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Local notes mix of ads and community updates
A blend of advertisements and community items describes Dent selling gasoline and coal oil at fixed prices, a call for laborers, park improvements at Reunion Park including new bridges and water works overhaul, and social events. It notes visits by Miss Anne Stewart, Ed Fridley and Mollie Sweeney, curb and gutter plans on Military Street, and remarks on local politics and mining activity in Baxter Springs and Columbus.
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Reunion Park