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Newspaper
Kansas Agitator
Location
Garnett, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1897
Page
5
An advertisement for a mortician and arterial embalmers promises 100 percent service and urges prospective customers to call. The message claims constant availability day and night and emphasizes certainty of the advertised work.
A local plea warns subscribers in the county that magazine fees fund operations not salaries and that courts’ fees will eventually cover pay. The message urges payment to keep the paper financially sound, noting years of fighting for readers and inviting subscribers to settle debts when in town. It mentions Mr James Jones of Jones and Son drug firm in Cowden. Dr King’s New Discovery is advertised with claims of curing coughs and consumption, offering free trial bottles at Gas Graves’ Drugstore.
The long list of social and local events includes an ice cream social on Saturday night August 7 hosted by the Silver Flambeau club at Silver headquarters. The Garnett crowd also hears Doc Morse speak, Burl Uplam recites, and Misa Leon Stewart provides instrumental music as neighbors share visits and news from Ottawa, Lane, Chanute, and nearby towns while preparations for a county fair and other gatherings unfold.
The Gar note WOE U Woe will hold its annual meeting August 1st at 3 PM. Numerous villagers report heavy rains, farm work, visitors, and a township Sabbath school convention August 8. An airship sighting is briefly noted beside usual community updates and advertisements.
Weekly live stock market report from Wright and Hannah, Kansas City commission merchants. July 29 cattle prices listed by weight and grade include steers 1000 to 1800 pounds with ranges from good to fancy and fair to good, and notes on feed and stockers.
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