Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1906-04-25
Sharon items.

ChaS. Hulter is rushing his cement
block hotel to completion.
Chas. Fair is having fine picket
fence erected around his yard.
Herbert Newsom is having new
picket fence built around his lots.
Miss Edna Trice made a flying trip
to Medicine Lodge Saturday afternoon.
Mrs. Kemp, who has suffered with
asthma for some time, is worse now,
we learn.
M. II. White of Cottonwood Valley
attended the Woodmen meeting at
Sharon Saturday evening.
Mrs. Leaford Cavln's father, M other
and sister from Harper visited in these
parts over Saturday and Sunday.
Miss Ruth Good of Medicine Lodge
visited her sister, Mrs. Mary Bland,
Thursda7 and Friday of last week.
Dell Morgan was rustling around
here Thursday trying to buy some Sha-
ron Valley real estate. Hope he sue
ceeded
made a business trip over in the vicn.
ity of Kiowa Thursday and came back
Friday.
Uncle Billie Wilson and wife had
little scare Wednesday from the Chin
ney catching fire and burning out the
SCOT. No harm done.
Word came over the telephone Mon
day that Mrs. LID. Vandivier was seri-
ously sick at Harper. Mr.. Vandivier
went over to see her Saturday.
Della, who has been making her home
in the family Of Rev. Shirk, went to
Medicine Lodge Saturday in company
with her mother. Her brother is to
continue to stay with Mr.. Shirk for
some time yet.
For profane vile mouthed people we
recomm end the average ''show man"
They are no credit to any neighborhood'
or town. Sharon will have to put up
with this class now since we have
theater building.
Dave Gordon transacted business in
Sharon Saturday. Dave has moved his
family and effects 10 Medicine Lodge
recently and is engaged in the seed,
poultry and produce business. He al.
so buys hides Of all kinds.
Geo. Stewart went to Wichita hos.
pital to have an operation performed
last week. His mother aud aunt went
along. He was hurt some time ago by
horse kicking him in the side and it
is giving him considerable trouble.
Gus Munich, the old bachelor and
all around socialist, was in town Satur-
day. He thinks if the rich mine own.
ers succeed in having the officers of the
Western Federation of mines hung it
will cause big growth in socialism,
which is likely.
Clarence McCune has been hauling
lumber and building house and stable
on his fathers land north of town.
You suppose Clarence has any matri-
monial intentionSY Well he has our
consent if he has. He says he Is going
to break up lot of prairie this sum
mer. You can't tell though.
Arthur Maddox circulated a sub
scription paper In Sharon Saturday af
ternoOn for the California sufferers and
in two hours and half secured SOL 90
in cash. A draft for that amount was
sent to them on the train the same
evening The cause was worthy, the
need was great and every one who con
tributed was the better for so doing.
La Everybody's magazine for May,
Upton Sinclair, replying to j. Ogden
Armour, in the dressed meat or con
demned meat Industry controversy,
uses some facts that 1t will be hard for
the "beef trust people to get around.
He tells how Armour" uses big jawed
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and debilltated cattle. also cattle that
have died in the Yards after laying so
long they wouldn't bleed when they
went through the form of killing them
because they had been dead so long
We don't know what we are eating
when we buy meat products of the
trade. II has been proven that Armours
use cholera hogs to make the famous
"potted ham rand "deviled ham" etc.