The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1898-01-28
MORE ABOUT FRED.
The Papers Still Talking About the
rIost Talked About Kansan
Now on Earth.

wounded is cause for general regret.
Newton Kansdn: Fred Funston is
back from Cuba with a lot of glory,
helpless leg and shattered arm. 1t
is needless to state that he Is headed
for Kansas to engage in lecturing
tour.
X. c. Star: And now the question
is: How many Cubans, liberated and
redeemed, would it take to make up
for permanent physical damage to a
fine, up-to-date fellow like Fred
Funston?
Laurence World: Col. Fred Fun
ston has landed in New York. He
participated in twenty-four battles
and got crippled for life. When the
gallant colonel comes marching home
he will be received like q patriarch.
Abilene Chronicle: Fred Funston, a
Kansas boy who has been fighting
for Cuba libre, is in New York enroute
home to recuperate from bullet
wound in his thigh. He is son Of
the ex-congressman and brave fell
low.
Hutchinson NeaUs: Fred Funston
has returned from Cuba full of honors
and Spanish lead. AS soon as Fred
gets back to Kansas we will know the
exact facts in regard to Cuba, arrang-
ed in an interesting manner. with just
enough decoration to make 1t exciting.
Neodesha Derrick: Fred Funston is
home from Cuba, and in a New York
hospital being doctored up so as to be
able to finish his journey home to lola,
Kan. He held the highest rank at
tanned by any American in Cuba.
Had he not succeeded in reaching
that rank he would have still been in
Cuba. He lie q Kansan.
Moran Herald: Tuesdays daily
papers contained special dispatch of
the arrival of Fred Funston in New
York. He is sick and will be a cripple
for life. He was taken to hospital
where he will undergo an operation
which the papers say may result in
death, but his host of Kansas friends
hope TO see him return to his home
soon.
Kmcdid DiSpatch: Fred Funston
has won distinction in the lee bound
North and in the tropics of Cuba, and
in him Allen county and Kansas have
one son of whom they can feel proud
and when he returns home the citi-
zens Of Allen and adjoining counties
should turn out and give the Cuba
Lafayette a grand reception and a
royal welcome.
Baldwin Ledger And Fred Funs-
ton has come back again. 1t is hard
to kill Kansas man. He says he
was in "a battles, had both lungs
punctured and is now carrying some
lead in his leg. He ought to remem-
Der the Spaniards without much
trouble. He has the rank Of colonel
and thus won't have to live in Ken.
lucky to go by that title. He is to
receive $4,000 if Cuba comes out
victorious. He has earned it, but
probably won't get it. He is home
to stay and will probably lecture as
he did when he came back from
Alaska.
Pledsanton Observer: Fred Funston
who has been fighting for Cuban
liberty for the past year, arrived in
New York Monday, having left Cuba
to her fate. Heis wounded in several
places and his health generally is
impaired. He will stop in New York
to have an operation performed and
when able to travel will..return to his
home at lola, Kansas. Mr.. Funston
has host of admirers in Kansas and
in fact all over the country will be
glad to hear of his restoration tC
health and read his adventures with
great interest.
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