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The Courier-Tribune from Seneca, Kansas • 6

The Courier-Tribune from Seneca, Kansas • 6

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Nemaha County NEWS For good White Lily Flour see F. Gockel. BAILEYVILLE P. J. Scott shipped a carload of hogs to St.

Joe Tuesday night. Mrs. Carter has been confined to her room on account of illness. George Heiman has built a new garage to house his automobile. Mrs.

Lucy Gilliland has been quite ill but is improving at this writing. The Forty Hours Adoration began Sunday noon and ended Tuesday noon. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Ford have returned from a short visit in Marysville.

Miss Edith Keister and Miss Alice Hailey were Baileyville visitors Saturday. Frank Gockel and Miss Clara Johnson took an auto trip to St. Benedict Sunday. Mrs. W.

S. Haney and daughter, Oneita visited last Friday with Mrs. Hall and daughter. Corn picking is in full blast. It averages from thirty-five to seventy bushels to the acre.

R. M. Bronaugh is making some improvements on his residence. Mr. Borton is doing the work.

Henry H. Dick shelled corn and delivered it to the market at the net price of fifty-five cents. C. G. Newland attended Will Hill's sale at Axtell Mondey, bidding not being satisfactory, Mr.

Hill stopped the sale. Joseph Macke and Miss Emma Runnebaum attended the play at Benedict Thursday nignt. They said it was nice. S. L.

Harper is here from Arkansas for a stay with relatives and friends. Mr. Harper and family lived here several years ago. Mrs. George Griffiths is in Marysville visiting her people.

Her mother upon her return from Ensworth hospital, suffered 8 severe attack of pneumonia but is much improved. John Griffiths made 8 trip to St. Joseph Saturday to consult with a specialist who removed the cataract from his eye. The operation is successful and the bandage has been removed. If John Woolman keeps on adding to the number of bushels picked each day he will rival the champion corn huskers.

He is husking for John Bronaugh whose corn is making seventy-five bushels. Miss Clara Henley who spent the summer at Green River, Wyoming, submitted to an operation at the home of Mrs. Houston. Dr. Houston was assisted by Dr.

Piper of Axtell and Miss Ella Larkin is nursing her. The Baptist children and young people will give a musical program next Tuesday evening, November 23rd at 8 P. M. Some tine musical talent has been secured. The Misses May and Sylvia Church of Sabetha who specialize in music and dramatic art will render several selections.

No admission will be charged but a silver offering will be taken. Come and enjoy the evening with us. A. Beck and son, Will, who are partners in the business have built up quite a cider mill patronage at the Beck home south of Baileyville. have a capacity of 2,000 gallons a day and on Tuesdays and Fridays, fiur cider days, have been doing a one business this said Mr.

Beck, Sr. don't bold anybody over and are able to get a a job out in a short time. We have even done 80 well as to turn out a fifty bushel load in twenty minutes. I have been working hard this summer even if the Doc did tell me that I might have to stand for an operation, but I am feeling fine now." Mr. Beck should not worry about the docs.

He comes from a long- lived family. His father lives in Illinois and has reached his ninetythird year. Will Hill of Axtell was in our burg Wednesday. Miss Clara Henley is very nicely. Mrs.

C. V. Haines is suffering with 8 severe attack of tonsilitis. Born to Mr. and Mrs.

Henry Grollmes November 17th a girl. Joe Hess went to St. Joseph Tuesday where be will attend school. Louis Hess returned home Tuesday from Stockton, Kansas where he has been at work. Mrs.

Tell Rice returned from Oklahoma Wednesday after a month's visit with relatives. Roy Torrence and Wilbur Mason of Axtell were passengers to St. Joe last Thursday where they each made the purchase of a carload of cattle to feed this winter. The banns were published in Axtell Sunday of the marriage of Miss Mary Sullivan and Frank Dignan. The wedding takes place Wednesday, November 24th at Axtell.

Ernest Moore received word Saturday of the death of his little four year old nephew, Gayle Moore, son of Ross Moore, formerly of Baileyville. The family now live in Duncan, Oklahoma. Mrs. W. I.

Davis is enjoying a visit from her sister and husband, Mr. and Mrs. Nels Allen of Washington county. They are on their way to Lawrence to visit their son, Ivan in the State University. Rev.

Father Hildebrant of the Horton parish, Father Gregory of St. Benedict, Father Iker of Wathena and Father Taton of Axtell assisted Father Hohe with Forty Hours Devotion at Baileyville from Sunday morning to Tuesday of this week. Word came to Ed. Berry last night that the body of Ferris Parli, son ot John Parli of Axtell who was drowned in the motor wreck at Randolph, Kansas about six weeks ago, was found by a party of men from Axtell. The body was found at the spot where the car went down buried so deep in the mud the water had no chance of washing it away.

BANCROFT Mrs. Edna Dittman and daughters were shopping in Holton Friday. Don't forget the bazaar and chicken pie supper to be given Saturday, November 20th. Miss Lena Carlyle who attends school at Emporia visited the latter part of the week with her parents. Mr.

and Mrs. W. M. Bartley and son and Mrs. F.

L. Capsey and children motored to Holton Saturday. There will be a Thanksgiving program and box supper at the school house November 24th. Girls please bring boxes. Mr.

and Mrs. J. W. Cunningham and daughter Elizabeth of Missouri are visiting their daughter, Mrs. S.

M. Greene junior. And 05 Just Received 401. A CAR OF Shorts and Bran 401 We handle Salina and Oketo Flour, two best grades. Corn wanted in exchange for Flour and Shorts.

F. J. COCKEL BAILEYVILLE, RANSAS The roads are better for auto traveling at this time than they have been the entire year. We have; a new shooting gallery in stalled in the room recently vacated by Brumbaugh. Charley Haggard, one of the finest gentlemen that ever made the mistake of leaving Sabetba, was in this town Monday.

These are the days that put the life and ambish into the people. It takes the cold weather to make one feel like living. One of the attorneys in 8 police court case the other day was R. T. Thompson.

That ought to have 8 familiar sound to Seneca folks. Word was received of the death of John Evans and John McMillen. The former died at his home in Ohio and the latter died at Hagerstown, Md. Our library board is seeking out a site for their new building. They have asked for sealed bids to be submitted to them by property owners for the fifteenth of this month.

Old Daddy Hinds, the marshal is all puffed up because in addition to being street commissioner he is Chief of Police. Daddy and his sawed off shot gun are 8 battery to be dreaded Among those who journeyed to Lawrence to see the football game between Nebraska and Kansas were Hugh Hook, Reddy Croffoot, Heavy Bressem, John Wells, Bert Conrad, George Pace, Eddie Morris, Ralph Tennal, the Charlie Haines family and Sam and Mrs. Murdock. Me and Maude Powell, the fiddler, are bedecked in the same kind of gloves. Maude buys hers from the ten cent counter.

We get ours from the fifteen cent layout. They are of the Kansas Kids variety and when we array ourselves in our latest we are some snakes to look at. Jack Hughes whom we admire very much as the finished merchant, is home from a trip over the state in the interest of a Chicago wholesale Clothing concern. We have several fine travelers who sell clothes Mike Crawford, Hugh Duff, George Sewell and Master Jack. If you want to see a real joke just step in the store and take a look at Pat Hughes who by right of possession holds the championship as a judge of haberdashery.

Pat has worked in a clothing business since he was twelve years old. Hei is not much snakes to look at but is strong on styles. Fred Bowker and wife left Monday to make their home in Rock Island, Illinois where he will have the position of yard clerk in the C. I. P.

yards. He got his experience here in the Grand Island depot under Mr. Burke. Their many friends will miss them very much. The skating rink proprietor threatens us with a five cent picture show.

He contends with some justice that the Charlie Robinson rink in the old G. A. R. hall is ruinous to his business therefore he hopes to retaliate with a nickleodeum. Saturday nights bid fair to prove filled with entertainment.

Grading the road the other day as we swept past the road gang just north of Topeka was our former townsman, Monroe Fultz. He married one of the Tatman girls. I remember him best because he had been reared by a pair of dirt good house keeping old maid aunts and he hoped his wife would allow him in the house sometimes with dirty shoes. Ham Fulton who is the Democrat party at Hanover was here for a few days. He likes to come back to the old home.

Few of our friends have a nicer family than Ham. He has a choice lot of girls and three fine sonin-laws. Ham is short of breath and has a heart that only moves with the spirit. He looks the grim reaper in the face and jokes the old boy out of the room. Justice Rees of Rock Creek Township conducted the lawsuit between George Baldwin and Clint Kreitzer to a successful finish.

His jurors were A. B. Lanning, Morris Mowder, Harry Schlossnagle, Dewitt and Mr. Wurzbacher and Eben Norrie. If Justice Rees with his fifty years of democracy to his credit is a sample of the kind of justice the Democrats would like to deal out the Bourbons are all right.

Justice Rees gave George Baldwin a judgment for $35 and turned around and soaked him for the costs $78.30. George Hook, the new city attorney says that in a long and useful life he has never geen a police or peace officer ever instruct the people how to obey the law and that if left alone he proposes to show just how easy it is to live within the law and how nice it is to have no fear of the consequences of ones misdeeds. Hod Steward once said that if those who intend violating any law only knew the consequences that followed in the wake of the awful, haunting fear of discovery he was sure that no person would ever be willing to do other than what was just right. OPEN NOSTRILS! END A COLD OR CATARRH How To Get Relief When Head and Nose are Stuffed Up. Count fifty! Your cold in head or catarrh disappears.

Your clogged nostrils will open, the air passages of your clear and you can breathe freely. No more snuffling, hawking, mucous discharge, dryness or headache; no struggling for breath at night. Get a small bottle of Ely's Cream Balm from your druggist and apply a little of this fragrant antiseptic cream in your nostrils. It penetrates through every air passage of the head, soothing and healing the swollen or inflamed mucous pus membrane, giving you instant relief. Head colds and catarrh yield like magic.

Don't stay stuffed-up and miserable. Relief is sure. Mr. Rule of Seneca is here in the hospital where he is doing nicely. Claire Judy has taken the job of baggage smashing at the Grand Island vacated by the resignation of Fred Bowker.

Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Mehrwein of Whiting, Kansas visited here over Sunday.

They made the trip in their car. C. S. Brumbaugh has about moved into the new location in the Lanning building and has one of the nicest stores in northeast Kansas. Chester Miller of the Sycamore Springs neighborhood was in town this week with a load of walnuts which he shipped to Lincoln, Nebraska.

Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Platter are the proud parents of a boy baby which arrived Friday. Did you ever see any but proud parents of a baby? Charles Arnold has moved his family into the new home in the first ward and says he now has has the nicest home in the county, and now lives among the best bunch of neighbors ever. Ira Wells was here on business.

In addition to being a fine lawyer this genial friend of ours is the greatest fireman in the world He has been Chief of the Seneca department since Heck was a pup. An examination for clerk and assistant postmaster will be held at the postoffice in Sabetha on Saturday, Nov. 27 and all applicants will have to apply to the postmaster. The position of assistant will pay $1000. Last week while Glenn Sewell of this place was in Hiawatha on some business, in cranking his car tory to starting home, he slipped and disi cated his knee.

It is SO SeVere that he is spending some of his time at the hospital in care of Dr. Som. The revival meetings held at the Dunkard Church on east Main Street closed Sunday night with an old fashioned love feast on Saturday night. The attendance was large and the immediate result of the meetings was six new members of the church, Rev. Kinsey in charge.

KELLY At nine o'clock Wednesday morn ing, November 17th before the altar of St. Bede's church in Kelly, Miss Anna Haferkamp, the eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs Frank Haferkamp of Kelly and Herman Boeding, son of Mrs. Elizabeth Boding of Seneca, were married according to the rites of the Catholic church celebrated by Rev. Father Edwin Kassens.

Miss Dora Haferkamp, sister of the bride was the bridesmaid and Frank Boeding brother of the groom, officiated as best man. The bride's gown of white messaline was very prettily fashioned. She wore a bridal veil draped from the face in graceful folds and fastened to the hair with a wreath of green and natural flowers. Miss Dora Haferkamp wore messaline of a very pretty pale green shade and a hat in corresponding color. After the ceremonies, a wedding dinner and supper were served to a large company of relatives and friends at the home of the bride's parents.

It being the first wedding in the family, was attended by more than ordinary interest. The bride is one of the highly esteemed young ladies in St. Bede's parish and her friends in this neighborhood are glad to learn that her marriage will not take her away from Kelly. Mr. Boding is one of the enterprising sons of Mrs.

Elizabeth Boding of St. Peter and Paul's parish, Seneca, who not only know how to farm but how to farm exceedingly well. They will make their home on a farm about two miles east of Kelly. The out of town guests included the Boding and Haferkamp families of Seneca and Herman Boding and daughter, Anna of St. Lucas, Iowa.

For Sale -Prairie Hay, baled or unbaled. See Jos. Schumacher at the store. 5 w2 Thanksgiving Closing. Seneca stores generally will close after 10:00 A.

M. Thanksgiving Day, November 25th. I CLASSIFIED! ADVERTISING UNDER THIS heading tive cents per line. No adaccepted for less than 10 cents. Cash must accompany all orders from out of town advertisers.

WHEN ANSWERING THESE ADS please Denton the Courier-Democrat CENTRALIA Mrs. "Louis Weyer committed suicide Sunday afternoon by taking large amount of strychine in 8 dish of fruit at her home. She died in 8 very short time after the doctor arrived. Mrs. Weyer had been i in poor health for several months and this is thought to have affected her mind causing her to take her life.

She leaves four small children. Funeral services were held Wednesday and the body was taken to Seneca for burial. Scott Archer has bought 8 used Buick car, but hasn't got the critter tamed yet. Mrs. Geo.

Jessee has gone to Topeka for an extended visit in the homes of her children there. The Centralia high school boys were defeated in a game of football at Corning last Friday. Geo. Kern, the new blacksmith in the Brown shop, has rented the Norris house, and his family has moved here from Topeka. A Mr.

Wells of Irving has bought the dray line of Murphy Son and has rented the Cummings house and will move his family here. Chas. Barr of Sedan has bought the Eggen harness shop and moved into Ernest Swan's house. The old harness shop is being fixed up in good shape. Mr.

and Mrs. E. R. Mather celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary last Saturday with 8 dinner at their home, the guests being relatives and intimate friends. The first meeting of the ParentTeachers Association will be held this Friday afternoon at the school house and then definite arrangements for meetings 1 and programs will be made.

Burton Lohmuller, Richard Lohmuller, Ray Hartman, Will Armstrong, Ed Tinker and E. J. Norris drove to Topeka to attend the Washburn Manhattan football game last Friday. This seems to be the month of parties. Last week Mrs.

Allee entertained the Five Hundred Club, Mrs. Strohm had a Five Hundred party for her embroidery club and the husbands, Mrs. Hogg entertained the Coterie and the Freshmen and the Juniors had parties. The contract with Goff has been signed and Goff will begin the building of the transmission line to Corning this week. The line will there connect with the Corning line to tralia and Goff will soon be lighted by juice from the Centralia plant, which assures them of as good lights as can be found in the state.

Arnold Hybkskman was the victim of what for a time was thought to be a serious accident last Saturday. He was being chased by a companion in fun and tripped and fell on the railroad track, striking across the rail on his breast. The fellows with him thought he was dead but it proved that he had only had the wind knocked out of him and he is alright now. Prof. W.

A. McKeever announced while he was here lecturing that Centralia had been entered in the state contest as the best town in which to raise children. The contest is for cities of the third class and will be conducted similar to the one last year in the larger cities. Centralia can make a good showing if her people take an interest. SABETHA Mrs.

Melinda Lines has exchanged her property in the north part of town with Charlie Arnold. Ernest. Leutze is feathering 8 mighty fine nest on the Marbourg lots. His new home will be right up to the minute. That is Capper has hospital at county has some stink that Governor stirred up in the insane Topeka.

This part of the two inmates down there. Charlie Andrews was in this town on legal business. He is marshal of Seneca, also a constable and runs a real estate business, He was sure an effective sheriff. Col. John Judy is doing quite a farm loan business.

The Colonel 18 one of the advocates of farm loans direct from the farm credit banks organized for that purpose. This town is putting on airs with a new traffic ordinance. The city dads are surely expecting that we will be able to navigate a city street either on foot or with a motor car. NOTICE MONEY- at reduced rates on farm loans. Will loan up to 60 per centof farm's value.

Loans made on short notice. -T. E. Rooney. FOR SALE FOR SALE- Walnut and Oak fence posts--Inquire of Jerome McQuaid, Seneca phone 1302.

FOR SALE--Township warrant booke both in book form and blank form. Also Township statement books showing days put in with or without team. Poll tax receipts books. Receipt bianks with stub bound in books. Farmer's Union Secretary's warrant to purchase etc.

Letter Heade and Envelopes printed for farmere who want to treat their correspondence 88 a business proposition. -The Courier- Democrat Press. FOR Unions, $1.00 per bushel. Also choice Pop corn 2 Cenis per ib. -W.

H. Turner, Phone, 712, Seneca. FOR SALE -Pure- bred English Red Cap Cockerels; also Black Lungshan Cockerels. -Inquire o1 Kobert Wempe, Seneca. FOR SALE-1 wo Poland China Boar p.gs.

Aiso some Butt Rock Cockrels. William Buser baileyville R. R. No. 1.

FOR SALE--Make offer on North 3 of Southeast Quarter 2 4-13; improved; lays weir; miles northeast of Gon, Kansas. Owner S. Liston, 1458. Kim St, Lincoln, Nebraska. FOR SALE -1 yearling Sport Horn Buli, Weight about 600 price $40-W.

F. Schmitz, Route 1, Seneca. FOR SALE- -A lumber wagon, buggy and -Inquire ac old Bus barn on Main street. FOR RENT FOR RENT- Rooms upstairs in Felt block. inquire al Rechow Variety store.

FOR RENT OR SALE--A first class 5-room cottage at a bargain. Two blocks south 01 Main Sucet. Also good iron well pump al hait price of a new one, on same premises. -D. J.

Firstenbelger. LOST LOST--A young suckling Colt. -Inquire of Joseph Bergman. Apples! Apples! 25th the E. L.

MilTill November ler orchard will offer nine smooth big red, culled, hand picked Sprayed aphis orcharo northeast of Verples at 40c in 30 million at 50c a bushel, cider apples at bushel lots. Clean busnel, Don't wait till they 15c a are all gone. The always welcome gift-an Ingento Kodak. They are 80 simple, easy to operate and sure to produce good pictures. -D.

B. Harsh. 6 w2 DRINK HOT TEA FOR A BAD COLD Get a small package of Hamburg Breast Tea. or as the German folks call it. "Hamburger Brust Thee," at any pharmacy.

Take a tablespoonful of the tea. put a cup of boiling water upon it, pour through a sieve and drink a teacup full at any time during the day or before retiring. It is the most effective way to break a cold and cure grip, as it opens the pores of the skin, relieving congestion. Also loosens the bowels, thus driving a cold from the system. Try it the next time you suffer from a cold or the grip.

It is inexpensive and entirely vegetable, therefore safe and harmless. RUB BACKACHE AND LUMBAGO RIGHT OUT Rub Pain and Stiffness away with a small bottle of old honest St. Jacob3 Oil When your back is sore and lame or lumbago, sciatica or rheumatism has you stiffened up, don't suffer! Get a 25 cent bottle of old, honest "St. Jacobs Oil" at any drug store, pour little in your hand and rub it right into the pain or ache, and by the time vou count fifty, the soreness and lameness is gone. Don't stay crippled! This soothing, penetrating oil needs to be used only once.

It takes the ache and pain right out 01 your back and ends the misery. is magical, yet absolutely harmless sad doesn't burn the skin. Nothing else stops lumbago, sciatica and lame back misery so promptly!.

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