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Newspaper
Kansas Agitator
Location
Garnett, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1900
Page
5
Charley Embree and Wildcat Smith fought around noon in a reported scrape. Embree shot Smith in the leg. No further details are available yet.
Letter list advertised March 2 includes J. J. Anderson Leman Ackley Miss Helier Core Mrs. Vina Cole Allen Dunham Mrs. Nancy J. Kelly A. E. Martin Mrs. Mary Reece M. Romney Bert Thompson Mrs. Laura Thomas Noah Walters Misa Charlotte White with two Walters entries and no dwelling details.
Frank J. Cheney sworn as senior partner of F. Cheney & Co of Toledo declares the firm will pay one hundred dollars for each case of Catarrh not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Notary A. Gusason officiates on December 6, 1886. J. Cheney & Co. offer Hall's Family Pills and catarrh remedy sold by druggists for 75 cents.
A fragmented column notes medicine ads promising cures and refunds, followed by extensive local obituaries and funeral details. It covers Gatlin’s Antibilious Compound, Gatlin's Cough Syrup, Curran Craig's funeral, and multiple notices of services, attendees, and military honors, with mentions of residents traveling to Topeka, Ottawa, and Westphalia.
William Newton Lead Owen, a farmer from Garnett, died last Friday at Stroudbela after a lingering illness. He had lived in New York for years with his wife and daughter before returning to Garnett, later moving to Strand Oklahoma to work in real estate and insurance. He leaves a wife and daughter and is mourned by the community.
Many names and places from Lone Elm and nearby colonies appear this week. Residents including Josie Samers, Levi Tiverly, Willis Sprague, and Miss Oshernote travel between Lone Elm, Colony, and Junetint City while others visit relatives in Pedriel Iowa and Mound City. Several households welcome guests and prepare farming plans for the coming season as community ties remain strong.
Fragmentary OCR describes Vick’s Seeds with large strips of pink and white lead asters, mentioning Despatch New York and Rochester. The notice urges writing for a Garden and Plural Guide and notes a new seed selling departure.
A notice invites a man with rig to introduce a poultry mixture and an insect destroyer for Meal Poultry Food Manty Co in Parsons Kansas, offering fifteen dollars and expenses, with return address and stamp.
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