The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-11-14
when the frat return. came n

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making it look as il Humphrey was
defeated, the sky clouded over and ii
rained dreadfully. But when better
news came and Humphreys election
was made certain, the sky cleared, the
air grew bright and balmy and the
old time beautiful Kansas autumn
resumed its sway. The way Kansas
weather responds to the moods of
Kansas Republicans is one of the first
things that attracts the attention of
observant visitors.
The Ladies Society of the Presbyter-
ian church will give an entertainment
at the Opera House Thanksgiving
evening. Supper will be served from
six to eight o'clock, followed by lit
erary entertainment the main feature
of which will be 1.-THE Muffin Man"
an excessively funny extravaganza.
After the literary entertainment oys-
tiers will be served and a good social
time enjoyed. Let everybody come
and put a fitting finish to their
Thanksgiving holiday. Admission
10 cents, supper Is cents, oysters . 9
cents.
Fourteen hours work daily for the
first six months of the campaign and
about eighteen hours for the last two
weeks of ito say nothing of the
wearisome nature of the returns-has
proven somewhat "wearin'" to the
editor of this paper and so he is going
down to Oklahoma next week to visit
his brothers and play awhile. Mr..
Fred Funston will have charge of the
REGISTER in his absence and any ia
vors shown him will be fully appre-
ciated.
Mr.. T. +. Kelley desires US to say
to the people of Carlyle that the alb
pointment for him to deliver a tenn
perance lecture at that place ON Sat
urday, Nov. /, was made entirely
without his knowledge. He new
nothing of it until he saw the an
pouncement the next day i'm the REG
IsTER. He exceedingly regrets their
disappointment and will be glad to be
with them at any future time they
may des tgnate.
One of the interesting things to be
seen at the opera house these evenings
is a strawberry plant with one ripe
berry and half dozen green ones. 1t
was grown by Mr.. G.. Chase, one of
our most successful fruit culturists,
and was taken up from his garden, the
second crop this year. There Is moth
ing the matter with Kansas soil and
climate, IF her politics do get out of
shape some times.
VIII Port writes from Chicago that
he is regaining his health at a very
satisfactory rate. The lola colony
there il quite large now, with Mr.. and
Mrs. A. J. Clark, Wallis Ewing, Roby
White, Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Baumgard-
ner and the Duncans. Mr.. Port adds
that since the Worlds Fair site has
been definitely settled the South side
is enjoying an old time Wichita real
estate boom.
Mr.. A. w. Rowland tells US that he
has sold 300 worth of apples from his
orchard, taking no account of those he
kept for his own use or of the hum
dreds of bushels of summer and fall
apples that went to waste. This il
doing pretty well from five acres of
ground and on calamity" year.
Some italian tourists-five men and
two bears-were in town Wednesday,
taking in the beauties Of the city-and
occasional stray nickles. And, blythe
way, what is the peculiar affinity be-
twaen bears and Italians? You never
see men of any other nationality lead
ing bears around over the country.
The Salem correspondent of the
Moran Herald notes that of thirty
eight families in his immediate neigh
bOrhOod, thirty-twO are regular sub
scribers to the lola REGISTER. We
will take lay-off some of these days
and go after those other six. 1t might
as well be made unanimous.
The I. o. q. T. at its last session de-
cided to continue the charter member
ship fee at p cents until December 1st.
Any who desire to take advantage of
the charter rates can make application
to ]. L. Henderson, who is secretary.
By order of Lodge.