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West Wichita News from Wichita, Kansas • 5

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West Wichita Newsi
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Wichita, Kansas
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and class of to is of J. the is is in is is He Sees Best who sees the consequences Do you realize the serious consequences of continued -strain? Priceless beyond all other possessions is the eyesight, and it deserves your highest consideration. Don't trifle with your eyes! Examination free. JEWELER WEST OPTICIAN 917 WEST DOUGLAS "Quality" Is Our Motto. YOU MAY GO HUNTING all over town for better Groceries and table necessities than ours but you wont find them.

Because there aren't any better. Our Groceries Are Standard in quality and moderate in price. That is a combination rarely met with and accounts for the large trade we enjoy among shrewd housekeepers. Why not prove yourself as wise as they? W. E.

DAVIS 1005 W. Douglas. Phone: Market 173 B. M. HILL, CHIROPRACTOR I will open an office at 925 W.

Douglas Avenue Thursday, Sept. 1, 1910 All Chronic Cases A Specialty. Consultation and examination free. Your Patronage Solicited. School Books For Grade School And High School.

Allen Book Office Supply Co 917 W. DOUGLAS ICE CREAM COP IT ICAT TRY OUR ICE CREAM One taste is enough to convince you that it's useless to look elsewhere to find its superior. Equals it may chance to have, but superiors, never. ICE CREAM, ALL FLAVORS we have packed in our freezers ready to serve by the plate, pint, quart or gallon. When your temperature goes on a sizzing tour, our cream will bring it to its senses.

How delicious! How refreshing! is what we hear these hot days. Have some. Sloan's West Side Bakery 907 West Douglas The News is only 50c a year I. C. S.

Scholarship for Sale. We have a scholarship of the International Correspondence Schools for sale for cash or will exchange it for work in soliciting subscriptions for the West Wichita News. Call and see about it. Shirley Key, who was arrested this week for shooting in lhe city limits, was "ischarged without trial as the shooting Jas done by another boy. LOCAL NEWS.

Mrs. Ewing of S. Seneca is quite sick. Mrs. Sam Hellar is at home from Colorado.

Miss Silvia Murray is visiting in Rose Hill. Mrs. Bass is visiting in Haviland for a few days. Miss Gladys has returned from a visit to Harper. Mr.

Howes went to Pratt on a business trip Tuesday. Mrs. J. S. Chism was quite sick a part of this week.

Mrs. M. J. Roberts of Enid is Miss Beatrice Leisure's guest. Miss Elizabeth Waggoner has returned from Kansas City.

The Dolson children have returned from a visit in Clark county, Mrs. Trimble entertains the Battenburg club at their next meeting. Mrs. Belle Hendryx is at home from a three week's stay in the Ozarks. Mr.

Harry Bird is in the Wichita hospital suffering from typhoid fever. Miss Eula Chamberlain is the guest of Miss Goldie Murray for a few days. Last Sunday Rev. Hestwood and Rev. Walter M.

Irwin exchanged pulpits. Miss Flossie Triplett has returned from a two weeks' visit in the coun Mrs. Bass' Trinity Church will give a trolley ride Tuesday even- Mrs. Russell of the east side is the guest of her niece, Mrs. York this week.

H. D. Smalley's family living on University moved to Denver this Mr. J. C.

Newbold in Gueda Springs visiting his son for a few days. Mrs. John Kleiner has returned from a pleasant visit to Pond Creek and Enid. Miss Lillian Cochran has returned from a pleasant visit with friends in Newton. Miss Gertrude Roscom-who has been staying at Dr.

Anderson's has gone to Mr. and Mrs. T. M. Boyd and daughters have returned from an overland trip to Colorado.

Mr. E. L. Keller is expected home today from a business trip through western Kansas. Mr.

Fred Bainthill is here from Tonkawa in the hospital under Dr. W. H. Carter's care. Mrs.

John Harts is enjoying a visit from her mother, Mrs. Wood, of West Branch, Iowa. Mr. and Mrs. J.

H. Kirkling left for an extended visit to Mis souri and Illinois. Mrs. J. H.

Coleman of Rose Hill is the guest of her sister, Mrs. C. G. Shafer, 721 Maple. Miss Mable Roberts with the Ponca Tent and Awning people has gone Tonkawa.

Oklahoma, Mr. Herbert Woodard of Gardner Illinois is visiting his uncle, Mr. Van Valkenburg on Elizabeth. Mr. Mrs.

E. R. Appleby Mr. and Mrs. Nuttle have.

returned from an auto trip Colorado. Miss Cora Newbold and her two nieces of Beaumont, were here over Sunday the guests of Mrs. Chism. Miss Nellie and Master Carey Simi- son have returned from a week's visit with friends in Sawyer, Kansas. Miss Margaret Thomas of the east side has returned from a three week's visit in Oklahoma with her parents.

Master Elgar Welch spent the week end in Hutchinson visiting his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Welch.

Miss Marie Freeman is here from Colorado visiting her grandmother, Mrs. John McCormick, on S. Seneca. Miss Lulu Brown gave a party Wednesday evening at her home on N. Topeka in honor of Miss Pearl Farmer.

G. M. West the West Side jeweler, IS having his big show window remodeled. Contractor Blunn is doing the work. Mr.

J. S. Chism is moving his drug store across the street from his former location. The new location is 150 Mr. and Mrs.

A. G. Breese and daughter Verna left Monday evening for: a three weeks' visit with relatives and friends in Iowa, Mr. Baird of the north end was taken suddenly ill just before starting on a trip to Utah. Mr.

Baird was taken to the hospital. Miss Gertrude Jones who has been visiting her brother at S. B. Hayes' home on Sycamore, returned to her home in St. Louis Wednesday.

An agreeable pastime for two cronies upon Douglas avenue is the ancient game of checkers. It seems to be very interesting if it is old. The members of the West Side Whist Club will picnic at Fennell's Grove Monday. Mr. and Mrs.

Cliff Hendryx left Thursday for an eastern trip to be gone two weeks. Miss Ruth Thompson of West Maple has retuned fom a two month's visit to her aunt in Joplin. Mr. Garnet and family of Belle Plain will move into their new home on University Avenue. Miss Barricklow is at her post of duty in the McClees hardware store after a pleasant vacation spent in Sterling.

Mr. Frank Roy is at his home in Overbrook nursing an injured limb. He expects to return here Sunday if he is able. Mrs. Cornelison and her three daughters of Enid, are the guests of Mrs.

Cornelison's mother, Mrs. Taylor of Campbell Avenue. Miss Sylvia Hurd who is visiting in Iowa will return home in time to enter Fairmount when school opens. Miss Hurd is having a most visit. Mr.

W. A. Young who has been Dr. and Mrs. Bass' guest, has gone to Vassalbow.

Maine, where he is 25- sistant principal in the Vassalboro Seminary, Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Moore.

Miss Corliss Moore, Miss Glenna and Nina Alien motored to Wellington in Mr. Moore's machine and took dinner with Mr. and Mrs. Ault from near Val ley Center, were in town Wednesday Mr. Ault was formerly sheriff.

here. The family are going to Ohio about September 6. Mr. Walker of the Walker Dry Goods company is expected home the end of this week from New York. His family will go as far as Kansas City to meet him.

Miss Bessie Lauber, 616 Texas ave nue. is ill at her home. It was thought to be typhoid, but proved to be malaria. Dr. Fisher, her physician, says she is doing nicely.

Miss Fanchon. Easter in Pond Creek visiting, she will return in a few days to spend the winter with her aunt. Mrs. John Kiefner and to resume her study of music. Mr.

Eddy stopped off on his home to Kansas City from California to accompany Mrs. Eddy home. Mrs. Eddy has been Mrs. J.

Ed Petrie's house guest for some time. Little Lula Taylor, daughter of B. Taylor of the West Side, hurt her head quite seriously Thursday by fall: ing out of a swing onto a cement floor. The child is about five years old. E.

A. Barber, the jeweler, is mov ing this week. After: today his store will be on South Seneca street. The new location just across the alley south of Johnson and Shaw's real tate office. David McKee, father of 1 W.

G. Me Kee West Side died at the Soldiers Home Fort Dodge Tues day. The funeral services took place vesterday and burial was made in Highland cemetery. Mr. W.

8. Blair a wealthy retired of Atlanta in the city the guest of Dr. and Mrs. W. H.

Carter. Mr. Blair looking up a location in Wichita, very probably on the West Side, in which to live. Mrs. Ed Petrie, Mr.

Bruce Petrie and family, Mr. Judd Petrie, Miss Marguerite Bowers and Mrs. Petrie's house guests. Mrs. Bruce and two daughters made up a party that motored to Wellington Monday.

Rev. Walter M. Irwin will take the boys of the boys Christian Endeavor Society of the Presbyterian Church for a hike to the Thomas orchards today. They had planned to go Wed nesday but the rain upset the plan. The heavy rain which fell Tuesday night flooded the streets SO badly that pedestrians could not pass in some places without getting into deep water.

Several telephones were put out of commission by the storm. There was a motorcycle 'race Sunday from Wichita to Wellington and return. The purse was $40 and four riders started. Wells Bennett came in first making the trip in one hour and 45 minutes. Max Wilson came in nine minutes later.

Mr. and Mrs. John Thomas and Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Kemp will motor to Haviland Sunday to attend the wedding of E.

M. Pyle and Miss Noora Woodard. Mr. Kemp and Mr. Thomas will return Monday.

The ladies, staying over a few days for a visit. C. E. Holden began the wrecking of the old store room on West Douglas the first of the week. Within a few days Mr.

Holden will begin the erection of a two-story brick and stone building on the site. The new building will be 26 and one-half feet in width by 100 feet long and two stories in heighth. DEATH OF JAMES C. WINTERS. Never Recovered From Sunstroke Received in the Harvest Field a Year Ago.

James C. Winters died at his home north of Valley Center, August 26, 1910. A year ago while at work in the field he received a sunstroke and never fully recovered. Ever since that time he had suffered more or less. At times he would be confined to his bed for days, and then for a few weeks would be able to be up and around.

But after each bad spell would become weaker. At the time of his death Mr. Winters had lost the power of speech and could not move his limbs. This condition had existed for several weeks. Mr.

Winters was born in Stark county, Ohio, July 12, 1852. He came to Sedgwick county in 1872 and took a claim in what is now Sherman township. He lived on this claim for a number of years improving it and making it one of the best farms in the county. He sold this farm and moved to Sumner county. Eight years ago he bought a farm a few miles north of Valley Center.

Mr. Winters leaves a wife and seven children. two brothers and four sis. ters to mourn his death. Oscar L.

Winters, the oldest brother, lives on North Seneca in West Wichita, J. W. Winters lives in Colwich. Of the sisters, Mrs. Sherlock lives at Aline, Mrs.

Murphy in Goddard, Mrs. R. Brown in Wichita, and Mrs. Ragan in Bentley. The funeral services of Mr.

Winters were conducted by the Odd Fellows and the Rebekahs of Valley Center. Mr. Winters was also a member of the A. O. U.

W. lodge of Wichita. The body of the deceased was laid to rest. in Pleasant Valley centery at Bentley. The funeral was one of the largest ever heid in the north part of the DEATH OF MRS.

W. W. DAVIS. Mrs. W.

W. Davis, 1145 North Ohio avenue, died on Wednesday night of last week. Mrs. Davis was the mother of W. E.

Davis of the West Side, Deceased was 70 years of age. She leaves a husband, two sons and two daughters. Funeral services were held in the Oak Street Presbyterian church and burial was made in High- land cemetery. Mr. and Mrs.

Davis and family came to Wichita in 1878. The family during their many years' residence in Wichita made many friends who tend to them heartfelt sympathy in the loss of wife and mother. Barker and Doson's delivery horse Wednesday afternoon. Mr. ran away Barker had driven up in front of Doctor Anderson's residence where he tied the horse and had gone to the rear of the house to do some tin work.

The horse jerked loose from the hitch weight and ran east on Unt scattering the things in the versity wagon all along the street. The horse ran east one block and turned north. It had not gone far until the lines were caught in the wheel and brought frightened animal to a sudden the stop. No damage was done to either horse or wagon and within two minutes from the time the horse pulled off his stunt. Mr.

Baker was back at Word has been received from Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Cottman at Canon City, Colorado that they are having most delightful time.

The water from the springs is proving very beneficial to Mrs. Cottman's health and Master Dillard Kennell who is with his grandparents is "fattening like a little pig." Mrs O. M. Pittinger of 410 S. Seneca returned from a six weeks' visit Thursday morning.

Mrs. Pittenger visited relatives and friends in Chester, Arkansas, also stopping at Van Buren and Fort Smith. Miss Nanny Skeels has returned from a plesaaut visit with relatives in Caldwell, Kansas. The Trinity Eqworth League will give an ice-cream social at the church next Monday night. Everybody is invited.

Misses Virginia and Lena Pittenger of S. Seneca street are in Goddard, visiting relatives and friends. AUDI AUDITORIUM J. A. WOLFE, Lessee and Manager Corner First and St.

Francis. NEXT WEEK THE WOLFE STOCK CO. WILL PRESENT "CHARLEY'S AUNT" The Most Laughable Play ever presented to a Wichita audience. Seats on sale at DOCKUM'S DRUG STORE. De SCHOOL BOOKS Our New School Books Are Now Here They will be the same as last year.

Better buy them now and avoid the rush on the first day of school. Also a Full Line of School Supplies. RILEY'S WEST SIDE DRUG STORE. Ind. Phone 1242 Bell Phone 2841 A Line da da da Ada LOOK! LA Refrigerators, Water Coolers LAWN MOWERS IN FACT ALL SUMMER NECESSITIES CALL AND LET US SHOW YOU -Dolson Hardware COMPANY 909 W.

DOUGLAS BELL PHONE 4131 a friends, ing. week. her Tuesday home. county. work.

Bank Depositors are Entitled at all Times to Know What Security Is Behind Their Deposits. The paid up Capital of this Bank is $25,000.00. The accrued Profits or surplus is $10,000.00. The Stockholders of the bank are liable for an additional amount equal to the Capital Stock. The total Resources of the Bank are $285,000.00.

The Security we offer our Depositors is, therefore, the equivalent of $345,000.00, and in addition to the above Resources, we have the protection of the Depositors' Guarantee Fund of the State of Kansas. Your business will be welcomed. The CITIZENS STATE BANK WICHITA, KANSAS QUALITY in Lumber and WHERE to get it CALDWELL HOFFMAN Osage and West Douglas WEST SIDE COAL COMPANY D. O. WILLIAMS, Manager Coal, Lime, Brick, Cement, Cement Blocks SEWER PIPE Phone 100 180 WEST DOUGLAS AVENUE CONTINUOUS Advertising is what your name familiar and identifies it with your business.

Continuous---never turning your back to give the other fellow a chance when you are not looking. If you advertise occasionally, somebody else may share in the benefit of your expenditure by chancing to be in when you are out..

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