Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-07-21

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Marshall.
The ladies Of the Christian church
will give lawn social in the church
yard Thursday evening. July 18th.
w. B. Shelton. the young man who
is under arrest for forgery, is still in jail.
He has been unable to give a sufficient
bond.
Mrs. Hamilton, Of Eureka, Kansas,
arrived in the city on Tuesday Of last
week to visit her sister, Mrs. T. A.
StockAill.
You may talk about your late inven-
tons and useful devices, but DR.. Ko-
CELLS invalid and surgeons chair has
them all "bested."
Somebody contributed some automo-
bile poetry this week but as the writer
failed to disclose his or her identity the
poem is withheld for further information.
Roy Flint, Of Humboldt. Kansas
arrived last Thursday to visit with his
parents. He is working in bank at
Humboldt and has been allowed short
summer vacation.
Arch McCray's farm residence, 10
miles south Of this city. was burned to
the ground at SIX o'clock in the morning,
one day last week. with all its contents.
No insurances.-AIva Review.
Judge Garrison issued marriage license
last week to Alfred B. Wells and Rosa
E. Hauser. both Of Kiowa. They were
married Monday evening. Nh. Wells
is employed in the hardware department
Of the York-Key house.
Aucdoneer S. F. Bowman Of Sharon
writes from Grand Junction. Colorado
that he has taken his family there for the
summer and that he will return home
August 10th. Parties desiring sale
dates are requested to write or wire him.
Henry Selling left Monday for his old
home at Boone, Iowa, where he will
help install the heating and lighting plant
in fifty thousand dollar hotel and also
be at home with his mother, grandfather
and three Erothers whom he has not WIS.,
tied for number Of years.
The Central Kansas Business College
of Abilene, Kansas, offers half scholar
ship free to the first young man or wom-
an who enrolls in the college from this
county before Sept. 10th. 1909. Send
for catalog today. This school is certi-
fed by State Supt. E. T. Fairchild,
Topeka, Kansas.
Mrs. G. r. Taylor has rented Mrs.
Higgins residence property on Wash
ington avenue east, and will move in
from the farm some time next month.
Mrs. Taylor is taking care Of her grand
children, Allen Hers children, and de-
sires to give them the benefit Of our ex-
cellent schools next term, which is the
principal reason for her moving to town.
J. c. DAVIS store building south Of
the Peoples Bank is nearing completion.
One can hardly recognize it as the same
building. The floor is now leveled to
the walk and the entire interior is prac-
hcally new. But the most attractive i'm
provement is the new modem plate front
which adorns the building and which
gives it metropolitan tone. id. Mont
gomery did the job and he did it better
than some similar work that was done
IN the town by Wichita carpenters.
Albert Head Of Calesburg, Illinois,
who owns the former Stewart farm. now
managed by r. H. Bruce. east of the
city. was here the latter part Of last and
the FIRST Of this week. He was on his
way to Denver and stopped to receive
his annual profits from his Barber county
investment. He is better pleased than
ever with his farm but i. little out of
humor because he will lose HI. renter
next year. Mr.. Bruce has purchased a
farm in Oklahoma and will move there
next March which viii make it necessary
tor Mr.. Head to secure another renter
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