The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1901-09-20

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Rev and Mrs. John Maclean went
to Chanute this afternoon where they
will attend the Board of Church EX-
tension meeting. Afterwards they
will go to Eldorado Springs, Mo-, to
rest and enjoy the well-earned vaca-
ton which Rev. Maclean's congrega.
ton recently voted him.
c. f. Jones is opening up a new
stock of groceries in the Northrup |
building at the corner of West and /
Walnut streets. The firm which is
putting In the stock is an eastern firm |
and expects to enlarge as soon as |
other quarters can be secured. Mr.. |
Jones will manage the business.
The landing of a tbirty-pound catfish at
lola seems TO Indicate e'strepuously. the duty |
of CONGRESSMAN scott TO make an effort to Sc;
OF the improvement OF the Neosho river.-k.
G. star.
What would be the use Of trying to
improve river where you can catch
30 pound cat fish?
at used to be very common thing"
says the Wamego Agriculturist, ''for
q merchant to use a potato for stop
per in oil cans. but you don't'se any
thing of that kind these days. Small
oranges may be used for this purpose
this fall and winter, but potatoes will
be reserved for the rich"
Capt. L. A. Thrasher arrived Fri
day from Detroit, Mich, and will
be here some time. lie was in such
poor health he could not cross the
continent to attend the funeral of his
son and is not at all well yet. Mrs.
| IL. a,,I Mice Go tui11 ha hora
tomorrow, but 1t is a heart-rending
return of the family to their old home.
Carpenters began work this week
changing and improving the front of
c. II. DeClute's store. The door will
be moved from the center of the front
to the corner of the building. This
will permit of more extensive decora-
tons and displays In thefront window
and still permit easy ingress from the
street.
The other day Fred McElvane climb
ed the flag pole on top of FIT. Scott
building to put the flag in place again.
The feat is considered very danger
Gus one and was never before accom-
plished save by Harry Sofge, an lola
boy. who received So for doing the
trick. And that is like Harry, of
course.
George Cadian, Il young man from
Lawrence who has grown up into a
good understanding of the business,
has located here and will look after
the interests of the Metropolitan Life
Insurance Company in lola. Gas City,
LaHarpe and Humboldt. He has Sc
cured an Office in the New York Store
building.
Every body hopes that business will
get duh in town some day in the tin
line so Will Root can find time To put
front on his own building. Since
finishing it he has been so busy fixing
up other peoples buildings he has no,
found time to finish his own which will
be handsome structure when it is
finished in front.
II. NJ. Miller is home from st. Louis
whittier he went accompanying mis-
wife east. He suffered an attack o.
heart failure while descending long
fight of Office steps in that city anC
, fell to the bottom. The result is thai
he has q very sore arm and rib. He
: has experienced similar attacks be-
fore but usually selected more con
venieut place to have them.
Mrs. NJ. L. Brewster and daughter
Miss Grace. arrived home Friday from
the east. Miss Brewster is home from
year spent abroad where she divided
? her time between Paris and Berlin
studying the native lingo in its lair
Mrs. Brewster has been east for sew
eral months visiting relatives in New
York state, attending the Buffalo eX
position and meeting her daughter in
New York City.
The Topeka Mail. and Breeze takes
its life in its hands and announces
that Thelma Belle Hale. daughter o.
: Mr.. and Mrs. G. A. Hale, of Yates
Center, is the prettiest baby In Kan
sas. The decision was reached in q
: contest for which over 5000 photo
graphs of babies were submitted. The
Mail and Breeze wisely suppresse'
> the names of the judges,
, Mr.. w. F. Newton, of Kansas City
+ has located in lola having associated
3 himself with G. H. Newton in the
: grocery business on North Jefferson
, avenue. Mr.. Newton has been Secre'
} tary and Manager of the Southwest.
ern Trade Extension Bureau at Kan.
sas City. The present stock of the
firm will be enlarged and every effort
made to build up a big business.
The Dyball case which was to have
been heard bya jury in Judge Potter's
,, court yesterday afternoon has been
postponed. This is the case where
Mrs. Dyball came out here from
Illinois and found her husband and
her sister living together and claims
she has been wronged. Some of the
important witnesses failed to appear
yesterday and as soon as they are
corralled the case will be heard.
The death at an assassin's hand Of
President Mckinley has naturally re-
called to the minds of the older folh
the trying days when President Lin
coin and later President Garfield were
laid low in like manner. Justice O
the Peace S G. Potter has kindly
shown the REGISTER copies of two
papers for which he was subscriber
at the time dated Thursday, April 20
/ 1860 which give accounts of the as