Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1905-08-30
Sun and Lake City Happenings
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Miss Florence Saunders steady spent
last Sunday in Sun City.
Mrs. Olive Thomas sister of Missouri
is visiting in this vicinity.
Miss Chloe Harmon spent three or
four days last week in the Lodge.
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take the Index. Thanks powerfully.
Uncle Dams hotel is enjoying large
patronage to be In an ex railroad city.
Mr.. and Mrs. Snlgley and daughter
are expected home from Colorado this
week.
If Roy Bissantz hasn't real case of
mumps, he is taking on fat to beat the
band.
Chas. McClain, with the assistance of
the August sun, is keeping the anvil
hot enough.
Mr. Bentley and family, nine miles
north of Medicine, passed through Lake
City Saturday.
Frank Holly IS shopping in Lake City
today. He says Turkey Creek will
vote bonds-nit.
One of Grandpa Adams nice melons
and,a nice shady spot Is hard to beat,
in fact can't be.
Wonder how Miss CorneA Purdy loves
to waltz, or to change it little, how
does she love Mr.. Waltz?
JnO. Campbell has recently purchased
a new Deering corn binder. When he
gets his corn harvested he will cut ice.
Judge Lester and Riley Lake attend
ed the Painted Post picnic. Those two
lads moving round together have no
small significance.
Misses Addie and Rose Purdy and
Rev. Spencer and wife returned from
Wichita today where they had been at
tending campmeeting.
Mrs. Lahey has Ice cream for sale on
Saturday afternoons and Hastings &
Lake have all manner of pop goods.
Make your wants known.
The Sun City school, mossa" IS trying
to locate boarding place. If there's
anybody on earth who deserves brain
and bone food it is the school dad.
Henry Warnstaff has resigned his
place as clerk of the M. w. A. Mr..
Warnstaff has been in poor health for
some months past but says he is on
the mend at present.
Uncle Sam Steward who has gone
through wars and rumors of wars, is
still living, hale and happy and can do
most any kind of labor. Mr.. Steward
is 76 winters old, % of which he has
spent In Lake City.
When we pass A. j. Hargis' and
look about little we can sec some in
dicatiOns Of labor. not some, but much.
With half score of labOrers something
is made to happen. To our knowledge
there isn't more systematic and sue.
cessful farmer in Barber county than
A. j.
The new hardware firm of Hastings
Il Lake of Lake City began business
last February and since that time their
sales have been steadily increasing.
This store is much needed here and the
boys are of tue first-class kind and have
a large circle of friends which Is a guar
antee of their future success.
Mrs. Skinner has been confined to
her bed of late with typho malarial
fever, but under the care of DR.. Rodg-
ers is getting back to her former self
again. We venture to say that the
doctor is just some better than any
other of the profession in this corner of
the state especially when it comes to
handling fevers, and his all around sue
cess has been excellent.
We have to acknowledge our com.
plete surprise at the recent deal made
by Neighbor Adams. OF course we had
often heard "a business proposition"
escape his lips but never dreamed that
Cupid had the old man all wrapped up
like that. People call HIM Green Ad-
ans, but we say man can't be green"
and make as many successful deals as
he does. We are acquainted with his
better half and believe this is one of
the best trades of his life.
Something we never could under.
stand, is why some people can't move
round in this roomy world without
continually and everiastingly 'scrap.
ping" There are those who will keep
rubbing against even their friends, I'M
til they create heat, then they're too
ready to give the fellow a lickin' as
they call it. We should like to know
where the pay comes In, thus acting,
and what the pay really is. Certainly
it isn't money or honor, since the scrap
professors are usually minus both these
100 per cent. This is play that be-
longs to the man of the. woods and no
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