The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1897-02-12
TALKING ABOUT US.
lola and lola People and Things as they
are Mentioned and Commented
upon by the State Press.
1T is MOSTLY MAJOR FRED
Who Attracts Attention this Time, for Every
body is Interested in Him.
SOME PLEASANT WORDS.
tits a Strong Team.

1t is a Strong Team.
Wichita Eagle: Weyler is about to
whether Gomez or his
colors. no one, but the Almighty and
Fred Funston, knows.
They are Bound to Win.
Di0htOn Herald: Fred Funston
has been promoted to Major in the
Cuban Army. He writes encOurag-
ingly of the insurgents prospects.
He would make a Great Governor.
NeaUtOn Kansan: Fred Funston
has been promoted to major. Should
there be a governor of the territory of
Cnba to appoint, the job major would
be considered cinched.
Is it Envy or Sarcasm?
Florence Bulletin. That good old
sgriculturist, Charles f. Scott, whose
hands have been horny these many
years, is secretary of the farmers
institute of Allen county.
Better Than a Rabbits Foot.
BaLdaUin Bee: Fred Funston OF
Kansas has heen appointed Major in
the Cuban army. If a man writes
formerly of Kansas" across his card
he is sure to get there with both feet.
But He Yearns for Pie.
Garnett Eagle: Fred Funston OF
lola is now a major in the Cuban
army and writes home that he is get
ting plenty to eat and lots of magnifi-
cent fighting, on which he is getting
tat.
We Didn't do a Thing to Him.
FIT. Scott Monitor: While Charley
Scott was at Topeka attending the
annual meeting of the Kansas Day
Club the devil got out the paper and
when Charley got home the devil was
to pay.
Verify he hath his Reward.
augusta Journal: Charles F. Scott
ought to have a good, fat salary from
the city of lola as an advertising
agent for her natural gas wells. He
never misses an opportunity TO do che
advertising.
He Came from Wet Town.
Moran Herald: An lola lawyer
tried to confuse one of our tOwnmen
on the witness stand the other day.
The witness in speaking of it after
wards said, "He tried to rattle me,
but wouldn't rattle l wasn't dry
enough"
And his Head is Level.
SalinG Republican: Major Fred Fun
ston of the Cuban army, after living
on plantain and sweet potatoes, hank
ers for Kansas pie-nOt the Leedy
kind, for that is now sour and stale;
but the old homestead, Ia mother
Funston pie.
The stars Fight for Him, and He is Fight
ing for the Stars
FTedonid Citizen: Fred Funston
has been promoted TO Major in the
Cuban Army, and the stars appear to
be fighting for his still greater eleVa-
ton in a military way. The stars,
however, like the gods. help those
who help themselves and Funston is
as practical as he is brave.
The Right Kind of Stuff.
NeOsho Falls Post: Charles F.
Scott, editor of the lola REGISTER,
has received a letter from Fred Funs-
ton, In which he says that he has
been promoted to the rank of major
in the army of the insurgents in Cuba
and hopes to be a colonel before long
He has the right kind of material III
him and will get on the top of the
heap one of these days.
He isn't Worrying about a Pension.
Larne d ChrOnoScOpe: Fred Funs.
ton, the Kansas boy who is serving in
Cuban army. has been promoted tC
major. The Wichita Eagle is unkind
enough to suggest that he has hopes
of later becoming colonel and obtain
ing a pension. For ourselves, we
hope he may attain both goals, buI
not by reason of having detrimentally
stopped any Spanish bullets.
And then he Quotes Fred's Letter.
OEdIoosd Independent: Chas. F
Scott, editor of the lola REGISTER
has a letter from Fred Funston, who
is helping the Cubans fight for liber.
ty. 1t was written the 9th of las
November and has done well to reach
its destination even at this late date
Funston says he is rather glad he il
in the fight, and predicts that Cubs
will be free and independe nt by nexi