The Rossville Reporter from Rossville, Kansas • 1

Historical Society THE ROSSVILLE REPORTER. -SUCCEEDING THE ROSSVILLE TIMES. ESTABLISHED. IN 1887. VOLUME XX ROSSVILLE, SHAWNEE COUNTY, KANSAS, NOV.

20. 1919 PHONE 210 LEWIS MERCANTILE COMPANY PHONE THE DEPENDABLE CASH STORE For Your Thanksgiving Dinner Nearly everyone is interested more or less in what they might add to the list on Thanksgiving to make the dinner a more complete success. We take pleasure in offering you the following list which may be of some assistance to you. Vegetables Fruits Celery Sweet Potatoes Cranberries Oranges Head Lettuce Cucumbers Empire grapes Bananas Young onions Tomatoes Apples Grape fruit Figs, Lemons Radishes Turnips Olives Miscellaneous Pork roast Beef roast Tropical coffee Hershey cocoa Ducks Pastries Lewis Mercantile Company Phone 210 We want all the produce you can spare Ira T. Hopkins Co.

Dry Goods Groceries, Millinery and Shoes Flour The flour market has taken quite an advance in the past few weeks but we still have quite a stock at a very attractive price. Perfection flour in hundred pound $6.25 Perfection flour, 48 pound sack $3.15 Perfection flour, 24 pound $1.60 Bulk corn meal, pound 6c Graham flour, 6 lb 45c Breakfast bran, sack. Aunt Jemima pancake lbs 50c Wishbone buckwheat flour, five pound sack 60c, ten lb $1.15 Aunt Jemima buckwheat flour, four lb 50c Sunburst pancake flour, four lb 50c two pkgs 35c Remember to make your purchasers earlier in the day as we close at 6 p. except on Saturday Jams and Jellies Syrups jam -assorted berries, 35c Log cabin maple syrup, 0 Paul's pure berry 50c Log cabin maple syrup, medium Preserves--assorted berry Log cabin maple syrup, large $1.50 Sunburst jelly in glass 15c Sunburst syrup, 5 lb can Strained honey, glass 35c Sunburst syrup, 10 lb can. 95c Pickles Poehler King syrup, 5 lb Sweet pickles, 12c Poehler King syrup, 10 lb $1.00 Sour pickles, dozen.

25c Farmer Jones sorghum, 5 lb can. 65c Olives- plain in jar 40c Farmer Jones sorghum, 10 lb $1.25 Stuffed olives in bottle 25c Bearrabbitt syrup, 5 lb 65c We want your produce. Cash or trade and the best market price NUMBER 47 Turkey Shoot -Horse Race There will be an all-day turkey shoot Saturday, Nov. 22, in the town pasture at Willard. A horse race has been matched between "Dad" Failer, Rossville's 74 year old jockey, and Frank Tuber for a side bet.

The race is in the afternoon. Come and try your luck for a turkey, goose or duck Reporter to Print One Day Earlier Next Week The Reporter expects to print a day earlier than usual next week SO we can observe Thanksgiving Day, which falls on regular publication day. We will appreciate very much having your news items sent in early in the week and- advertising copy in by Tuesday afternoon Band Practise Friday Band men are requested to report to the city hall tomorrow night for practise We are planning for a public concert later in the winter and want all young fellows planning on joining the band to come out regularly for practice. Individnal instruction given beginners U. Stewart, Leader, St.

Marys Girls Hurt When Mororcycles Collide Two St. Marys girls, riding on motorcycles with Carl Lynde and Carrol Gutshall of Rossville, were painfully injured Sunday evening about 5 o'clock when another motorcycle driven by Vernon Conley at high speed dushed between the pair of duet riders. The Conley motorcycle which came, both tween succeeded in hitting of the machines on the sides. The result was a general spill. Miss Anna Yates who was on the bynde machine, was thrown to the road and the Gutshall machine coming from behind, over her body.

She was knocked unconscious and for a time it was thought she had suffered concussion of the brain. Reports this week say she was not seriously injured. Miss Jeanette Leubbe who was on the Gutshall motorcycle, was severely bruised on one leg when their machine swerved to one side and struck a telegraph pole. The escorts of the girls also were bruised. The accident accurred just west of Silver Lake.

J. E. Wilson, of Topeka, saw the accident and hauled the four to Silver Lake. Another machine brought them back to Rossville for medical attention Legion Post for Rossville There were twenty-two ex-service men at the meeting held last night in Fritz hall for the organization of a post of the "American Legion." The boys decided the post should be known as "Rossville Post" and selected the following temporary officers: Lester Parr, president; Leon Dann, secretarytreasurer. The application for a charter has been sent to state headquarters at Topeka with the names of twenty-three charter members.

When the charter is received another meeting will be called to select a meeting place and transact other business necessary to the Post. Several of the Delia boys are charter members and every former soldier and sailor from this community should enroll as 2 member at the first opportunity. J. W. Watkins, who owns the former Moss Reser farm and other lands northeast of Rossville is in line for oil development on his lands near Quenemo, as a well has been brought in en a farm adjoining his farm.

Financial Report of Armistice Day Fund Cash subscriptions. $149 00 From sale of 10.00 $159.00 Paid out 124.50 Balance on 34.50 Items of disburement; A. M. Harvey, 15.00 Extra band 23 00 Singer at banquet. 10.00 Jitney service.

12.50 Supper 32.80 Bills and advertising 3.00 Shells 4.50 Drayage 8 00 Phone calls. 3 70 Tug-of-war 12 00 The intention of the committee was to use what balance was left as 21 starter to erect a suitable memorial in the city park for the boys who died in the service. The nature of the memorial to be decided later and additional funds necessary raised by popular subscription or other ways C. E. Gresser, Chairman Fleta Miller Married Mrs.

Hattie Miller of 819 Huntoon street, Topeka, announces the marriage of her daughter, Fleta Elizabeth to Mr. Raymond Robertson. The wedding occured Saturday afternoon at Emporia, Kansas. The young people went from Emporia to Fredonia for a visit to Mrs Robertson's sister, s. 0.

W. Sanders. Mrs. Robertson was born in Rossville and her former acquaintances and friends are pleased to extend congratulations and wish her much happiness. She is a granddaughter of Mr.

aud Mrs. J. W. Miller and a niece of Mrs. I.

B. Wjlt. Community, Hunt, Nov. 25th A big hunt is being arranged for Tuesday, Nov. 25, in which the east side of the township will compete with those on the west side, the Main street road being the dividing line Geo.

Hahn is captain of the east siders and Gale Mobley will lead the west side. The hunt will be decided on points, rabbits and bears, etc. each counting so many points. The whole bunch will have a supper in one of the town bulls at a later date at the expense of the losers To Whom It May Concern: The parties who stole several articles belonging to the county, this week are hereby notified that if the property is not returned immediately they will be prosecuted Witnesses are known who can provethe guilt of thepersons taking the property J. W.

Cless GARDEN COURT Face Powder as pictured and de. scribed in the October Ladies Home Journal and Cosmopolitan, can be had at the Goyette Pharmacy Penslar Store) It is the finest face powder known of--Come and see it.