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Newspaper
Kansas Agitator
Location
Garnett, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1897
Page
8
A poem recalls a mother's varied acts from sewing to cooking and discipline, tracing the speaker's admiration for her busy hands and wondering if they ever rest. Interwoven prose notes critique of wage theory, contrasting claims that high prices lower dollar power with claims that rising costs bring prosperity for workers.
An advertisement touts Mother's Friend as a safe aid that eases labor and reduces pain. It claims quicker recovery and cites a Macon Georgia tester who found labor shorter and less painful. The promo notes price per bottle and mail order, with a handwritten assurance of free information upon request. An appointment notice for an administratrix follows.
A lengthy frontier letter from Gao O Newres in Missouri rails at prosperity myths under McKinley and Bryan era politics. It contrasts wheat prices, corn costs, and tariff talk with local reforms, urging unity, voting, and anti-elite sentiment while touting patent medicines and social events.
Promises mailed sheet music for piano and organ in exchange for sending names and addresses of three or more performers and ten gentlemen. Advertises variety of music goods and stock, with claims of quality guarantees and steady positions for pushers. Includes stray garbled names and locations such as Indianapolis and Kansas.
Buyers seek shipping stock apples and offer high prices. Location given as one door west of Anderson and Miller on the north side of the square. Name signatures J Hf Rupaow appear in the note.
Local notes report C. C. Young on Clarke's ticket and Conan Yan on the wrong slate, with Farry Balaon waving populist support. Rev. John McNary and family visit, Mrs. Henderson from Los Angeles visiting Paola. A death in the county. Luda Kinney recovering. Voters to elect a full ticket by a likely silver-leaning majority amid party shifts.
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