The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1901-03-15

looking up several points which she
will wish to know when she assumes
the office.
Flax Seed will be scarce this year
and you had better leave your order
now and not get left. Also Texas
Red Seed Oats. S. A. Wickard &
Co. r.. NJ. Travis.
Health officer Teas Tuesday quar-
antined the Runner home, four miles
north and three miles west of lola. He
found that Mr.. Runner, his son and
daughter and the hired man all had
the smallpox.
TheiFort Scott papers say that John
Gill, proprietor of the Hub joint at
that place, has been sued on note
given in payment for the place to it's
former owner, for some $500. Gill
formerly lived here.
Corn, kafiir corn and oats will be
taken at Claiborne's mill in exchange
for flour, shorts, bran, corn meal
chop corn, oats, buckwheat flour
graham flour, sorghum syrup, cider
vinegar and apple butter.
DR.. Otto Won Muller, late of Heidel-
berg, Germany, general practitioner
and specialist in nervous and chronic
diseases, is now located permanently
in lola, and may be found in his Office
Room l, new Northrup building, from
o to IL and from to- 4.
Flax Seed will be scarce this year
and you had better leave your order
now and not get left Also Texas
Red Seed Oats. 5. A. Wickard q
Co. Il. Nj. Travis.
Edison f. Butler and Nellie K. Jones
were married Wednesday evening at
the home of the brides fathers II. f..
Jones in Cementville, by Rev. John
Maclean. After the ceremony
sumptuous supper was served.
John Kingsley was in town today
and notes that the Topeka papers are
Boosting of sale of seven month old
shoats that weighed nearly 20Opounds.
and swears that he sold five recently
at that age weighed just 2lO pounds
eech.
c. f. Newton is today unloading a
car load of machinery for his steam
laundry Several times since he
started here he has had to enlarge
and now he is adding new processes,
larger engine and other improve
ment to handle his growing business. |
S. d. Wilmington, the Kincaid man
killed by lightning Friday evening,
had just finished milking and started
for the house when the fash came and
death resulted instantaneously. He
was a member of the A. o. U. w.
lodge and carried $4,000 life in
surance.
1t is becoming more apparent every
day that there is a long wait in store
for the people of this town before the
streets get settled back into the condi-
they were before they were torn up for
the water mains. And even then there
will be constant digging to make con
nections with houses.
Sunday dispatches bring the news
that Andrew Carnegie has given
young fortune to four more town
libraries, one of S25, 600 being given
to Lawrence. Lawrence has large |
city library and a huge University
Ii library, so there are ten books to the
individual citizen now to one in lola.
Isn't it funny? Ha, ha!
The rain Saturday and Sunday, a
regular downpour that thoroughly |
soaked the ground, was very welcome
to the farmers as the ground was get
ting dry and cisterns and stock ponds |
were low. 1t town it was not so well
come and served principally to make
the streets bad and to stop work
again on the water bitches.
The registration books show that
llOl people registered beforethe school |
bond election and that but 80 have
since registered. OF these the first
ward had 36, the second IS, the third
IA and the fourth 81. Toe biggest day
was Monday when 20 registered. If
you haven't registered since January
|, 1901, now is the accepted time.
Humboldt Union: j. w. Arnett
who lives southwest of Humboldt. has
received notice that his pension claim
had been allowed, and he will receive
at the rate of $500 month for the
past ten years. We congratulate him.
He has gbargained for the property
known as the Plattner property in the
south of town and expects to take
possession sometime during the month
of May.
The Allen County Investment Com
pany reports a four days business
that is record breaker in this. part
of the world. In the last four DAYS
L. l. IL