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Newspaper
Kansas Agitator
Location
Garnett, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1901
Page
5
A Garnett mother recalls a night waking boy who taunts his father with witty phrases. A pig feeding yeast request amuses, while a three year old laments corns until eight grains are removed. Local grandmother and aunt witness the corn tale and shared smiles.
An old advertisement list promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure with a one hundred dollar reward for incurable cases. It includes testimonials, prices at 75 cents per bottle, and notes on Dr. Kay's Renovator with claims of cures for stomach liver bowel and kidney ailments. It cites Toledo druggists and several wholesale firms endorsing the remedy and the health products.
Probate court reports several items including A W Conner judged insane and taken to Osawatomie asylum, Robert Black returned to the asylum on the 2nd, a marriage license issued to Jan E Messenger and Effie L Olson, Magdalena Algeter of Scipio discharged from the asylum, Amanda Horn settled the estate of John Horn, C H Powers appointed guardian of S F Powers, insane, on Wednesday.
Weldy school records show 86 pupils enrolled with an average attendance of 83 percent. Students neither absent nor tardy include Vere Wallace, Vernon Wallace, Lowell Wallace, Glen Me, Ethel Me, Martha Me, Charley Knight, Ghomley, Viva Wilkin, Agnes Magill, Arthur Hiatt, Mabel Black, Enos Frazier, Oris Frazier, Willie Frazier, Anna Cramer, Lester Miller. Absent but not tardy are Carl Wallace, Aya Wallace, Nine Majors, Martha Wilkins, Glen Heap, Robbie Beclefeld, Stella Wallace. teacher.
The Garnett area is invited to the opening of a new clean grocery store in the former Acuff clothing building on Saturday. The owners promise fresh goods and low prices from manufacturers and wholesalers, with high prices paid for produce and friendly service.
A Garnett audience praised the Ladies' Symphony Orchestra of twenty performers calling it the finest entertainment in years. The page also notes ads for Kipling poems, medicines, and beauty teas, highlighting Dr. Kay's Lung Balm and Renovator, Rocky Mountain Tea and other products with prices and claims.
Local items list residents and visitors from Greeley Ex celsior Springs Ottawa Lawrence Nevada Mo and Kansas City with moves trips and gatherings during Thanksgiving week. Notes include Mr Jh Gehr Neal the milkman Frank Hamby Misa Mattie Quiggle Col W Houston J E Rexsell Hurl Upham Earnest McMurray and more as well as church fair and a minor disturbance at the opera house.
Local items recount marshal Gowdy's reluctance to arrest one class of violators while tolerating another. Charley Ring suffers a work accident near the Missouri Pacific road. Will Calvert leaves county post for rural mail clerkship in Washington, Miss Minnette Miller replaces him. Dr. J. P. Jackson dies in Kansas City after long Garnett ties. Ada Bowman travels for patient care, while typhoid stories follow. Nick Pontious marks 63rd birthday with friends. CASCARETS ads appear amid community notices. Nearby visitors from Whitney and Kosciusko head to Carthage and Emporia. Thanksgiving travel brings Robert Prick and wife to town.
A vintage advertisement touts Scott's Emulsion as a remedy that strengthens bones blood and lungs and restores health inside and out. It claims fast patching, no waiting, and a free sample offer with a nationwide bottle and price.
The passage notes a series of meetings at McCabe chapel by the Methodists. It also lists multiple local movements and visits with names such as Grandma Winans in Iola, Rouila Wagstaff from Wichita, Mea Folsom of Emporia, 1. O. Russell moving to Topeka, and Garnett native Quill Hollingshead visiting Garnett and nearby relatives.
Lone Elm and nearby towns see residents ill and recovering while others visit kin and shop. J J Lamay traveled to Mont Ida last Monday. Mrs Carrie Babcock and children visited J D Byerly. T C McDowell moved hogs to Kansas City. Miss Marie Hunter visits relatives in Kansas City. P J McNall and wife toured Stvs E Miller in Garnett. Community members receive guests, attend Thanksgiving, and plan future moves. Clen Miller relocates to Gas City for a meat market venture.
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