The Holt County sentinel. (Oregon, Mo.) 1883-1980, 1917-09-28
90 TO
WATSON'S PLACE
FOR BARGAINS,
SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER 20
Cane Sugar, SO. 90, per Hun.
dred.
Flour, $500 per Sack
Pink Beans, l5c per Pound.
Carnation Milk, large Size,
Per Can 15c.
Search Light Matches, Sc
per Box.
Horse Shoe Tobacco, SOC
per Pound.

guarantee Of a cash bonus and the
provision OF special train Miss Law
disrcgardcd her contract, SAYS the
Bethany Republican, and finished the
week at Louisville. Though greatly
disappointed, the thousands Of visitors
AT the fair had the good grace to
place the blame where Il belonged md
the majority Of them declared they
rot their moneys worth as Il was.
The to'nl attendance was 10000, and
I u noteworthy that with rs many rs
1000 motor cars on the ground with
n single day there was no accident
of any kind.
A student in the Grant City high
school last week distinguished him
self, according 10 the Times, and prov
cd himself almost qualified 20 enter
college by eating more wcinics than
amy two other persons mt n picnic of
the entire school.
Within three weeks within the i'm.
mediate vicinity Of Burlington juno
ton. says the Post, nine farms have
been sold for an aggregate amount
NJ S210,O00. and not since the original
settlement Of the county has the dc.
mand for land been 40 great Ms now.
Twenty-Five tons Of alfalfa at s2a,5
ton delivered at the railway station
ut Burlington Junction was the sale
made last week by Edgar c. johnson
TO m Iowa dairyman. says the Post.
Johnson's alfalfa field has brought in
more than 500 an acre this ycar.
Another town has been added 10
The list Of those taking electric cur
rent from the Mnryvillc plant, Con.
ccriion Junction having voted to do
80 by the unanimous score Of go TO o.
Ono morning recently In Atchison
county a man was fou.l pinned be
meath a Hudson Supcr-six car, SAYS
the Mound City Ncws-JcfYcrsonian
When assistance camc. and he was
released he Immediately got a man
~ drive him 10 Hamburg. showing
little interest In the damaged car, and
took the train without being asked TO
explain his conduct or prove his own
crship OF the car. although several
persons expressed themselves ms sus-
picious. II was soon learned that the
car belonged TO c. J. Nanmctcr. Of
st. Joseph, and, strangely enough. the
car was di,chcd within a mile Of the
old farm where Nnnmctcr was born
and raised.
A Hopkins woman received "a very
long letter the other day-10 feet
long, In fnct--says the journal. I'LL
was from her printer son In Kansas
City and was written on paper trim
mngs nm inch wide and pasted 20.
gcthcr TO form the unusual station
cry. Soon after that she received
from him another freak lcttcr--a real
circular letter, II being written round
and round on u dlsk.shaped shcc, |
three feet In circumference.
In their eager quest for old Iron |
some workmen ut Trenton came near
taking the life Of Mrs. John Shipley, |
says the Times, They were blasting |
apart the old engine u, the brick |
yard and q i00-pOund piece Of iron
was hurled 300 feet and struck the
c. Il. Dewey home where Mrs. Ship.
ley had Just arrived from Chohalis,
Wash. Inside the home Mrs. Shipley
was knceling down before her trunk
her hostess some articles
brought with her when the iron came
crashing into the room and struck the
lid Of the trunk completely sha,.er-
ing il and driving splinters Of brass
and wood into the face and breast Of
Mrs. Shipley. The strange missile
across the room, MASKING
4 sewing machine, driving debris in
very direction which painfully injur-