The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1899-03-31

held its annual election OF officers sat
urday. Tn > following were elected:
h. T.. Remsberg, Supt; IT, Klau-
mann, Asst Supt: w G. Faust, Secre-
tarv and Treasurer; Paul f.. Shuey,
Librarian ami Clara Klaumann,
Organist.
Rat Grubbs Tuesday finished |
his sixty days sentence to the county |
jail Oh n charge of not supporting his |
ife, and was turned out into the |
glad sunshine. IT was IL glad Rat |
too, il any one cares 10 inquire. He |
has not yet informed the REGISTER
as TO his future plans in reference to
his better half.
There Ia "pintn i'm this Joint
/ story. A man entered store and
gave a quarter in payment for his
| purchase The storekeeper noticed
that the quarter was plugged ana
handed 1t back. A jOintkeeper stand
ing near reniarNed: Bring that
quarter uown to my place, III TAKE it
Tor twenty-five cents. | can get rid
of it easily enough"
Judge smith took brace last Thurs
day ana united in marriage VIM II
Taylor, of lola, and Minnie b. Dud-
son, of lola. The groom is printer
and will occupy a sit with the Demo.
crat and all his fellow-craft wish him
joy in his change to a fUlio from
sheet edition, and trust to see him
prosper and enlarge to quarto.
r. h. Stevenson came down to wn
Friday for the frat time in two
months. He has been YEARLY strug.
Cling with some bafll ng species of
rheumatism and says for five weeks
he daily dieted on morphine, strych-
niue, laudanum and two other pois
ons. The bluff worked and he Is
again able to be out, and his many
friends are glad to see him,
Cart. Il. :. Stover says he finds
that in Topeka ana Kansas City the
fame of lola resis about equally ON
her gas wells and Cot. Fred Funston.
A Topeka man wholrecently went to
Chicago met George h. Peck and
without farther greeting Peck wrung
his hand and eXclaimed SAY Pm
mighty proud of the record the Kan
sas boys are making in Manila !"
For frost bites, burns, indolent sores
eczema, skin disease, and especially
Piles. DeWitps Witch Hazel Salve
stands first and best. Look out for
dishonest people who try to initiate
and counterfeit it. It's their endorse
ment of a good article Worthless
goods are not initiated. Get DeWitt's
Witch Hazel Salve. &. b. Spencer d
Co.
b. r.. Clifford the Young attorney
who has won many friends and no
little reputation during his residence
here, left sunday for his old home in
Illinois. He said nothing to anyone
but "A few intimate friends here, but
the fact leaked out that when he re-
turns, Mrs b. f. Clifford will ac-
company him and the two will make
lola their home and Mrs. Clifford will
find warm friends ready to welcome
her.
Robert Akin, who has been publish
ing the CherryVale Clarion for the
past eight months, has sold that pa
, per aud will take "sitn i'm the
REGISTER office. In addition to
successfully Publishing daily paper
himself Mr.. Akin has held response
BILE positions i'm some of the best ne VS.
paper and Job offices in the State and
is first class job and book printer
whose employment will enable the
REGISTER to give its patrons yet bet
ter satisfaction. Rev. M. r. King,
! formerly pastor OF the Baptist church
! here, becomes editor of the Cherry
} vale Clarion, and his old lola friends
wish him success In his new work.
Chanute san: Two of Uncle SANS
/ agents, i'm the revenue service have
been i'm town the last few days look
ing up the use of documentary stamps
and other revenue matters. They
. spent some little time i'm each drug
store, inspecting stamps on chewing
gum, liquors, patent medicines, etc.
Things were found pretty nearly cor
: rect They LETT orders that chewing
gum must be sold out Of the box that
: hears the stamp. all stamps on
whiskey barrels must be cancelled ~
once, and stamps must he put on all
g articles of their own manufacture
among which Is bay rum. Nearly
all the druggists were caught on these
: three things. The two officers left
yesterday for other towns, but there
: will probably be third inspector
, around shortly to see whether every.
one has obeyed orders or not.
o The Dorothy Re beckahs had an eX
ceedingly enjoyable time in their hal
, Thursday. The occasion was theiI
= tenth anniversary and nearly 20l
. were present. There was :he usua
: big feast of delicaAiea and during the
= evening the lodge initiated Mr.. and
q Mrs. Sauer, Mr.. and Mrs. Harry
. Thomas and Mr.. Keithbach. A
beautiful souvenir cup of gold anC
u silver was presented to Dorothy
the infant daughter of Mr.. and Mrs
u II. r.. Kelly, who was named after th'
i lodge. The event was one of the
II most noteworthy occasions in 10 Lgt
+ circles lola has ever witnessed anC
II everybody who was so fortunate n
@ to be present is loud in praise of tn,
DOrothys.
"Curlyn Alt was anXiously inquir
: ing of all his acquaintances Monday
q as to the probable value of a piece o
y metal which was badly warped anC
> blistered. 1t proved on close examin
d alton TO be silver dollar the only