Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1890-05-24

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BAXTER SPRINGS,
Memorial Day next Friday.
There will be All immense crop OF
blackberries this year.
The recent heavy rains have cut the
strawberry crop short.
Attend the L. l.. L. festival at Low.
ell next Tuesday evening.
Get out your flags and bunting for
Memorial Day next Friday.
The Star-Courier says Baxter
Springs will probably get the county
fair this fall.
The NJ. E. Sunday school will COLI
vene next Sunday and from that on
at 8 80 a. m.
Corn is coming up pretty well, hut
the weather this spring has been too
cool for rapid growth.
On account of Memorial services to-
morrow there will be no services at
the Presbyterian church.
Strawberries are getting plentiful in
market and the price, as we'll as the
bottoms Of the boxes, is going down
gradually.
Take q drive over to Lowell next
Tuesday evening aud attend the L. l..
L. straw berry festival. 1t will do you
good and the costs will he light.
II is the opinion of several gentle
men that the mining leases secured by
the Peoria Mining Co., mentioned
in'the News last week, upon lands in
the Peoria reserve will not hold good.
AT the recent quarterly examina-
tion for teachers county certificates
there were l0S applicants, Sc Of whom
failed to make the required standard.
Seven secured second grade certificates
and 45 third grade.
The meeting of the Quaker Valley
Horticultural Society announced last
week to occur on the 10Th, has been
postponed until Saturday, the 3lst, at
which time DR.. Newton Of Oswego
will address the people.
From the crowds we see gathered al
the Kentucky Stock Barn we judge the
Scott brothers must be doing BOOM
ing business. We are glad to see our
people improving along this line and
hope it may continue until every barn
yard is full of good horses.
As the great Santa Fe railway sys-
tenn has just been greatly augmented
by the absorption or addition of the
Frisco system it is now thought that
the Missouri Pacific company will be
more anxious than ever to have the
Joplin and Chetopa link built this
year.
The Lowell Literary League will
give q strawberry and ice cream festi-
val at the Lowell school house on
Tuesday evening next. A short liter
airy entertainment will be given and
there will be music in the air during
the evening. Admission free to every
body.
The Christian church people began
Monday the erection of new church
building on the south side Of River
street and a half block east of Militia
ry. The building will be plain
frame 36x4S feet in size with vestibule
and spire at the northwest corner. The
foundation will be completed in few
days.
On account of the illness of our bet
ter half during the past four weeks
and the removal of the G. w. Harvey
printing outfit mentioned elsewhere
from Quaker Valley to Baxter Springs
this week we have been compelled to
neglect the local and editorial work Of
the News for the time being, but will
be o. Il. soon. g
The stewards of the M. E. church
will give their annual strawberry and
ice cream festival next Tuesday even.
ing at Mrs. c. NJ. Polster's former
store building. The rooms have been
lately re-fitted and papered and every
thing is commodious and pleasant.
Popular berries at popular prices.
Everybody will come.
Star-Courier: The county commits
sioners were in extra session Monday
to take into consideration the valua-
tion of Sheridan, Lola, Crawford and
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