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Newspaper
Kansas Agitator
Location
Garnett, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1904
Page
5
Kansas City business visits and Wichita trips mark a busy week. Miss Hattie Wadley visits Topeka. Chas Hunt visits Ottawa. multiple oil well updates near Pavla. John Thompson family visit from Michigan. elderly residents travel for relatives and world fair plans. Community announcements include marriages licensed in Greeley and Garnett church events, plus local relocations and a fatal accident hamper.
On Wednesday at 1 oclock in Garnett the Rev HAL Church united Miss Rose Lawellin Reed and her groom in marriage. The ceremony featured celebrant flowers and a breakfast for about thirty guests. Afterwards the couple departed for Kansas City amid best wishes from friends and relatives. Local society notes mention guests and travel plans of connections in Garnett and nearby towns.
A Missouri Pacific eastbound train and a KN& D passenger train collided at a rail crossing, blocking traffic for hours. Both engines were overturned but no lives were lost. the engineer and fireman of the passenger engine escaped with minor injuries. Wrecking crews from Osawatomie cleared tracks, with trains rerouted via Santa Fe lines to Garnett and Ottawa.
Central City reports Mra Ben Bacon recovering from illness and Ruby Bacon planning next term. Rain threatens corn yields while western Kansas harvests proceed. Ollie Hitchcock hawks produce from a wagon along the road. Timry Geogd hosted many young guests Saturday. Wheat quality appears fine. some fields may yield thirty-five bushels per acre. Dress and wife visited M F Weaver and aunt Mrs Weaver’s injured girl improving. Dr Ramsay advises telephones linking farmers mile to mile, judged a useful convenience. A lightning strike near Bush City destroyed a barn and its contents valued around 1200 dollars. insurance covered 75 dollars, leaving substantial loss.
Rath and Mary Rankin, children of Rev. Crawford Rankin of Guthrie Oklahoma, arrived from Ottawa at the start of the week. Judge Hamilton and wife, from Blue Mound, traveled there for a short stay with relatives.
Lone Elm residents report a week of visits and illness. Kelsey and Magie visit relatives near Bush City and nearby towns. Ula McDowell travels to Lucygen to see Grandmother Holmes. Local improvements include phone installation by Irwin and party. Presbyterian children's day exercises draw steady attendance. Floods elsewhere force Ed Hester and Maggie Kelsey to teach at Lone Elm school.
Mrs. M. Moloney travels from Leavesworth for her daughter Gertrude’s graduation and plans a Iowa and Illinois summer visit before a world fair return. The Triple Te lodge program offered recitations and music to a good audience. Oklahoma City visitors Tom Highley and family visit J. G. Hiatt and relatives before heading to St Louis. Believers camp tent and seating arriving from Kansas City. meetings planned if weather clears. Colony Prep Press notes Polos pastaffie office downgraded back to fourth class.
Arrangements are under way for a street fair here next fall to span a full week. Organizers promise splendid attractions and a lively time for attendees as preparations proceed.
The town of Garnett will not hold a Poarth celebration this year while Greeley Colony and Westphala proceed. Residents of Garnett are free to seek alternative events or individual observances as the date approaches.
A. C. Parrow has built extensive sheds east of the railroads on Fifth avenue to house horses. The notice urges keeping horses out of the heat with affordable shelter, noting the low cost to provide comfort.
M. J. Wassmer, Garnett harness dealer on the north side, offers a handsome saddle as a giveaway. Customers who buy goods or settle accounts in full receive a drawing number for each dollar spent, with the winner awarded the saddle tree. Visit Wassmer to enter.
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