The Laclede blade., 1903-08-22
Geo. G. Smith, wife and little daugh-

NILS. -. L. EuWard6.
Prof. Jerome H. Bentley, of st. 10
seph, is the guest of B. E. Bigger il
Laclede. Prof Bently has been elect
ed principal of the the Brookfeld higl
school for the coming term.
Attend the Woodmen log rolling
and picnic next Wednesday and re
main that night and attend the show
"A Runaway Tramp"-the funniest
thing ever presented in Laclede.
| w. L. Hodson and wife drove ur
from Sumner Wednesday night to be
with Mr.. Hodson's aged father who
suffered another paralytic stroke that
evening and was in a dangerous con.
dition.
Hezikiah Jackson, of Laclede, and
Miss May McNally, of Chillicothe,
were married at the recorders office in
Chillicothe on Thursday IF last week.
They came to Laclede the next day
and are now keeping house in the west
part Of town.
The annual agricultural fair of JEFF
ferson township will be held at La
clede on Thursday, October 1st, After
thorough canvas of the matter the
the officers chose Oct. 1 as the most
available date and began at once to
raise funds for the big one day fair.
J. A. Burke and wife, of Ottawa,
Kans., visited their cousin, DIR. j. L.
Burke and family in Laclede We'd
nesday. j. A. Burke is brother of
Lewis Burke the noted stock artist of
Bloomington, ILL.,, who is known not
only in all parts of America but
throughout Great Britain by his
famous stock drawings.
S. F. Thompson, a local real estate
agent, has brough hit suit against Lon
Belshe, of Chillicothe, for $50. Thomp-
son alleges that there is that much
due him for furnishing buyer for
Belshe's so acre farm near Meadvllle
which was recently sold to Jno. Pound.
The trial is set for August 81, in Squire
Clough's court. G. G. Bigger is at.
torney for the plaintiff:
A number of young people from
town spent a pleasant evening and we're
delightfully."- entertained at the pretty
home of Mr.. and Mrs. w. O. Ander-
son southwest of town last Wednesday.
In the party were Misses Nellie Nc
Grew, Daisy Rankin, Eunice Thomp-
son, Emma Fifeld, Anna Lomax,
Mary McGrew, Hettie Mouser and
Bessie Brown, and Messrs. Ed. O. Bar
ton, Fred Weaver, Jno. T. Lomax,
w. E. Burke, G. B. Welsh and A. j. |
Baum.
The firm of Hilton & Carmichael
are still branching out, not only in the
way of territory from which this pop
ular firm draws trade, but in adding
new lines, having this week bought
the grocery stock of Frost & Co. An
opening is being made to connect the
grocery room with the furniture and
harware rooms which makes it one of
the largest business houses in the
county. Mr.. Frost is a pleasant
gentleman and a good business man
and Laclede regrets that he and his
estimable family are to return to
their old home in Ohio.
Mrs. E. M. Lockridge chaperoned
q party of Laclede young people in a
delightful outing at Rocky Ford last
week. Besides the chaperon and her
little daughter Francis there was in
the party Misses Grace Wilson, Bessie
Brown, Eva Jones, Blanche Bosworth,
Emma Fifeld, Eunice Thompson,
Anna Lomax, Georgia Smith, Lena
Barton, Mae Maggard, Daisy Rankin,
Nellie and Mary McGrew, and Neva
and Messrs. Ed. O. Barton,
E. B. Allen, w. E. Burke, C. B.
Welsh, R. T. Couch. The culinary
was in charge of Clarence
Hall and wife, colored, and Burnie
Lyntz. colored, was teamster.
William T, Hodson, who has been
n very poor health for the past two
years, although able to go about most
If the time, died at his home early Fri
lay morning. He was 76 years of fage.
Deceased was born in England; came
% America with his parents at the
age>of eight years and settled in New
FORK; came to Laclede in 1859,
only short time returning
% his old home in New York
coming again to Laclede in 1870, since
which time he has resided here. He