Elsmore Leader from Elsmore, Kansas • 3

PETERSON, Collections CHEAP WALL PAPER Never has Wall Paper Been Priced as Low by any dealer in this part of the country. Our Stock is Practically All NEW and contains NO DAMAGED or FIRE INJURED Paper here. For the next Cbirty Days, Beginning Saturday, April 20tb, WE WILL SELL fit a Discount of 25 per cent Judge 8. M. Knox Dead.

Judge S. M. Knox, a pioneer citizen of Allen county and one of iu heaviest land owners, is seriously ill at his home fire miles south of LaHarpe. His illness is due to dropsy and heart trouble. Iola Index Later: Word came to Elsmore Wednesday morning that Jud ge Knox ied at his home at six o'clock Tuesday night.

Third TJf B. Quarterly Meeting. The third quarterly meeting of the Elsmore' circuit of the U. B. church will convene in Elsmore, May 25-26.

The Elder will be here on Friday night. Saturday services at 2 o'clock and at night; Sunday morning, preaching at 10:30 o'clock, after which the ordinate baptism will be attended to. At 3:00 o'clock Elder G. H. Hinton will preach the annual memorial sermon.

Preaching Sunday night AU. are cordially invited to attend. Rev. B. F.

Wood, Pastor. A Birthday Surprise Party. Mrs. W. C.

Storms successfully planned a birthday surprise party for her husband, William, Monday evening. Mr. Storms is our worthy section foreman and when he returned home from his work Monday evening and found his home thronged with friends you can imagine his surprise and delight. A most elegant 6upper was served ami a very enjoyable time reported. The guests left at a latehour wishing Mr.

Storms many more happy birthdays and thanking his estimable wife for the pleasures of the evening. The loafing Business. My son, follow not in the footsteps of the loafer, and make no example of him LOCAL. Wheat and flour is going up. 1 Head our new advertisements.

Decoration day is two weeks from yesterday. The Elsmore ball team will defeat Erie, at Erie, next Sunday. Mrs. John Ruthsotz is expected home from her month's visit this week. Elsmore is an ideal location for a brick plant, and we'll have one, too.

If you are interested in life insurance investigate the Triple Tie Benefit plan. J. A. Nicholson and wife spent several days in Kansas City the past week. Miss Ethel Carter is on the siek list.

Humboldt took Petrolia down the Una Sunday 5 to 1. One week before it was 1 to 0 in fovor of Petrolia. A. S. Rogers is expected home next week from Parsons where has been successfully treated for failing eyes.

The wind "blew a gale" all day Sunday, Monday and Tueseay. It rained all night Monday night and Tiesday it was quite cool. Wm. Higginbotham writes home from Iowa ami says that Mrs. Higgin-botham's health is much improved and that they will be home again in a week or so.

Lightning struck Joseph Swanson's large new oaru Monday night doing considerable damage, but, fortunately, the barn was not fired and no siouk was killed as a result. At a public auction of undertaker's goods at Bristol, Pa last Saturday, large coffins and caskets sold for 1 cent Our already Low Priced line of Wall Paper. All our small -remnants we will give away Free of Any Cost Whatever, not to Exceed Four Bolts, to each patron. Yours For Trade, Braden, The Druggist. DIRECTORS.

8. H. Braden. 1. VV.

Breiienthal Frank Goyette, M. It. Decker, E. 1). Ericson OFFICERS.

J. VV. Breldeutlial, President S. H. Braden.

Vice-President. Frank Goyette, Cashier. Nannie Goyette. Ass't. Cashier.

1 tho State Bank of Elsmore, ELSMORE, KANSAS. CAPITAL STOCK, $10,000, SURPLUS, $500. nnuiutj at KAN. W. LONGENECKER M.

Physician and Surgeon. Office in Decker Building East of Hotel. -y Telephone No. 23. dence Phone No.

48 Elsmore, Kansas. H.WATSON, iW. 1 Painter, Paper Hanger and Decora tcr. Good Work and Prices Reasonable PHONE NO. 20 Elsmore, Kansas.

The Elsmore Hotel FRANK PITTSER Prop. Rates $1.50 Per Day Board by the Day or Week. Special Sunday Dinners farmers Dinner is Cents. The Only One Carries a Complete line of CONFECTIONS Restaurant in Connection. SHORT ORDERS at all hours Frank Pittser.

come surely to weak women who have to trown and en- dure the torture due to the (diseases peculiar to their sexj INot only wrinkles, but hol low, lack-lustre eyes, sallow complexion, gray hair, all of which tell ot premature oldj age. The prevention of lies in your own Cure the disease that causes your suffering, and strenirth- 1 ten vour weakened consti-f ytution, with fa ur WOMAN'S RELIEF ol which Mrs. Mary Irvin, of Pam-plin City, writes: "I think it i is the best on earth for all suffering women. My doctor did me no good. I suffered untold misery from head to foot, but the first dose of Cardui gave me relief, and when I had taken one I felt like a new woman." The abdve seems' to prove that Cardui will relieve your pain, strengthen your constitution and renew your youth.

Try it. At all Druggists, E20 aoo 1 in 11 We solicit your business, small or large. Special attention given to collections. Money received subject to check. Transact a gen- eral banking business.

Exchange on Kansas City and New York. Eve? courtesy consistent with soundbanking granted. Correspondence Solicited. llll-f 55 Come In to assia Your EE 33 And Get A fc 3 Nice Smooth Shave? Cutting Your Hair as You Prefer it. 35 First Door Bast of lyovell's.

Send Every 2 weeks. ivk Razor Honing a Specialty. each, children's sizes at 5 cents and ODe man bought six. In his wedding notice last week we spoke of Amos Barron as a nephew of J. T.

Barron. It is our mistake, but most of our readers know that he is a son and not a nephew, as stated. OLD NEWSPAPERS EXCHANGES We have a large supply of exchanges which we will dispose of at 5 cents per hundred they are fine for shelves, wrapping paper or to put under carpets A boc ialistpapers predict the greatest American panic beginning within the next 18 months now is the time to pay three or four years subscription to the Leader in advance while times are good. County Commissioner Reynolds has sold 245 acres of his father's estate in Cottage Grove township It is considered a very fine farm. and well worth the money.

C. G. Ervin is the purchaser. Don't grumble if your paper is not always up to the high standard of your iuea. narnaoiy rememoer ttiat no editor is capable of getting up quite as good a paper as you could yourself.

Fitzgerald (Ga.) People. Elmer and Delia Linquist were Iola visitors Monday. Th.ey drove to Moran where they took the train. Delia return ed home by train Monday night, but Elmer had to stop over at Moran on ac count of the heavy rain. He drove home Tuesday.

m- Uncle George Bacon, who attended Jamestown Exposition and is now visit ing in Montgomery, sent Benj. Low a post card bearing a picture of the court house and part of the city of Montgemery. It Is a very pretty place. Uncle George is well and enjoying life in the sunny south. Seventy-five common school graduates passed the Baal examination in this county.

Elsmore was not represented, but Old Elsmore furnished two, Grace Umphrey and Florence Brightly. Miss Emma Laury, of Golden Valley and Le-Roy Johnson, of Savonburg, won the highest averages. The former, 94.3, the latter 93 5 A Great Telegraph School. That Parsons has one of the best Telegraph Schools in the country is evidenced by the fact Railroad Companies are seeking its gradua'tes. During the past week this school had ten more calls for operators than it was able to fill at salaries ranging from $40.00 to $100.00 per month.

The demand made upon this school is caused partly by the shortage of operators and partly because the students from the Parsons School of Telegraph are qualified to hold positions as operators and are trained for regular railroad work. Young people, if you wish to better your conditions, it will pay you to correspond with this schoor and consider the course Telegraphy, it will pay large dividends on the investment. Br full particulars, address, Parsons'School of Telegraphy. Parsons, Kansas wno is Doro tired, for, verily, 1 say unto thee, his business is overstocked, the seats on the corner are all taken, and the whitleing places are all occupied. it is oeiter to saw wood at two bits a cord than to whittle at a whittleing match and abuse the government.

My son, whilst thou hast the sense of a jay bird in thy skull, break away from the cigarette habit, for, lo, thy breath stinketh like a glue factory and thy mind is less intellegent tham a store dummy! Yea thou art a cypher with the rim knocked of Bob Burdette. John Rose Shot at Peter Olson. John Rose, while under the influence of liquor, went to the home "of Peter Olson, near Savonburg on last Friday morning. Rose is said to have accused Olson of making disparaging remarks about the damage suit filed against Mayor Nelson and others, of Savonburg, by Rose for $1,000 for false imprisonment now pending. Tfie argument became heated and as Rose was leaving he shot at Olson but the shot was a close miss.

V' The sheriff and county attorney were notified and Undarsheriff Boatright atd Deputy Conoty Attorney Anderson went to the home of Mr. Rose and arrested him and took him before Justice Alexander for preliminary bearing. Alexander fixed the bonds at- Rose being unable to furnish a bond he was taken to county jail. John Rose's case will come up this term of court. Judge Alexander fixed his bond at $1 600 Monday.

TRIPLE TIE BENEFIT INSURANCE The plan in a nutshell: Local dues 45 cents per quarter. as low or in line with others. It has a reserve and emergency fund. The rates for men and women are the same. Takes in membersfrom 16 to 50 years of age.

Pays one-half of certificate for total disability; one-fourth for partial disability. Five per ceut of certificate due and payable day of death, balance due upon proof of death. Rates never change, no assessments, 12 payments a year, monthly, quarterly or yearly in advance; no step-rate, readjustment or change whatever. Atthe.ageof 70 yous benefit dues stop and you draw your benefit at the rate of 10 per cent per annum while living: balance due at death or 80 years of age. If a person lives out the expectation of life the policy draws its face but if death comes early the expectancy is paid out of the policy.

Each person pays for his own insurance and hot for another as The Elsmore Council starts off with 30 members. All who join within the next 60 days will be charter members of Elsmore Council No. 153 and will only be required to pay $1 for local medical examination, and, If elected, their regular monthly dues then and thereafter. G. E.

DUGGAN, Proprietor. Buggies and Implements. "Ok Best Are Cheapest." When in the market for mv spring: stock of Bue-ffies I 1 had in mind the fact that my customers would demand a better class of rigs than heretofore, and I bought accordingly a car load of the very best, up-to-date rigs for all purposes which I am selling at right Our Stock of Implements is complete throughout, C. G. KROKSTROMr E2C CIk Kansas City KfeeKly Star The most comprehensive farm paper All the news intel-legently told Farm questions answerd by a practical farmer and experimenter Exactly what you want in market reports One Year 25tents.

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