Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1903-07-30

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transacting business in Meade last
Monday.
Read the offer to boys and girls
in another column, in regard to sell
ing books.
Albert Potter will buy your
wheat and pay cash. See him
before you sell,
w. w. Simpson, dentist. will be
in Meade Aug. 3, to remain while
business will permit.
For SALE-One ladies' bicycle,
good as new. Will be sold cheap.
Ing uire at this Office.
]. B. Buck and wife left Tues
day evening for Ohio, where they
will visit for several months.
James M. Nation, Assistant Audi
tor of State, was in Meade last Sat-
urday in company with c. C. Dut-
ton and M. G. Lowe, of Erie, Kan
sas.
We are reliably informed that
a certain young lady of our city
was to have been married on the
Fourth of July, but she is yet
patiently waiting for the jay to
show up.
The Meade Lumber & Supply
Co.. has reduced the price of
1um Der lower than ever sold in
Meade before. This ought to be
an inducement for everyone to
come to Meade to purchase 1um-
Der.
Fremont McCauley has new
IS horse power J. 1. Case engine
and separator. Fremont now has
two new Case engines as we'll as his
old one, making three good separa-
tors in the field, all owned by one
man.
S. N. Jared came in from the
Webb ranch Tuesday and reports
the new rancn house progressing
favorably. He says whoever goes
over into that country to thresh will
have his hands full. There IS small
grain everywhere in abundance.
]. H. Watt has purchased the
Babb residence in the west part of
the city. Consideration $1,000.
Mr.. Babb and family will shortly
return to Missouri, where Mr.. Babb
has purchased place and expects
to engage inthe mercantile business.
Profs. Baugher and Vinsonhaler
left last Friday evening for their
respective homes at Kinsley and
Highland, Kansas. These gentle
men are both able Instructors and
the Normal Institute just closed was
a very successful one.
Mr.. ]. H. Watt left last Thursday
evening for Hutchinson, Kansas, to
meet his IS year old daughter, Miss
Mildred Watt who came from Belle
fountain, Ohio, to Meade to remain
with her father. They arrived in
Meade Friday afternoon. Mr..
Watt had not seen his daughter for
about three years and it is needless
to say that he was very much de-
delighted.
We are pleased to announce that
Brother BUS, who has been at the
Stewart Hospital. in Hutchinson for
the past three weeks is greatly i'm
proved and expects to be home soon.
No operation was necessary or even
thought of as the doctors thought
he could be cured without the same.
His many friends will be pleased to
hear this news.
All the members of the Meade
Baptist Church are requested to be
present on Sunday morning as this
will be the time to appoint commit
tees and make arrangements to en-
tertaiu the Southwestern Association
which meets here August 20. This
association comprises 23 counties
and we are expecting from 60 to IS
messengers. So come and help to
make arrangements to entertain
them.
PASTOR.
Monday evening the new thresh-
ing outfit belonging to A. V. Angel
& Son, of Plains, pulled into the
farm of B. S. McMeel. They COM
menced operations Tuesday morn
ing and a goodly number of citizens
went out to look on. 1t is fascinat-
ing to watch the machine do auto
matically the work that a few years
ago was done by hand. No more
standing over the feed table and
cussing the pitcher for trying to
| hurry ne. no more fear of heinn