The Laclede blade. (Laclede, Mo.) 1890-1945, 1905-12-02
HERE AND FnERE.
Local items Of the Week Gathered For thu
Busy Blade Readers.

3 Gallatin, came down to spend Thanks
giving with their daughter, Mrs. L.
E s. Hill, and family.
On account of a freight wreck near
Callao, mail trains 8 and Al did not
reach Laclede until nearly 8 o'clock
| Wednesday evening.
F. M. Connor was over in the Men
don neighborhood Tuesday showing
farm property to some Illinois men
and made three sales.
DR.. Hanna, optician, Of Kansas
City, will be at the Anderson House
Monday and Tuesday, December 18th
and 18th. Eyes tested free.
Attention is directed to Barrow's
special sale announced in THE BLADE
today. When in Brookfeld don't
fail to visit this popular store.
Chris. Eyman, sturdy and pros
porous farmer out ON route 2, made
us pleasant call Monday and left
dollar and will read The BLADE dur
ing the next year.
Mrs. Rawn, Of Brookfeld, and Miss
Wood, of Chicago, we're guests of Mr..
and Mrs. Fletcher the past week.
Mrs. Rawn is sister and Miss Wood
cousin Of Mrs. Fletcher's.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gus Runge, of
Brookfeld, MissgMargaret Banker, of
St. Louis, Master Eddie and Miss
Laura Bruins, of Burlington, spent
Thanksgiving with Mr.. and Mrs. G.
E. Bruins in Lac1ede.
Mr.. and Mrs..1sL. Eichman enter
tanned at their home southwest of
town last Thursday evening in honoE
of Mrs. Eichman's brother, DR.. Fos-
ter, of St. Louis, who is spending a
few days at the Eichman home.
0. G. Tooker, who now enjoys the
benefit of free mail delivery by the
establishment of route 3, called
Thanksgiving and deposited dollar
and will receive The BLADE at his
door every Saturday morning here
after.
G. N. Standby will hold a public
sale at his home a half mile east of |
Laclede on the 18th. Mr.. Standby |
will retire from farming and move to
Laclede and devote his time to his
veterinary practice, which is increas-
ing 50 rapidly as to require all his
time ..a.
D. H. Sawyer, former baggage
and freight agent at the Laclede sta
ton, now cashier for the Burlington
at Chillicothe, spent Monday with
friends here. and remembered 1HE
BLADE with a renewal of subscrip-
ton. Mr.. Sawyer was on his way
home from spending his vacation
at Chicago and other points.
The second number in the seasons
lecture course for the benefit of the
public school library will be given at
the opera house,next Wednesday ev-
ening. Rev. James Hoffman Batten
is one of the ablest lecturers that have
ever visited this part of the state, and
all who attend cannot help but enjoy
listening to his splendid oratory.
Those holding season tickets can re-
serve seats by presenting the tickets
at the postoffice any time before Z
o'clock the night of the lecture. Il
Thirty-two members of Laclede
camp attended Modern Woodmen
class adoption at Linneus last We'd
nesday might. There were nearly ,
three hundred present from the vari-
ous camps of the county, and all were :
royalty entertained by the Linneus
Laclede camp was award
ID the first prize-a handsome silver
nrn-for the largest per cent. of in
crease in membership since the class !,
adoption in Brookfeld. Browning
amp carried off the prize for the best
cam drill and for the largest delega- /