Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1903-09-03
George B. Cones is taking in tn
reunion this week.

Clark Williams and little nice,
left Monday for Missouri.
Mrs. Judd and Malcolm left Tues
| day evening for the reunion.
The Rosenberg family are attend.
ling the reunion at Dodge this week,
John Russell has begun the
erection of a residence in the wesi
part of the city.
| Capt. Niles and wife were in town
the first of the week holding Saliva.
ton Army meetings.
Frances Backe has been awarded
the rifle for selling the most
"Gllmpses of Meade County"
Miss Mayme Campbell returned
from Kansas City Saturday where
she had been purchasing goods.
Messrs Patten and Smith, of Man
chester, Oklahoma, were in Meade
the first of the week. Mr.. Patten
sold his Artesian land and Mr..
Smith came to look at the country.
Prof. J. c. Foley, of New York
City, has been engaged as principal
of the Meade City schools for the
ensuing term. Prof. Foley comes
highly recommended and we hope
for successful school year.
Mesdames Pressly, Casteen,
Bodle, German, Boehler and Elliott
left Monday evening for Hutchinson
to attend State meeting of the
P. E. o. Society. They will re-
turn the latter part of the week.
Mr.. B. F. Cox has been elected
Vice Pres. and Mr.. Louis Boehler
cashier of The Meade State Bank.
These gentlemen are well known in
Meade county and are held in the
highest esteem by everyone. The
banks affairs will be in safe hands.
Misses Zada Black, Anna John
ston. Ethel Black and Mr.. Ernest
Black spent last Saturday evening at
the home of R. w. Campbell, south
east of Meade. Guitar and mando-
lin music was furnished by the
ladies and very pleasant time was
the result.
w. E. Carr, of Fowler twp, was
in town Saturday smiling over the
25oo bushels of wheat he raised this
year. He is well pleased with
Meade county and says he just re-
fused SI4oo for one of his quarters
of land. He handed US a dollar to
keep the News coming to him.
Misses Genevieve McMeel, Anna
Johnston, Jessie Marshall and
Messrs Art Follick and Leo Nc
Meel spent Sunday at the home of
Co. Commissioner, John Conrad,
of Crooked Creek twp. They all
report very enjoyable visit and
that they were royalty entertained.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Griffith,
who were visiting their daughter,
Mrs. Della Newly and also Mr..
Bunyan and family, of Fowler left
last Friday evening for visit to
England. They go by the way of
Dayton, Ohio, to Meadeville, Pen
nyslvania, to visit another daughter.
From there they leave for New York
where they will sail for Liverpool.
R. W. Griggs and granddaughter,
left Monday for Dodge City to at
tend the reunion. Miss Rosa has the
honor of being the daughter of the
regiment and has taken great pains
to prepare for the OCCASION. She is
the youngest person who ever acted
in this capacity and we predict that
the old veterans and everyone at
tending the reunion will be highly
pleased with her masterful efforts.
Last Sunday Mrs. R. A. Harper
and Mrs. Seth Dorland and baby
were out riding, when in the neigh
borhood of Rev. Stamper's the
team became frightened at a COW
and became unmanagable overturn-
ing the buggy and throwing the
ladies out. Mrs. Dorland and the
baby escaped seaious injury but
Mrs. Harper sustained some very
serious bruises. The team ran a
few miles before being caught.
Messrs J. H. King, of Fowler and
J. H. Peat, of Conway Springs,
Kansas, made this Office a very
pleasant call Monday. Mr.. Peat
is looking for a location and desir-
ed to locate in Meade for the winter
in order. to send his children to
school. He was unable to rent :
house and will probably locate on Z
farm at once. Mr.. King has beer
at Fowler for over year and is very
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