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Newspaper
Kansas Agitator
Location
Garnett, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1902
Page
5
A routine banking day saw all branches conduct ordinary operations with customers advised of standard services. Managers reported steady activity levels and no notable incidents as communal financial services remained uninterrupted.
The program lists singing school performances by Muzic Prog Singing School Aeolian Club Invocation Rev Mabon Rich Township and multiple acts from towns including Lone Elm Westphalia Washington Lincoln Welda Walker and Jackson Township. Presentations include diplomas and flag ceremony with judge decisions and a Rev Church officiating.
Will Davis turned fifty on Thursday. Mrs Davis and daughters organized a surprise supper in Gar ett with many relatives. His parents, aged but lively, led the celebration as the well attended gathering enjoyed a splendid feast.
On Thursday last five aged individuals shared a dinner at J N Cline and wife, their combined ages totaling 875 with the youngest at 72 and the oldest 78. The group included Mr and Mrs J N Cling, Mrs Sarah A Walker, Mrs Geo Vines and Mrs Thurston, all described as jolly and enjoying a good time.
A roster listing individuals including Richard Chuchmil Ad Attochu Iu Sarah Ashburn S J Beardsley Sarah Martin Davids Williams Noble Prophet of Pyramid Lodge Mina Dolly Thompson Rev 8 H Maxwell Frank Seymour.
Receipt of a letter states residents near Central City will celebrate the Fourth of July there. B. H. Punston will be the ordtur of the day. A good time is expected.
Garnett Kansas June 14 1902 meeting called by chairman G A McAdam to discuss courthouse matters and other urgent business. The board approved a $5900 40 bill from Latimer and Benning contract and adjourned sine die after noting estimates by Geo P Wash burn. Autest J E Canvant County Clerk.
Excursions from Santa Fe to Leavenworth Topeka and Winfield Kansas detail sale dates from late June with round trip rates from $1.70 to $4.36 and limited return windows plus additional San Francisco to Portland and other routes with May sale spans and high fares around $45 to $65.
A compact roundup of local residents and their journeys from Ottawa Lawrence and Baldwin to Kansas City and Missouri. The note lists many visits from Topeka, Ottawa, Iola, Lawrence, Humboldt, and Blue Mound, plus occasional school and church events and staff changes in Dickinson County.
A flurry of visits and travel fills Lone Elm as residents and neighbors report trips to Tala Blue Mound and Garnett. Local figures including professors, merchants, and church members attend events, with marriages in surrounding towns and property improvements noted.
Will Borrer, who survived a runaway engine and hung from a trestle about three months ago, returned home limping but capable of moving about town after hospital care in St. Louis. Mrs. Morse’s mother in Milford Center Ohio died the day her telegram arrived, funeral held Monday. Modern Woodmen of America held memorial services at the opera house Sunday with sermons by Rev Moore Metcalf Church and Riley, then procession to the cemetery for grave decorations.
Two young calves and two two year old calves are listed along with one milk cow in a city notice attributed to P Petenson. The entry records ownership and the item count for sale or auction in a municipal listing.
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