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Newspaper
Kansas Agitator
Location
Garnett, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1903
Page
5
A long list of residents and visitors are noted returning from trips or traveling to nearby towns. Harry Miller came back from Paring ton Newfoundland while Roy Doll returned to Kansas City for work. Several others visited relatives or attended events in Ottawa Lawrence Topeka Paola Osawatomie and Mesherson.
Postmaster Hemis gains a $100 salary increase while Sheriff Wycoff escorts Rolland L. Johnson to Osawatomie asylum on Monday. A lightening strike hits Cornelius Anderson's barn and a bolt kills a vow belonging to Ed Vansickle. A crowd plans rail fare promotions to South Dakota with a round trip from June 1 to September 30. Mesmerizing song recital featuring Mat Glase and Maud Herriman slated for May 28 at the opera house. Prof Mahurin and Henry Decanniere head to South Dakota by team for several months. A Garnett student taunts a teacher after a prank involving an anatomy pin. Mrs Hollingshead and Ola Hollingshead depart for Neodesha yesterday, joining Mr Hollingshead and sons Quil and Will with their tools.
Happenings note ticket sales for a Matt Glass tenor recital with Miss Maud Harriman at the opera house on Thursday May 28. Seats cost 15 25 cents, sales start Tuesday the 26th at Glass Sun's George Porter. Also a tired old man near Greeley is sent to Osawatomic asylum. Missouri Pacific announces multiple one way colonist tickets at half fare plus 2, and a round trip excursion sale to Denver and Utah regions with one fare plus 60 cents, valid through Oct 31.
Receipts total 26 964 cattle 65 107 hogs 35 312 sheep 1 112 horses and mules for the week with year over year increases. Beef cattle demand heavy amid ample supplies with prices easing 10 to 16 cents. stockers and feeders show mixed shifts. best steers 525 dollars best heifers 490 dollars top stockers 5 00. Hog prices slide 6 to 10 cents with heavy activity and strong demand for country hogs. overall market lower than a year ago. Sheep and lambs show varied movement with bullish lamb forecasts yet lower Texans prices. mules and horses tight as rail orders bolster demand.
Citizens throughout the states mark the 100th anniversary of Ralph Waldo Emerson. A Congregational church service is planned next Sunday evening with a talk on Emerson by Mr Metcalf. No Sunday morning service. A local robbery at Culver netted $3000. Obituary notes Mrs. Zaa Bouck of Greeley died in Kansas City after surgery. Local events include George Hutt’s garden party and a playful stone hammer game near the courthouse park, drawing lighthearted city observations.
In nearly every neighborhood deaths from colic or cholera morbus occurred before medical help could arrive. A dependable remedy should be kept on hand. Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy has saved lives and relieved suffering, and is sold by Tibbetts & Co.
H P Burbage a Greenville S C law student suffered four to five years of a persistent cough that alarmed him. After Mrs Burbage tried Chamberlain Cough Remedy he soon felt a remarkable change and after two bottles was permanently cured. Sold by Tibbetts & Co.
Dispatches from Washington report post office officials face widespread protests from country merchants against rural free delivery and the practice of publishing rural route lists in post offices. Merchants claim mail order houses use the lists to solicit catalogs and ads, but proponents argue newspapers on rural routes empower farmers and communities, supporting civilization and local industry. Geo. Y. Smith's pension increase to 46 dollars monthly is noted. CARETS ad promotes bowel health, and funeral notices follow, including M. V. Doughty and a description of Baxter's return home with remarks about Gus Graves' improved health.
The AGtraToR offers subscribers a chance to win a Rubber-Tired buggy with each annual subscription of $1.00. Receipts are numbered 1 to 1,000, and the holder of the matching number in a sealed envelope will win the buggy. Each dollar paid also earns two votes in a piano contest.
The itemized column lists residents and visitors including C. H. Nichols and wife at Colony, Jack Mason of Garnett, H. A. Bierly in Kincaid, and Olin Reeve back to health. Postmaster McDowell traveled to Blue Mound. Memorial services set for Sunday at 11 a.m. at the M E church with Rev. Carnine to speak. Funeral plans announced for Wm Lamb and Fred Lamb’s father with services next Wednesday.
The St. Louis Republic announces a $10,000 profit sharing offer for subscribers and readers who submit admissions estimates for the World’s Fair grounds dedicatory events on April 30, 1903. Top prizes total 5 000, 2 500, and 2 50 with smaller rewards down to 10, plus subscription options.
Postmaster Brewis reports unclaimed letters at Garnete Post Office. Names include Andrew Jackson, Dr. W Hamilton, Harry Greentree, Mary Frank Bennett, Mrs F U Anderson, Louis W. Jonca, J W Osborn, Mrs Soules, R At Taylor, J B Wilson, and others listed in the box.
A short promotional fragment touts Holcomb s headache powders claiming others cured and promises a cure for you. Original text is a brief advertisement style note without context or specifics.
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