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Newspaper
Kansas Agitator
Location
Garnett, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1899
Page
5
Indignant fire company members complain of a kick by Justice two weeks prior in Grat place where a house nearly burned before the alarm was turned on. Outsiders hindered the response, delaying the crew from saving the burning building while protecting the horses on either side. The youths refuse a newspaper feud but insist on fair acknowledgment of their efforts.
D B Marsitas, proprietor of Cheap John Grocery on Garnett's North Side, says Standard Oil refuses to sell motor gasoline but will continue in other oils at old prices. He vows to keep all goods at the lowest prices and dissents from linking customer loyalties.
A fragmentary list includes individuals such as Bedell James J. Cass, Wm. I. Dick, J. H. Hopkins, Mes C. W. Hopkins, Fill Haight, R. Osborn, Frank Pearson, Miss Nettie Ridgway, Gail B. Smith, Charley Williames, and others, indicating a correspondence roster or name index from a historical periodical.
The many friends of Ed Rayn in Gar nett County mourn his sudden death yesterday after a period of ill health. He had served as sheriff for two terms and later as county treasurer before taking up stock buying and shipping. He leaves a wife two sons, and a daughter, with the community noting his long residency and wide regard.
Milligan died last Saturday after a weeks illness at age 62. He was city clerk since spring, a longtime member of the Tresbyterian church, and a native of Crawfordsville Indiana. He leaves a wife and four children Wilber Robert Dwight and Mrs Ab Anderson. Three children preceded him in death. The community mourns his loss as his family receives sincere sympathy. Henry Goodman is selling tea and other groceries for the Great Eastern Tea Company.
A compact community notes column reports Angi Bowen of Centennial hosting callers. Several residents including Mrs. Miller of Erie, Mrs. J M Alexander of Weldon, and Miss Lizzie Gregory of Ottawa visit relatives. others travel for health, business, or visiting friends across nearby towns.
Local notes report Mrs. Ada Bowman nursing a patient near Neodesha and Mrs. W. F. Wright returning from Nendeaha. Entries mention visits to Ottawa Moreheal and Omala, business trips, health updates, train delays, a fatal illness, and a Garnett creamery switch. Several residents travel, attend meetings, or attend conventions. a serious accident befalls W. F. Wright, and a fatality surrounds Bert Miller. The month also sees an excursion to Ft Scott and community events with many names and places across Kansas.
Town gossip and wedding style notes list in town and visiting residents. Names include PUL ve et Calony Sam Robinson of Whie, Winnie Porrester Blue Mound, Mrs Jenale Webber, Geo Manspeaker Mont Ida, Sammy Miller funeral Kincaid, Mrs E Miller, Mrs Allie Stoll and Elva Bacelsior Springs, Mrs T G Webber and Laks Blue sound, Tommy with family, Jonas Kulp and wife, Lawrence Weat, B Babcock, Mrs Bila Moon, Mrs Limay, W J Reese Temperance lectures, C H L Nichols hay trade Jolson county, Bila Trout sick, E X McDowell Kansas City, Mack and Brown Welds, Black and Easy Garnett, Jr Skinner La Harpe, Misa Mabel Marsh Kincaid, Stella McMurray near Garnett.
The Semi-Weekly Capital proclaims it will be the best Kansas paper, delivering world news plus extensive Kansas coverage twice weekly. An earnest Republican advocate, it promises impartial stance on laws and progress, with a $1.50 year offer for the Capital and neighboring papers and a $1.00 option with delivery.
An old advertisement asserts that deafness cannot be cured by ipeal applications, blaming inflammation of the Eustachian tube and nasal mucous surfaces. It claims Hall's Catarrh Cure can heal most cases and offers a $100 reward for any catarrh deafness it cannot cure, with circulars available from FP J Cheney & Co of Toledo, Ohio.
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