The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1899-05-26


facturies.
The Big Drawing.
The Pacific Express Company'- sale
of unclaimed goods closed saturday
night and was a success. The man
who had charge OF the sale said that
Il sale realized more than the sale
they held i'm Lawrence and that it
bought in as mu IN money a. was ex-
pected, about $3.50. The big fun came
when everything had been disposed
of and the people began to cash in
their tickets and draw their packages.
A surging mob flied the room and as
each purchaser appeared from the
mass struggling at the counter he
was greeted with yell. open 'em
up" throw him down, clock the
dOors;n sight US, =" were the regular
greetings One of the fret things
, opened up was a sack OF cotton seed
and the seed was soon scattered all
over the floor aud tramped upon.
There were always half a dozen
groups on The floor aud a yell was al
ways signal for a rush to that point
whence 1T came, for all the world like
u board OF trade. Many of the
packages were opened in the room
and many were carried outside, still
OTHERS being taken to the homes Oi
the owners.
Among the valusbles drawn al
prices ranging from fifty cents to q
dollar were several sets of the k9neas
House journal for '05, bundle OF Billy
Edwards kansas Souvenir boosls
picture frames, crutch bottle Of
John Woodbury. facial lotion, pho
tographer's late holders, old clothes
Henry Howard got bundle o
women's clothes, Leon Cook q led
quilJ, Cash EG,sOn book on the Del
sart Method. somebody opened 3
neat package and found that 1t wa,
what he supposed, cigar box. The
gang persuaded him to open the box
and he then discovered instead %
some fine HavSnas, three little bottle:
of hog cholera medicine On'
package contained two broken bottles
of some sarsaparilla, the labels being
scratched of. Joe Arnett got a bot
tie of medicine from the Swedish
Medical Institute for IS cents. Raj
Miller drew cloth enough for dress
Lutte Slower picture enlarger's sam
Edf case. Several of these en- .argeC
pictures were drawn, and the faces o
the pictures looked very much sur
pTised at the proceedings. ON
picture was of four colored children
for which the owner paid 81 -. Some
one paid forty cents for large bundl
of the Proceedings of the 10th Annua
Session of the Kansas NOrthwes
, Missionary Baptist Association. Ton
Breckenridge drew II yards of mic
dress goods, a wrapper, rascinatoi
aprons, trousers and some medicine
all for 81. so. Sam Breckenridge go
p heating manual and some fame
work patterns. Ralph Mcdowell
telescope containing BARRIERS outfit
less the raZors. Carl Williamso
drew book on business, Lloyd Wi
t Hanson five packages of pens and
5 group of opera troupe singers. ID
Mcdowell drew silk dress alread
! made up and Geo. Hepburn bottl
of "Anthor" complexion lotion.
Ed Pizel left the room with bi
wheel chair loaded with bundles an
w. j. Ihrig had to hire a dray
t haul his goods home. Grant Billh
r was heavy buyer and drew pal
of large wheels and also a con
muniOn set.
e Charlie Clark, Tom Bowlus, Wa
n Mcneil, Walt Teats and sewers
j. other boys made up a purse an
! bought profusely, their best drs
|, being bundle of books entitled 9Th
Prodigal Son"
The boxes that looked like boo
were not opened at the room a
9 though one jug of wine was opene
y in front of the building. Lots
u patent medicine was drawn and II
- druggists say that during the ever