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Newspaper
Kansas Agitator
Location
Garnett, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1900
Page
5
Gas at Greeley creates a weekend sensation as residents dream of factories, street lights, and streetcars. Numerous local residents and visitors are noted traveling, visiting relatives, and reporting town news amid the excitement.
A brief death notice for two year old Bryan W. son of BC and Atena Listing, who died at the family home. The text expresses a sorrowful reminiscence of the child as a bright little fellow and pet of the family, with biblical allusions to a heavenly paradise.
Notice lists a teachers examination at the east side school building on Saturday October 27 at 7:36. The item then moves through a stream of local people arriving visiting leaving marrying and traveling between Paola Gardner Gardner and Kansas City, with several names and small events mixed into a densely packed society page update.
The Anderson Crpity Teachers Association plans a meeting in Garnell on Saturday afternoon. Featured will be Miss McCool and Miss Lills leading the address and roll call. The program includes reviews of literature chapters and study discussions with several participants named.
A rough note on a Republican bulletin board at a square describes a string of garbled names and a hostile incident. The fragment hints at a reward offer and accusations about a crime or confrontation. Persons and places are unclear, with faded terms and mis-spelt phrases.
A local notice offers a one hundred dollar reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the individual responsible. The ad names J Crigsey & Co as distributors of Hall’s Family Pills and cites internal remedies and drugs sold by Wholesale Druggiats.
The program lists baritone solos, vocal solos, mixed quartet, a piano solo, and instrumental pieces by Matt Glass, Carrie Royer, Gus Gravex, and others. Doors open at 7 30 with admission 25 cents, reserved seats 26 cents, gallery 15 cents. Tickets available at Natent I D Hook Store and from band members.
A fragmentary notice describes the Garnett Lecture Course by Russell H. Conwell at the Opera House on Friday October 19 with Acres of Diamonds. It also advertises a public sale at a farm near Garnett featuring livestock and farming implements, including a thoroughbred boar, wagon, wood, corn, fodder, and miscellaneous items, scheduled for October 25 at 10 a.m. with specific catalog items listed in terse terms.
Communal updates include residents moving in and out, family visits, illnesses, and a funeral. Notable items mention Mrs. Lena Sik eith, Mrs. Van HeIl, and Mrs. Walker’s family, with services conducted for EC Hastingson's child in Lone Elm Cemetery. Also listed is a wholesale office position seeking a trusted buyer in Kansas City.
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