The Wathena Times, the Friday Troy Republican from Wathena, Kansas • 5

1 TIMES Local and Personal. THE BLINDNESS OF VIRTUE. want the doctor, quick!" sick at your house?" "Who's except I'd been "Everybody me.y naughty, so they wouldn't give pick- me any of the nice mushrooms papa ed in the woods. -Current Opinion. social at Cordonier school Oyster house, Wednesday, Nov.

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will meet with Mrs. The Jacob Richards next Wednesday. The Sodolity club will give a dance at Library Hall next Wednesday evening. Mr. and Mrs.

Frank Kessler, of Joseph, spent Sunday with Mrs. St. L. P. Evans.

Mrs. L. B. Allen and children returned Sunday, from Topeka, after a two weeks visit. There was a dance Wednesday evening at the country home of Wendell Miller, at Palermo.

Katherine Slaughter purchased from W. H. Martin, of St. Joseph, a 8350 Lombard piano. For Sale, 15 young Poland China pigs, weighing 40 to 60 John pounds.

Franzen. W. 0. Peterson preached last Rev, Sunday evening at the King Hill Baptist church, in St. Joseph.

The ladies of the W. C. T. U. will meet at the home of Mrs.

F. H. Drenning, Thursday, Nov. 12, at 2:30 p. m.

Lester Wells, L. B. Allen, Sam Slaughter and daughters, Katherine and Myrtle Laura, drove to Mrs. Lillian Gilstrap, of Creston, lowa, was visiting over Sunday at John Brazelton home. Mrs.

Gilthe strap is an expert accountant. We have a list: of your Taxes. Adv. Farmers State Bank. CHAW TE Bruce Ramer, who has been Mrs.

visiting. Mrs. George English, Wednesday. returned to Norfork, Mrs. English went as far as St.

Joseph with her. For Sale or Trade, 114 acres, highly improved. Will trade for equity. Guarantee that land around it cannot be bought for less than $100 an acre. M.

C. Green, Muscow Kans. Henry Estes, of the Blair store, was in town Sunday and said the agent that morning that Blair had told him already shipped 135 cars of apples this year. The Aid society of the served dinner and supper elecchurch, tion day at the I. O.

0. F. hall. They which goes toward a fund cleared $70, the ladies are starting for a new that church. Some of the most effective work at Wathena precinct, on election day, done by women, who worked with was than the skill of most of the vetmore eran campaigners.

Miss Saluda Drenning returned on Saturday to Baker University, visiting for a few days with her mot Mrs. F. H. Drenning. She is er, a junior at Baker.

Nick Bohr and daughter, Miss AnBohr, surprised Mr. it na Mary Mrs L. A. Libel last Saturday by arriving, anannounced, from Colorado Springs for a visit. Ask your dealer for Pimbley's Piano varnish renewer.

It cleans and shines everything varnished. Manufactured by Pimbley Paint and Glass St. Joseph, Mo. Appreciating very much the way my neighbors turned out and voted and worked for me for treasurer of Marion Township I heartily thank them all through the Times. F.

Rev. John Carpenter was surprised last Friday upon the arrival in Wathena of bis father, Prof. W. V. Carrenter, of Central College, Kansas City.

Prof. Carpenter, visited until Saturday morning. Chalk Stees. Real Estate Loans and Insurance. Special Representatives The National Co-Operative Realty Co.

Wathena, Kas. Bazaar The Catholic ladies of St. dicts church will give their annual and supper in the I. O. 0.

F. Bazaar Severance, Wednesday, Nov. 11. Hall, If your subscription to The Times is due, better pay up now and get four magazines, all one year, for only big 28 cents extra. To the patrons of the Wathena school: Unless in case of emergency, please call schoolhouse at times given below: 8:40 to 9:00 a.

10:30 to 12:30 to 1:00 p. 2:30 to 45 a. 45 p. 4:00 to 4:10 p. m.

C. I. Vinsonhaler, Superintendent. Wathena Railway Time Table CHICAGO ROCK INLAND. EAST No.

78......... 6:57 a. DA. WEST No. 54...............

10:55 a. 8:16 a.m. No. 53...... 4:18 p.

No. 77. ST. JOSEPH GRAND ISLAND. EAST No.

2.......... .8:27 -a. m. No. .4:31 p.

m. WEST No. 3............... .10:18 a. m.

No. 8:50 p. m. All Grand Island trains connect at Stouts for Highland. If We Only Had the Nerve! Last week we received an invitation to buy a bale of cotton.

Say, Willibald, the way things are going we'll be lucky if we can buy a spool of cotton. Gee! If we only had the nerve! What we couldn't do! Had, we been born with the rind of some people we know, here's what you would find on these pages from week to week: "On account of the European war, the subscription price of this paper has been raised to $5 per year, cash in advance. $40n account of the loss from imduties, advertising rates will be port increased to 50 cents per inch. Effective at once. "We are pained to annonnce that the almost complete suspenowing of to the importation of chemicals, obituary poems will cost you 10 cents a line hereafter.

being impossible to export prunes to Przemysl, notices of church will be charged for at the rate suppers of $2 each and two tickets to the per. "Resulting from the suspension of regular shipping facilities between this town and Gulf of Obigosh, all pumpkins, apples, potatoes, corn, brought to this office ungrapes, der the pretext of exhibition to the edwill be seized as contraband of itor, war. All persons found owing this paper than a year's subscription will more be shot as -Ex. Baptist Services at Elwocd Services for Sunday, November 8, will be Sunday School at ten o'clock in the morning. The pastor will be out of the state Sunday and there will not be any service.

We will have preaching next Friday night, Nov. 13, preaching and every Friday thereafter. Prayer meeting every Wednesday night. There will be preaching next Friday and every Friday night therenight after. John Carpenter, Pastor.

Keep Ice Long Time. A simple method of keeping ice is to draw a piece of thick flannel tightly over a bowl, or other deep vessel, and fasten it securely. Place the ice on top of this and cover with another piece of dannel. The ice will keep and even freeze to the flannel. A small piece of ice may be kept in the room all night, saving many steps back and forth to the refrigerator.

To break the' ice, force in a large needle or hatpin, it wIT divide the ice easily. Worldly Wisdom. "In choosing a wife one should never judge by appearances." "That's Often the prettiest girls have the least money." Mrs. I. H.

Adams and Miss Lillie and Vern Adams spent Tuesday with Joe Lakin and visited at the Mrs. HIll farm Tuesday evening. Mrs. Pricket, of Kansas City, has been visiting the past week with Mrs. Henry Boeh.

Mrs. L. N. Linder called at the Hill farm Wednesday evening. Will Bruns marketed bogs in St.

Joseph, Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Idol and daughter, of Hiawatha, visited Saturday and Sun day at, the L. N.

Linder home. L. N. Linder, Harvey Bradley, Will Whellen and Chas. Morris were St.

Joseph visitors Monday. Mrs. Ed Rathburn and Arch Tucker were St. Joseph visitors Wednesday. A.

Higgins and wife and two daughters visited on Sunday at the Hill farm Mrs. Harvey Bradley gave a Hallowe'en party Friday evening at the home of L. N. Linder. Those present Dealer Dubach and wife, Rev.

were: W. O. Peterson, Rev. John Carpenter, wife and baby, Mr. Carpenter, of KanMrs.

H. Adams, Mrs. sas City, and Mrs. Boyer; Misses EdConners Grace Whealy, Miss Lehna Whealy, Cook, Agnes Eberle, man, Lillie Adams, Francis Boeh, Maud Irene Higgins, Zuma Bates Higgins, and Rosa Cruse; Messrs. Tirie Vories, Chas.

Vories, Ernest Edge, Henry Crumb, Frank Ebe 'o, Will Copeland, Zebie St. John, Guy St. John, and wife and Gussie Palmer Ed Edge sister. All had a nice time. and eleven o'clock a fine lunch was About served and at a late hour all departed for home.

Rev. W. O. Peterson won in the story telling contest the prize with spooks as the subject. Palermo Route 5 Don't pay out money for magazines.

We can give you four monthly magazines for 28 cents extra if you will subscribe to The Times for one year. Elwood Items Ladies' Aid society of the M. The E. church, will give an entertaiment Saturday evening. Refreshments will be served.

O. Miller and wife have moved into the house vacated by W. High. Thos. Bean has moved his family to Kansas City.

M1s. Glasscock entertained a number of children Hallowe'en night. Harve Campbell expects to move his new home this week. into Mr. and.

Mrs. Davis, of Rulo, Nebraska, who bave been visiting Mrs. returned to their home SatCowger, urday. H. McClelland, of Troy, visitMrs.

ed Mrs. W. H. Dockhorn. H.

Hegarty bought Tom ShorS. east. of the store and tle's property will move into it this week. Colwell, who teaches at Harry lermo, was home election day on acof his school house being used count for a voting place. E.

J. Raff, of Tulsa, OklaMrs. is visiting her sister, Mrs. H. homa, M.

Kenderdine. Irrigation Term in Hawall. water" is an irrigator's term In common use in Hawaii. It signifies the amount of water that one irrigator handle in the field. It can properly varies greatly, being dependent upon the condition of the furrows, the age of the crop, and the skill and individuality of the irrigator.

It may be almost any quantity under one secondfoot, which is approximately two thirds of a million gallons every 24 hours. don't get your Times call 65. If you SCHOOL SUPPLIES Books Tablets Pencils and Inks. at the JACOB MILLER DRUG STORE, Wathena vol Miss Emma Rennick -pent Friday afternoon with Mrs. Otto Nimtz.

Cecil and Orion. Gutzman, Misses Thelma Cordonier and Allegra GutzSunday. at the E. V. Corel man spent donier home.

Several of the farmers in this vicinhaving their hogs vaccinated. ity are Brush Creek, Cordonie: and Hayes schools met Friday at Hayes school Pine Bluffs in a spelling contest. Donald Phil1pp, of Hayes sebool, was the champion speller. J. E.

Platty and family, Misses, Ids Plaftly and Elsie Lee spent Saturday and Sunday, In Troy, with W. E. Scott and family. C. Bowman and wife, Mrs.

R. B. Williams and Mrs. John Hewins Sunday at the J. M.

Hewing spent home, Elite Corset Shop Brassiere, Hosiery and Waists A SPECIALTY. 814 Frederick Ave. St. Joseph, Missouri. Mrs.

Alto Benitz gave a miscellaneous shower last week, in honor of Miss Ida Benitz. The house was decorated in flowers. The bride-to-be was sick and unable to attend but received many beautiful and useful are ticles. DON'T wait until your house burns down or blows away before you insure. But see L.

A. Libel today and have him write you a policy on your home. Adv. Miss Ida J. Benitz daughter of Mr.

and Mrs. Albert Benitz, and Mr. EzShields, son of Mr. and Mrs. Elra mer Shields, were married at eleven o'clock last Saturday forenoon by Rev.

Theodore Hoemann, at the Marion Township German Lutheran church. Mrs. Herman Ressler, of Phelps City, is visiting her sister Mrs. Ted Triggs. Mrs.

Triggs will be taken to a hospital in St. Joseph, for an just as soon as she is operation, strong enough to go. When in Wathena call -at Mrs. Gamble's for a good home-cooked meal. Carl Holzhauser is grieving very much because an automobile ran over and killed his little dog, a water spaniel.

He says the dog could understand both German and English and his heart aches for the company of his pet, the second one he has had killed in the same way. MAIER Largest stock of mon- 7th. uments. 612 So. S.

St. Joseph, Best work. Phone 3643-W Mo. Tom Mawson has had 75 hogs die with the cholera. In the same neighborhood Wm.

Liechti, Chas. Stoeckle, John Lehman and Wm. Ritter have also lost hogs. Mr. Mawson vacciafter the hogs began to die and nated hopes to save part of his hogs.

CONTRACTORS NOTICE Bids will be received by the City of Elwood up to and including November 9, 1914. for putting in the poles and wiring a portion of the city for electric lighting. Specifications are in the city clerk's office. City reserves the right to reject any or all bids. H.

M. Kenderdine, City Clerk. Adv. Wathena people will find Mrs. Gamble's a good place for occasional away-from-home Report of Cordonier school, District No.

35, for month ending Oct. 30. Number of pupils enrolled, 24. Average daily attendance, 214. Pupils neither absent nor tardy were: Ora Cordonier, Agnes Cordonier, Otha Embrey, Hearl Embrey, Ethel Sinker, Willie and Guy Cordonier, Louis Myrtle Cordonier, Alice GenGentet, tet, Dorthy and Grace Sinker, Roy Gentet and Letha Cordonier.

Good prairie hay and corn always hand. L. A. Bauman. on PAY YOUR Taxes at the FRUIT GROWERS STATE BANK.

READ REFLECT CONSIDER. 20 acres west of Wathena. All 80 acres west of Wathena. Well in fruit. imimproved.

proved. 3 acres at edge of citv. Four room us e. Small 50 acres. Five miles north of barn.

Blair. 12-room house. All first-class out build36 acres north of athen anti ings. Well improved. fruit.

50 acres. Two miles north of Wathena. Well im140 acres east of Wathena. No. proved.

1 alfalfa land. -160 acres. Eight miles north of 85 acres, 7 miles north -west of Wathena. Four-r 0 0 Wathena. Fairly well house.

Price $2,000. improved. 160 acres in Craig, Missouri. 73 acres. Good improvements.

40 acres in alfalfa 120 acres. miles of Savannah, Mo. 4 acres, all in small fruit, four room house, 2 160 acres at Dalhart, Texas. miles south of Wathena. 20 acres.

10 acres in fruit. 80 acres fairly improved, north of Troy, Ks. $100 per acre. Four 6 room 2 story house. 12 lots.

20 acres. All in fruit. house, cellar, barn All Price good $2,700.00. ous buildings. room and out buildings.

On good terms. Also have several nice desirable homes in Wathena. 80 acres. No improvements. Landslide Money at ALBERT C.

WIEGANT, The Land Man, Phone 82. Wathena, Ks. Farmers State Bank, Wathena, Kansas. When considering where you will do your banking YOU will look for a BANK that can meet these business, requirements, SECURITY, SECRECY, SERVICE AND AMPLE FACILITIES. THATIS US! WE OFFER YOU ALL THAT AND MORE.

WELL, and we will be only to glad to assist you in Come and see us business ventures, And will advise you to the any of your best of our ability. Deposits Guaranteed. Farmers State Bank. Pres. L.

A. Libel, Cashier. Aug. Miller, Pettis, Vice-Pres. Geo.

H. Dubach, As't. Cashier. P. A.

MOST PEOPLE WHO EAT are particular what they eat We cater to such people- -We buy to please them, and we DO please them. We have a store full of the most eatable of eata, and every purchase you make impels you to make another, and still others. Meats, Groceries, Vegetables, Oysters, Celery, Pickles, Home-made Sausage and Sauer Kraut. ERSKINE, Wathena. 934 02.28 wire KaA.