The Laclede blade. (Laclede, Mo.) 1890-1945, 1905-10-21
HERE AND THERE.
Local Items Of the Week Gathered For the
Busy Blade Readers.

On account OF a washout on thei
own track near Jefferson City the
Missouri Pacific fast mail between ST.
Louis and Kansas City passed throu'
Laclede Wednesday over the Burling:
ton line.
The late cold, wet weather has had
a stimulating effect upon trade at the
local dry goods and shoe houses. The
demand for heavy footwear and rub
Der goods has been, brisk the past
week.
The Clifton Remedy Company, a
patent medicine show, will be at the
opera house all next week. This
company was here two or three years
ago and gave good show and incl
dentally sold lots of their remedies,
only as an advertisement, of course.
Anthony Edwards who has been
confined in the state hospital at St.
Joseph for the past eighteen years,
escaped last week and arrived at his
home here Friday. An officer from
the asylum came down Sunday and
returned with him to St. Joseph that
afternoon.
Little Vanesse Fawcette has had q
severe attack of bronchitis for the
past three weeks and is not yet able
to leave the house. This will inter-
fere with DR.. and Mrs. Fawcette's
leaving home according to advertise
ment. Under the existing clrcum-
stances Dr. Fawcette will have his of.
fee open for few days longer.
H. Eccles is making extensive and
valuable improvements in the local
telephone system. Fine new cedar
poles are being put in and the wiring
done in a more substantial manner.
The southside wires will be cabled I'm
from the Methodist church corner
which will do away with the annoy
ance of crossed wires and danger in
crossing the railroad.
The Callahan dramatic company
presented Uncle Tom to small audi
ence at the opera house last Tuesday
night. The company had been hav-
ing run of hard luck and showed it.
Two or three members of the company
were good and with proper support
and favorable conditions might give
a creditable performance, but the
balance of the company, even the
to the dogs, were very common.
The Stahl-Blake company that
comes to the opera house Saturday
evening, October 81, is highly recon-
The Toledo Blade says:
'Miss Margaret Stahl delighted the
audience with her readings, as had
been anticipated. Miss Stahl has q
charming personality, to which must
be added a musical voice, and she
held the attention of the audience
from the first word until the last"
: VIM. A. Chinn, an industrious
7oung farmer living northeast of La
,lede, and Miss Bertha Jones, daugh-
er of Mr.. and Mrs. L. B. Jones were
united in marriage at Brookfeld last
Sunday, Rev. Atwood officiating.
These well known and highly respect
ID young people have the best wishes
If their many friends. They will re-
ide on the Steck farm southeast of
Laclede which Mr.. Chinn has rented
or next season.
E. G. Cole, who was In the dray
md coal business here several years
Igo, since which time living on farm
n Charlton county, has opened up q
General line of merchandise at Forker
md is already doing good business.
dr. Cole has put in quite a large
took and will supply the trade Of
hat locality at the very lowest prices
s well as paying the highest market
rice for all farm products. Mr.. Cole
! an hnnnrahla ard nnr;r,ht ,.antIn.