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Newspaper
Kansas Agitator
Location
Garnett, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1895
Page
3
The Garnett Laundry ad invites patronage with affordable services and urges readers to support local businesses. A series of small notices mention merchants like Studebaker and Anderson county readers, plus a Mohawk Indian Medicine Co tent show starting next Monday night with a rop show to attract crowds.
A cluttered page shows a Garnett store crowded with shoppers while other shops sit empty. Ads promise low prices and a wide stock, including center counter bargains and five cent items. Notices warn about taxes, local bank closure, and city concerns, with plans for an upcoming annual meeting at a church and enforcement critiques.
A fragmented notice from Stewart's on West Side and Lone Elm Township markets highlights fresh stock, honest weights, and home delivery. It mentions carpet patterns, local visitors, and assorted townspeople shopping, with names and places scattered through the damaged OCR text.
The genial clothiers Cannon & Reed relocate to the west side adjoining the pontattion to serve the “madsen ing crowd” with low prices on goods. They promise their usual courteous service and invite patrons to visit their new location for details on timite and special travel arrangements to Louisville.
A dated sales pitch touts Kamane rarmic and city property ready to sell at big advance prices. It urges immediate action to buy now, claiming a boom in Tauia with better farming country and warns late buyers will miss best chances. Contact Conway Mamawais and Garwort for particulars.
Fragmentary ad-like text mentions stock revision and a call to action to view items. It references someone named Sturm and Sem and a season nearing end but the details are garbled and unclear.
Antersum Miller prepare a popular technology display in the Metion Building on the north side. The event highlights local tech items and crowd interest is rising.
A fragmentary notice from Lone Elm highlights a local jeweler selling jewelry plated goods and watches at low prices with watch repair as a specialty. The item also references various town anecdotes, travel notes, and community names, including events and personal updates from Garnett Kansas and nearby areas.
An obituary for John Walker Tohmon born April 29 1843 in Monroe County Virginia and died July 21 1896 near Garnett Kansas recounts a life of deep Christian devotion. He moved in youth to Illinois then Indiana before settling in Anderson County and Garnett. He joined Presbyterian and Methodist churches, served as Sunday school superintendent, and remained steadfast in faith despite illness. He married Mary H Walker in 1812 and left a legacy of kindness, strong neighborly ties, and Christian conduct with surviving wife two brothers and two sisters. Funeral services were conducted by a Presbyterian minister and burial followed in Carthage Missouri.
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