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Newspaper
Baxter Springs News
Location
Baxter Springs, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1902
Page
1
Frankie Daniele visited Columbus this week to inspect a broad selection of garden seeds offered by G. R. Gould & Co. at their local mine frontage.
Mrs L D Hodgkins visited Miami relatives this week and Baxter residents took advantage of cheap rates to Kansas City. J Mik Day Gilliam visited from Joplin, Frank M Moore of Mineral City Electric Railway was in Baxter, and John Cook left for Danville Illinois. The Frieco System offers many cheap rates, with a notice to read the list on page four. Margaret Black visits Fort Scott to stay with grandmother Mrs Beal. Wm Burcham of Fulton Kansas arrives to spend summer with relatives in the Quapaw reserve. The Columbus Advocate suggests a push to raise funds to welcome Baxterites to the Old Settlers Reunion. Farmers suffer heavy rains delaying wheat, oats near harvest, and corn weedy, but hope for sun. Hog industry hints at profitable skinning in packing houses amid rising meat demand. Debate on highway law and suffrage, with a quip about voting booths. A tiny gold silver alloy engine is built, compact in size. John Callis returns from British Columbia after two years in mines, staying until mid September. A quip about 250000 British soldiers arriving prompts a US reply to bury them. Senate considers cost of the Philippine war, but is blocked. Kansas law on C O D liquor deliveries challenged. express carrier wins. Automobiles spur roadBuilding from Chicago to New York cutting distance to 880 miles. 42-hour trip at 20 mph, or faster with Edison machines.
A discussion warns grocers against private brand alum baking powder and urges sticking to government certified cream of tartar brands. Meanwhile Nat Hill, the American jockey, gains high praise for wins in Saxony and Hoppegarten and is tipped to become Germany’s Sloan. C E Collins returns from Hautchineon. L M Dillman and Miss Lora Lee Williams wed in Galena.
J M Cooper of Baxter Springs and E B Schermerhorn of Galena announce the sale of their Galena store begun in June 1877. They cite time demands from other ventures though the pair built rapid early sales and substantial mining land holdings. The article praises them as industrious figures in Cherokee county.
Local notes from Quapaw Items report letters from Allen brothers now in Arkansas. Prospects for crops in Newton county are better than in years. The region enjoys general prosperity as new industries arise. Timber is abundant and mineral resources of lead and zinc are being developed by capitalists. The county may become a leading resource center in the state.
The forthcoming marriage unites Ella Ewing of Missouri the tallest woman in the country and Edward Beaupre the Montana cowboy. Ewing stands feet 1 inch tall and weighs over 400 pounds while Beaupre weighs 367 pounds and is 21, never left Montana. He wears a No 22 shoe. Ewing is a reunion attraction from two years ago and a schoolmate of Dr W L Mc Williams of Miami.
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