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zn honesty and taken from a common soldier's overcoat represents the common DivHEKIDERSOWi people; the brawn, the strength, the indomitable will of the American peo 815 Walnut Street, Kansas City, Me. ple. A good old Puritan minister said, "God sifted a whole naiion that he A riiulir irraduata In medlcln Oldaat In act ond leneaat located. Hi 41 yaars' Special Practice i.e and aapariauca ore isnperum. Over 33 Years In Kansas City.

CHRONIC, KERVO'JS SPECIAL DISEASES. Curahlfi nsn All medicines furrixhrd reuCy for w-isc a'tftT or Injurious iuniicine lined. Ho detention from tuk iipss Parents treated, by mail and express. Medicine sent every where. free lr.ni ski- ci might send one choice grain over into this wilderness." Who is so blind that 1 he cannot see the truth in this prophetic statement? Since the time our forefathers landed at Plymouth Rock the hand of Got! has guided and guarded our Ship of State.

Great battles have been fought, great sutl'ering endured, great victories won; men and women i CJuarKea low. overiw.utw capf msh- jour cr n.u Cuutuliuuou tree and cumulDlial, personally or by klu.1. fniarced vjii.i In VdMVUIUlO the scrotum, eaua-Inxnervoua debility, waaknaas of the sexual ayatcm.ete., permaneniiy curtu i wittiout pain. That terrible disease in aypillliai all its forms ului stages, cureil for life. Wood poisoning end a.l private diseases pertnaneutly cured.

Seminal Weakness nd Sexual Dcbility.S'yt'Si" tollies and exees causing night lones and loss of prxuui puWi-r, pinjpiea am blolohes on the tee. cmif'iseil ideas and fortcetfuiness, uashtnlueFg and aversion to society, etc. cured fur life. 1 stop uibt losses, restore sexual power, nerve and bruin power, enlursre. and utrenethea wetk ps.rU ul make you tit fur marnuKa.

bend for free book and list of iiueniions. CiwlAiiiM t'ur-i with a new In-OiriCIlire falllbla Home Treat, artrl Ploat mant. No instruments, ailU UlCCl no detention from business. Cure guaranteed. Book The larost land excursion train that ever pulled out of the Kansas City depot, was the STANDVRD LAND Special of 12 sleepers, two engines and a baggage car, bound for the lower Rio Grande Valley, near Brownsville, Texas, Wednesday, Jan.

22nd, 1913. The company had 100 autos to handle the party, and we were driven past thousands of acres of growing cabbage Bermuda onions, lettuce, cauliflower, turnips, etc. While the mercury in southern Kansas stood at zero, our peach trees were in blossom. While the California orange groves were frozen the full extent of the state, our orange trees are loaded with fruit Is mi inducement tn ij-ni- i on next tri; on U'ehifs(ti Fih. tuk you down tunl ixti iiinj nil ehe exnises oj the tri, free scejns, three iood mealu day in our pi irate diners, ree.

side trips to dalreston, a ride on the iai, a side trip to Jlruaii's home and a triji across the. Rio into Mtttumoros, Mexico all jar i Hut ire want iour irie to io iriti ioii, and as a special, indm-einent poll can Nervous rd FREE BOOK Special Din- eases. For both sexes patres. Xi picture, lull di-srrlDtion of above disee, fleet ana have emerged from these exjienences stronger, more beautiful and more Godlike. Carlyle has said: We cunnot look upon a great man however irnper- fectly without gaining something from him.

And so we would have the boys and girls of our schools study the lives of these men and women who have i been instruments in the hand of God for the upbuilding of this nation. Patriotism is inspired and fostered by such study. You boys and girls are the men and women of tomorrow responsibility will rest heavily upon you. As your opportunities are, in just pro cure, seut sealed in piaiu wrapper. and Hut of questions free feed sealed 0.

take her for Kansas Day Program. The two societies of the Oswego High School gave a Kansas Day pro We expect to run a special sleeper out of Oswego on Wednesday afternoon, Feb. 19th, so let me hear from you at once so we can make reservation for you and arrange for your entertainment. gram last Friday evening, that was a credit, to the school and a pleasure and, Trolley Line to Oswego. This is an age of progress along many lines, especially along the lint- travel and communication between business centers.

The building of trolley-lines is developing very rapidly, and a net work of lines will be complete before many years between commercial points all over Kansas and profit to all who heard it. The auditorium was filled, in spite of the cold evening, and all were nappy ana eager 0. BALL OSWEGO, KANSAS portion will be your responsibilities. Remember that the perpetuity of national life depends upon the uprightness of individual life; and that no country can remain truly great unless it be founded upon the nobility of character which reveals itself in the private and public life of each citizen. America is a country of gigantic undertakings.

Magnificent industries, great inventions and splendid achievements tend to make social conditions niore complicated. Master minds have planned and accomplished all these; other master minds must solve the PHONE 43 That Oswego and vicinity is interest ed in the early building of line to ac commodate her interests, goes without saying, and it will be remembered that 3 a for the treat. Kthel Kearney, president of the l'hilomathian society, gave the address of welcome. Her appearance on a program is a guarantee of something good, and on this occasion she was up to her usual high standard. Miss Delia Dean gave a chalk talk, outlining some of the geographical 'points and places of interest in Kansas history on a map of Kansas that she drew.

Ray Ratliff played a beautiful piano solo, and responded to an encore. at a recent date, there, seemed to be KANSAS. but little objection to the voting of ai to a company proposing such a line. arth. Man was traveling round the One of the elements, in order to promote such an undertaking, is the de problems that these conditions bring about, a re-adjustment with equality velopment of the water power of th and justice for all.

Crime and ignorance are foes to the government. The church and the school must ever wage Saw a land of joy and mirth, Land where the universal ties Of happy friendship never dies, 'Twas Kansas. Land where wheat and corn abound, Where largest crops are always found; Neosho River. If an electric power could he developed that would be ample' to' provide for the operation of a war against these enemies. May the A feature that showed study and research and proved that a girl can talk and argue in public, the debate by four girls on "Resolved, That the truancy law should be amended to apply to the high The affirmative was taken by Valentine Hoke and NEW AND SECOND HAND AUTOMOBILES hundred miles or trolley, as well as local manufacturing plants, it would be a great addition to the wealth and pow er of Oswego.

flag inspire in your hearts a deeper sense of patriotism, a greater spirit of devotion to our country and her institutions. "With patriotism in our hearts and the flag of our country in the hands of our children, there is no real danger of an The difliculty lies in the nature of tin Where there's lots of birds and lots of bees And bushet of apples on the trees. 'Twas Kansas. Hens, half in laughter and half in zest, Were always trying to fill the nest; And the horses, sheep and cows, Mary Baker, and the negative by Esther Kiddoo and Josephine Seagers. The affirmative side was declared the winner.

"Kansas" was sung beautifully by the High School chorus. A Symposium with "Kansas" as the Neosho River, which has wide alluvial land in large area all along the river, wh'iJh are subject to overflow in case of extended rains. These lands are very valuable and can be readily drained ol protected from overflow by levees, archy and no danger to the Union," said McKinley. And now, in memory of the Revolutionary patriots who established this flag; of the Civil war subject was given by five girls and boys. Many stories and poems of in veterans who fought and died to per Far and wide were seen to browse, 'Twas Kansas.

Even when he went to sleep He could smell alfalfa sweet. By the brightness of the moon, Beautiful sunflowers he saw in bloom, 'Twas Kansas. terest was given and much information about our state revealed. A very FOR SALE BY Miller Motor Car Machinery Co. MACHINES THOROUGHLY OVERHAULED AND RE-BUILT petuate this flag and preserve the union and insure the liberties won by our forefathers; and the sons of veterans or overflow prohibited by deepening, or straightening the channels of tle river.

But the erection of a dam forHjie production of rawer, would woilj in the opposite direction, making theflriver bottom lands much more liabJf to overflow, and less valuable in eveyy respect, and reduce the production bf agricultural wealth in the vicinity. seems that any checking of the flowjtf the stream by the falling of trees or the lodging of rash in the bed of tfc'e stream, and especially the tion'Sf a dam, would at once produce who have planted this flag beyond the seas, we give unto your keeping this emblem of our nation, that it may be a reminder to you of all' the flag stands for and an inspiration for nobler manhood and womanhood." pretty song, "The Parade" was sung by the High School chorus. With Walter Holmes as reporter and Edward Potter as traveling man, the various products and resources of Kansas were told of in elaborate figures. "What's the Matter with Kansas" was a sketch by Alvin Overman, a Kansas farmer, and Clarence Miller, a home-seeker, in which the resources, Well, this stranger sent back East, A telegram "to come and "Why," he said, "there's milk an' honey, eV- aVw' eVeV eaV Be aVV V-w-aVaV eVa evaV e' eeav STRODE INDUSTRIAL ACADEMY crons and other features of Kansas In behalf of the school; Superintendent Adamson accepted the flag and extended to the corps the school's hearty and sincere thanks, assuring them that it would be keenly appreciated and its mission and purpose cher Everything good, and lots of money," "Come to Kansas." Easterner "looked down his mouth" By Jove I've heard it's a land of drouth, An' in summer time, it's hot as well, By jove! You never, never jus' can tell, 1 Let's go to greater overflow, and makes the ad were brought out and emphasized. In behalf, of the Woman's Relief joining lands much less reliable for the production of crops.

Corps, Mrs. Belle Young, its president, ln'erecting a dam to produce power presented, the school with a large ished by them all. "The Star Spangled Banner" was sung by the chorus and MANUFACTURERS OF Brooms and Cotton Gloves audience, and was a fitting climax to at 0 wego, it would be necessary for the -ojectors to pay an almost unlimited amount of damages on account of the overflow which would be caused thereby. The territory in danger of overflow and the montfy invested to prevent the same, are so great as to So they came, all came-together, Mother, father, sister and brother, An' what's more, they came to stay Over' here across the way, In Kansas. JOHN E.

KIRK. beautiful flag. Her address was full of patriotism and is a treasure in its line. We print it in full: "Members of the Board of Education, Teachers and Pupils of the Public Schools of Oswego: One of the objects of the Woman's Relief Corns is to inculcate lessons of Oswego, Kansas Phone 276 the patriotic part with the flag. Miss Gertrude Hill, president of the Alpha Beta Society, made the closing remarks for the school, and introduced Mr.

Andy Kaho, a representative from the G. A. R. Post, who told some early Kansas history as it nappened to him and other Labette county pioneers from l-'i patriotism and love of country among All the LATE, up-to-date ideas in Valentines at Kingsbury Frick's. our children and the communities in 3 18C6 on.

His reminiscences were very interesting and were listened to with which we live, therefore, in behalf of the W. R. C. I take great pleasure in "There is an unmistakable drift towards irovernment ownership of rail presenting to you this flag. It repre the keenest interest by not only the school children, but by all, who are sents the history of our.

county. 'It was cradled in war's blinding temp'tthe harnessing of the power. The 'damages caused thy a single overflow of the Neosho River in Labette County, run into the hundred thousands of doljars, and every foot added to the height! of the overflow magnifies the amount and extent of the damages, so that ajiy Company would hesitate to invesJits money in a power plant where the atiiount of damages for overflow, caused; by its dams, would be many times! be value of the plant itself. Weevil 1 quote from The Drainage proud of the fact that they are citizens of this grand and glorious commonwealth of Kansas, whose motto "Ad ways in the United States," says President W. L.

Winchell of the Frisco system, in an article on the snbject in December's Atlantic. Another instance of Bryan being a little ahead of the times? Topeka Capital. FOR FARM LOANS At Lowest Kates of Interest, and Most Liberal Terms for Payment before due, see FRED 0. S. PERKINS OSWEGO, KANSAS smoke; its lullabies were battle cries, the shouts of freedom's sons." In it we see the providence of God, the high Astra per Aspera" has been exmplified many times and in many places.

The auditorium was beautifully de est achievements, the noblest sacrifices, and the tenderest devotion of man and corated with sunflowers and the Senior class colors of purple and gold. The woman. We have been taught that the first flag was fashioned by Betsey Bureau Bulletin of U. S. Department poem "Over There in Kansas" was recited by Mr.

Kaho, after which the For Sale. Rag carpet loom in good condition. Call or address P. H. DUGAN.

2t Oswego, Kansas. Purchased Hardware Store. of Agricultural issued April 2nd, 1908, Ross. The first flag, tho rude and crude, was made by soldiers in Washington's army. The white was taken audience was dismissed, all feeling tht they had heard and learned many next jjjeek.

ZENO I a from an officer's shirt, the red from a things of interest and profit about Kansas. Mr. Robert W. Slane, ex-district woman's red woolen petticoat, the blue from a common soldier's army overcoat, Eat Chicken Pie with the' Presbyter- clerk, last week purchased the McNeff Future Prospects jan Ladies next Wednesday evening The Methodist Episcopal choir, cbm -25 cents. thus making the dear old flag symbolical from the first.

The white representing purity, and the highest ranks of the posed of twenty-five mixed voices, hardware stock and took possession of same on the 29th. Mr. Slane expects to replentish the stock where necessary Continental society, the red represent For Sale or Trade. ii: and promises to give satisfaction to ing friendship, charity and loyalty. It will soon begin rehearsing for their Easter concert to be given on Easter night in the M.

E. The concert will be given under the direction of Chas. E. Tedrick, and promises to his customers. Mr.

H. C. Draper, 160 afcres of land near Monticello, 31 I rl Tl A It also denotes "Motherhood" for the formerly engaged in the hardware business here, will assist Mr. Slane in bright red of the flag represents the rich red blood that flows through the mnes irom tean, urew county, Call ciftior address C. C.

Kichart, i Oswego, Kansas. be a good one. the store. veins or pulsates through the arteries of every man, woman and child of this nation. The blue stands for truth and ware go to Baxter's For Aluminum cold and grip GRIPSULES for Kingsbury Frick.

Pancake F'our at Aunt Jemima Hardware. Tarkington's. Perl Pruitt came up from Bartles- ii. range go to Bax- For a Quick Meal A savings account increases the possibility of your future success. Every dollar you save brightens your future Every hundred dollars' you save makes it easier to acquire thousands You can save without sacrificing the necessities of life, try it.

One dollar will open an account for you at this Bank. G. CONDON GO. STATE BANK W. M.

TIFFANY, Cashier ter's. ville, last Friday, for a visit with his father, Pruitt, and family. He returned home Sunday, accompanied by -mm jfs hm Eft ift Attend Teachers's Association. mi his wife who has been visiting here for some time 'iff- rjf The Oswego Public schools were CAM BE Oil closed Thursday and Friday of this week, to give the teachers and high an 0- I- wim IKtt fv ir a I Miss Lottie DeBolt came down from Chanute Sunday morning and spent the day with homefolks. I will rrove.Mis xm, school students an opportunity to at Toa mto nro xnffcrisc tmur-s of iPir.a.

kin flisesin ayou whose duva ire ho-e r. tend. Many from here and the teachers from the district schools will attend wart or all of the sessions. A lubts tuaae Kieeo. tjX i Kings- Wm.

Bendure is working in bury Frick's drug store. less by the tcrrio.i: I iruitic vif- yes-'iu i. a sooth-iutr. lieulintt tre at mtrnv ear- rurOrc.ls. v.

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r.t, t. v.l.lu u. r.f. t.cC large attendance of teachers is expected and many singing and athletic as and splendid groceries go to Don't throw your old range away, Cox, the tinner, can make it as good a-new. 1 Bociations from the high schools over the district will attend and compete for the cuds.

Oswego will be well 1 will aend Ike trtvtkivnl frre I yr.a. Rf mm mm aim an Cl'T f.HV MAIL TO J. C. HUTZCLL, US Webt It'cdn Sr.o. Pleute Btnd without cost cr ooliration to aic ymr Five Proof V-enm-crt.

Aiie. Post Office i Don't fail to see the beautifal novel ties in Valentines at Kingsbury Frick's. represented. Ready Shelled. For good dry cook or heating wood see John Dugan, Phone 293.

Phones 103 and 80-Tarkington'g. Use GRIPSULES for Colds and Grip. -Kingsbury Frick. Everybody wants roofing. If au Knives go to Baxter's For Granite, Copper and Tin ware go For Pocket Hardware.

wii niivn nimv niuu oe. mvii TT wick. awiNo I to Baxter's Hardware. JUsts,.