Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-08-02
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EIStty warm 61e past Heek7bnank
you.
Everybody viii enjoy the reunion
this yea.
Threshers have been making good
time this week.
Judge C. ". Smith and wife, of
Stockton, are in the city today.
Though a compromise costs less than
e law suit. it is always worth more.
il. Mccormick has moved into one
of Frank Stinson's houses near the
depot until his house can be repaired.
There is nothing in common between
capital and maturity. a billion dol
lar steel plant is still an ''infant in
dustry."
Prof. Frank II. Baker came down
from Long Island yesterday to look
after his interests at the republican
caucus today.
II. n. Schell who killed II. II. Fra
ger at Goodland last March was this
week found guilty OF manslaughter in
the fourth degree.
VIM. Beckman of Mound threS he'd
his wheat last week. He had one
piece of so acres which yielded SO
bushels to the acre.
Clyde Bickford has improved his
store building by putting in wide
shelving. He is preparing for a better
display of his stock of goods.
1t is reported that the wages of the
Rock Island section hands are to be
cut down from sI.25 to S1.10 per day.
Another stroke of prosperity.
n. B. Mccormick is down to Ceday-
vile today where he makes the prin-
cipal speech at their jubilee festival.
Mack is always in demand as public
orator. q
Newton Bracken came up Saturday
night for a few weeks visit with the
home folks before entering the cam
paign for county clerk down in his
county in Oklahoma.
Norton will have a base ball tourna-
ment next Monday, Tuesday and
Wednesday, in which teams from
Oberlin, Norcatur and
Norton will participate.
The infant daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. R. A. Shellito, who live three
miles south east of town, is reported
as being dangerously i'll. DR.. LaRue
is attending the little one.
Miss Agnes Payne of Omaha and
Mr.. Earnest Blanchard of Phillips
burg, spent Sunday with the family
of Mr.. Byron Payne who is brother
of the former.-Kirwin KanSan
A very destructive earthquake oc-
Cured in southern California Thurs
day. Several towns felt the shock
and in many of them all the stone
and brick buildings were destroyed.
Among the reunion speakers will
doubtless be Curtis, Botkin, DoSter,
Geiger, Hamilton, Jones and Burrows.
The committee are expecting one or
two others but have not heard def
nitely yet.
Mrs. Della Bair and children who
have been here some weeks visiting
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. n. |
Polling, left for Denver last Monday |
evening for visit with sister who |
lives in that city.
It must get tiresOme to the farmers
to hear themselves talked to and talk
ed of by the republican papers as if
they were different from other mortals. |
If other people were dosed with as
much and as many kinds of advice as |
the farmers are they'd kick.
The celebration at Speed August Is |
promises to be enc of the largest and |
best they have ever had. Prof. Yer
non president of the colored school at |
Kansas will be the princi-
pal orator. Earl Douglass of this city
will also be among the speakers.
NOW wouldn't that p1 your form
Royce calls Bill Nelson the little Jew
Boss of Smith county! Nelson may
be the boss all right but you can't I'M
Dad the other two titles on him.
Little" and slew" belong exclusively
TO the Phillips county republican boss.
Prof. J. R. Green of Kirwin and j.
f. Maxey of Topeka of the Kansas
Mutual Life Insurance Company were
in the city yesterday and made this
office brief call. Prof. Green has
deserted the school room and will
work for the Insurance Company for
the next year.
Nipps s. Son, blacksmiths are about
5he busiest men in town these days Of
threshing and blowing.
They know how to do the work all 0.
(. and can do more of it than anybody,
or they have all the latest improved
and when they do a job of
work it stays done all right.
In response to an invitation extend
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