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Newspaper
Kansas Agitator
Location
Garnett, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1897
Page
5
A roundup of social and business items from Garnett and nearby communities. Mentions visitations, travels, and shipments. updates on residents moving, buying goods, or selling farms. references to local officials, legal notices, and upcoming church meetings. Includes remarks on Commerce and Kansas City connections, and a brief note about a bridge project and farm operations.
Ice cream and cake to be served at the silver headquarters on Saturday afternoon and evening February 21. A program will run in the evening with admission four cents, while tasting cream and cake costs ten cents. All are invited to come enjoy the event.
County Sunday school convention last week drew praise for the program despite thick mud that kept many away. Abilene secretary TL Engle spoke on teachers and graded lessons, with Rev W L Squier in Tela offering new views and improvements. Notable papers and addresses from Garnett Monte tastra Ernst and others provided value and profit. The piece also promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure and other remedies with generic medical claims and distributor mentions.
The Free Silver club outlines a Monday program featuring music winging and addresses. WW J Bryan's last speech will be read by the president, and city politics will be discussed. Also promotes Backien's Arnica Salve as a guaranteed remedy for skin issues with a 25 cent price. By Gus Graver, The Druggist.
Local text fragment mentions Harry the Haver who will fix up your old clothing and make it look new and also restyle an old hat. Reference to youth aide and the railroad appears oblique with unclear context.
There is excitement in California over rich discoveries of ore at Randeburg Cal 29 miles from Kramer station on the Atlantic Pacific division of the coast railway. The new camp awaits fuller information as prospecting trips originate from Randaburg.
Twenty five head of Gelts offered between March first and May first bred to C Wilkes and sired by Wanamaker Jr. with Empress Eugenia Cora Belle Columbia R Black Bess Queen Wilkes Keynotes Gem Lilac Fifth See 3d Cora Shellenberger Lady Duffield Fruitful May Bird 2d and Harkrader 950 lineage. Wanamaker Jr. for sale or trade. Correspondence invited and inspection welcome. Address Jas Bell Sons Garnett Kansas.
Readers recall Chet Ooverdale once of Garnett now in Kansas City sentenced to five years in a Missouri pen for holding up a man and taking his money and valuables. Town chatter includes plow purchases, monument orders, local liquor law convictions, and gossip about ministers and the Ananias club.
An ad touts Electric Bitter Hleottic Bitters as seasonally useful for languor exhaustion liver sluggishness and as a tonic and alterative. It claims to avert bilious fevers improve digestion and relieve dyspepsia with prompt action. Sold at one dollar per bottle by grocers and at Mayo Baking Powder locations.
Union Township items report romantic and business tidbits. J dion returns from the west with cattle bought from Eaneas via a fae. A pigcattle deal, 80 fane for good times, and a neat sum earned. Juln Free man’s kinship, Kate Williame, lives at Chanute BW. Gook visits Grooley. farmers buy cows for a future skimming station. A supper at the EE church is praised. G. thawley near mumpa rd. Bealer builds a barn. Dave Potts buying Dykes place. plans move. George Johnson to starts to stesouri. Laggard to farm. Rev. Dolson to conference. hope to return. Some plowing done. J. Cleveland nearly finished house. A We suindell returns. Art Velthoen slowly recovering. Wolf bone questioned. wolves sighted in township. Wannaraowrre.
Lincoln Township dispatch reports multiple mumps cases among residents including Prof Kinelilve and Jake Mitchell, plus locals like Dave I Lugina being urged to stay at the post office. Mentions of real estate talk by county board, thefts on west township line, bus service to Garnett, and a note of Cha mp Champe as appellate clerk.
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