Trade Promises Best Groceries at Freshest Prices
Local grocer pledges to please customers with top quality groceries at the fairest prices. The note emphasizes welcoming trade and offering low costs, inviting patronage from the community.
16 Jun 1910
Page 1
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Newspaper
Baxter Springs News
Location
Baxter Springs, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1910
Page
1
Local grocer pledges to please customers with top quality groceries at the fairest prices. The note emphasizes welcoming trade and offering low costs, inviting patronage from the community.
Local items include visits from C Dow Guffey and Rev. C A Harris of Fort Scott, sermons at Presbyterian churches, and a missing Dutch collar pin with initials M F. News notes Barry Wilbur’s barn project, rising wheat yields, and political plans for R O Thomas and N J Randall.
A Miss ouri Oklahoma and Gulf survey party scouted through Baxter last week and this week. The Paris funded project plans construction from Wagoner to Kansas City, with ongoing work from Wagover to Denison Texas. Builder Wm Kenefick expects Kansas City operation within a year.
The News reports a rising interest in a voting contest where ladies seek votes to win a piano and special prizes. Subscriptions boost a contestant, with nominations closing July 2 and weekly counts to follow. Prizes include $10 in gold for the top new entrant between May 28 and July 2, plus vote-count coupons for next places.
Mrs W S King hosted a pleasant party for the Carnation Card Club and the husbands of its members last Saturday night in the Hotel Baxter parlors. Eight tables were in play with prizes won by Mrs O C Rummel and Frank Perkins and consolation trophies awarded to A L Harvey and Mrs Louie Kean. The room was prettily decorated with cut flowers and members expressed warm appreciation for the event the first look on at a party this season.
Local column notes Don Gulley potentially attending a fan event. HM Tom Beywn referenced in context with cleanup and a preset that emit work, described as dogs rigist in brief. Enews bow appears as a small feed item.
W. K. Palmer of the engineering corps visited Baxter as surveys begin for an electric road. The line will be surveyed to Galena by week’s end, then extend from a Riverton west point to Miami via Baxter Springs. Austin Rendel, from south of Quapaw, noted good wheat and planned to cut or save it despite weather.
A confusing local note reports Senator Doliver aligning with insurgents and mocking new laws as a joke. The piece mentions potential legal actions and a humorous warning about tailoring and cleaning garments if Tom Brows handles them.
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