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Potwin Progress from Potwin, Kansas • 1

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Potwin Progressi
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Potwin, Kansas
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FOTWI I VOL. I. POTWIN, BUTLEH pqUNTY, KANSAS, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8 1910. NO. 18.

F. A. Rice says that if the people will appreciate it he will have a special bargain to offer every Saturday. See page 4. Thomas P.

Maunion. Make Ready For School To fjegin. Njiji resident Pupil Are Invited To Enuoll And Attend Onr Schools. CorrefjiKleiice. We go to press Wednesday, therefore all correspond-ence must be mailed on the earliest Monday morning mail All letters arriving later than will be too late for publication.

TOWANDA. Towanda is going to -have a fine city well when they get' through working on it. Brother and Sister Smith came in Saturday. Sister Smith is going to assist in the singing at the tent meeting. Brother Smith re turning home in a few days.

Come every body the Church' of Christ at Towanda are having meetings and they are fine and are having nice crowds so far and pretty good order, too. high school without examination others will be required to pass en trance examinations The faculty js composed of Andrew Mujipny, Principal, Mary McLindon, Grammar Department Miss Augusta Clawson, Intcrmed HOPKINS. Peaches! peaches, and iate and Sylvia, Price, Primary. then I Prof. Andrew Murphy arrived PJifford.

Warren Brumback, of Missouri, a former Burnsite, is visiting some of the Cliffordites. J. A. Moore bought two loads of cattle, of L. L.

Ferrier, last week. Virrle McCreight, of Durachen, an exteacher of the Wilcox school, Visited with friends, the past week, in Clifford. He will aftdiid colleee the first of the week and is very busy with arrangements for the opening of school. Those now Thomas Mannion, Demo cratic candidate fop regjster of resident pupils who aim to enter deeds, was born jn Macon City; fhe District school, No. 99 will commence Sept.

12. Oii account of the new building being uricottpl6tedT sciool will be held fcttiSorarily' in Rice's Hall, this "being partitioned off into roojiis a'n'd arrangements made for march1 ing the pupils to the grounds at noons and recesses. To encourage a gftod sized class for the first year in the high school work, non resident pupils will be admitted without tuition, while the Ill iifv k. regular, price ot one dollar pe month will be charged non resident pupils in the' grade work. The High School Course will consist of the first years work in the regular high school course, prcparctory for the state universi, ty and colleges, Algebra Latin, English, pman and Greek history graduates pi' the pj jh tft grade and those holding County Diplomas will be admitted to the should not fail to take up the mat March 2, 18GG and moved with his parents to Butler county ter with him, in the spring of 1867, growing 11X13 Kill Snare.

While the board regrets very much that it will be impossible to from infancy to manhood, on the some I A. C. Ramsey shipped twenty cars of cattle frpm Hopkins this week. 'K Asa Zimmerman and John Boyd were jerky passengers to El Dorado Thursday. Welcome school house -was fumigated by Mr.

Harry Ellis and scrubbed by the Misses Ruth, Ida and Sylvia Baker. Now its all ready for business. Mr. and Mrs. Bowman and family of El Dorado came out to the Grover Ranch Sunday in their new auto, which Miss Lulu's guess on the big candle won.

The Hopeful Band S. S. Class start the term in the new building, farm helping his father during of The Stone Church, will hold an the summer months and attend ice cream social, tfrulflv rilo-h tv.n it is to bp lujpcjd that in a very short tirpe, wg'wjjj bp nicely settled in our new inodprn building and ing the district school during the proceeds go on the new church winter months. building fund, He entered, the Southwestern Business College at Wichita, at Carrie Parker begun school at xnai evsrv one ine uikuici win tin tvt-h 'fllf tli jijake p. strong effort to make this one the very best schools in Burns again( Monday.

She wil the age of 21, where he took a course in bookkeeping and pen manship. He made good use School Board. try to finish' ner "Junior and Senior years work together. Her Junior work was interrupted last his time and is now one of the spring by the illness other sister best penmen and bookkeepers in irma, wno acciuently set herself Back to America. Butler county.

PIED. For the benefit of those; not act afire one morning. Trma'is not 1S91 he took a position with yet strong enough to attend school A tetterrtTbrit'' Rt 'E! Joseph, the Heavy Grain company and attainted with printers lapgusge, There is a new minister at the which arrived too late for pttbliea bought crain throughout West or rather with terms peculiar to tion, states that they are home ern and. was one of the Whitewater Church commonly known as the Stbhe Church. He is from Missouri "and his name is ward bound "and will Soon arrive printers, please allow the explan-thatto pi is" to mix and then par best men in the employ of that company in FAIRVIEW.

Mr. Chester Hulbert and wife and children are he visiting relatives and friends. They are on their way to Portland, where they expect to make their, future home. Their many friends wish them the best of success in their new home, George Manor and family and Bardell Read and Bethel Raymond dined with Mr. Valland-ingham and family Sunday.

Miss Bethel Raymond gave her music class a picnic last Tuesday don the editor for getting tfie lines of two items pied, last week. They should have ready HODGp WILL SPEAK. He took up farming again in 1894 and farmed three years and BETHEL FLASHES. then moved to El Dorado and en Myrtle Gale is suffering with Toe Cornelius, of Attica, Kan peofge. H.

Democrat candidate for governor will speak in El Dorado 3 and at icrared in the grocery business. He boils. She is not able to attend sas, is visiting Botwin frjends and relatives. school. still resides, there has for the Augusta at P.

M. next Saturday. past six years beeq writing fire Claypool school began Monday R. B. Rand and M.

A- Harper insurance, with Miss Taylor from Scott ate fried chicken-at C. T. Laird's While on the farni he was sev City, Kan.) as teacher. Sunday. at Higginsville.

They all had jolly time and lots of good din An Evening Party. eral times elected as trustee and Mr. Sparks and'son Harley, wil To Mabel Bowyer's on Tuesbay night, eave this week for Sylvan Grove treasurer of Spring township and proved himself to be' an efficient and economical officer. Four This treasure pf washday doth invite. to spend a few days visiting with LOST.

his daughter, Mrs. Barnett. The price of admission Is 1 clothes pin Ten are.bettg:, btjtpne will let you in ner. One of our neighbors visited Potwin last Saturday and were greatly surprised at the improvements that were being made, am! were shown all through the new- Effie Mohnhenwig- and her years agp he was candidate for clerk of the district court, his op On August 22nd, I received mother of Wichita, are visiting a letter from ome one in New In response to these lines, sent in clothes fling, about thirty young people assembled at the Bowyer Mrs. Fred Claypool and "Mrs, ponent then being office but Mr.

Mannion was beaten by but Mexico containing the subscrib rranlc Uaypooi. hardware house. Everything i booming in Potwin. 150 votes. er's address and $1.00 -of stamps.

home, Tuesday evening and had a Clarence Ades, who has been I lost the letter before I posted Oscar White and family went. very enjoyable time. It was Miss Mabel's birthday, in honor of visiting friends lere will leave Friday for his home in Pomona, Mr. Mannion was married in 1896 to Miss Mary Hannon ot Towanda. His father was one of down to Underwood's Saturday the name on my subscription list.

If any of your friends in New which the parjy was given. night and stayed until Sunday California. Butler county's first taxpayers night. Tom Taylor left Saturday for Mexico complain of subscribing Thomas has proven himself to be one of Butler's model citizens, Scott City to vjsit his parents a and not getting the paper please The Jackson sale was' fairly well, attended Saturday. The THOSE SIDEWALKS.

The new sidewalks on the eaft ew days. He will then go to Cal let me know. B. Siders. goods sold high and Mr.

and ifornia. honest, upright, enterprising and energetic and. those who vote for Thomas P. Mannion for register side of Miller street from out Mrs. Jacksoa was well satisfied block north, of the depot to the The auctioneer, J.

Hj Shockley, school buildinsr have with the ex GOLDEN GATE. of deeds will certainly make no SPECIAL. During the month of Septem said the weather seemed very hot mistake. Lee Ohlen attended church at but J. H.

tion't stop or hot or Golden Gate Sunday. ber I will receive subscriptions to cold. He is always there with the ceptions of about one-half block been completed recently. We took a stroll over them Tuesday and noted that it was in every way a first-class piece of work. Thev were enough not to Delbert Wilson shipped two car goods.

I. the Potwin, Progress from date oads of cattle to Kansas City the of subscription till June 1,, 1911, anywhere in the United Stater for past week. Paul Kennedy of Benton ts REGISTER OF DEEDS. I desire to announce to the permit being overflowed every little rain and thick enough to prevent breaking, well enough ma.le not to'crumble and as smooth and helping Carl and Henry Dohren, nly 50 Cents. Clubs of five for $2.00.

The voters of Potwin and vicinity that putting up hay. level as any we ever saw. Potwin Ptogress came to stay, Rev. iT. F.

Rudisill and wife I am a candidate for Register of Deeds of Butler county, and earn We noticed so very artistic fin and it will stay if all do their part. liave returned from visiting rela ishing touches on the section DIAMOND DOPE. With a picked up team the Pot-win high school boys met the Hill Blues on Sept. 4th and lost 7 to 13. Coon pitched great ball, but owing to ill support, could not' win.

his game. The H. S. boys played good ball and landed on'the H. B's three year league pitcher all the time.

The H. T. B's have a fast team and will visit the Potwin II. S. boys Saturday, September 10th and we hope to have a good game, i Come and root for the High School boys.

Your neighbors will join your tives in Anderson County. estly solicit your support at the election in November. nearest the school building ana club if you will only ask them. learned that not only this work, Eula, Ona'and Orin Houston, but nearly all the good sidewalks also Grover Cohnsworth, have It is your duty to study closely the candidates and cast your Get five subscribers, at 50 cents gone to Emporia to attend school. in the city were the work ut Stephen A.

Poe. votes for the, man that, will be able to renJr the best service in each, send their names and addresses with $2.00, and keep the remainder for your trouble. Homer Mottcr is laid up with a We have always believed in badly bruised foot, caused by a the office. Yours very truly, patronizing the home fellows but more especialy when such good horse stepping on it. Thig offer is to parties T.

P. MANNION. worlc can be had. CLOVER LEAF. where in the United States.

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Years Available:
1910-1910