The Laclede blade. (Laclede, Mo.) 1890-1945, 1903-10-31
TOWN AND COUNTRY.
Local Events Of The Past, Present and Future
That Will Interest You.

hASO AACcu UlCuu CFCIy udy.
j. H. Dick transacted business
Kansas City the first of the week.
Remember the pumpkin pie soci'
Halloween night at G. A. R. Hall.
Mrs. Maud Wigle was down frol
Lathrop Tuesday visiting home foil
> Geo. Sharp brought us some yer
3 fine apples this week and will rea
The BLADE for q year.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. F. Pratt visite
Station Agent Wigle and wife at 1t
throp part of this week.
; Big stock of children's wraps, run
ming in ages from 4 to ID years; yer.
cheap. Call and see them at Wilson's
1 have honey in any quantity 70
sale at 10 cents per pound. G. W
Estes, three miles southwest of La
clede.
The P. E. O. Society will give {
pumpkin pie social at the G. A. R
hall Halloween eve; admission II
cents.
Wilson has new line of babys
cloaks, hoods and caps. They are
swell things and you ought to see
them.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Peer have
moved to Milan, where Mr.. Peer has
employment in the O. K. railroad
shops.
Mrs. Carlton and Miss Wilt, who
have been visiting E. A. Olin and
family, returned to their home in
Iowa Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. w. Griffin, of
Chicago, and Mrs. DR.. Standby spent
Monday with B. F. Griffin and family
southeast of town.
Mrs. Mamie Jump and little daugh-
ter, of Redmon, ILL.,, are guests of Mr..
and Mrs. L. B. Standby at their home
southwest of town this week.
W. P. Savage and I. G.. Stewart
were here from Iowa this week. The
latter is prospective land buyer and
was shown the country by W. s. Say
age.
The wagon scales used by the late
grain firm of Savage & Wiles were
this week sold to Ed. Barton and
moved to his farm six miles northwest
of Laclede.
j. G. Maggard, of Trenton, spent
Saturday in Laclede with his brother,
R. H. Maggard. He is a stone-mason
and helped his brother out on the mill
foundation.
E. ]. Piper and wife, of Great
Bend, Kansas, on their way home
from visit in the East, stopped off
here Tuesday and are visiting re]a-
tives and friends, guests of P. z.
White and family.
Misses Nora and Minnie Maggard,
accompanied by Mrs. Marsalles, of
Brook6eld, and their uncle, Ed. Name,
of Rockford, Illinois, spent last Sun
day with their parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
R. H. Maggard, west of town. Mr..
Name is city engineer of Rockford.
An overland dog and pony show
came to town on Friday afternoon of
last week and attempted to give a per-
formance that night, but no crowd
showed up and they left town the
next morning, after selling a couple
If Angora goats to get expense money.
DIR. Stephenson, the new druggist,
arrived yesterday morning with his
amily from New Cambria, and are
moving into Mr., Bryant's residence
IN the east side of town. DIR. Steph-
'nson has bought complete new out
it of store fixtures, and they are ex-
,ected to arrive from st. Louis today.
E. E. Benson, who has been confn-
ID to his bed for the past six weeks
aking treatment for stomach trouble,
8 out again and feels that he has
'een greatly benefited. He is one of
'ur most industrious young business
nen and his friends hope for his COM
'lete recovery. i,
Fl. Eccles has established a tele-
lpone pay station at the Foreman
1ouse for the convenience of the pub {
ic. 1t is ON the order of a slot ma &
hine and has 25, 10 and 5 cent slot. {
Zach coin dropped in rings a different |
oned bell, so that central will know q
LIST what amount has been paid. S
A social will be given at the home a
Mr.. and Mrs. w. N. Harter south e
est of town Saturday evening, to t
hich- all are cordially invited. There {