The Laclede blade. (Laclede, Mo.) 1890-1945, 1903-09-12

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26. There are yet many rare bal
gains to be had and they should b
taken advantage of at once.
Regular meeting Of Laclede cam
Of Royal Neighbors Saturday after
noon, September 10. All member
are urged to be in attendance as ther
is important business to be dispose,
of.
Rev. M. H. Bradley, of Macon, viii
preach at the Presbyterian churcl
Saturday evening, Sunday morning
and evening at the usl al hours. AL
are cordially invited to attend thes'
services.
| F. w. Kille, foreman ofthe Brown
ing Leader Record, was in town las
Saturday. Mr.. Kille has resigned
his position with the Leader-RecorC
and will shortly leave for New Mexi
co for the benefit of his wife's health
j. w. Tooker, who bought the J. j
Clough place, moved down from Iowa
this week and will take possession Of
his property about the Goth. Mr.. and
Mrs. Tooker are parents of Mrs. E. P.
Pennoyer west of town, and Mr.. o. G.
Tooker east of town.
A spreading viper, one of the most
poisonous of snakes, was killed by
Clarsnce Smith in front of j. j.
Clough's residence last Sunday after
noon. 1t was two feet long and was
coiled on the sidewalk as if waiting
for victim when discovered.
Sherman Watson has sold the
Brock house which he bought of Mr..
Coleman to j. d. Bryant. Mr.. Bry-
ant has bought fifty feet off the west
side of Mrs. siders' place and will
move the house onto it, and after be-
ing remodeled it will be for rent,
H. Simmons and wife and r. H.
Holt and wife drove through from
Iowa and visited Mr.. and Mrs. L. E.
Humphrey at their home northeast of
town lest week. Mr.. Holt expects to
buy farm and locate here.
Lieutenant U. S. Macy, ofthe Uni
ted States navy, is here on visit to
his parents, Mr.. aud Mrs. q. G. Macy.
For the past two years Lieut.. Macy
has been on training vessel on the
Pacific coast assisting in breaking in
the raw recruits. He will visit here
about a month.
Chas. Frost and family left Tues
day noon for St. Louis. From there
Mrs. Frost ana the children will go
to Ohio for a months visit with rela-
tives, while Mr.. Frost will 60 to Kan
sas City, where he expects to close
deal with Swift & Co. to represent
them OH the road.
Premium lists of the Laclede fair
to be held Thursday, October 1, are
out. The association offers the usual
number of premiums, and the list of
specials is larger and better than ever
before. All kinds of farm products
are maturing later this year than usu-
al, and better display can be had on
Oct tober than Oh an earlier date.
The Lsolede fair always draws big
crowd and a fine exhibit, and this
year will be no exception.
The Brookfield fair held last week
was the largest attended and most sue
cessfll fair ever held iu the county.
The attendance was good each day,
but on Thursday the crowd was per-
haps the largest ever assembled in this
part of the state. The races, stock and
farm product exhibits and in fact all
the attractions were good and credit
to the management. The Merchants
Association Is 10 be congratulated on
the success of the fair.
Miles Coleman has bought the
Brook property and will permanently
locate in Laclede. He has sold the
house to Sherman Watson, who will
remove it to another part of town, and
on the old site Mr.. Coleman will erect
q handsome new residence that will
be thoroughly modern. This will be
a big improvement in that. part of
town and our people are glad to have
Mr.. and Mrs. Coleman become prop
erty owners in our city:
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. G. Smith are
spending this week among the whole
sale houses of St. Louis, buying fall
and winter goods. They will buy an
extensive line which will be in within