The Iola register., 1902-05-09
HERE AND THERE

DR.. w. d. Chastain and wife re-
turned from Wellington where they
have been for two weeks visiting.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. Y. Wright and
daughter returned to their home in
Winfield after visit with Bobt.
Wright at Gas.
II. N. Stafford, a cousin of H. NJ
Stafford who has been mere few
days visiting them went to his home
in Lexington, Ky.
The general rains have started the
river to rising and it is expected that
the lazy old stream may get tback to its
old-tme size this week.
Mr.. Edwards of TT. Scott has been
transferred here to work in the ware
room at the Mo. Pac. and Arthur
Kindblade will go to Yates Center.
The lola Creamery is spreading out
over more territory and carries ads.
for cream in the Yates Center papers.
And the people out there will find the
lola institution one to rely on.
One of the brick plahts being built
at LaHarpe quarries its shale from
deep in the ground and the hole is
now down in the neighborhood of 100
feet and still the shale holds out.
Talk about an abbreviated spring.
lola got no spring this year, but
jumped from winter to summer. Peo-
pie have removed coats and vests and
swelter around as if it might be July.
Mistress 1sadore Miller, who for
the ipast year has been visiting her
married sister in Michigan, returned
home Saturday. She is the youngest
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. u. Miller.
f. G. Werner, adiustor for the Pala-
tine and Home Insurance companies,
was here today adjusting the losses OF
r. b. Shannon which were incurred
from the fire in the Hobart-Robinson
building in January.
a. H. Lipp, who has been night
operator at the Mo. Pac, has been
transferred to LaHarpe and +. A.
Sands comes here from Yates Center
to take his place. The operator at La
Harpe has been transferred to Jop-
lin.
The REGISTER acknowledges the
receipt of an invitation to attend a
reception rendered the visiting bank
ers at Music Hall in Chanute Tuesday
evening May 8. The Bankers AS
sociation holds a meeting there this
week.
The funeral of George Newman. the
well-known colored man, was held
Sunday and the Colored odd Fell
lows lodge of lola, with numerous
members from Humboldt and Chanute,
turned out. 1t was one of the largest
funerals the colored people ever held
here.
The sale of cigarette papers has
been ordered stopped again in town
a strict ordinance, fixing large
license, was passed last year, but after
awhile the dealers began forgetting il
and book papers were again sold
, The orders went out today, forbid
} ing it.
D Thursday night, May Day dom
3 you know, was utilized by many o
| the younger folks who are too shy tC
p say out loud how much they low,
some of their playmates, to express
S their feelings in the form of baskets O
, flowers. Quite number were huns
Y out in town.
FIT. Scott Monitor: Bennie Owen,
who coached the High school football
e team here last year, was appointed
t as one of the umpires of the Missouri
. Valley league. is to be the coach Of
K the Lindsborg football team this
+ year. Lindsborg expects to have ;
d good team.
= Mr.. and Mrs. G.. w. shannon, par
u ents of II. b. Shannon arrived Frida,
u evening from Anacortes, Wash, foI
! a visit Mr.. Shannon has not seer
5 them for seven years and did not know
they were coming but the surprise il
II a mighty pleasant one.
. Mrs. w. M. Knapp, city librarian
: has received notice from authoritie
y at Washington that l43 books hav
been shipped to the lola Library a
the request of Congressman Bower
a sock The books consist of report
e of various kinds, memorial addresse
|, and statistics which may prove yer
2. valuable.
A few days ago the boys in til
" cement plant Office went down in thei
=. pockets and raised $500 which will |
. used to complete and equip with mC