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Newspaper
The Chanute Times
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1902
Page
6
A mixed Kansas papеr page reports incorporations, postal disputes, the Lane university bid, high school business courses, long list of weather events, agricultural notes, rail and industry stories, and regional social happenings. Notable items include a telephone operator strike, a topeka university bid, aQuivira monument prep, miners convention, and a Santa Fe depot fire.
The piece argues that rising living costs reflect high wages and full employment, not tariffs. It cites Dan’s index, McKinley era claims, and a shift in consumer prices for goods like wool, iron, steel, and cotton, noting office work vs manual labor and the social pressure on artisans.
In a Chicago address James J. Hill president of the Great Northern Railway defends protection as vital for U S iron and steel growth. He credits Michigan Wisconsin Minnesota mines and tariff induced demand while hinting at limits on free trade. The speaker notes Hill’s shift from free trade views to support for tariffs amid 1890s political changes and underscores investor reliance on national prosperity.
A New Orleans Item argues that tariffs on cotton goods sugar and minerals benefit farmers, landowners and mills rather than manufacturers alone. It asserts protection expands Southern markets, raises cotton prices by about two and a half dollars per bale, and spurs city-building and factory growth across the region. It contends tariff reform should be careful, noting Morgan’s stance risks state support.
Two Russian students were hanged at Poltava for punting forged proclamations said to be signed by the czars urging peasants to rise in revolt. Non-graphic report notes the punishment and motive cited by authorities.
The first authentic portrait of Mrs. Clark a New York philanthropist is noted as her engagement to Bishop Potter being announced. The article recalls her aversion to photographers and recounts her action forcing a man to sell his camera with the plate.
The Ohio Supreme Court rules noon in Akron means sun’s meridian at 11 27 standard time. Thomas Mier had taken a fire insurance policy on his saloon at 11 30 standard time, four years earlier, and the saloon burned at the policy date. The insurer must pay $2,000 under the policy.
The article notes J P Morgan’s mother Juliet Pierpont Morgan inherited poetic traits from her father Rev John Pierpont. It states she influenced the Hartford mansion on Farmington Avenue where Morgan was born and helped plan its early 1840s design, with later changes by another Morgan family member.
An Uruguayan jett er presented to the Buthin Board of Guardians pleading inquiry about compensation for his skin and bones. He asked what wax handlers would pay for his skin and whether melted remains could be used to make candles or machinery lubrication, and sought opinion from a doctor on bone suitability for knife forks and surgical instrument handles and market price.
A reminiscence recounts the seller of patent medicines in Russia who, amid a crack regiment review, faced sneezing mass as soldiers hailed the arrival of Gen Aluchoochebedooski. The vendor opened his case to sell anticgrip pellets, only to be told the crowd celebrated the general’s arrival.
Lothrop Publishing Company issued Judiths Garden by Mary Stone Fassett a tale where a garden takes on personality through three characters the Woman the Man and the garden. Also featured is The Spenders by Harry Leon Wilson a cross country tale of East and West wealth love and deception ending happily.
Century Magazine plans a serial by Eleanor Gates titled The Autobiography of a Prairie Girl based on her Dakota childhood. The narrative spans prairie life twenty-five years ago, including blizzards, horse stealing, frontier schools, and cattle raising, told as a personal account rather than a novel.
The humorist and occasional philosopher Mark Twain asserts that malaria has one advantage. He contends it serves as a divine mechanism enabling people to exercise without real effort, viewing it as Providence guiding human activity with ease.
The article notes about 150 women work in detective agencies in the country and over 260 in the United States. It also cites Miss Kingsley and Mrs French Sheldon leading a 2000 mile Africa march with a caravan of 260 natives. It mentions Austrian earthquake records since 1896 and a prison newspaper as a source of life philosophy reflections.
The old stone chimney built by the French in 1750 on Niagara Falls Power Company land is to be removed. Earlier notes claim it was the first stone and a true landmark. Separately, the Baltimore Herald notes talks of cremation for Buffalo paupers, recommending a crematory to cut costs versus burial.
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