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Newspaper
Kansas Agitator
Location
Garnett, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1897
Page
2
A Kansas Agitator column mocks European vanity and domestic reform. It cites a spat over hatpins and a Chicago preacher's exile, jokes about adulteration laws, a pulpit moved inch by inch, and urges reform through tact and perseverance.
A western paper’s quip about lying by politicians is weighed against the view that every citizen should engage as a politician in its true sense. The piece argues that lies undermine governance, citing a diplomat who valued truth despite skepticism, to keep conscience clear and rule through honesty.
An American writer in Shanghai notes rising Russian influence in China, highlighting the czar’s embassy to Pekin and the Russo-Chinese Bank move to new quarters near the eastern Manchurian railway. He warns about lavish Russian hospitality shaping Chinese perception and mentions bank funding and railway loan interests, while contrasting Russian diplomacy with an inflexible policy. The piece also touches European reactions to anarchists and a Kansan preacher’s stance on ice cream in church class.
A NY city murder at Holy Trinity Church in Montrose and Graham avenues, Williamsburg, involves George Stelz, the assistant sexton, found killed after robbers targeted church poor boxes. Investigators note the crime aimed to conceal box robberies, with two attackers using both blunt and sharp instruments and leaving blood and broken bones along stairways and vaults.
The Stafleback family confessed at Columbus to murdering Galbreath and others, revealing the slaughter of an Italian peddler and killings surrounding a Kansas mining shaft. Cora Stafleback and George Stafleback stated the family disposed of bodies in shafts near their home, with assaults and mob-like brutality tied to a four room log cabin residence and threats to witnesses. Evidence included a shaft find of male drawers with rot a ting human fleas and a fragment of a woman's waist, as authorities pumped water from nearby shafts.
A Mexican craftsman works alone on the San Luis Potosi city hall facade. He carves gargoyles and figures while guards watch. his fate tied to completion. The project, costing millions, aims for 1950 completion. Burglar alarms adapt for bicycles using bells and a clock mechanism.
Amid the Hassoten affair a sheriff and deputies face calls for impartial inquiry after miners marching peacefully along a public road were shot. The account argues for accountability of Sheriff Martin and his deputies, noting unarmed miners including two young boys led by boys. The piece questions why gunfire occurred after dispersal and urges evaluation of law and order practices.
Endorsed by local labor leaders the platform from the St Loot conference is supported. Union officials express sympathy with the plan to earmark September earnings for striking miners and call for broad contributions. A miners relief committee member argues the platform is honest but not radical enough and warns that if capitalists resist, harsher measures may follow.
A reported massacre in Pennsylvania during a miners strike left many unarmed workers dead as sheriff deputies fired on the crowd. Eyewitnesses and press accounts describe a wanton, wicked murder with volleys aimed at unresisting strikers, many foreigners unable to understand English. The incident, tied to labor unrest, prompted national shock and calls for inquiry.
Chicago Chronicle reports on a clash near Littmer, five miles from Hazleton, where a sheriff ordered ten deputies to fire on alleged strikers on a public highway. The piece questions the justification, noting the armed force appeared to threaten unarmed workers and urging an impartial investigation into the incident.
The Hazleton coal strike killings reveal cowardice and cruelty as only two of the murdered faced their attackers while others were shot in the back. The militia commander’s refusal to permit warrants on Martin and deputies fuels bitterness and a sense there is no justice for the poor man.
A survey of union activity and labor conditions cites Japan New Jersey New York London and the United States. It notes mass strikes 70000 unemployed and a long running profits sharing plan at Fall River with wage gains and improved discipline. It highlights the British Trades Unions rise to 1.6 million members and a century of labor representation since Chartism.
A rainy day scene shows a boy reading the encyclopedia while his father asks for his opinion. The boy answers that algebra is slow but algebraic ligators are enjoyable, as noted in Harper's Drawer.
A fragmented OCR snippet centers on a waiter and a speaker named Gliapy, with stray references to Rebel, Yong, and Philadelphia North America. The legible bits hint at confusion or a mislaid item in a dining setting, but the overall meaning remains unclear.
A playful exchange between First Fly and Second Fly features dark humor about death and baking. The menacing double act riffs on final rites and a plan to escape, with wry lines about being baked in ten raisin and passing by on action.
Former Hayrios speaks against monopolists as he voices anger about work and rising bills. A troubled scene at home touches on social tensions and public complaint about unfair practices.
Fragmentary oath from a partner of a Toledo firm mentions legal and medical claims, with unclear names and dates. The text cites a county man and a blood based remedy, referencing internal medicine and a toning of remedies. Partial OCR yields a chaotic tax of names and places.
In the Washington Star excerpt a young husband notes his wife is considerate though she fears interruption from alarms. He asks if the alarm matters, replying that he checks the system rather than burglars when awakened. The exchange hints at domestic routines and anxieties around security.
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