The Iola register., 1901-04-26

the Atchison Globe has this to say;
"Why, the prettiest girl in the world
in 1901 will be old by 1903 These
girls will have to be voted on six
hours before they are wanted in st.
Louis. A girls beauty ranks as
perishable goods"
Mr.. w. A. Curl and Mr.. j. A. |
Davenport, of Ottawa, are in lola for
the purpose of establishing a branch |
of the Curl "Self Reporting and Col |
lecting" system. This system does
for the retail men what Dun's agency
does for the wholesaler and its per-
manent establishment in county cam
not fail to be of much value to every
business man in it.
Miss Matte Gilmore who retires
| from the management of the Pure
Food Company has accepted a posi-
tiou with the Indianapolis, Indiana,
Herald and as soon as her personal
matters can be arranged will leave for
that place. Miss Gilmore has many
friends here who will be sorry TO see
her leave but who wish her the bes. of
success in her new work.
The voting contest at Chanute was
not as lively as the one here there
being only 3O4j votes cast there while
there were over 5000 cast here, of
course lola having the advantage of
more votes to cast The contest there
resulted in tie between Miss Bertha
Bodle and Miss Ethel Southard each
receiving 1908 votes. The Chanute
Tribune which conducted the contest
is going to try to get out of the en-
barrasing situation by getting per-
mission to submit both young ladies.
But if this is not allowed, as it pro-
badly will not be- the choice will be
determined by lot.
1t seems good to lola people to
speak the name Kruger q Kruger as
a firm name. Otto Kruger wrapped
up good meat years ago for bare foot
boys who are today fathers of bare
footiboys. And Julius !Krueger is an
lola boy who has grown up here and
made his "stake" here. Mr.. French
retires from the firm without any de-
finite prospects as to his futurecourse.
He says he will devote the immediate
future to nursing three babies who all
have the whoopingcough. The REGIS
TER hopes that he will engage is busi-
ness in lola and help the rest of the
town eat UP the wares of Kruger Il
Kruger as fast as they make a kill
ing.
One of the strangestlittle occurrences
befell the people in the lola Racket
store this week, that ever happen. A
travelling man by the name of Emer-
son sent card in advance ANNOUNCE
ing that he would call on a certain
Z date. Mr.. Emerson, one .of the pro-
prieters commented on this .and re-
, marked that in long business ex-
, perience he had met but few travelling
. men of that name. He guessed the
E man must be a relative. Miss Wright
said she hoped some of her good look
ing relatives would come along, and
: sure enough the next day a card ar
rived stating that Mr.. Wright would
. be pleased to oall on the firm with a
o line of shoes. This angered Miss
= Pearl Anderson and she said she
j would certainly go on a strike unless
e her relatives appeared, and the after.
a noon mail brought the card of Mr.
/ Anderson. The three travelling men,
g Emerson, Wright land Anderson, all
r called In due time, and all are shoe
T. drummers.
On the telegra ph pages of the REGI
: TER will be found a dispatch from
: X ansas City reporting the arrest of {
e railway mail agent by thename of Nef
+ running between Kansas City and Wei
lington, charged with rifling the Unit
:. ed States mail. A number of lola
o people have lost money which wa
It sent by letter, within the last fey
= months, and the arrest of Neff seems
d to offer a reasonable explanation o
5 the reason why. The incident empha
# sizes two thingsFirst, that it is might,
e hard for United States ofiicia
e to practice dishonesty without gettinl
= caught at it. And second, that /
\. doesn't pay to send cash Sin a letter
Y when drafts and post-ollice orders ant
Il express orders can be had for a mer
- trihe. 1t is really strange that peopl
It will take the risk they do in sending
re cash. Itwould seem as if nearly any
d body would think ten cents good in
vestment as an absolute insuranc
&c against the loss of ten or twenty dol
/, lars.
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