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Newspaper
Baxter Springs News
Location
Baxter Springs, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1902
Page
4
Associate Editor notes subscription prices and job printing availability. Community notices urge Baxter Lodge 41 members to meet June 18 to elect officers. Lease sought for mineral land. hay makers needed near Quapaw. Ads promote barber services, fruit preservation, and local commerce. Boer War costs cited. Oswego garden praise. Progressive Club ice cream for church fund.
Three public auctions advertised to occur soon near Baxter on June 19 26 and July 1 feature live stock including horses cows heifers bulls and hogs plus farm implements and household items. Prices are expected to be favorable with cash discounts and eight month credit terms offered. sales overseen by Walter Sullivan auctioneer and M Doty clerk with lunch provided.
An old advertisement quotes S R Meredith of Willow Grove Delaware praising DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve as a certain cure for piles and skin diseases. It warns against counterfeit products and urges land lease seekers to prove development ability in a new mining district. Also promotes Foley's Kidney Care for kidney and bladder troubles sold by A R Kane.
Chas Stephens of Columbus, a candidate for representative from the south district, spent Wednesday afternoon in Baxter tending his political fences. He said he will make a diligent effort to win the office.
A box labeled Laxative Tetteta touts itself as a remedy that cures various ailments, claiming to ease csid im ene tay. The phrasing mimics old patent medicine style, suggesting universal cures and health improvements.
160 acre Ozarks farm 344 miles northeast of Cabool Missouri in Texas county includes 75 acres cleared and fenced with rest timber, 60 cultivable. Frame house, good barn, fine well, spring, small orchard, berries, grapes, 30 acres meadow, soil good. Value 2000 with 900 encumbrance due May 1 2004 at 7 percent. Quick cash equity 1350. Exchange wanted for properly valued property, preferably clear city property. Contact Samuel H. Smith Baxter Springs Kansas. Also advertising best auctioneer service and local printing quality for sale bills. Also for sale or trade good four-room house with 75 feet ground, barn, cistern, fruit trees. will accept horses or young cattle or part cash with balance on time. Inquire at News office or Saml H. Smith.
Notice announces T. E. Meeds appointed and qualified as administrator of H. E. Walton’s estate in Cherokee County Kansas. The probate court issued the appointment on June 4, 1902, and the notice urges all interested parties to govern themselves accordingly.
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