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The Frankfort Daily Index. Pages Today FRANKFORT, KANSAS, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 31, Keen Kutter Axes and Saws---R. S. McGhie New Crochet Thread At The Leader New threads just received by express today White and colors, ail sizes in stock nOw There is the beautiful lustrous Kloster crochet and embroidery threads, guaranteed fast colors, C. M.

-Elgin Maid-0 N. and many others. Ask for Article No 807 for slippers, shawls, bags, and bath towels The Kloster Perle for embroidery, at 5c the skein, and the six strand skeins in colors The largest stock of sizes and colors that we have ever carried. Buy your fancy work at The Leader. 86 87 We have all been given to the joyment of the indoor sport of boasting of the "freedom of the and the independence of the American country editor -well, there's not much to it.

The print paper manufacturers and the wholesalers and jobbers have taken the tuck all out'n us They have us brave fellows where Caleb had the hen -where the feathers are mighty brief and scarce Just now the man who makes the pulp is having a hand in "moulding public opinion" through the press -Kansan. Buy Leather Footwear Now. It you need anything tor spring wear in the shoe line you will save money by buying early. All manufacturer's prices are much higher. If you buy now you are protected against these advances.

-Geo. B. Heleker. 86 88 If you are going to have a sale this month let the Index do your advertising for you. We put a bill in almost every house two times and print you a hundred bills for $10.

Can you beat it? LOST -Saturday night between the Blodgett House and the U. P. depot pocketbook containing three five dollar bills and some silver, amounting in all to $20 Finder leave at this office and receive reward. 85-86 D. McBee had a nice day for his sale yesterday and everything offered brought a good price.

Forty and fifty pound pigs selling for $10 per head. FOR SALE- -Team of spotted mare ponies, coming 4 years old, with foal. Safe for women or children -Claude Weaver. M-W-F Genieve Horr is out of school this week on account of getting her eye ball cut while playing. Phone the book store when your subscription runs out.

We take subscriptions for any newspaper or magazine published. 64 tf Dan Hood is reading meters for the Frankfort Light Power Co. Friday is Ground Hog day, ordeal Tuesday Club. The regular meeting of the Tuesday Club was held yesterday at the home of Mrs. Henry Hennedy.

It was a social meeting and a goodly number of the members spent a most afternoon with dainty pieces of fancy work and music. The Misses Anna Brawley and Nellie Rhodes favored the company with beautiful vocal solos. Refreshments were served at tables. One special feature of the lunch, in honor of Kansas Day, were individual cakes, with a tiny sunflower in colors on a white frosting. The guests of the club were Mrs.

Andrew Anderson and the Misses Brawley and Rhodes. The committee was composed of Mrs. Henry Kennedy, Mrs. T. Rhodes, Mrs.

F. T. Warner, Mrs. M. B.

Weston, Mrs. C. H. Heleker, Mrs. C.

W. Brandenburg, Mrs. L. V. McKee, Miss Sara McKee and Mrs.

C. Brown. Specials On Overcoats ANY COAT IN CASE $20 00 overcoat $12 50 15 00 overcoat. 10 12 50 overcoat. 8 25 10 00 overcoat 6 25 8 00 5 00 650 overcoat.

4 00 500 overcoat. 3 50 One lot overcoats at just one-half price 66-tf Bowser Freed Mrs. C. M. Firkins and little child who have been visiting relatives here for the past week, returned to their home at Oneida today.

Any $20 00 Heavy $14 95 Any $15 00 Heavy $10 95 Any $10 00 Heavy $7.95 84-tf Bowser Freed. The Royal Neighbors, who are in the play are requested to meet at their hall tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock. WANTED -Milk customers; 5c per quart at the house. Mrs. Geo.

Gano. 84-87 Pennington says he has the ratcathinest cats in Marshail county and is open for engagements The Methodist Ladies Aid society will meet with Mrs. Harlow Williams, Thursday afternoon Rev. and Mrs E. M.

Paddleford of Waterville, were Frankfort visitors yesterday. We have a few Arrow Brand collars that we will close out at 8 for Bowser Freed 84-tf The Kenneny garage is unloading a car load of Ford automobiles today. $200,000 to loan on real estate at low rate of Swanson. 81-tf See J. M.

Barkes for insurance. 31-tf 1917. VOL. 18. NO.

286 Today's Market Report. By Telegraph Kansas City, Mo, Jan 31. The live stock markets here today are as follows: CATTLE-Receipts, market, strong. HOGS--Receipts, market, 10c higher. Top, $11 90 Medium, $11 85.

Light, $11.70 Bulk of sales, $11 50 to A $11.80. Weather. Fair and colder tonight, with a severe cold wave Thursday fair and continued cold northwesterly winds. White House 'Picket' a Kansan. Washington, Jan.

31-A Kansas girl had command of the "silent septinels" at one of the gates to the White House grounds today and she kept her forces on duty from 10 o'clock to 6 o'clock despite the cold, driving rain that chased most people off the streets. The girl is Miss Iris Calderhead of Marysville, a daughter of exRepresentative Calderhead of Marysville, and a graduate of the University of Kansas and a member of the Pi Beta Phi in Lawrence. Miss Calderhead wore, a "perfectly gorgeous yellow slicker," which defied the rain. She carried no unbrella, but a yellow nor' wester hat, such as hack drivers wear, made an excellent tection for her coiffure She said later: "We find gold stockings a great comfort on dayes like this." The slickers were held together with purple and white ribbons. "The colors did not run," Miss Calderhead said tonight.

"Nothing connected with the Congressiol Union of Woman Suffrage runs just because of a little hard weather." "A pretty bad day, wasn't it?" was asked of Miss Calderhead. "Not at all," she replied. "The president passed us three times and he bowed and smiled more graciously than ever." Cost Of Pershing "Frolic" Washington, Jan. money spent on the Pershing "frolic" into Mexico would have been sufficient to build and equip a fleet of sixty seagoing submarines of the class of the German raider U-58 and six big battle cruisers, Representative A. P.

Gardner of Massachusetts said today. "I haven't been able to get the exact figures as to the cost of our frolic Mexico," said Mr Gardner. "I understand in round numbers it will cost 150 million dollars before we get through with it. As the combined forces of Carranza and Villa have never amounted to more fifteen thousand men, it has cost the United States $10,000 to guard our border against each individual Mexican." Found Dead T. Vangasbeck, an old resident of Barrett and vicinity, was found dead in the feed lot on the Joe Davis farm, south of town yesterday evening about 5 o'clock.

Neighbors who saw him an hour before say that he seemed in his usual health, and it is presumed he died from an attack of heart trouble. He had been living alone in a house on the Davis farm and doing chores and odd jobs He was about 78 years of age. He is survived by a son living in Marengo Ia, and three daughters, hiving in Pennsylvania. Funeral services for the deceased were held at Barrett this afternoon, and his remains were buried in the Willow Hill cemetery. Plenty of good overalls for menthe indigo blue--for $1.00 and $1.25.

Boys overalls at 50c and 75c -Bowser Freed. 84-tf J. C. Mohler, secretary of the State Board of Agriculture, is sending out a neat original wall card for the state of Kansas. The year's business of the state's productiveness in live stock and agriculture is in the center, with original manuscript praises for the state by Gov Capper, W.

A. White, Chas. M. Sheldon and others are used as a scroll border for the statistics. It is the neatest card yet issued from that office and is bubbling over with Kansas advertising.

Clarence and Charles Flin, in company with their sister, Mrs. Ben Feldhausen of Edmund, Kans left this morning for Henderson, Ill, to attend the funeral of their grandmother, the late Mrs. Helen Vaughn. Attend the Red Circle tomorrow night. Cheaper than staying home this cold weather.

86 Mrs. 0. McCormick returned to her home in Topeka on the morning motor after spending a few days here with relatives. Shoes for men and shoes for boys shoes that wear because they are al leather and made to wear. We are selling more shoes because we sell them right -Bowser Freed.

84-tf Mrs. Amos Flin and baby were on the sick list yesterday, but both are improved today. Mr. and Mrs. Geo Holliday of Vermillion were in Frankfort, Monday on business.

Miss Anna Brawley went to Topeka on the morning motor. Dill pickles, 20c per dozen at Barrett's meat market. 79-tf FOR SALE -A few loads of cobs. Notify M. V.

Heckard, Route 5. 85-71.