The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1905-07-06
News From
THE STATE SOLDIERS HOME
At Fort Dodge, Kas.

Comrade Chambers and wife have
gone out on sixty days furlough.
william A. Way, E 9th Iowa Cav.
went out OH furlough and has sent for
his discharge.
Willis Utterback, c 9Th Iowa Cav has
been very sick in the hospital but Is get
ting better.
Edward Slgman, G 4th Iowa Cav,
goes on four months Through to Denver
to visit daughter.
Conrad Aaron Way and wife have
gone to Ashland to recuperate. Com
rade Way is very poorly.
Major William Warner was at the
Leayenworth Home the Goth of June and
stayed about an hour.
Recently we heard a gentleman order
Arcadian ginger ale. We suppose that
is a new name for 1t.
There are three Ways connected with
the home. VIM. Way is still with us
according to the last report, July l, 1904.
J. L. Riley, l 71st Ohio has returned
from Haviland. Mrs. Riley has gone to
Manhattan to visit her two daughters and
will come later,
Rev. Rdenour preached a very in
structve sermon Sunday from the text,
LET not your hearts be troubled" He
also preached at night.
Calvin w. Barkhurst and wife have
returned from Oklahoma and have re-
sumed management of barracks 2, CAL
vim was in Co. d 10Th Ind. Inf.
Charles Craft and wife have returned
from Chanute. Charles was in F 18th
Kas Inf. He Is an invalid. His name
on roster is Croft but the boys call him
Craft.
Martin Byler and wife have given up
the command Of the old hospital barracks
and will rest, awhile at least from toll
and care. Martin was three years In LIST
Ohio Lit. Art.
E Richardson, X 100 Ill. Inf. and wife
have taken charge of the old hospital
barracks vice Mr.. and Mrs. Byler re-
signed, and are prepared to manufacture
hash on short notice. Terms easy.
The National Home correspondent Of
the Times says: Gan old soldier yester-
dsy gave us an inkling Of what brought
him to the Home when he said, it is diff
cult to tell which breaks up more homes,
mans love for wet goods or a woman g
love for dry goods.
10 Timmons, G l55th Pa. Iuf., our old
hospital steward, with his wife, has sew
cred his connection with the Kansas
Soldiers Home and moved to Kansas City.
They were fine folks and will be greatly
missed and JOS place In the medical de-
partment will DO hard to fill. Success to
them wherever they may 60.
We have rounded up barracks /, 2, 3,
and and all is quiet, though there are a
few in No 9, Barkhurst's boarding house
who are very old and feeble, -"can not
work no more" They have hung up
their harp upon the sunflower and COT
tonwood and are waiting, waiting, wait
ing to cross the Rapidan.
We read the above item about ''wet
goods" ind 'dry goods" to well known
old comrade and be said "That's SO.
"Why", says he, ~ would give my wife
S25 to go to town and she wouldn't bring
back so, and she would buy candy-the
finest of candy-she wouldn't eat any.
kind but cream candy" He used wet
goods, she dry goods and between the
two they swept the platter clean.
D yes there's the glorious 4th. There
is nothing out Of the regular order here
go most of us will 20 to the city. The
first celebration of The 4th we can recol-
lect about was July 4th, 1856. In the
parade was soldier of the war of 1872,
and SIX or seven who had been in the
Mexican war. 10 our boyish mind they
to be the biggest men In all
that throng. We were ID years Of age at
that time.
We spoke some weeks ago that Pat
Sughrue and some Of his folks were in
tending to go on grand fishing excur.
sion to the southland-down about Ash.
land and that we would report the same
In due time. Pat, his son -n-law 10
Posi-, Mrs. Posi- and some Ashland
friends formed the party. We clip from