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racing ir L. Fifty Years ihdSfdsrd CBEAEI A Cressi off Tartar Ponder dado Front Grapes tio Alcn TOWN AND COUNTRY. local Events of The Pait, Present and Future That Will Interest You. Dr. Hanna, optician. See Clements for insurance. Mrs. H. Eccles is in Chicago. Order Andrews coal of W. S. Sum mers. Dr. Hanna, optician, October 18 and 19. A good farm wagon for sale by Z, R. Kling. Uncle Tom at the opera house next Tuesday night. Miss Louese Burke left Monday to visit relatives in Indiana. Go to Geo. C. Smith & Co.'s for good values in underwear. Rev. C. Allen has gone to Califor nia to spend the winter. Miss Laura SkulJey spent last week with relatives in Kansas City. Byron Slaght has been hunting for a location in Kansas the past week. If you want gloves of any kind, go to Geo. C. Smith & Co.'s for them. .Tas. Skullev remembered The Bla.de with a renewal last Saturday JIrs, Richard Miller and little son i Donald are visiting relatives in Iowa. Underwear and more underwear at Geo. C. Smith & Co.'s. Cheap, too. Mrs. Chas. H. Patton, from north east of town, is visiting relatives at Tonica, 111. J. A. Woollen spent a day with an old friend of his at Chillicothe the ' past week. The first frost of the season came Tuesday night. It was. light and did no damage. 1 Clements is devoting all his time to the old reliable Metropolitan Insur ance Company. C. C. Cotter had a stand at the Olin sale last Tuesday and did a rushing business. , Thos. Randall, a prominent farmer on route 1 at Sumner, was in Laclede on business Thursday. A fine daughter put in her appear ance at the home of Mr. and Mrs. T. D. Mitchell this week. H. C. Hoskins spent last week vis iting his brother Dick and family at Leavenworth, Kansas. Jim Brown and Geo. Smith went ; out after, ducks Tuesday and returned with 28 to their credit. Mrs. Lea E. Hamilton went to Unionville Monday to spend a couple of weeks with relatives. Henry Strickler has paid for The Blade to be sent to his brother Frank at Peru, KansaB. , Good brick are going' fast. Very few left Order today or you may be too late. Hurry! L. B. Jones. Dr. Hanna, optician, at the Ander son House "Wednesday and Thursday, Oct. 18 and 19. Eyes tested free. The show' yon have been waiting for all summer Uncle Tom's cabin ' at opera house next Tuesday night. - Mr. and Mrs. Geo. W. Maybe and Misses Marion and Alice Badge, of Chillicothe, spent Sunday with H E.: Maybee and family. - . I 'Mrs. P. M. Thompson has improved her residenoe property by having a substantial granitoid walk put down. - .Dave Dick this week bought the old camp ground property , of ten just west of town, paying $1100 for it. Those desiring insurance will do well to see Clements' contracts paying from 10 to 13 per cent on investment A. M.vWalker came home Monday from spending a week looking after his farm property in western Kansas. AI. James, colored, is building a residence just north of the colored school building and will move to town. S. W. White has moved into the brick house west of town vacated by P. E. Smith, who moved to Iowa last week. The P. E. O.'s held a pleasant and very interesting session at the home of Mrs. G. E. Bruns Wednesday after noon. Mrs. Lillie Johnson was over from Brookfield Monday on business con nected with the sale of her residence property. Col. D. G. Shifflett, Linn county's well known auctioneer, was over from Meadville Tuesday and officiated at the Olin sale. Boys, go trade" off that old straw hat that has seen such good service for one of those new fall hats Geo. C. Smith & Co. are showing. Mrs. Bland and daughter returned to their home at Green City Thursday after a week's visit with Mrs. N. E. Hetrick and family north of town. W. li. Glover, one or our good farmer friends out on route 1, handed in a dollar on subscription last Satur dav and will continue to read The Blade. , Don't forget that Geo. C. Smith & Co.'s are making some very close prices on their fall and winter dress goods and that they have a very large stock of same. , Misses Leon a Strickler and Laura Skulley returned the first of the week from Kansas City, where they visited friends and relatives and took in the Priests of Pallas parade. We have the pleasure of placing before the public this fall some of the best values in men's, ladies' andchil dren's underwear that we have ever shown. Geo. C. Smith & Co. The local chapter of P. E. O. will i ii i m i give a nauowe en social on xuesaay nierht. Oct. 31. An admission fee of 10 cents will be charged at the door and refreshments will be served. NEEDED HELP. DR. E. V. HANNA Qgg FR TZ3IIN5 EXPERT OPTICIAN, Of Kansas City, Will be at Anderson House Wednesday and Thurs day Oct. 18 and 19. Dr. Hanna has had a thorough optical education, and vast experi ence in the fitting of glasses. He has been making regular visits to towns near Laclede for several years, where he can give yon any number of references as to the character of his work. If yon are troubled with dim ness of vision or headache; if the print runs together when reading; or if at times you see black specks in front of the eyes, it is an indica tion that there is a defect in the re fraction of the eyes and you should have them examined, i. If you have your eyes attended to now the difficulty may be re moved. If you delay yon may wait until it is too late. Eyes Tested Free. Prices Reasonable. ' Dr. Griffith Has Dr. J. E. Cannaday, a Special ' 1st on Curable Diseases, to Help Him. Dr. Griffith, the Ophthalmologist, who comes here each month, had so much work that he could not do it all. Dr. Cannaday is from Missouri Medical College in St. Louis, Vander bilt Clinic and Chicago's best school on the eye. He has received two gold medals in competitive examina tions and is certainly a very thorough man. what othees say. Sedalia, Mo., Sept. 7, 1905. Dr. A. V. Griffith. Dear Sir: , One month ago I weigh ed 92 lbs. and today I weigh 103 lbs. I was surprised to think I had gained so much. I knew I was gaining, but to gain 11 pounds in one month is a little more than I am used to. I am feeling fine in every respect. I used to be so nervous and I could not sleep at night, but now I can sleep fine and I am gaining strength very fast. I am recommending your treatment to those who I know need it, and I hope they will come to you, as I know you can benefit them so much, and I will help you all I can as I want to show you that I appreci ate what you have done for me. Yours respectfully, AUNA GlJNTER. Dr. Griffith will be at Marceline Wednesday, Oct. 25, at the New Pal ace; Bucklin, Thursday, Oct. 26, at the Lyndon; Brookfield, Friday, Oct. 27, at the Elliott; Laclede, Saturday, Oct. 28, at the Foreman; Linneus, Monday, Oct. 30, at the Commercial, and return every 28 days, making regular trips. .', ? Stove Time. Most people had a chill this week and began to think of what is coming. We are in splendid condition to take care of you in the stove line. Large size sheet steel Wood Heat ers for only 81.95. Others at prices that will suit your taste and pocket book. Coal Heaters for $9.00, and others at prices to please you. Our Range and Cook Stove busi ness is the largest we have ever exper ienced. People come from Bucklin, Linneus and other towns to buy of us this week, and we only claim quality and. price as the reason of our large sales. Stove Pipe that is made, and made to stay made. There is a great dif ference in stove pipe and we have as good as can be bought. Then the price is as low or lower than is asked for the other kind. Elbows that stay made. , You have had some experience with poor pipe and elbows. Don't repeat the dose. Stove Boards of all sizes. Stove Rugs from 2 yards square down to 1 yard squai : and m fact anything from a fire s.iovel up to keep you from chilling. About the nicest thing to use this time of year before you put np your heater is a coal oil heater. We have them and to use them one day is to convince you that they are just the thing. Then the price is low and the consumption of oil small. . If you are ' chilling, come in and get warm. If you are warm, come in and tell ns about it, for you are sure ly using a heater from gfte Model, C. iVHlLTON, Prop. t Only a few thousand brick unsold. Come' and get them. . . LTB. Jones. BUGGY HAfiNESS SEASON! THis is the season for Buggy Harness. I have the largest and most complete line ever shown in Laclede, and am asking only the usual low prices for them. The full ness ot the line and low price have made my sales of heavy harness this spring exceed all prior years, and there is no reason why the same rule should not apply to the Buggy Har ness business. I have all grades from cheap est to best, including a full line of the medium grades, both in single and double. O. F. LIBBY, jr., f Laclede, - - Missouri. I MEALS AND HOT LUNCHES Meet Me at E. T. WeicKer's Restaurant and Confectionery, where we can get anything we want to satisfy the inner man. E. T. Weicker has opened up a first-class confectionery aDd restaurant and keeps only the best things. All kinds of CANNED GOODS. CIGARS, TOBACCO. LUNCH GOODS, FRESH BREAD, CAKES, ALL SUMMER DRINKS, REGULAR MEALS, SHORT ORDERS, And in fact everything usually kept in a place of this kind. . Do not fail to call and see him. Courteous treatment and value received for your money is bis motto. E. T. Weicker for several years was engaged in this line of business at other points and is now located iu the Bryant building. E. T. WEICKER, LACLEDE) MISSOURI. ft-.- rs lAPLE City V-2S 1 -.iVrax a m MONMOUTH IlTCmois It saves you worrying, thus preserving your temper on wash day. Less Than Half Rate West and Southwest via Burlington Route This Pall. Starting the first or third Tuesday of any month during the remainder of 1905 you can make exceptionally cheap but thoroughly comfortable trips to many points in eastern Colo rado, Wyoming, western South Dako ta, central and western Nebraska, western Kansas, southwestern Missou ri, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Indian Ter ritory, Louisiana, Texas and New Mexico. Tickets good returning with in twenty-one days. Many etopoyers allowed. Illustrated booklets and full details are yours for the asking. F. F. Pratt, Agent. ZT. STANDLY PHYSICIAN SURGEO N Special attention paid to Diseases of the eyp and Fitting classes Residence No.l. I Residence N Phono office No. 42. LAOLBDB, MISSOURI. Telegraphy. The most noted telegraphy school ... rf-n mi - t. r in tne west is at vnmicoine, iuo, Over 100 persons took this work last year and every one has a good posi tion. The School to Attend. Manpin's Commercial College holds the state record for placing students ia high grade positions. One concern has made application for fifty of its next rear's graduates. All graduates are guaranteed good positions. En rollment larger than ever before. En ter any day. Address Dolph Mauf ts, President, Chillicothe, Mo. Serf Wheat Fr Sak. Fine Tennessee Blue Stem wheat; heavy yield. Inquire at Bruns mill GROUND FEED. The Laclede Mill Has on hand a large supply of nice, clean Nebraska corn and now has ..... Fresh Meal, CracRed Corn Ship Stuff; Bran Wheat and Oats. Ground Oats and Corn and White Oats. We have all kinds of feed for sale in any quantity and am prepared to fill all orders promptly. . :': . . C E. BRUNS Prop. . . - m I I