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The Iola register., 1901-12-27
PLANS FOR A HOSPITAL
Nevada, Missouri. Men Arranging TO
Open Il Public Hospital Soon in
This City,

The REGISTER helped fight the battle
which resulted in the establishing Of
the Dunkard hospital in east lola and
quite a number of people were well
cared for there before it went into dis
use. Since then the need OF such an
institution has grown, and was shown
in the case of the two men burned at
cement plant They were strangers
here, lodging in a garret and had no
comforts nor facilities for caring for
themselves as they should be. In fact
1t is brutal to take unfortunates into
an attic, cold and dreary, and leave
them there practically unattended to
fight for life. With a nice, clean,
CHEEKY hospital, equipped with light,
warmth, attendance and medicines and
doctors lola would move several steps
forward in civilization.
Mr.. f. f. Gearhard, of Nevada,
Mo-, is here and has about completed
arrangements for "a hospital. He has
been associated for some time with
the Fraternity Hopital which has
proved great success. A lease has
been secured on the Old Dunkard
hospital in east lola and after the ex-
piration of this lease the f. 5. Ben
net residence in the northeast part of
town will probably be secured. That
would make fine location. Mr..
Gearhard interviewed the Cement peo-
pie and the canyons and was given
every encouragement to believe that
the institution will be well supported.
The workingmen maintain fund for
those who get sick or injured and with
the aid from the companies ought to
insure any who may be unfortunate,
proper and kindly care. The cement
company has promised its help and
Mr.. Gearhard expressed confidence
that he will be able to make the hospi.
tai u success from the start.
The Iola register., 1901-12-27
Grand Jury Assured

The petitions which have been re-
Gently circulated for the calling of q
grand jury TO sit with the February
term of the district court have been
finished and sent TO JUDGE Stillwell u
Erie. II is said that 400 signatures of
tax payers were required for legal
petition and that 440 were secured
Nothing remains now but for the jury
to be drawn from the box and its ses-
sion will be held in February at the
same time as the regular district court
The call for the jury was made with
a view to closing the joints. There
have been other crimes committed.
grave crimes against society, but the
the chief evil is considered the Joints.
There are probably towns In the
county which have none, but there has
not been moment for five years in
lola when from one to fifteen we're not
running and dozen probably exist
in lola to-day. There are men in Jail
still working on the sentences imposed
by the grand jury of several years
ago, but the jointists seems to be like
an army, when one falls another steps
into the breach and the business is
continued.
The men who have called the grand
jury believe they are working for the
good of the community and that the
liquor traffic is responsible for ninety
per cent of the crimes of the county.
There are othersi who angrlly oppose
the closing of the joints. They think
the licenses are needed to support the
city and that the sale of liquor cannot
be stopped here, bootleggers and back
drinking places taking the place of
the open saloons.
There is no doubt that lola would
be much better off If the liquor busi-
ness were completely stopped.
Whether this will be accomplished by
the coming grand jury or not only
time will tell.
The Iola register., 1901-12-27
A $4,000 DEPOT PLANNED
New Railroad Will Expend Neat Sun
in Erecting a Handsome Station
for Its lola Patrons.

The REGISTER noted the other day
the selection of a site opposite the
Missouri Pacific depot for the new
station of the Ft. Scott lola & West
ern. The other site discussed was on
north Washington, but the Jefferson
auenue site was selected and work on
the new depot may be expected to be
pushed rapidly.
Speaking of the depots the Moran
Herald says:
Statements that have been given
out concerning the new depots to be
built along the line of the Fit. Scott,
lola S Western railroad, show that
the depots are to be fine ones in every
particular and in keeping with the
good building of the road. Depots
will be built at LaHa?pe. lola and
Gas City and the three will aggregate
total cost OF 81, 600.
"The one which viii he built at lola
will be the finest one of the three and
will be a credit both to the town and
the railroad, The depot will be "a
frame building but will be erected to
furnish all the conveniences to trans
act the big business which the new
road is bound to getin town as large
as lola. The depot will have waiting
rooms, freight rooms, offices and other
apartments. 1t will be handsomely
finished both inside and out and will
cost in the neighborheod of So, 900.
''The one at LaHarpe will not fall
far short of the lola depot and will
cost in the neighborhood of 50, 600.
The building will be frame and will
be built on similar plans to the new
Missouri Pacific depot at that place.
Gas City will also be favored with
a good depot and one that they may
well be proud of. The building will
cost at least 81 200 and will be well
equipped to meet all the demands of
the business at shat place.
"The contracts have been let for the
LaHarpe and Gas City depots and the
contrac, for the one at lola will soon
be let. The cost of these three depots
shows that the road is expecting big
returns from the money expended and
are fitting the road for the transaction
of big business and are preparing
now for the growth of the towns which
is sure to follow.
"At Moran and Piqua the NJ. X. &
7. depots will be used by the road for
the present"
The Iola register., 1901-12-27
INC Fllrst On Ram MondaH

The first electric street car that ever
whirred down an lola street APP
peared Monday. 1t was about o'clock
when it left the power house and it
was not ran for the public service but
to test the entire line and see if the
engines, dynatNos and rails.and cars
were all in working order and the
powerful current being transmitted all
along the six miles of track.
Those on the car were Mr.. Crouch
and several of the directors of the
road, a newspaper man or two beng
picked up down town when the car
reached the city. Mr.. Baumholf, the
st. Louis gentleman who took the con-
tract for building the road was present
and the test made was official with
view to his turning over the line to
the company. 1t was about one;year
ago December 81 that f. V. Crouch
first landed in lola with street car
scheme up his sleeve. There was lot
of talk and finally a deal was con-
summated whereby the old frarchise
held by local men was. transferred to
him. The survey and the plans fol-
lowed and after annoying delays,
caused principally by inability to get
material delivered, the road has been
completed. There remains a good
deal of cleaning up and improving
at the power house, and some repairs
along the road bed, but the line is
practically finished.
The road extends from Lanyonville,
close to LaHarpe through Gas City,
to lola and then west to the Neosho
River. 1t is about six miles long and
is built like railroad with heavy
rails. Cement bridges have been used
and the best material everywhere.
The power house is equipped with en-.
gines and dynamos that can furnish
power for several such lines and the
fuel for the plant is furnished by q
gas well close to the power house thai
flows 5000, 900 cubic feet day i
needed. a supply of water is obtained
from Rock Creek, right back of tn,
power house. Four trolley cars ant
one trailer are Che present car equip
ment and the passenger service be.
tween lola and the factory town.
east, together with the carrying o
bundles and possibly the handling o
freight cars are expected to supply
the monetary sinews.
1t is a good, metropolitan electric
railway and lola is proud of it anC
expects that it will materially figur,
in the upbuilding of thisIcity and sur
rounding territory.
The Iola register., 1901-12-27
A Good Offer.

This is the important season Of the
year for the reading farmer-the man
who succeeds in his business. Now is
the season when the years. business is
summed up; when the great shows and
sales of live stock are held; when
farmers institutes and. boards of
agriculture are in session; when the
farm paper takes the place of what the
active farmer has missed getting in his
younger days at the agricultural
colleges; when each farm:in!the West
becomes, through his farm !paper, an
experiment station to. him; when the
experiences of others are brought to-
gether in the paper for his profit and
without expense. Now is the time
when thelwide-awake farmerscan read
and think, and upon his Ireading and
thinking will depend his success. The
"old reliable" Kansas Farmer is full
of good reading and abundant food
for thought, and we are now able to
offer it to our readers at club rates
with the Weekly REGISTER for 50. 90
for both papers. This is vastly
cheaper than being without it and it
will show profits in next seasons
crops. Try 1t and see
The Iola register., 1901-12-27
A SMELTER FOR NEODESHA
lola Men Will Build Zinc Smelter
There to be Known as the Lanyon
Bros Spelter Company

The REGISTER has just learned Of
the formation of new smelling COM
pany which will be known as the Ian
yon Brothers Spelter Company, and
which is composed of f.. V. Lanyon,
Dee Lanyon and viii Lanyon, Jr., of
Pittsburg. The purpose of the com
pany is to erect and operate zinc
smelter at Neodesha, Kansas, where
they hold extensive gas leases.
This is Neodesha's first factory of
any size, aside from the Standard Oil
refinery which really does not amount
to much as an employer of labor, and
that town seems destined to pick up
and move along some. The canyons
have plenty Of gas land in the vicinity
of Neodesha and all three being out oil
the business here, and all three being
expert smelter men, it is natural thai
they should strike out for themselves
The plans call for smelter of some
5000 retort capacity and a gas wei
will be started soon and the plant be-
gun as soon as the weather will per
nit.
Mr.. +. V. Lanyon will sever hi,
present position with the Lanyon Zinc
! Company as soon as he is relieved
Both he and Dee will probably move
to Neodesha to look after their plan
and lola will be sorry to loose them
The Iola register., 1901-12-27
License Tax Bill.

The Washington correspondent oi
the Topeka Capital reports the intro
duction of bill on license taxes by
Congressman Scott. The Capital
says:
"Congressman-at-large Charles +.
Scott has introduced a bill in Con-
gress which will not only meet with
the hearty approval Of the commercial
interests of Kansas, but will receive
favor with the business men of the
country. His bill asks for the i'm
posing of u license and occupation tax
upon persons engaged in doing busi-
ness outside of his respective state,
"NIr. Scott's measure authorizes
that any state, or municipality there
of, may impose license or occupa-
ton tax on any person engaged in
such state in any business or occupa-
tion which comes within the scope of
interstate commerce, and may enforce
the payment of such tax by appropri,
ate legislation: Provided, however
That in the matter of such taxation no
discrimination shall be made between
persons engaged in similar kind OF
business or occupation but confined
exclusively within the limits of the
state.
"That the word "person" as used in
this Act, shall include persons, part
nerships, corporations, joint stock
companies, receivers, trustees, any
other person or collection of persons,
either natural or artificial, by what
ever name he or they shall be called. "
The Iola register., 1901-12-27
She Sepks n DINnrce

Stella Hart has filed suit for divorce
from her husband James Hart. In
her petition she states that they were
married in lola March %, 1901. That
she has been tender and loving. That
he has been in the habit of drinking
heavily and carousing with bad char
acters and coming home late at night
would abuse and strike her. Under
the circumstances recited this conduct
was particularly shameful and saw
age. She asks for divorce and to be
restored to her maiden name, OF Stella
Howard, They lived at LaHarpe.
The Iola register., 1901-12-27
Suit for railroad Construction,

Morgan Lee has brought against
the bonding company for $,427.32
which he claims is still due on con-
struction work on the Ft. Scott, lola
& Western, 1t seems that he took a
contract from ID. j, Griffith for the
grading of the line from Lanyonville
to lola, the price for which was SS, 740
This much was called for in his con-
tract. The contract between Griffith
and the Middle States Construction
Company called for additional work
The Iola register., 1901-12-27
NEW YORK TRIBUNE FARMER

For sixty years the NEW YORK WEEKLY TRIBUNE has
peen national weekly newspaper read almost entirely hy
larmers enjoyed the confidence
publication,
The Iola register., 1901-12-27
New York Tribune Farmer

is made absolutely their families.
number was issued November 7th. 1901.
Every department of agricultural industry covered
a contributors who leaders in their
TRIBUNE FARMER will be in high class
live enterprsng agricultural profusey
with pictures OF live stock model farm buildings and homes
rlcultural machinery, etc,
Farmers and daughters will special pages
their entertainment.
Regular price per year you buy your
orite home weekly newspaper, THE lola REGISTER
year for SLS0
Send your subscription money REGISTER lola KS
Send your name and address to the NETWORK TRIBUNE
FARMER, New-YOrk City, and sample copy will be
to
The Iola register., 1901-12-27

to the value OF $6S7.32. He did this.
Some payments have been made but
the balance sued for is due and un-
paid he claims. So he has sued
Griffith and the American Bonding
and Trust Company which gave bond
in the sum of $4,000 that all bill
would be paid
The Iola register., 1901-12-27
How To
Gain + IeSh

Persons have been known to
gain a pound a day by taking
an ounce of SCOTS EMUL-
SION. 1t is strange, but it often
happens.
Somehow the ounce produces
the pound; it seems to start the
digestive machinery going prop
erIy, so that The patient is able
to digest and absorb his ordinary
food, which he could not do be-
fore, and that is the way the gain
Is made.
A certain amount Of flesh is
necessary for health; If you have
not got it you can get It by
taking
The Iola register., 1901-12-27
EYES SPEAK

Volumes, at times, of woman's happi-
ness or misery. The dull, sunken eve,
with its dark circles almost surely speaks
OF womanly ill-health, and its attendant
suffering. With the dull eye goes usu-
ally the sallow, sunlien cheek, the drawn
mouth, the shrunken form-the whole
glory of womans beauty marred by the
effects OF disease.
DIR. Pierces Favorite Prescription cures
the diseases which undermine the health
and mar the beauty of women. 1t estab-
fishes regularity, dries weakening drains,
heals Inflammation and liberation, and
cures female weakness.
Sick women are invited to consult Dr.
Pierce by letter free, and so obtain the
advice of a specialist upon their disease.
All correspondence Is strictly private
and sacredly confidential Address DR..
X. V. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y.
uwith pleasure I send few lines TO let YOU
know that l feel much better than for eight
years before taking your medicine" writes Mrs
Pierce Gese, of S22 West Phila Street York Pa
Twill recommend DR.. Pierce s medicine to every
person who may inquire as to what II has done
for me. was troubled with female weakness
and began to think would never be well If /
had continued the treatment prescribed by nv
doctor don't know what would have become Of
me. When your treatment was commenced my
weight was IoS pounds at present II Is I3o
Have healthy color and my friends say look
well, My best thanks to YOU and my best
wishes, too, for what you have done for me"
"Favorite Prescription" makes weak
women strong, sick women we'll. Accept
no substitute for the medicine which
works wonders for weak women.
DIR. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets cleanse
the clogged system from accumulated
impurities.
The Iola register., 1901-12-27

Half the ills that man is heir TO
come from indigestion. Burdock
Blood Bitters stregthens and tones the
stomach;makes indigestion impossible.
New-York tribune., 1901-12-15
ACTIVE OPERATIONS IN UNION STATION
DISTRICT

Many sales in the district in which the union
mtnal station to be used by the Pennsylvania and
Long Island railroads Is 10 be erected were reported
yesterday Some OF them were as follows:
B. Clock has sold TO Benjamin Stern. OF No 800
seventh-ave.. four story brick building. lot
25x10o.
Hurlbert Peck & Son have sold for Mrs E, c.
Carpenter Nos 2d6 and 2OS West Thirty-fourth-st.
two, four story dwelling houses, plot 34x9s9
The Stuyvesant Realty Company has bought from
Samuel Speyer Nos. 31s and 322 West Thirty first
St, three brick dwelling houses. on lots
IS. .9x9S.9 each.
Van vliet & Place have sold for John P. Van
Buskirk to Sadie NJ. Beger No. 327 West Thirty
hrst-st three story dwelling house lot 2oxSS g.
w Hamilton Mcbride and W. J. Roome have
sold for Mrs Bostwick for $35 coo No. 1863 seventh
ave- a four story building, between Thirtieth and
Thrty-frst SITS. opposite the Pennsylvania and
Long Island Railroad terminal station site. The
purchaser was .L Dr. @ LOUIS r "eisnafn- Inc SIZE
classification News. in it's issue published yes
terday said in regard building operations in
twenty-five cities in November:
During the month of November. 1901, the Build.
ing Departments of the twenty,two leading cities OF
ty and in nearly all instances in more marked
degree rRan AS Ras ancipated there was falling of
| from the total of October or TINS year. Ihat is
due solely to natural conditions numerous large
projects held in abeyance until the spring OF
Architects throughout the. country report that
| they have large amount of work on the boards
and that exeTydhng points 10 & season aon OF
SHOWS have been disspated.
News display ge't the following facts Last month
there were 1856 permits taken out as against 46ei
| ings In November. 1901, permits aggregated an
expenditure of $50 4o5 OPS, while those of Novem-
ber. 1900. involved the of S1+39,6l2, increase
in cost of 6G25.413. a general increase of z
per cent REGARDING the hguSes for tG October @ l M
s4,5S5 800 less than the preceding month. and Octo,
ber of year exceeded the corresponding period
of 1901 BY So 299. .236.
New-York tribune., 1901-12-15
PP4NKS OF COLLEGE BOYS.
TWO COLUMBIA HoPEFULs GIVE A CARLOAD
OF WOMEN TWO SURPRISES.

TWO COLUMBIA HoPEFULs GIVE CARLOAD
OF WOMEN TWO SURPRISES.
Columbia University students have lot OF
room TO knock around in. without disturbing
neighbors up on the mostly unimproved region
of Morningside Heights. that their pranhS
and practical jokes attract less attention imam
they used to do when the university was furthe
downtown But passengers who use the Am
sterdam-ave cars to carry them to and from
Washington Heights frequently get a taste OIL
the students hjIaritv as they pass the univer-
sity.
Not long ago young fellow boarded a crowd
ed open car at e-hundred-and-tWentlet
At One-hundred- nd-sixteenth-st. another soI
on. They both sat in the smokers Sed'S' ~
which many women had also taken seats as Is
too much the custom among the falr SEA
Neither man made any sign of recognition u
the other Evidently they were strangers one
drew from his pocket a cigar and began TO
light it.
Don't you dare TO smoke here, sir!' eXciallnsu
the other. assuming most truculent manner
.'I thought smoking allowed in the open
cars of New-York' said the other, politely L
am a stranger in this city. If have misunoer-
stood the rules 1 hope I may be excused.
His gentemanly manner contrasted with the
others rudeness the synpathy of all thoSe
who heard but before any one could explain
that the stranger from out of town was not mis-
taken as to the rules about smoking the hrst
man roaTed out:
Rules or no rules. sir, one who made the
least pretence to being a gentleman would smoke
in the same seat with lady! 1t is plain to me
that you are a cad"
The meek man said not a word. He looked
scared and crestfallen.
Then the first man drew out cigar lighted IT,
and blew cloud Of smoke among the very
women whom he had been defending
Their looks of surprise were all that could De
desired. Some began to litter. instantly the
meek all fire.
"TH pound the life out of you, you loafeF- ne
cried as he attempted to climb over the back Oh
the seat and get at the man who was calmly
smoking The women became alarmed IheS
begged him TO desst. Some held him. he he onls ea
made the more frantic efforts to reach MS loe
All the women got excited. Some even began TO
grow hystericaI and call for the conductor VINO
was in the closed part of the car forward ole
woman pleaded with the angry straneeT'
Don't you see it only joke? Let II go
a Chat, please dor' she said ,,
There is only in the world VINO cou4
play such a joke as that me and i've roareu
the eXasperated victim.
who is that?" demanded the speaker.
That is my old chum at the preparatory
school. George B. Moore, whom nave lIot Ne04
for years!"
4 am George B. Moore
You don't say?"
Sure
Shake! Let's get off and have drink.
Sure Stop the car
Jumping to the street. they clasped one an
other with both arms most afectlonatety' Ineh
raised their hats to the now more than ever as
tonished women and yelled gayly to the con-
ductor
Push by cully"'
New-York tribune., 1901-12-15
F4LL4CIES ABOUT BR4IN WORK.
ON The Saturday Evening Pest

From The Saturday Evening Pest
We hear great deal to-day about excessive brain
work and read in the newspapers of frequent
braldowns from that cause. Every week ofJener
or other business who colapses and has
quit work-perhaps take trip TO Europe and reside
there for months Eear-for that reason. College
students are reported from time TO time damag-
ing or killing themselves by hard study. We doubt
truth OF most of these statements y knowledge
of would show. We believe. that in nine
tenths of these cases the cause OF the breakdown
was excess of brain work, but the lack Of
something eiSe-Such nutritious food, sleep. bod
lily exercise and a cheerful temper. The truth is,
no organ of the body is tougher than the brain.
Hard work alone, pure and simple-apart from
anyietes and fear. from forced voluntary stint
of the body's needed supply or food or sleep
and the minds need of social inte-course-does far
more TO invigorate the brain than to lessen its
strength; does more TO prolons life than to cut or
fray its thread.
Ii is the rarest thing in the world for q 20
think himself to death. unless his thoughts run for
many years in monotonous rut-which is as detri-
tive functons-or unless his thoughts relate to
something very painful. irritating distressing.
II has been justly said that thought is the brain
what exercise is to the physical organism; it keeps
structed SO that the vital fluid along them
distributing OF life and vigor OF action
the latest hour OF existence On the other hand.
the want OF thought starves the circulation and
everything but eating and browsing in the chimney
corner.
If a great lawyer. a leading merchant, manu-
facturer, railway manager or editor subjects his
scanty meals pck-raeups frregularly and in a
hurry-bolting rather than slowly masticating his
food, and sometimes onlitting it altogether, and
brooding over perplexing problems late at night light
absurd, when the inevitable crash comes, than to
escribe II to excessive brain work?