Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-05-24
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From The Dispatch
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Mrs. P. H. Cory is sick and has
been under the doctors care lately.
Viva, daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs.
VIII Smith, was operated on at the
hospital Monday.
Chas. Speck came in Saturday
morning from Wichita, where he has
been working, to visit relatives, re-
turning Monday.
A son was born to Pete Stukey and
wife Monday. A daughter to Herman
Schneider and wife, s miles south
west Of town, Friday.
Thos. E. Murphy has started a
real estate and insurance business
with offices in connection with ]. B.
Prose.
Leon Roberts returned to Kansas
City Sunday. His wife remained for
further visit with her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. W. NJ. Shaphnd.
Fred Krug, who was employed the
last few weeks at the postoffice, has
resigned his position. Frank Willard,
Jr., has been employed in his place.
Jack Moran, of Trinidad, Colorado,
and Jerry and John Moran of viii
mington, H., are here to visit their
brother, Tom, whose health is grad
ually failing.
An at home" given Thursday
evening, by Mrs. H. E. Willard, in
honor of her sister, Miss Ada Cox
adge, WIS made the occasion Of an
nouncing the coming marriage of
Miss Coxedge to Mr.. NJ. c. Taylor
A son was born to c. W. Baker and
wife Tuesday night and died LIST
evening. The parents have the sym
patty OF the community in the loss #
their little one.
Miss Olinda Michaelis has been en-
ployed as a clerk in the Nuss & NUsS
Mere. Co. store and Miss Anna PIT
erbaugh is doing the bookkeeping.
0rvil Thomas is assisting as clerk
this week while the proprietOrs a.e
away.
John Boyer was here from his firm
near Cinnamon last week after his cat
tie. Mr.. Boyer says wheat is good
between here and Cimarron and some
pieces cannot be beat.
Miss Odah Hollar has resigned her
position at Morrison Bros, and ac-
cepted a clerical position at the sho. s
made vacant by the resignation Of
Miss Lemon. Miss Anna Stoskopf is
now employed as boOkkeeper and
cashier at Morrison Bros.
Joe Degen received injuries in get
ting off a street car in Kansas City
April 4, for which the WoOdmen Ac-
cident association paid him S4O.7O ard
the Business Mems Accident associa-
ton paid him about $4,000. The in
jury consisted Of torn ligaments Of
the foot.
The Ochs Grain Company has rent
ed the north room Of the Morrison
building, formerly occupied by Bau-
mann Bros, and have moved their
flour, feed, seed and grain business
from the room formerly occupied by
J. L. Pieper. Mr.. 0chs says they ex.
pect to add to the line gradually IN
til they get the room filled up.
Harris Baker, son Of Mr.. and Mrs.
A. H. Baker, fell about fifteen feet
from a cottonwood tree Sunday at
noon and was bruised considerably
but not seriously hurt. The limb on
which he was sitting broke. Harris
still has one arm in a sling and says
there will be no more tree climbing
for him.
John MoSer was down on the Chey-
enne Bottoms Sunday to fish one Of
his mules out of the water. When
John wants to see his farm now he
has to take observations from the
sun, moon and stars to find its lOca-
ton and then dive, as the cloudburst
Friday afternoon put it under about
IL feet Of water. John had a dixie
thrown up around a 60 acre tract but
the dixie is under water as well as
the farm since Friday.
Joe Rasely, one Of the standbys Of