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Newspaper
Kansas Agitator
Location
Garnett, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1896
Page
5
In Garnett, Topeka visitors and Kansas City trips mix with local commerce. Advertisements promote flour and syrup, patent medicines, and the Mooroe Baking Powder. Names include Frazier, Graves, Jaqueth, and many townsfolk. reports mention political sentiment, a suffrage speaker, and community events plus deaths and travel updates.
Sucklew Arution claims the best salve in the world for cuts bruises sores rheum payer sores and tender rashes. It promises to cure piles corns and skin eruptions with money refunded if not satisfactory. Price 26 cents per box. Fur sale by 4 T Holcomb & Co.
A fragment from a Garnett Kansas column blends poetry and local notes with names like Donahoe's Magazine publishers McDowell and Bidwell, plus residents such as W. Y. Demott and Andrew Cauldwell. It shifts to political discussion on uniting silver forces in November, outlining a three-party electoral plan and urging pragmatic coalition without compromise.
A veteran observer reflects on how parents neglect the business lives of their daughters employed in dry goods shops. He argues many girls fall prey to unscrupulous men, noting gifts and favorable attention as warning signs and urging guardians to monitor acquaintances outside their homes.
The text argues that employers require moral character and neat dress, while mothers may permit daughters to accept expensive gifts. It suggests parents should balance kindness with firm authority over minors to improve the behavior of young people, citing Donahoe's Magazine.
The article touts the New Kanaae City Pittsburg and Gulf Railroad now under construction from Kansas City to Port Arthur as an air line to the Deepwater Gulf Coast City. It promises homes and investments, claiming the south draws the displaced and the capitalists alike with abundant opportunities.
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