Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1906-07-11
Sun and Lake City Happenings
Con. INDEX

The harvesters are gathering home
one by one.
Miss Cornea Purdy is hemmed in
with the mumps.
H.W. Skinner and family returned
to the Lodge Friday.
A two days picnic is rumored for
Sun City in the near future.
Wortie Bibb is down on the farm"
again doing his fathers will.
Mrs. Elsea and daughter attended
church at Lake Sunday morning.
The normalites are homo again and
appear slightly physically reduced.
Don't forget that next Sunday after
noon Is preaching day at Sun City.
Mrs. Minnie Meaders entertained
number of friends to ice cream on the
Fourth.
Mr.. Cooper of Coats was in Lake
City last Saturday. Guess he was
looking for Cooke.
Wonder if Is per cent of the people
who celebrate these national holidays
know what it is fOrp
AT last-Eugene Bullock has meekly
surrendered and has been initiated into
the Index family of readers.
Alfalfa is ready for cutting again.
Ed. Ham was in Lake Saturday. He
lie all smiles and sunshine as usual.
Lake City will likely have Sunday
school convention the latter part OF
August Listen for definite announce
ment.
Oh. Corliss sold IS head Of hogs to
Fl. w. Skinner last week. Patrick Is
always ready to buy anything that has
any profit in it.
Frank Gordon aud wife ventured in.
70 Lake last Saturday afternoOn-frst
t,me we have seen their bright counte-
nances ~ quite spell.
Some one said Commissioner Lake
was entertain. 'og the idea OF giving Q
picnic in Lake CITY sometime in Sep
TENDER to celebrate the coming of the
first train. If such thlng should ma
terialize and MIR. Lake is the manager
we can safely say it will be no one
horse affair, but will be an occasion
that will attract crowds from the varl
Gus Kansas townsas we'll as Oklahoma
The Fourth at Lake City was time
that outshone all ordinary occasions
they say. In the forenoon the neigh
bors all turned out (some rolled Out
bringing baskets heavy laden witt
fried chicken, ham, pickles. pies and
buttermilk, cheese and lots OF othel
good things that have such funny
names we can't spell them. Noon hou
being passed and the appetite gratlhet
nothing was left to do but sit in the re
served seats and watch the sack races
The Smith band of Coats and tn
Goats Cornet band which were to hay
consolidated to furnish music for tn
Fourth had another family disturb
auce and didn't play together a llttl
nit. This looks like Tomfoolery, TO
alt of the talent of the town throw
toge ,ther would scarcely make a ban
of an !: Interesting size and the idea
irving to maintain two organization
with hardly material enough for on
is out of the question.
Oscar Higgins has again found lod'
ment in Sun City. This long, lea
pedestrian is a subject of much stud
He travels almost continuously, alwaI
using the cross tie ticket in preferent
to the parlor car. Hs very frequent
walks to Kansas City .nd chicago an
seems to think little of 1t. lie CLAIM
tO have splendid geogra phlcal kno"
edo of the country and asserted d
Will, Ngness to write book pertalnlI
to the Name provided the people WI
nav him sufficiently. He also CLAIM
to have be-, VI in the music business
years. BAIL Good bye Mr.. Higgins.
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