The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1891-06-05

Anything that has for its object tn,
benefit of old soldiers living or to d.
honor to the memory of old soldier,
dead is assured in advance of tn,
whole hearted sympathy and supper
of the loyal people of lola and vicinity
And 90 it goes without saying tina
Memorial Day was reverently anC
unanimously observed. Early in tn,
morning the flag was floating ovel
the band stand, over the Post room
over the school house, and over many
private residences, while every bus.
mess house in town was generously
adorned with the beautiful emblem
At noon, in accordance with the May,
or's proclamation, all business was
suspended and from then until -four
o'clock the hundreds of people ON the
streets and i'm the park gave nc
thought to ANYTHING but the exercise.
of the day The program as publish
ed in last weeks REGISTER was full
" carried out. The procession includ-
ed the G. A. r., w. r. c., s. of V,
Masons and Odd Fellows and made
quite an imposing appearance, each
order being fully represented. The
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Montgomery county, was listened to
with the closest attention and with
warm approval. Col. Forsythe is al
ways pleasing speaker, but "a an
old soldier addressing old soldiers, he
is at his best. He speaks without
notes and is fluent and earnest. His
patriotic rebuke of the effort that
has been made i'm certain quarters to
create a sectional prejudice i'm the
West against the East, was especial
" timely and was received by his
audience with hearty approval. Col.
Forsythe already had many friends
i'm lola, and his latest visit has added
many more to the number of those
who will always be glad to greet him.
The ritual service at the cemetery,
and the decoration Of the graves of the
old soldiers, each one of which was
marked by flag, brought to close
the beautiful and impressive ceremon-
les.
The ladies of the Baptist church res
ponded nobly to the frantic appeal of
the REGISTER of two weeks ago for
something to liven things up little"
with their social last Thursday night.
As announced the Memorial of the
Flowers was rendered by company
Of charming little girls. The remand
er of the interesting program was also
rendered wholly by little ones. Al
though the refreshments-ice cream
and strawberries-were announced "a
the last and best" part of the pro-
gram, we think that the vote of the
audience would have been given in
favor of the Flag Drill by some twen-
ty little boys and girls, which was
most enthusiastically encored. The
youngsters had been thoroughly and
successfully drilled by Mr.. Lutte Stow
er, who deserves much credit for his
pei severance and ability in that line.
Music was furnished by the orchestra.
We understand that the entertain
ment was, as it deserved to be, a fl
nancial success.
1.-THE township assessors had done
their word so well that the Board of
found the task before it
a comparatively light one. There
were a few Individual complaints
about unequal assessment and these
were adjusted by the Board accord
ing to its best Judgment. As an illus
tration of the excellence with which
the work of assessment was done we
present the average valuation of stock
in the various townships, which will
be found remarkably uniform.