The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-03-01
]. s. McClain is moving his stock of


in a stock of groceries. Mr.. Eu art is
in the room vacated by Mr.. McClain
w. T. Waggoner of Wichita, an old
/ resident of Allen county was in OuI
] town Tuesday night and renewed his
! subscription for the REGISTER. He
will spend some time visiting with
old friends tn this county.
J. II. Hamilton was up from Cottage
{ Grove township last Saturday and
made the REGIsTF r a short call. He
says he will be candidate for COun-
[ ~ Treasurer, subject to the Republi-
can county convention
Rev. :. :. Mcclure, General agent
and cores ondent f0- the Md CONT
BsHt, religious paper published at
st. Louis, Mo. was in this city last
Friday, the guest of Rev. Sguier. We
acknowledge pleasant call.
Kansas B77eze: All of the young
men IF lola lad their ''Other shirt in
the l.undrT basket which got snow
bound z,dring the blizzard and the
REGISTER says the occasion will be
forever known as dirty shirt day"
Mrs. Lizzie Johnson. wife ofthe late
\. l.. Johnson. left last Saturday for
Kansas City, where she will make her
home with her brother, J. II. Johnson,
for awhile. Her many Allen county
friends regret her departure.
Miss Anna Scott, daughter of d. Fl.
Scott, who has been employed the
past few years in the Government In
dian schools at FIT. Hall, Idaho. has
returned home on account of her
health aud will remain here for
awhile.
Prot. Picken says spring is here.
He says he can always tell because
with the opening of spring there is
always a difficulty Of some kind in
school. He has watched it for u
years, and says it is an almost infalli-
bic sign.
% Mir Geo. Worst, living on the Ack-
erman Ranch. 81 miles north west of
lola will have a public sale on Tues
day March 5, 1895, sale to begin at 10
O'Clock. He has lot of horses, hogs,
cattle, grain, feed, farming imple-
ments and other things to sell
c. H. DeCIute was in Kansas City
last week on business, and while
there he took time and went around
to see the Star presses in operation
printing and folding $4,000 complete
newspapers per hOur-and he saws:
"GOlly, L tell you it's wonderful"
Brig hama Mungerhave bought the
stock Of groceries formerly owned by
G. o. Smith. They will run both
stores for awhile and will then move
their entire stock into the room just
purchased. This is only one of the
many important changes that will be
made in the near future.
If any one in lola or vicinity thinks
that advertising doesn't pay, go and
say ~ TO Mr.. |. Port. He had a local
in the REGISTER some weeks ago re-
ferring to a medicine he has for sale
and he told us the other day that he
had heard from it from nearly every
State in the Union. o no, advertis
ing doesn't pay.
Miss Nellie Shelter gave delight
full "taffy pulp to few of her friends
last Friday evening. About a dozen
young ladies were present and report
a jolly good time. We know they
must have had, for Miss Nellie has
established quite reputation as
good entertainer.
Ray Athens and Harry Belmont
have gone out on the road and are Civ
ing entertainments. Ray is a song
aud dance man and Harry is a con-
tortiOnist. George Often has taken
pos session of the lunch room formerly
run by, Ray. We wish you success
boys, all of you.
Since our last report marriage Ii
censes have been issued to the follow
ing persons: J. A. Jenkins and Cor
melia NJ. Fry, Chas. II, Dyer and Su-
sic \. Denton. Ozro Smith and Mary
r. SnOderas. Adren Morris and
MOllie Davis. o. &. Rucker and Hat
tie l., Brown.
The G. \. II. encampment at Law |
renee has attracted quite a number
Of ourcit liens up there this week. |
Those who went from here so far as |
we have been able to learn are; l. /
Port, J. NJ. Williamson, Geo. Ell |
bridge, II. NJ. Miller. Mrs. Della /
plain, and Mrs. G. w Apple.
\ good many towns in this state are |
holding Union Temperance meetings 1
on Sunday afternoons. What is the |
matter with lola having something /
Of this kind? We could have some /
rOusing meetings, and then it would |
furnish the young people a place of
and instruction during the
long afternoon.
Jim Hamm was up from Hum
boldt last Saturday doing some trad
ing and ran up to this office just to
see how the old thing was running.
Jim is a rustlinC farmer and don't
spend much time in town. He says |
he is making arrangements to try the
experiment of irregating his farm
this summer. We wish him success.
Our boys are practicing up on base
ball. Boys why don't you get tOgeth-
er and organize a good nine and have |
some good games this season? There
is plenty OF real good material here.
boys that play ball Ito finish
and now is the time to get together
and pratice before it gets too awful
hot. Work it up.
A very sad accident occurred near
Bronson last Friday night. Four
young men of that city had been to
UniOntOwn attending a dance and
had gone on a hand car. When they
were returning the hand-car jumped
the track and the young men were all
thrown to the ground. AS fate would
have it, Hud Cramer, a yOuny man
Of about 81 years, in falling, struck
his head on one of the rails and was
killed. Hud was q bright
young man, just in the prime of life
and was well liked by those who knew
him best.