This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 11 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Kansas Agitator
Location
Garnett, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1891
Page
8
The piece derides Dun's Trade Review as a biased instrument that praises business while highlighting rising liability and farmer mortgage pressures. It questions the allocation of mortgage payments and argues funds are not reinvested in land, factories, or railways, suggesting money lenders shelter profits at home.
The Ottawa Lever argues the People's party is breaking apart amid debate over land loan and sub-treasury ideas. It defends the land loan as beneficial to farmers and echoes GOP papers urging Alliance unity, while asserting broad gains from lower distress and lighter taxation for all but money lenders.
The speaker argues farmers should form a new party beyond the Alliance. He notes the People's party is not restricted to Alliance members and that Alliance members are not obliged to back it. Farmers have learned their petitions go unheard by current leaders, making a new party essential.
Law in Chicago leads to arrests of twenty prominent labor leaders after a meeting labeled anarchist. City government and mayor face denunciation. resignation of Trades and Labor Union president noted. Calls grow to organize a labor party to counter plutocracy and defend workers’ freedom amid rising class tensions.
A city paper argues on population and food scarcity noting the rich should eat less and question if drink is food. It suggests if elites economized like the poor, food supply concerns would seem distant, then mocks humane sentiment from plutocratic voices as unlikely.
A humorous, period-tinged critique praising railroad attorneys for their swift rescue of Kansas amid railroad and loan company crises. The piece mocks pomp and sacrifice as it lauds the lawyers who bore a bloody shirt banner with the slogan Palsebood during peril.
The official organ of the Denver Trades and Labor assembly outlines aims to reduce working hours and raise wages to ensure full employment with fair pay. It urges ownership of key means of supply, transport, and communication by public or municipal bodies and opposes land speculation by tying title to occupation and use.
The New Nation argues for government ownership of plants producing life’s necessities when private capital would create monopolies and calls for government use of future inventions upon fair compensation.
A Topeka dispatch reports Democratic leaders urging a coalition with the People's party for the state ticket next fall. They would trade Democratic votes for the People's electoral tickets, while the Alliance Advocate editor says the People's party will not fuse. County returns show higher People's vote than last year.
Seaton Paran changes stance claiming earlier speeches in '88 and '90 were truthful. In the late campaign he allegedly spread partisan falsehoods to aid his party in winning offices. The senator appears to be between unfavorable options.
The Courier of Burlington lauds the Kansas Actator as one of the spiciest reform papers in the state and vows to make each issue more apicier than the last. It appeals for reader cooperation from the public.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.