The Laclede blade. (Laclede, Mo.) 1890-1945, 1903-02-07
sion of his farm three miles south Of


> VIM. Meeker and family on thei
way from Illinois to Kansas, stoppet
off here Wednesday and visited MI
Meeker's brother, F. P. and family.
Ed. Gibson, who bought the VIM
Glenn farm, came in yesterday morn
ing with a car of goods and is moving
out to the farm. He came from
Monmouth, Illinois.
Baby sleeps and grows while mann
ma rests if Rocky Mountain Tea il
given. It's the greatest baby medi
cine ever offered loving mothers. 81
cents. w. R. Barton,
Pimples, faded complexion, chap
ped skin, red, rough hands, eczema
letter, bad blood, cured in a short
time, with Rocky Mountain Tea, the
great complexion restorer. W. R.
Barton.
The M. E. church at Moberly burn
ed Wednesday night. Origin of the
fire is not known. It was valued at
$1,000. Insurance, $1,000. Rev. j.
F. Lusk, the pastor, sustained consid-
erable loss on furniture, as he had no
insurance.
VIC. Young was here from Iowa
this week and closed up his deal for
the w. G. Ring farm. Mr.. Young
will not move down this year having
rented the place to A. J. Harter for
another season.
| At J. R. Wells public sale to be
held on Feb. II, all household goods
will be sold, including the parlor fur
niture and it will be to the interest of
those wanting anything in that line
to attend the sale.
Four prominent farmers southeast
of town are putting up a telephone
line to connect with Laclede central
The line starts at H. G. McCoy's and
takes on Peter Smith, Frank Atwood
and A. j. Leech.
ST. Thompson, real estate agent,
in addition to farm property has some
desirable city property for sale at real
bargains. Those having city property
for sale as we'll as those wanting to
buy should call on him.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Albin went
to Kansas City yesterday noon to
attend the funeral Of Mrs. Walker
Lyle who died at her home there
Thursday night. Mrs. Lyle was a
sister of Mr.. Albin and we'll known
in Laclede, the family having resided
here number Of years ago.
Another rural telephone company
has been organized northwest Of town
and the line is now being built. The
line is three and a half miles long and
will support five phones. Those on
the line are G. P. Harter, VIM. Kranz,
J. H. Wright, P. z. White and G. A.
Hetrick. 1t will connect with La
clede central.
The revival meetings at the Pres.
byterian church begun last week are
still in progress and are drawing a
full house every night. Evangelist
Smith is an able and convincing
speaker and is arousing much inter-
est. He is being assisted by Rev.
Murphy. The meetings will continue
through next week.
A fellow by the name of moon liv-
ing in Michigan got married. That
was change of moon. After awhile
his wife presented him with a daugh-
ter. That was a new moon. He went
out and got drunk for joy. That was
a full moon; when he sobered up he
had only 25 cents. That was his last
quarter. When he got home his
mother-in-law met him with a rolling
pin and there was total eclipse.
A. J. Leech has bought the VIM.
Swank residence and FIVE acres Of
ground a half mile south of town and
the 35 acresiof DR.. Standby adjoining
it and also Mr.. Standly's thirty-seven
acre tract cornering with the other on
the southwest and will convert the
whole into seventy-seven acre farm.
It averages him $53 per acre. We
are glad to have Mr.. Leech again
buying and remain near Laclede.
Official instructions authorizing ru-
raj free delivery from Laclede to be-
gin March 2, was received this week.
The boxes we're shipped from the fac
tory two weeks ago but have not yet
arrived. All government supplies