Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1914-10-15

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from Miami Sunday to visit her
mother, Mrs. Geo. Rardin.
A circus takes u lot of money
out of town, but the mail order
houses don't even give a parade.
T. T. Rardin has sold to A. A.
Stevens lots 1 to IL in block IL,
Solomon's addition to Baxter
Springs.
Charlie Polster expects to get
moved into his new house in a
few days. 1t is one of the hand
soonest in the county.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. H. Hefley of
Route / went to Vinita, Okla,
Saturday to attend the funeral of
Mrs. Hefley's uncle, Joseph Hunt.
That big rain early Monday
morning was just what this part
of the country needed. Stock
water was getting scarce, and
the ground was getting pretty
dry. Y
The Republicans will hold a
meeting Thursday afternoon at
the Majestic theatre. Earl Akers,
candidate for state treasurer, and
James A. Troutman of Topeka
will speak.
Mrs. A. R. Kane was hostess
to the Wednesday Auction Club
last week. The prize, a hand
some string of pearl beads, was
won by Mrs. A. C. Darlington. A
dainty lunch preceded the game.
We understand that one of the
candidates for a prominent adj
ministrative Office is an infdel.
If this is true, he is not entitled
to any part of the church vote,
but he is playing mighty hard
for it.
Mr.. and Mrs. Preston Button
attended the funeral of the FIVE
members of the John Deerfelt
family in Galena Sunday. The
Deerfelts were killed in a cyclone
that struck their place last FRI
day night.
Boston has won the National
championship in base ball by
winning four straight from Phil
adelphia. The latter team has
held the championship for three
years, but the Boston BRAVES
have put it on EN-"
A number of the Baxter Ants
attended the big oyster supper
given by the Southeast Ants on
Tuesday night. The visitors had
big time and plenty of oysters.
The Ants of this country are
having little social meetings
quite often this fall.
Don't you think, Mr.. Baxter
Citizen. that there are a lot of
uusightly places in town that
ought to be cleaned up? Do you
think the trash piles and weed
patches make a very good inn
preston on strangers!
One of the big losses from the
storm of last Friday night was
the Barnes G. Mcconnell mill on
Tar creek. The mill was al
most totally destroyed, and a lot
of other property in the neigh
borhood was wrecked.
DR.. Barnes, the we'll known
Specialist of Parsons, will be in
Baxter Springs at Polster Hotel,
Thursday, Oct. %. All who
are having eye troubles, in need
of new glasses or old ones chang
ed should call to see him at this
date. His glasses are guaranteed
whether they cost $1.00, $500,
$500 or more.
The price of zinc ore is going
down, Notwithstanding the fact
that no foreign ore is coming into
this country, and the further fact
that the zinc smelters of this
country are working overtime to
supply the demands of the war
ring nations. Plainly the spelter
trust is getting in its work.
A small house in the north
part of town Belonging to L. o.
Gray was burned about midnight
Monday night. The house was
vacant, having been vacated
about ten days ago, and Mr..
Gray, who is in the second hand
business, had stored a lot of
,tovas .ud other yoods in IL. II