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Newspaper
Kansas Agitator
Location
Garnett, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1896
Page
6
An editorial voice in Kansas criticizes imagination as profit for change and laments unsuitable surroundings for the unsatisfied. It notes Turkey showing Europe’s latent strength and recalls Sherburne Minnesota residents catching a bandit named Salt as an example of citizen action.
A collage of topics on union labor women’s rights and reform pace. Editorial pieces praise collective effort and condemn greed while reporting on banking circulation and a humorous note about a hen in Kentucky linked to the presidential race.
The 1895 railway data show 21 174 miles open by end 1896, with 9738 single lines. Capital sunk exceeds £1 billion, average line cost rising from £37 833 to £47 280 per mile. 1895 gross receipts £85 922 600, net £38 046 100, a 3.40 percent return on paid‑up capital.
In New York the match girls refuse tooth examinations amid rumors that men can judge a horse’s age by its teeth. The dispute centers on health and working conditions as workers resist procedures they deem unnecessary.
The Brooklyn Eagle reports on a proposed or enacted city rule restricting women dining alone or with others after dark. Critics call it unconstitutional and cruel, arguing it targets respectable women and infringes personal autonomy. Restaurants defend rights to refuse service to objectionable patrons, but opponents fear moral policing and gender-based privation.
The workingmen’s interests require organizing craft groups to push for change. The current parties fail to deliver relief as administrations change, leaving conditions worse. Only a fully united labor movement under a single leadership will compel political parties to adopt and uphold workers’ demands.
A late week gathering of cigar makers featured earnest discussions on winter considerations and subject matter, praised for its magnificent conduct. Delegates avoided disorder and vulgarity, maintaining parliamentary decorum throughout.
A survey of twenty women who serve as lighthouse keepers across the coast and harbors, led by Ida Lewis at Lime Rock, Newport, RI, with a dramatic Charleston harbor rescue described by the New York Marine Journal. It also notes labor movements, unions, and various industrial notices from the era.
In Dalton Wayne County Ohio nine miles east of Wooster seven year old Carl McElhinney killed his playmate fourteen year old Tommy Kidd with a shotgun. Kidd, son of attorney W K Kidd of Cleveland, was staying with the McElhinney family. The boys quarrelled then McElhinney loaded shells and fired blowing off Kidd's head. He walked to a neighbor's and initially said nothing. Two hours elapsed before the body was found. McElhinney later confessed.
The Indianapolis News reports William Smith, engineer at Kel siy Shingle Manufacturing Company, died yesterday from a bite by the persimmon worm. He fell ill within an hour after the bite on his left hand, and his body showed severe swelling and tobacco-colored discoloration. The worm feeds on persimmon leaves and has caused widespread fear as trees lose their foliage. Five years ago the pest was common in the area.
George Horton, about 30, of Liberty Missouri, has been married to at least four women since spring. He is serving a ninety day jail term for living with another woman, Sophronia Collina, whom he wed in 1889 at Monteuma Iowa. Additional spouses include Maggie Ramey Carthage Nellie Desha Neadesha and Mise McVey Highland. Prosecution for further marriages is unknown.
The fire killed Thomas Gorman and Matthew Caray near Lansing Town. Both unmarried. The cause remains unknown. authorities suppose a quarrel led to a deadly melee and an accidental lamp or stove caused the blaze.
A garbled note suggests a claim that workers may retrofit with impunity by doubling voltage, prompting concern over safety and ethics amid industry risks and unknown authorities. The fragment hints at a deadly potential for those accustomed to danger, but the text remains unclear and contested.
Pearl Eytinge plans a public lecture tour on morphine and other drugs, detailing her own recovery and intent to warn against addiction. She will begin in Whitesboro at the Rose Sanitarium, then tour New York theaters to argue heredity, marriage, and moral duty as roots of vice.
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