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Newspaper
Baxter Springs News
Location
Baxter Springs, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1909
Page
5
Booster Day offers farm implements and livestock sales with auctioneer aid for out-of-town buyers and sellers. The event draws hundreds, includes picnic day and a chance to meet neighbors, with many jobs posted and a call for a joyful day off.
Merchants prepare special prices on many items for a grand distribution of prizes at 3 o'clock. Local shoppers expect bargains and festive activity as merchants join the event with promotions.
Frisco schedule lists trains to and from Kansas City Oklahoma City Fort Worth St Louis Joplin Wichita with departures across routes via Afton Joplin Pittsburg Cherokee and Pittsburg. Effective December 13 1908 agent C S Roberts posts timings 11 50 PM 3 00 AM 3 25 PM 10 50 AM 1 03 AM 8 35 AM 5 03 PM 6 30 AM 2 00 AM 10 50 AM 3 00 PM 8 25 PM 7 35 PM 1 50 AM 8 40 AM.
Enyart and Beattie operate a livery and sale barn offering horses and mules, with careful drivers and fair rates. Located at Street's Old Stand east of Baxter National Bank in Baxter Springs, Kansas.
Reports from the camp describe deepening shafts at Big Jack and shaft developments at Paola and Consolidated in the Miami area. Big Forty lease on Sunburst Co. yields heavy ore, while Joanna and Common Law mills ramp up production. Lancaster continues high-grade ore shipments despite a washed-out pond at Good Luck.
Specialists in the monument business advertise granite or marble monuments with beauty, durability, and color. They invite customers to compare prices and invite business, listing proprietors Joxns Jowls Salerman and partners. An unrelated line mentions cough syrup claims.
First published June 3 1909 notice from Cherokee County probate court Columbus Kansas. George W Wallace deceased estate administrator A L Harvey to apply for full and final settlement at the next term starting July 6 1909. Creditors and interested parties urged to appear. Also advertisements and local notices mention horse for sale insulators damage reward decoration day remarks and local business notes.
Mrs Mary Botkin recounts the first Decoration Day ceremonies in the region led by widows of fallen Union soldiers. She recalls Mary Nesbitt and Kitty Nesbitt visiting Xter Springs to decorate General Blunt's Body Guard graves, using wildflowers when roses were unavailable, and notes Joplin's growth from 1870 with only three log houses nearby.
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