The Iola register. [volume], August 31, 1894, Image 4

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WE
NEVER FAIL
To sell clotliiiig to a man who wants to
buy if we once get him into our store.
The reason is that our stock is so big we
are sure to fit him, and our prices are so
low that it is not worth while to go any
where else. "We don't expect
TO GO
BANKRUPT
But other firms have, and we have
bought their goods at slaughter prices !
That is the reason we can sell you a suit
for $10.00, for example, that actually
cost the merchant who bought it first
$10.50. We opened up $2000 worth of
new clothing this week, and you posi
tively must not buy anywhere eLse until
you have seen the bargains we have to
offer you. It is hot now, but you want
to be looking out for the clothing you
will need
WHEN WINTER COMES
D. EWART.
IOLA.
SAVONBURG.
THE IOLA REGISTER.
FRIDAY, AUGUST 31, 1804.
CHAS. F. SCOTT.
Published every Friday.
Entered in postofficc at Tola as 2d class matter.
Subscription price in advance, SL50 per year.
Advertising rates furnished on application.
OFFICIAL PAPER OF ALLEN COUNTY.
77.C printed address label on this paper shows to
what date your subscription is paid. If you are
in arrears please remit at once. Remember that
all subscriptions arc due and payable in advance.
A SHOCKING TRAGEDY.
W A Cnmminjrs Meets Death In a Ter
rible Form and in a Mysterious Man
ner. The Community Profoundly
Moved by the Apparently
Insoluble Mystery.
Oa Thursday afternoon, August 16,
W. A. Cummings hired a team at the
stable of C. A. Japhet, saying that he
wanted to drive several miles out into
the country. Sometime between 1
and 3 o'clock in the night he brought
the team back to the stable and as he
got out ho asked tho boy who took it
if he knew where "Van" was, allud
ing toE. A. VanValkenberg, who
commonly worked about tho barn.
The b jy answered, but Cu turnings re
peated it several times, appearing not
to understand the answer. The boy
thought he was slightly intoxicated,
aud told him he had better go home.
He then walked out of the stable and
was not seen again by anybody who
can be found, until Dr. C. H. Boulson,
whose office adjoins and connects with
that of Cummings, entered his office
at 11:30 o'clock Friday morning and
found him lying, unconscious and
covered with blood, upon the lounge
on the north side of the room.
Cumming's coat, vest, shoes, hat,
collar and necktie had been removed,
and he was lying in a natural atti
tude as if sleep. The lounge cushion
and a small floor mat were under his
head and his vest was wrapped
around a large cuspidor, which was
on the floor near the lounge and which
had received most of the blood. A
small mirror, i hich had hung upon
the south side of the room, had been
torn down and was leaning against
the lounge. There was perhaps a
pint of bloody water in .a basin locked. The key to Cummings' door
against the south wall, and the wall was in bis pocket, and the only other
There were drops of blood upon a pad
of note paper on the writing table in
the middle of the room.
The blinds of the doctor's office were
closely drawn. The connecting door
between the two offices was open, but
the outside doors of both offices were
locked and the key to his own room
was in Cummings' pocket.
Dr. Boulson had been away from
home all week and arrived in Iola on
the 11:10 o'clock train. At soon as he
reached his office and made the
shocking discovery, he made it known.
Forepaugh's circus was in town and
as the news spread through the large
crowd there was intense excitement.
Drs. Fulton and McDowell were sum
moned, the shirt and undershirt of the
apparently dying man, which were
soaked with blood, were removed and
his wounds were dressed.
Fifteen separate blows had been
dealt to Cummings' head with the
hatchet, but probably only one of
them penetrated the skull. At the
left wrist were two or three punctures
and there was a long deep gash in
the arm just above.
As the wounds weie being dressed,
stimulants were administered and
about 4 o'clock the wounded man
seemed to have recovered partial con
sciousness. He was then taken to his
home. His brother, Dr. Cummings,
who lives at Branson, arrived in the
afternoon and was recognized by the
dying man, who put out his hand
saying: "Hellow, Doc." His broth
er said. "How did you get hurt, BU-
lie?" He replied: "I don't know."
Every effort was made to revive the
failing powers, but to.no avail, and
he died at midnight without having
said anything that would throw light
on the mystery.
The foregoing is a cold relation of
all the details attending a tragedy
that shocked and excited the people
of Iola and vicinity probably as no
event in our history has ever done be
fore. Not only the terrible deed itself,
but the mystery of it has agitated the
entire community. Was it murder?
If so, who was the murderer? Was
it suicide? If so, what was the mo
tive?
The first thought of every one was
that murder had been done. It seem
ed impossible that a man wanting to
commit suicide would choose an old
dull hatchet to do it with. But
against that theory were these facts :
The outside doors to both offices were
strong enough to think of attacking a
man of Cummings' size and strength
could have crushed the skull at a
blow. The outer clothing of the man
had been removed. A murderer
would not have stopped to do that.
And finally no man can be thought of
who would have any possible motive
for such a crime.
The only other theory that remains
is that it was a case of suicide; and to
that conclusion, slowly and regretful
ly, the community is gradually com
ing. It has been discovered that he
bought 10 grains of morphine Thurs
day morning, which was not needed
in his family and which he did not
take home. When he left home after
dinner he teld his wife he had to go
into the country on business and
might not be back till late and she
would better get some one to stay
with rer. Tho sheriff followed his
track Saturday afternoon and found
that he had driven straight to Colony,
that he did not do any business there
but Bat all afternoon inZike's restaur
ant smoking and talking, that as it
grew dusk ho said "Well, I muBt be
going," and drove out of town to the
west, after which no one appears to
have seen him until he drove the
team, much heated and exhausted,
into the barn at three o'clock the next
morning. It is a short two hours'
drive from Colony to Iola. What was
he doing the other six? Those who
have been forced to the suicide theory
suggest that he was simply driving
the country roads debating the awful
question, "To be or not to be", fight
ing alone and in the dark the battle
of his life. They reason that having
settled it, ,he swallowed the mor
phine, drove rapidly to town, and
went to his office, removed his outer
clothing and lay down to enter into
the Bleep of death. Perhaps, in the
excited condition of his nerves and
mind, the morphine crazed instead of
stupifying him, or perhaps its action
was too slow for him, and he got the
hatchet and tried to brain himself.
Failing in this, he took his pen-knife
which waB found open and bloody
beside him and tried to open the ar
tery at the wrist, and failing in that
also, in desperation he slashed his
arm. At last yielding to the loss of
blood and to the effect of the morphine
also, he fell into unconsciousness. Of
course all this is mere conjecture and
may be widely wrong. But we give
it as one of the theories that may pos
sibly explain this sad mystery. The
condition of his business affairs,
which are known to have been much
involved, may have supplied a motive
for the deed.
THE INQUEST.
Coroner Brown, of Humboldt, was
promptly notified of the death and on
Saturday impannelled a jury to in
quire into the mystery. Witnesses
were examined on Saturday and Mon
day and then the jury adjourned till
yesterday to await the coming of a
witness who had been summoned
from outside the State. The jury con
vened again yesterday and spent the
day examining witnesses and looking
over Mr. Cummings' books and pa
pers. It is still in session as we go
to press, and we must therefore wait
until next week to publish its veidich
BIOGRAPHICAL.
W. A. Cummings was born in Park
County, Ind., in 1855. About 1868 he
came with hiH father's family to Kan
sas, settling on a farm near Carlyle
which his mother still owns. After
coming to manhood lip taught school
for several years, and then went into
the real estate, loan and' insurance
business in Iola, in which he has ever
since been engaged. He was happily
married and his wife and four bright
children survive him.
He was insured in the A. O. U. W.,
O. S. F. and M. W. A., to the total
amount of $8000, oi which it is under
stood that $3000 is payable to his
mother and $5000 to his wife. Until
his affairs are adjusted it cannot be
known what other resources will be
available for his family.
THE FUNERAL.
The funeral was held at the resi
dence at 3 o'clock Sunday afternoon
and was probably the largest ever
seen in Iola. It was under the direc
tion of the Odd Fellows, assisted by
the A. O. U. W., O. S. F., M. W. A.,
and K. of P., and representatives of
those orders were present from Ft.
Scott, Bronson, Humboldt, Yates
Center, Neosho Falls and Moran, to
trie number probably of about 300.
The total attendance must have been
considerably over 1000. Music was
furnished by the Cornet Band and by
a double quartet of singers. The ser
vices were brief but impressive. And
in all the vast concourse there was
not one heart that did not bleed in
sympathy with the sorrow of the be
reaved relatives, and particularly
with the stricken wife and the or
phaned children. The sympathy of
the entire community is surely theirs
in the fullest measure.
sympathy, in this, tho hour of their great be
reavement; further
Rewired, That as a further mark of respect
the lodge room be draped in mournlnc for the
space of thirty days; further
Jfrfolrecl, That a duly certified copy of these
resolutions be delivered to the widow and fam-
uym our deceased brother, and further
Resolved, That these resolutions be published
bUItt $ P8pers Au of lrU;1 ,s respectfully
f Oscar Foust,
Com.-! A. H. Campbell.
(.C. C. AUSHEKMAN.
Iola, Allen county, Ks , Auk. 2s, 1891.
REPUBLICAN MEETINGS.
Judge O. L. Miller, Republican
candidate for Congress, will address
the people of Allen county at times
and places as follows:
Humboldt, Wednesday Sept. 10.
Ard'B Grove " Oct. 3.
Iola, " Oct. 17.
Moran, Thursday, Nov. 1.
UEFOltE THE WAB.
Mr. Wisner's remniscenses of olden
times induces me to give a little of
my experience as an early settler. I
also came to Kansas in April 1857 In
company with Win Boyd (a nephew
of old Judge Boyd) and W.F. Brooks.
We came irom Johnson county. Iowa
with a two horse team. Brooks' and J
bought a claim of Ausrustus Todd.
which afterwards made the Lawyer
ana jones larms; .brooks built the
house that Cy Grey now lives in, I
split the lath for the plastering, but I
am getting too far along I must go
back to July 1857. I concluded it was
not well for man to live alone, so I
rode harseback to Kansas Citv sold
my horse (of which I had quite a
time as I made a mistake aud told
them I was from Kansas and of course
I was taken for a Kansas Jay Hawk
er). I went on to Indiana and took
unto myself a wife. In coming back
the nearest point we could come to
Kansas by railroad was Jefferson City
Mo., thence by steam boat to Kansas
City, then I paid a mau thirty dollars
to bring us down here with a team.
I used to walk from the mouth of
Deer creek to Coffachique and called
It three miles and now it is more than
that to Iola. Yes, we used to pay
Aaron Case 10 cents a pound for nails.
I paid Sam Loranco ten dollars for a
barrel of salt that was hauled from
Leavenworth, if I remember right
that was in war times. Old settlers
remember the fall of '59 when a drove
of Texas cattle was driven through up
the Neosho valley aud every native
head of cattle that crossed that trail
died. I remember how the settlers
met to organize a protective associa
tion. I can yet see Cap. Killen of
Carlyle roll up his sleeves and say "if
we cannot get a law passed to keep
those cattin out we must use muscle."
I think tho following- winter there
was a law passed to keep them out.
They had a certain route where they
were allowed to cross tho Arkansas
where Wichita is new. Tho first I
heard of Mr. Wisner was that there
was a family livinjr near Coffachinue
mac were vegitariaus. ut tne old set
tlers that wore on the west side of the
river in 1857 was Martin Brown (fath
er oi our &am anu uuth), rsimrod
Hankins. J. L. Arnold. Hiram Smith,
H. L. Beygan, J. B. Young, A. T.
Landers and Micheal Kteer. The
first fall I lived here I shot nine wild
turkej'B. My cabin M'as built by an
Arkansas mau and of course the
chimney was outside and was built
of sticks daubed with mud inside aud
out. Every fall that had to bo re
daubed. While I was at that work I
looked out in the corn patch and seen
some turkeys. I took my rillo down
to shoot at them and shot at tho one
with a long beard aud when tho re
port was heard I saw tho turkey drop
aud told my wife she might co and
get it, she soon called to mo to come
that It was only crippled aud behold
whon I got there I lound the ball had
passed through the one I shot at and
crippled another, I had two gobblers
mat woigneu twenty pounds apiece.
I doubt whether our Arkansas hunt
ers will do any bettor.
I. B. Laavyeii.
MORAN FAIK NOTES.
In the yearling race Wednesday,
P. M., Castermaid trotted to win, and
tho best time made was 1.32.
In the 2yr. old trotting race Lona B.
won an easy victory over Blood Bus
sell and Millard H. The latter two
were so well mated that second and
third money was evenly divided be
tween tnem.
In tho running raced mile heats)
Daisy W. came out ahead. Time 54
seconds.
The potato race was very unique
and amusing. The contestants four
in number gathered up potatoes scat
tered along their path, makiner a bbd-
arate trip to the basket for each pota
to, ueo. ctrong was tne winner, time
4.37.
In the running race, one of the
horses while turning the corner, fell
on ma nuer, injuring nim seriously.
At latest reports he was doing woll.
There was a large attendance on
Wednesday and Thursday. We were
glad to see so many of our friends
from iola and other places.
A large and line variety of poultry
(including chickens, turkovs and
ducks)is on exhibition.
A half dozen caged iack-rabblts
have attracted a great deal of atten
tion.
The collection of plants in Floral
Hall is indeed beautiful. Fruit, nlck-
les, etc. are here in great quantities.
If we may judge by the appearance,
they are delicious.
There is a fine exibition of rag car
pets. A squash on exhibition at the Fair
is about 4 leet in circumference.
A few cabbages are to be seen in
Floral HalJ. Some very fine speci
mens of Oklahoma Corn are here too.
There are some very fine grapes to
be seen. A fow nice pears have ar
rived since our last report.
Tomatoes about a foot in circumfer
encewhat do you think of that?
J. C. Strong has a fine collection of
stuffed birds and animals in Floral
Hall.
The Managers have taken a great
deal of pains to make Floral Hall at
tractive and the exhibitors appreciate
tne ocst opportunity iney ever had to
show their articles to advantage.
Thero was a very fine display of cat
tle at the Fair.
Some very fine hogs are on exhibiti
on at the fair.
The exhibition oi horses, mules,
jacks, stallions aud colts is large and
fine.
Some fine looking sheep may be
seeu at the Fair, also.
THURSDAY, P. M.
In the yearling pace Proctor won In
two straight heats. Daisy W. won in
the running race.
In the 2:40 trot, Boyal David won
an easy victory.
The sack race, three-legged race and
climbing tho slick pole were very a
niusing. FRIDAY.
There was a lively competition for
Mr. Willoughby's baby carriage, as
tnore were eleven contestants, un
fortunately ten of them were sleepy
and tired and so did not show off to
good advantage. Mrs. Ferguson'B
littlo one with its smiles and good na.
ture carried off the prize.
In the 3yr old trot Bruce Medium
eame off victorious. Jetmorewon the
running race. Tho 3:00 pace was hot
ly contested. Bud Dille won but Tom
Ogden and Wanita Proctor crowded
him hard.
It
Stands
to
Reason
That
The
Place
To
Get
Clothing
Is
At
That Suit
We tried to sell yon.
the other day is gone.
Don't you remember
we said it would not
stay with us long at
that price ?
You said that suit
Of Yours
was all right then, but
you really did want to
get into those new
clothes. That's right,
anyone likes new,
neat-fitting clothing
and hates a suit that
Looks Seedy.
Only
Exclu
sive Clothing
House
In
Allen
County.
ANDERSON & DeCLDTE'S
JEVoS JBROS
DEALERS IN
r
Drills, Bks Stationery
Paints, Oils, Glass, Wall Paper,
School Supplies, Art Material, Lamps, Trusses, Crutches.
Proprietors of the Kanola Remedies.
IOX
KLJNTS.
RESOLUTIONS OF RESPECT.
"H C. T. U. CONVETION.
The Fourth Annual Convention of
the W. C. T. U. of Allen county
which was held at Iola in tho Pres
byterian church Aug. 1C aud 17 was a
very successful and profitable one.
The convention opened Thursday
morning with devotional exorcises led
by Mrs. Wiiliamson.
In the afternoon session reports
were read from tho various societies
which show a marked increase of
membership, of the Humboldt and
Geneva Unions, aud au amount of
worK uone in the county which must
tell for good in the future.
The experience meetincr. "Whv I
am a W. U. T. U." was enthusiastic
and instructive. The convention
voted to have the paper by Mrs.
uaiirei jmuiuu ill mil.
Thursday evening was devoted to
an interesting program consisting of
recitations aud songs. A paper by
Mrs. J. S. Miller which merits special
mention, and a short address by Bev,
Squier.
In the business meeting held Fri-
uay morning, tne loilowlng officers
were elected for the coming year
Pres, Mrs. L. C. Hankius; Cor secy,
Mrs. G. C. Barber; Treas, Mrs. C. A.
Kinne.
The convention adonted a nlnn nf
worKior tne coming year which is
Drieny as loiiows:
We would recommend timr. Mm
local unions take up and consider
the following subjects: Mother's
Meetings. The sendincr of temnar-
anca literature to those who have it
not. The work of mercy. The suff
rage question. Anu we also recom
mend that the evangelistic work
among the colored people be taken up
more earnestly.
A few minutes were given to mis
cellaneous business. Among other
wise suggestions our president urged
that we wear the white ribbon con
tinually because it always speaks for
tempeianco, truth, loyalty and faith
in God.
A rising vote was taken of all who
SATURDAY.
Tho Triumphal Procession M'as well
Worth seeing. In tho 3:00 trot, Boyal
David again came off triumphant.
Maggio Elmont won the 2:20 pace
In three straight heats; time 2:20.
This is the best time ever made in
Allen couuty in pacing or trotting.
Daisy W. reached tho goal line first
in the running race.
Our Fair has closed and it was un
doubtedly tho best wo ever had. The
exhibit of ladies handiwork both in
useful and ornamental articles was
very lino. Tho mere sight of the
cakes, jellies, preserves and pickles
made oue's mouth water and caused
deep regret that they were kept so
carefully under glass. The agricul
tural exhibit was larger and finer
than ever beiore.
The livo-stock exhibit waB one of
which we might all feel proud. There
was a choice lot of poultry on exbibi
tion. in over teioro vrere there so
many flue horses at the Fair nor have
wo had equally good ones. The Cha-
nuto band furnishod good music. The
rain of Monday night and Tuesday
morning was a help to the water sup
ply ana Geo. Koss proved Himself ca
pable of keeping his contract to sup
ply an abundance of water during the
Fair. Tin refreshment stands were
well patronized but not another thing
was so well patronized as Watkins
and Longstreet's merry-go-round.
Thursday there were 3000 people in
attendance. As the room for Improve
ment is never full, we anticipate a
better Fair next year but the manag
ers aro to be congratulated on the
success attending their efforts.
Harry J. Bassett.
tBBSSS&gb BuYg-M-HENDEBSOH&CoV
lllteSsNigi3r Kfflij85is;5fl0 AWBaT
Ior Sale Ty KTo:rtlrrta.;p Bros.
To the Noble Grand. Officers and would exercise the risht of snfl" if
Members of Iola Lodge JNo. 21, I. O. given an opportunity. All in the
adjacent was sprinkled with diluted
blood as if oue had washed hastily.
There was the mark of bloody fingers
on a match box half open ou a medi
cine table near the wash stand and
the mark of scratched matches on the
wall near where the mirror had been.
An old rusty hatchet which belonged
in Cummings' office was leaning
against the lounge and blood and hair
showed plainly how it had been used.
men who had keys to either door were
out of town. There were no signs of a
struggle in either room. A man not
entiiely familiar with the office could
not have found the hatchet, which was
kept in an out of the way corner.
And a man deliberately planning to
kill another would not depend on
finding a chance weapon in the office
to do the deed. There were so many
light blows on the head. A man
O. F.t Iola, Kansas
Brethren : We your committee an
pointed to report resolutions touching
mo ueam oi our late Drotner, w. A.
Cummings, respectfully beg leave to
report the following preamble and
resolutions, and recommend their
adoption, viz :
Wheeeas, In the inscrutable wisdom of an
All Wise Providence, death has been permitted
to lay lis icy hand upon, and remove from oar
lodge, our late brother, W A CummingB, la the
prime and vigor of an early manhood, and
Whereas. It is becoming of us as Odd Fel.
lows, and in accordance with the teachings of
our beloved erder. that we bow in humble sub
mission to the Decrees of our Divine Hasten and
Whereas. It is appropriate that we as breth
ren ana as a loage, snouia lace sucn action as
will properly tesUfy our appreciation ot the
character of our deceased brother as a citizen,
husband and father and an Odd Fellow and
perpetuate his memory as such: therefore be it
Resolved: That in the death of our late broth
er, W. A. Cummings, cut down In the vigor of
early manhood and usefulness, the Independent
Order of Odd Fellows has lost an exemplary
member, this lodge an active, zealous and con
sistent brother, his family a kind and loving
husband and father, and the community a
prominent, actle and exemplary citizen; further
Resolved; That to the widow and children of
our deceased brother we tender our sincere I ana Bros.
house arose except two who were not
oia enougn to vote.
The following resolutions were
adopted by the convention:
Resolved, That we remember the encouraging
words urging us to faithful work in the temper
ance cause, thanking the Heavenly Father for
his mercies to us.
That we tender a vote of than ts to those who
gave us such cordial welcome to strangers and
to those who so kindly helped in our conven
tion with words of encouragement, recitations
and music.
That we thank the editor of the Iola Reg
ister for the offer nf nnri In Ihn mlnmm ,.r
his valuable paper. Com.
m
A Druggist Talks.
Will F. Crawford, druggist at Des
Moines, Iowa, says it is remarkable
the way Cubeb Cough Cure sells, that
his customers speak of it in the high
est terms of praise. On man in par
ticular who has been troubled with
bronchitis for years never found any
relief until he used the Cubeb Cough
Cure. He says it stopped it at once.
He doesn't hesitate to recommend it
for all throat and lung troubles. Ev-
SOME NOTES 1KO.H MISS CLARK.
The following brief extracts from a
letter recently leceived here from
Miss Mary A. Clarke, dated at Teher
an, Persia, June 4, 1804, will be read
with interest by Miss Clark's many
Iriends in Iola:
My Dear Friends: Before I for
get them, I must tell you a few things
I have read or heard lately which
struck me as very funny. A few days
ago in a book written by a missionary
in India, I came across a conversation
something like this, which was over-
nearu by a missionary: Jb irst .Native:
"These foreigners are pretty good sort
of people, but they need not pretend
they don't worsnip iuois, for 1 Know
they do." Second Native: "O, I
don't believe they do when they talk
so strongly against it." First Native:
"But I have seen it with my own
eyes, Carlton Sahib has on his mantel
an idol called 'Omur' (the listener
makes a mental note of the fact that
ho must smash his beautiful bust of
Homer next morning) and then every
one of them gets down on his knees
and worships his chair every morn
ing."
In tho Girl's School there are two
littlo girls from a remote mountain
village. Tho other day one of them
said to one of the ladies: "You know
wo don't have pins in Karaghan, but
I had a pin once. I wore it whenever
I went to a wedding, and stuck it in
my dress so it would show as much
as possible. When I lost it I cried
all day."
Our missionary physician is very
popular among tho natives because
he smokes. The Persians generally
use the water-pipe and the custom is
for a servant to start it (a Persian
would not eat or breath if he could
have a servant do it for him) then it
is passed to the guests, each one in
turn taking a few whiffs. Here in
the city most of the Persians keep
cigars or cigarettes, and so Dr. Wlah
ard gets along very well when he
wishes to be social. Last week, how
of the mountain villages. The minis
ter said, "Thank you, I don't smoke,"
but the Dr. said, "I will tako a cigar"
thinking they would not have any,
but in a few moments a servant ap
peared puffing awaj' at a cigar which
he politely handed to the doctor.
In the doctor's absenco a native mo
man was hired to stay with his wife.
The doctor returned two days before
he was expected and found his wife
away from home, but the woman fear
ing that the doctor would be angry
with his wife, basteued to assuro him
that Mrs. Wishard had been out oj
the house only once or twice sinco ho
left.
It is getting very hot, but I am in
the Ward's house and don't feel the
heat as I did in my own rooms last
summer. School clones June 15, but I
will bo detained in tho city for anoth
er week after that. I shall have an
easy time this summer for we have
decided to close the boarding depart
ment of the school next year, so we
will not take any boys to the country.
I expect to spend my time studying
Persian and collecting and arranging
material for a geography that I hope
to have translated in Persian this
winter. I want, also, to spend one af
ternoon of each week reading and
talking to the women and children.
mum
Do You "Want Feeders.
Do you wint to feed your crop
feeders are cheap our terms are
reasonable, is the announcement made
in our columns this week by one of
the best known and most successful
commission firms at the Kansas City
Stock yards, Messrs. Siegel, Welch
& Clawson Live Stock Commission Co.
This firm is too well and favorably
known to need commendation at our
hands. The fact that they extend as
sistance to our farmers at reasonable
rates in securing feed; or cattle to
feed, together with their known repu
tation for honorable, prompt and care
ful business methods, makes them an
unusually desirable firm to do business
with. Their financial standing is
strong their rates low and their
methods right you will be pleased
with, and we take pleasure in recom
mending them to Sou if you are in
need of assistance.
WM. YEAGER
WANTS YOTJ11
Poultry
And
Eggs!
And
Will
Pay
The
Highest
Price
IN CASH!
25 cents buys a box of
S-K
HEADACHE
TABLETS.
They positively cure For sale by
all druggists. S-K Medicine Co.
Quiucy, III.
Also manufacturers of S-K Diar
rhoea tablets. S-K Despepsia tablets,
for sale at Campbell's Drug Store-
m m
For Sale or Trade
G. D. Hilderbrant lost a boy's shoe Friday on
the way from the show to town, rlnuer please
leave at this office
Mattic E. Groomer, Morchcad. Kansas wants
to sell ber place just south of Capt. Ew lugs'.
Mrs. J. W. Wolf. 4 miles southeast o f Iola, has
17 hogs, good.feedcrs, to sell.
J. B Fergus. Lone Elm. wants to trade a good
Short Horn bull calf lor wheat, oats or rye.
Card of Thanks.
We desire to express to our friends
the gratitude we feel for thoir jrreat
kindness to us during tho illness aud
after the death of our child.
Mr. and Mrs. G. O. Smith.
A Quarter Century Test.
For a quarter of a century Dr.
King's New Discovery has been test
ed, and the millions who have receiv
ed benefit from its use testify to its
wouderlul curative powers in all dis
eases of throat, chest and lungs. A
remeuy mat nas stood the tfSt so
long and that has given so universal
satisfaction is no experiment. Each
bottle is positively guaranteed to
give relief, or the money will bo re
funded. It is admitted to be tho
most reliable for coughs and colds
Sold at Evans Bros.
Don't Grout
About your feet hurting you, when
ChrvBO Corn Cure will cure corns.
ever, he and one of the clerical mis- bunions, Ac. Every bottle warrented
Bionaries were making a tour in soma I at Evans' Bros.
Xotice.
We must have money to carry on
our business, and in order to get it
we are obliged to insist that all who
owe us, either on notes past due or on
book account, must settle between
now and October 1. Those who make
satisfactory settlement before this
date will be accomodated in the fut
ure as in tho past. But farther credit
will be positively denied to any who
fail to make such fcettleinont.
Trubting that all whom this con
cerns will give it prompt attention e
remain Very Bespectfull3
Richards & Welch.
The Iola llalry.
Fresh milk, sour milk, butter milk
and cream delivered anywhere in
own morning and oveniug. Order in
person or by mail. Grant Billbc.
ELECTRIC TELEPHONE
Sold ontricht. no rent, no roT&ltr. AArA
to Citj-. ViliaKQ or Country. e3e! in erery
nome,iiop. More anu omce. urealestconren
iencan(l lst seller on earth.
.crm make irotu 83 to 90O pernor
One in a residence means a al u all th
neighbor. 1 ine instruments, no toj, worlw
anjtthere, iinj distance. Complete, ready for
uv when shin ed. Can be pat np by ny one.
nereroatof order, no renaiHm at & Htm
tiro Warranted A money maker. Write
W. P. Harrison & Co., Cluk 10. Columbus, 0.
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