24 Feb 1899
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Newspaper
The Chanute Times
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1899
Page
1
A local call asks readers to submit items from their locality by Tuesday for publication, with a Wednesday deadline if possible. Submissions should be signed for good faith and not used as public content without consent.
Mark Gibson and Andrew Westien hauled hay at the start of the week. Westien visited Chanute Sunday evening. Local farmers seek work, with Wands among job seekers. Lasley toured sawmills near Humboldt last week. Thacker and May plan erecting new barns, Walter Clover to fill Twilley vacancy in District Mo. 4. Barnes gathered support for the preacher in B. C. Be Oreek Chapel oyster supper Saturday night February 25 tickets 15 cents single, 25 cents double. Jane notes a oyster supper fundraiser. digestion remedies and health tips promote Herbine for digestion and blood quality.
COMMUNITY snippets from Chanute and vicinity include births and birthdays, visits by relatives, Sunday school turnout, and local happenings. A new blacksmith arrives and starts work, Grandma Rowe-do’s 14th birthday is celebrated, and various families from Treat Bloomheart and Waubansee area are mentioned among other farm and town notices.
Weather has been spring like as farmers plow. J Powell moved pane Rey Clark preached here last Sunday. Hornbeck back from Kansas. J W Stipp buying hogs for shipment Wednesday. M E Noble busy fixing plows. Payne shipped 1000 bushels flax seed. Aaron Richman sold land west of town to Mattison Payne. J W Perry went to Laytence as delegate to Fy AA Generally 1 Council off MoH. Joe Tes went to work with telegraph linemen. They left for Chanute to board. Dance at A Foster's last Wednesday. Funeral for Rev John C Alexander at Little Friend School House next Sunday at 2 PM. Pupils organized Art Cemetery Society and elected officers. Plan to sell land at Chanute town site. tract viewed as sizable with house, barn, fruit, at 1 Mus. Carty.
Odense residents report routine happenings as Frank Cook visits bar school and Mrs Cook recovers from flu. Wives and parents are visited, Don Crapson hauls wood, and Odense attends Creasonia and local spelling and singing events. Valentine plans at Garfield schoolhouse draw crowds. Rash and Mollett praised. school and patron dine plans noted.
Fragmentary note discusses La Grippe Tholus and pneumonia danger, cites misused language about Li Fiasoible and a remedy by Chamberlain. Mentions Whitehaven? and a claim that thousands used the remedy with no fears of failure, though text is garbled and unclear.
Readable items from Chanute area residents list visitors and moves, school events and church notices, upcoming suppers and spelling at the schoolhouse, with Mrs. Alleman and families moving, illness among locals, and plans for a hardware store near the lumber yard. The piece notes band performances, quilting and social plans, and local commerce updates.
Our country correspondents report signs of spring with mild skies and green meadows, yet a harsh cold snap returns, leaving farmers breaking ice on ponds as they plan for cattle and poultry needs. Sale ads seek poultry specialists in Parsons Kansas offering high daily wages and prompts for applicants.
The Kansas City Journal Almanac for 1899 is reviewed as a compact reference work compiling statistics and historical facts. It covers railroad mileage, capital, dividends, state representations, the Spanish American War, new territories, bankruptcy law, officers and salaries, military power, and many other topics. It notes Wilder's as a supplier of school books and supplies.
District 43 winds down with last week of school as Valley residents engage in farming chores. John Heck moves to Day farm penney. Sol Townsend visits Chanute. Mrs Rose Sturdevant and baby ill. Born to Mr and Mrs Chas Willie. George Kirkman relocates near Ale toona to Guston farm. Tomer Russell visits with Chas Sith and wife. James Moore shells 1000 bushels at Newlands area. Thomas Whitfield Co. at 240 Wabdsheag. Chicago druggist touts Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for grippe and pneumonia prevention. L Miller furniture man plans move from former Racket store site.
The town notes pleasant weather brings school life to the fore. Boys dispute and sometimes fight, several receive harsh thrashings. Middles study geometry, noting two propositions a day are hard. High schoolers march in lines, teachers proud yet critical. Girls shout in football games as boys play baseball signaling a new era.
The following is a list of letters that remain uncalled for in the Mee at Chanute Kansas and will be sent to the dead letter office if not called for within two weeks from February 1 180. One cent due on all advertised letters. Parties calling for or claiming the letters should say advertised. D B McCu...n, P.M.
Fragmentary notice from Chanute pages noting Gibson Way marriage with Mr Mark Ivins and Mr Gituwini, son of Captain A P Gibson, among prominent local families in Big Creek town. Confusing OCR yields unclear dates and places. entities include Gibson, Ivins, Gituwini, Thurgiay, Chanute.
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