The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1896-12-25
ADDITIONAL LOCAL.

through the week.
The town has been full of Christ
mas Shoppers all week.
Homer Henderson is down from
Baldwin for the holidays.
The city schools have vacation until
the Monday after New Years.
Frank Canstsey is working up a
Gun Club. See him for particulars.
Mr.. Geo. Freeman, who is attending
the Baldwin University, is home for
the holidays.
/./Miss Daisy Hobart is home from
Baldwin and will spend the holidays
with her relatives and friends.<
Try Winchester was down from
Carlyle yesterday laughing at the
Joke about his "sun-faded" whiskers.
Mr.. Thos. A. Morris, of Colony, and
Miss Alma 1. Latham, of Wise, were
married at Burlington, December 20,
by the Probate Judge.
Mrs. w S, Pryor, gave a party on
Monday evening in honor of Miss
Mamie + ans, affording a number of
her friends All opportunity to bid her
goodbye aud to assure her of their
best wishes.
Jimmie Ewart entertained a large
number of his friends last Friday
evening in honor of his 10Th birthday.
Jimmie is deservedly popular among
his young associates and the occasion
was an uncommonly pleasant one.
The REGISTER reprints on page
six of this issue a lot of good points
from the Allen County Investor about
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help to make this a valuable number
of the paper to send to } our friends in
the East.
Jas. A. Spencer, aged %, of Moran,
was examined in the Probate Court
Tuesday and found to be insane. APP
plicalion has been made for his ad.
mission 10 one of the state Asylums,
pending which he is being cared for
by his parents.
Marriage licenses have been issued
this week as follows: Hosea jenkins
and Tennessee smith; J. w. Hover
ton and May Tremain; Aaron E.
Kerns and l.. Jennie Davis; &. III.
Patterson and Meta [. Stewart; An
drew swanson aud Else KalcansOn.
For the first time in many years
the holiday week will be allowed to
pass i'm lola without a fair or other en-
tertainment at tue Opera House.
Every body has been too busy we sup
pose, But it will be mighty lonesome
without any place TO get together
every night and we hope it will not
happen again.
The occupancy of the old carriage
shops by the new Creamery firm has
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it aud they have been busy this week
building sheds to protect the lumber
that they have heretofore had stored
in the old building. This is only the
beginning of quite extensive improve
4nents that they expect TO make be-
tween now and spring.
The fact that the Allen County In
DestOr was printed in this Office last
week in addition to the regular work
on the REGISTER, and that this week,
with only three days to go on, we have
published - page paper containing
upwards of 80 columns of type set in
our own office, is a good illustration
of the REGISTERS resources. We
have material and machinery enough
here TO print a 12-page paper every
week, and we hope to Ha doing that
very thing before the new year is out.
Rev. Chas. Evans, formerly of Lon
don, England, will give a popular
lecture at the Presbyterian church of
Moran Tuesday night, Dec. q. Sub
i8ct, &C. H. Sturgeon, as preacher,
author and philanthrOpist." Mr..
SpurgeOn was we'll known by the
lecturer for nearly thirty years, as his
pastor, teacher aud friend. Music
will be- furnished by the Presbyterian
choir and a brass quartette. Prof.
Aldrich, formerly Of the Boston Con-
servatory of Music, will give n vocal
solo, accompanied by Mrs. Whitsett.
Admission Is cents.
On page three of this paper will be
found the story about Fred Funston
reprinted from the Kansas City Star.
1t will be read with interest by all
who know Fred, and with mingled
amusement and indignation by all
who are acquainted with the Carlyle
neighbOrhOOd. The description of
CARLYLE as if it were a disreputahle
suburb of Arkansas; and the feeble
attempt TO be funny at the expense of
the "emaciated mail bag" and the
boy who carries it, AS good and hon.
est a boy as ever lived, would be
aggravating if they were not so alb
surd. The editor of this paper was
born i'm that neigh bOrhoOd and he
remembers that while the people
of Carlyle did not wear their good
clothes every day, they always had
their manners with them. And they
were always mighty good about not
shooting strange things that drifted
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