The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-12-11

Readers Of the REGISTER can see In
the advertising columns to-day, Just
where to buy anything they want
from the most reliable business houses.
It being our intention to commence
the new year with an exclusive stock
Of groceries, we will close out our
queensware and cutlery at cost.
WEIGH & Mcknight.
We are handling the Eureka flour,
and have determined to retail -four at
wholesale prices. Onr -four is frat
class. Price $l.25 and $l.S5 per sack.
Hankins & Patterson.
When Nasty was telling about the
folly Of the man who dropped q dol
lar, reaching for Q dime" he had in
mind the man who lives In one town
and buys his goods in another.
A full account of the funeral cere-
monies of the late Vice-President, &C
companied by one Of the best portraits
we have seen in any of the papers,
will be found on our inside pages.
lis hardly time to think seriously
of New Year cards yet, but II your
mind should wander In that direction,
remember that THE REGISTER Office
has already received large invoice.
At q meeting of the B. and L. As
ISOLATION last Monday evening, 500
was loaned to J. III. Harris, and the
same amount to w. 81. Ling. The for
mer paid 165 per cent. premium, and
the latter 1859 per cent.
A private letter from w. C. Alloway,
dated at Baker City, Oregon, brings
the welcome intelligence that he is
still gaining strength, and hopes that
another year spent in that climate will
fully restore his health.
When the weather 10 bad in Kansas
it Is pretty safe to conclude that 1t is
worse in other places. The wind that
visited us last Friday was accompanied
by snow and sleet farther north and
was Q blizzard Of the first grade.
It begins to look a. though the hot
air furnaces were not going to be SUM-
Gent to keep the school building warm.
There have been no cold days yet, but
Il has been found necessary already,
to put stoves in two Of the rooms.
There have been parties here this
week from all over the county to trade.
Everybody is beginning to learn that
lola merchants may be depended upon
to represent goods Just a. they are and
sell them at the very lowest prices.
The proceeds of the entertainment
tonight are TO be applied to making
the school rUom more pleasant, and to
purchasing apparatus that will make
the school work more interesting and
profitable. You owe 1t to yourself to
attend.
The ladies Of the NJ. e. Church have
succeeded in collecting a much greater
number of interesting articles for their
Art Loan Exposition than they them
selves thought could be found In the
county. The Opera House will be q
veritable museum.
The Baptist ladies will give q musi-
cal aud literary entertainment at their
church next Thursday evening, De-
cember Is. A special feature Of the
programme will be tableaux In
which all the old men in town win
figure. Watch for bills.
Our last page IL again decorated with
. hansome ad., this time calling atten-
ton to an article or two that G0odhue
& Evans would like to dispose Of.
Those who read the advertisement and
then visit their store, will be convinced
that 1.-THE half has not been told"
An advertisement of the banking
house Of L. L. Northrup will be found
In this issue. There are probably few
Dthee banks In the state that have been
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