The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1899-08-18

. Mr.. w II. Clark Is building four
new houses Ia the south part of the
city. He recently made sale and IL
putting the money right back in lola
property, whi'h shows what one man
thinks OF the town.
Rev. A. b. Bruner returned Tues
day from Chanute VIII ere he went to
look over the new Methodist church
recently built there He was so well
pleased with It that he brought the
model back and the Methodists here
may build one just like 1t.
Invitations ale out for the marriage
of MIR. John Lemasters and Miss Stel'
la Henderson, August %, at the reel
dence OF the brides sister near Hope.
well, Kan. Mr.. Lemasters Is brother
of Mrs. +. c. Remsberg of this city
and has many friends here.
Mr.. r. II. Bennett and Mr.. Travis
Morse have formed a partnership for
the practice of law, the firm To he
known as Bennett d Morse. Both
gentlemen are well known az good
, lawyers and fine gentlemen, and
) there will be none hut good wishes
for their success in the new relations.
A good many of the residents of
2 Western street have signed a petition
; which will be presented to the coun-
' ell Thursday night asking that the
Y name of Western street he changed
to Chestnut street. The petition states
that the name IL so easily confused
y with West street
1 A. II. Brown returned Monday
n from Neodesha where he went Satur-
day called there by the Illness
of Mrs. Brown. she was much
: better when he reached there and he
= thinks now that she will recover
: rapidly. All of which is mighty
y good uows to her lola friends.
Masons commenced work Thursday
> afternoon on the building of Mrs. j,
: : Turner on West Madison avenue
y The building will be two stories high
" thirty feet wide and sixty feet long
We understand that it will he cut
into two rooms and that Mrs. Turner
y will occupy one Of them herself and
e rent the other.
The case of Ferguson, O'Mera
Hibbs and Richardson, the two former
g., of whom were arrested last week iol
n running a Joint and the two latter fol
o keeping bar, came up before Judge
~ Potter MondaymOrning. The former
Ferguson and O'Mera pleaded guilty
to keeping place and were fined 500
n and costs each. The case against
e Hibbs and Richardson was dismissed
. The following from Monday
q Chanute Tribune substantiates the
report given in yesterdays REGIsTEt
regarding two of Iola's young mcr
}, who were given the "hot FOOT a
h Chanute Sunday.
i lola was not as well represented in our
, city Yesterday MS usual. Two young fel-
lows from that burg tried to foist them
selves on the picnic but got turned down
r. and came back TO town.
le The first story of the new depot !!
!. completed and work Is being rapidly
" pushed on the second story. MIR
x BOnnell, the contractor, has large
force of laboIers employed and 1t will
A. not he long before lola will have {
n handsome new brick depot to TAXI
l. the place Of the shell which they have
r. been using here so long.
Mrs. Randolph has traded one o
her houses in the northeast part q
rs town for the &. A. JaPhet house 9TH,
II simpson place. and will move into i
Y in the near future. Their many
At friends will be glad to have Mrs. Ran
C. dolph and Miss Bertha inside tn,
city limits again.
u The Kansas CITY Blues will play
~ here again on the 18th of this month
The lola nine is about fifty per cen
e better than they were when TIT
" Blue were here before and tn,
chances are that Blues will be shown
/. n pretty good time. In fact IT is poe
Ie sible that the lola nine may bea
q them.
A yonng man in the country WHIT
wants to attend the lola high schOO
this year writes to the REGISTER e
% know If he can find place " here hi
:, could do chores for all or part OF his
d expenses He is a clever, industrious
s boy, belonging to one of the hes
h families in the county, and the REG
IsTER will be glad to give his name
to anyone who could make use of his
% services.
Ie One thing that keeps lola back il
2 the fact mat the big corporation
"A can't keep up with her. The REGIS
TER would nave been printing full
f. A ssUciated Press report all this sum
m mer if the Western Union Telegraph
/, Company could have handled it AnC
: the machinery for the new bricl
p plant would have been here by thi
time II the Santa Fe railroad had go
its switch built when it was prom
u, ised.
" Rev. Collins, of Wichita, was in Ioli
4, few hours last evening. Rev. Col
y Inns was candidate for the pastoral,
of the Baptist church here, but say
that after walking around the city TO
. few hours last evening, he has de
" cided that he doesn't want 1t. II,
- says he came to the con clusion tina
"a lola was very tough town. HI
" failed to state how he interpreted
u the declaration about calling tn,
ainners aud not the righteous to re