The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-04-07
The Library ladies promised a

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thOss who would go to the Oper
House last Friday evening. and tn
promise was abundantly fulfilled
Ewing Herbert's talk about n "Moth
er's BOy,u was full of good things
full of truth and wit and wise council
And it was delivered in an easy wa,
that made il pleasant to hear. Viii
Whites recitation of his own poems
was equally good in its way, and 81
delighted the audience that he wa
recalled half a dozen times or more
1t seems strange that man shut VI
in metropolitan newspaper office
with the roar of a great city Away:
in his ears, should be able to write
verses so full of country things. But
Mr.. Whites front name is "Bill," and
he used to live down on "Willel
Crickn in Butler county, AM he
ways that he practiced then. And
best of all he never took an elocutiOn
lesson in his life. He just stands up
and talks so naturally that you hard
ly remember that he is reciting a
"piece." He is simply telling you
something. All together the enter
tainment was a pronounced success,
and all who attended felt well repaid.
A POpulist convention was held at
the Court House last Friday night for
the purpose of nominating a city tick
et.. +. NJ. Powers was chairman and
G. :. Ritter secretary, and quite Il
number of citizens were present. w
l.. Bartels was nominated for mayor
by reclamation. $. Il. MOrehouse
was nominated for police judge, and
a. j. Fulton, Jas. Hershberger, Il. f..
Kelley, NJ. Nj. Hart and Jas. Mccain
were nominated for councilmen. The
ticket was by no means a bad one;
but it encountered q severe snow
storm Monday. For particulars see a
report published elsewhere in this
paper.
The Supreme Court of the United
States has finally settled the ''SOOn-
er" question i'm Oklahoma, by declar-
ing that no one who was i'm the terri
tory prior to noon of April 81, 1889,
was qualified to hold a homestead.
This lets out Asa Jones and AL. Jones
and w. G.. Jones and several other
people who once thought they were
rich. AL. Jones was offered 5000 for
his claim once but refused it. And
Asa Jones could have sold out for
nearly as much. This decision let's
them out for nothing.
We know man who is working
for wages who puts all his money in
the bank the hour he gets it, and
when he buys anything. he gives a
check for it, even if the amount is on
" five cents. He says the plan has
TWO advantages. One is that the
trouble of writing a check keeps him
rom spending as fast and as careless
y as he would if the change were
Dose in his pocket Another is that
ne knows at the end of the month ex-
actly how every dollar was spent.
My wife was confined to her bed for
over two months with very severe
attack of rheumatism. We could get
that would afford her any
relief. and as last resort gave Cham
Derlain's Pain Balm a trial. To our
great surprise she began to improve
after the first application, and by u.s.
ng it regularly she was soon able to
ret up and attend to her house work.
3. H. Johnson, of G. j. KnutsOn d Co.,
MINI. so cent bottles.
or sale by Evans Bros.
/. S. Coe, of LaHarpe, was driving
MS spirited team down the street
when one of the bits broke
and the horses started to run. Mr..
Coe stayed in the buggy and let the
.eam run till they got tired and stop
ped, which was after they had cross
liked the bit and drove back to town
with nothing the worse for his little
excursion.
Mr.. G. f. Powell, representing the
Deering Implement Co., was in town
his week. While here he got letter
rom Russell, Kansas, telling him it
would not be worth while to send
binder out there, as there would be
10 wheat to cut. The crop seems to
be a total failure, not enough rain
having fallen since it was sOwn to
,prOut the seed. Zoo bad.
Abe Null advertised some seed
corn in our free "FOr Sale or Trade
column two or three weeks ago and
sold it all in ten days. One man
anne up from near Humboldt to get
,Ome. Mr.. Null thinks that this one
service which the REGISTER did him
without charge, was worth at least
he price of a years subscription.
At the meeting of the city Republic
IAN committee appointed to look after
he interests of the party in the city
it was thought best to pro-
ride for permanent municipal COM
nittee, and so one was chosen consist
ng of s. A. Gard, chairman, Henry
,teyer, secretary, and G. l.. Whita-
ler, treasurer.
George Thrasher, son of w. c., has
,een elected by the Kansas City
Union to represent it
n the International Union which will
lOld a meeting i'm Chicago soon. 1t
s no small distinction, to say nothing
# the salary which is S125 week
md expenses.
This Office has received from the
Agricultural Department a hundred
n so packages of garden seeds for free
We shall be glad to
land then out to all who apply, eth
II in person or by mail. 1t is our
reat and there is plenty as long as
asts.
G.. Il. Hammel, Nj. A. Decker, &.
]. Gibson and Sam Tucker came
lown from Usage Wednesday at the
equest of the Sheriff to testify in the
Moore VS. Funston contest case. They
ay a good many farmers in their
ownship have all their corn planted.
A. c. Scott passed through lola the
irst of the week on his way to Chica-
70 where he goes by appointment of
he Governor of Oklahoma to take
.harge of the exhibit which is to be
made by that Territory at the Worlds
Fair.