The Laclede blade. (Laclede, Mo.) 1890-1945, 1903-08-15
fora vacation trip to California and

! has come to spend the fall and winte
with her grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs
D. r. Graves.
Miss Belle Welsh and her mother
were here from their homein Charlton
county on business Thursday. While
in the city Miss Welsh called and re
newed for The BLADE.
w. B. McGregor, city editor of the
Gazette, was over from Brookfeld at
tending Woodman committee meet
| ing and hustling news for that excel
liant paper, Wednesday.
Something good coming to town,
fthe jollies ofall. "a Runaway Tramp
fun, singing, dancing, specialties, pa
thos, tears aud happiness at opera
house on Wednesday August 26th.
Mrs. Efie Osgood is spending
week at one of the wholesale millinery
houses acquainting herself with the
fall and winter styles and creations
and selecting big new stock ofgoods.
While in bathing at Rocky Ford
the first of the week DR.. F. w. Burke
stepped on a piece of glass and cut an
ugly cash in the bottom of his left
foot, and had to desert the camp and
come home for repairs,
E. E. Toothaker who has been clerk
ing for Benson Bros, has resigned that
position and will take rest until the
first of next month at which time he
he will begin the winter term of school
at Oak Arbor.
Mr.. and Mrs Clarence Beer have
the sympathy Of their friends over the
loss of their 12 months old boy baby
which died on Friday of last week.
The remains were buried in the La
clede cemetery Saturday.
| Mr.. and Mrs. L. M. Drumm, Of
Bedford, Iowa, are visiting Mrs.
Druum's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. G. j.
Arbuckle southwest Of town. Mr..
Drumm will buy a farm and locate
here if he finds something to suit,
Mr.. and Mrs. Thos. Gardner visited
their daughter, Mrs. Lamme, south of
Brookfeld Tuesday. During the day
! Mr.. Gardner drove over to Marceline
and spent a few hours, that being his
first visit to that part of the county.
May Jones has returned from his
trip!to Arkansas. While there he had
the pleasure of visiting Mr.. and Mrs.
J. R. Wells at Carlisle. He says they
are pleasantly located On fine 100
acre farm, with fine crops and seem to
be we'll satisfied with their new home.
!. Mr.. and Mrs. Ted. Mathew living
south of Brookfeld, are the proud par
ents of a fine girl baby. The young
lady weighed II pounds, was born at
IL o'clock on the 18th day of August.
Grandpa and Grandma Mathew are
no doubt as proud of their little grand
daughter as her parents are,
Miss Josephine Baker, county school
commissioner, announces that the next
examination for teachers certificates
will be held on Friday and Saturday,
August 81 and %, at Laclede. Exam
nations will begin at 500 a. m. and
1:3O p. m. on both days and close at
1880 and 600 respectively.
Mrs. Harris Wright, of Brookfeld,
was called to St. Louis on Thursday
of last week to attend the funeral of
her sister, Mrs. Ellen Armstrong, who
died from typhoid fever after being ill
only four days. The deceased was
daughter of Dennis English, of La
clede, and had visited here number
of times.
tits with regret that our peoplelearn
that Mr.. and Mrs. Shive are to leave
Laclede. Mr.. Shive is now in Gros-
sett, Ark, where he has accepted a
lucrative position. Mrs. Shive has
this week packed their goods and ship
ped them to Arkansas and will follow
them in few days. These excellent
people have the best wishes of their
many friends here.
A pleasant surprise party occurred
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. C. j.
Arhuckle south of town on Tuesday
evening of this week, the occasion
being the goth birthday of their daugh-
ter, Miss Florence. Among those pre-
sent we're Mr.. and Mrs. L. NJ. Drumm,
of Bedford, Iowa, Mrs. Drumm being
a sister of Miss Arbuckle's, the Misses
Harris, of Sumner, and a number of
the neighbors. Owing to the rain that
evening a host of friends of the young
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