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Newspaper
Kansas Agitator
Location
Garnett, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1899
Page
5
The contest by C. EB. Glass for the sheriff’s office has been withdrawn, paving the way for Dan Moore to be sworn in next month. Also note an advertisement for Laxative Brom Quin ine Tablets promising two day relief from grippe with a money back guarantee.
Mrs Keziah Corney born June 1 1855 in Richmond Virginia was the daughter of Richard and Elizabeth Bishop formerly of Cornwall England. She joined the Methodist church at fifteen lived devoutly until her death on November 18 at 6 PM. She leaves a husband and seven children with funeral rites at Westphalia MB church conducted by Rev Knepp. Burial followed near town beside her infant who had preceded her. Her family and friends extend thanks for support during illness.
Miss Lilian Mellen returns from Bue dora on Tuesday and many residents travel to Fort Scott Waverly Delphos and Osawatomie. Jonathan Marshall sells wholesale oil, Geo DeWolf ships church furniture to Chandler Oklahoma, and Thomas Martin’s pension increases. Social visits, illnesses, marriages, and a Thanksgiving turkey plan fill the week.
A. J. Lusu, Wagstaff Clothing House manager, promotes closeout sale of holiday and wedding presents including watches clocks jewelry and novelties in silverware at wholesale prices. Corner of Wagstaff Clothing House, south side.
An old testimonial style advertisement offers a one hundred dollar reward for proof of catarrh cure failure. It cites J Drexey & Co Toledo as principals and lists endorsements from West Treax and Awaluing Ransan Mangis. Claims Henry P Cheney is honorable and capable of meeting obligations. It promotes Mall’s Catarrh Cure sold by all Druggists at five cents per bottle with testimonials available.
Sunflower Circle No 92 G A R awards Por Merit medals for county patriotic contests. Winners from multiple townships compete Saturday December 16 in the city opera house for a silk flag, an Oxford Bible, and a Golden Treasury poetry book. Reva Polliary Henderson and county superintendents assist. State Superintendent Nelson invited. A free banquet follows at Gordon's restaurant, 10 cent opera house admission. reserved seats at the post office bookstore.
Local items recount visits and gatherings over Thanksgiving and Sunday church attendance. Mentions Kincheloe Lochman McAdams Bearly Mills Robinson Owens Quiett Summers Fox Love Irwin and Lowman among others. The paper promotes a club subscription including The Kansas City Live Stock Indicator The Poultry Farmer Farmers Mutual Insurance Journal and Farmer Institute editions, offering four papers plus their own for one year at 1.50 with strong regional validation.
Twenty eight Anderson county teachers attended the annual Southeast Kanine Teachers Association meeting in Ola last week. County Superintendent Cox and City Superintendent Myers led the group, with Miss Josie McCoole elected secretary and Prof. Myers named chairman of the executive committee. The next meeting will be in Burnett.
Health ad warns that overworking kidneys causes blood impurities and many ailments. It claims kidney trouble triggers heart irregularities and rheumatic pain, urging readers to use Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root kidney remedy with a sample offer and pamphlet.
The Youth Companion announces a 1900 lineup with serials and short stories by noted authors including Eva Broadhead and Ray Stannard Baker. Special series on Former Political Campaigns and Adventures of Linemen will appear alongside works by Jewett Wilkins Deland Phelps Wharton Clare Sangster. New subscribers receive November December issues and a 1900 calendar with a full volume prospectus at no extra cost.
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