Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-12-22

Laundry Woman Wanted, at Grand
Hotel. viii pay S. per week. Ap-
ply at once.
E. E. Blackmore, the Sharon nursery
man. was attending to business In the
city last Thursday.
Nothing makes a nicer present foI
Xmas than a Columbia Phonograph
The Music Store.
The latest Novels at Gem Ding Cos
Your friends appreciate good books a.
Christmas offerings.
Miss Alma Shell arrived home from
Winfield Saturday to spend vacation
She is a Student in the Southwestern
College.
Mrs. c. |. Long and daughters, Mise.
Agnes and Margaret, leave for Wichita
on Friday to spend Christmas with friends
in that city.
J. c. Short of Moore was attending
to tax matters in the city Monday and,
strange to say, had two plunks left to do.
nate to The Index.
]. B. and George Wright Of Moore
township were here last Thursday to
settle with the county treasurer. Meth
er complained that taxes are too low.
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Henry Boston Of Johnson county, Mis-
souri,, arrived last Wednesday to visit hi.
niece, Mrs. c. E. Adams. He will leave
today for Longdale, Oklahoma, to visit a
brother
E. c. Burke and wife will leave to-
day for Colorado Springs where they
will do Photographic work-several weeks.
Scott Boggs. who is in their employ, will
accompany them.
Strayed-Two yearling heifers, brand
ed inverted D, open AL connected, on
right hip or left thigh. Will pay for iu-
formation and any expenses Dallas
Morris, Medicine Lodge.
The next regular meeting Of the Ladies
Aid Society of the Methodist church
will be held at the usual place on Thurs
day afternoon, December 3Oth. All
members are urged to attend.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wright Terry enter
tanned the Whist Club Saturday evening.
Miss Sadie Harding again captured the
evenings honors and is rapidly becom-
ing the envy Of all the members.
Ray Wilkinson, the mainstay and
general utility man Of the Index office,
will leave tomorrow to visit his parents
at South Haven and his best lady friend
at Arkansas City. He will be away
about ten days.
Frank Anderson completed a new
two-room addition to Mrs. KimbaIr S
house in Mingona township recently. He
also remodeled the old house and ALTO
gether it is one Of the nice, comfortable
homes in that vicinity.
Mrs. w. S. Bene6el, accompanied by
Mr.. Bene6el and Dr.. Donovan, went to
Wichita to submit to surgical operation.
She was operated upon on Thursday
morning and while the operation was a
very difficult one. she withstood it
quite well and late reports are that she
is improving satisfactorily.
Harry Stevens and wife made quite
stay with Uncle Jim Gibson and wife
during the closing days of the Gibsons'
mercantile interests here, returning to
their home at Medicine Lodge via train
Monday. Harry said this was probably
his last chance to get free feed in Isa-
bel for some time so took full advantage
OF the opportunity aforded.-Isabel
Herald.
Mrs. Emma Johnson-Adams departed
the first Of last week to visit with her
numerous friends and relatives at Cass-
vile, Mo. She will remain until after
the holidays, at least. and longer if her
Cassville friends have their say. Mrs.
Johnson-Adams makes it a point to 90
east to visit about once every year and
always returns praising the hospitality Of
her friends and relatives in Missouri and
Illinois. and this visit, we feel sure, will
not be an exception.
q. II. Burgess, treasurer Of Sharon
township. publishes the official financial
report Of that township in The Index
this week. Mr.. Burgess has been treas
urer OF Sharon township ever since the
law requiring the annual statement to be
published. became law, ard he is the
only treasurer tb.k