Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1904-06-16
Homer sumpter left for Montana
last Monday.


last Monday.
A platform dance will be one of
the features-of the Fourth of July.
Mrs. ]. Emmert is visiting her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. John Frame.
The sun flowers are making a
prolific growth since the recent
rains - ~
We notice that Lee & Read will
have sales days next Monday and.
Tuesday.
The First National Bank is hav-
ing a brick sidewalk put around
their building.
DR.. Fee reports the birth of g.
pound boy at the home of Chas.
Emick Monday morning.
Mrs. Wheeler and her daughter
returned from Coffeyville, Kansas,
Tuesday night.
Mr.. and Mrs. Backe spent Sun
day at the home of R. G. Newly in
Gray County.
E. A. Chaplin can do your lathing
and plastering. Inquire at First
National Bank, Meade, Kansas.
Alfalfa cutting is in progress.
The first crop was injured by hail
but is very good despite this fact.
R. W. Griggs is attending the
Commencement exercises at Mt.
Carmel Academy, at Wichita, this
week.
Miss Anna Jenkins left Tuesday
morning for Newton, to spend the
summer with her sister, Mrs. Frank
Stivers.
c. P. FuTington. of Wichita,
Kansas, was in Meade several days
this week looking after real estate
interests
Alex Tripod has accepted a posi-
ton in DR.. lannon's drug store at
Bucklin. We are sorry to lose Alex
from Meade
Misses Genevieve McMeel, Oma
Henry, Mabel Griggs and Marjorie
Bodle are expected home from
Wichita this evening.
Mrs. Mn Ellis and daughter are
staying at Mrs. Braden's, where
they can be close to the doctors
care for the little one.
1t is a settled fact that we are 60
ing to celebrate. There won't be
enough feathers left in the grand
old bird to wad shot gun.
Mr.. Leo McMeel and sister, Miss
Mona, left Tuesday morning for
Wichita to attend the commence
ment of Mt Carmel Academy.
Mrs. A. E. Bodle left Tuesday
morning to attend the State meeting
of the P. E. o. Society. She is
the delegate from the Meade society.
Chas. Talley left Tuesday morning
for Cimarron to make arrangements
to have a large steam merry-go-
round brought here for the Fourth.
Miss Anna Johnston is expected
home from Cleveland, Ohio, this
week. Miss Anna has been attend
ing school there for the past several
years.
Little John, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
M. G. Read, fell from the second
story window of their new house
Tuesday evening but fortunately
was not injured aside from bruising
his face.
Miss Anna Johnston arrived last
night from Cleveland, Ohio, where
she has attended school for the past
lyear. 1t is needless to say that her
lparents and friends were glad to
see her.
A balloon and parachute leap is
one of the attractions billed for the
Fourth. The Professor of ariel
navigation informs the committee
that he will be here on that day to
perform for them.
Miss Winnie Bonham and sisters,
| Mssdames Mars and Bolen, went
to Hutchinson last Saturday morn
ing and returned Sunday. They
went that far to visit their brother
Clyde and his wife, who are on
their way to Chicago from ElPaso,
Texas. Clyde will return in about
two weeks and visit his old friends
at Meade for few days before re-
turning to his home in Texas.
Last Sunday was Memorial day
for the Odd Fellows, and a great
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