Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-06-07
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From The Leader.

WIN hluPlCl NOAI W NoASoo NlIy 4
Tuesday evening to attend the Mil !
lers Convention.
Miss Clara Kautzer returned the !
last of the week from a visit at Gar
den PLANE, Kans.
Miss Francis Damea and sister,
Mrs. Jochem, of Offerle, went to
Kansas City Tuesday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Hemes re-
turned the last Of the week from
their wedding trip to Oklahoma.
Mrs. Lutte Dirks and children of
Hutchinson are here on visit with
her mother. Mrs. Albert Schroeder.
Arthur and Alfred Strothman of
Pratt, Kansas, visited the first of the
week with their brother, Louis, and
family, and other relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Andrae and
daughter, Mrs. VIII Howard, and
daughter, Miss Maybelle, left Mon
day morning for a visit with reIa-
tives in Kremlin, Okla.
The MaennerchOr will give a grand
ball on the night of July 4, to
which the public is cordially invited,
and which the committee in charge
guarantees to be an enjoyable affair.
Morris orchestra will furnish music
for the occasion.
! Ed Koehler came up from the
farm near Raymond Saturday to
look after things here and for visit
with home folks. Ed has out about
eighty acres of corn on the place
down there and says it is looking
fine. He has out a large wheat crop
here and as soon as harvest is over
will move down to the Raymond
farm.
Mrs. D. L. Kultgen assisted by
Miss Kate Dethample, gave a sur
prise party on Mr.. Kultgen last Sun
day evening in honor of his birthday
anniversary, and the surprise was a
very complete ard pleasant one. An
elegant five course supper was serv-
ed at six o'clock and later in the
evening ice cream and cakes were
served. and thoroughly good time
was had by all present.
Judge Holt and Henry RAIDER re-
turned Monday evening from a few
days looking over the southwest cor
ner of the state where the Dodge
City-Colmor cutoff now being built
by the Santa Fe win soon open up a
vast area of fine Kansas country
which heretofore has never smelled
car smoke. They say they enjoyed a
very pleasant trip and were really
surprised to see so much beautiful
country.
The Knights of Columbus are al
ready making arrangements for their
Annual Grand Ball on July 4th, and
the affair this year promises to be
bigger and better than ever. Tick
cts will be $1.OO for gentlemen, with
ladies admitted free and the music
will be furnished by the Norris
orchestra. Refreshments and lunch
con will be served In the building
and every effort will be put forth by
the committee in charge to see that
everyone attending has an enjoyable
evening.
Fred Wolf returned from Kansas
City Sunday morning after spending
the most Of the time for several
weeks in that place with his wife and
children. He reports that Mrs.
WOf and little daughter are getting
along in fine shape, but that his son,
Frederick. who has been suffering
with an attack Of diphtheria for sew
eral weeks past, is stin in a very SER
ious condition and Is not recovering
as rapidly as he should. The little
fellow has been making a brave fight
for life. but the disease seems to
have tenacious grip on his system
and he has been a very sick boy for
long time. 1t is sincerely hoped thai
his system may be strong enough to
withstand the disease and that he
may soon regain his usual health.
George Wagner, ]. F. Strothman,
VIII Roth and Otto Walgasper, Of
West Point. Iowa, were down at
Greensburg and vicinity the first of
the week looking after their farming
interests in that vicinity. Messrs.
wagner and Roth returned home
Monday evening, but Mr.. Stroth-
man and Mr.. Walgasper stayed a
few days longer. Mr.. Wagner says
that about everyone down in that
country has fine wheat except him,
and that Mr.. Roth's wheat Is excep-
donally fine. Georges wheat was
drilled late last fall and the freezing
weather killed the entire crop. And
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