The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1898-09-30

The lola girls have begun picking
at the returned soldier boys already.
One of the fair ones showed a brass
button she picked off Rough Rider.
Mr. Arnold. OF Larned, Kans. who
has made snug fortune during the
past two years out of his wheat crops,
Ia here looking over lola and Allen
county with view of buying farm.
The many lola friends of Miss Mary
A. Clarke, who has been in Persia for
many years as q missionary, will be
glad to know that she has returned
to America and is now at Clifton
Springs, \. Y.
Mrs. J, w. Scott, of Clifton, Okla,
who has been visiting her daughter
at Lawrence for several weeks, came
down Tuesday and will spend a
few days with her son, the editor of
the REGISTER.
People who think lola isn't chit
ting the nail on the head" in her
efforts to grow, should come here and
try to get out of reach of the sound Of
the hammer. All day long, all over
town, the carpenters are doing the
hitting.
Fred Hale has inaugurated the cash
register habit in lola by the installa-
tion OF handsome new one. Charley
Clark appeared in the store about the
same time but, but he insists that
there Is no connection between the
two arrivals.
Neosho Falls Post: A. w. Rowland
was up from lola Tuesday, and gave
the boys few lessons in might've
playing. Lon is q warm article when
it comes to that kind of sport, and no
one can hold him level when Capt
Haughawout is away.
Wichita Eagle: The rest of Kansas
may be dragging along as ever, but
lola, FL Dorado, Newton, Arkansas
City, Winfield, Wellington, Cald-
well, Hutchinson and Wichita there
Is a perceptibly increasing movement
in real estate prices which no one can
gainsay.
| lola is blamed sight more enter
taiAed and interested in the concert
OF the factory whistles which tOOts
every morning at > a. m. than in the
concert of the powers. Scarce "a
month goes by now which does not
add at least one new note to the morn
ing jubilee.
II. X. Winans who used to he a
blacksmith in lola a great many years
ago, has gone into the show business
at Garnett, the show consisting of a
room fu II of natural curiosities which
Hank" has been gathering all his
life. The GaInett papers say the
show is all right.
The lola boys at San Francisco may
as well save up good appetite for
the day of Doc Chastsins arrival for
he will carry box of grub-cakee,
pies, cookies, Dukes Mixture, Kansas
Meerschaums and Piper Hidsick-
sufficient In quantity to conduct peace
negotiations with the starvation in
| Cuba.
Chas. Clark has resigned his posi-
ton with the Tudor-M Mercantile Co.,
and Mr.. l., II. Ray has taken his
place. Charlie will do the gentleman
Of leisure act for four days only on his
"buried treasure" as he says. and
will then show up in a new job the
nature and location of which he re-
fuses to tell.
DO you know that there were people
a year ago who said that by October
1898, lola would be dead, deader
deadest, and that people would bt
stampeding to get away. And her,
IL October and buildings are going NJ
all over town, people are coming in a
hundred every month and the ole
town is still booming,
Mr. G. O. Bergen, of Cofievville, hal
bought out his brothers, ID. \ Bergen
iewelry store on East Madison ave
nue. MIR. G.. o. will enlarge the stocl
and make an effort to build up "A laTgt
store. A 5 soon as he gets things run
ming smoothly he will move his family
here and begin shouting Come t.
lola, the center of the Natural Gas,
along with the rect of us.
Mrs. Jas. Hersh berger has received
letter from her brother, Roy Nobl,
who lived Just across the river from
his brother-in law, w. G., Mcdonald
confirming the latter's death as re
ported i'm the REGISTER. Few add
tiOnal details were given, but the SAT
news can no longer he doubted
Mrs Mcdonald will make her hom
on the same farm and continue life az
before the great calamity.
) Ed. Pizel, the crippled peanut maj
in the little square building on De
; Clute's corner, sustained half day
siege from the honey bees Monday
He says he hasn't had any mOlasses
with which he sticks the popcorn int
bricks, on hand since log rolling day
and he is at loss to know what at
tracted the bees. For some reason
they hung around his shop and flew
into the windows and Ed. sat all da!
} with paddle in his hand fighting
them off.
Mrs. Harmon Hobart the charming
wife of A lien county's sheriff, enter
tanned last Friday in honor of he
cousin, Miss Pearl Mauzy, who i
visiting her. The hostess had spen
time and thought on the evening"
entertainment and succeeded in get
ting sonnet hing new and InterAstin