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Newspaper
Kansas Agitator
Location
Garnett, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1903
Page
5
A garbled weekly roundup records trips by Senator Cram and others to Iola and Emporia, births in Topeka and elsewhere, visits from Mrs Wise and Rev Riley, a pension grant for Col McCrain, and multiple local social events. It notes a bank counter shipment to California, a Presbyterian partition incident from a lightning strike, and various travels, marriages, and town movements among residents and families around Garnett.
A collage of humorous notes, local vignettes, and oddities from a Kansas or Missouri frontier town. Anecdotes range from weather musings and domestic quirks to odd crimes, misprints, and rustic observations about farmers, editors, and small businesses with a rambling, folksy tone.
The Searchlight Club met Thursday afternoon the 15th with good attendance despite bad weather. Mrs George Currier presented a condensed history of United Germany, Mrs Church shared Polk Lore, and Mr Wack sang Watch on the Rhine. The group planned a future event at Mrs Earnest’s home and noted a second division meeting at Lola next week with Mrs Wise presiding.
The Lone Elm Ledger details visits and journeys of residents from Kincaid and Colony including Nina Kennedy and Bertha Kyner. It lists sickness such as typhoid, a marriage between Carrie Aifler and Joe Webb, and various travels to Garnett Wichita and Bayard. It mentions a carpet sale, a church event, and a prize contest with Don Biwiller winning.
Local postmaster lists letters uncalled for at Garnett amid a fatal incident. Names include Mrs Clarissa Kk Henderson Mr Pred Caldwell Ed Brown Lesly Le Broveat Will Ackwan Anna Levin William Keely Carrie Kuen Harriet Wood John Van Huskirk Emma Sprague and others. Postmaster W S Buss appeals recipients to claim.
The partnership of Stewart and Vin Slyke owners of the West Side Bakery has dissolved. Frank Stewart buys the stake of Vin Slyke and will continue the bakery business in McMistery.
Aunt Sally Calvert died last Monday at age 86. Funeral services were held Tuesday at the U P church. She and her brother Uncle Billy Calvert ran the hotel west of the public square for about twenty five years before retiring. Aunt Sally leaves relatives in Anderson and Franklin counties and is survived by her sister Mrs Pally Lyon.
Rey and Mrs Mahon held a reception for the United Presbyterian Session on Tuesday evening. A two course supper was served. Guests included Col W Mousten and wife, KM Shanker and wife, Thos Gowdy and wife, John Warren and wife, Jas Wilkon and wife, RO Johnson and wife, John Shanker and wife, and Anne Johnson sister of Col Houston. The event was described as very enjoyable.
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