The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1904-05-20

the same time here, are in St. Louis
taking in the fair.
L. L Ernst last week sold his large
residence to Mrs. Nay Kern, who viii
conduct a rOOming house. The con-
sideratiOn was 8, 050. The Ernst fam
lily have taken up quarters IN rooms in
the rear Of the jewelTy store building.
Mrs. Kern was intending to build a
ten-rOOm house, but viii not do so now.
Mrs. J. ]. Phillips, Of Grant township,
started Wednesday for a trip IN the
east. Mrs. Phillips will visit for about
two months at her old home in Wind
sOr, Ill, and before returning will spend
few days at the st. Louis worlds
fair.
r. {. Olinger, who owns a half sec
ton of land in Grant township, came in
from Emerson, Neb., Wednesday for
short stay. Years ago Olinger was en-
ployed at the Depot hotel. He came to
Sherman county in 1885. Mr.. Olinger
will return to Emerson in a few days.
The POstofice is advertising the St.
Louis exposition by issuing postage
stamps double the usual size A post
age stamp is a small thing, but the in
crease IN size viii cost something for a
hundred million of them. It will also
cause an increased demand for saliva
to make them stick.
Vaclav Svoboda, a young man Is
years old, who came to this country
| from Vienna, Austria, two months ago,
will start a repair shoe shop in the
tailoring establishment of Joe Kolacny.
SvobOda learned his trade in the odd
country and will set up his shop
some time this month.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. H. Stewart left last
week for St. Louis. AT Kansas City,
in company with newspaper men and
women of the Kansas State Editorial
| association, they were taken by special
train over the Frisco railroad to st.
Louis to attend the worlds fair The
Sterling, Kan, band accompanied the
editorial excursion. Mr.. and Mrs
Stewart are expected to return this
week.
John Bray, of Santiago, Cal, one of
the oldest residents of Sherman county,
arrived in Goodland this week for a
short visit with his Old-time friends.
/ Mr.. Bray left Wednesday for St. Louis
to attend the fair, and then will return
| here again. returning to his home in
California about August l. Mr.. Bray's
old place on the Beaver is now owned
/ by {. B. Ryckman.
The Concordia Press says: ''W. F.
| McCue, Of Kansas City, was in COncor-
/ dia last Saturday accompanied by his
wife, en- route to Lamar, Colo. Toge-
/ ther with his brother, T. J. McCue, of
/ this city, he has purchased a lumber
yard at Lamar and he will have charge
/ of the same. w. F. McCue Is well
known IN GOOdland, having been here
/ occasionally as travelling auditor of the
/ Roster nm her (-omDauu
] ]. Ed Stevens delivers the address to
| the high school graduating class of the
/ Atwood schools IN that place Friday;
and on Sunday he will speak to the
/ graduates of the Oakley high school.
| Some high school graduates who have
a large appetite for big words call these
/ addresses the baccalaureate sermon or
address, enormously, however, for such
a titled discourse may be delivered only
| to those who have taken the first de-
/ gree in a university, a bachelor (Of
arts). Mr.. Stevens viii say something
! good on both these occasions.
This is a pretty topsy-turvey old
| world, says an exchange. One man is
| struggling for justice and another is
/ fleeing from It. One man IS saving
money with which TO buy a home and
i another is trying to sell his home for
/
into debt to get married and another is
spending a hundred thousand plunEs TO
| get a divorce. One man escapes all
the diseases that flesh is heir to and
/ gets killed on the railroad. Another
lgOes on the cars every day of his life
and dies of the whOoPing cough Such
Is life.
L. A. Kempton, of the KemPton
Komedy KO., the company that so de-
| lightfuIly entertained the people of
/ Oberlin all last week, IS one of the most
versatile actors on the road. His i'm
presentations are perfect and have a
/ wide range For instance from a real
! old farmer to an accomplished and alert
New York Plunger and all around sport;
/ from a negro Ito the manor born to
| the Jew just As he has been portrayed
IN literature, Mr.. KemptOn was equally
at home. The Oberlin people heartily
/ enjoyed him and his company.
K lin Eye
/ Eric Owen, an old-timer IN GoOdland
and Sherman county, but who for the
last three years has made San Francisco
I his home, returned to this city Friday
night and viii remain here until August.
/ He has a homestead one mile and a
half from Jaqua, and has come to make
proof on his land. Meanwhile he will
be employed IN the hardware store of
/ ". S Coleman Mr. Owen is an ex-
/ pert timer, and when ne lived IN Good
4 land he was connected with the hard
ware store Of George Hess Eric has
much interesting information and ex-
perience TO tell, which ne has gathered
since he left, and Is met with a glad
hand by his many friends
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