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Newspaper
Kansas Agitator
Location
Garnett, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1902
Page
8
The Henry Bros. of Fairfield Iowa advertise a range of farm staples including oats, corn, clover and milo with prices listed per bushel or ton. They invite cash orders and request buyers to write for prices of alfalfa and other feed varieties.
Miss Elsie Lathrop of Ottawa visits B D Murdock and family while others travel through town. News includes farmers hosting teams, court and street incidents, new mill improvements, a fire near the river, and social events at schools and homes with numerous local residents named.
An old advertisement lists Dr Kay’s Long Balm for coughs and Dr Kay’s Renovator for the liver. The copy claims Renovator is a perfect liver renovator and mentions a price near 50 cents to één dollar at a drugstore.
Irwin W. Lane visits with C. W. Greene and W. F. Fallis transacted business at Colony. Geo. DeWalt trips to Pittsburg. Lafe Champe from Greeley visits. Champe visits again last Sunday. J. F. Tibbetts leaves for Kansas City on business. H. W. Sterling spends Sunday in the city with wife. D. Doonegan of Shenandoah arrives for Garnett street arrangements. Miss Tri Jones and Curtis Singleton from Greeley visit relatives. Joe Pashing and Amelia Granwald go to Kansas City for a visit with Tony Pashing. E. Nopper of Arkansas City in town for water works bids. Mrs. Clark Richardson leaves for Kansas City and Manhattan for State Editorial meeting. Will Buck and George Teth travel to Mountain View Territory for business. George aims to return to Cortrnett. Lt. Mark Craig and Miss McDonald wed in San Francisco. Mark’s Manila voyage order revoked. Coffeyville Brick and Tile shipments total 3000 core loads to Independence and Cherryvale in 1901, boosting local industry amid crop shortages. Reporter notes railroads may seek Independence as freight grows.
An acceptable historical ad copy for The St Louis Mirror offers a ten cent price for ten weeks. It describes the paper as a twenty eight page magazine style publication edited by William Marion Reedy, with a staff of writers covering social religious financial literary and artistic topics. The ad promises poetry stories book reviews plays music and contemporary interest content aimed at professionals students teachers and households. It invites readers to mail a payment by stamps to receive the Mirror at their address.
A vintage advertisement argues deafness stems from inflamed mucous membranes and promises a $100 reward for a chronic case cured by Catarrh Cure. It claims constipation of the auditory tube causes hearing loss and endorses Hall's Catarrh Cure and Hill's Family Pills via Toledo suppliers.
A testimonial from T. H. Jones of Pittsburg Texas describes feeble pulse and fainting spells caused by heart weakness. He credits Dr Miles Heart Cure with restoring strength, improving circulation, and relieving chest pains after six weeks of use.
Dr Miles Heart Cure regulates heart action and stimulates digestive organs to create rich red blood. It strengthens the whole body. Sold by druggists with a guarantee. Dr Miles Medical Co Elkhart Ind.
A fanfare urging buyers to back stable, legitimate merchants over peddlers and bankrupt sellers. It argues that traders who offer fair prices and stay in business earn community trust, while temporary outfits fade and harm consumers. It warns against buy now, pay later marketing and notes seasonal stock clearances as legitimate.
A garbled list claims to map Kansas alphabet letters to items like alfalfa apples angora goats acad emien and barley brooncorn blueyrmas buckwheat hats beef with many misspellings and odd phrases. The source text is fragmented, mixing letters with crops animals and institutions in an unclear way.
Various items report debates in Congress on the glve bill and a new Force bill, Republicans debating Philippine measure, and lobby activity. London temperance campaign by Salvation Army leader General Avoth. Leavenworth transit workers oppose streetcar reforms amid war-measures debate. Britain ships vast steel imports to the US. a surgical patient faces two weeks in hospital. East storms cause shipwrecks and delayed traffic. Revivalist Williams faces slander in Newton. Topeka mayor Parker urged to clean up and faces possible retaliation.
An old ad claims Dr Kay's Lung Balm cures coughs and grippe quickly. It lists prices of 11, 25, and 50 cents and notes druggists sell the remedy as the best cough cure.
In North Park a plan to steal a costly fur set ends when John Paul William Grittes and others are caught by a patrol. Skins including skunk and opossum were seized before the theft, leading to nearby defendants being jailed for ninety days by Justice Gordon. Von Cavat, the undertaker’s agent, is mentioned in passing amid the incident.
A reader recounts a medical mishap with a doctor named Kay in Swratoya Springs New York. The fragment hints at treatment issues and patient frustration, mentioning remedies, medication, and a call to accountability, though text is garbled and hard to parse. The piece references a local doctor and a public response to medical advice.
Fragmented ad style text touts Kay's Renovator as a remedy for stomach issues headaches constipation and general digestive problems. It mentions Drivny and Tabulets with vague claims and old fashioned medical tone.
The notice states preaching services will be held at U B Church and United Ketticas Church over the next three months with regular schedules announced locally.
An assortment of patent medicine claims touts Holcomb's Headache Powders as a cure for headaches and a variety of ailments. The ad promotes Dr Kay's Lung Balm and Dr Kay's Renovator with testimonials, perches on mail order and local druggist sales, and asserts mystery cures for coughs, colds, and stomach liver and kidney issues.
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