Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1903-05-07
Local News.
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Foxy Grandpa next week.
The Bucklin New Era is our latest
exchange.
Decoration Day will be duly OBJ
served in Meade.
Don T. Edwards was in town
Tuesday and Wednesday on bust
ness.
A good shower of rain fell here
last Tuesday night and Wednesday
morning.
The story, "Foxy Grandpa" Is
alright and will appear in this paper
next week.
Telephone poles are going up
rapidly, giving our city truly met
ropolitan air.
Brother Buis has had his store
repaired and repainted and it now
assumes more metropolitan air.
Tom Barragree was in town Tues
day and called to see US, renewing
his subscription for another year.
Foxy Grandpa equals the foxy
merchant when it comes to knowing
where to go for good goods at right
prices.
Foxy Grandpa does the handsome
thing by the newly welded ones on
their arrival at Meade see the News
next week.
We note James Jefferson's ad in
the Liberal News. Jim is a good
workman and we hope he will sue
ceed at Liberal.
Hon. Victor Murdock, Republican
candidatefor Congress. was in Meade
Wednesday shaking hands with the
"dear people.
A week ago Sunday someone left
an umbrella at the depot, during the
meeting of the Salvation Army.
Owner can have same by calling at
the depot.
Spring is evidently here, for in
spite of the cold atmosphere, wecan-
not help but notice how weary it
makes the young man, as he watches
the old man work.
Mr.. Alf Siegel left Tuesday night
for Kansas City, where he will re-
main for the present. We are sorry
to see Alf leave Meade and hope he
will return shortly.
Just received new line. of sum-
mer millinery and new dress trim
mings also a new line of summer
dress goods, Mercerized Crepe and
fancy ginghams, at Wehrle's,
Mrs. R. K. Perry returned from
Kansas City last week where she has
been for the past two weeks securing
some residents property, where she
expects to move her family in the
fall.
A letter from Miss Maud Wemple
says: "Change my paper to Liberal,
Kansas, where we have moved.
Have sold our ranch to a man from
Barber County, and ofcourse l could
not think of doing without your pap
er."
Mr.. and Mrs. Backe and son Fran
ces returned from Liberal Saturday,
and will now remain permanently in
Meade. where Mr.. Backe will open
the Photo gallery Immediately. Mrs.
Backe has just recovered from long
illness and her many friends are
pleased to know of her recovery.
Word was received here last week
of the death of Cyrus Dalgarn, at
Kansas City. Mr.. Dalgarn is a son
of Mrs. M. L. Dalgarn of this city
and a brother of Miss Etna, ewho
was at Kansas City during hisillness.
Mr.. Dalgarn was here last summer
on visit and will be remembered
by our people. The family have the
sympathy of their many friends.
The Meade Lumber & Supply Co.
have been sold to The H. ST. Mar
tin Lumber Co. of Bucklin, Kansas.
Mr.. St. Martin was in the city Mon
day making the deal and we found
him very pleasant gentleman. He
has yards at Ford, Bucklin, Greens
burg and now owns the yard a
| Meade. We are pleased to have
Mr.. ST. Martin engage in business il
| Meade, but we regret to lose Mr.
Weston, who has been manager o
this company for more than year
Tom Johnston and Bob Colgal
brought back registered Red Dur
ham Bull and registered heifer o
the same breed for Louis Boehler
from the Rockefeller ranch in Kiow;
and Comanche counties. This /
the first heifer of this breed whicl