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Lyndon, April 1, 1912. Council met in regular session. Present: Mayor, L. T. Hussey; Councilmen, W.

H. Tyner, A. W. McSparren, F. Whinney, J.

H. Yearout and Olof Larsen; City marshall, I. H. Kiehl and Supt. Light Plant, J.

R. Bortle. Minutes of last meetings read and approved. On motion the following bills were allowed and warrants ordered drawn for same: Proceedings. J.

R. Bortle. sal. supt. light plant, sages and postage, mo.

of 91 10 H. Bryden, freight on oil. 38 50 W. H. Honaker, filling well, 6 1 20 W.

A. Hunting, services as clerk, election March 25... 3 00 Williams, cleaning crossings 61; hrs 1 30 H. H. Kiehl, sal.

night-watch, mo. of March, breakfast for tramp and pencils for election 35 35 Wm. Dickson, filling well, 10 2 00 M. Buck. Alling well, 10 2 00 Clyde lager, 1 hrs with horse on snow TI 1 05 M.

Hollingsworth, hrs. with horse on 810W plow and 3 hrs single hand cleaning crossings. 1 65 A. W. McSparren, services as judge election board 3 00 Mable E.

Danhauer, sal. city clerk and post. mo. of March 15 25 Lyndon H. Plg.

Co, 2 35 Nernst Lamp Co, material 10 18 W. A. Rogers, cleaning 12 10 J. E. board Yearout, and services reducer.

as judge election 3 Roy W. Wright, sal. eng. light plant mo. Olof of Larsen, ser, as judge election board 60 3 00 R.

R. Stivison, ser, as clerk elec. 3 00 Osage Co. Democrat, prig. ordinances, notices, ballots and bills for mass meeting 18 50 National Ref' 1 bale white 16 23 Crane poll books, envelopes, etc, for election Mar.

25, 1912............ 2 35 Clyde E. Jones, cleaning crossings, 5 hrs 1 00 Kans. Oil Ref' 2 cars of oil. 163 62 A.

B. Crum, legal advice, drawing ordinances, notices, etc 23 00 City Treasurer's report was checked over carefully with City Clerk's, found to balance, accepted and placed on file. No further busines appearing, council adjourned. L. T.

HUSSEY, Mayor. MABLE E. DANHAUER, City Clerk. M. E.

Church. Sunday School at 10:00 a. In. The new officers take their places at this time. A part of the hour will be used in an Easter exercise by a part of the school.

Epworth League at 7:00 p. m. Topic, "The Emergence of the Divine Leadership in the Affairs of Men." Leader, Pearl Gardner. At 11:00 a. m.

the pastor will speak briefly on Meaning of the Lord's Supper" and administer the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper, Christ's words to his friends are this in rememberance of me." Wel hope that a large number of our members will obey his command and be present for this service. An opportunity will be given any who desire to do so to unite with the church at this service. At 8.00 p. m. the pastor will preach on the Historic Easter, the Legendary Caster and the Real Easter.

An offering for Missions will be taken, at this service. If the Savior as a new born babe was worthy of the richest gifts the Wise Men could bring him, the same Savior as a risen and glorified Lord, shoald stir our pockets to the depths. A most cordial welcome awaits you in every service from the open ing in the morning until the close in the evening. THOS. McCONNELL, Pastor Mt.

Pleasant Church. Owing to bad weather and conditions of the roads the Sunday School thought best to omit the usual Easter program, in view of which fact the pastor will endeavor to preach an Easter sermon at 11 a. which will be followed by the usual Easter offering for our Church Erection Society. Sabbath School 10 o'clock. Everybody come bringing Joy" with you.

S. F. HARBOUR, Pastor. Baptist Church. There will be Covenant meeting at the Baptist church Saturday at 3 p.

m. Regular preaching services Sunday at 11:00 a.m. and 8:00 p. m. Subscribe for the OSAGE COUNTY DEMOCRAT, the only democrat pain the county and get the court per house news, the county seat news and the news from all over the county.

Do it now before you spend that dollar for something else. Mrs. James Hanna of Cedar Point 1 is spending the week at the country home of her sister, Mrs. Lewis Heilman. W.

A. White of Arkansas City is moving on his farm, two miles west of town. Misses Lena 'Roberts and Roena Ball spent Saturday in Ottawa. Mrs. Silverthorn and children came Saturday night.

Mr. Silverthorn met her in Ottawa and accompanied her home. C. E. Gants, A.

A. Thrush and Frank Holt spent Monday in Lyndon, W. A. Holt and family moved into the C. M.

Warner property this week. Mr. and Mrs. J. B.

Thompson and daughter-in-law came Tuesday for a visit with their mother, Mrs. Amada Jumper. Mr. and Mrs. Thompson are old time Melvernites and left here about 25 years ogo, and this is their first visit since they left.

W. H. Punches of Scranton, formerly of' Melvern, committed suicide by shooting himself. He was brought to Melvern for burial Thursday. Mrs.

J. W. Ingalls received a postal from her grandson, Wendell McMillen of Argentine, who announced his arrival at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles McMillen, March 31.

Monday, while Elmer Crawford was sawing wood on the Elmore farm, he in some way got his arm too close to the gaw and sawed through one bone and partly through the other. He is doing as well as could be expected. QUENEMO. MELVERN. Will Shaffer's sale was well attended if the roads were bad and creek up, and everything sold well.

Mr. and Mrs. Taylor Harvey and daughter, Millie, returned home Wednesday from Ottawa. Miss Madge Adams spent Saturday and Sunday with home folks. Miss Mae Aarvin is working for Mrs.

Pyles in a restaurant at town. Miss Mildred and Don Mathers spent Saturday and Sunday with their grand parents of near Melvern. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Blair and baby and Cal Devoir of near Central were Sunday guests at D.

McMillins. James Carter was the guest of Roy Heilman Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Willis Heilman and son were Sunday visitors at Andy Heilman's.

Virgle Harvey was all Ottawa visitor Tuesday. Roy Harvey went to Ottawa Friday for a short visit with relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Virgle Harvey were Sunday afternoon guests of Mr.

and Mrs. George Carter. Adams has been 011 the sick list." Roy Shaffer WAS visitor at Mr. Walker's near Lyndon Sunday. Mr.

and Mrs. Frank Mathers spent Monday with Mr. and Mrs. Andy Heilman near Melvern. Patronize Democrat advertisers.

Mrs. Frank Jeter has been on the sick list for the past week. It has been reported that she is recovering speedily. Dannie Meredith intends to stay with Mrs. Middleton this summer.

On account of bad roads the Deaver items could not be printed last week. Milt Markellie, Wm. Middleton, Layton Coffman and others were busy working on the northeast end of line No. 14 Monday. Pius Brown, Sheb Eckenroed and 0.

W. Miller started to build a fence around Knouff Kollege school yard Saturday. Frank Jeter took his mother back to Lyndon Tuesday, she having been called out Friday to care for her daughter-in-law. Mrs. Claude Felch and children of Lomax visited her sister, Mrs.

Harry Seyler, Sunday. Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Fred Lightle, April 1, 1912, a big, bouneing boy. We think by the time this goes to press Adolph Miller and others will be busy baling hay on the Elic May farm east of this city.

We are told that Paul Bird is baching on the old home place. From what we can understand, he would like to get a "good cook." Now is your chance, girls, if you want a home. The writer has always thought that the democratic party was independent of any other political parties, when the K. C. Post of late declares that the democratic and republican parties have gone to beat the socialists.

Whoopee! we reds are glad to know that our educational work has affected the politicians. Where is the reading public? PLYMOUTH. DEAVER. Warren Graggs and family spent Sunday at Mrs. Laura Johnson's.

Mrs. Lizzie Carlson and baby are visiting her parents at Melvern. Hunter Bayless and family visited at T. F. Lusk's Sunday.

Five brothers and a sister-in-law visited Mrs. Johnson Thursday. Ina Robinson and Sarah Lusk spent a few days with home folks, returning to Emporia Tuesday evening. Miss Minnie Bayless visited her mother Wednesday. Mr.

Mills and family visited A. L. Robinson's Sunday. S. D.

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Send us 81 40 and 1 be Kansas City Post, Daile and Sunday, will be delivered to you for -a full year for 82 60. The Osage County Democrat LYNDON, KANSAS SEE Republican County Convention. There will be a delegate convention of the Republicans of Osage County held in the city of Osage City, on Tuesday, the 23rd day of April, 1912, at 10 o'clock a. m. for the purpose of electing 12 delegates and 12 alternates to the Republican State Convention to be held in the city of Independence on Wednesday, May 8, and 12 delegates and 12 alternates to the Fourth Congressional Distriet convention to be held at Emporia on Tuesday, April 30, 1912.

The basis of appointment shall be one delegate and one alternate for each 15 votes cast at the November, 1910, election for Chas. H. Sessions for Secretary of State. The precincts will be entitled representation as follows: Agency, 11 Arvonia, 7 Burlingame N. 10 Barclay, 6 Burlingame 13 Beckes, 2 Franklin, 3 Dragoon, 5 Elk, 10 Fairfax, 8 Grant, 7 Lincoln, 5 Michigan, 6 Vassar, 3 Melvern, 10 Olivet, 6 Panteg, 4 Peterton, 5 Osage City, 1st, 4 Jersey Creek, 3 Osage City, 2d 5 Ridgeway, 10 Osage City, 3d, 6 Scranton, 9 Osage City, 4th, 5 Fountain, 2 Fostoria, 2 Valley Bk, 9 Valley Bk, 6 Delegates and alternates shall be elected in each precinct on Saturday, April 20th, by primary, caucus or mass convention, as the committeeman for that precinct shall deem best, at the following hours: In Burlingame North and South, the four wards of Osage City, Agency, Elk, Ridgeway, Scranton, and the North and South Precints of Valley Brook, from 2 to 6 o'clock p.

and in other precints from 2 to 4 o'clock p. m. In each precinct each committeeman shall have charge of his precinet election and appoint such judges and clerks as are necessary to assist him. By order of the committee, F. M.

NELSON, Chairman. FRANK G. MARSHALL, Secy. AS TO HUMOR. "Yes," said the lecturer, "humor is a difficult thing to define.

I remember appearing in Boston once with a humorous lecture, and I labored for two hours with that audience and not one of them cracked a smile, but, by Jove, as I started to leave the platform I tripped on a rug and fell flat on my face, and, would you believe it, the house was convulsed "Yes," said Dobson, with a grin, "humor is a very funny Weekly. SPOTTED. "How do you know that man is a parlor fisherman?" "No man can find time to do any real fishing and at the same time learn the names of so large a collection of trout flies." Pain Take One Pain Pill thenTake it Easy To get the best of Backache Get a Box of Dr. Miles' Anti -Pain Pills Otherwise Backache May get the best of you Nothing disturbs the human system more than pain whether it be in the form of headache, backache, neuralgia, stomachache or the pains peculiar to women. Dr.

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E. G. LUNDY DENTIST do do do done to do go do 8 4 Among Our Exchanges. 3 XXXX XXXXX BURLINGAME From the Chronicle and the Enterprise. C.

R. Gibbs is the father of a bounctoling baby boy, and Cully's tront hair is standing straight out Mrs. A. B. Thurman, wife of Al.

B. Thurman, for many years a resident of and well know this county, died at her home net Staple Hill, March 15. Her husband and live children survive her. Al Thurman was deputy sheriff of Osage county under H. C.

Nwisher, and prior to and after that time they lived near Peterton. Mr. aud Mrs. B. M.

l'eters returned from their California visit last week, after four months spent in the land of Sunshine, Mrs. P. Weston died at her home in this city March 24th, and was interred in the Burlingame cemetery yesterday. Mr. and Mrs.

A. Catanni are the parents of a baby daughter born to them March 19. Mr. and Mrs. John Northcutt announce the arrival of a daughter at their me on March 18.

W. F. Johnsto: has purchased the Mra. C. H.

Mundy residence property Mis. Mandy and son, W. expect to leave sometime soon for California 24. MELVERN. Mrs.

Ww. Onalmers is the mother of a fine baby boy, born March 20th. The father it. will be remembered, was killed in a mine accident in January. A very pretty wedding was solemnized Wednesday, March 20, the home of Mr.

and Mrs. D. Stewart, north of Harveyville, when their eldest daughter, Ella Agnes, was united in marriage to Mr. Raymond Michael, 800 of Mr. and Mrs.

J. R. Michael. Jim Cain returned last night from Texas where he purchased 100 acres of land trom Taylor and Fowler. Mr.

and Mra. Howard Finch ac: m. panted be Mra. H. G.

Honbam wil leave ths week for their home in m- 118, Texas. Mr. and Mra. A. Mulbradt are mourning he death of their infant son, Gor don Elmer, agent tell months, who died of stomach trouble on sundar, March 24.

MELVERN. From The Review. Four hogs of the Joe Cheever tend 01 the Mullen farm died last week and it 19 teared t.hat. cholera is the cause Harry is going right after the disease with the heroic carbolic treat mans. Jno.

Long lost a duable horse Sonday morn In an effort to save the anima's lite de telephoned to town aD offer of $10 010 anyoue who would get medicine to him. Dr. Rife Started but get through the snow drifte. Dr. Kier ff plowed through the snow afoot out to Aaron Moore's country home Sunday morning to assist the stork with the presentation of a girl babr to a happy household.

Rev. Sampson's family left this week for their new home in Iola. The 801 Floyd remains here to complete the high school course. A. White, who bought the A.

A. Thrush farm west of town last year, is expected here this week. He hipped his household goods last week from Blytheville, Ark. where he gave up a $1 a-day job as foreman of a butter tub factory. SCRANION.

From The Gazette. Miss Mary zier and Joseph Dietrich, Jr. popular young people of Carbondele, were married Monday the 18th. Our otherwise quiet, 1 ttle city was startled Monday afternoon by the report that W. H.

Punches, one of tons oldest citizens had tired of life, and by his own hand had fired a rifle ball into his right temple and death was immediate. ooding over having to move is the only reason for the rash deed, for he had been informed, by the man who owned the property where he lived, that he must vacate this spring, and was much worried about it. The friends of Miss Myrtle Willows and Mr. Sam Rowe will not be greatly surprised to learn of their marriage which took place in Kai.S48 Jity during the holidays. Mr.

and Mrs. Rowe left Friday for Waterloo, where they will make their home. A nine pound baby girl was born to Mr. and Mrs. Lee Bartee Sunday.

Fred McCue and Mias Josephite Brock were married in Topeka on the 12th instant, OSAGE CITY. From the Free Press and Public Opinion, David E. McCollum, formerly a ner of A. P. Shaw here, died in Lincoln Center of consumption last week.

Mrs. Geo, Mann, who lives about 10 miles north on Route 1, had the misfortune to break her leg just above the knee last Friday. She had been out doors shoveling snow and bad gone into the house and just as her feet touched the linoleum on the kitchen floor they slipped and she was thrown heavily to the floor breaking her leg. Tom Kimball has been appointed City Marshal to take the place of Jae. Harris, resigned.

Clara Watson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Phil Watson, died Saturday at the St. Mary's bospital of corpulocis of the liver, at the age of 6 years, 8 months and 15 days. The home of H.

E. Stromgren, north of Peterton, was destroyed by fire, about 9 d'elock Tuesday morning. The cause was due to sparks falling on the roof. 'T marriage of Miss Alice Maude White and Mr. Thomas simpson Booth touts place at the home of the bride's parents, Mr.

and Mrs. S. -White, 636 Ellin wood street, Wednesday, at 1 o'clock. On Tuesday a committee of the Osage City Commercial Club went to St. Louis to see Mr.

Pearson, First Vice President of the Missouri Pacific Railway relative to a new Missouri Pacificatition tor Osage City. That their hopes were not vain is told by the tollowing telegram just received here from C. J. O'Neil president of the Commercial club: "New Missouri Pacific depot for Osage City as nred. Work to begin in sixty days.

Boost for Osage City. OVERBROOK From The Citizen. William Gre-otield was born in Braut county, Canada, Feh. 22nd, 1850. Died on his farm near Overbrook, Kansas, March 22nd, 1912, aged 62 Jears and 1 month.

George Warren died at the home of his son, Them as, in Fairfax township, Saturday, March 23, 1912. Estus Sheck, of Overbrook, and Myrtle Pintield, of Michigan Valley, were married at Emporia last week. The newly weds will make their home on the farm of A. J. Hippensteel, near Michigan Valley, We just received word that Frances, the six months old daughter of John Montgomery, who lives three mileg east of Michigan Valry, died Tuesday night.

A son and heir was born to Mr. and Mrs. Morris Henrie, sunday, March 24, 1912. Mrs. Henrie 19 the daughter of Mr.

and Mrs. V. C. Bryson. Another Overbrook boy who is ing good.

Elvin Long, who is teaching in the Pratt, Kansas, High School for $80 a month, has beeu re-elected tor next year with a raise of $20 a mouth. He will spend his vacation in Ottawa. QUENEMO. From The News. C.

E. Logan last week traded his regidence property on Third street to Ben Arnold for his large residence in the north part of town and the two families exchanged places last Friday. Mr. and Mrs. W.

T. Merryweather left Tuesday for San Diego, California, to visit their son, E. and family a month and a half when they will go to Freewater, Oregon, for a couple of months visit with their daughter, Mrs. Ci. L.

Stoolfire. From there they will go to Bubl, Idaho, to visit their son, Rob'. W. and family, returning to Queuemo in November or December. CARBONDALE From The Post.

J. H. Tabor purchased the house formerly occupied by Mra. Young, and moved it to his farm. He will make an addition to his tenant use with it.

Joe Smith has had his residence in town thoroughly overhauled, plastered, and painted. E. E. Gardner, who has decided 1 to turn his farm over to Morris, will occupy the premises. R.

H. MILES PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Calls attended day or night. LYNDON, KANSAS.