The Iola register., 1902-03-28
ALL AROUND ALLENCOUNTY
Some Items of Interest Picked up
From the Weeklies of the County

Elder Geo. L. Willis, formerly of
Cherryvale, has taken charge of the
Christian church at Humboldt and
preached his first sermon Sunday.
Humboldt Union: Mrs. Michael
Heifern died Saturday morning at her
home on Owl creek of congestion of the
lungs. She was nearly 70 years of
age and had been more or less of an
invalid for some time. Rev. N. Fow-
Ter, of the Catholic church at Piqua,
conducted funeral services Monday
and interment was made in the owl
Creek cemetery.
Elsmore Enterprise: l.. 7. Barron
completed the business course at the
lola Business College last week and
received his diploma. He was the
first student in his class to finish the
work
Elsmore Enterprise: Peter Munson,
a Swede living southwest of Stark,
was found dead in his bed Tuesday
morning. Mr.. Munson was a bache-
lor and was last seen alive Sunday
evening. The coroner and jury pro-
nounced the cause of his death as
heart failure.
The Elsmore Enterprise says that
blue grass is in better shape this
spring than it has ever been despite
the severe dry weather of last season.
The Savonburg Record thinks that
if the Electric Line is built between
lola and Humboldt the cheap rents at
Humboldt will induce many of the lola
factory men to move to Humboldt and
go back and forth.
The Savonburg Records Kimball
correspondent reports that a Kansas
City firm Is buying walnut timber in
that place and expects to ship ten car
loads soon.
LaHarpe's city treasury shows a
balance on hand at the close of the
quarter of s5S8.5S as compared with
S23S.85 three months ago.
La Harpe News: DR.. d. Z. Brown,
of Wise moved his family to LaHarpe
Monday and will make this their flu
ture home. DR.. Brown has fitted up
office rooms over w. j. Waters &
Co.'S drugstore.
La Harpe News; The forresters of the
NJ. w. A. lodge of this place went to
Bayard Saturday night and inflated
five members to the mysteries of wood
craft.
LaHarpe News: Rev. and Mrs.
Manley left Tuesday morning for
Paola to attend the annual conference
of the NJ. T.. church. Rev. Manley
will retire from the Ministry for the
present and attend college. Mr. and
Mrs. Manley have lived in LaHarpe
three years and have many warm
friends here who wish them we'll in the
future.
Savonburg Record: j. Marlatt took
car of cattle and hogs to the city
Tuesday. Mr.. Marlatt is stockman
of extraordinary ability. When the
dry weather swooped down last fall
and cut short the feed, he had on hand
big herds of cattle. He solved the
problem of feed by shipping in corn,
and although it came high he is a
scientific feeder and has fattened the
stock at "a good profit. Ne are glad
to note his success.
Gas City Gaslight; The young fell
lows of Gas City have decided they
will not take unto themselves a wife
until they are assured that they will
not be hen n-pecked, A case of chen
peckedness" exists in Gas City that
has scared all the young men.
Gas City Gaslight; The Gaslight
tried the experiment this week of how
it would look in a 5column folio shape
If present conditions and prospects
exist it will be made into a daily be-
fore another month is completed. If
such happens the daily will bepublish-
ed six times a week in folio form.
The Gaslight says that J. L. Bed
well positively refuses to be considered
a candidate for mayor of Gas.
Gas City Gaslight: Miss Rosa
Weith has accepted.a a position as tele-
phone girl at the exchange Office in
lola.
How This?