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$500.22 IN GOLD FREE Great NeVv Offer on the Number of Paid Admissions to the St. Louis World's Fair on JULY 4, 1904 Contest Opens March 1904. Closes June 30, 1904, at Midnight No guesses will be received after that date. CONDITIONS OF THE CONTEST: Every purchaser of a quart can of Liquid A m. Koal, buying' either from one of our regular dealers, or where we have no dealer, remitting direct to the company, will be entitled to one gueBS on the number of people that will pass through the gates (paid admissions) of the St.

Louis World's Fair, on July 4, 1904. To those who purchase a gallon can, four guesses will be allowed; a Ave gallon can, twenty-five guesses. No limit to the number of guesses allowed on persons complying with these terms. Pill out the coupon given below, have your dealer sign it, aDd he will send them to the company at the end of each month. If there is no dealer in your town, mail them direct to the company.

This contest will positively close at midnight, June 30, 1904, after which time no guesses will be received. In case of a tie, the prizes will be divided equally. During this contest, where we have no dealer, orders will be sent prepaid and cash must accompany them. Money on deposit at the Union Bank, Sheldon, Iowa, to pay these prizes. Here is the List of Prizes For the nearest correct estimate or guess For Ihl second nearest correct estimate or guess 100.00 For the third nearest correct estimate or For the fourth nearest correct estimate ou For the fifth nearest correct estimate or guess 5.

oo For the sixth nearest correct estimate or guess 10.00 For the next 20 nearest correct estimates or guesses, 5.00 Total Special Prizes For first nearest correct estimate or guess received in March, 150 lbs. National Stock Food and 10-gallon can Liquid a1 value For first nearest correct estimate or guess received In April, one 10-gallon can Liquid Koal, value For first nearest correct estimate or guess received In May, one 5-gallon can Liquid Koal, value Valuable Information To aid in forming your estimates, we furnish the following figures; Total paid admissions during May to the Chicago World's Fair were 1,050,037 Total paid admissions during May to the Pan-American -Exposition at Buffalo were 399,430 What will be the total number of paid admissions to the St. Louis World's Fair July 4 Figure it out, or guess at it, and give in your estimate as indicated above. GUESSING COUPON Town State Date ADV. NATIONAL MEDICAI.

Sheldon, Iowa: My estimate on, the number of paid admissions to the St. Louis World's Fair on July 4, 1904, Is Countersigned by dealer Taken from the Belleville Telescope, Belleville, Kansas. 1 1 ao ID OAL. MARK keeps hogs healthy, kills lice on all kinds of animals, cures the pink eye and distemper, and is the greatest remedy for germ diseases of animals known to modern science. Sold on its merits.

Your money back if not satisfied. Write the company, enclosing stamp, for free advice on all germ diseases of animals. One Quart Can $1 One Gallon Can $3 One 5-Gallon Can $13.75 TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: Seward, Nebraska, Dec. 9, 1901. Liquid Koal is just what it is recommended to preventative for hog cholera and a cure.

I have given it a good, thorough trial and saved my hogs. HOWARD LAMPHERE. For Sale and Guaranteed by Manufactured by J. M. AUSTIN SON Wayne Items.

Bessie Lillie is very low with the pneumonia. Mr. Gootley of Clyde, will take Mr. Pitt's place at the creamery as butter maker the first of the month. Mr.

Olof Englund reshingled his houses-the The Wayne Grammar school closed a seven month's term Friday with an interesting and instructive program. Miss Lillian Waldron entertained a large number of friends Wednesday night at her home qp "Christian Ridge" and a more enjoyable evening cannot be recalled by the young people of our community. After various new and interesting games were enjoyed ice cream and "Cake were served. Severa? prizes were awarded the evening. A general good time is reported by all.

The Junior League will have an Easter entertainment Sunday night at the M. E. church. Everybody come. C.

W. and Lester Marley's will move into Olof Englund's house in the south part of town April 1st, and Mrs. Mc dure will take possession of the city hotel. We have noticed that people from all the surrounding towns are coming bare to trade. This speaks well for Wayne and weaer sure that they make no mistake in coming, for there is not a better town in the county.

Mrs. D. Bowersox had her millin ery opening last week, and judging from the trade she has she is certainly a successful milliner. The R. F.

D. will start Friday with Walter Marley as carrier. NATIONAL MEDICAL CO. Sheldon, Iowa Belleville, Kansas Union Sciatic Rheumatism Cured. "I have been subject to sciatic rheu matism for years," says E.

H. Wald ron, of Wilton Junction, Iowa. "My joints were stiff and gave me much pain and discomfort. My joints would crack when I straightened up. 1 used Chamberlain's Pain Balm and have been thoroughly cured.

Have not had a pain or ache from the old trouble for many months. It is certainly a most wonderful liniment." For sale by Republic Pharmacy. Commencement Excercises Valley. The eighth annual commencement of the Union Valley High school was held at the Union Vallev school house on Friday evening, March 25. Those completing the course were Miss Grace Bowersox and Mr.

Albert Morris. Valley school and have been earnest and conscientious students. Miss Bowersox took-as''her subject, "The Sources of Happiness," she oaid, "Happiness is the most desired, the most sought "after and the most easily obtained of life's gifts and yet it is possessed by the fewest number of people. We cause much unhappiness for ourselves and those around us, because we are not true to the best that is in us. The world would be better and happier if we would but follow the advice of one of our authors, who said: This above all to thine own self be true, And it shall follow as the night, the day, Thou can'st not then be false to any man." "The Reward of Effort" was the subject of A.

B. Morris, who reviewed history showing how all great difficulties have been overcome by earnest efforts. Our nation has advanced until she stands second to' none, because she has made an effort to put down all evil practices. "Gradually step by step we have completely obliterated slavery, polygamy is a thing of the past, and the great antagdnisfonow left for our nation to deal with is the liquor question, and this too is gradually put down. Those finishing the Eighth grade preparatory to entering the High school were Mary Larson, Frank Johnson, Bretta Marshall and Archie Larson.

Mary Larson, who for the past two years has led her class and ranked as first in the school, gave a well worded essay on "Perseverance." "No failure is utterly a failure, though' we do not accomplish our aim, we are better prepared to take up the work a second time. Persevering diligence is the philosopher's stone which turns everything to gold. Perseverance wears and wins. There are those, CURES CHROMIC CATARRH Of the Nose, Throat, Lunge, Stomach, Liver, Kidneye and Bowels. Wonderful New Discovery, Which Entirely Removes This Terrible Affliction.

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If you tear or deface or wrongly mark this ballot, return it and obtain another. For a straight ticket, make a cross-mark in the circle below, and not elsewhere on the ballot. REPUBLICAN TICKET. CITY TICKET. For Mayor, J.

E. CASWELL. For Councilman, E. MILLER. For Member Board of Education D.

Y. WILSON. INDEPENDENT NOMINATIONS. CITY TICKET. For Mayor, D.

D. BRAMWELL. For Councilman, S. A. INGHAM.

Member Board of Education M. B. SHEEKS. wbo if they ao not succeed at first give way to despair and instead of persevering, they mourn over their loss and hope that it may yet come right. Do not live in hope with your arms folded, nature smiles who" rolls up his sleeves and puts his shoulder to the wheel." Bretta Marshall read an essay on the "Kansas Girl," in which she said, "Of all God's creatures a woman in the June of life should be the personification of human loveliness.

The flower with one petal missing lacks perfect beauty, so the Kansas girl should be educated not only in music, science and literature but also in the art of the kitchen." Archie Larson who expects to make farming his life work, showed how necessary it is for a farmer boy to have a good education, and should be as well read-as though he expected to enter any of the professions. The factor in this great busy world of ours, The world is prone buffet him with sneers and ridicule, Society to laugh at him and herd him with his mule; But what cares he for ridicule, society may laugh, I His store house holds the garned grain, his stall the fatted calf, He knows that with his brawny arm he sways the universe; And tho' he be uncouth and rude, we al-l-inust-needs-allow- weakened and broken down by reason of the terrible curse of Catarrh. This disease is inflammatory in its nature and is very liable to affect the membranes and tissues of any vital organ or part of the system and produce, results which cause a lifetime of suffering- and regret. Men of science and students of medicine have tried in vain for years to find a positive cure, but it has remained for one living in our own generation to finally discover what he claims to be a certain remedy for Catarrh of any organ of the body. His claims are vouched for by the words of hundreds of people whose honesty cannot be doubted; people who have suffered for years and tried every other known remedy without avail; people who had not faith at first but were finally cured and convinced of the wonderful power of this new discovery medical science.

The famous physician to wnoia tba credit belongs for this wonderful development and addition to ury science is DR. J. A. LOMAS 724 Fredericksen South Bend, Ind. He will send anyone who is suffering from a merits and wonderful curative properties of this new discovery.

Readers are requested to describe their case when writing to the doctor for the Free Treatment. )Jf you have any other disease, pain ot affliction besides Catarrh the doctoi about it and he will send a free treatment for that also at the same time he send! vou the Free Treatment for Catarrh. Frank Moore and Verl Bowersox, who- rendered several good numbers. Misses Floy and Ruth Nelson sang "Sweet Little Baby of Mine." Miss Bula Johnson sang "I'll Tell My Papa on. You." Recitations were given by Miss Thomas, Jessie Stockdick and! Bula Johnson.

Mr. Fred Ayers, of Scandia, in a few well chosen words presented the graduates wiih their BLANK COLUMN. CITY TICKET. For Mayor, For Councilman, For Member Board of Education, There'd be no world at all without 'The Man Behind the Frank Johnson, who has held the same rank as Miss Larson this term, chose as his subject "Ad Aspera" and as an introduction said: A seed was planted on the barren soil one day and despite the fact that but little moisture fell upon it.it burst its prison walls and pushed its way through the soil until it beheld the light of day; there it stood battling with the wind and dust that beat against it, trying to uproot it, but it had a mission to accomplish, so would not give up and die, but grew on in spite of all difficulties. Alone it stood surrounded by beautiful and flourishing plants, covered with their beautiful ho laughed at its struggle and scoffed that it bore no flowers.

But one day bud appeared, an ugly green bud, which slowly unfolded and a beautiful flower all tinted by the rays of the the other-flowers bowed in reverence to it. This flower was tho Sunflower, the emblem of the state of Kansas, which like the ug'y plant has fought its way onward and upward, "To the stars through difficulties." This introduction was followed by a brief history of the struggle and supremacy of Kansas. The musical part of the program was furnished by an orchestra composed of Messrs. D. P.

Johnson of Union Valley, E. L. Johnson and L. M. Johnson of Belleville, and Mr.

Cooper of Republic City. Much credit is due Miss Myers, who superintended the singing for the evening. The quar- wascomposedafJklisses Kathryn Nelson and Bertha Banks and Messrs. Nothing Equal to Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera'and Diarrhoea Remedy for Rowel Complaints in Children. "We have used Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea remedy in our family for years," says Mrs.

J. B. Cooke, of Nederlands, Texas. We have it to all of our children. We have usel other medicines for the same purpose, but never found anything to equal Chamberlain's.

If you cure." For sale by Republic Pharmacy. Cuba. Wesley Pelecky, a former resident of Republic county, out who for the past two years has lived nearHaddam, died at his home last Wednesday night. Mrs. Aaron Engle is visiting with Prof.

Wimmer and wife, of Greenleaf. The Royal Neighbors were entertained last Thursday by Mrs. John Harris at her country home near Rev. Pierce and family were the recipients of many useful gifts last Friday at the donation party. A very social time was enjoyed by those present.

Mr. and Mrs. Mcintosh returned to our city last Sunday, after an absence of several weeks. The Ladies' Aid society met with rs. An a- ood r-u afternoon.

Anna Sterba is quite sick this week. Her position as teacher in the primary department is being filled by High Sehool students. John Davidron has moved into the house vacated by Mr. who with his family, has gone west of ville to live. Mrs.

Matson returned the first of the week from Salina, where she has been attending her- daughter, who: waMicit: with the measles. Miss Pearl Nutter is improving after a serious illness of a week. John Yale of Belleville was seen op streets Monday..