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Newspaper
Kansas Agitator
Location
Garnett, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1897
Page
5
Weatphalia Times reports county residents visiting for purchases, deaths of elderly men, and community sorrow over P F Ewing. James Parsons returns from Oklahoma trip, M D Jones plans farming there. Local illnesses include pneumonia and influenza. Dr Pilkington and Mrs Schoonover ill. Obituary and social notes mix with ads and small notices from nearby towns.
A correction explains Mrs. A Smith died in Capris while visiting Goffey, age 41 with six children. The March term jurors are listed by township including Garnett, Rich, Jackson, Lone Elm and Welda. Also notes Graven and Cyrip surname variants and improved health of those ill.
Publishers sent 16 splendid novels and the first 16 teen subscribers who pay a dollar for a year will receive one book. First come, first served. act fast to avoid missing out.
Weather kept most farmers home as Garnett held Kansas Day with an opera house reception and a night program. The event featured a Garnett military band concert, a Kansas history talk by Mr. Fleharty, songs by glee clubs, and social visits with coffee and water served. attendees included candidates and locals, while officials noted county teacher retrenchment and staff moves.
A wolf hunt report notes fifteen wolves were scared up Wednesday but escaped due to no one on the west side. A Tuesday hunt is planned with a detailed line from the northeast corner of Washington township to the Johnny Julien farm, captains assigned for each township line, start at 4 am and end by dusk, no rifles allowed.
The Silver Club postponed the UILvera election from Monday night to next Monday. After officers are elected, Hon. N L Bowman and others will discuss Municipal Government. A committee will arrange a musical program and Lincoln's birthday celebration is planned for Friday evening February 12 with an appropriate program.
A box social invitation advertises a bus tour to the Silver headquarters on Tuesday night for Girly to bring boxes of eatables. UK Buck len & Co. in Chicago offer a free sample box of Dr King’s New Life Pills, claimed to treat constipation headache malaria and liver trouble with vegetable ingredients. Sold by Gus Graves with a 25 cent regular box. Local items note a groundhog tale and a Cottage Hotel Bennett involved in Ottawa business.
The Anderson County Teachers Association gathers in the Irving school building Garnett on Saturday February eighteen eighteen oh seven. The programme includes music prayer papers recitations discussions current events psychology arithmetic and theory and practice of the last teachers examination. All interested in county children are invited to attend and not miss a single meeting.
Timetables show No. 201 203 202 204 routes with connections at Kansas City Ottawa Cherryvale and Wellington for destinations including Chicago St Louis and westward points. Lou Groll visited his mother from Kansas City and works in a furniture establishment.
Notice from Anderson County Kansas states the estate of Rachel Wilson, deceased, appoints an executor by January sixth in the county probate court. Interested parties are advised to govern themselves accordingly and follow estate procedures.
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