The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1899-09-22
ADDITIONAL LOCAL.

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Frank Travis was down from lola Fri
day evening visiting friends. II Is proba-
BILE that he Will not come very many more
times -Chdnute Sun.
Which lie it-minister or police?
Agents profits given to customer
on machines, organs and buggies for
the next 30 days. Machines for
rent. Beck. d d W.
Reports from the Grand Lodge of
l. .. o. F., now In session at Detroit,
show the total membership of the
order to be S30,061. The increase
during the year In all branches was
80. 225. The Rebekah membership is
100 ,007.
Ask. V, Merchant II the Clarion is not
successful matrimonial advertising medi-
um.- CherrgUdle Clarion.
Ask him! You bet we will! There
are a dozen girls in lola who will ask
him the first time he appears IN this
town again and he had better pre-
pare good straight answer and have
IL ready.
Highland Place, the finest 10 cation
in the city to build home. Lots
sold on easy payments and $50
premium to each party building q
room house. The gas will pay your
taxes and 8 per cent interest. Beck.
d Wv.
Mr.. II. n. Knowlton, of NorthcOtt,
came to lola the first OF the week and
is building house in the southeast
|, part of town. He expects TO bring his
Y family and make lola his home as
w soon as the house is completed, which
Us a pleasant thing to hear as all the
Knowlton's are good ci items.
candal is having good time now
There are rumors of fight between
q brother aud sister, of a woman
chasing u man down the street with
u razor, and of a husband hunting an.
either man with gun. And the
parties concerned never even think
to be grateful to a reporter who is
hard up for news for refraining from
telling what he knows.
Miss Lura Mcdonald entertained
the following young people at her
h0me Friday, the occasion being
her sixteenth birthday: Misses Mary
Culbertson, Louise DeClute, Icy Cor
ing, Emma Sallie, and Messrs. Ed.
Hobart, Frank Servey, Harry Csnat-
sey, and Walter Cooper. Refresh
ments were served ana an informal
good time was enjoyed.
The county attorney has been notl-
fed that the appellate court has af-
firmed the virdict of the district court
in the case of Frank Harlan, charged
with nine violations OF the prohibit
DRY law and sentenced to 500 fine and
80 days in jail on each OF the nine
counts. If Harlan were here he
would be compelled to pay the PEN
atty, but he wisely isn't.
1t Will be good news to those who
have begun to fear that lola was GO
ing to be show-shunned This year, to
learn that Ringing Bros, circus is
coming. Mr.. Gay Lambert, the ad
vance man was IN town this morning
= tand stated that the big circus would
! be here October II. The show made
y Chanute last year and is well known
to be one of the largest entertainment
aggregations in the world.
Z A very pretty wedding ceremony
was performed Wednesday at the
home of j. b Gilman, AS, west
Neosho street. The contracting par
ties were Mr. Grant Low and Miss
Elmira Daughters, both of Bronson.
Rev. Bruner Ofiiciated and the cere-
mony was witnessed by number OF
friends of the young people. Both
are well known ana prominent in
their home town and have the sincere
good wishes of all their friends.
l.. |. Purcell returned Friday
noon from Leavenworth where he at
tended meeting of the Uniformed
Rank Knights OF PythI9s. He invit-
ed the Knights to meet in lola next
May, that being the time set for the
next meeting, and the invitation was
cordially accepted. The order com
prises some 1000 or more gentlemen
and several hundred of them are very
likely to appear here in the spring.
Messrs. G. X. Wells, of Kansas City
and George StOrch, OF Atchison, are
in the city seeking investments. Mr.
Wells has been hers several times and
each time he returns he regrets thai
he didn't invest on his previous visit.
He is here now with blood IN his eye
and will buy with the expectation
that lola is gong to be city of 2O,OOC
one of these days. Mr.. Storch Is
wealthy Atchison man, following the
lead of Mr.. Wells.
Somebody "got them childrer
mfxedn in reporting to the REGISTER
that the contract for the Il; M. Bart
les building had been let to Cecil d
Harris. 1t was the contract for the
w. l.. Bartles residence which wa
let to this firm. +. M. Bartles has lie
; the contract for the basement of hi
business house to M. o. Sutherland
but has not closed any bargain yet
! for the remainder OF the structure.
Mrs. H. M. Miller, Mrs. Jack Nc
Carley and Mrs Robinson left Mon
afternoon for San Francisco wher
they will meet the soldiers. The.
will go ever the Santa Fe, and Mrs
Miller will visit relatives at OAKLAND
while awaiting the coming OF tn
ship. Mrs. Miller's son Bert an
Mrs. McCarley's husband are mem
bers of company and the ladies OK
pect the boys to arrive the middl
of next month.
Mr.. and Mrs. Expenditure, of Ne