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The LeRoy Comment from LeRoy, Kansas • 1

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The LeRoy Commenti
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if 1 1 1 -L 1 i HERE AND ELSEWHERE. Orificial Surgeon. COMMENT THE 'tehing parties are numerous. Tub Comment for job work. 62 OFFICE IN LEROY, KAN.

CONTINUING THE BUSY BEE. Job Printing Neatly Done Here. NO. 24. LEROY, KANSAS; AUGUST 15, 1904- Legal blanks of all kinds at this office.

62 Get your calling cards at Tne Comment office. 62 Frank Post left last Monday evening for Chanute. The New xorK worm cues me case The latest -find in oil is on the SOUTH END LIVERY BARN. of thirtv-two boys who responded to an advertisment for "a boy of sixteen, Nauertc farm, formerly Stewarts, one half mile east of town on the north Bur- good at figures and with 810 a week to commence on.1' Nineteen of the ap side of the road. 974 feet with 20 feet E.

II. Wade was down from lington recently. of oil sand. This makes six good plicants were promptly rejected be wells near town. cause they could neither write nor spell well.

The remaining boys were Nellie Owings, a teacher in La asked to find the interest on $120.80 llarpe, was up to their farm here Max Bauersfeld was up from Yates Center Wednesday. Westphalia, a new hank? So our friend Guy Cayot says. A full line of paints and oils at Shambaugii's Drug Store. O. S.

FINNEY, Proprietor. WnEN you want a team and carriage; when you want a buggy; when yon want to feed your team; when you want to go to the depot; when you want to go to Moody; when you want to get home from the depot or Moody; when you want to go anywhere call for the SOUTH END LIVERY, One block south of the Bank, west side of Main Street. A tine WAGONETTE meets all trains. Good carriages and buggies. Safe and speedy teams.

Reasonable charges Office phone 21, residence 92. $ee 0. S. FINNEY or R. W.

VICKRE Y. marketing the wheat a few days Comrades. Comrade Wlltsie wrote me recently from his home at Toledo, Ohio. It was the most interesting letter of 40 years correspondence. We are both nearing the sunset camp and are thinking of the eternal bivouac.

lie also sent me a letter that I had written to him from Flint Mills late in 64 and another dearly prized letter written him by my brother Charles T. in the same yean What memories they revived Comrade Wiltsie has a son who is a prom inent merchant in Coffeyville. Comrade S. S. Weatherby, of Lawrence writes that lie is going to the G.

A. R. National Encampment at Boston. Aug. 12.

That's it always, since. Warren was too Dusy get here. Nellie has caught the bfg spir it rush of her town. E. Brown Prof.

We learn through the Kansas Re will leave lues-take big for four months and fifteen days at 5 per cent. Only two succeeded and one of them secured the place. All of the boys were graduates from the New York grammar schools and a number of them had spent a year or two in high schools. From this poor showing the World draws a moral that is not complimentary to the practical value of the curriculum of the public schools of the nation's me day for St. Louis to Fair.

view that the Christian meetings at Lallarpe have gathered up 90 acces Fred uisciimiw is tne pastor mm mm 1 and the Wright Brothers are the preachers and singers. Whpnpvpr n. Kansas man drifts Rose B. Held, teacher of the inter mediate department, with her father, was in LeRoy, Monday, the 8th. Mr.

L. D. SHAMBAUaH, Drugs, Patent Medicines, Perfumes, Toilet and Fancy Articles. tropolis. And there is no douot tne very Same moral can be drawn in many other places where spelling, writing and arithmetic are laid aside too soon, for Latin and other studies.

Woodslield (Ohio) Republican. Held resides seven miles south or Gridley but expects to go to Illinois about Sept. 1st to care for his father. The school board sent a 16x20 pic Paints, Oils and Varnishes, etc, etc. ture of the school building to i.ne Lawrence, his next move is a visit to Boston.

He will visit New York, Philadelphia, Washington and a few days with his brother 0. E. at De'e-ware, Ohio, the old home of his boy" hood. He sends thanks for the notes in The Comment of Aug; 1, "How to see the Fair." Notiee. Students from outside the district wishing to attend the LeRoy schools will first go to the clerk and on paying tuition at the rate of one dollar per month they will be given a receipt which when presented to the Fair at St.

Louis to-day. It will be found in the Kansas division iti the First ddor south of the Bank. LeROy, Kansas. The Christians have postponed their annual meeting to early pc- tober. This issue completes volume four.

Thanks to all our patrons for their loyality. Dry weather has come again to this valley. Corn on the uplands is suffering for rain. Joe Beattie and wife have bought the restaurant building and bakery of Hannah Bailey, Ben Simmons, of Lawrence, called on Monday last. He is in the employ of a bank in bis city.

Misses Hazel and Fern Stephenson, (jf Burlington, have been visiting with the Watsons' and other friends in the city. Wanted Lion heads cut from' Lion coffee wrappers. Good price will be paid. Inquire at Covert's Book Btore. 82 Win.

Fields has been given the po palace fif Education and Social Econo- my. It is tne oniy exuiuit uum "I am not much of a said a cigarette, "But I can add to a man's nervous troubles. I can subtract from his physical energy, I can multiply his aches and pains and divide his mental powers, and I can take interest from his work and lessen his chances of success." Elliott (Iowa) Graphic. Coffey County. Misses Ella Walters and Cora Howe of Marion, Ohic, are visiting their aunt, Mrs.

Charlotte Carmean. Prob- Harris-Anderson Lumber Co. ablp appropriates the most of principal will enroll them in the proper grade. At the end of the time fov the visit to his; enjoyment, we ac knowledge a call from the young lad wlliCh they have paid they will go to the clerk for another receipt and We acknowledge receipt of a copy of the Lallarpe Journal tin exchange. The JoUriial is a newsy little paper and well by its home ies in company with Mr.

Carmean. DEALERS Building Material Lumber, Paint, Oil, Sand, Cement, Brick, Agatite, Til ing, etc Cloyce W. Hamilton late foreman so on to the end of the term; The clerk will make monthly remittances to the treasurer. on the Iola Morning Chiohicie, and formerly of Cherry vale, is now the 1" sition -if iani tor for the school build cal reporter on the Lallarpe Journal. Mr.

Hamilton is a first-class newspa Eohrer Settle ing at $20 per month' and begins on Aug. 13 th. Cloyce Hamilton was up Sunday, per man, with many friends over this READY FOR THE GREAT BXJlLDlNcf SEASON section of the state; and will doubt the 7t.li. and sDCnt the dav with his S. less prove a' valuable irian.

Lallarpe Review. ROHRER, iTAXE IMMIGRATION AGENT. MANAGLK. 'T; S. CHAMBERLAIN, travelling agent.

Iriends. Cloyce now has a position on the Lallarpe Journal; As we are about to close' the forms nn Hom iu Hrrmtwl in concerning an A tfirl at the home of Mr. and Mrs. U. LI I UVUl jtvrf THE DEATH POOL old soldier being beat put of about nv d.

W. Wright; A rig. 4, 190-1. i Another at the home of J. W.

and by two' other fneii. The parties an Real Estate and Farm Loans. reside in LeRoy and if the money IS Mrs. Busset, Aug. 7, 1904.

not refunded to the Old veteran his Beverly Staley, the Missouri Pacific comrades say they will put it in print agent is down with fever. Beverly Tlie Republican Convention of Wednesday at Burlington, Aug. 10, decided to return W. II. Wycoft to the legislature; to make A.

Lane, Superintendsnt; J. L. Davidson, Probate Judge; Surges, District Court Clerk; W. M. Scbtt, County Clerk; L.

U. Misbacli, Commissioner; They made a mistake so some of them think in their decision on County Printer. A move is on foot to give that oth'ce to tlie other party-. The third termers are all out as it for the information of the pumic. We are not informed as to the mat has been kept at the depot for several Fruit and months now without a day of rest.

Splendid Lands for Farming, Stock Orottiiig: ter but if there is a case let it out. Gets Another Vletirii. Frank Ilogan was drowned at the cut-off in the Neosho river on Wednesday afternoon, Aug. 10. A picnic party was out on the river.

Frank, with Win. Harris. Claude Chaiiiberlain and left the party and went down to the "dut-oif to have a swim. It was a part of the fun to make a djve in that 12-foot pool and see which could stay down the longest. Frank won.

Failing to colli lip at a reasonable time the ik.vo worn a.lii.rmfirl but could do noth Geo. E. Brown, principal of our city kliools, has located in- LeRoy bring hig his" mother with him. They are the second house south of the part of kansas more proriiising than ihat around Leltoy; Misses Owings entertained Wednesday evening, AUg. 10.

Those present weie, Geo. E. Brown and sister, Lutie; By Carmean and visiting cousins'; Misses Ella Walters and Cora Howe; W. C. Thornton and Miss Tony Richy Jess Bader and Duncan Tn connection1 with the School building.

Mr. and Mrs. Win. Wade, of Kansas City, are visiting with their parents and other friends in the city. Will is ing more than call tar help.

The teiioy is a great Railway center; night watchman for the Postal Tele t'raph Company; Neyhart-Eiser Milling after 'phoning to town (a mile and a half) rushed with others to the place. Mr. Asqulth, who is almost an adept in Dr. Rowe is civing a Course CHOICE OIL AND GAS LANDS. treatment to Jas.

Hazen that will re water, made perilous attempts to una the body but the current was too lieve him of rheumatism, that is, if no one interfcim with the method a swift; sure cure if All efforts were made biit after two Col. James Redmond, father of Call on ROHltilll SETTLE, Leltoy, Kansas. hours) David Cox; aged hear 75, went to the river. The place was swarm socialties of the occasion there were games, music and seasou refreshments. In all it was a most enjoyable time.

Evening souvenir, a bouquet of pansiesv School Opening will be on Monday, August the 29. This is two days earlier than last year but as it is intended to have months school and some of the teachers must get back to their work in the State Normal early in May the early opening is necessary. Also it will reduce expenses to some extent. Now who will be the first to start the old song about the Vhot weather?" Last year we needed fire in the school building in- September but the grumblers whined about the "hot weather." John, the editor of the Burlington ing with men from town and else leffersonian. died "Aug.

7, after two was said they would be. There are too "hi any hungry office-seekers to let one feed very long but the deposed gentlemen made excellent officers and should have been continued another term. The "Wol'st BloW" YeU Th'e Reporter of last week copied our item of Aug. 1, concerning Judge" Parker getting a scoreing from i young lady for his deciding practically that her face was not her own. The -Reporter comments, "This I the worst blow udgte Parker has re' cieved (Reporter's spelling.

That's bad as THE Comment does.) yet we don't see how he will get over it." Comment; If the Reporter refer? to the young lady's letter as being the "worst blow" and of course he does' we agree with him and "don't see how he'll get over it." Think, Bro. Fockele, of the effect" of that decision. II would you and I like it to have our daughter's pictures oh flour sacks, fruit cans, kero" sen'e oil barrels, lard cans, cement sacks, putty bags, negro's coat lapels, wine, whiskey or beer casks, hung ui; in saloons or packing houses. How: vears of naralvsis. An honored and where.

As we are told, Mr. jox advised that his clothing be thrown in the water at the place he went clown prominent life is to his remembrance i The Observation Wheel. I Marv Blanch, daughter of Andrew md it would float to where he was and Daisy Bartlett, died Friday lvirm under. This was done and Low Rates via HL T. The Clinton Chautauqua.

The M. K. T. will for this occasion make a rate of one fare plus 50 cents for the round trip. Tickets on sale August 24th to Sept.

4th, good to return until Sept. 5th. The Chautau morning, Aug. 12, 1904. She lias been after something of a circle, the clotli- oreat, sufferer with dronsv for six inu stood in an eddy and under that mouths or more.

She was born Sept, Dlace Bert Kesner, from a boat, grap 27, 13D3. pled the body. It had been in the qua this year will be better than ever. water over two hours. The advice of Mr; Cox is quite cer Katy, with four through trains in pnch rlirpctifin.

is well euuiped tt tain in eddying water or channel bend In our last issue we published an article concerning what has been known as the Ferris Wheel. We have been asked several questions a-bout it as to its safety. We answer; There Is not a railroad bridge as safe as that wheel. No one cab get out of the car and it moves so easily that you do not feel it moving. The most nervous fearful person might find a great pleasure.

Some parties get their lunch and eat it as they go around in the wheel. Several have written letters from it. We told you of the wedding, the bride and groom seated on their horses. That car' is called the wedding palace. Mrs.

G. M. Covert speaks of it as be-nf tho crpnt.est, Dleasures in but not certain in straight swat Channels illed with obstructions. A See Katy's agent 1 Excursions to Ohio and Ken- handle the crowds, about this. Home Visitors noints in Indiana bundle i small brush or straw, tied SCHOOL SHOES.

together will serve as well as the tucky. One lirst-class fare plus $2.00 clothinir. City Council Doings. Friday evening the Council levied a The body was brought to town at, the parents' home. The father was for the round trip.

Dates of sale, Sept. 6, 13, 20 and 27 and Oct. 11. Final limit of tickets 30 days from date of sale. tax of 21 mills for all purposes of city taxes.

This is much less than last out on a farm when he heard of the drowning. The mother is far away year. Camp Meeting at Neosho Falls, in the east. Two grown sisters, (the Iu buying school shoes like every thing else, it pays to buy the best. Everyone who' has tried a pair of OUR FAMOUS PETER'S SHOES, ask for tnem again because experience has convinced them' that they are the best.

A "Franchise" application present Aug. 18th to 23th. Round trip older one, Mary, is a School teacher aud came from Iowa in July,) and ed by Mr. II. M.

Synder to siippB'-LeRov with gas was filed, agreeing tc1 the Fair, while Charley says the beautiful view is indescribable. Think of looking all over that valley, up and tickets from Moody, 20 cents. vnuncer children are at home. The Home Seekers' Excursions from give it to him if he should be the first down the river and over every part of family moved here from Iowa this Missouri apd Kansas to Iudian Terri one ready to supply the gas. St.

Louis from the top of that wheel, last spring. On reuuest of J. R. Ahlefeld to cs Francis Patrick Ilogan was born in 264 feet high. tory, Oklahoma and Texas, Aug.

23, Sept. 13 and 27. Limit of tickets 21 days from date of sale. Side trips to tabllsh a grade for a sewer on the Many are advised to go up in that Iowa, Dec. 2, 188K.

He was nearing west side of Main street. It was voted that the County Surveyor be eni- the age of happy usefulness to the world from which he went out so un wheel the first thing and get a view of the Fair grounds and thfey will holders or M. K. T. excursion tickets reading via M.

K. T. to points Misses' vici kid, light sole patent tips. Misses' vici kid, medium sole patent tip. 1 Misses' vicf extended sole stock.

1.50 Little Gents' Shoes 81.00 to 1.50 We arc sh'owing all the up-to-date styles in Fall Shoes. ml proved to establish a grade for thr then know where to find everything. in Indian Territory, Oklahoma and expectedly. sewer from Kansas avenue south tc Texas will be sold at one fare for Many visitors go two rounds every day they are there. We certainly rec- From what has been said the mother when starting away must have had almost a consciousness of what was Wineman's corner and north to the bridjre.

After the grade is establish round trip. i ed the rock in the sewer along bloct going to happen. In her goodbye, Estelle Mather, Ag't. Moody. "ATY" COACH EXCURSIONS 52 is to be taken ont.

What may 1-low will be reserved for future actior KEEP YOUR EYE ON US and WATCH US GROW each Tuesday and Thursday to the bv the Council. commend to every one to go around in that wheel twice or more times. It should have been said that there is one car finished for banqueting parties which is often used, the parties having a jolly feast high in mid-air. Some of the cars have couches and all have chairs or seats as we have St. Louis Fair, otuy rroiu iuoouy.

Kt.nrt. n. m. irom Licuoy mm reach St. Louis at 8:00 a.

ru- the next among other last words, in parting roin her eldest soh she bade him to not ko near that fiver. We forbear any comment. Mrs. Ilogan returned on Friday and the burial was on Saturday at Westphalia. A uumber of Frank's young friends accompanied the burial party- Thk Oimmest and seml-weeKlv St.

day. From Tarsons to St. Louis on the Flyer, the finest road and train in tuui Tho il.it nf r.iM not count J. L. Horner's Cash Store.

This all arises because of a litth waste water that ws from the pub lie well and some of it stands in the sewer or ditch in front of the ban building. A grddc was established at the time tlie street was stoned about the year 1HS3 which at that time was ail tha. i nth MK r.f been informed. These cars will Carry more than 2.000 neople which is not ed. Leave Tuesday or Thursday at 8:30 p.

m. arrive at Moody the following day. This gives six days in the fair and a Sunday in the city. Buy one-third the weight that the wheel Louis Star only 75 cents per year; A good St. Louis paper is needed in ci'r the natural can carry.

your tickets at Maody via the Katy. Estella Matiiek, Agent. western uomes.

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