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Newspaper
Kansas Agitator
Location
Garnett, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1902
Page
8
A collage of tiny town items from Garnett and nearby areas. Mentions early corn planting, a fund for gas drilling in Weathalia, family updates, visits between towns, residents traveling to Emporia and Oklahoma, new oil venture by Garnett men, and social mentions of Easter bonnets and school changes. Legal notices restrain liquor sales at local hotels. Clergy oils discussion noted.
A lyrical piece recalls a child hearing the night wind and a mother’s warning that bad deeds bring night cries. The speaker reflects on childhood fear, questions, and the wind’s ominous reply about misdeeds. The voice shifts to a tricky dialogue with the wind about who has been bad.
McClure's Magazine for April highlights The Overworked President by Lincoln Stelffens and Messages from Mid Ocean by Henry Herbert McClure with Marconi details. Also life at Dry Tortugas by Captain W A Prentice, Lincoln Conspirators history, Van Dyke poem A Legend a Service, and fiction by Cyrus Townsend Benty and William Davenport Hulbert. Local notes report Lloyd Weatt opening a bank in LeRoy and J M Young ill in Topeka.
Seed mailing offer from James Vick now with Landreth's Seeds prompts May plant shipments at 25 cents a dozen or 1.50 per hundred. Discount of 10 percent if paper mentioned. Cosmopolitan April issue features Rafford Pike essays What women Like in Men and What Men Like in Women, plus Prince Henry visit photos and works by Smith, Zangwill, Harte, Maar tens. a notably wood-illustrated issue.
Eggs for hatching priced at 1.00 for 15 with purebred Black Langshan noted as top all purpose stock. Cheek's Grocery offers prompt attention for orders. Wa Harkins and J J Anderson at the north side of the store promote Toowa seed corn. Also includes laxative remedy ad and plant stock from Capt. Dobbs with ready blooms and nursery items.
Churchill writes in his characteristic manner praising Dr Kay's Renovator. He notes Mira Kay improved greatly and that the remedy relieved her long stomach trouble. He urges public confidence in the medicine.
Seed corn grower J J Anderson on the north side of the square seeks 100 sugar maples boxelder oats elm or other for evergreen trees in exchange for fruit trees. Captain L D Dobbs indicates interest in supplying the tree stock to complete the barter.
A testimonial from Rey. E. Payson Hammond of Hartford Connecticut praises Dr Kay's Renovator and Dr Kay's Long Balls as beneficial aging aids. He states he amends them and is joined by Mrs Hammond in this beneficence, noting sales through all druggists.
Hay priced by quantity at any farm two miles northeast of Central City. Sold by J D Spevess. For fruit trees roses strawberries and nursery stock call Capt. L D Dobbs west Othe Phare number 68.
J J Anderson on the north side of the square advertises Iowa seed corn for farmers. Special price noted for timely planting, with limited quantity and delivery options available. Farmer buyers urged to act quickly to secure seed for spring planting.
Agents wanted to secure members for the Veterinary science Association. Easy work at a good commission. For further information write to A. S. Kinsey, Greeley, Kas. Also references to cough remedies and headache powders appear in this mixed OCR text.
The Christian Home Orphanage in Council Bluffs Iowa now shelters about a hundred children. Rev J G Lemon reports the managers have tested Dr Kay's Renovator and Dr Kay's Laxative and found them all they claim for. Sold by all druggists.
From Howell County Mo a sample ore from Rosin Jack and Galena was taken at 140 feet. The Showell County Mining Co. plans deeper drilling to reach a large vein. Garnett and Anderson county men among directors including J Frank Lewis and J H Stewart. President J G Henslry linked to Bridgeswater bank. Company owns 160 acres adjoining a major Missouri mine. New machinery and a elupe engine to hasten depth. Stock limited but promising. miners expect a rich payoff. Governor Stanley appoints Jon Maughhey fish commissioner successor to George W Wiley. Nelson mine disaster in Dayton Tenn leaves 22 dead and wide devastation across several towns. property loss estimated at 2.5 million. Hutchinson store fire damages large stock. customer loss cited. Jerry D Botkin returns to ministerial work with Methodist conference. political notes mention Kansas politics.
The item lists varied notes including deaths such as Lewis Keel aged 61 and a Calokosow president, dance honors for an admiral, wage votes on the Payne bill for Cuba reciprocity, a fishing schooner disaster in Delaware Bay with eight of the eleven crew saved, Klondike migration by Horton Clipanddle, and China restricting foreign mining concessions. It also reports a bank condition call by Bank Commissioner Albaugh, a St Louis Worlds Fair congress for lawyers, J C Moree’s appointment to the Kansas railroad board, and Mrs. William Minall’s $50,000 donation to an old ladies asylum in Leavenworth.
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