Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1903-11-26
Local News.

Okla, we've in Meade few day
this week.
A letter from Ben Low, Garde1
City. Kansas, sends subscription tc
the News.
Tom Riley, wife and baby were
in Meade Sunday and Monday trans.
acting business.
Ben Buck and wife returned from
Ehglewood Friday where they had
been for several days on business.
John F. Parks has purchased some
lots in the southeast part of the city
and will shortly begin the erection
of residence.
H. L. Woodruff, of Sand Greek
twp. was in Meade Monday. Mr..
Woodruff was looking for a light
driving team.
Miss Faye Follick returned from
eastern Kansas last Thursday where
she has been visiting for the past
three months.
Levi Casey was down from Fow-
ler disinfecting the Meade stock
yards. Casey is a daisy and every
body likes him.
There will be a mask ball at the
City Hall Thursday evening, Nov.
26. Good music and everybody
invited to attend.
Chas. Otto, of Fowler, was in
Meade a couple of days the first of
the week. Chas. certainly has
some attraction in Meade.
Mr.. Will Osgood, of Bucklin was
in Meade Sunday visiting his
parents. Mrs. Osgood accompan-
led him home Sunday evening.
Alex Tripod and Henry Taggart
are putting down we'll at the home
of w. w. Pressly in the west part of
the city. They are running Tom
Hotz's machine.
E. A. Twist shipped some cattle
to Kansas City last week. From
there they expect to go back to Il
iinois to his old home where he ex-
poets to visit for several weeks.
We have received the Dodge City
Daily News. published at Dodge
by F. A. Etrick. 1t is a newsy
sheet and Mr.. Etrick deserves much
credit for his effort to give Dodge a
daily.
Mr.. Eaton shipped nearly a 1000
pounds of dressed turkies Monday
night. This is about the largest
consignment of the kind ever ship
ped from Meade.
John Taggart has sold his res
taurant to Geo. Gray, and his broth
er, MIR. Gray is from Dodge and
has claim out west of the city.
Mr.. Taggart expects TO go to Salt
Lake City.
Will Shelley left Sunday evening
for Boston, Mass, where he will
embark on Nov, 28 on board the
Steamship Saxonia for Liverpool,
England. He will be absent about
90 days.
Mr.. John Mars, brother of Clyde
Mars, our popular tonsorial artist,
from Marion, Ind, arrived il
Meade last week to visit. If he
likes the country he may conclude
to remain permanently.
B. F. Leach threshed about 6oe
bushels of alfalfa seed which he sole
at 81. SO per bushel. The agent fo
F. Barteldes & Co. who purchased
the seed said he believed Mr.. Leacl
raised the largest crop of any on
man.
Ben Cox returned from Barry
Mo-, last Friday, after an absenc,
from Meade of several months
Uncle Ben says he will remain il
Meade for while. His man,
friends hope he will stay here per
manently.
A letter from Uncle Dave Truax
Fort Dodge, encloses subscription
to this paper. Mr.. Truax says h
is quite well for a man II years G
age. He says he works and tina
they are well clothed and fed. H
sends his regards to all his Mead
County friends and says he wi
come down and see them all som
of these days.
Jacob Kolb, of Cimarron twp.
was in town Saturday transactin
business. Jake informed us that h
was getting along fine down in Gin
arron, that Jim Stamper had ju:
secured another fine well for hin
His herd of of cattle is increasing t
such an extent that he had to hav