Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-09-14
The dags are getting shorter.

Art. Riley is home from the Cclora-
do mines on visit.
Harrison Washburn is in Colorado
on sightseeing tour.
Chas. Turner of Agra was caller
at this Office on Thursday morning.
Sim. Robertson, who has been clerk
ing for 81. C. Bickford has resigned.
Ex-County Commissioner Cribs, of
Kirwip, was attending court Thursday.
Chris. Selbe,of Logan, was attending
to business in the county seat Thurs
day.
Harry Mann and wife were at Long
Island this week visiting friends and
relatives.
The recent rains have put the
thrashers somewhat behind with
their thrashing.
If you are lover of good books see
John B. Alden's remarkable offer in
another column.
n. w. Smith of Logan was in the
city Wednesday on business, and made
this Office pleasant call.
BoRN:-To Mr.. and Mrs. Harry
White, Wednesday evening, Septem-
Der IL, boy. All doing well.
Farmers are busy cutting fodder
and drilling in fall wheat. The ground
was never in finer shape than now.
The Misses Norma and Florence
Medium returned home last Tuesday
evening from short visit at Mankato,
Kansas.
Congressman Reeder has decided
not to wait for his irrigation ditch to
go through, and has dug well on his
place at Logan. = Smith County
Journal.
Newton Bracken returned Thurs
day evening from ElReno, Ok, where
he has been filing papers on his land
which he drew few weeks ago in the
lottery.
Frank Freeland, of Greenwood, town
ship is taking treatment of DR.. Mel
son for graduated eyelids. He is i'm
proving very fast under DR.. Nelson's
Skillful treatment.
D. Taylor, of Marvin, was a county
seat visitor on Wednesday. He made
this Office a profitable call while in
town. Mr.. Taylor reports his crop
this season as being quite short.
The Woman's Missionary meeting
at the association on Sunday after
noon at two o'clock September %, will
be addressed by Mrs. NJ. e. Haines, Of
Augusta, Kansas state yice-president
of the Woman'S Home Missionary So
ciety. MRS. J. E. TRACEY.
Joe. Copper of Galesburg, Illinois, a
nephew of the Stapp boys of this city,
and who has been visiting here the
past two weeks, returned home the
first of the week. Mr.. Copper is en-
ployed as motorman on an electric
street railway in Galesburg.
The Mutual Life Insurance Com
pany of New York with upwards Of
1926, 100000 assets is SO years old, and
the largest monied Institution in the
world, issues all the up to date poll
cies furnishing absolute protection
and good investment. Call and see
R. A. Porter, special agt., Phillips
county for information.
Mrs. Laura Rumble came over from
| 7 TNhY7rCIov 17o1 NT,.o
Abbie Pennington put under a peace
bond. 1t seems that a merry-go-
round had been in the city and that
Mr.. Pennington had been riding with
Mrs. Rumble, which caused Mrs. Pen
nigton to threaten violence to Mrs
Rumble.
w. NJ. Chelf, our popular miller, Or
dered a fine design of his mill, eleva-
tor and the trade marks of his various
grades of flour through this Office, to
be used on his stationery. 1t is a
handsome design and shows enter
prsie and push. If any of our bust
ness men would like anything of this
kind we would gladly take their order
Say, Bill, thought you were going
to take your wife and baby out to see
her mother, across the river, last Sun
day." "Nope." said Bill, couldn't
afford to hire a livery-and then I
got into a little game of draw with
the boys" How'd you come out?"
80, not SO bad, said Bill-"Came
out'n the game only $465 loser"
Queer world, isn't it?-Concordia
KanSan.
The Y. W. c. t. U. of Sumner
township, organized July 6, held its
first public meeting Friday evening,
September 6, in the grove near Mr.
Garrett's. 1t being our first attempt
in public, we were very much pleased,
as well as encouraged and strengthen
ed to have so many present. A good
program had been prepared, but on
account of an approaching storm was
not carried out in full. Due thanks
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