Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-05-31
Services were held at the Catholic
church Thursday morning.

!; See Griggs & Bolen for hail In
surance. Old reliable St. Paul.
Miss Mabel Good left last Thurs
day for her home in Tennessee.
/. Fred Lee, of Englewood, was In
Meade the first of the week on bust
ness.
i The Meade County Normal In
stitute will convene the first Monday
in July.
Mrs. Pearl Osgood, of Bucklin, is
visiting her home folk in Meade this
week.
| Tram No. 80 was 8 hours late
Monday night. The cause no one
knows.
Mrs. C. P. Fullington and Miss
Jamie returned from Indiana last
Thursday.
The summer weather has surely
come judging from the conditions
the first of the week.
Last Monday morning reminded
US more of an early fall day than it
did the first approach of summer.
Mrs. Laura e. Woodford left Sun
day morning for the east after few
days visit with M. c. Read and fam
lily.
E. H. Boyer is erecting residence
in the southwest part of the city.
Mr.. Boyer has sold his farm and will
live in Meade.
7. H. Beach will leave Friday
evening for Garden City where he
will assist in the Finney county nor
NAL institute.
Miss Gertie Boyer returned last
week from Hutchinson where she
has been attending the Salt City
Business College.
w. C. Osgood Jr. was down from
Bucklin Friday purchasing clothing
from a travelling salesman for the
mammoth store at Bucklin.
Griggs & Bolen purchased the
Harry Hayden ranch this week, con-
sideration $12, 900. This is GER
tainly fine body of land.
C. Ernest Funk left last week for
Denver, Colo, where he will remain
for the summer. Charley's familiar
countenance will be greatly missed
in Meade.
Henry Burford has purchased an
automobile and will be at the service
of the general public who may want
to travel any distance overland. He
expects to charge regular livery rates.
We note from the Dodge City
papers that Prof. D. A. Baugher,
well known in Meade, has been
elected principal of the Dodge City
schools for the ensuing year at s11oo
salary. He is fine school man
and will give satisfaction.
Miller & James is the new real
estate firm just opened up for bust
ness in Meade. Mr.. VIM. Miller
has been in partnership with Frank
Davis for some time, but they have
Dissolved. Joe James is well known
in Meade and we wish the new firm
success.
Mrs. Fannie Mars, of Pierceton,
Ind, arrived Wednesday and will
visit for some time with her son,
Frank Mars, of the Artesian valley.
She was accompanied by her two
nephews, Messrs Harry Wingard
and Raymond Knox, who will also
visit for time.
! A young man by the name of John
Wright was arrested at Greensburg,
Kansas, Saturday night by Deputy
sheriff Bunyan, of Fowler. Wright
was charged with stealing a gold
watch and SIT in money from w. A.
Burford's residence in Fowler twp,
Saturday. He left Immediately for
the east. He is now in Jail at Meade
awaiting trial.
Syl Dixon, a former Meadeite,
who left Meade eighteen years ago,
was here last week shaking hands
with many old time friends. Syl is
:. still booming western Kansas as he
= was twenty years ago. He is fgur-
e ing on getting up boom train from
Western Kansas. This is his long
suit as he has successfully conduct
: ed ten of these trains in the pas
dozen years.
III At the semi-annual election of of
q ficers of Meade Lodge No. sag 1. o
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