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Newspaper
Kansas Agitator
Location
Garnett, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1897
Page
8
Greeley Kansas community notes report Reverend G W Saunders filling the M A church pulpit, upcoming moves to Missouri, a March M E conference, and a critical view of fines justice. Also mentions J J McFadden joining Linn county Grange, local influenza impact, a bar admission for Sai S Grant, a Lang two step promotion, and an Arkansas land prospectus urging homeseekers with railroad access to Mena and Mina towns along the Kansas City Gulf line.
Last Friday evening the infant child of Mr and Mrs Joe Fox died and was buried Saturday. Brad Gehir and family of Kansas City will soon be citizens of Greeley again. Mrs Athol Decker and children of Bush City visited relatives over Sunday. Frank Johnson, recently in California, returned home to farm southeast of town. An accident involving Cris Frank near Stilwell led to a $5,000 damages suit against the railroad. Probate inquiries reach Clarence Gregg about a fortune from a relative’s death. Luke Burnham and family arrive for Fitz gerald then plan to resume life in Lon Cholyn. Dr Splawy treated 95 year old Joseph Goss. improving. Mare thefts hit J J Hosley and J W Merrifield on the same night, clues shared. Henry Royse made a swift arrest near Garnett, sentencing Richardson to 36 days and a fine, all in one day. Richardson previously faced prohibition charges and fled bail, prompting ongoing pursuit.
Westphalia Times reports G H Whitehill boarded the 11f5 train to Garnett possibly to visit the probate judge. Chas Kolb learned of his father Lawrence Kolb's death at Pendleton Oregon aged 73. Lawrence was an Anderson county pioneer who moved to Oregon about twelve years ago.
Five acre fruit farm with good house chicken house stock house wood house and a well and cistern located one mile east of Garnett. Contact J. G. Hiatt at Pilkington's drug store for details.
Walker the barber urges 500 men and boys to visit his shop for haircuts at 14 cents and a clean shave. He also promotes patronizing Garnett Laundry for quality work.
Local timetable notes describe connections from No 202 via Ottawa except Sundays to California and westbound routes, No 202 and 204 linking Kansas City to Chicago and east, Nos 201 and 208 rerouted to Wellington with connections at Winfield to Oklahoma and Texas, plus Fortvale with the Prisco line to St Louis and Prisco points east. Pullman palace sleepers and free chair cars are on No 208 and 204.
Fragmented OCR text advertises shave and haircut services in Tillson in a county Texas area. It mentions basements, locations, and promotional travel notes via Santa Fe Route with unclear names and numbers. The readable items suggest a local barber shop promotion and excursion rates for home seekers.
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