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People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1895-09-05
GUELPH.

Nice rain Saturday and Sunday.
Chinch bugs are injuring the late
corn and kaffir corn.
j. M. Burlington of Oxford was in
these parts last week.
A great deal Of sickness is reported
now, mostly typhoid fever.
Edward and Theodore Pickett ex.
pect to attend the High School at Ar.
kansas City thisyear.
Homer Weythman and sister, Fran.
CHS, of Albert, o. T., were visiting old
friends in the city last week.
Miss Maggie Morrow of Lawson.
Mo-, is here looking after the renting
of her farm for another year.
DR.. Swichard of Salina, Kan, was
here looking for location. We need
a good doctor in this neighbOrhood.
Miss Lizzie Estill of Great Bend,
Kan, stopped off and visited few
days last week. She had been visit
ing her parents near Enid, O. T.
Very little blowing done for wheat.
The wheat acreage will be very light
this year. 1t will be very hard to Sc.
cure seed wheat this fall as most of it
has heated in the stack and wont grow.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1895-09-05
Many Booms Burst

10 bushels to the acre. Portland and
the surrounding country is always in
the swim.
No word of hard times in this town.
Our merchants are always busy and
the old accounts are coming in fast.
We gave big Pop vote here, hence
our intelligence enables US to breast
tie pillows of adversely with compare.
tive ease.
There was fash of red, a blending
OF red, white and blue, an impercept-
ible pause, light leap and the new
woman in all her blOomer glory stood
gracefully by her wheel in our midst
last Wednesday. The white horse
was here when she came so the color
of her hair had nothing to do with
that. We don't know yet whether
we admired or thought her a curios-
ity, but we all did feel like it was
improper to gaze on her until she got
some more clothes on.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1895-09-05
Gn1tnty Correspondence.


Mr.. Long, that is all we expect to heal
from you during your term of office.
1t will take car load of Sprayers to
save you in 1896.
Who would have thought we would
have to make hay between showers in
drOuthy Kansas? Such is the case
this fall.
Mr.. Robinson has rented Mrs. Bot
kin's place, formerly occupied by VIM.
Hackney. He will SOW the entire
place in wheat.
Some Of our farmers think they will
have to pillow their early blowing the
second time. The weeds have grown
so rapidly they cannot drill it.
Say you monopoly fellows, you had
better get to southern Kansas right
quick and get corner on sorghum.
There will be big batch made up in
this part.
There will not be many farm i'm
plementS bought this fall. We be-
lieve the prosperity of this year will
be largely used up by the farmers in
trying to pay old scores.
We predict for 1896, wheat 30 BUSH
els per acre; corn 80 bushels: oats 10
bushels and a POpuliSt president to
lead the van to victory and prosper
GUS times. Throw up your hats and
hurrah for the reform and better
times in sight.
Quite number of families expect
ed to take in the camp meeting at
your place last Sunday, but owing to
the muddy roads postponed going I'M
til next Sunday. If the weather is
favorable there will be a large delega-
ton from this point.
Jake HeSkett, the son of James
HeSkett, has an attraction towards
the setting sun. He contemplateS
sowing 30 acres of wheat. Thirty
acres of wheat with a good yield,
one dozen chickens, two pigs,
one COW and span of horses will be a
good start. We will keep mum and
not say a word, if we can have a large
slice of the cake.
Why not let the silver dollar be
valued like gold for what metal there
is in it? Quit monkeying with them
and let each stand on its own merits.
Gold will then hunt its hole till it is
ready to come out as the equal or in
feriOr Of silver. This is true bimetal-
liSm. Neither can they be cOrnered
or raised as gold is now, to twice its
old value without the other coming to
the rescue. KANSAS FARMER
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1895-09-05
HUKLE.

Misses Nora and Jerusha Corn, of
Garden Plaine, were among friends
here on Sunday.
Anyone having a cane mill to dis.
pose of might find it to their inter-
est to correspond with the undersign-
ed.
Emma Cain, daughter Of Notary
Geo. W. Cain, of Peck, is quite sick,
requiring the services Of DR.. Engle.
man.
Miss Anna and Irwin Pickens en-
tertained their young friends at
their home on the evening of the
3lst.
Don't forget the Peoples party pri-
mary at Zyba on Saturday afternoon,
Sept. I. Don't all leave this to some
one else.
William Roll, the leading mer-
chant and all around rustler Of Peck,
has material on the ground for the
erection Of a $1,000 residence.
From the expressions Of disapproval
Of several heads Of families here, we
would Judge that seven parties a
week sandwiched with about two
hours daily of croquet, the ideal Of
social entertainment is greatly over
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1895-09-05
CICERO.

Miss Grace Fanchier is improving
slowly.
A. |. Boyer is cuttingco corn for Chas.
PendletOn.
Mr.. Maddox is lOOsing his hogs with
the cholera.
Mrs. High Of Perry, Okla, is visit
ing at R. W. Highs, near Cicero.
Mrs. Sargent and children Of Wich-
tia are visiting at Gus Mitchell'S.
Homer DOrSett and family left yes
terday for their home in the Strip.
Arthur Holiday came up from Geu-
da Springs to attend the convention.
R. W. High has some corn that was
planted from an ear grown this year
that is now matured.
j. H. Williams and daughter, Rosa,
after a few days visit started for their
home in the Strip yesterday.
The game of ball between Cicero
and Riverdale second nine resulted in
a score Of 5 to 4 in favor Of Cicero.
At the Republican primary last
Saturday at Cicero, Messrs. Daily,
Maddox, Carnahan and Hollingworth
were elected delegates to the county
convention. and the following town.
ship officers were nominated: Trus-
tee, r. W. Morgan; clerk, D. Jewell;
treasurer, Geo. Friend; for justice, A
Carnahan. RoadOverseerS: First dis
trict, John jennings; second district,
Samuel DorSett; third district, Henry
Boyer.
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NORRIS.

Mrs. Nellie White began her school
at No 1873 on the End of September.
Mrs. Nellie Thomson has gone to
Grandma Pennington's in Cowley
county, to can peaches.
Israel Naugie and Bert Cox made a
business trip to Portland and South
Haven the first of the week,
The late rains have made the
ground in fine condition for blowing,
and large acreage will be sown to
wheat this fall.
Mrs. Mary Lynch, wife of John
Lynch, departed this life on the even
ing OF the 10Th inst, after a long and
lingering illness caused by a cancer
GUS affection. The husband has lost
a kind and faithful wife and the
children a loving mother. The sym.
pathy of many kind hearts is extend
ed to them in their sad bereavement.
Rev. Reams conducted the funeral
services. lnterment in Morris Cen.
ter cemetery.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1895-09-05
COUNCIL HILL.

Many schools opened in this COM
munity on Monday.
Bob Wrinkle had a regular old fash
Toned chill last Saturday.
Oran TrOup is running several
hands in his broom corn. He has a
good crop.
Rain, rain, rain. TheOldeSt inhabi.
tant has not seen a more luxCriant
fall growth.
There are several peaches iu sthis
neighbOrhood but the weather is bad
to take care of them.
Mabel and George Piatt returned to
Wellington last week after a several
days visit with their cousin at this
place.
]. Byron Cain Of the Belle PLANE
News came over Saturday and spent
sunday with the family of Marcellus
Piatt.
The Rinehart family who have been
living on the Bob Barnett place, now
owned by Sam Kincaid moved to the
strip Monday.
Miss Jewell Corn Of Goddard, Kan,
came over Sunday to make her home
at Council Hill. She will attend the
London school this winter.
Ben Hitchcock has fine field of
listed corn on wheat stubble, planted
about the 4th of July. 1t is shooting
now and bids fair to make a fine crop.
MarcelluS Piatt has forty acres which
was planted the 22nd of June, that
will make splendid corn.
There was a fair attendance at the
Republican primary at Prairie Gar
den on Friday evening. They elect
ed four delegates to the convention of
next Tuesday and selected Tom Mordy
as committeeman to take the place of
F. F. Cain whose term of Office had
expired.
Oscar Ordway, an old settler of this
neighbOrhOOd but Of late years a
resident of Kingman county, died of
typhoid fever on the 18th ult. Oscar
was much respected in this commune
ty. Sixteen and eighteen years ago
he was staunch Greenbacker and we
all remember how earnestly he advo-
Gated that cause and also how helpful
he was in the community when his
services were called for. His many
friends regret to hear of his long IA
tai illness.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1895-09-05
BELLE PLANE.

Lee Harrison's school began last
Monday.
Shirley Reitz has rented the G. NJ.
Epperson farm.
A. L. EpperSOn was in your city on
business Monday.
Mrs. c. R. Burton of Oklahoma
visited here last week.
G. W. Harrison got 40 bushels Of
wheat from 60 acres of land.
A few "redeemers" and township
office pie eaters met in town last Sat-
urday and selected their delegates to
the Republican county convention.
Charlie Stephenson and Park Mil
Ter went to Grouse creek in COwley
county for peaches the first of the
week. They say peaches are plenti-
full there.
j, E. Cain has gone to Central Kan
sas on tour of missionary work.
From there he goes to Oklahoma.
He expects to be gone six weeks, pos
sibly longer,
Albert, son of Mr.. and Mrs. |. ].
Fisher, died at his home last Friday
morning. The funeral was preached
by Elder ] E. Cain, The body was
inferred at Oxford.
Senator A. G. Forney returned
home last Sunday. He will probably
remain until after The convention.
The senator brings a good many
relics in the way Of moss, shells, etc.
The Peoples party will hold a pri-
mary in town next Saturday after
noon for the purpose of selecting nine
delegates to attend the county con-
ventiOn at Wellington, Tuesday,
Sept. 10. ]. W. ALLEN.
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PORTLAND.

J. II. DOnahue took spin to Wich-
tia last week behind his high STEP
pers.
John Rouse il agitating the good
roads movement between here and
Arkansas City.
Our intellectual architect. C. Clark.
has undertaken to enlarge the bay
windows on the Uranium Of the youths
of Portland and vicinity.
Kirk Scroggs smiles on US all and
delivers the mail as deputy at present.
1t is refreshing to have such pleas.
ant cOuntenance behind the boxes.
The Republicans held THAR pri.
mary here yesterday. Enthusiasm
was cOnspicuously absent and they
went to quarreling among themselves
as soon as dismissed.
All the sick people in Portland are
recovering. Disease may attack but
only old age will make a Portlander
die. We love our live town so well
we don't like to leave it.
A. SnOwden, living one mile north
of Portland, threshed his wheat crop
and got !, 426 bushels, it making over
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1895-09-05
VALVERDE.

Mr.. Schimmel Sundayed at Wm.
Wartick's.
Miss Elsie Osborn has gone east to
be gone until Xmas.
VIM. Lavering started for Emporia
state normal last Monday.
r. D. Schuster is to start for Jeffer.
son county, Kansas, very soon.
Phil Mesner is to move into John
Cummin's place for the winter.
Rev. NJ. Hogatt and wife started or
a trip to southern Missouri last week
Kaffir corn is getting ripe and farm
ers are feeding it with apparent
satisfaction.
Threshing is completed in our com
munity and from reports wheat made
from 4 to 6 bushels per acre.
J Ames bought a span of fine mare:
at public sale of Ira Roberts. He in.
tends putting in so acres of wheat
this fall.
Many of our farmers are hauling
cane to Dalton to sorghum mills
Terms: One-half of cane, or 20 cents
per gallon. OLD MAID
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1895-09-05
MILAN.
MILAN.
Still hot and plenty Of rain.


Still hot and plenty OF rain.
Corn Cutting is now in order.
Mrs. NJ. L. HawOrth returned Tues.
from an extended visit in Iowa.
John Metz has rented the McDan-
iels property and moved in last week
Mrs &. Barnhill aud granddaughter
Miss Lille Canon OF Wichita are visit
ing in the city.
The entertainment and supper Civ
en- by the Ladies Aid Society Friday
evening was reported a success.
Material for the bridge south of
town has arrived and the Road Over
seer is very busy in putting it up.
We understand the meeting at In.
grams grove Sunday was not a sue
cess in point Of attendance, too much
rain.
Mrs. ]. W. Carter and Grandma
Milne of Maytield were visiting in the
city Thursday last the guests of We
scribe.
Mrs. Joe Wright and children Of
Belle Plaine are visiting in the city.
Mrs. Wright is daughter Of C. ].
Stillwell.
John Carlin Of Mayfeld vas doing
business 10 the city Saturday and
bought brand newMcCormick mower
OF W. NJ. Jackson.
Ye Milan correspondent has Just
returned from a two weeks sojurn in
the strip was surprised to see ever.
thing looking 80 well.
Hayes LegerwoOd formerly Of Milan
died of typhoid fever one day last
week. Hayes was holding down a
claim west Of Pond Creek. He is a
good fellow and will be sadly missed
by his many friends here.
Everybody don't forget the Peoples
party primary at the Milan school
house, Saturday the seventh at 4
O'Clock to elect delegates TO the county
convention. to be held in Wellington
Sept. 10th. Every body interested in
good government and fair play are in.
vited to attend.
W. NJ. JACKSON.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1895-09-05
The FAIR.

done and much of lite's oppoi.uni
ties thrown away.
Wheat in this vicinity is III sing
from two to four bushels pes are,
costing the producer about 6 mr.
bushel and selling at So cents.
j. W. Camp, one Of the unforr nate
30 cent on the dollar deposit Of
the defunct Wichita NationaI .qnk
was among friends in this vicln;y on
the 9th.
Byron j. Cain, editor Of the Be- e
PLANE News, was sailing arolld in
this vicinity on Monday with.
well, we think, his best girl. sendls
some cake Byron.
The series Of meetings by E'ange.
list D. T. Broaddus is continu r, at
Pleasant Hill. Several con1 ions
up to date and the interest l.. the
good work is increasing.
We understand that Mrs. John
Murphy, deceased. who resided in
Stevens county, Kan, and was buried
there, is to be re-interred at the pri.
vate burying grounds on the Noel
farm.
Mr.. Morris, Of Seventy-Six town.
ship, who is operating a thresher in
this community, certainly has one Of
the most civil and altogether gentle.
manly crowd of hands that we have
ever met.
Frank FOrney, son of Hon. A. G.
FOrnev andOne of our hustling Young
farmers, was around interviewing
his fellow craftsmen this week. He
has an exceptionally fine yield Of
corn this season.
Evangelist D. T. BrUaddus and ex-
County Treasurer r. A. Anderson. Of
Pleasant Hill vicinity, attended the
great camp meeting at Wellington
on the 3rd. R. j. HUKLE.
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C0RBIN.

ii. II. Howe was in the Strip last
week making hay.
BORN-To Mr.. and Mrs. ]. y.
Akers last Sunday morning, a girl of
usual weight.
The school building is being repair
ed this week with a new floor, plaster
ing, etc. W. j. Wood is the contract
or in charge.
G. R. Carnes, R. N. Lawrence and
C. Balzer went to Caldwell Friday
night to get acquainted with the
Woodman goat"
Our school begins next Monlay
with Miss O'Brien as teacher. We
anticipate good school as she comes
we'll recommended.
A number of our citizens will 20
on the excursion next week. Among
them will be Mrs. Mudd, Mrs. Pat
terSOn, j. B. Brownback, J. E. Smell
and Charley Mudd.
Elder Holmes, of South Haven, de-
livered a lecture at the church Mon
day night which was very well at.
tended and very instructive. Those
who did not attend missed a treat.
MARRIED-At the residence Of the
brides parents, Wednesday evening,
Aug. %, Miss Emma Howe and c.. +.
Allen in the presence of a few invited
guests, Elder A. c. Crenshaw, ofici-
ating. May they have a long and
happy life is the wish of your cores.
pOndent,
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they will leave you holding the sack
WHILST they get the game the offices.
Born on Aug 30, to Mr.. and Mrs.
George Nixon, a daughter. Mother
and child are doing well.
Mrs. DOrathy Avery Cof Elk City,
sister of Richard Slator of seventy-six
is visiting at JOIN Nixon, Jr's., for a
few days.
Come turn out to the primary on
the seventh and help make up ID good
Township ticket and beat the Slate
makers this fall.
B. f. Allen, Will Nixon, Ed Hall
and Others will 60 this week to Cowley
county to bring home their stock
that are in pasture over there.
Wonder if the school board knows
that the school house door has been
standing open for over two weeks. or
is the District too poor to buy a lock.
The boys were fooled for once and
did not get the treat they were long.
ing for as Fred Tritle failed to put in
his appearance when they expected he
would. The joke is on the boys.
Matt Cross will go to Wichita this
week to have cancer removed from
his eye lid. He will De under the
care of a doctor for two or three
weeks and will have to stay in With
ita during that time.
1t is to be hoped that the PEOPLES
party will put none but good men on
their ticket on the 10th men that cln
be trusted to not get drunk and have
"a high old time like Savage and
Woods had last week. Oh yes. The
joints are closed, the state redeemed
and capital and prosperity have re-
turned or else they could not have set
drunk. THOs. NIXON.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1895-09-05
DIXON CENTER.

Still it rains. Kansas is redeemed,
but not by the grand old Republican
party.
The weather, at present is not very
favorable for hay making, but just the
article for DlOughing.
The latest from Wellingtn is that
Mr.. Lewis received the nomination
for sheriff and is sick.a.bed from its
effect. We do not wonder at his being
sick after taking such a dose of re-
publican hash.
The hay social given at the resi-.
dence Of W. W. Worth on Tuesday
night Sept. 3, was a grand success.
The crowd was quite large. A large
number came In header barges and
hay ladders. The refreshments con-
sisted OF ice cream cake etc. The Ar
gonia band was present aud entertain.
ed the gathering with some excellent
music which was highly appreciated.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1895-09-05
RIVERDALE.
See the pretty yellow p0sies.

See the pretty yellow posies.
Kansas is rightly named the Sun
flower state.
Chinch bugs, graSShoppers and the
gold standard we have no use for.
Hello, down in China. l suppose it
begins to leak through down there.
Quite a number of farmers in this
part are through blowing for wheat.
The farmers are through cutting
corn in this part. Some of the early
cut corn is ruined.
Mrs. Sarah Huff thinks she has got
the best looking boy baby in southern
Kansas. That is natural, you know.
One Of our Republican friends re-
ceived a small pamphlet book from
Chester [. Long short time ago in
forming the public how to save fruit
BY spraying the trees. Thank you,
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CALDWELL.

Mrs. Rev. Ogalvee is very sick at
this writing.
Brown Dhoura makes splendid pig
and horse feed.
John and Roy Rickett threshed
1900 bus ,els Of good wheat.
Frank Jordan is making hay down
in the zip at Tom JOrdan's.
Homer Altman's school commenced
on tn" End, at District No. IS.
I'll mas Murphy, of COrbin, TO-
commissioner. Who says yes?
The Teachers meeting at Jordan
last Thursday night was we'll attend
ed.
Anna Goldsmith will teach the
Billy school south of Doster this
winter.
Raymond Rodgers is improving
again. His cancer seems to be get
ing b etter.
Tom Walker has rented his claim
and is going to live with his wife's
folks this winter.
, William Golf will start for Douglass
county as soon as he can dispose Of
his corn and traps.
We are informed that Mr.. Brown
back of COrbin has lost sixty head Of
hogs with cholera.
Corn is a great deal better than the
average grumblcr could expect under
the circumstances.
Misses Deering and Jordan made a
trip down to Birds Point, Oklahoma,
after melons and tomatoes.
Wheat is selling as low as 81 cents
per bushel in Caldwell. Some are
asking Is cents for seed wheat.
10 Darby came up from c county.
Okla, last week. Crops, except
Kafi and melons are not extra good
down there.
Mitch Horton & Campbell of Cald-
well shipped cattle and hogs last
week. Trey paid 81 per hundred for
COWS and 1915 for hogs.
Grant COoksey had a twenty-five
dollar set of buggy harness stolen,
They caught the thief next day
fined him ten dollars and trimmings,
and twenty days in durance vile.
Ice cream festival at District 9S on
September 6, for the purpose of get
ting Sunday school library. Ice
cream ten cents dish. Everybody
come and eat ten or twelve dishes
apiece.
Don't let anyone who expects to
vote the peoples ticket stay at home
CD convention day. Come out and
help nominate good ticket, one we
can stand by and elect the right man
in the right place.
f. p. LOGAN.
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AVON.

We were favored with another nice
rain Saturday night.
A crowd of young people attended
camp-meeting last Thursday.
Our old neighbOr, Mr.. Lennon and
family are back with us again.
Several of the young people spent a
very pleasant evening at II. c. Nc.
LeOd's last Tuesday.
Misses Cora Lambe and Mae Nc.
Leod, Messrs. Wesley Foraker, Willie
Pitts and Noble Fox started to school
at Wellington Monday. JOE.
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ZYBA.

The rain for August measued five
inches.
Strawther Stone has gone to work
on the section, again.
Tyler Baker has quit working on
railroad and has moved on to Will LIE
Forces west farm.
We don't want any fusion in any
Township or County tickets, as we
don't believe that the Democrats will
do as they promise. So look out as
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ANSON.

Grandma Meuser is able to set up
some.
MeuSer Bros. have just finished 200
acerS Of haying.
Mrs. ]. A. Snider took quite sick at
church Sunday night.
Miss Grace Wolfe came up from
Belle Plaine to begin her school.
The numerous rains are putting the
ground in fine shape for seeding.
Miss Grace Snider came up from her
claim in the strip to attend the meet
ingS.
N. Gilbert'S little girl is GONZALES
cent, but has another child sick. The
doctor is not certain it is the fever.
Miss Lula Num- while fixing win
dow curtain stepped one foot on a
chair, which throwed her across the
chair injuring her so she has been con.
fined to her room for about a week.
W. NJ. LINDSEY.