episcopal church which closed its labors in this city during the Prevent week the resolution was adopted. The representatives recognized the right of organization among workers for mutual welfare so long as it does not interfere with others debt and community welfare and condemned prohibition of this privilege as contrary to gospel and American rights. The action was unsolicited and came as a free will offering from conference members.
General notes report new Ohio oil worker unions forming weekly and eight hours enforced on the Chicago post office. Elwood Indiana tin plate workers won a 15 to 20 percent raise after a twelve day strike. Shoreditch London vestry produces electricity from street sweepings. Labor Day observed in at least 100 cities. Ben Tillett informs Samuel Gompers his health is poor and California arrival will be delayed. Japan forms a cotton spinner union over 1000 members modeled after the American system. Miners win pay gains and a future differential conference with mine owners. English engineers strike for eight hours, aided by railway unions totaling 400000. Bleht Hour Herald mocks socialists aiming at President Gompers. Mobile yellow fever quarantine nearly halts business. September deaths reveal conflicting patterns. Trade and Labor Alliance of Chicago denounces trades unionism as capitalism’s tool and laments Gompers era as petrification.
A Philadelphia street car passenger, a young woman, retired from the car and calmly walked toward the smoking area. This aroused the ire of other women aboard who seized the moment and threw her from the vehicle.
A fragment recounts Javanese superstition and labor as natives chase a cursed buffalo skull across villages, while a governor ends the chase. It also describes a mountain road built by local workers urged by a dream divinity, created with zeal and later halted by the governor, who is met with willing compliance.
Analysis shows France and Russia rely on Great Britain for major trade, risking markets, as Kaiser’s coalition fears fade. The piece also notes a humorous English cricket report with players Haines Graves Stock and Bull, illustrating light relief amid international tensions.
A Parisian named Pasay has discovered a way to gather fragrance by heating water and processing it to extract scent without destroying the flower. The method allows repeated extraction of aroma from the same bloom.
The essay argues women live longer than men due to biological and life-course factors. It surveys authorities and proposes six conclusions on life expectancy, development timing, and longevity correlates. It cites scripture on man’s years and notes variability by race, heredity, diet, and climate.
The Saturday Review argues Greece lacks a formal officer class to yield disciplined troops. It notes democratic traditions hinder unquestioning obedience and that many officers are idle boulevard loungers who fail to command respect from soldiers. It emphasizes limited aristocratic pools and the small national size.
Frank L. Stanton recounts a visit by William Hamilton Hayne to Samuel Minturn Peck in Tuscaloosa where the two poets wandered to pines and dozed in the sun. They woke to a swarm of yellow jackets chasing them back to the road. At supper Peck asked if a poem was made. both replied they made a poultice.
In speaking of the wonderful star called isd Groambridge, Professor Simon Newcom states its velocity is about two hundred miles a second. He claims that no force as known today could overcome it to slow it, and no force could ever bring it to a stop.
A London bishop recalls John Wesley’s wordplay, noting a sermon about belief that ends with a test of faith. The clergyman’s remark prompts the Puritan elder to admit the sermon’s grand style while acknowledging the persistent doubt of God’s existence.
Wide awake farmers often gain but this old rule has exceptions. A farmer with a beat boge may not produce high quality bristles if his boar’s offspring are inferior. Bristles from wild hogs in Continental Europe and Southern forests are superior, suggesting Southern wild pigs are killed before bristles mature.
A scanned fragment from the Kansas City Weekly Journal shows scrambled text describing subscriptions and content sections such as Selected Miscellany and Veutery, with references to rural matters and telegraphic addresses. The note lists names and places in a garbled catalog of the periodical’s offerings and audience targets.
A report notes that sweet clover provides no feeding value to cattle despite its common, roadside growth. It invades waste areas alongside railways, cows avoid it even when young, and bees visiting its flowers yield inferior honey compared with white clover.
The Chicago Post features ad text promoting Swanson Rheumatic Care Company 5 Drops. The notice touts a thirty day window to take advantage of the splendid offer and references the educational theme of progress and learning.
A fragment from the Atlanta Constitution suggests locals mock a claim of a large fish with playful doubt. The text hints at competing opinions on size and importance, reflecting a lighthearted regional banter about local fishing lore.
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