Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-11-24
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The "At the Races" company is do
ing some fast preliminary heats on the
kerosene circuit.
The lola Register takes pride in hay
ing made no reference in it's election
comments to the smoke of battle"
having cleared away"
Neighboring towns have discovered
the reason for Larned's hauteur.
Judge G. E. Lobdells talented daugh-
ter is starring this season in the "At
the Old Cross Roads" company.
The Bison Bee offers a free mar.
riage license to each girl who brings
in twelve paid-in-advance subscrip-
lions, and at the same time reminds
them that only six weeks of Leap year
remain.
There's lot of you fine women
folks" said negro preacher in Sa-
lima, dat comes to church and sees
every hat in the gation-every
hat but one, de one dat the Lord
passes right under yo' nose for helpin'
His cause"
Thomas A. McNeal of Topeka and
Conner Davies of Concordia are among
the able Republican editors who will
try to take the state printing away
from George A. Clark pending the
election of his successor by direct vote
In 1906.
Topeka takes pride In Kenneth M.
Wharry, just appointed general freight
agent for the Rock Island lines west
of the Missouri river He was born in
Topeka and began his railroad career
as clerk there ten years ago. His
headquarters are in Kansas City.
The late rage for acquiring old,
black, rickety furniture for the colo
nial effect" led an Atchison woman
Into a second hand store recently, the
Globe says. She found a curious old
walnut cabinet that had answered the
purpose of a writing desk. The legs
were rickety and the wood warped,
but she paid $40 for the desk. While
she was cleaning it at home she dis
covered secret drawer. Her excite
ment knew no bounds. She called in
the neighboring women to enjoy the
sensation, and when the house was
full she began trying to open the
drawer. After long time she pressed
a spring and the catch loosened. All
the women held their breaths. Sud-
denly the woman of the house pulled
open the drawer, and what do you
think she found in it? A greasy hat
and two poker chips.
"The only negro child that ever took
a prize at a county fair" says Kan
sas exchange, was born in Troy and
was son of James Butler of that city.
In 1873, at the Doniphan county fair,
1t was awarded the prize, a $40 gold
piece, for being the best looking baby.
The child died several years ago."
Kansas Jared pretty we'll in the mat
ter of appropriations for federal build.
ings at the hands Of the last session
of congress. She received a total Of
$1SO,OOO, divided equally among the
public buildings at Lawrence, Emporia
and Hutchinson. All are now under
construction. An effort will be made
next winter to get an appropriation for
a public building at Winfield.
At den recently discovered two
miles southeast of Cummings sos
snakes, mostly rattlers, have already
been killed, according to the Brown
County World. Snakes are coming to
the den from all over the surrounding
country to hole up for the winter No
one has any idea how many are left in
the den, and it is expected that the
men and boys Of the neighborhood will
make a raid some day soon and blast
out the main den with dynamite.
Printing a card of thanks" re.
marks the Louisville Tyre, us worse
than a woman wearing paste diamonds
in memory Of her husband who was
a bill poster"
A cigar dealer in Winfield, by rea.
son Of wager, had to make burnt Of
fering Of his wooden statute of vii.
liam Penn, and offer its ashes as a
sacrifice to the successful candi.
date.
A. j. Basye, the fighting editor of |
the Belleville Telescope, sold the pa.
per this week to A. Q. Miller for $500. |
Mr.. Miller published the Victor, Col,
Daily Record, which office was pied"
during the riots last spring. The Tel
escope is the Oldest paper in Repub.
lie county.
For a good many years the name Of |
Richland used to be regarded as a
good Joke; but you can't buy a farm
anywhere around there now for less
than $50 an acre.
According to the Erie Record, a
woman Socialist was arguing with a
negro woman in Erie, deploring the
conditions Of the age and asked her II
she wouldn't just as lief go back to
slavery. The colored lady replied:
Say, miss. wouldn't you just as lief
go lowell, did ah ebert"
A woman in Horton is discouraged
Her husband gave her a $40 pair Of
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