The Daily Item from Great Bend, Kansas • 1

THE DAILY ITEM. Vol. 2. GREAT BEND, KANSAS, MONDAY. JUNE 23, 1902.

No. 274 V. S. Musil is here from Ell in wood. We are'mak We Have in6 I Wm.

Curtis is up from Seward today. delicious Seen You. ICE CREAM Quite a number of headers and running yesterday. MARKET QUOTATIONS Kansas City, June 23. The closing on today's market was as follows: Wheat July 68); cash 71-2; Corn July 59: cash 61.

Chicago Wheat-July 74i-f. Weather forecast for Kansas: Partly cloudy tonight and Tuesday with possibly showers; slightly warmer. Serving it in Hon. M. W.

Cobun is down from the north side today. Sundaes, Ice Cream We would like for you to call again please. Come in, inspect our sijbck, buy some goods where it sharpens your appetite to look. We keep store to accommodate the public. Phone 82.

The only corner grocery in the town. Delivery. Good service. Sodas or in quantities. The county school examination is now io progress at the Central school building.

Also Rathbun McConnell will be ready to serve ice cream about the middle of the week. Porter, Cool and pleasant today. Drugs John Qulllen was at Newton I Weltmer Bros. Miss Daisy Victor Is down from Larned taking the county school examination. itrirtrtt rrrrrrrr Gasoline and coal oil have gone up in price.

If you want a cool, fresh drink or fine Confectionery go to Rathbun McConnell's Ice Cream Parlor. Homer Kackley will leave tonight to attend the populist state convention at Topeka tomorrow. W. B. Hess Is transacting business in Topeka.

Mitchell 3F.S. Farmers are in today looking fori Dr. H. E. Lindas left Saturday night for St.

Louis. He expects to return on Wednesday or Thursday. harvest hands. W. P.

Feder went to Topeka last night on lodge business. He will also take in the Populist state convention there tomorrow. rierchant Tailor. Spring and Summer Samples on hand (Over First Nat'l Bank) Editor Will Stoke is io Kansas City and Topeka this week. Rathbun McConnell's is the place to go for Fresh Candies, Milk Shake, and other cold drinks.

First door west Troillet's cigar factory. Mr. and Mrs. Beeler and baby returned last evening to Kinsley after a visit with Mrs. Beeler's parents, Dr.

Pearson and wife. Johnny Bull occupied the pulpit at Garden City yesterday. Fred Lutscbg is attending the state populist meeting at Topeka. Mrs. R.

A. Ligfaty left Wednesday morning for Great Bend, where she will visit for a week with Mrs. Captain Newton. Larned Chronoscope. Joe Means, T.

Seward, Mr. Smiser and Mr. Dogherty, members of the Sterling band, came in on No. 5 last night, visited here a short time and returned on No. 8 at Cheap Holiday Ticket.

Santa Fe sells round trip tickets July 3rd and 4th to any point within 200 miles. Final limit July 7th; rate one fare with minimum of 50 cents. W. TouiiKY, Aifent. R.

M. French, O. P. Putnam and J. C.

Boisell are here from Hoisington today. On account of the cool weather there was no union service in the park last evening. Regular services were held in the various churches. We heard on the street today that a petition is to be circulated for the removal of the postofflce to a point on Main street south of Forest avenue. Dodge City is running Great Bend a close race for the distinction of being the largest town in the west half of the state.

Dodge City gained 325 in population the past year and is now just 63 behind Great Bend. Roy and Frank Hoisington came down from Leoti Sunday morning to visit with their father, A. J. Roy will return to Leoti tomorrow morning and Frank will work -during harvest near town. Walter McCray, who will go with the band to Lawton as solo cornetist and who is well known here, is in town this week in the interest of the Lindsborg Bethany College.

The soap sale at the Crescent this morning attracted a crowd of buyers. About 1500 cakes of soap were disposed of io the twenty miuutes time. ALLEN'S PURE HOMEMADE ICE CREAM Is pronounced the finest of all. On sale in any quantity AT ALLEN'S DRUG STORE. (Established 1872.) Mr.

John M. Tennis and Miss Violet P. Trotter, of Great Bend, were married at the court bouse in this city Thursday afternoon, June 12th, by Probate Judge Tictor. Larned Chronoscope. The Bush ton News throws a bouquet at Editor Cooke of the Ellin-wood Leader, by saying that he is one of the best baseball umpires in the state.

Great Bend people are loyal in one respect you will not find any other than Great Bend flour on sale at the stores. There. is no demand here for any outside flour. W. E.

Beardsley and wife returned last night from a visit of several weeks with relatives and friends in southeastern Kansas. Webb reports plenty of rain down there and the corn immense. W. M. Titus returned Friday from the southeastern part of the state where he has been the past few weeks.

He reports the crops looking fine there, also that the rainfall has been very heavy. He contemplates moving down in Allen county tbi fall. John Quillen, agent for the Standard Oil Company at this point, says unless a car of gasoline is received today there will be a gasoline famine on all over the county. They are out at Hoisington and the supply is down to bedrock here. The amount used at this distributing station is something enormous.

Railway Time Card. Moses Bros, have up a couple of extra large signs advertising their flour. The signs were painted by a traveling painter and are a credit to the profession. One sign adorns- the old opera bouse building and the other the building occupied by the Hooper Drug Co. All members Knights and Ladies of Security are requested to be present at regular meeting tomorrow night.

Business that all are interested in will come up at this meeting. I. N. Woodward, F. S.

md cm SPRING HAS COME Atchlgon, Topeka Santa Fe. GOING WEST. No. ft. Ool.

Utah Express, daily 7:20 p.m. No. 387. Mixed, K.C.& Jetmore Exp 10:38 a.m. GOING Ea8T.

No. 8. 'Chicago A K.C. dally a.m. No.

8. K.C.Exp., dally p.m. No. 388 Local dally GREAT BEND DISTRICT. No.

387. Departs daily except Sun. 10:50 a.m. No 388. Arrives daily except Mod.

9:40 a.m. No. 377 departs ..11:30 a.m. Dally. Dally except Sunflay.

No. 6 stops only at Elllnwood, Sterling and Hutcbinson. No 168 makes aU stops. Refrigerator freight for the east every Monday and Wednesday by ft p.m. All freight must be at the warehouse not later than 5 p.m.

Torrbij Agent. Missouri Pacific Railway. (Central Time.) (AU Trains Daily.) A A And so has our WALL PAPER in endless quantities. You want paper and we want to see you. It will pay you to investigate what we have before you buy.

Call and see us and be con- vinced we should have your trade. HOOPER DRUG CO. The Leaders. East bound leaves it West arrives .6:05 a. m.

p. m. 8:45 p. m. 4.

I 50 ft IDa ...10:30 p. m. 7:50 a. m. 10:30 p.m.

J. Rasor Agent. East.