Fragmented Kansas agitator notes on statues and steamships
A compilation from the Kansas agitator highlights plans for a $15,000 statue of Robert Morris by the Walrmount Park Art Association in Philadelphia. It notes the Buffalo Bird Protection Society defending the English sparrow and a church notice in West Kensington offering pews for sale. The Cunard line announces steamship builds to challenge German speed, while Wheeling men mock female suffrage. Arkansas mayors plan a Little Rock convention for city welfare, and coffee consumption figures contrast Dutch, Russian, and global rates. Anecdotes touch on Lowell and a physician's anecdote about address recall.
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Walrmount Park
Embalming School Graduate Opens Holton Funeral Shop
Albert Belor, newly diplomaed from the Kansas City Embalming School, returns to Holton with coffins and funeral supplies to be ready by week’s start. He invites those needing services or goods to call. A Milwaukee firm signs a contract to furnish brewing machinery for a first U.S. plant, to be built in Kioto at about $100,000, after two natives toured Europe.
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Holton
Kan
Albert Belor
Embalming School
Kansas City
Milwaukee
Kioto
Hello girls urged to keep quiet by bond order
A dispatch from Loulaville Kentucky reports the Cumberland Telegraph and Telephone Co. has ordered operators to post a $25 guarantee bond to refrain from talking over the lines. The move follows instances of operators gossiping with each other and with male friends, prompting the new rule.
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Loulaville
Cumberland Telegraph and Telephone Company
South
De Wet Puzzle Cattle Delights English Shoppers
An American bought a movable puzzle depicting the Transvaal with the caption This Is the Transvaal find De Wet. The seller teased buyers claiming De Wet is elusive and cannot be found, sparking humor over the famed Boer commander’s notoriety.
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de Wet
England
Mr. Kroger
Transvaal
Dea
Austrian plan insures against strikes by common fund
Several Austrian manufacturers adopt a plan to contribute a percentage of wages into a shared fund. If a strike occurs, a committee from the association investigates. If the strike is unjust, idle factories are reimbursed from the fund. if the strike is found justified, workers bear the consequences.
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Austria
Providence Journal warns against delaying marriage in New England
The Providence Journal urges against late marriage citing New England’s history of early unions and large families. It argues rash, ineligible marriages harm individuals and society, while love marriages should be feasible with rational support. The essay links postponement to high living costs and women’s education, cautioning that education may distort expectations and threaten natural social order.
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Providence Journal
New England
Boston
A Dainty Gray Crepe De Chine Gown Described
A detailed description outlines a gray crepe de chine gown with white silk dot accents. The ensemble features a pleated waist with a blue silk sash, lace and gold braid trim, a gold edgeline collar, white chiffon underalcoves and vest, and sleeves with three rows of gold cloth edged in lace. A folded blue silk belt with gold braid appears on the back right side.
Friendship as a precious boon in all ages
The piece reflects on friendship as a high treasure praised in poetry and myth. It argues many people let friendships fade through neglect, urging simple acts like calls, letters, and thoughtful reminders to keep bonds alive.
Life of a Spanish Girl and German Marriage Customs
The article contrasts Spanish girls’ early debut and arranged, often unhappy marriages with Germany’s formal consent system. It notes Spain’s convent-leaning education, early maturity, and reluctance to embrace cycling, while Germany requires parental consent and a paced betrothal process with social calls and family involvement.
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Spain
New York Telegram
Dreas
Cara
Dre
Mine Workers’ Union and Labor Reform Reflections
A long excerpt traces the 1897 coal strike's aftermath, noting the inter-state conventions between operators and the Mine Workers' Union of America. It highlights Illinois actions, mutual recognition, and calls for fair practice, plus a New Zealand minimum wage law for under-18 workers and reform of apprenticeship abuses.
Beneficial Arbitration Sets Apprentice Path in Chicago
The joint board of masons and bricklayers in Chicago failed to agree over an apprentice who received a journeyman membership before completing his apprenticeship. District Judge Grosoup ruled against closing union membership to an apprentice, allowing the apprentice to seek work outside Chicago. The decision settled the dispute without work stoppage and was accepted by the union.
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Joint Board of Masons and Bricks Layera
Chicago
Grosacup
Grossoup
Bricklayers’ Union
The Old and Her Vocation in a Movember Ladies Essay
A fragmentary essay by Margaret Se gives advice on vocational guidance for young women. It urges the future wage earner to form her mind toward her profession during late schooling as part of self development and societal expectations.
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Margaret
Ladi
Railroad firemen protest hard to fire engines now in use
Diz Engines told to be The railroad firemen complain engines now being used are hard to fire and nearly kill the men. The engines with the same crew do a little more than double the work of engines ten years ago. Some firemen have been removed from this service. An apparatus for mechanical firing is being tested on the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad.
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Chesapeake & Ohio
A Lander in the Coal Strike in Shamokin Pennsylvania
John Bernardaky, Polish leader of the strike at Shamokin, commands respect for his cool steadiness and invention with thousands of miners in the region. United Mine Workers officials show unswerving confidence and consult with him daily.
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A Lander
John Bernardaky
Shamokin
Paanya
Utica
John
United Mine Workers
Industrial Notes On Labor And Union Activity
A compilation notes nearly 400000 men on British railways and 10000+ in Western Federation of Miners. Philadelphia Navy Yard workers earn about 1.04 daily while Peoria has 108 unions. Over 1000 tobacco workers strike over nonunion hires. Victoria California miners avert strike by compromise. Journeymen Brewers seek 1 per member for AF of L defense fund. National unions contemplate similar actions. A study shows 29 of 98 major industries employed workers 300 days yearly. Pennsylvania Steel wins 6000 tons of rails from East India Railway, beating English mills. United Garment Workers push union labeling on clothing. nonunion dealers face organizers. New York East River bridge wage scale set at 4 per day for Granite Cutters to govern bridge work per state law. Pennsylvania upholds 60 hour week for female factory labor and 13 as minimum age for child labor. constitutionality affirmed. U S consul in Char mus reports German workers housed in brick two-room homes with amenities, rented for 161 per month.
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Western Federation of Minera
League Island Navy Yard
Philadelphia
Peoria
Victoria
Cal
Journeymen Brewers’ Union
Pennsylvania Steel Company
East India Railway Company
United Garment Workers
Chicago
East River Bridge Commission
New York City
Granite Cutters’ Union
Pennsylvania
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A fragmented line from a historical page reads oddly, with unclear names and actions. The readable portion hints at a casual exchange or note about lending and giving, but specifics are unavailable.
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Bart
Anxious quest for Angori goats aboard US battleship
In Kentucky a search for two Angori goats to serve on a United States battleship musters attention among the Elephant Army gullible, while Siam’s elephants trained for army duties are noted in a distant royal corpa. A curious blend of maritime superstition and eccentric naval lore surrounds the tale.
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Biarcota
Kentucky
United States
Elephant Army
King of
Siam
Lalo Charca
Prominent Lady Praises Pernna Catarrh Cure
A letter from Mrs. M. A. Theatre of Minneapolis dated 1838 Jackson Street extols Pernna as a catarrh cure. She notes membership in Bocca Lodge, Inia Lodge and the Woman's Relief Corps, reflecting social ties in the era.
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Mks
Pernna
M. A. Theatre
Iabocca Lodge
Inia Lodge
Woman's Relief Corpu
Jacksontreet
Minneapolia
Minn
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Kansas Agitator
Banbar
West Kensington
London
Cunard Company
Wheeling
W. Va
Denver
Arkansas
Little Rock
Doarda of Trades, Business Men's Tongues
Russia
Jamos Russell Lowell
Sparta
Eudamidas
Reid
Chesterfeld Street
Eld
Chesterfeld
Pittsburg
Germany
Philadelphia Times
Aboto
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Oho
Indiana
Illinois
Mine Workers’ Union of America
Coal Operators of
IlInois Coal Operators’ Association
Inllinois
Mines Union
America
Mine Workers’ Union
Herman Justi
Silino
Coal Operators’ Association
New Zealand
Chamus
Nelson Geisler
Wito
Nome City
Alaska
Mrs. Winslow
Ayam
Alot Hs
Cannes
Dale
Paucen
Oklahoma
Ak Acre
Wwe
KGW
WLM
Rocelto
Storwan
Dick T. Moisuh
M.A. Thestee
Minnespolis
Ming
Peruna Medicine Co
Columbus
Peruna
Peruna Medicine Company
Columbes
Ohio
Calles
Priesheyer
Bester
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