The Manchester Journal. (Manchester, Okla.), Vol. 20, No. 11, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 16, 1911 Page: 4 of 4
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BASE BALL! 3
The lovers of the national game are to
be given a rare treat. The fastest game of
ball ever pulled off here will be played
SUNDAY. AUG. IS
On that day, beginning at 2 o’clock
ANTHONY
Will try to again defeat
MANCHESTER
Our boys say they can’t do it, and are
going to put up a hard fight that Anthony
may go home with the little end of the
score. Come and help root.
ADMISSION TO GRANDSTAND, 25c
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Manchester Livery
Does a general livery business.
Good Quiet Teams Careful Drivers
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• GRAIN OR COAL. PHONE 29 $
Burchfiel Items.
Everybody is working making up
for the time they spent at the
Anthony l air of last week.
Miss Hazel Broyles from Wald-
ron is visiting her grandpa Mr. W.
r. Bettis this week.
Mrs. A. Ware and family spent
Sunday at C. P. Bettis.
Mrs. Oerlie Evans and children
visited with her grandma, Mrs.
Sarah Burchfiel last Thursday and
Friday.
Mr. John Moore came in from
F alifornia last week. It has been
six or seven years since he left
Kansas.
— Have you seen the Stovei? See
her at I. E. Melcher’s. n-if
— Miss Grace Garrett, of Wakita, is
visiting here this week with the
Misses Reneau.
—Jack Green will do that job of
papering for you; do it right and at
reasonable prices. 51-if
— Mrs George Dupus, of Palestine,
Texas, visited here last week with
her sister, Mrs. Obe Poweis
— What’s Down’s DustV Wizard
Carpet Clean. Try a small can at 1
E. Melceer’s 9-tf
—Miss Hazel Gunn is he re from
Copan, visiting her aunt, Mrs. J. W.
Mallory.
— Don’t forget to deposit that load
of wheat in the mill for your winter's
supply of (lour. fj-tf
—Misses Helen and Garnett Satfold,
of Medford, visited the Warnock girls
and other friends tlds week.
—Hay, we buy hay. Anyone hav
iug hay to sell, call Phone 31—The
Manchester Mill & Elevator Co. 32-t.
Mr. and Mrs. Ross Helm are spend
ingthe week with relativesat Milan,
Kansas.
Wanted— All the peach pits you
can find. Will pay you good price for
them. Leave them at Simmons &
Warnock. Caldwell Nursery. ll if
—G. F. Simmons and J. J. Warnock
made a trip to Anthony Tuesday
evening, to show their Hutchinson
friends around the town.
—Let Jack Green figure on that
job of painting. He will save you
money If you give h 1 m
chance. 5f-tf.
—J. J. Warnock this week bought
the John Huulingtou farm west of
town, paying *5,600,00 for it, and we
claim lie got a bargain at that.
—The One.Minute excels all other
washers. Sold under a guarantee to
do good work.
Badger Lumber Co. 7-tf
--Mr. and Mrs. Sam Dana and Mr.
and Mrs. S. Miller motored down from
Hutchinson the first of the week for a
visit with their old friends, the War-
nock boys.
—Mrs. Sam Pierpont and daughter,
Miss Cecile, and son, Robert, of
Wellington, Kansas, visited at the
home of the Journal family between
treius Tuesday.
—Pleasant Valley and Manchester's
second team will play on the local
diamond tomorrow afternoon. Ad-
mission 15c. Come cut and encourage
the boys with your presence.
—Mr. and Mrs. Sol Ilearldston, who
were among tl e aariy settlers of this
town, were here from Cold water,
Kausas. tiie first of the week, visiting
Mrs. Jlearldston's son, Mr. Edd Mc-
Adams.
THE OLD RELIABLE
CALDWELL NURSERIES
We are now checking up on our 1912 orders, with
a view to making good our guarantee. Every tree that
died will be replaced tree, of charge. You are requested
to hold your orders until we call. We have what you want
amf our prices are right.
| THE CALDWELL NURSERIES
§ M. J. ROACH, Local Agent.
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Wher) in Antf)or)y Buy Your
COLD SOFT DRINKS
AND
ICE CREAM
FROM
W. K. THOMAS
One door west of F. E. Piitte
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Rosedale Items.
Misses Lee and Lillie Denton
visited Lucy Frazier Sunday after-
noon.
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me Caldwell Nursery I
Mr. 1). A. Elliot, who has been
employed at the J. C. Burchfiel
iarin, left Monday for his home in
Missouri.
Mrs. Bun Rankin and family
spent Sunday with Mrs. Porter
Moore.
Mr. and Mrs. F. F. Rife and
family and .Miss Nell Frazier are
expecting to start to Drury Thurs-
day for a week or two.
Mrs. Carrie Ham and Miss Geor-
gie Reneau visited with their bro-
ther R. H. Reneau Sunday and
Monday.
Mitchel Denton visited with
home folks Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Sol Frazier visited
at Will Seth’s Sunday.
August the 25th will be Brother
Websters last Sunday to preach at
Burchfiel. He is going to quit on
account of his health.
Mr. Mat Fiinn is tearing up the
earth with his gasoline engine this
week.
— Quality is the first consideration
-the next is price. “Red Ball’’ flour
delivers the goods. One sack will
convince you. 4i-tf
Each district in the state will
this year receive from the state fund
9oc for each child of school age. This
will prove a great help to many of the
districts, and will no doubt be wel-
come to all of them.
-Misses Ina Fisher, Mabel Deist,
Mary Murphy of Harper, and Mr.
Virgil Rjbblus of Minco, Okla.,
motored from Harper Monday after-
noau and took supper with Miss Lena
Reneau,returning in the late evening.
—A heavy rain fell here early Wed-
nesday morning, which puts the
ground in excellent condition for late
summer and fall plowing. The corn,
also, is greatly benelitted, aud the
farmers are pretty well pleased.
—G. E. Linn and Dick Stone left
last Sunday for Canada, to take a
look at the country Don't know
just what their intentions may be,
but hope they ara not thinking of
permanently quitting Manchester.
Will II add I can left Tuesday even-
ing for Dodge City, where tie wi'l
work in Will Kliesen's elevator. He
will be sorely missed by his friends
here, and especially by the ball team,
of which he was one of the strongest
members.
—Little Ruth and Ruby Peters, who
are spending the summer here with
their sister, Mrs. Floyd Feely, were
nine years old last Wednesday aud
Mrs. Feely gave them a party In
honor of the occasion. Quite a num-
ber of little folks were invited, and
they had a very nice time.
We had a good rain last night.
Ihese rains make farming look as
though it was worth while.
Miss Bertha Belmear is herefrom
Medford visiting friends in this
vicinity.
Misses Martain and Velma Jones
went to Anthony last Saturday to
visit their grandparents and other
relatives for a few days.
Mrs.-West went to Newton, Kan-
sas last Saturday, where her dau-
ghter. Miss Belle, has been the past
two months, in the sanitarium.
She is intending to bring her home
this week. She says she is enjoy-
ing better health than she has for
years.
Mrs. George Scott has been on
the sick list the past week.
A number of young people from
this neighboihood spent Sunday at
the- Burdue home.
Miss Inez Jones visited the first
of the week with her aunt and
uncle southeast of town.
K. K. Burdue shipped a carload
of cattle to the Kansas City market
the first of the week.
Mrs. Jessie Kent and family are
visiting Mrs. John Croskey and
other relatives this week.
Card of Thanks.
We desire to thank our friends
and neighbors for their kindness
during tha sickness and death of
our loved one.
Mrs E. F. Bacon.
Dei.la It. Bacon
Mr. and E. F. Bacon Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. E. G. Hall
Mr. and J. W. Heel
Mr. and Mrs. E. J. McMullin
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Ford.
-Don’t forget about the ball game
next Sunday. That fast team from
Anthony will come down for our boys
scalps, aud will put up a stiff tight to
get'em, but our boys are loaded for
them and something is liable to
happen. It only costs two bits; so
bring your girl and root for the home
team.
Democratic Committee Meeting.
There will be a meeting of the
Democratic Central Committee of
Grant County, Saturday, Aug.
24th, at 10 o’clock a. m. at the
court house in Medford. AH the
committeman are urgently reques-
ted to be present.
W. 1' Hendricks, Chairman.
W . M. Hieronymus, Sec.
—According to tiie monthly bulle-
tin issued by the state board of
health, Grant county makes an ex-
ceptionally good showing for tiie
month of June. There was not a
single case of infectious or contage-
ous disease. There were twenty-live
births, thirteen boys and twelve girls,
aud no deaths. Over tiie state, there
were seventeen cases of diphtheria
with one death; fifty-four cases of
scarlet feivor with rio deaths four
cases of smallpox and no deaths o .e
hundred and sixty cases of typhoid
fever with sixteen deaths one hund-
red and seventeen cases of tuberculosis
with one hundred deaths forty-eigiit
cases of pneumonia with forty-one
deaths.
-Dr. McClurg, Wakita's resident
dentist, will be In his Manchester
office from the first Tuesday, 8 a. m ,
until Saturday noon of eacli month.
In his Wakita office all other
days. 6-tf.
Fred Dieiz went to Medford last
Friday to see what he could find in
the way of agricultural exhibits.
Mr. Dlelz is getting up a collection
of exhibits from all over the county,
aud expects to go to the state fair
this fall and let the balance of the
state know th?t we are on the map
up this way. This is a pretty big
undertaking, and tiie farmers all ov<>r
the county should lend all the aid
they can.
—Oliver typewriter ribbons for sale
at this office. 7-tf
V el! Drilling-.
1 have my well drilling machine
in the Manchester country again
and anyone wanting wells drilled
around here should see me, or write
or phone me at Harper, Kansas,
before I move the machine away,
j I have a first class machine, and
can handle successfully any kind of
formation.
7-tf
J. G. Meyer,
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