Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-06-21
him as well as Meade county.

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binder. This is the largest ship
ment of machinery that has ever
been made to this place.
Mr.. Foster was doing business
in the city Saturday.
Maurice Frazer was out in the
sand hills last week investigating
his'watermelon prospects there
and says he is afraid that he will
have to stake The small melons
down to keep the vines from drag.
cling them to death over the hills.
Henry Burford made trip to
Meade last week to learn more
about photo work which he is
practicing some of late.
Hugh L. Mullen, one of Fow-
ler's old settlers arrived here on
last Friday. His many friends
welcome him back again. He
gave all his friends a short visit
and went to Meade Monday on
business and to see some of his
old friends there. During his
short stay here he went out and
crossed that memorable old foot
log across cuckle-burr slew and
also made close examination in
the garnet for the old COW but
found her dry. He left for his
home in Indiana Tuesday.
The immensely hot day Sun
day wound up with fine rain in
the evening. Some wind and hail
but no harm done in this part by
the same.
A number of our young men
from about Fowler went east to
help in the harvest which is re-
ported large and wages high.
We understand that there is a
person in our town that cannot
tell the difference between an
endless pin and hooks and eyes.
W. II. Miles and Maurice Fra
zier have each bought a coal-oil
burner attachment for their cook
stoves and each of them has an
oil can in hand most of the time
carrying oil for the same. They
say it must be one of John D,
Rockerfeller's schemes.
The Childrens' day exercises
last Sunday was well attended
there not being room enough in
the church to accommodate near
all the people. A good program
was rendered in the forenoon
and several good talks were lis
tened to in the afternoon.
1t seems as if some of our PEG
pie think that if young man ant
lady keep company with eacf
other for a while that it is sure
go for a wedding.
The Bonheur Bros. show las
Monday night was well attended
and everybody laughed until
their sides were sore and at the
same time the show was educa
tiona1 as we'll as entertaining ant
no one went away regretting tina
they had attended but all felt tha'
they had gotten their money:
worth. This was the first ten
show that has ever stopped a
Fowler.
The pesky grasshoppers are
greatly injuring the alfalfa crol
that was sowed this spring. The
hopping insect is getting to be {;
very undesirable insect in this
county at present.
Ernest Johnson bid farewell tt
sunny Kansas last week ant
started for his home in Indiana
He has been here for about eight
months.
w. Il. Miles with a crew Of
helpers went to Meade the first
of the week to haul the 1um Der
for the Cimarron bridge. He
was accompanied by John Hotz
who has the contract for building
the bridge. Mr.. H. says it will
take him about ten days to COM
p1ete the bridge with two help
ers.
Me1odious strains of music
are to be heard issuing from the
residence of Linn Frazier from
John Wymer's autoharp, which
H. Burford tuned for him Satur.
day.
CRACKERJACK.
A. w. Calender desires to cal
the attention of the general public