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Newspaper
Kansas Agitator
Location
Garnett, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1902
Page
5
Local notes record Miss Belle Smith on a Paola business trip, Mrs Ida Champe visiting Greeley, and Will Walrad opening a Fredonia photo gallery. Mentions include numerous family and community visits, school superintendent selection, an excursion to Kansas City, and weather impacts from recent rains.
District No 7 completed a new school house after Miss Kennedy pressed for a new building. Old shack repairs and re-papering were discussed, then agreed to by the board. Anna Sabba, daughter of Joe Sabla, suffered a severe hand injury while grinding stock grain. doctors expect the hand to be saved. Senator Caldwell visited from Jackson township and mused on shale prospects in western Kansas. Krause reported lively conditions in Rich township and late corn planting. C B Adams sold his cotton and gasoline business to Mr Woodworth and will move to Osawatomie. Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society of Ottawa district holds a Garnett convention with a concert tonight by Mme Knodson and Miss Moorhead. A daughter was born to Jake Shut and wife Inet Thursday.
Use ladien missionary society of the Methodist church held a Tuesday gathering at the Martinage parsonage. In the absence of Mrs Church, members planned a second surprise by gifting the pastor and wife with a small set of fine china ware, making the afternoon a pleasant event for all.
The April examination granted teacher certificates in three grades. First Grade recipients include Mainie Onan Elma Bacon J B Studebake. Second Grade winners Mav Shaefer Ruby Bacon Blanche Wallace Grace Ricketts Jesse Orton W B Griffith Anna Martin. Third Grade recipients Wm Thompson Little Kent B T Sherry Jennie Deft Ethel Kincheloe Maggie Kelsey John McDevitt D P Griffith. Four candidates failed. J Cox County Superintendent.
Samuel Rogers and Mrs Mattie Hearn were united in marriage by the pastor of the Second Baptist church on Wednesday evening at the bride's home. A goodly number of guests attended and the Acutator offers congratulations.
Local items from Lone Elm report visits and family news. E R Kincaid’s father’s visit last Saturday, Mrs. Ollie Lockwood visiting kin, Kelsey returning from Richmond, and John Lamb planning to take his father to Colorado. The Cutler Comedy Company brings entertainment at the ball, and several residents travel to Garnett or attend weddings. A monument is placed at Lone Elm cemetery for Maggie Miller’s grave.
Mont Ida items note C F Neil moving into a new residence and W H Showalter heading to Garnett to join an extra railway gang. Local illnesses, visits, trips, a charity ice cream event for the parsonage, and rumors about W J Burch’s night office populate this town diary. Major transport mishaps include a Missouri Pacific wreck near Heela and a burned La Harpe business district. The Evening News urges a grand courthouse dedication with countywide participation as Judge Wiggins returns after attending a funeral in Mio.
A plebeian aphorism discusses the cost of fear in pursuing one’s path within a crowd. It emphasizes cultivating personal voice and restraint from mere conformity, urging readers to seek authentic expression despite social pressure.
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