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Newspaper
Kansas Agitator
Location
Garnett, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1903
Page
5
Judge W A Johnson and many townsfolk are mentioned in scattered notes about purchases at Criders candy kitchen renting a home on Second Avenue and various travels. Names include Mrs Lee Russell, Mrs Art Bennett, Nellie Lawellin, Carrie Powell, Eva Powell, Mrs McFarland, plus trips to Ottawa Joplin Topeka and Lawrence with updates on illness and weddings.
Jennie Russell entertained a dozen young girls at her Jackson township home for her fourteenth birthday. The surprise visit from Garnett guests followed a day of games and hearty eating, described as a real jolly time for healthy, car-free girls. A note offers a chance to learn regarding Harry Hacklum’s address from County Clerk P. M. Reinheimer in Leoti, Kansas.
The Modern Woodmen host an ice cream supper at their hall on Shorss day evening August 27 to aid the Woodmen in the Glenloch neighborhood whose crops were destroyed by hail. Admission is 25 cents with proceeds to relief efforts.
Congregational topics announced with sev was and sermons to be delivered by Rev. T A Darling of United Brethren church at morning and evening services. All are invited. An unrelated ad promotes CAS CARETS for bowel regulation claiming wide use.
Two Missouri Pacific freight trains collided head on about two miles east of Garnett on a Tuesday morning. Sixteen cars were demolished, with wheat and rock salt scattered along the right of way. Fireman injured, engineer with skull fracture and arm injuries. heroism by A E Smith who warned crews and saved lives. Wrecking trains cleared the line and night trains resumed.
The Athens of Kansas tour recounts meetings with Ed Martindale and Charley Finch, and a host of Lawrence locals. Mr. Smith, one of Lawrence’s oldest residents, recalls the city’s growth from a log hut to a university hub and notes the upcoming G A R reunion. The party tours Mount Oread, the university museum, and ends with a depot meet with cousins Willis Jay and Hert Copple.
Last Saturday the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Chas Coleman was celebrated at their home with electric lights on the lawn and flowers inside. Guests enjoyed games and a three course dinner, and the couple received a china clock and a Hay Island china dinner set as a gift from the guests. Over fifty attendees shared the cheerful event. Clyde Glass attended the Ohio day celebration in Waverly yesterday.
Westphalia notes list Jocular excerpts from residents such as J E Stevenson in Garnett and Fred Henderson visiting friends, with many trips to Iola LeRoy and Wichita. Socials, illnesses, a local picnic, a street scrape without lynching, crop concerns, and changes in rural mail routes are touched on along with remarks on weather and railroad charges affecting local shippers.
Fragmentary notes mention Judge Irwin presiding and list speakers Hon Ta J Allen and Hon 5 j Shiveley with others to speak. Congress member Bowerack may attend if dates align. details unclear due to damaged text.
Currier Higgins and Miss Higgins were united in March at Judge J M Higgins home. The ceremony was performed by R Darling. The bride, a Garnett beauty, and groom, a young carpenter, start life with bright prospects and many devoted friends send best wishes.
About seventy five gathered at G F Kyper's residence for a cheerful evening. Ottawa residents Fletcher visited for Mrs Hanna Babb's illness, with family from Bush City and Joplin arriving. L O C F lodge met in the new hall, Rebekah members caused a stir yet presented a Bible. Ingalls Reeve heads to Oklahoma to visit sister Mea Church. Miss Mary Irwin returns from two week visit. Miss Routzong narrowly escapes serious injury in a neck and shoulder sprain. Mrs Bodenhamer weakens, with other local visits noted. Diamond church project under construction by J H Jumay, Frank Line Zettle dies at 18th. New song They All Spoke Well of You by Al Trahern gains distribution.
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