Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1906-05-30
Sharon Items.

Corn finds ready sale 10 this vicinity
at so cents per bushel.
Robert Schnelle got home from
Greenwood county Saturday.
Abba Light bought load of alfalfa
of Guy Sparks Saturday at Sc per ton.
Bill Lindtner drove over to Medicine
Lodge to oversee his alfalfa cutting
Saturday.
Sharon merchants did a good busi-
ness Saturday. There was large
crowd in town.
Jno. Hall and Lizzie Romig were
united in marriage by DR.. Atwell at
his residence on Sunday.
Geo. Dugan and Misses Jessie Ellis
and Mary MacGregor of the Lodge, Wis.
tied IN Sharon Saturday.
Tuesday Herbert Hobble went to
Wichita to attend the Bankers Asso.
citation. He reports an all around good
time.
They say w. j. Gibbs has grown
quite bit older suddenly. all on &C.
count of another granddaughter. This
time at Frank Tincher's. All doing
nicely. DR.. Atwell.
Miss Base of Anthony is visiting her
aunt, Mrs. David Clough. Miss base
has just recently returned home from
France;she is related with some promi
nent personages in that country.
Another son was born to Mr.. and
Mrs. Ed Robinson Monday morning.
All are doing we'll. DR.. Atwell in at
tendance. A robust 11pound boy, Ed
will have to buy another quarter of
land now.
There was an opening party at Chas.
Huffer's hotel Friday evening in honor
of the new establishment which was
lately opened up for business. There
was large crowd present-especially
young ladies
Some of the finest strawberries we
ever had the pleasure of seeing came
from Sparks fruit farm. Almost as
much enjoyment looking at Guys Der
ries as eating the common kind usual.
ly seen on sale.
We hear it spoken around that there
is considerable wet goods'' comes to
our little town. Don't the users of
these goods know that every dollar
spent for such worthless stuff lessons
their ability to buy dry goods and
groceries of our local merchants. The
users of "wet goods" usually buy less
dry goods than is convenient for their
family's comfort and pleasure.
1t doesn't take far seeing eye to
predict that in five years from today If
all goes We'll, Sharon will be one OF the
pleasant places in southern Kansas in
which to make home. The streets
will be graded, people will not continue
to throw paper and other rubbish out
In the street, the schoolhouse and
grounds Will be fixed up trees planted
etc.
A memorial sermon was preached at
the Christian church Sunday by Rev.
Robinson followed by short talks by
Revs. Vosberge and Shirk. The speak.
ers all did we'll. Rev. Robinson's text
was There is time of war and time
of peace" The Free Methodist people
did the proper act by adjourning to the
Christian church to attend the services.
Would we had more occasions when
the churches would dispense with their
own services and attend the meeting
of the other in body.
After three months of suffering
Grandma Reynolds passed to the other
shore Friday morning. This woman
Will be greatly missed IN her home and
community. She had eyes quick to see
anyone's need. heart and hands willing
to minister to the sick and needy. She
was a church member and a member of
the Fraternal Aid, an insurance order.
Dr. Atwell preached the funeral SER
mon and he likened her to Dorcas of
whom it was said she was full of good
works. The text was appropriate and
the discourse was forceful and to the
point.
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