The Iola register., 1902-03-21
LOCAL NEWS
E. P. Waueb, De3tist.
Buckeye Churn at Coutant's.

| GENEVA lOf terms.
Lawrence Journal: The next time
Allen county meets in convention and
passes resolutions she ought to furn-
ish a diagram to go with them when
they get away from home.
The Topeka Capital says there no
longer remains any doubt that d. w.
Finney of Neosho Falls will again be
chosenF railroad commissioner. A
little fight was started.on him but it
seems to have failed.
FOR SALE: Bright yellow seed corn
suitable for planting ilon upland at
farmers price. AlsoJiai good heavy
horse for sale or exchange for young
COWS or heifers. w. A. Dawson, Jones
farm miles northwest.
j. G. T.. McGinin, Of San Francisco,
an uncle of VIM. H. Thompson, is
here for short visit on his way
across the country. While he comes
from large and thriving city he speaks
quite enthusiasticall of lola.
Pittsburg Headlight: Ed. 5. Hale,
an ola resident of Pitisburg, who has
for some time been making his home
in lola, has resigned his position with
the smelter companylsthere, and will
move his family to Pennsylvania.
The festive, or rather festival straw
berry is here. The first shipment
reached the local market last week
and comes from, Texas. The berries
are quite cheap too, only thirty-fve
cents box. Still people Smanage to
get along without them.
Quite number Iof thel older resi-
dents of lola went to Humboldt to at
tend the funeral of, w. II. Andrews
Mr.. ANDREWS was. thel organizer of
the Masonic lodge in Humboldt
Among those who went were w. T..
Bartels, Judge Potter, w. d. Fronk
David Daily, j. f. Ireland.
An exchange says thesman who went
out to milk and sat down on boulder
in the middle of the npasture and
waited for the COW to backI up to him.
was the brother to the man that kept
store and did not advertise, because
he reasoned that the purchasing pub
lie would back up to his place when
it wanted something. He is still wait
ing,
Mr.. Louis Phillips Coblentz is the
latest member of the Allen County
bar. He was admittedly the court to
practice in this county, and other
counties of Kansas on his papers from
his old home in NJ aryland, where he
was member of the bar. Mr.. Coblent2
is prepossessing young imam and is
relative of the Coblentz:family who
have lived here many years.
Harry Hiner was barber in lola
for some time and so the following
from last Saturdays lEldorado Re-
publican will be of interest: Harry
Hiner, of Bronson, who ,lused to bar.
Der here and who has been in the
Philippines for the past three years,
went through today, after fewmonths
visit with his parents, on shis way tc
Seattle, Washington, and twill take
the first steamer to the KlondikC
regions.
H. NJ. Casebeer, of sCherryvale, go
interviewed in the Kansas iCity Star
Thursday to the effect Sthat drilling
gas wells had stopped in Southern
Kansas because no water.could be oh
tained for the boilers Of the drilling
engines. Drilling has never stopped
here, a well being under way now fol
the acid works and the derrick goinl
up for one at the Finle,
ranch. Fred Horton has three rigs il
the field on the go all the time.
One of those uneXplainable and dis
tressing coincidents which do happel
occasionally befell young lady o
lola recently. Her fiance was on hi
way to a certain town for a visit ant
she started to the same place. When
she changed cars to get on the trair
going to the town she boarded the SAM
train which bore his corpse home, HI
having :died suddenly on the roaC
= without her knowledge. OF course sh
learned the sad facts whenishe reached
the town.
Lawrence Journal: The entertain
mani IN haUa baan uiUan nt tho oman,
house tomorrow night for the res
room project, has been given up
owing to the fact that General Fred
erick Funston, who was to have beeI
, the principal attraction, cannot come
A message was received from Genera
Funston last night saying that he wa
obliged to go to Washington at once
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