Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-05-10
ELLIN WOOD
From The Leader.

Mrs. Burdick, Of Hutchinson, sister
Of Mrs. Albert Schroeder, Is here on
a visit.
Mr.. and Mrs. Pete Komarek, Of
Stafford, came in Saturday for Wis
1t with relatives.
Miss Esther Brodie, Of Wichita, is
here for a visit with her grandparents
Mr.. and Mrs. Dick Boosse.
Jake KOelsch and wife, Of Macks-
vile, who have been visiting rela-
tives here, returnd to their home
Monday.
Charley Schermuly left Tuesday
evening for the southern part Of the
state to look after business matters.
Mr.. and Mrs. Pete Keeper and
Miss Cecil Arensdof returned Mon
day evening from a visit at Spear
vile.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jake Schooner and
grandson, Jake Klein, and Barney
Vierthaler went to Kingnan Tues
day.
Miss Tillie Held left Sunday even
ing for Wisconsin where she will
spend the summer at the home Of
her sister.
Harve Fletcher, OF southwest Of
town, has been dangerously i'll with
an attack of typhoid fever for some
time past, but is reported as improv-
ing now.
Mrs. Butts, of Wichita, mother of
Mrs. Milton Bose, and aunt, Mrs.
Butts, of Ell Reno, Okla, were the
guests of Mrs. Milton Bose this
week.
Mrs. Siler, who has been visiting
with her mother, Mrs. R. B. Herold,
the past winter, left the first of the
week for Kansas City, where she will
make her future hoome.
The Misses Lois Bockemohle, Viola
Stephans, Anna Ernsting, Marie
Kimpler and Minnie NIeils accom-
panied BY Mrs. E. L. Smith and two
sons, attended the field meet at
Hutchinson Saturday.
Peter Wenke of Route 2, was in
the city Saturday and called at this
office to have a notice inserted call
ing for bids for the erection of a new
school house building in his district,
No, 10. At a special meeting of the
patrons of the school the day pre-
vious it was decided by vote of q to
to build a new school house and
work will be started on the same as
soon as possible. Mr.. Wenke reports
the wheat as looking pretty good in
his immediate vicinity.
Gus Koch, Jr., was in from the
south side Tuesday and reported that
he was Just finishing up his work as
Sessing the township. This has been
a hard year for the assessors for the
roads were in such bad shape the
first of March that it was about i'm
possible for a person to get around,
and consequently it made them all a
little later than usual in completing
their work.
Little Frederick Wolf is at the
home Of his grandmother in Kansas
City suffering with a dangerous at
tack of diphtheria. He has been SER
iously i'll for the past week but is re-
ported to be improving a little now
and will probably get along all right
If no complications set in. With his
father he had gone to Kansas City
for a visit with his mother who has
been visiting there for some time,
and shortly after his arrival he was
taken down sick, and he and nurse
with his aunt, Mrs. C. W. Howe, for
company, are Quarantined in one part
OF the house.
Two small children of Mr.. and Mrs
Fred Keutz while at play last Friday
morning discovered an open can of
concentrated I've, and thinking it was
some kind of sugar, proceeded to eat
some of the same Luckily they were
discovered at once and medical aid
summoned, but not before both had
gotten some of the stuff into their
mouths, and the mouth and throat of
one was seriously burned while the
injuries to the other were slight.
While Charles Andreae and R. B.
Herold We've returning from the An
dreae farm south Of town Wednesday
evening they met a motorcycle Just
at the south edge Of town, and Char
ley's old horse preceded to cut up
capers in such a kittenish manner
that both were thrown from the
buggy into the ditch by the roadside
and the vehicle was smashed up pref
ty thoroughly. Luckily neither was
injured except for few minor
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