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Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-02-28

So says Mrs. Josie Irwin, Of
325 So. College ST., Nashville,
Tenn, Of Lydia e. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound.
Never in the history Of medicine has
the demand for one particular remedy
for female diseases equallcd that at
tanned by Lydia T.. Pinl1ham'S
Vegetable Compound, and never
during the lifetime Of this wonderful
medicine has the demand for 1t been
SO great as it is to-day.
From the Atlantic to the Pacific,
and throughout the length and breadth
of this great continent come the glad
tidings of woman's sufferings relieved
by it, and thousands upon thousands
Of letters arc pouring in from grateful
women saying that it will and posi-.
lively does cure the worst forms OF
female complaints.
Mrs. Pinkham invites all wO.
men who are puzzled about
their health to write her at Lynn
Mass, for advice. Such cOrres
spondence is seen by women only
and no charge is made.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-02-28
But 1t Don't Mention Bottles.

The legislature will pass the bill by
Williams, of Shawnee, making the
smashing of windows in joints and
drug stores q felony, punishable by
Imprisonment in the state peniten-
tiary.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-02-28
No De Boissiere Rehearing.

The supreme court denied the mo-
ton for rehcaring in the De Bois-
siere case. This confirms in James
A. Troutman and Robert Stone, OF
Topeka, the title to the large estate
in Franklin county intended by the
will of Ernest Valeton De Boissiere
to be an asylum for the orphans of
odd fellows.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-02-28
Ensilage Beats Alfalfa.

The steer-feeding experiment now
being carried on in the college feed
yard at Manhattan is again demon
strating the high feed value of corn
ensilage. The group of two-year-old
steers fed with ensilage is out-gain-
ing those fed with alfalfa.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-02-28
Liability OF Employers.

Waggener's fellow-servant bill,
making employers liable for damages
for the injuries sustained by or the
death of an employee resulting from
the carelessness or negligence of an
other employee, will pass both houses.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-02-28
Was the Fire Ineendiaryf

Fire destroyed Morgan's livery sta
tile at w ichita, together with so
horses that had been bought for ship
ment cast and were not insured. - IT
is believed the fire was incendiary.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-02-28
Angry About n Bridge.

Senator Mcknight introduced a bill
to lop 80 sections of land off the
northern part. of Morris county and
add it to Geary. The people of the
80 sections nearly oil favor the
change. They are mad at Morris
county because the commissioners
will not give them q bridge.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-02-28
winaeld to Pay $4,000 for Well.

Erasmus Haworth, of the Lawrence
university, state geologist, tested the
Winfield gas well and found it to have
o flow Of 519,s71 cubic feet ut normal
and 3,65s,75O cubic feet at full pres
sure. The city has contracted with
the drillers of the well to buy it for
$4,000.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-02-28
To Erect Acid Plant.

The Granbys, whe recently acquired
the Lonyon smelters at Neodesha,
will erect there a sulphuric acid plant
to cost 100000. 1t viii employ 40
or so men.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-02-28
wealthy Kansas Woman Dead.

Mrs. Anna Osborne Park, widow
of the late r. A. Park, banker, is
dead at Atchison. Mrs. Park was one
of the wealthiest women in Kansas.
She was one of the organizers of
the Kansas Social Science club rs
years ago.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-02-28
Ceirer HoIdn M, OMcc.

At the November election Gieger
(fusion) was elected judge of the Sew
enteenth district by 20 majority. His
opponent, Hamilton, brought contest
suit before the state senate, charging
fraud. The senate by resolution cut
out the word fraud and left Gieger
in possession of the Office.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-02-28
Reno County Pioneer.

J. H. Epperson. who located on a
Reno county farm the first year of
Che county's history (1s75), is dead.
lie was q civil war veteran
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-02-28

Both houses of the legislature ap-
proved the bill repeating the law re-
quiring candidates to file statements
of campaign expenses.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-02-28
Good for Amen County.

Through the efforts of Congress
man Charles F. Scott, the post Office
department will soon establish q
rural free delivery service in Allen
county that will embrace every farm
house in the county. Only one other
county in the state-Sumner-has
such delivery.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-02-28
Wants $4,000 for Fruit Exhibit.

William H. Barnes, secretary of the
state horticultural society, is making
o fight for special appropriation of
$4,000 for horticultural exhibit at
the st. Louis worlds fair in 1904.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-02-28
Owned Antietam Field.

Mrs. Susan r. Barr Is dead at Fort
Scott at the age of 80. During the
civil war Mrs. Barr owned and lived
on the farm on which, was fought the
fierce battle of Antietam.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-02-28
Want a Better Poorhouse.

The Usage City commercial club
has petitioned the legislature to au-
thorize the county commissioners OF
Usage county to raise $4,000 for build
ing q new poOrhouse.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-02-28
Salinas 10 Joints.

Salina now has 16 joints, each one
of which puts up" at the rate of
$50 a month. This is one saloon for
each 416 inhabitants.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-02-28
New Rnptist Church.

Some time ago the Baptist church
at lola burned and from its ashes
has risen one of the handsomest edi-
fees in that growing city. 1t will be
dedicated early in April.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-02-28
Farmer Killed by q "AIuley:"

Near Hill City Samuel Stanfill went
to his cattle lot to feed the animals.
One of these was a Shorthorn bull
which had been dehorned. A little
later his lifeless body, jammed into a
mass of bruised flesh and broken
bones by the "muley" head Of the
animal, was found by the family.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-02-28
Fortune to Educate the Poor.

Miss Jennie I. Foote, former
school-teacher of Emporia, who died
recently at Laport, Pa, left the bulk
of her fortune to send deserving poor
to college. Part of her estate was in
Lyon county.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-02-28
Good In Any County.

The legislature passed Hunters bill
making teachers certificates issued
in one county good in any county in
the state.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-02-28
20 Months old, Weighcd COO.

]. Whitright, of Canton, butchered
2O-months-old shoat that weighed
600 pounds after being killed. Twen-
ty-three gallons of lard was one of
the items realized from this, young
porler.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-02-28
Kansas Masonic Grand Lodge.

The Kansas grand lodge, A. F. &
A. NJ, was in session at Wichita.
The secretary's report shows MEM
bership of over $4,000, the highest it
has ever been.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-02-28
Says He Ate a Glass Tumbler.

Henry Burnett, a waiter in res
taurant at Atchison, says he ate
glass tumbler to prove his argument
that he could eat anything with i'm
punity. Burnett is at work and
seems to have suffered no i'll effects.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-02-28
MANY school Cbildren Ar. s,c,lv

Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Chi.
dren, used by Mother Gray, q nurse in Chill.
dren's Home, New York, break up Colds,
cure Feverishness. Constipation and destroy
Worms. All Druggists, o5c Sample FREE.
Address Allen s Olmsted, LIE Roy, New York.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-02-28
Wants $50, 900 for Two Legs.

James Higgins brought suit at En-
poria against the Santa Fe railroad
for $4,000. Higgins had both legs cut
off about year ago at Florence,
while brakeing.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-02-28
SUPERIOR Art.

Pallette-DeAuber is an odd genius.
Brushly-What's he up to now?
"He is painting $500 portrait OF q 30-cent
man."-Chicago Daily News.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-02-28

Do not believe Piso's Cure for Consum]
F. Boyer, Trinity Springs, Ind. Feb. Is, 100
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-02-28
Farm Life Suits Him.

A. L. Rokes, a farmer of Pottawat-
omie county, deserves blue ribbon.
Gov. Bailey offered him the position
of steward of the state reform school
at Topeka and he declined it.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-02-28

Flattery gilds the goose 1t intends to kin,
Rams Horn.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-02-28
Seeking a New Homes

Why not try the great Southwest? Low
colonist rates on the first and third Tues.
days of each month. Ask for particulars
and literature. Address James Barker,
Gent Pass. Agent, NJ. X. & T. Ry., l01
Wainwright Bldg, st. Louis.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-02-28

Forbearance is always more heroic than
fghting.-Ram's Horn.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-02-28

Bill-"Why do they call it Cripple Greek,
do you suppo.e" Jill-"Perhaps because
the water is limpid. "-Yonkers Statesman.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-02-28

Any one can dye with Putnam Fadeles.
Dye, no experience required.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-02-28

Gossip may be idle, but it generally stir,
up, the entire neighborhood.- Jour
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-02-28

Iowa Farms "a Per Acre Cash,
bal. }1crop tillpaid. Mulhall, Sioux City, Ia
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-02-28

A mans bull. medicines is his worst IN
emy.-Chicago Daily News.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-02-28
StOpa the Couch

and works off the cold. Laxative Bropo
Quinine Tablets. Price % cents
Mower County transcript., 1903-10-28
I axatixe bromo Ouinine
Cures a Cold in One Day, Grip m 2 Days
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The service OF the Nickel Plate
Road to New York City and Boston,
is unsurpassed. Three fast express
trains, in each direction, daily. g These
trains are composed OF modern first.
class day coaches, elegant veeti buled
sleeping-cars between Chicago, New
Y ork and Boston and other eastern
points; superior dining.c service,
meals being served on American Club
Plan. ranging IN price from ..35c, to
ST.. 90; also service "a Ia carte. Passen-
gers can travel com fortably and
econ ally via the Nickel Plate.
See that your ticket reads that way.
Chicago City Ticket @ Office. Ill dams
st. Depot, La Sale st. and Van Buren
ST., on the elevated loop. 32
Mower County transcript., 1903-10-28
Order to Examine Accounts
STATE OF MINNESOTA, :. Y. Y.

STATE OF MINNESOTA, Il 53 $75 S.s@S{l
h County Of Mower-ss. # Z. %5E's ss :#:
IS In Probate Court 44.3$#s} sES
Special term, October Is, 1908. sss
y In the matter of the estate of Samuel r,
Stout, deceased. SE Is 44 s45j 5S., .5
On reading and filing the petition Of D. R.
sP. Hibbs, administrator of the estate Of Samuel
r Stout, & deceased, representing. among other
estate, and praying that time and place Be
fixed for examining and allowing the final ac-
count of his administrat tion, and for the
parties entitled thereto by law. 4. ~
It is ordered, that said account be examined
and petition be heard by this court, aon Mon.
day the 18th day Of November, az. D. 1903, at one
o'clock p M !, at the probate office in the city OF
Austin in said county
VI And it is further ordered that notice thereof
begiven to all persons Interested by publishing
this order once in each week, for three success
siye weeks prior te said day of hearing il the
paper, printed and publ lished at the city Of Aus
tin In said county. 5sS
October, A.5D. 1909.
3 BIZ The Court: j. M. GREENMAN, 3
lseall Judge OF Probate. vs.
Publ Oct, q. q. q, Is Nov. q.
Mower County transcript., 1903-10-28

BUT TWO HORSES INSTEAD OF ONE,
PLUNGED UP FROM A SLOUGH
AND SWEPT PAST HIM IN A TEAR
ING RACE TOWARD BEARDSTOWN
skins. The hunting shirt was some
times exchanged for one of linsey, but
buckskin breeches, molding his supple
limbs down to his moccasins, he al
ways wore, making them himself, as
his father had done before him. In
different to weather, he stepped on
through darkness and was within
hands reach of an unsteady object
before he saw it.
AntyWine gave laughing shout to
scare wolf and followed it by an ex-
clamation. He lifted the topping fig
ure in his arms and ran back with it
to the empty cabin.
Peggy had blanket around her, but
she was wet and cold and seemed
partially stunned The puncheons or
split logs which floored the cabin
sagged inward as if a sill had rotted
at the farther side, and the chimney
was a ruin upon it's own hearth. Per-
haps wolves or wild hogs made this
place lair. Antywine had not his
tinder box with him. 1t was impossi-
Die to get light. The fallen door he
dragged aside from it's opening and
made seat for Peggy. ..
Stay here, sweetheart" spoke Anty-
wine, using an English word which
ne did not quite understand, but trans
lated in his own mind as "little one."
lie made the circuit of the walls.
kicking his way in the dark, satisfy
ing himself that no beast housed with
them. Then he sat down on the door
where he could shelter Peggy from
the wind. -. :
Are you hurt, sweetheart?'' ~,
Peggy found her voice with laugh,
Goody! you've come, Antywine! I
was trying to walk without my c;utch
when you picked me up. I had to
hop" -, -" ~ 4 : y -
How you happen where find you p,
u don't know. The horse stumbled
ana fell down, and maybe 1 was
pltched on my head. This blanket was
round me SO tight that 1 fought to get
my mouth and nose and hands oft
II seemed like there we're dozen
horses racing, and l thought they
would all run over me-. But, when .I
got up was beside the road, and could
just hear the mud splashing away off !,
Who is it that steal YOU Q, 80 d
of course, it must have been. that
Pedro Lorimer man, though couldn,t
see e'l MIN, and only heard his voice when,
he spoke to the horse: He threw :
blanket over me and made me ride on
the the horse,s 40 neck, nee and I'm SO little and
lame a ! couldn't help myself. Are 1,,l,,l Won
cold. Antywine q 11S:.''''. .ss1ss1
Mower County transcript., 1903-10-28
SPANISH PEGGY
b nARx HAR1wELL cArHrRwooD
Copyright, 1888. By Herbert 8. Stone / Co.
3 "a STORY or YOUNG ILLINOIS

The most desirable thing in the
Ann Rutledge, to whom hearts were
given on sight. An ungraceful move
ment seemed impossible to Ann. There
was no angle in the lines of her tall,
supple body. Her deep blue eyes some
times turned golden in moments of
happiness. Unconscious that any out
Ader watched her, she lifted them
and smiled at darkness through the
open window. The passes of her
hands as she spun and the sweetness
of life expressed in her face brought
sob up Peggy's throat
'I'll never be like her. whispered
Peggy. I'm peg-legged Spaniard,
little for my age, and ugly. can't
spin. l can't sew. Sally says squaw>
clothes are good enough for me, and
Shickshack has to cut them out, and
we piece them together as well as we
can. He's done it ever since we left
his people and have had no Indian
women to help us. / can't read like
Ann Rutledge does. If I could even
knit could make stockings for Anty-
wine and Shickshack. They are the
only men in New Salem that have to
keep on wearing neips wrapped around
their ankles for stockings
She set her teeth together so the
grating was audible. Something
stirred behind her, like one of the
hounds creeping near, but she paid no
attention to it. A blanket dropped over
her head.
Peggy fought it with both hands.
hearing the crutch that had laid across
was the last sound she heard. Scream
ing in the muff1ing folds, she felt her.
self dragged off the hand-mill' and
carried away.
Mower County transcript., 1903-10-28
For CalifOrnia.Yisitors.

A through Pullman Tourist Sleep.
ing Car is now being run between
Minneapolis and St. Paul and Los
Angeles by the Chicago, Milwaukee
& St. Paul R'y and Sante Fe route
via Kansas City, leaving the Twin
Cities every Tuesday morning and ar
riving at Los Angeles every Saturday
morning. Rate for double berth ac-
comodating two persons only $500.
Tickets, berth reservations and infor-
nation regarding the route may be
had on application to the agent of the
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul R'y.
81 -:
Mower County transcript., 1903-10-28

AntyWine, finally curved away from
wider current; and he made for shore
through drift. He drew the boat out,
and left. it beached above the rising
water. ef @s
There was no sound abroad in al
that void darkness except the Sanga-
mons low note and the intermitten.
cry of frogs. He thought of sloughs
on the Beardstown road and of hun
cry wolves infesting the night. Star
light had become lost in thickening
mist, and as Antywine pushed on he
felt the sting of rain in the face. He
tried to distinguish track which
ought to darken the pallid turf near
this place, and set out in the direc-
ton of Beardstown. 49, .s.--
He heard at his left the suction of
horse feet in mud. It came nearer,
and he braced himself to spring at the
bride, If he had been so fortunate as
thus to intercept Peggy's captor. But
two horses, instead of one, plunged
up from slough, and swept past him
in tearing race toward Beardstown.
"Shickshack and Sieur Abe" thought
Antywine. He shouted after them,
but they did not hear him. There was
so little travel at that season he felt
sure these riders were in pursuit of
Peggy, and comforted, he followed
lightly on, keeping to the spongy dead
grass by the roadside. Il
1o -
bank of the Sangamon still darkened
his way with skeleton trees; He
passed an empty cabin which he had
seen once before when hunting
deer. The rain now began to pelt..
Though he had lived SO long among
English-speaking people at Belleville
that their language had become in a
measure his own, Antywine never
found himself able to part with buck
Mower County transcript., 1903-10-28
Makes AZ Clean Sweep.

There's nothing like doing. a thing
thorough ghly OF all the SalVes you
ever heard sOf, Blu cklen 81 Arnica Salye
Is the best. Itsweeps away and cures
Burns, Sores. Bruises, Cuts, Boils,
Ulcers. Skin Ernp lions and Piles. It's
only CSC, and teed to give salts
action .by K. @ Void Druggist.
Mower County transcript., 1903-10-28
PRINCIPAL CITIES.

N Marshalltown, Oskaloosa, [
Abba, Kansas City and !
St. Louis. .... J
Keiths burg, Monmouth {
Peoria and Kansas City 5
Marshalltown, Oskaloosa,
Monmouth aud Peoria.
Hampton, Ackley, Eldora {
and Marshalltown.
Manly, Kensett, Northwooc
Mower County transcript., 1903-10-28
One Fare Plus $500 Round Trip
Kate via Chicago Great West

y. ern Railway. - i = :.
:. To points in British Columbia.
Canadian Northwest, Washington
oregon, Old Mexico, New. Mexico,
mMlnnesota, North Dakota, Manitoba,
georgia. Florida and North Carolina.
Ampie return limits. Tickets on sale
Oct. 9th and Goth; Nov. 3rd and 18th.
G Gor 1urtner information apply.to any
GMGago Great Western Agent, or to
j.. +. Elmer. G. P. A., Chicago, Ill.
Mower County transcript., 1903-10-28
Iowa Central Railway.

Time OF arrival and departure of trains Of
ONCE at depot, East Eighth street. Corrected
Mower County transcript., 1903-10-28
Austin Steam Laundry.

Austin Steam Laundry.
, ia Patronizes home institutions and
have your laundry work done at .he
Austin Steam Laundry in the highest
style OF the art. No chemicals used.
Laundry delivered free of charge.
Give. us trial. - ( :si: si:s;aft% ! ~ -
tt. Z. M. BURNHAM, Proprietor.
Mower County transcript., 1903-10-28

The Baptist Ladies' Aid Society.
VIII hold their annual sale and supper
during the second week Of oyemher
Mower County transcript., 1903-10-28
:. INVESTMENTS |
. ~ Il s%5zzE&--s ): !, sssff5z - ~ ~
...,...... IN z I. !. .s.s.
SOUTHERN / LANDS. \

, Such Investments are not speculative, The
south Is not new country. Market and shin
climate 1s mild and favorable. Notwitlstand.
ing these and other advantages southern lands
are selling for prices far below their real Inc
Investment Y res For free set of Circulars Nos Is
% ~ inclusive concerning the possibilities of
lands n sh kentucky, West Tennessee .Mississinni
aanl aaiiroad, for homeseekers ard investors. adj.
g 80 j. r. MERRY
y : = uAy 81 . Dubuque, Iowa.
La Junta tribune., 1903-05-20
e,.., Gem. ., Rocky FORD.
The La Junta Maroons. a base

The La Junta Maroons, a base
ball team recently organized in
this city in the youngster class,
played with the factory team in
the sugar beet metropolis last
Sunday. coming out victors by a
score OF IS TO 1. The youngsters
play FIRST class ball, il is said, and
and will probabl, be able to give
pointers to the professional team
to be organized in this city before
the season is over. Mr. Art Lowe
is the manager OF the team, and
says he is making arrangements to
play a game with Las Anir,as in
this city next Sunday.
The names and positions Of the
players, in the order Of the batting
list is as follows: Harris, right
field; Schmidt, pitcher; Lewis.
third base; Clark. catcher; Evans,
left field; Whittinghill, shortstop;
Hurst, center field; King, FIRST
base; Bid~ell. second base.
La Junta tribune., 1903-05-20
Sneis-cook.

Mr.. Sanford Smell and Miss
Myla Cook were married at the
Christian church last Saturday
evening, Rev. X. II. Lampkin
officiating and but three witnesses
being present. the latter being
expected to keep the event deep.
dark secret fer a few. days. but
proved recieant to the trust re-
posed in them. as we found an ac-
count OF the wedding in our "item
box" in the postoffice early Sun
day morning. Both bride and
groom have been teachers in our
public schools during the past
year and have a host OF friends
who wish them an abundance Of
great Joy and happiness. After
the close OF school Mr.. and Mrs.
Smell will 20 east to reside.
La Junta tribune., 1903-05-20
Ue0sa's cssh.

The Womsn's Club gave their
May day fese for the children
on DR.. Finnev's lawn last FRIDAY
afternoon The spacious porch
vas decorated with large Chinese
lanterns and spread with bright
hued rugs and was = fine vantage
point from which to view the
pretty dance Of the children
around the Nay pole.
The children chose as their
queen lrene Jones. who was gssce-
fully crowned With daisies BY little
Fsancis kendaII.
After . pleasant time spent in