The Piqua Herald from Piqua, Kansas • 5

Real Estate and Farm Loans. See Us. John H. Lampe Bro. We must have the room for spring goods and now is your opportunity to get some rare bargains goods and can save you big money.

Come at once before the best bargains are gone. This GREAT SALE will only be open to you for a few weeks. Underwear. 50c Garments for. i 40c 25c medium weight garments All other winter goods in proportion, Special Bargains "We sire closlmg out all heavy rubber goods, a.rciics? felt boots, at cost.

We have the Celebrated FJour. Celebrated Second to None i 95c Sack. Blue Ribbon. Bravo Niagna. 100 lb sack of shorts.

Bran, i 75c. 20 lbs. sugars for $1.00. All package coffee Star and Horseshoe tobacco 40c lb Best soap 8 bars for. 12 bars Ark soap for.

Fancy Navy beans lb. Best tomatoes. 10c can. Best corn three cans for. 8 lbs fancy driod peaches 8 lbs fancy apricots.

4 lbs prunes 8 lbs raisens 1 8 lbs evaporated apples for Good eating potatoes, 40c bu. Good rice, 5c lb. Best soda cractcers, 2 lbs for Tea from 10c to 50c lb. Best Salt $1.20 per barrel. 140 lb grain sack salt 65c sack.

50 lb cotton sack salt 22c sack. Best oil 20c. Tank oil 15c. One lot of ladies $2 00 to 2.60 button shoes to close out at (1,00 per pair. A lot of odd sizes, all kinds, good stock of shoes, to close out at 75c a pair.

Mens stiff bosom shirts regular 75c, to close out at 50o. Another lot soft bosom shirts, regular 50c, to close out at Jwc. Gieseckeshoes for men and boys, and the Priesmeyer shoes for ladies and children. We have handled these shoes ever since we have been in business and we have.always found them to have given general action. Highest Paid; for Produce all COUTOXS.

We have decided to quit giving ooupons and give our customers the differeqoe in the price oa the artlolesthey buy. All ccmpaps that are out will be taken as heretofore, Kindly remember this, times; Paying at present 36c for corn. Established in 1884 L. C. NIEMANN, Leader in Low Prices.

Geo. Lambert Is Improving rapidly, Fresh and canud beef on sale at the Bert Ellis's baby is on the sick list. I. E. Beatty and wife went to Iola PLEASANT RIDGE CL1PPINOS.

1 The literary at Liberty was put off until March (itU. LOMANDO. Fine weather at this writing. D. C.

Bennett made a flying trip to Yates Center, Friday. hotel. on business Friday. J. M.

Purcell loaded a car of hay The rural routes opened for business Monday and John Graves conld be seen wending his way north, Ell Jackson south and D. Kent west with Uncle Sam's mail. The boys all had bad roads to travel but they got along reasonably well. From now on the farmers along these routes will appreciatd this generous service. Lampe Bros, were huntlpg ducks August Geadeka and family moved Saturday.

early Wednesday mom lug. GOFF LEFFLER, JEWELERS and OPTICIANS. Watches, Clocks and Rings, fi'ctac'es, 25Q, to $1.00. Photo 6idQ Square JOLA, KANSAS, on the Dannett farm last Monday. Frank Brendsen is able to be on Miss Cora Slone Is visiting Miss P.

M. Rhodes is still on the sick the street. Effle Adams east oftcwn. list. John Thormann bought a fine black John Walter was In town Monday Mr.

Rlley, of Piqua, visited Mr. mare from Mr. John Lampe. on business. Rhodes one day last week.

J. M. Purcell has bought the black Jas. Riley was iu Yates Center Otto Llnd bought wood of Fred Charley Preston's condition Is very critical, but he Is gaining slowly. John Harris' baby that haa been sick overlive weeks is but little better-' Edgar Steel spent from Friday until Sunday with his brother Levi In Iola.

It was. B. C. (Brittish Columbia) instead of B.C., where Mrs. Marley had beeii visiting.

Frank Arnold has moved from the John 8mith farm back to the Salem district. Love Cox, John and Ellen Preston HARNESS, smith shop occupied by O. F. Bolen. Monday between trains, Stange last week.

Jake Haen made his usual call at Wenzel Sicka finished loading a The Piqua Herald Mr. Walter's, Sunday. I SADDLES, i car of corn Monday. L. P.

Pierce transacted business at Mr. and Mrs. John Walter, of Lo- Neosho Falls, Friday. FRIDAY, MARCH 6, 1903. mando were in town Monday.

Adam Keller's house Is almost com COLLARS, Etc. Bert WIdener returned Tuesday pleted. from a few days visit in Mr. Webb is busy preparing his Come in and subscribe for the Hehald for yourself and a friend. MissGusaio Furguson is spending the week at Horse Shoe end on the river.

The farmers report the roads to have been in a terrible bad condition the past week. Mr. and Mrs. John Thormann and Miss Lillie Wright spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs.

Ben Keithly. Frank Meyers, of Newton, was in town over night Tuesday, visiting with Jacob and EmmaHaen. H. Sticker, Editor and Prop. Local Editor P.

M. Learned, and Business Manager. se fr Jacob Haen says we are in the summer wood. chicken business, call and see us. Walter Bros, loaded a car of hay for The Pacific bad a wreck Sunday L.

P. Pierce, Thursday. LOCAL NEWS. Mrs. Bert Bell was trading at Lo night a short distance west of Ft.

Scott. Everything in Heavy Work and Light Buggy All Manufactured by us here 0-e mando, Saturday. J. M. Purcell received a load of Mrs.

El Rhodes and son Carl went shorts, bran and flour from Wichita, to Yates Center on business, Friday. In Iola. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Gay and two Tuesday.

Sun Simon Mahoney and family attend Mrs. A. F. Williams was on the sick list Tuesday. Bay Cunimlngs was In town Friday on nis way to Iola.

Grandma Kruse on Mrs. A. J. Justice Wednesday. A.

B. West, oue of lola's hay men, delivered hay In town Friday. children were visiting ih Piqua day with Mr. Fisher and family. Mrs.

F. H. Berndsen, who has been ed church at Owl Creek, Buuday. on the sick list for two weeks is now W. B.

Culbert8on. one of the Iola Frank Childcrs returned from Buf- Spring work "will soon begin on the farm and you will need a New Set of Harness. recovering. lalo, where he had been visiting his real estate men, was in Piqua Friday and Saturday with land buyers. J.

H. Schwalm, manager of the brother. 1 spent Saturday night at Marion Preston's. Vergie Marley goes to Parsons this week, where she expects to stay three months and go to school. Mary Borden, whose huaband died last week, expecte tomato her home with her mother, Mrs.

arris. Lulu and Edna and R. A. Eldridge spent Sunday evening at J. M.

Preston's. Harrett Hankena spent several days last week with. Lizzie Wilson, who Is quite sick. Mr. Works has mot ed on tbe Weigel farm, Mr, Groves or.

tbe Mungar farm and Mr. Wooster or. the McCabe farm. J. C.

Rigga must be going into the poultry business, aa he is putting up a good sized chlckeji house. Albert Schuster, who Mr. Eldridge had hired for the coming summer, found a better job, and now M. Eldridge is hunting another hand. T.

B. Nickel 1 and Geo. Hetser came up from near Cookville Sunday after O. A. Kelthlay moved into the Independent 'phone line, was in town What is the matter with the Piqoa Mrs.

A. Dodd attended church at Wednesday. He put in a 'phone three Herald? Nothing. It is alright, if Piqua, Wednesday. Rosensweig building Friday.

Mrs. L. O. Nienfann called on Mrs F. H.

Berndsen Wednesday. miles east of town for A. B. Wert. Albert Manska moved on his farm you waut all the news subscribe foi it.

Those eirls who borrowed the hand' I It Will Pay You to See Us. I Phil Heigele, Monday while Mrs. Beaty and near Lomando the first of the week. Henry Mas3oth, went to Yates Center one day last week on business, kerchiefs had the sympathy of the 9 what daughter Alta were In town they bad the misfortune to break the double tree of tneir spring thought they would not get home. 4 L.

C. Niemann unloaded a oar of 109 S. Washington orowd. They do not know but they need them yet. George Ullrich says that the house that gets bis turkeys and ducks next 1.

Tl-t KANSAS. feed Friday, and loaded a car of corn Saturday. Station agent Graham has ordered time will have to pay spot cash over te DhonOfrraph will not play lo all hands out of the main office. We would recommend the following to young men who carry pocket pieces 04 Ullrich's store any more until He is right. The office Is for his use after faster.

and the clerks; all others are trespass the counter, and to him personally. We have never bad the pleasure of meeting Frank Hayes, but to judge from his letter in the Herald last week and the enthusiasm he Is manifesting to church, that they provide themselves with either rubber pockets or We are late this week on account ers on his rights. Thos. O. Mara, representing the firm of our patent not reaching this office until Saturday.

Mrs. John Collins has our thanks towards the welfare of the Herald, we noon to drive some cattle over there of Burgess Dixon, Wenona, 111., a screw cork, so as to protect their Sunday clothes. The Yates Center tem of the M. VV. A.

were over to the regular meeting Monday, that Mr. Nickell is going to was in town Tuesday, seeing what the for a subscription for the Herald, left keep three years. ebances were towards placing an im of the home lodge and did the floor at the hotel Friday. Mrs. Frank Markley and children ported draft horse In this section.

Say a good word for the Herald, work in the initiation of three candi returned Friday. Willie Justice took dates into the lodge. The work of the NEOSHO FALLS. W. H.

McCollough, brother of Alex Whenever you can bring us a subscrib er, do so. We shall appreciate your team Is reported to have been excellent A good time is reported by all of the them home through the rain. Alt Beaty was visiting with Clara Ullrich; Thursday, with the intention has moved back from Oklahoma to Iola, and has opened up a first class assistance very much. The value of lodge members present. The M.

W. A. is one of our strongest orders, and the Herald will Increase from day to nfimln a home that same night, but day, until you cannot see bow you furniture store. Walter Inness is here visiting with Mrs. Inness and Mr.

and Mrs. Thrall it is a grand old lodge. a. tl It hi a' 'I is of ft bl 0' tn A a I' A tti hi to cp got rained in. Henry Markbam had the mlsfor He is in poor health and under the The Herald is already getting quite a little circulation autof town.

The tune to lose bis watch last week. The Druggists and Booksellers. Paints, Oils, Glass, Wall Paper Office Supplies, Art Goods, Draughting Material. The New Books as' soon as out The Old books as cheap as any one. The Hale Sectional Book Case.

The 01J Corner Store South Side Square. IOLA, KANSAS. t9 EVANS BROS. hotel man found it and returned it paper goes to many points in Kansas, Oklahama, Illinois, Missouri, Colora should like to meet him very much. Thurday A.J.

Justice received letter from him, from Zybra, in which he encloses a subscription for himself, one for E. Ladford and an-other for Ira Hickman, and ends up with I'll get some more. Frank la a hustler and he will be our right-hand man in Oklahoma. Frank Ullrich apd Grover Purcell divided the prize that we bad offered to the person getting the largest number of subscribers for the Herald during the month of February. Frank bad the most, but considering the fact that he had the advantage, being In tbepostofflce we thought It the fair thing to divide tbe prize, which has met their hearty approval.

Frank succeeded in getting 60 subscribers and Grover 33. This is an excellent showing for these two boys and we appreciate their earnest efforts very much. A. J. Justice also did some splendid work and is still doing it, so did Postmaster I.ampe and several others we might mention.

free of charge. do and one or two other states. Piqua Last Saturday was the last day of is receiving more advertising through the Influence of the Herald than it has ever recived since its existance, Many did without it. M. K.

Collins called at the hotel Friday and had his name enrolled with the Herald readers, and also Lad a copy sent to Jos. Saas, at Humboldt, Kansas, and another to Mrs. Jos. Saas of Chicago HI. Good for M.

K. He's helping to build up the Piqua paper. A young man who is not much sub-plcloned of boot-leging had the misfortune at church last Sunday a week ago, to have the cork pop out of a bottle in his pocket, some boys at tint became alarmed when the gun went but the smell of the powder soon convinced them that the bullet had gone by. the 60 cent offer for the Herald and our solicitors added 27 new names to the list. With those gained during the week we have near 200 regular gubscrlbers.

We consider that this Is doing remarkably well. With only questions are asked us concerning Piqua, its size and people, and they care of Dr. Lieurance. A great deal of pneumonia is reported in the surrounding towns. Iola, Channte, Yates Center and many other towns are having a regular epidemic.

The Hunt house on the old Murray farm was distroyed by fire Tuesday. Very little of the contents were saved. We understand they had $100 Insurance. Dr. Slavens reports a son born to Mr.

and Mrs. Cotta. March 4, 1903. Mother and child doing well but the head of the honsa is hardly expected to live. generally end up with the exclamation "It must be a hustling little town and four Issues we fee! safe In saying tuat the Herald Is a decided success and community to have a newspaper like that." The best lick that you can Henceforth It will not be a venture but strike for your home town is to lend liitv.

Give the Herald a lift when TJ 1 ry Jur runoia Kemedies. your assistance to the building up of it the pfyou can, only makes the Herald. trooger. I.