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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1898-12-16
WILLIE HAS TO WORK.
lie VIII Not lie Very Eager 10 Take
That Girl Out on n Tandem 3
Again.

Willie Evergreen had always fought
n little shy of physical labor--rather
passed il by on the other side of the
street. as it were-so when the people
on his boarding house porch saw him
pushing a tandem up Woodward av-
enue the other evening they almost fell b
over the railing in their amazement,.
Who'd have believed to" exclaimed
Evans. "Wiliie Evergreen running a.
tandem"
Nobody" all the others answered.
And until nine o'clock they marveled
upon Willie's changed proclivities in the
matter of work
They were about TO go into the house
when Willie drove up TO the gate. He
wriggled the front wheel of the tandem
few minutes trying to make a good
landing on the curb, then finally dis
mounted in the street.
For heavens sake, how did you
manage to get up the energy" asked
Evans as Willie came up the steps.
Willie sank into Il chair and mopped
his forehead "I'll never do it again,
you can bet on that" he said, putting.
b "Why not?"
And then he told them.
81 got the machine to take a Young
woman out riding" he said "She told
me about week ago that she lust loved
10 spin along on tandem, and US |
wanted 10 do something to please her
l rented the machiue-it weighs about
q tou--aud pushed it up to her house
tonight. Well she boarded II and we
started. She suggested that we 20
round the boulevard. We did. 1t
seemed TO me the thing was running
pretty hard, but didn't say anything
by aud by my collar began to wilt, and
then felt little rivulcts of pcrspiration
flowing down my spinal column. But
! set my teeth and said 10 myself thar
Id go round hat boulevard if it killed
me. And | did. When we got back to
her house ! was nearly dead | dis
mounted aud held the wheel for her
10 get OIL. She said the ride had been
perfectly lovely. And then what do
YOU suppose she added. 1t was that
she had her feet on the rests all the
time. She didn't want to bother me to
fix the saddle and make ii lower. She
said it was just he loveliest ride she
had ever had. What do you think of
that? Say, You could have knocked me
down with feather. Talk about nerve
Why, that Nvas the greatest that ever
grew, Again? You couldn't get me
on a tandem again with a derrick"
Aud Willie went to his room, leaving
the machine standing against the house
all night.
The next morning The liverymau
him TWO dollars extra because
the saddle post had ru,tcd.-Detroit
Free Press
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1898-12-16
j. Il. Richard,s House BURNS.

The beautiful house recently acquil'
eel by Col. Richards at IT. Scott was
destroyed Friday, ana the follow
ing details from the Monitor Will be
of interest TO a large number OF old
lola friends.
Attn o'clock last uight, with the mercury
playing around the zero point, fire broke
out in the beautiful brich residence OF Col
j. II. Richards. corner of National avenue
aud sixth street while the occupants, save
a lone colored domestic, were out, and not
withstanding the brave efforts OF the fire.
men, two hours later the building was com
pletely Quilted and rendered a mass of
smouldering ruins Mrs. Lizzie Logan, the
only occupant OF the house at the com
mencement of she fire 10 probably burned 10
death and her charred remains are now sup.
posed to be under the debris of fallen tim
bers. There Is bare possibility, however,
that she escaped from the burning structure
before any one afrived on tn scene- but
she is not az her home aud cannot any.
where be found.
The origin of the FIRE Is past compreheu.
sion, but IL is'supIosed to have caught eth
er from a gas.explosion or a CRATE 4 re in the
hall. The flames were first noticed in the
hallway,
The property was the most beautiful, ele-
gantly furnished and costliest residence in
the city. twas erected some years ago by
II. G. Moore, at a'cost of els 600, aud after II
came into the possession of Jed Dukee he
made improvements Ia the extent Of about
$1,000 Col. Ricnsrds purchased the proper.
ty only n few months ago, to make it his
permanent residence. II was elegantly fur
nished aud Mr.. Richards made other i'm
provements being very particular with
chimneys, the nues and furnace. every
crack where he thought there was danger
OF fire. was repaired. The house had all the
modern improvements. 1t is not believed
to be worth rebuilding
The building was insured Tor sll,010, but
owing to the hour IT could not be learned in
what company. The insurance on the con.
tents was but 81 90 when the Richards
family moved In 81 500 worth Of new furni-
,ture was added. This was not insured.
Nothing was saved from the building but
the silverware,snd II few pictures, which the
family valued above everything else. The
loss ON contents will reach nearly 5000
with but s2Odo to cover It.. What is not to.
tally lost by fire is destroyed b. water.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1898-12-16
An Excursion TO lola.

G. f. Dernberger reports the re-
ceipt OF of letter from his wife's
parents who reside at Ottumwa, Ia,
in which they speak of visiting lola
this month. An excursion party OF
prosperous citizens is being made up
there who will charter a car and
come to lola and look over the city
and those so desiring will buy prof.
erty and locate. The excursion will
leave Ottumwa on the nineteenth of
December and is expected to reach
here on the twentieth. And, of
course, when they do come lola will
show them good time and convince
all of them that they have come to
the right place.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1898-12-16

went 20 bed. She focgot to blow 1t out
and the resulting pantomime was
rich. Miss Clarke waved from the
wing aud sad "blow out yUHr can
die" The tot slapped, hold up her
candle AMI sweesly asked, "This
one" 81 loud that everyone could
hear her
When the infants were gone the
odd folks went, and the consensus OF
opinion today Is that baby pranks
beat grOwn-up prauks'all topieces.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1898-12-16
Mrs. Jim Reed Dead.

Died, at her home Ina lola, at nine
o'clock on the morning of Decem Der &,
1898, Caroline f., wife of James Reed
in the siXtieth year of her age. The
funeral services were conducted at
two O'Clock Friday afternoon from the
United Brethren church, Rev. n. l..
Vezie officiating.
Mrs. Reed was sister of Amos
Daily and Misses Matte and Kate
Daily and came to Kansas in the ear
ly sixties. For many years she has
lived in lola, but i'll health and CON
tinual struggle with misfortune and
poverty have kept her so closely con-
fined to her home that che was very
little known. She was never a strong
woman and some time ago she con-
tracted cold which hung on, finally
developing into pneumonia, from
which she died. size leaves hus-
band and two children, Elsie and
Jesse, both grown up to mourn her
loss.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1898-12-16
The Bride Was Delayed.

Beatrice, Neb Times.
happy marriage was salemniZed
at o'clock last evening at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. Seward Mcconnell,
Sl3 East Grant street. the contracting
parties being Mr.. Charles Logan and
A ddie BTIster, both late residents of
lola, Kan, Rev. =. e.. Dudley ofiiciat-
i;ng. ThegrCOm is All old acquaint-
ance of the McConnell's and had been
s9oming there. Yesterday, he in
formed them that he was to he mar
RED ut o'clock in the evening At the
Methodist parsonage aud invited
them To ne Eyeseut which invitation
was accepted with pleasure. Al.
thaugh the bride-tn.be wa pn. here
she was expected to arrive in the
afternoon on the Rock Island train
and all arrangements were made for
the ceremony. But when the Rock
1-laDd train had arrived and the
young lady did not appear, it was
seen that there was TO he hitcis in
the arrangements and the prospective
groom ~as plunged into fathomless
gloom. He knew something had
happened, but what 1t was he dared
not even imagine.
1t appears that the Kansas lady
had unfortunately missed the train,
but had taken passage ON II freight,
which with the usual DELAYS, reached
here about o'clock or little later
Finding no one at the depot to meet
her she secured u hack and was driven
10 Mr.. McConnelrs where explnnat ion
followed and joy at once reigned su-
preme. 1t was suggested that the
wee ding take place there and the
minister being sent for the happy
couple were promptly made husband
and wife. Mr.. Logan il employed AT
the wholesale house OF Henry Fish
back. He and his wife for The pre-.
sent will make their home at the cor.
ner of Ella and sixth streets.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1898-12-16
For Rent.
New house, one mile from Gas City
Box 26 lola, Kansas.
GRAND GIFT DISTRIBUTION.
Full Set of Six War Memorial Spoons Alb.
soluteiy Free to Every Family In the
United States,

For sixty days we'll give absolutely
without cost u full set of six War
Memorial spoons TO every family
sending us cash order for House
hold Furniture selected from our
catalogue, no matter whether the
order be for 81 or 81 900. This means
that we're going to add fifty thousand
names TO our list of permanent custo.
mers. We're going to demonstrate
that il pays to send direct to the
factory for furniture. This distribu-
ton viii cost us thousands of dollars
and make US thousands of friends.
Each spoon is Of Il different design
-Four L. = Rattleships, including
the "Maine,n soldiers IA Camp in
cuba, and MORO Castle
These spnuus are the cheap kind
advertised extensively at 81 90 TO 81 so
a set. They are warranted best coin
silver plate on the base of pure nickel
silver mot low grade brass). They
Will wear for years and become price
less heirloom for future generations.
Send for copy of our catalogue today.
You should enclose stamp or two to
help pay postage. q Jan. o.
QUAKER VALLEY MFG. Co
90, $50 d. 357 w Htrrison st. Chlcago.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1898-12-16
The School Entertainment.

The opera house WAS packed to the
doors Friday TO witness the school
childreu's performance. Many of the
people went doubtless from a sens ,
of duty, mauy because they had
children in the cast, and 1he rest to
be entertained That they all enjoy
Ell the evening il the very best evil
denGe that the entertainment was eX-
eeptionally good.
There were demure high school
boys and girls, vino seemed to be
helping the "kids' out. Bat the real
show was given by the small speci-
mems, little tots 20 email that you had
to look twice to see They had pro
fessional acknowledgements and acted
"a their,Own sweet fsncies dictated
and the crowd ached when it got
through laughing.
Miss Hazel Bowlus opened the pro-
gram with a piano solo and did very
well Indeed.
Miss Lila Clarke, the lady GDder
whose management the entertain
ment was given, then gave "Rird
Tones Miss Clarke has charming
stage presence AID il a clever e. e
cutiOnist and the crowd liked her at
once.
The primary pupils from the south
building then gave Little Folks
from SCHOOL, Then the crowd got
ae idea Of what WAS in store for
them and those in the rear Of the
house stood up on the seats in order
not 40 miss wor' or gesture.
The high school quintette then sang
a song aud they reeeiveS the closest
attention of the audience.
Miss Clarke then gave "How Old
Ace Won the Race This was her
best piece and the audience listened
TO every word. Her rendition was
excellent.
The Seventh and Eighth grade
pupils of the north building sang
song which fitted in well i'm the ad-
joining pieces.
Twenty girls in costume, little tots,
then gave minuet and tsbleau, In
long ago" 1t was very fetching.
Miss Joan Dudley then sang solo
and PLEASANTLY captivated the house,
but declined an encore.
Roy Quinn then gave $50 was ;"
and he owned the house. His voice
was suited to the piece aud his jes-
lures were good. He had to do it
over again.
The primary pupils of the north
building then gave motion song.
They were small aud again necks
were Grained aud sides ached.
Miss Clarke gave "a Clock'a Storyn
in her very best manner.
The high school qulnteete sang
again.
Miss Clarke gave II description ola
supposedly patient individual tell.
ing "a small urchin about George
Washington, The grown up people
saw the point much sooner than did
the younger people.
Eighteen old maids (none of whom
are old nor will ever be or have any
Intention OF being old maids gave a
costumed expression of the true re-
gard old maids have for old bachelors.
They never said word but their
actions we're az loud as megaphone.
The best came last. Ten tots night
gowned ami carrying candles came
ON the stage and ono at Il time de-
parted giving their reasons. They
were cute as only babies can be and
the audience never missed word.
One OF them stated that she was tull
Oftrlcks and blew out her candle and
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1898-12-16
Old Man Powell Injured.

Thursday evening DIR. Morgan wac
called 10 the home Of old man POve;g,
Powell. who lives n mile west ot Gaze
lyle, father of J. H.. Powell, the
real estaae man who lives in lOla, to
attend the. old gentleman. When he
arrived he found that Mr.. Powell had
started to haul Il load IT fodder To the
cattle and had fallen of the wagon.
he fell on his knee aud was unable to
get up and walk ald lay there some
TIME before he was noticed by his
wife who was the only other mem Der
of the famiiyiat home. She was un-
able to get him to the mouse and had
TO walk half mile to mel hbor's
and summon assistance. When she
returned with help Mr.. Powell was
numb with cold and his nerves bad y
shaken by the pain. He was taken
to the house and doctor summoned
from lola.
Mr.. PoWell is close to seventy wears
old and the injury he sustained ,iprinci-
pally contiued to his knee, may prove
4nite serious. He Was put under an
opiate and ii is hoped by his many
friends that he may come through all
right.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1898-12-16
A Great Offer.

We make this great offer. FnSm
this ON till January fat. 1890, we VIAL
wrap with every SlO0 bottle of Bra
lillian Balm one months treatment OF
roxicola Tablets Free. Those who
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Liver, acts on the stomach aud
Kidneys, aids Digestion, takes all
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strengthens the nerves and gives
vitality To every organ. A 81 90
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If you get hold of a Sl.00 bottle that
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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1898-12-16
NO GRlPNG OR PANS

ArrOwsmith, H., Jan. =. 1867.
Dear Sirs:--I have been bothered
for So years with constipation and /
have tried many Preparations during
that time. / commenced using DIR.
LaIdwell's Syrup Pepsin in the fall of
1895 and uneesitstingly say it is the
best remedy / have ever found fer my
trouble. No gripping or pains after
taking. Yours. VIM HCgT.
G. B. spencer IL 90,
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1898-12-16
No Need of a Duel Now.

The Cherryvale Clarion makes the
following amende honorable in refer
ence to IA recent article:
The lola REGISTER, Independence
Reporter, and q few other of our ex-
changes have seen fit To Jump onto
the CmIiOn this week for sn alleged
"mean slap" at Humboldt. In speak -
ing of the recent discovery of marble
near that place, the Clarion did say
that Humbold Is singularly fortunate
In finding tombstone material right at
the time 1t Is so muOh needed, but we
meant no slam at Humboldt at all,
boys. We had gotten the impression
somehow, perhaps partially through
these same papers, that u certain po-
Utica aggregation had hobbed its
cork beneath the wave of November s
and had been duly declared perma-
nently dead. The spirit of decency,
even toward tuckered out advrr.
sary, suggested at least u modest
monument TO the memory of fusion,
hence II occurred to us that Humboldt
WAS strictly in the swim with her dis
covery OF marble. Every body knows
Humboldt isn't dead, and If the fel.
lows who accuse the CIariOn OF such
an intimation will just attend to their
own pie-dough, Wen get along with
Humboldt all right.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1898-12-16
THE SUN

may shine brightly and the birds
may sing their sweetest songs bat II
your stomach is not right there is no
happiness for you. Keep bottle OF
Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin in the
house and use it according to direc-
tions and the sun and birds will not
shine and sing in vain. Constipation
and Indigestion cured. Trial size l0c
no doses) and in SOC aud S1.O0 bottles.
orc. b. Spencer Il Co.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1898-12-16

weighed down, over Dutucncd men ana
women by giving them the physical
strength and stamina 70 carry on their work
forcefully and easily.
For the last three years" says Mr.. J. c.
Morgan, of Munougah, Marion Co, W. Va. in a
letter to Or, Pierce, " have been a constant SUI
ferer from indigestion complicated with com
plants that generally accompany such cases
Always AFTER eating there would he formation
of gas and a heavy load in my stomach would
belch up my food after eating bowels were very
irregular; would imagine | saw objects floating
before my eyes. had pain across my back
About December 1906 I began feeling much
worse than usual and was beginning to think
would have to suffer the remainder Of my life
was greatly discouraged. | described my case
to Dr. Pierccs staff Of physicians aud they di
rected me to begin at once taking the Golden
Medical Discovery according 10 directions. [
did So and am happy TO state I experienced
most gratifying results, as all the unpleasant
feelings have entirely left me. / have now
, very good appetite, relish my food and am
pleased to say feel once more like my former
Ieif recently walked distance of one hun.
bred and ten miles in about four days"
No remedy relieves constipation so
uickly aud effectively as Or. Pierce's
1easant Pellets.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1898-12-16
LOST

Many have lost confidence aud
hope as well AS health, because they
have been told their Kidney disease
was lncurable. Foley's Kidney Cure
Is Guaranteed remedy for the dis
Outraged and dsconsolate. Evans
Bros
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1898-12-16
"rour,us OF on Troubled waters"

"PouriuE OF on Troubled Waters"
The Indiana" wa, kept dry by the
drinpmg of oil from both bows; and
although tremendous seas were run
mig and breaking, they could not
come ON board. This was certainly
most practical illustration Of the oil
saying as TO the pouring of oil on
troubled WGters'--u proverb rs cid as
the Bible. but only very recently app
piled, thanks to the photographic Of
ice Of The United States. and now very
generally followed by scamen the
world over. II was uu American also
CRedGeld) who frs, thoroughly found
out and explained the true character
of these revolving forums, and to him
all scameu are forever indebted. In
using oil, il is astonishing how small
a quantity will suffice just quart or
two, in a bag stuffed with oakum, hung
over the bows, and allowed 70 drip.
drop by drop, on the sea, where il
apreads out in Il thin, greasy Glm over
the surface OF The water. over the
film the wind slips, as It were. and has
no power to bank In, water up into
waves which would break over the
ship. Hundreds Of reports are on file
in the office, attestiug the marvellous
results of this simple agent of safety.
Lieut.. Charles NJ. Mccartney, In st.
Nicholas.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1898-12-16
Notice of Final settlement.

(First Publahed Nov Is. 1881
THE STATE or KANsAsl m
ALLEN COUNTY,
In the Probate Court in and for said Comfy.
In the matter OF tue estate of W. Y. At in.
deceased
Creditors and all other persons interested in
the aforesaid Estate are hereby notified that ]
shall apply e. the Probate Court In and for
said County, sitting at the Court House in
lola, County Of Allen, State of Kansas, on the
10Th day Of December A. D., 1892 for full
and final settlement of said Estate.
ISABELLE ATEN BEABoUT, Administrators
"A ofthe Estate of W. T.. Aten, deceased
lola, Kans., Nov. nth. A. d. 1895.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1898-12-16
Which Rides {?

en- a man is sick his
rides him instead of
ling his work. His
TASK instead of being
leans which supports
aries him on to com
fort and prosperity
b e co mes an over
whelming burd c IL
we ig ing him
- down. He has
no strength, no
ambition. He feels
, that there is moth
| ing left but for him
\ to staggeT along I'M
q til the awful pres
sure of disease and
ublc at last
brushes him to
earth.
The prosperous
Z man is the one who
keeps the upper
hand of his work,
because he is strong,
capable and cner-
/. getic, DR.. Pierce's
Golden NJ G d zeal
Dis covery has
brought the best
kind of prosperity
to thousands of
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1898-12-16
The
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Capital.

The SENbI WEEKLY CAPITAL ie
the great farm and family newspaper
of Kansas. 1t Is published every
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AND
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