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Vol 1. RICHMOND, KANSAS, FEBRUARY ,16, 1 90 1. the whole evening's entertainment will be good. The proceeds are to be used for school rooms decorations, a worthy object. Admission 15, 25 and 35 cents Oiir Clubbing offer for 1901.

The Richmond Star and the Semi-weekly Capital .1 $1.0 Kansas armer, "....1.00 Mail and Breeze, 1.25 Toledo Blade, 1.00 Kansas City Star, 70 You can get the -Richmond Star and Semi-weekly Capital, Good House keeping and Farm and Home, all four papers one year for only $1.50. We can save you money on any publication. Now is your chance to get a bargain in a new or secondhand Spring Wagon or Surrey, as I must make room for a car load of implements. W. II.

Sturdevant. 2tf "Worth While." a. i For the test of the heart is trouble, When life flows along like a song; But the man worth while is the one who can smile When everything goes dead wrong; 'Tis easy enough to be pleasant, And it always comes with the years, But the smile that is worth the praise otearth CL Is the smile that comes through tears is easy enough to be prudent, When nothing tempts you to stray; When without or within no voice of sin Is luring your soul away; But it's only a negative virtue UnMl it is tried by fire, And the'life that is worth the honor of "earth Is the one that resists desire. By the cynic, the sad, the fallen, Who had no strength for the strife, The world's highway is cumbered today; They make up the item of life, But the virtue that conquers passion, And the sorrow that hides in a smile, It is these that are worth the homage of earth, For we And them bnt once in a while, rr. E.

W. W. Mader- Feiierborn. A very pretty wedding was solemnized at the Catholic church in Gar-nett, kansas at 9 o'clock Tuesday morning February 12, 1901, when W. Feuerborn and Miss Katie Mader were united in marriage.

Quite a company witnessed the ceremony and also happily enjoyed the reception and dinner tendered the bridal party at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Mader. The number of beautiful presents received fully attest the high esteem the bride and groom are held by a large circle of friends. They will reside on the Feuerborn farm, four miles south of here, where the groom has always lived." Mr.

Feuerborn is a brother of our liveryman. The Star extends congratulations. AMERICA'S GREAT WEEKLY. TOLEDO BLADE. TOLEDO, OHIO.

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A Letter From Richmond's Oldest Citizen. Richmond, Feb. 13. 1901. Editors of the Enclosed please find 50 cents for a year's subscription to the Richmond Star.

I believe in patronizing home. 1 have been a citizen of Richmond for fifteen years, and I am the oldest man in the town. I like to see the town progressing; I think the Star a fine little paper and I believe it will be very beneficial to our town. Very respectfully, John Bonine Literary Society. Programme for.

the Richmond Literary Society Friday evening, February, 22, at 7:30 o'clock. i Recitation, Nellie Becks ted. Mildred Reao. Harry Wilson. Maggie Gault.

'i Roy Kirkland. John Glass. Matilda Reno. George Putnam. Hugh Taylor.

Mary Thompson. Minnie Gault. Willie Chambers. Fred Aiken. Clara Tawney.

instrumental Cora music, "i Bessie Chambers. Male quartette. ladies quartette. vocal solo, W. K.

McCall. round, By three young ladies. violin solo, Mr. Feuerborn. Resolved, that saloon property is protected by the laws of Kansas.

Deoators. Jesse Jas Higdon. Slectfon of Officers. Scotto, The Scout. Is the name of a play that is to be presented in the Rohrbaiigh, Ottawa, Tuesday night February 19, under the auspices of the Ottawa City Teacher's Association.

The cast of characters is an attractive one. And that Principal Olin "takes the leading role" is sufficient guarantee that Ed Gray had the misfortune to fall while in his the other day and run a nail Into the palm of his left hand making a painful and serious wound..