The Laclede blade., 1903-03-21

j. G. Clemans called yesterday and
handed in the price of a years sub
scription.
Mrs. G. G. Bigger and son, Byrnie,
were at Carrollton yesterday in at
tendance at the M. E. conference.
Ed. Chamberlin and Karl Prewitt
left Wednesday night for Mankato,
Kansas, in charge of four head Of
horses. Mr.. Prewitt expects to go
from there to Colorado to spend the
summer.
J. w. Lomax & Co. are showing
some very pretty patterns in cotton,
linen and silk Applique, trimmings,
all-over laces, all-over embroideries,
muslin and swiss, embroideries and
insertions.
The season is close at hand when
you will be figuring on buying carpets
and mattings. This is one of the
main factors of our business aud by
our method of selling at close margins,
it will pay you to figure with us. J..
w. Lomax & Co.
H. H. Mathew, one of the most ex-
tensive farmers in the county, was
here on business Wednesday from his
home south of Brookfeld. Thad
Mathew has moved down from Iowa
and is living on the Clark place one
of Mr.. Mathews farm.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. E. Smith, who
had been here for two weeks assisting
their daughter, Mrs. F. G. Bothel,
and family get located on the Wool
len farm, which Mr.. Smith recently
purchased, left for their home at Bed
ford, Iowa, on Friday of last week.
Before leaving Mrs. Smith called and
paid for The BLADE a year to be
sent to her address.
r. F. Nolan, who bought the
Graves farm north of town and recent
ly moved here from Kirksville, call
ed last Saturday and joined the rapid
ly growing list of BLADE readers, and
ordered the Live Stock Indicator COM
bination. Mr.. Nolan is an enthusias-
tic Woodman and united with La
clede camp last Saturday night by
card, while Mrs. Nolan has deposited
her transfer card with the Royal
Neighbors of Laclede. These splen-
did people will find hearty welcome
among our citizens.
The first grand wallpaper opening
will be held at the Owl Pharmacy to-
day. This is something new in La
clede for dealer to prepare special
display of wallpaper and it shows en-
terprise and progressiveness on the
part of Mr.. Brown, the gentlemanly
proprietor of the Owl. He has made
elaborate arrangements for this wall
paper carnival and has secured a
large line of all the newest things in
wall decoration and no pains will be
spared to make you familiar with just
what to buy this spring. Everyone
who attends the opening will receive
a pretty souvenir.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. G. Smith leave
tonight for St. Louis to buy new
goods. This means that the people OF
Laclede and the surrounding country
are soon to have an opportunity to Sc
lect their spring and summer supplies
from stock large and varied enough
to please the most critical buyer.
Anticipating large spring trade they
will buy quite extensively and use
great care in selecting that every ar
ticle may be strictly up-to-date and OF
good value. Mr.. and Mrs. Smith
carefully study the wants Of their
trade and when in the market make
special effort to get just what will
please them. The firm of Geo. G..
Smith & Co., is becoming household
word, not only in Laclede, but in all
parts of the county-made so by cour-
teous treatment and fair dealing, and
every article made to give satisfaction.
The new goods will be in next week.
If there is one man above another
that is pushing his business to success
it is H. E. Maybee, the insurance or
ganizer and promoter. Mr.. Maybee
has organized two mutual companies
and now has them on safe and
sound footing. The companies head
quarters are in the Standby building
where Mr.. Maybee has pleasant rooms
fitted for his business and it is busy
place tosbe sure, as almost every mail
brings in applications from all parts