The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-08-20

Miss Christie Houck Of Oswego, is
in town the guest of her uncle {. A,
Cox and family.
Newt Offenbacker, one Of the rising
young farmers Of Rest was in town
Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Stewart and
children returned from their eastern
trip Saturday.
Chas. Evans, of the firm of Evans &
Cross, of Thayer, was in town on bus
mess Tuesday.
w. C. Osborne, who formerly owned
the Delmonico Livery Stable is in
town this week.
C.P. Garvin is building handsome
cottage south Of the school house in
the Fourth ward.
Geo. Scott is finishing up a hand
some residence south Of Z, Roth's in
the Fourth ward.
Mrs. Edna Hardland and baby, of
lola, are visiting Miss Mary Burris of
the Fourth ward.
w. II. Sleeves, one Of Pleasant Val
ley's substantial farmers was pleas
ant caller Saturday.
Rev. J IT. Curtis and wife have re-
tn ned from Il very pleasant visit with
relatives in Irwin, Mo.
" sses Addie and Amy Cole left
Tuesday noon for Argentine, where
they will visit relatives,
The Mammoth Racket and the West
End Racket change their ads weekly
Read them in this paper
L. C. Reece, of carlton. left Tues
day for his old home near Selma,
Indiana, to visit relatives.
Bert Cory has taken great fancy to
country life-especially country life
out on Capt. Gibson's farm.
John Westby of Villas called yester-
day. Mr.. Westby will farm the Joe
Wiltse farm the coming year.
Herbert Johnson sold three mules
to Chas. Hardness last Saturday for
$500. Herbert used to be pop
Mrs, Jim Lynch and children left
for Cherryvale Tuesday, where she
will visit relatives for several weeks.
We are under obligations to Sprague
Lawrence of Rollin for box Of Rus
sian plums, the finest we have seen
this year.
Mrs. Frank Juleson and Miss Opal
Herod, left Tuesday for Cherryyale
where they will visit Mrs, Ella Mowry
and Mrs. Tom Woods.
DR.. Brown has rented the room for
merly occupied by Frank Bacon's real
estate office and will move his office
into the same in day or two
Mrs. Lucretia Aller and two grand
children, who have been visiting r..
p. Bodle and family for some time, left
for home at Leavenworth Saturday.
Mrs. Anderson, mother of Billie
Anderson, on South Depot street,
after pleasant visit in this city, left
for her home at Independence, Tues
day.
G. G. Medford is selling corn har-
vester that he claims will cut and haul
off the field acres of corn per day. 1t
requires two men and one team to do
the work.
Delos Johnson was in town Wednes-
day and called. Mr., johnson is one
of our most substantial farmers, and
owns as fine a farm as any one along
the Neosho river.
Misses Minnie and Mae Stafford en-
tertained Miss Maud Hamer and Miss
Vona Roth, Of Howard, the first of the
week. They left for the convention
at Emporia, Tuesday,
j. S. Jacques, of Kansas City, is visi-
ting in The city. Mrs. Jaques has
been visiting her aunt, Mrs. Z. Roth
for two weeks past, They returned
to Kansas City SUNDAY.
VIM. Sharp, of Villas, was in town
Saturday. Mr., Sharp is one of the
wheel-horse republicans in Wilson
county and a strong believer in
honest money and an honest tariff.
Miss Mary Johnston left the last Of
the week for visit with her sister in
Chicago, and before returning to Cha
mute, she will visit her brother at Bal
timore. Eugene Johnston accompan-
led her.
The Wilson county old settlers re-
union will be held Sept. Sth'and the
soldiers reunion at the same place
Sept. 8, 10, and II, making 4 days
reunion in all; program of the same
will appear next week.
We are indebted to John Hark ness
who lives four miles south Of town for
a peck of the finest peaches we have
seen this year. John is the kind of
farmer that makes farming pay, just
as he does anything else he under
takes.
J, w. Dill, of near Altoona, was in
town Saturday and called. Mr.. Dill,
in point of age. is one Of the youngest
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