Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1914-08-07

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Claflin Chautauqua and the peo-
pie of Great Bend and vicinity
should show a neighborly spirit
and attend some of the entertain
mentS.
W.P. FEEDER made a hurried trip
out from Topeka this week to cast
his vote in the primary election.
returning to his work there the
same morning.
Ed Robinson and family, for
mer residents of the south side,
returned last week from West
Plains, Mo-, where they have been
living since last fall and expect
to make their permanent home
in this vicinity.
Mrs. Marion Russell left last |
week for Lincoln, Neb., for a visit |
with reativeS and friends and |
from there will go with a party |
to the northern lakes for an out
ing of a few weeks.
Mrs. G. N. Moses left the first
of the week for Weatherford, Ok
lahoma, being called there by the
serious illness of her sister, Mrs.
Frank Patterson, a former resi-
dent of this city. Mrs. Patterson
is suffering from heavy blood
pressure brought on by excessive
flesh and is said to be in a most
critical condition.
A card received from the Demo-
crat man from S. B. GiddingS, who
with his wife, is enjoying an out
ing and visiting with relatives
and friends in Colorado, contains
the information that they have
been having fine time and have
not been suffering the diScom-
forts of the warm weather as the
peope of this section have. Mr..
GiddingS writes that it has rained
every afternoon they have been
in Colorado, and the hottest
weather they had at Colorado
Springs was one afternoon when
the thermometer reached SO. The
mornings have been very cool and
a fire has felt very comfortable.
He and his wife are enjoying
good health and are experiencing
a very pleasant visit.
The many friends of Charley
Kincaid, a former Great Bend
boy, now manager of the Railroad
Y. M. c. A. at Horace, will be very
sorry to learn that he has been in
a very critical condition for some
time past, suffering with anattack
of typhoid fever, and that but lit
tie hopes have been entertained
for his recovery.
Karl Kienzle was up from Elm
wood Sunday evening for a visit
with his brother, Fred, and his
many Great Bend friends.
Manager Johnson, of the Echo
Theatre, has placed an order for
some fine big electric signs which
will be installed in front of their
place of business, which will moi
only add to the attractiveneSs of
the place but to the street as well,
MIR. johnson is a first class town
booster and believes in keeping
: the, outside of his place as up-to.
date and as pleasing as are the en-.
tertainmentS he furnishes his pa.
irons.
, Jake StoSkOpf was over from
HolsingtOn Monday on a bushes.
trip and visit.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Gates wer,
J up from the Seward neighborhooc
j Monday on a shopping trip anc
: for a short visit with friends.
Commissioner P. E. Murphy
finished threShing last week anC
reports a good average yield. TIL,
wheat on two of his farms aver
aged 20 bushels per acre, Will,
that on another farm made al
average OFFS IL bushels.
Mrs. Sam Gwinn, of west O
town, while grinding some fOot
one day last week, caught the emf
of one of her fingers in the ma
chine with the result that thu
finger was badly lacerated, max
ing a most painful wound.
Miss Ramona Martin returned
home from EmpOria last weel
after attending the summer nor
NAL at that place. She will teael
north of Heller the coming schoO
year. 80,