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Newspaper
Kansas Agitator
Location
Garnett, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1897
Page
2
The column blends scattered notes on weather related crime, Liberian coffee export growth from 600,000 to 3,000,000 pounds, and proposals to study proportion. It cites postmasters, the Klondike, Colonel Higginson, and unions. Also includes poems by W. C. Bryant about autumn and mortality, reflecting varied reads of the era.
A fragment recalls mining headquarters near the Alaskan boundary with gambling dens and few churches. When Yukon navigation closed, steamers with provisions were distant, but whisky boats arrived and departed. The text argues virtue will ultimately prevail.
A Conan at Jerusalem report counts 630 American citizens in Palestine, inclining 438 Jews who are long-time Americans. Most came from Russia before settling in Palestine. About 92 others adopt varied Christian beliefs centering on the imminent Second Advent. The Spoffordite “overcomers” are a growing, peaceful colony with 117 new arrivals. A few Americans like Max Douchesneau and D W Herbin formerly mined gold and invested in ventures, stressing devotion over earthly defense.
A Chicago paper notes Bourne mill in Pall River started profit sharing in 1889 and has kept it eight years. Dividends varied 2% to 7% of earned wages, averaging 3% semi annually, improving cooperation, discipline, and steadiness of work among workers. It contrasts with coal operators and miners relations.
Aged argument from the Electrical Worker contends that if all women workers quit today, within two years three quarters would marry. As shops lose female labor, men would gain higher wages, increasing demand for labor and enabling unemployed men to marry and fund new households.
The passage highlights a dedicated labor advocate who works from dawn to night, week after week, year after year. Described as an authority on workshops and girls, he is identified as a bachelor and a faithful worker in the cause of labor.
President Prescott recalls Debs during a discussion of the new social commonwealth. He recounts a scene in Indianapolis where Debs comforted a frightened child in a buggy, offering a $10 bill the child accepted before the mother intervened, yet Debs refused to reclaim the money.
Bishop Potter of New York denounces factory reliance on machinery that reduces workers to mere button pushers. He recalls a factory visit where a young man fed iron pieces into a hammer, performing repetitive tasks daily. The dehumanizing routine, Potter warns, leads to drinking and violence unless change comes.
General Labor Notas reports garment workers in St Louis plan a cooperative shop while Australian organized labor shuns Jubilee celebrations. Chicago unionists attack the civil service exam, and Indiana reports child labor in glassmaking. San Francisco unemployment seeks boulevard work, and Joplin ships zinc ore to Swansea. Dominion Labor laws march in Ontario to protect Canadian workers, while Atlanta debates city control of transit and utilities. The ode to labor continues with historical figures and political shifts in Portugal, Russia, and Greece.
The Plunger, a Holland type torpedo boat designed for the U S Navy, was launched at Baltimore's Columbia Iron Works. It is steel built, eighty five feet long, eleven feet five inches in diameter, displacing 155 tons afloat and 167 tons loaded. It features twin power systems, steam and a forty eight cell electric setup, aiming for sixteen knots submerged and eight knots surfaced for at least six hours, with rapid surfacing and air safety provisions.
The princess of Wales and Princess Victoria of Wales will return to Denmark with Prince and Princess Charles as London season ends. They will stay at least two months, a comfort to the queen, then the princess moves with Charles to Scotland in October, and in November the younger princess comes back to England for winter at Appleton House. The car and cearing are proving.
The text describes the German emperor's travels in a white enamelled carriage tended by a railway official. It notes the empress and imperial family traveling under high supervision. It also mentions the King of Siam expected in Berlin at end of August and at a grand September review nearby.
A humorous poem from the Superior Wisconsin Citizen extols the Badger hen as a tireless producer. It contrasts the village maiden and milkmaid with the hen’s tireless laying, noting how eggs fund daily life and even stock the pantry. The piece frames the hen as a rustic queen, outpacing corn and flowers in a playful rural satire.
John Walters of Green Bay Wisconsin divided his property into nine parts and placed slips of paper representing each portion into a hat. The children drew slips and took possession of the indicated portions. They are to give him a report on their holdings.
The text notes a trend away from pointed artificial nails toward a natural curved shape. It describes the pointed nail as once fashionable but now out of style, likening it to a claw. The return to natural nails is welcomed as a move toward genuine natural beauty.
Fragmentary sermon notes reflect on Christ's summary of the law and humanity's struggle with recognizing goodness for its own sake. The text references judgment, divine mystery, and the idea that God works through hidden methods, citing John Newb and Moffet and musing on mortal existence and immortality. An odd line notes the average height and weight of a woman.
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