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Newspaper
Kansas Agitator
Location
Garnett, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1903
Page
8
Garnett and nearby communities report a busy stretch with residents visiting friends in Chanute Ottawa Fort Scott and Humboldt. Pension updates include Tira Stephens and others. Local socials at the water works lake park and a missed name correction regarding a Chicago and Northwestern bridge incident are noted.
Special to the agematon reports last week’s Kansas City livestock receipts totaling cattle 27301 calves 3676 hogs 95278 sheep 14166 and horses and mules 1051. Prices rose across cattle with top fat steers at 5.40 and averages 4.60 to 5.20 for good stock. hogs weakened for heavy loads but light hogs 150 to 180 pounds were only slightly lower. Cows to 4.50 stockers 4 feeders 4.40. veal calves to 5.00. Quarantine division contains 4000 head today. trade active and prices steady toward week’s close. Sheep muttons heavy, wethers 4.25, ewes 3.00, lambs 5.90. horses solid with rugged work horses in demand. mules sold up to 5.00 per head with extreme fat mule prices 45 to 180 dollars.
You assume no risk when you buy Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. R P Driggs & Brother will refund your money if you are not satisfied after using it. It is advertised as the most successful remedy for bowel complaints and a pleasant, wakeful aid. Carets act like nature to keep liver and bowels active without griping. Six million people take and recommend Carets.
A spiritualist camp meeting will be held in Forest Park Ottawa from July 31 to August 9. A number of prominent mediums will be present and all are invited to attend.
An advertisement extols cholera infantum as a dangerous disease but says it can be cured with Chamberlain’s Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy and Castor Oil given as directed with ten drops. Sold by R. P. Briggs & Brother.
A long editorial diatribe condemns procrastination as a thief of time urging readers to act now. It rails against delaying duties with colorful, antiquated prose and cites moral, mental, and financial failure as the consequence. The piece ends with quips about local happenings and satirical remarks.
The article surveys shirred designs in ivory peau de crepe with Mar c del Nielavilon flowers, Mexican drawn work on devatlete bodice, and an apricot velvet ceinture. Hand embroidery by Corticelli wash threads enhances the look. Crepes feature shirred effects, with nun's grey crepe de Chine and lace accents plus fringes tassels and cords as finishing touches.
An advertisement selling Chamberlains Stomach and Liver Tablets by R P Briges. The pills claim to invigorate the liver aid digestion improve bowels and prevent bilious attacks.
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