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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-05-11
Prairie Dell

Our school closed the last day of
April. Mr.. Hunt, of Salem was cal
ling in our neigh borhood last Monday.
shower are far behind those that were
sown later. Mr.. Walter is hauling
manure from lola to enrich his farm
~. p. Remsberg was calling in our
neighborhOod one day last week. go.
The melancholy days have come
again. That of house cleaning.
We noticed j. s. Lehman of Hum
boldt in the neighborhOod last week,
buying fat stock and working up the
interest of the +. NJ. B. A. .. Mrs.
George Baker was calling on friends
last week. Some of our farmers are
using the infected chinch bugs again.
Mr.. Crowell had his new residence
photographed last Thursday. =. Mr..
Mccullough had young horse bad
ly cut on barb wire few days ago.
IA travelling photographer is in
the neighborhOOd taking negatives of
all the dwelling houses when he gets
permission Mr.. John Gullett of
Prairie Hall was in our neighborhood
this week looking for fat stock. 49,.
Mr.. o. S. Green, q former resident of
this neigh borhoOd was visiting at Mr..
George Bakers last week. He is liv-
ing near Blackwell, Oklahoma on a
fine claim. Mr.. OverhOlt and family
were visiting at Mr.. Bakers the first
of the week 4. . MIR. E. w. Arnold is
putting a new coat of paint on his
house. MIR. and Mrs. Lowe from
near Bronson were visiting their son
on the Hayward farm recently. The
brother and sister of Mrs. Lowe made
them visit last week. -. Grandad
Kelley and his grand daughter from
Mo. are visiting at Mr.. Sherrill's
this week. Mr.. Birch, insurance
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-05-11
OFFICIAL PAPER OF ALLEN COUNTY,
ANNOUNCEMENT.
COUNTY ATTORNEY.

would respectfully announce that l am a
candidate for the Office of County Attorney SUBJ
iect to the decision OF the Republican primar-
les and convention. X. ID. Bennett
1 would respectfully announce that am
candidate for the Office of County Attorney sub
ject to the decision of the Republican primar-
les and convention. 5. A. Gard.
would respectfully announce that 1 am
candidate for the Office of County Attorney SUBJ
ject 10 the decision of the Republican primar-
les and convention. VIM. B. Glover.
PROBATE JUDGE.
Iwould respectfully announce that l am a
candidate for the Office of Probate Judge, SUBJ
ject to the decision OF the Republican Primaries
and Convention. J, +. CoLBoRN.
l would respectfully announce that ] am
candidate for the office of Probate Judge. SUBJ
iect to the decision of the Republican primaries
and convention William Hankins.
1 desire to announce that will be candidate
for the Office of Probate Judge, subject to the
decision of the Republican primaries and con-
vention A. n. Mitchell
respectfully announce that will be a can
didate for the Office of Probate Judge subject to
the decision of the Republican primaries and
convention. w, A. Co3an.
1 hereby announce myself as candidate for
the office of Probate Judge, subject to the Re-
pUOi-''n p -'--''' -N' ''-- H. Reimert.
l hereby announce myself as a candidate for
the Office of Probate Judge subject to the action
of the Republican primaries and convention
J. B. Smith,
DISTRICT CLERK.
/ would respectfully announce that / am
candidate for denomination to the Office of Clerk
of the District Court subject to the Republican
primaries and convention, +. L. Travis.
REPRESENTATIVE.
hereby announce myself candidate for
Repre- sentative. subject to the Republican pri-
maries and convention q. DEWITT.
l would respectfully anLeunce that shall be
a candidate for denomination to the office of
Representative in the Legislature, subject to the
Republican primaries and convention.
L B. Pearson.
] hereby announce myself as a candidate for
the Office of Representative, subject to the de.
cisio of the Republican primaries and conyen-
tiOn, JAMES PEERY.
PUBLIC INSTRUCTION.
l weuld respectfully announce that 1 am a
candidate for denomination TO the Office of
Superintendent of Public instruction, subject to
the Republican primaries and convention.
H. ii. JoNEN
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-05-11
Diamond

Though our items last week and the
week before were both pigeOnholed or
found their way into the waste bas-
ket, we have determined to try again.
Our last items recorded the death of
grandma RuxtOn, the visit of Rev.
John Crawford of Wier City, the Wis.,
it's and jOurneying of a number of
other friends that would have been
interesting at the time. ....... Report
SAYS that the infant child of AL. Ken
edy was lying very low Sunday. The
little one has been ailing for some
time and took q sudden turn for the
worse the last of the week. ...... Rev.
Gamble spent Monday of last week
calling upon and cultivating the ac-
quaintance of his Pensioners in this
neigh bOrhOOd Levi Robinson
sports new buggy. $500. Mrs. Wood
was visiting her friend Mrs. DragOO
last week $780,. Mr.. Scott and Fred
Carpenter are off on short visit to
friends at the different points. ....
Mr. and Mrs. Shinkle entertained a
number of young people very pleas
antly Wednesday evening. ..... Miss
Lucy Smith went over to ElsmOre last
week to attend the closing exercises
of her brothers. school, and returned
Monday with him and Miss Edith.
Quarterly meeting at LaHarpe the
18th and 14th..... The measles seem
to be abating as we bear of no new
cases. A double wedding in the
near future says Dame RumOr. ......
Miss Mollie Jones leaves Saturday
for lakewood for an indefinite stay.
OMEGA.
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Moran.

Mr.. f. A. Brown has a position in
the Moran Bank. y. H. Rodgers
who was recently married to q lady
from Erie is our new night operator
ON the NJ. X. & Il. He occupies the
property just west of A dams d Men,
deil's and Mr.. Harry Miller has
moved into the property vacated by
j. l.. Lyen. Mr.. Frank Stevenson
and wife are keeping house in the
place vacated by Rev. Slater who has
moved to LaGrande. Rev. Slater still
has charge of the Moran M. p. church
however Rev. Millard's goods have
arrived and he now occupies one of
the Smith Cottages opposite to the
Presbyterian church. He will room
and have his study there, but will
still take his meals at DIR. Jewell's.
80. We learn that Mr.. Good paid his
fine and the case was dropped $50.
Rev. +. n. B. Willard assisted in Miss
RumbePs funeral. Through a mis-
take his name was omitted last week.
49,. Mrs. Walter G.. Jewell came down
from Kansas City and is visiting at
DIR. Jewels last week.
kNICKERBOCKER.
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A LITTLE TRIp TO OKLAHOMA.

Our trip to Oklahoma last week
was the first visit we had made to
that country for year and half,
and it was interesting to note the
Things look pretty raw and uninvit-
ing yet on the Strip, of course. A
half dozen pine towns, guiltless OF
paint, some wire fences, few lonely
little ''shacks" here and there on the
prairie, and occasional patches of
turned up sod are about all the show
ing that people could be expected to
make in six months. But in old Ok
lahoma-they call this 5-year-old
country "old" to distinguish it from
the Strip and other additions that
have been made since April -. 1889,
lit is different. Oklahoma City,-far
and away the best town in the Terri
tory,-leoks as if it might be twenty
years old, so solidly built and well
kept is it, so "civilizedn in every way.
And the country around it looks al
most as old, so readily has it yielded
to the hand of the tiller and so indus
triously has that hand been applied.
Wheat and corn are the staple crops,
and the people claim there has not
been failure OF either since the coun-
try was opened. The prospect for
this year is certainly good. We saw
one field of wheat as high as a mans
shoulders, as thick as it could stand
and as even as floor, all headed out.
1t was pretty sight to see.
Most of our time was spent with
our folks" near Clifton, 40 miles east
of Oklahoma City. w. A. Scott,
Samuel Scott, Miss Kate Ellis, and
an aunt and cousin of ours, formerly
of Indiana, have claims there, all
within sight Of one another, while w.
w. Scott has mill at Clifton, a little
village which was named after our
nephew,-so it was not hard to feel at
II lS d WOlI
timbered, we'll watered and rich in q
sandy loan that seems to promise
great fertility. 1t has not been tried
much yet, but people told US they
raised 80 bushels of corn to the acre
on sod last year, and more than bale
to the acre of cotton. II is little
lonesome there now, with the railroad
40 miles away and mail three times a
week. But the people who live there
seem to like it. VIM Davis has Or
ganized a church which holds meet
ings in tent, and for which DIR. J.
w. Scott reads sermon every Sum-
day-as he used to do back in Indiana
40 years ago. They have organized
Republican club too, of which j. NJ.
III uffman, who used to run our north
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FOR PROBATE JUDGE.

Mr.. j. +. Colborn is another Of the
old settlers and honored citizens of
lola whose life we propose to sketch at
length at some future time, and 80
this paragraph will be limited to
what nearly everybody knows. Mr..
Col born has been part of the bust
n ess and social life of lola for 80 years
or more, and during all that time
there has never been a whisper
against him. Nobody doubts his ell
tire ability to fill the office of Probate
Judge. and his great popularity and
the complete confidence which all
who ever dealt with him have in his
judgment and honor, will make him
strong candidate.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-05-11

agent from lola was in our neighbor-
hood the first of the week, and in,
sured a good deal of property. Can
didates are calling around. BY the
way, we notice they shake hands
with the women, too. Coming events
cast their shadows. We do not like
to complain but it seems to be char
ity Just now. South of Mr.. Bakers
there is lane that badly needs to be
looked after. A few days ago a
young lady mired down with a one
horse buggy and had to get out and
unhitch her horse and walk home,
leaving her buggy. AT the present
time there is load of hay standing
in the mud. 1t is the same place
where so many teams stuck last win
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-05-11
Olive Branch.

Mr.. Chas. Bacon has about so acres
of corn plowed. 80. Mrs. Geo. Bacon
has been on the sick list this week.
..... Miss Laura Larne has returned
home from Moran. She has been
staying with Mrs. Jewell. 49,. Quite
a number from o. B. attended the
drama at Moran entitled "Ruined by
Drink" All report it splendid. 49,.
Miss Lizzie Bacon invited several of
her friends in to help her tack carpet
rags, they sewed q lbs. ...
Quite number of young people were
invited in last Tuesday evening to
surprise Will and Charlie Young, it
being Charles birthday. Had a
bountiful supply of ice cream and
cake and as usual a nice time. $500.
Minnie Davis has returned to school
after an absence of few weeks. 49,.
Mrs. Mary Cox of Blue Mound visited
her parents few days last week. -.
AL. Butterfield of lola is staying with
Bent Davis.
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Bronson

J. NJ. Miles went up to Kansas City
Tuesday with car load of cattle.
John Russell, having disposed of his
claim in the Strip has returned home.
-. Mrs. Love is visiting her daugh-
ties, Mrs. l.. E. Collins. Mrs. Mamie
Ray visited friends in town Friday
evening, and she and Mrs. j. 8. Cum
mings started for Kansas City Satur-
day morning =. s. A. Gard of lola
was in town Sunday 49,. Mrs. John
Ritter visited the family of Chris
Ritter of lola Saturday. Mrs. Fro.
Davis started for Des Moines, Iowa.
Sunday morning to visit her sister.
Rev. Carter. former pastor of the NJ.
+. church of this place spent several
days here this week visiting friends.
Davis Il Co.'S corn crib was consider
ably damaged by lightning Saturday
morning. Several persons in the i'm
mediate vicinity were shocked but
none hurt.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-05-11

side Racket, is president, and before
which we made sort of a speech last
Friday afternoon. Mr.. and Mrs. s.
T. Ellis and Miss Bertha are living
on Miss Kate's claim, which Mr.. Ellis
is improving, and are all well and
happy. There is a Mr.. StainbroOk
there also whose folks live up in
Usage township, and a Mr.. Nurse
who used to live at Humboldt. Ex-
County Clerk Eckley and his son Guy
are in the county adjoining Clifton on
the south. We met G. ID. Cunning
ham, formerly of Cottage Grove, at
Chocktaw City, half way between
Oklahoma and Clifton.
There are lot of formerly-of-IOla
folks at Oklahoma City. Prof. UNI
holtz is on the faculty of the Normal
School. George Smeltzer is in the
zeal estate and loan business and has
made money. Asa Jones has valua-
BILE city property and is still contest
ing for his claim. w. w. Scott is
secretary of a Building and Loan AS
ISOLATION and treasurer of the Water
Works Company. A. G. Scott has a
good law practice and is president of
Loan and Investment company.
Miss Mamie Norris is clerk in the
post office. AL. Jones is now in the
real estate business at Perry and his
son Burt is reporter for one of the pa
pers there. His daughter Miss Pearl,
is book keeper in the State Capital of
flee at Guthrie.
So Oklahoma is pleasant place for
an lola man to go visiting, because he
finds friends in nearly every part of
the Territory. But when the visit is
over, lola is mighty good pli ce to
come back to.
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Black Velvet Coats.

Young women of slight figure have a
fancy this winter for black velvet coats,
and two or three of them are met in a
block on the Avenue on bright sunny
day. They are completed by Tapped
revers and collars of the velvet edged
with mink, sable or Persian lamb fur,
and may be belted or not, as the wear
er chooses Such coats are not made
up heavily, and serve for the street fin
ish of various skirts of fine wool or of
MORE over house waist of colored
silk or velvet All the trimming of
such coats is at the top and on the
sleeves or down the front, a border at
the lower edge being Objectionable for
many reasonS-Harper's Bazaar.
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Spring Branch.

Il. n. Funston was delivering sweet
potato plants i'm this vicinity this
week .. Mr.. Wise sheared his sheep
last week and took the wool to lola.
A. l.. Daniels will represent this part
at the convention tomorrow . = One of
Will Jones' best work horses fell i'm a
well Sunday. AS the well was only
feet deepthe horse was not hurt very
much. Mr.. Huffs youngest child
died Saturday night. 1t was taken
to SavOnburg for interment Jim
Wilson has been breaking prairie for
John Rowland d. One of Oscar Dren-
mons horses got badly cut on barb
wire the first of the week. Mrs.
Reno and Mrs. Stone of lola visited
at Chauncey Sawyers Sunday. ...
John Howard sold his 2 year old
steers last week to Dan HOrville. 800.
Sam Cant has bought an organ. 49,.
Chauncey Sawyer is having little
round with the measles. He says he
knows how to sympathize with Page,
Fisher and the rest of the childrenL/
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Geneva.

Miss Maggie Hyde was down from
LeavenwOrth to attend commence
ment exercises of her sister, Miss
Emma. "A brother and family OF
Andy Rutledge are making them a
visit at present C. McGuire's faith
er-in-law and family Mr.. Tipten are
making Charles family a visit this
week. ;. Mrs. F. A. Rowland has
gone to Neosho Falls to stay with her
parents a few weeks to see if the
teachers Association met at Geneva
Saturday May 5, but not many were
in attendance on account of rain. -.
Be sure and come out to the Base Ball
boys ice cream supper Saturday night,
May II. Ice cream and cake 1Octs.
The entertainment of the Geneva
school given by the teachers Mr.. j.
b. White and Miss Sarah Mcclure
with the aid of the pupils on We'd
nesday, Thursday, and Saturday
night was success in every respect
and goes to show what our teachers
have beeen doing this term of school.
Wednesday night was devoted to the
smaller scholars of which Miss Me-
Guire is teacher and never did we see
as well trained lot of little ones.
The recitatiOns, dialogues and music
were all done without any hesitation
or prompting, something you hardly
ever see especially where there are so
many. The speeches of frankie
Knowlton, Clara Masters, Finas Mar
tin especially need praise. Thursday
night was play entitled 1.-The COun-
try Schoolmam" and shows that home
talent can become quite theatrical
when they choose to do so. Saturday
night was devoted to the graduates Of
which there were two Miss Emma
Knowlton Ond Miss Emma Hyde.
The program was highly appreciated
by all especially the recitation of Miss
Julia Irwin entitled "WhO will
break the news to Mother" also ora
ton by Miss Olive Knowlton and reci-
tation by Miss Emma Hyde. At the
closing was the class address deliver
ed by Rev. s. M. Irwin who impress
sed on the mind of the young ladies
that education not only brightens the
faces of man but woman also. Next
came the presentation of diplomas by
Superintendent H. H. Jones and bene
diction by Rev. s. NJ. IRWIN. The
ball game at Geneva between lola
and Geneva was witnessed by large
crowd and resulted in victory for
Geneva. Score to Is. Only four 2
base hits being made and no home
runs. Two base hits were made by
Homer Henderson and Bert Miller, OF
lola and Jap Best and Arthur Leavitt
of Geneva. Tho primary held at
Geneva Saturday elected as delegates
to convention as follows: G. s. KnOwl-
ton, A. w. Rowland, w. r. Childs.
o. 3. Miller, ID. Carmine and r.
White.
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Humboldt.
Mrs. Lizzie Kemmer of Coffeyville
was up visiting her father A. w.
Brown. Friday of last week Mrs.S. s.
Estey received word from Ohio that
her father was very i'll and she left on
the noon train. 49,. .Chas. Higginson
was in town a few days . Ralph
Pratt a former Humboldt boy was in
town between trains last Thursday.
He lives in FredOnia nOw......S. +.
Wright began his work as pastor of
the Christian church May g. He has
moved his family into the property
owned by Mrs. Steelman on corner of
II and Central streets. DIR. Brown
and daughter Ella started to Cincin-
natl, o, Sunday for short visit. 49,.
Mrs. ]. b. House went to lola Tues
day to meet her husband who will
visit friends and relatives q week be-
fore they return to Wichita. 80. VIM
Cunningham of lola was in the city
last week The revival at the NJ.
E. church closed Tuesday night.
A bout II persons have united with
the church. 80. Commencement ex-
ercises will be held at the M. E.
church Friday night. The class are
Geo. and David Fox, Maggie Wake
field, Nellie White, James Kimball,
Myrtle and Mary McManus, Jennie
Rath and Rodney Redfield. 49,. Mrs.
VIM Rath and son Willie left Hum
boldt for st. Louis Saturday night.
Mothers and Daughters band met at
the home of Mrs. Critzer Wednesday
afternoon The w. C.. Il. u. will
meet at the NJ. E. church next We'd
nesday.. The young people of the
pleasant social at home of Mrs. Jor-
dan Barrickman Friday evening OF
last week -. Jas. Peery was in lola
and Geneva the first of the week -. e.
Capt. Dewitt was i'm Humboldt Tues
day. All the candidates for various
offices are making a thorough canvass
of the county. The young people of
the Presbyterian church will give a
straw berry social at the Park Monday
evening. Both EndeavOr Societies
have chosen their delegates for the
State convention at Topeka, May "a
to q. Miss Minnie Neff will repre-
sent the Presbyterian and Miss Pearl
Perry the Christian church. Mrs.
Maggie Whitaker and daughter of
Buffalo are visiting the family of ID.
s. Steelman this week. Harry Rice
is the proud father of a baby girl. 49,.
MIR. Sitter, a brother-in-law of Mrs.
Belle Allen left for Greensburg, Ind,
this week. Frank Culver of Law
renee and Miss Grace Armel were
married at the brides home Thurs
day evening MIR. Eli Rodgers
brother came to visit him from Ohio
the first of the week
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-05-11

The promptness and certainty of its
cures have made Cham berlain'sCO ugh
Remedy famous. 1t is intended es-
pecially for coughs, colds, Group and
whooping coughs, and is the most eff
fectual remedy known for these dis
eases. Mr.. c. b. Main, of Union City,
Pa, says: AZ have a great sale on
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy.
warrant every bottle and have never
heard of one failing 10 give entire sat
isfactiOn." 50 cent bottles for sale bv
Evans Bros.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-05-11
OUR COUNTY CANDIDATES.
Brief Sketches of Some of the Men who
will be Before the County Con-
yentiOn.
FOR REPRESENTATIVE.
G. DEWITT.

G. DEWITT.
Capt. Dewitt was born in Gallia
county, O., in 1884, removing with his
parents to Illinois in 1910. He was
reared on a farm but was educated for
a school teacher and began teaching
when 20 years of age, profession
which he followed, in Illinois and
Kansas for many years. He travelled
through Kansas in 1858 and happened
to be in lola the day the townsite was
surveyed. Returning to Illinois he
was elected county surveyor but soon
after joined the army and served until
1868 as Captain of Co. F. 10 Illinois
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-05-11
VIM. CUNNINGHAM FOR REPREsEN-
TATIIE.

EDITOR REGISTER: Allow me to
suggest the name of VIM Cunning
ham for the consideration of the vOt-
els of this Representative district.
AS man of shrewd far-seeing bust
ness ability, thorough qualifications
and sterling integrity he needs no in
PRODUCTION to the people of Allen
county.
Hurrah for Cunningham for Repre-
sentative i'm our next State Legisla-
ture. ID. ID. SPICER.
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term the Populists had SO great a ma
jority that a Republican had no
chance to accomplish anything, and
to the fact that the last term was al
most as bad for the reason that owing
to the "war" there were really but
ten working days in the session.
These facts, they think, make it no
more than fair that Mr.. Pearson
should have third term in order that
he may have an opportunity to do the
work for which his experience SO well
qualities him.
JAMES PERRY.
Mr.. Peery was bonn April 10, 1913,
in Monroe county, Ind. At IA years
of age he removed to Illinois and
August IS, 1861 he enlisted in the 3Sth
Illinois. Infantry, participating in the
severe campaigns of the armies of the
Tennessee and the Cumberland. He
was wounded five times, being twice
shot through, but he is still able bod
led and does not draw a pension.
After being mustered out in 1854 he
farmed in Illinois until 1868 when
when he came to Crawford county,
Kansas. He afterwards lived in La
Bette county short time, but in 1882
came to Humboldt where he has since
lived, engaging in the grain and
grocery business. Mr.. Peery has held
a number of township and other minor
offices, but has never held a county
office. His friends believe that his
industry and energy and his sound
business sense and judgment would
make him a useful and effective men,
Der of the Legislature.
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FOR SUPERINTENDENT.

We have a picture of Mr.. HI. III.
Jones which we wanted to run this
week, with a sketch of his life, but
our columns are so crowded that we
must postpone 1t until some future
time. For the present it is enough to
say that Mr.. Jones is i'm the same
category with Mr.. Travis,-a good
officer whose claims to second term
are universally conceded.