The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1898-10-07


The board of county commissioners
met In regular session at the court
house Monday.
r. w. Lieurance, chief musician of
the 22nd Regiment band was in lola
sunday renewing old acquaintance.
w. H. Andrews, trustee of Hum
boldt township, was up Monday on
business with the county com.
missioners.
The new school house Is large, i'm
posing and handsome and gives the
north end look of substantial per-
manency and prosperity.
Messrs. A. p. Charles and G. q.
Nichols are both figuring on building
handsome residences, the former on
east Madison and the latter on north
Sycamore.
f. s. Davis and wife, Henry Gear
and wife, of lola, and Mrs. O. D..
Hartley, Miss Hartley and Mrs. Rob
ertshaw, OF La Harpe, went to Kan
sas City for Karnival week.
In view of the fact that apples,
peaches, plums, cherries, and all
other tame fruits are scarce, the as
surance OF an immensely large crop
of persimmons is gratifying.
Mr., and Mrs. John Foust and Mrs.
Oscar Foust will leave about the mid
die of the month for an extended visit
to the old home in Pennsylvania, pro-
vided Mrs. Foust is able to travel
The mere presence in every city
and hamlet OF blue uniformed boys is
a great patriotic inspiration. 1t Is a
regular blue badge of courage" that
Europe should note in her eckonings.
The uptown telegraph is now in
operation and that Internally per-
sistent little "tick q tick a ticku
makes one expect to hear freight
train rush down the hall at any
moment.
Sam Ntzhugh,, brother of Ed Nc
Hugh and Miss Ida McHugh, who
served through the Santiago cam
paign as member of the 9TH L. ).
regulars, returned home on a furlough
last week.
Mr. Noah Carmaiu was in lola last
week looking for a house. He has
been farming few miles southeast
of lola the past year, but decided TO
try his luck in the city and II he can
find house will move here.
Moran Herald: The bridge across
the Usage three miles north of town
that was completely washed away
during u heavy rain some time ago is
being replaced by new one.
Material was shipped in this week.
l.. Root and Co., the members of
which recently purchased two lots on
the east side, expect to begin work
this week of improving their property.
The lots will be improved down, first,
wells and cisterns, and then up, two
new houses.
1t is learned that Mr.. Frank Amer
man who has been in the employ OF
MIR. Bartels for several years has en-
gagged himself with and is pardner
in the lola Extract, and Baking, p.
Co. and all parties concerned are to
be congratulated.
Caroline Washington, that is she
was Washington but is now Mrs.
Brooke, wove scornful linguistic
web of spite and abuse around the
head of John Sullivan's daughter
Sunday, for which privilege che paid
SO into police court Monday.
Mr.. Webb, of the Mo. Pac had his
car set out here Saturday and spent
the afternoon in looking over the
smelter tract of Mr.. Geo. Nicholson
east of town. He hitched onto the
east bound passenger train and went
away Saying nothing to nobody"
Rev. Bryant performed the cere-
mony Thursday evening which unit.
ed in marriage Harry Adams and
Mrs. Geo. Richeson. The marriage
took place at the home of the bride on
the north side OF the square and was
witnessed by n number Of intimate
friends.
The lola Creamery is now the
whole thing in the creamery building
except for Mr.. Dudley and his chick
ems. l.. |. Purcell has moved his
printing outfit into Ira Patterson's
building aud the creamery has re-
occupied the old offices at the west
end of the building.
PhtSbure Tribune: Frank Curnow,
formerly with the Cherokee e- Ianyon
Spelter Co Of this city as shipping
clerk, was in the city for few days
on his return from visit to Wisconsin
friends and also with relatives at
Chicago. lie left for lola this morn
ing To accept position with the !
Robert Lanyon's Sons Speter Co.
h. c. Times: Charley Scott keeps
standing at the head of his editorial |
the announcement in black |
type that he will correct any mis- |
statement made in the paper, but the |
fellows don't want to take that for n |
''fraid sign" and jump onto the
REGISTER. Charley fights fair, but
hard.
William Allen White says: Erred
Funston is now a bigger man than
any of the bandy-legged dudes who
,ut him out in his Lawrence affairs.
II must comfort him to know that the
girls who turned him down are now
ievoting their time to the great
problem whether to make over their