The Laclede blade. (Laclede, Mo.) 1890-1945, 1905-09-02
HERE AND THERE.
Local Items Of the Week Gathered For the
Busy Blade Readers.

Cashier III. G. Lomax sand wife
came home Wednesday from sever
al weeks tour, visiting St. Paul, 4el-
lowstone Park, the Portland exposi-
ton and other points Of interest, and
report a delightful trip.
Rev. J. G. Nichols, the blind evan
gelist, of Huntington, W. Va, held
meetings at the Grand Army hall on
Thursday and Friday nights. While
here Rev. Nichols was entertained at
the home Of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Adams.
Rev. C. G. Hatcher, pastor OF the
Baptist church at Hamilton, has
spent the past week with friends in
Laclede. Rev. Hatcher is popular
with our people, who are always glad
to have him with them.
Laclede furnished large delega-
ton to the Forepaugh.Sells circus at
Rookfeld Thursday. The show was
a good one-perhaps the best that
ever visited this part of the state.
The attendance at the afternoon per-
formance was estimated at ten thous-
and.
John and Dave Brown, of Laclede,
and Oren Hurlbut, of Brookfield, who
are spending month at the northern
lakes, we're in Milwaukee this week,
and judging by the souvenir postal
cards received at this Office yesterday
the boys are having "right smart
time."
! w. G. Ring will load car next
week and remove to West Plains,
near which place he will locate on the
farm he traded for some time ago.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ring have resided in
this vicinity number of years, where
thev have made for themselves many
friends VIII, deeply regret their de-
partute. /.
| Laclede has seen it, and heard it.
Carrie Nation, living, breathing,
talking, Kansas freak, occupied the
attention of packed audience at the
opera house last Monday evening.
Some few were pleased, some took it
at its worth, others were disgusted,
but perhaps all are satisfied and do
not want any more of the same kind,
because they have seen it, and heard it.
Attention is invite,l to the fine dis
play advertisement of P. F. Felt in
today's BLADE. Mr.. Felt uses several
Linn county papers this week and
fires broad shot at the buggy trade
and the game has already begun to
drop in, q top buggy and fine surrey
having been sold since the copy was
placed in the hands of the printers.
There is but one place in Linn county
| to buy vehicles and that is in LacIede.
Some time ago DIR. Fawcett notified
; the public of his intention to spend a
part of the summer in Canada, and
this notice in The BLADE brought
: in number of unexpected patients
; who wanted their teeth extracted and
plates inserted before he should take
his leave. Now as he has had to wait
; so long for their gums to shrink, he
has abandoned the thought of the
Canadian visit this year, but will
leave shortly for some points in the
5 south and be gone for the winter. AL
desiring his services should call with.
. out delay.
}. John T. Lomax, assistant cashier
! of the Lomax & Standby bank, and
DIR. F. w. Burke have bought 6
block of ground off the south side o.
+ the Lockridge tract in the Southwest
: part of town and will erect . couple
4 of handsome new residences in the
near futns. These are two enterpris-
ling and progressive young business
r linen and Laclede is glad. to see evi
1..,.ou tl.A thn, ara fn hannma hnI1aa