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Newspaper
The Chanute Times
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1900
Page
5
A south bound 9 passenger train arrives followed by a 10 passenger unit and an additional 9 passenger service. Agents including B D Brownell oversee the logal progress and local roughs report arrivals at 29388 pan.
A compiled page lists several Chanute, Kansas professionals including lawyers Shelly Brown and Cox with offices in the block, physician E K Riley with hours, U G Hostian, J and Licut physicians, George H Brown M D as TB examining surgeon, and others offering chronic disease care and women’s health.
Chanute items include notary J. B. Beatty positions and family moves, school employment, visits from Miss Pearl Griffin, and “pumpkins and squashes” urged for the Chanute Fair. Local ads note a second-hand phaeton for sale, chemist and dentist listings, and a forthcoming Workmen lodge. Various notices cover lost items, travel to Salt Lake City, poultry remedy sales, and political campaign hubbub.
A blend of political notes and opinion stirs about Towne withdrawal McKinley and Roeragel support among German papers. The Populists switch tones with Judge Martin’s nomination. The direct Senate election and a Fort Scott vote loom. Also a Deming infant’s teething illness is treated with Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy per O P M Holliday.
Citizens of Chanute gathered near the Oriental Hotel to warmly honor Senator Farrelly on his return from the Ft Scott convention where he won the nomination for Attorney General. The event was a goodwill gathering with speeches and celebration at Farrelly’s West Fourth Street home, not a political rally. Extreme heat was noted as taxing babies’ digestion, with White's Cream Vermifuge offered by Geo P. Wilder at 25 cents.
Early reports predicted low broom corn prices due to a large crop. New private letters from Oklahoma suggest acreage is not growing much and yields may be modest. The Arcola Record noted short acreage and poor condition in Illinois earlier. Despite small acreage, quality of local broom corn is high and harvesting begins as weather remains favorable.
Seed Rye for sale by Morey and Winfield. Attention members of the order and families invited to the next regular meeting in August with initiation of candidates, music, and refreshments after by order of committee. Also an Advertised Letter List for Chapute Kansas with two weeks to call. Dated August 1900. Fadeless Purple Dye advertised for wool and silk sold by J R Fay and G P Wilder.
Well improved quarter section located 14 miles east of Roper Kansas. Offer includes potential part payment with a small residence in Ubanute and balance in salt purchaser. Possession available at any time. Contact D A Achenback Roper Kansas.
Question answered notes August Flower as the largest sale in the civilized world for indigestion and biliousness. It claims mothers and grandmothers used it, doctors were scarce, and it was used to cleanse the system, regulate the liver, and improve digestion and nervous function when feeling dull.
A fragmentary advertisement mentions one Jersey cow with calf and several secondhand items for sale or trade including 10 horses, one carriage, and three carts. It notes a shop run by H. Ricket and hints at transactions involving a good horse. The rest reflects subjective musings on womanhood and aging, with archaic language and non-factual asides.
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