Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-05-23

this week.
Buy flags for Decoration day at
the Model.
Decoration day, cut flowers for
sale at the Model.
VIM. Backe went up to Haskell
county this week to take photos.
Ordinance no 81 is published
this week vacating certain portions
of Block SAP.
A number of our people went to
Englewood to-day to attend the
festivities.
Mrs. F. S. Sullivan and children
returned from their visit last Sunday
night.
Mrs. R. P. Smith and daughter
Pauline are visiting Capt. Osgood
and family.
Mrs. Ben F. Bolen and daughter,
Beatrice, are visiting friends at
Mullinville, this week.
Cashier Louis Boehler and family
left Sunday evening for eastern
Kansas to be absent several days.
The Piano Voting contest is on.
Get busy as soon as possible and
keep your candidate up with the
balance.
Fred Gray made trip to Hutch
inson on business last Sunday,
returning Monday night.
Mr.. A. F. German and wife, of
Plains, were over Sunday visiting
friends and relatives.
The Model adds a S25 prize to
to our list of prizes this week in a
Columbia Cylinder Talking Mach
inc.
Geo. G. Matthews, is here look
ing after his real estate, and in
cidently looking after the rain
proposition.
We are advised by Fred Gray that
his cousin Cyril Phillips who was
here about year ago, died in Eng.
March nth this year.
Two automobiles from Plains
came over last Sunday to see the
ball game. Don Edwards drove
one of them and John Baughman,
the other.
If you have property to rent, ad-
wise the Farmers Land Co. and we
will find you tenant. We have in
qulries all the time.
Mr.. Edward D. Forepahl, age 2
years, of Ashland, Kansas, and Miss
Grace E. Valentine, aged 20 years,
of the same place, were married by
Rev. Darby, May 10th.
Miss Ethel DeCow will leave in
few days for Denver, Colo. where
she will remain for the present.
Her sister, Miss Leah DeCow will
take up her work as seamstress and
guarantees satisfaction.
LosT-One silver watch, open
face, with gold chain attached, lost
at picnic last Wednesday, along the
creek between Boyers and Marshalls
places, finder please leave it at this
Office.
Mrs. VIM. Backe and son Francis
left last Friday morning for Joplin,
Mo. where they will visit relatives
for few weeks. They also expect
to visit at Manhattan, Kansas City
and other points before they return.
The ball game Sunday between
Meade and Liberal resulted in a
victory for Liberal by score of Q
to 7. The Meadesnine was crippled
by the absence of some players, and
the Liberal fellows played a very
good game of ball.
The first marriage license issued
in Meade county was to William
Keefe of Meade Kansas and Cora
B. Wilson of Meade Kansas issued
January 27th 1886, married by N.
K. Mccall Probate Judge. There
has been 488 marriage licenses
issued since the county was organiz-
ed in 1886.
The Meade State Bank people
have purchased from the city the
Northeast corner of Block "A" and
will erect a fine modern brick build
ing stories with a basement fol
their bank. This will give Meade
a first class building, and is very
commendable in these people. With
our cement opera house Meade viii
soon begin to shine.
Fowler Friends Academy close:
its first years work next week with
an entertainment on Thursday ev