Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1906-05-02
Sharon items.

Sharon items.
Repairs on the Christian church are
about completed.
Garden truck will soon be here, since
the rain. Yum yum!
Frank Stones smiling physiog was
noticed in Sharon Saturday.
Nice timely rain Sunday: just the
thing for wheat and everything else.
Jasper Rogers and his sister. Osa.
started Saturday to visit friends and
relatives at Keith, Ok.
Another son for Edgar Keith made
his arrival last Friday. All doing nice
ly, DR.. Atwell. Here Is our hand Ed.
| gar.
l.. w. Stevens who has been assist
ing IN the Sharon Valley State Bank
for several days past. returned to Med.
icine Lodge Saturday.
Next Sabbath at the Christian church
Rev. Brown will preach on the relation
the sinner has to God or the right of
the sinner to pray.
Herbert Hobble had a birthday last
Wednesday; says he's Give believe
him; says he can proye Tits not nec-
essary, we know he's all of 81.
The township board met Saturday;
in connection with other business they
ordered the road boss to grade up the
streets of Sharon by taking dirt from
both sides.
q. r. Taylor and wife were called to
the bedside of their daughter, Mrs.
Grace Mcclure, near Madison, Okla
Monday. She Is out of danger now,
| however.
There was party at j. &. Dunkin's
Wednesday night in honor of the birth
day of their twins, Edgar and Efie
A large CT OVID and a good time was
reported.
The small and better half of the writ
er and his father started for Arkansas
City Saturday to attend camp meet
ing and you know we are lonesome at
home all alone.
W. r. Lepper> says out in Meade
and other western counties they have
threshing engines hitched to from II to
"a stirring or breaking plows and are
literally tearing up the earth.
Nearly everybody is done planting
corn in this vicinity. However, in
talking with one Of the Rankin boys
Saturday we learned he would not COM
mence to plant before May LIST.
Saw Chas. Painter on the train at
Sharon Saturday as he was goiDg back
to the hospital to undergo another op-
GRAFTON on his leg. lie has the sympa.
thy of everybody in his affection.
Miss Matte Cochran arrived Satur.
day from Benton county. Mo-. to visit
her sister, Mrs Fred Slnker. It's her
first trip to Kansas and if she likes 1t
here she will make it her future home.
Robert Schnelle accompanied his
father to K. G.. with his cattle. Bob
will likely return via Greenwood coun.
ty anG perhaps stop and put in some
corn on his fathers farm in that coun.
ty.
There are a great many people in
this vicinity waiting for the different
rural telephone lines to get together on
some kind Of agreement before they
will take out a telephone. Lst FER
come.
} Isn't it about the time of year to be
thinking of cleaning up the cemetery
again? 1t was pretty we'll understood
last year that we would clean up once
every year. We just mention it lest
some forget.
Frank Upham has moved his house
from the lots he formerly owned to the
ones he purchased of Captain Fair just
north of the Methodist church. Frank
has good location and on the best
street In town.
A. w. Schnelle, J. D. Spangler, NJ.
p. Dewitt and Frank McRsynolds all
expect to ship fat cattle today mon
day., IL loads in all. They ordered a
special train. Hope the beef trust will
allow them to clear some money on
their stuff.
VIM. Neal came very near being kill.
ed one day last week by piece of ma
chinery striking him. 1t broke his col.
lar bone, crushed his shoulder. bruised
him otherwise and barely missed his
head, to which fact he owes his life.
DR.. Atwell was called to patch him up.
Those who failed to hear the lecture
Friday night at the Methodist church
by the japanese student of Salina Uni.
versity, missed rare treat. Mr.. Va
mamoto is bright young man of %
years and has been in America only
two years. He could not speak Eng
lish when he came to this country; now
his lectures are understood aad appre.