11 May 1911
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Newspaper
Baxter Springs News
Location
Baxter Springs, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1911
Page
1
It urges planting now for pretty flowers and fine vegetables, offering a display of assortments to help customers choose. The copy emphasizes fresh stock each season and seeds gathered from proven plants, noting every kind of seed will be available.
Local shoppers see rising interest in sweet potatoes and Booster Day sales. Cattle movements to Kansas City and millinery discounts at Chambers Millinery Co. are noted amid weather commentary favoring wheat and oats. A five room house on Lincoln and North streets is offered for sale with favorable terms.
A lighthearted local column from Route 4 editor notes Sam West as dependable mail carrier. It paints a romantic, rough country around Baxter Peoria and Five Miles camps, praising hills, rivers, mineral towns, and rustic life while sprinkling local notices about church, neighbors, and subscription call.
Notice warns dog owners that unpaid tax by June 1 leads to impounding and potential killing after three days. Impounded dogs incur fifty cent fee plus license due. To save your dog obtain a tag from city office Tiner Hoxvos ty Mersal Dr Reqtish, phone 198.
St Mark's church Baxter Springs holds Evensong at 7 p.m. on May 14, the Fourth Sunday after Easter. The service follows the Book of Common Prayer scripture readings from St James and John, with prayer and praise. The note invites worshippers to enter into the long tradition of saintly souls at rest in God.
A local group the law and order league defends the council and mayor against criticisms in a manifesto. It argues state laws limit municipal regulation and questions fairness of opponents. The piece hints at future action to test civic opinions, noting a brief April summer.
Saturday the Day urges Baxter Springs shoppers to visit next Saturday May 13 when hundreds expect deep discounts from nearly every merchant. Advertised bargains include many items sold well below regular price with free selling by auctioneers. Buyers are told to register early for the anticipated rush and to bring items to sell.
A town notice advises residents to purchase what they want early or after the peak period. It emphasizes fair wait times for distant customers and notes merchants expect a busy day next Saturday due to low prices, urging readers to aid merchants by easing the rush.
Miss Ruby Gregory wed Ray Harmon last Sunday evening in a ceremony at the bride’s parents home conducted by Reverend Harris. Only immediate relatives attended. a wedding supper followed. The couple will reside in the Perkins property next to the Gregory home. The News wishes them happiness.
G W Watkins, about seventy, dropped dead Friday last. His remains were taken to Galena for funeral services and interment in Gale nia cemetery. Miss Florence Hedges of Galena visited last Friday. Miss Jennie Coglizer of Joplin spent Friday in this city. The report mentions John A Thompson D D S and Scott Jarrett expanding a house on a farm near town.
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