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Newspaper
Kansas Agitator
Location
Garnett, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1897
Page
4
A Kansas editorial rips a Republican push to resubmit the Prohibition question, arguing it harms reform efforts and undercuts the popular will. It urges protecting the state university funding and opposes a $10 tuition, urging veto of the measure while noting political shifts and local events.
A bill to lower the age of consent from 15 to 14 provokes outrage as critics call for focus on tax relief and curbing corporate robbery. They warn a reform legislature should not pander to lecherous scheming and demand action on public economic relief.
The piece argues for reducing the Governor's pay to 2000 a year while building a 40000 mansion is wasteful. It urges trimming boards and salaries elsewhere, criticizes a plan for a bronze bust of ex Governor Robinson, and notes various political opinions and legislative proposals shaping Kansas politics.
Miss Omega Puckett visits for eye treatment with Dr. Thomas Anderson in Lone Elm. E. O. Harper returns from Wilwon county. Grandpa Heater in Franklin county. M Cartier spends days in Kansas City. Mart Kincheloe back from Haskell. Elaio Hunter visits sister Mrs M Carrier. J E Hunter moves to G P Fulton farm. W G Almstead and wife in Garnett. Local sick list includes Mrs Moon Mrs Rogers and others. F P Ewing dies at Lone Elm home January 29 funeral at Presbyterian church. L C F takes charge of remains for burial in Lone Elm cemetery. Community extends sympathy. S Fox ill under doctor’s care in Equity.
City council approved bills for the general fund on February 1, authorizing payments and expenditures. Officials indicated routine funding items and anticipated costs for municipal services and operations.
Community notes from Lincoln Township reference prosperity jokes and mumps spreading through the area. Mentions include Soubeam Thursday nights, Squire Mitchell indoors after breeches theft, John Ridgway’s sharp wit, and a strong Springfield district No 7 school under Mrs Letitia Nash. Local visits, hay hauling, a wolf chase planned Wednesday, and a Jackson township child ill with tonsillitis.
A five acre fruit farm with good house chicken house smoke house wood house well and cistern sits one mile east of Garnett. Call on J. G. Hiatt over Pilkington's drug store for details. Probate Judge Stein issued several marriage licenses including to Highberger Plain, Hardesty Oshel, Scoville Ratcliff, Wood Redshaw. A local gun incident at the colored Baptist church led to fines for Beck Adams and Bill Reed. Old Soldiers Reunion set for Sept 7 pth. Bankers Guaranty Building and Loan directors named. Sheriff Keeney returned Lincoln Young from Versailles charged with forging a $200 check. UNDERTAKERS HOBART'S FIRM to move to Fort Worth Texas first of March.
Becklen's Arnies Salve advertised as the best for cuts bruises and skin eruptions with a money-back guarantee. Druggist Gus Graven in Greeley sells it for 26 cents a box. The Graphic reports a revival by Rev McLugh with curious features, Amos Decker visits town for letterheads and statements, Mrs Gee of consumption dies leaving a husband and child, Dr Thomas Kirkpatrick Stay in Topeka, Senator Caldwell visits from Topeka, Toanya legislature cracks a nut, Ellaworth Trigg buys Otis Rayn property on Second Avenue.
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