The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1901-01-25

"O 1hV II uHlOuS WHERE ne formerly
worked. Tom is a good man any
where in a clothing store and Mr..
Hershkowitz is to be congratulated on
securing his services.
George A. Bowlus returned Mon
day from his visit to Beaumont,
Texas. He says it is great sight
and that people are wild as March
hares, the oil men taking delight in
playing on the credulity of the ma
tives to increase thecraziness. Bowlus
and Beatty went early but they had to
ride in an upper berth in sleeper,
which must have been an impressive
sight.
Parsons News: According to the
REGISTER, lola is in futter of ex-
pectancy because Rockefeller bought
some mining property in the Joplin
district. The REGISTER asks "Will
he come to lola and bring his millions
with him!" How can city expect to
attract wealth while it harbors thief
whose hobby is ''nipping" patent
leather shoes. lola should be careful
as Kleptomania is contagious among
the nabobs.
Curly Alt, Doc Anderson, opera
house managers, right hand man, re-
ports that he has signed up with the
Brooklyn Theatre Company for the
week beginning February II: Rail
road Jack, for February 10; The Girl
from Chilli February %; and the Mad
ison Square Company, for the week
beginning March IL. This last named
company organized and rehearsed in
lola last fall and it will draw a full
house here as it always does, holding
the records for crowds.
The probate Judge will go to Gas
City soon and look after the affairs
of Jim Avery who was recently ad-
judged insane for love. Jim was an
industrious young man, saved his
money and had considerable of il
loaned out and every effort will be
made to collect these loans. 1t is said
that between the time he got on his
spree and the day of his trial for in
sanity he scattered $3.50 on very slim
security and the court will try to get
this in shape and care for it for him.
People who haven't been to Gas
| City since last summer will be sur
prised to see what has happened there
IL tn lNa L.
punched about the south end of the
TOWNSHIP but now it stretches from the
smelters clear across the east road,
some twenty houses and new school
house being north of the main road.
The shelters are at work making their
improvements and not less than TWENTY
five new houses are being built over
the town.
This from the Pittsburg Tribune
refers to the one story stone building
on the north side of the square:
Frank Linski went up to lola this
morning on business. Frank has
business building in lola but about a
year ago he sold it. The purchaser
has at no time since intimated desire
to pay anything for the building, so
Frank thinks that he is getting the
worst of the deal and believes that he
ought to be put in quiet possession of
of his property
Speaking of popular incredulity
Mr.. Crouch, the railroad man, said:
81 have built roads before and know
what to expect. Once before when | |
began at each step l was assured that
the grade, or the ties or the rails |
would never be laid These COM
pleted the cars would never run. 1t |
reminds me of the countryman who
saw his first locomotive and was told |
what it could do. He declared that it |
couldn't move. 1t started and he i'm
mediately declared it could never be |
stopped "
Talking to the city mayor Monday "A
REGISTERS reporter understood that |
distinguished citizen to state that the |
lola city bonds could be refunded and .
that the matter would be looked into !
one OF these days. The two same peo-
pie in conversation on Tuesday the
mayor remarked that while being
most estimable person in other ways
was liable to make mistakes Just like
other people, and that the bonds are
not due until July, 1901, and cannot
be refunded until then. If this state
ment suits there will probably not
need to be any Wednesday report.
The new room of the Northrup dry
goods company is assuming the APP
pearance of an up-to-date store. The
shelving is mostly in place, the
counters are partly set up, the ele.
waited office and cashiers desk is
erected and the cash carrier system