The Sterling Kansas Bulletin from Sterling, Kansas • 3

OCTOBER 1917. THE STERLING KANSAS BULLETIN, STERLING, KANSA8 PAGE THREE 11, A BANK OF STRENGTH AND CHARACTER Invites Your Patronage 4 per cent Interest on Time Certificates 4 per cent on Home Savings Accounts (Why not start an account for your children) DEPOSITS GUARANTEED Over $100,000.00 returned to our customers in interest LOWEST RATES ON FARM LOANS Make this your Banking Home Citizens State Bank Our and Let Live." SHORT ITEMS OF LOCAL NEWS Brief Report of the Week's Happenings Mostly of a Local and Personal Nature Miss Florence Jennings spent Friday in Hutchinson on a business trip. Mr. and Mrs. E.

B. Burris, of this and Mrs. Brada and two children of Great Bend. Everyone enjoys Hawaiian singers. Hear them at the Empire theatre next Wednesday evening.

Mr. and Mrs. S. R. Lyons spent the latter part of the week in Colorado, looking after some business matters.

Mr. and Mrs. Otto Bauer, of south of Sterling, are rejoicing over the birth of a little son born Monday, October 8. Frank Ross af the Farmer's Bank, went to Wichita Wednesday and is spending a couple of days in attendance at the exposition. Culbertson Buel, the local buyers, shipped a car load of stock to the Wichita market Monday.

It was a mixed load of cattle and hogs. Mrs. Mary A. Smith, who has been spending several days in this city at the home of H. B.

Kilbourn, returned to her home in Hutchinson Saturday. Miss Ella Carpenter, of the Carpenter millinery shop, spent Sunday in Larned visiting with her brother-inlaw and sister, Dr. and Mrs. Fred Ott. Mr.

and Mrs. C. H. Cooley spent the first of the week in Wichita, where they visited relatives and were also in attendance at the exposition and wheat show. Mrs.

Sarah Bundy went to Wichita Monday, where she is spending the week in attendance at the yearly meeting of the Friends church which is being held there. Mrs. F. A. McCullough, of El Paso, Texas, arrived in this city Wednesday to visit with her brother, Andrew Smith, who had his right hand cut off in an accident which occurred Friday afternoon at the Wellman ranch when his hand was caught in the silo filling machine.

Mr. Smith is a patient at the Sterling Hospital. J. W. Squire and daughter, Ellen, drove to Haven Friday on business trip.

Robert Wyatt and Walter McKean were among the Sterling representatives at the Wichita exposition wheat show Friday. Mrs. Ira Trimble went to Hutchinson Friday where she spent the visiting with her daughter, Miss who is a deaconess in that city. Mr. and Mrs.

V. A. Martin and Harlan, of Hutchinson, spent Saturday and Sunday in this city visiting Mrs. Martin's mother, Mrs. Ida Mr.

and Mrs. George Brown Miss Gruver went to Wichita Tuesday, where they spent two days in attendance at the exposition and show. Mrs. E. A.

Cate, of Alexander, had been visiting at Lyons with George Suttle for several days, to this city Tuesday and from left for her home. Mrs. A. K. Litchfield, of Lyons, formerly of this city, came to city Tuesday morning and from went to Raymond where she expects to spend the winter.

Mrs. E. J. Brown, of Kansas who has been the guest for the five months of her son, A. W.

Brown, of Saxman, came to this city Friday and from here left for her home. Mrs. A. L. Loesch, of Greensburg, Kansas, who had been visiting Alden with her parents, Mr.

and Charles Heckle, came to this Thursday and from here left for home. Mrs. E. Soderstrom, of Wichita, spent Friday in this city visiting her niece, Mrs. George Bowen.

stopped off here while enroute to home from Larned where she been visiting. Frank Blood, of Amsterdam, York, who is a member of a broom manufacturing concern, was this city Friday buying broom from W. M. T. R.

Peck wholesale firm of this city. Mrs. D. J. Fair went to Wichita Tuesday, where she is visiting brother and sister-in-law, Dr.

Mrs. E. Ebright, and attending the position and wheat show. She is I pected home this evening. STOVES STOVES We still have a few of those used stoves left.

Don't miss a good bargain. Good News for You We will have a car of the Famous Red McClure Potatoes due here the last of the week. This car is the choice stock of one of the best growers. See us before you stock up on inferior grades. Don't Forget We have Pickling Vinegars and Spices, Cabbage, Cauliflower, Etc.

for your pickles. WE WANT YOUR PRODUCE Top Cash Price For Alfalfa Seed The Superior Hdw. Gro. Co. H.

C. BRUCE, Mgr. Phone No. 22 Rev. and Mrs.

W. L. Hinshaw left by anto Wednesday morning for two days' visit with friends at man. Carl Long, of the Farmer's bank, spent the week end in Wichita visiting with his brother, and attending the big exposition. 0.

H. Green, of the Green restaurant, went to Wichita Friday, where he spent the day in attendance at the exposition and wheat show. J. D. Zimmerman returned home Tuesday evening from Wichita, where he spent two days in attendance at the exposition and wheat show.

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Banz returned home Monday morning after having spent a week visiting with their sons in Morton, Stevens and Ford conties. Mr. and Mrs.

Charles Heckel of Alden, came to this city Wednesday and from here left for a visit of several weeks with friends at Topeka and St. Louis. Miss Dr. C. E.

and Dr. Anna- Anderson a and Mr. and Mrs. W. J.

Lyon were among the Sterling people who were in attendance at the exposition and wheat show in Wichita Friday. and Mrs. Carrie Wagner went to Hutchinson Saturday, where she spent the day visiting with her son, George E. Wagner, who is one of the fire ladday dies at station No. 1.

May, Mrs. A. H. Storemont and daughter, Miss Eunice, who are located at Bush son ton where Miss Eunice is a teacher in the Bushton schools, spent the week with end at their home in this city. Moon.

Mrs. F. G. Smart and little daughter and Helen, of Stafford, arrived in this city Wednesday and will spend the remainder of the week a as guests at the wheat home of Mr. and Mrs.

E. E. Potter. Mrs. C.

H. Crego, who has been who spending a week in this city visiting Mrs. with her sn Earl Crego, anl family, came went to Dodge City, Saturday, where here she will visit with her daughter, Mrs. Lentz. Mrs.

Charles Langel and little son, this Charles Yates Langel, went to Hutchhere inson Monday for a visit of a week with Mrs. Langel's sister, Mrs. Fred Hern, and her sister-in-law, Mrs. A. City, E.

Williams. last Arthur Atkinson returned Tuesday from Wichita, where he spent three days visiting with his brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Atkinson, and attended the exposition and wheat show. at Mrs.

Mrs. F. C. Wingett went to Lenecity pah, Oklahoma, Monday where she her will spend a week or more visiting with her sister-in-law, Mrs. George Elrod.

Mrs. Wingett gave a recital ir: Lenepah Wednesday evening. with She Rev. Thomas Williams and W. Q.

her Elliott, of the Friends church, went had to Wichita Monday where they are in attendance at the Friends yearly meeting which is being held there throughNew out the week. The meeting will close large next Monday. in Mrs. D. H.

Brunner, of Gate, corn who has been in this city for the past week, went to Hutchinson Wednesday where she will spend a few days visiton ing with friends. She will then return her to this city for a time before returning and to her home. exW. T. Brown, of the Brown jewelry exstore, went to Wichita Sunday, where he spent three days in attendance at the exposition.

Miss Worrell accompanied hime to Wichita where she is visiting with Mrs. Bell, formerly of this city. Dr. P. P.

Trueheart went to Wichita Monday and visited until Tuesday evening with his son-in-law and daughter, Dr. and Mrs. Ed Kilbourn. Mrs. Trueheart, who has been visiting in Wichita for the last two weeks, will return home the last of the week.

Friends of Harry Flagg, who is now taking treatment in a hospital in Albequerque, New Mexico, will be pleased to. that his condition is improving steadily and he has been gaining at the rate of a pound a week since going to New Mexico. His many friends here are hoping for his sper recovery. Mr. and Mrs.

S. F. Henry of Shannon City, Iowa, spent Tuesday in this city visiting with Mr. Henry's brother, H. H.

Henry and family. They stopped off in this city while enroute to their home from Colorado, where they spent the latter part of the summer. J. G. Nusser, of Anadarko, who had been working at the home of his father, John Nusser, near this city, for the last three months returned to Anadarko Tuesday and will immedi ately arrange to move his family to the Jake Updegrove farm near this city.

His little daughter Gladys, who has been with him here, will remain with her grandparents until the family arrives. They expect to move, in about four weeks. A gospel team from the Sterling Baptist church will be at Liberty Chapel Sunday night to co-operate, with lev. Hinshaw in his regular service. T.

R. Peck, of the W. M. T. R.

Peck broom corn firm, left Friday for Oklahoma, where he will spend about two weeks on another buying trip for the firm. Mr. and Mrs. J. C.

Butler of Chicago Heights, who had been the guests for a week of Mr. and Mrs. David Roth, of near this city, left Wednesday morning for their home. Mr. and Mrs.

H. B. Kilbourn and Mrs. E. H.

Lees returned home Friday from Wichita, where they spent a couple of days in attendance at the exposition and wheat show. Mr. and Mrs. J. C.

Altland, of Pittsburg, arrived in this city Tuesday for a visit of about two weeks with Mr. Altland's mother, Mrs. A. Altland, of East Main street. Arthur Atkinson who has been residing on his father's farm near this city, has taken a position with the Wingett Plumbing Heating Co.

Frank Stout has moved to the Atkinson farm. Mr. and Mrs. W. E.

Brown are rejoicing over the birth of a little son Tuesday morning, October 9th, at the home of Mrs. Brown's mother, Mrs. T. H. Brown.

The little boy weighs nine pounds. The Hawaiian singers who will give the entertainment at the Empire theatre Wednesday night are the same that have appeared on chautauqua platforms this summer. They are high class musicians. We wish to express our sincere thanks to our neighbors and friends for the kindness and sympathy shown us during the illness and death of our husband and father, and for the beautiful floral N. Fabin and family.

Mr. and Mrs. Byron Pennell, Mrs. Hugo Rauschelbach and Mrs. George Selfridge spent Tuesday and Wednes day in Wichita, where they attended the exposition and wheat show.

They made the trip in Mr. Pennell's machine. Fred Horton went to Topeka Tuesday where he attended the Grand Lodge of the I. 0. 0.

F. which was held in that city Wednesday and Thursday. Mr. Horton was a delegate to the convention from the local organization. Mrs.

W. P. Clements went to Topeka Tuesday and was in attendance Wednesday and Thursday at the meeting of the Grand Lodge of the Daughters of Rebekah. Mrs. Clements was a delegate from Peaceful Rebekah lodge, No.

112. D. J. Fair left Monday for Chicago, where he is spending the week in attendance at the annual meeting of the National Lumbermen's Association, which is being held in that city. Mr.

Fair is a member of the legislative committee of the organization. Geo. Lyon went to Lyndon Thursday and was in attendance Friday at the funeral services for his little grandson, the year-old son of Dr. and Mrs. Charles Lyon, which were held Friday afternoon, at the home of the parents in that place.

The little fellow was the youngest of four children and his death is a sad blow to the parents. Mrs. Elizabeth Longprice Miller, a well known resident of the vicinity of Sylvia, died Saturday evening at about five o'clock after an illness of several weeks from typhoid fever. She was born in Ogle county, Illinois, August 19, 1849.. She is survived by four children, Bert Miller of Reno county, Clinton Miller of, New York, Mrs.

Maude Miller of New York and Mrs. Bertha Firebaug of Rocky Ford, Colo. Mr. and Mrs. Hugh McCrum and little daughter Marie, of Superior, Nebraska, arrived in this city day and are the guests of Mr.

McCrum's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert McCrum. They were accompanied to this city by Mr. and Mrs.

William Walkinshaw, of Superior, who visited until Tuesday with Mr. and Mrs. McCrum and with Mr. and Mrs. J.

M. Adams and family. Mr. McCrum and family will return home Friday. Mrs.

Blanche McVay went to Wichi- ta Wednesday, where she will spend a week with her (little (nephew, Robert Flora, who is in that city taking treatments from Dr. Dorsey, an eye specialist. The little fellow who sustained a serious injury to his right eye last week when he accidently struck himself in the eye with a pocket knife with which he was playing, was taken to Wichita last Thursday and placed in the care of Dr. Dorsey, who states that he is hopeful of being able to save the sight of the eye. Mrs Flora, who had been in Wichita with the little boy for a week, returned home Thursday.

Miss Vinette Hutcheson, who is teaching in a school near Lyons, spent the week end at her home near this city. She was accompanied by Miss Elsie Magee of Lyons, who was her guest. Mr. T. I' Updegrove and daughter, Miss Frankie, of Andadarco, who have been visiting in this city for the last week, went to Cimarron Monday, where they will visit with relatives before returning home.

Mr. and Mrs. George W. Allison of Kansas City are visiting with Mr. and Mrs.

Floyd Porter and other relatives in this city and vicinity while Mr. Allison, who is state bank examiner, is inspecting the banks in a number of towns in this locality. Thomas Atkinson spent Sunday and Monday in Wichita where he visited with his son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Atkinson.

On Monday he attended the exposition and wheat show. He states that the exposition this year is especially fine. Meda Fitzgerald of Hutchinson spent Saturday in this city visiting with Mr. and. Mrs.

Roy Evans and family. She came to this city to accompany little Homer Evans, who for the last week had been visiting in Hutchinson with the Fitzgerald family. The Bulletin job department has printed bills for the farm sale which will be held Thursday, October 18, at the farm of Jacob Alber six miles south and two miles west of Sterling. He will sell twenty-two head of cattle, kaffir corn, alfalfa feed, and farm implements. Mr.

and Mrs. C. A. Barry went to Wichita the first of the week, where they visited with Mr. Barry's sister, Mrs.

Ella Scudder, of Belle Plaine, who is a patient in the St. Frances hospital in that city. While there they also attended the exposition and wheat show. Mrs. Floyd Porter nd two children, Harry and Gertrude, returned home Saturday evening from Wichita, where they visited with Mr.

and Mrs. D. P. Smisor, and attended the big exposition and wheat show. Mrs.

Porter and Gertrude the week there and Harry joined them there Friday afternoon. A public sale will be held at the S. L. Turner farm one mile south and one and one-half miles east of Sterling, Friday October 19. Seven horses, eight head of cattle, farm implements and household goods will be offered.

The ladies of the U. P. church will serve lunch. E. E.

Potter will be the auctioneer. Dr. Charles Lyon and family, of Lyndon, arrived in this city Sunday for a stay of a few days at the homes of Mr. and Mrs. Geo.

Lyon and Mr. and Mrs. Will Lyon. They were accompanied to this city by Mrs. Fred Lyon of Newton, who went Monday to Ellinwood, where she is spending several days.

She will return to this city for a short visit before returning to her home. Rev. D. H. Sill, of Wichita, who has recently been appointed as pastor of the Salem United Presbyterian church, arrived in this city Saturday and spent the day as the guest of Mr.

and Mrs. C. H. Barnes. Rev.

Sill preached his first sermon as pastor of the Salem church Sunday. His wife and children will arrive in about two weeks and they will occupy the parsonage adjoining the church. Mrs. Verner Dill, who had been at Eskridge with her husband since her marriage about four weeks ago, returned to this city last week and will remain at the home of her parents while Mr. Dill, who was called to the colors with the last quota of recruits, is in the service.

While in Eskridge she visited at the home of her motherin-law, Mrs. S. F. Dill. Mr.

Dill is now in the training camp at Ft. Riley. The gospel team of the Baptist church went to Alden Sunday, where they conducted the services at the Baptist chourch of that place Sunday evening. The members of the team are John Guttery, C. E.

Prescott, Bert Proffitt, Lee Gish and T. I. Kincaid. As Mr. Gish was unable to accompany the team Sunday evening his place was taken by C.

O. Bourrell. The team will assist in the services at Liberty chapel next Sunday evening. Milo Straney, who is a student in the United Presbyterian seminary at Pittsburgh, arrived in this city Saturday evening for a visit of about a week at, his home. Mr.

Straney, who had been supplying a pulpit at Alberta, Canada, during the summer monthe, stopped off here while enroute to Pittsburgh after an extended western trip. He went from Alberta to Vancouver and from there went down the coast to Portland, Seattle and San Francisco. He also visited Los Angles and on the return trip stopped for a day or two at the Grand Canyon. He states that he had a delightful summer in Canada and greatly enjoyed his work. Going Hunting? Have you an Accident and Health Policy to care for you? None Better than the Travelers "Not How Cheap, but How Good" Do You Need Money? Then guess the number of Seeds in the Pumpkin in our window.

GUTTERY PRESCOTT "We Insure Anything Against Everything" SAY! Do you know that all this Hoover newspaper talk about the Conservation of food and adviseing you to go slow on1 the eats is all punk- and if you do eat--why take any kind of slop put it over a slow fire and add a pinch of salt or any kind of junk and despose of it to peril of your health and vigor. Don't you know that we have enough good foods not only to feed Americans, but also Europe, Orib and Arib, and our soldiers who will whip the spots off of the Germans by the 31st of December. So cheer up and fill up with best eats to be had and remember that the only place an American Dollar has no value is in Heaven and we are always willing to serve you with the Cleanest, Best and Choicest Groceries and Fruits from all over the world. WISHING, King of Merchants Phone 10 Nary a Microbe lain's Tablets "I have had more or less stomach trouble for eight or ten years," writes Mrs. G.

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