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THURSDAY, MAY 25, 1911. NO. 41 VOL. XXII Society New Type--Good Workmanship--The Signal Guarantees Absolute Satisfaction Historical -UD Work Little Things You Know and Things 49 You Don't Know----Read 'em Locals and Get the News 3 3 Ted Fritze was out from Topeka day. Miss Viola Lantz is visiting the Morris family in Topeka.

Elmer Bartell is visiting his brother in Salina this week. C. J. Glotzbach, the Paxico merchant, was in Alma Monday. Miss Orrel Zeiber of Alta Vista spent Sunday with Alma friends.

-Dr. Wertzberger, Dentist, over Terrass drug store. Alma, Kansas. Mrs. F.

L. Raymond of Vera attended (the commencement exercises here Monday. Mrs. Columbus Hall of ElReno, homa, is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs.

Henry Senge. Mr. and Mrs. R. A.

Hochhaus expect to leave soon for an extended visit on the Pacific coast. Miss Otille Hochhaus was here from Topeka to spend Sunday with her parents, Mr and Mrs. R. B. Hochhaus.

Miss Alice Fishel went to Topeka Tuesday, where she will visit several days before going to her home at Washington to spend the summer. O. M. Gerstung of Kansas City, a brother-in-law of Rev. Nichols, visited here a day or two this week.

Mr. Gerstung is connected with the legel department of the Business Men's association of Kansas City. Dr. Meilke sold his Ford runabout to John Noller last week, and is driving a Buick No. 10, which he brought up from Kansas City Sunday.

Gus Mueller made the trip from Kansas City Sunday with the doctor, and they say the mud made the drive a bad one. luck in their new home. are needed and advertise for bids. applied with a broad flat brush. cemetery will be taken.

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ROBERTSON CLOTHING COMPANY Successors to Knostman Clothing Co. ALMA, KANSAS The damage case of Harmon C. Wade of Mission Creek against the Rock Island was finally disposed of in Kansas City Saturday, when a jury awarded Mr. Wade $750 damages. Mr.

Wade was injured while loading stock at Maple Hill some time ago, and brought suit for $20.000. J. R. Moreland, C. E.

Carroll and G. Waters were Wade's attorneys. Rev. C. F.

Howard and family leave this week for Frankfort, where they will make their home. A farewell party was given in their honor last Thursday evening by Mr. and Mrs. S. P.

C. Hastings, at which a goodly number of their friends gathered to spend a social evening and wish them happiness and Mrs. W. Wilson is visiting in Topeka. -For an evening of pleasure visit the Airdome -Dr.

Wertzberger, Dentist, over Terrass drug store. Alma, Kansas. Miss Josie Wetzel is now employed on the switchboard at the telephone office. Miss Mabel Adams of Maple Hill was the guest of Miss May Kemper the first of the week. Otto Grunewald, who lives on the northwest farm in the county, was an Alma visitor Tuesday.

Mr. and Mrs J. F. Terrass are in Topeka, where Jake is attending the State Druggists' association. E.

A. Hopfer is in Trego county looking after his wheat crop this week, and Mrs Hopfer is visiting relatives in St. Louis. Mr. and Mrs.

J. F. Terrass wish to extend their thanks to their friends for the kindness shown them in their recent bereavement Mrs. H. J.

Wertzberger was called to Topeka Tuesday by word that her sister, Mrs. Peter Schnell, is in a critical condition, following a surgical operaItion. August Brasche went to Excelsior Springs, Saturday, where he will spend a couple of weeks. lle has been suffering from rheumatism, and is in hopes that the water of the springs may help him. The A.

C. Trapp family went to Topeka Monday, where they will spend a couple of weeks before going to Colorado for a summer's outing. Alma people hate mightily to see the Trapps leave, and hope they will see their way clear to locate here again. State Higbway Engineer Gearhart, Commissioner Buchli and County Clerk Stotler made: a sixty mile automobile drive Saturday and inspected the sites of several proposed new bridges. The first was at George Mogge's north of Halifax.

A bridge is needed there, and it is a mean place to put in one on account of the low banks of the stream. From there they went down near Chalk in Rock Creek, taking a look on the way at the new low water bridge three miles south of Halifax. The commissioners propose to bunch up several small bridges that 0. E. Haubold was in Topeka on business yesterday.

-For sale plants and tomato plants. -Otto Werner. -Dr. Wertzberger, Dentist, over Terrass drug store. Alma, Kansas.

The business houses are requested to close on Decoration day from 1 o'clock to four, or until from the time the procession leaves the court house until it returns from the cemetery. J. H. STUEWE, Mayor. An alarm of fire was given Tuesday night from Frank Doerr's, in the Cassidy property, but it proved to be a false alarm.

A coal oil stove had filled a room so full of smoke that the family naturally thought the house was on fire. Henry Meyer, who has been at Excelsior Springs, with his daughter, Martha, returned horne Monday, quite sick. He has been under a doctor's care all week, and is improving. Miss Martha underwent an operation for appendicitis a week ago, and is getting along well. Charlie Strawn writes that he is playing ball with the Lecompton team, and that he played the other day against a Topeka team on which Ted Fritze was the twirler.

Charlie hardly treated his old comrade fairly, taking four hits off him, and one of them a three bagger. Andrew Pringle sold a car load of yearlings that went to Minnesota and his son Jim accompanied them. Jim just returned last week and while on his trip visited Joe and Henry Atkins, who formerly lived here but now reside at Halifax, Canada. -Harveyville Monitor. A show was in progress at the opera house in Barnes, says the Greenleaf Sentinel.

The villain was trying with might and main to force a drink of liquor down the throat of the hero, who resolutely refused it. A small boy in the audience yelled, "Give it to my Papa; he will drink The ordinary wire screens for doors and windows offer no protection from prying eyes, says the Junction City Union. This can be remedied by giving the outside of all screens a coat of thin white paint, The paint will not be noticeable, and those inside the house look through the screen the same may as before. The paint should be made thin as possible with turpentine, and as Alma H. S.

Commencement. Another class has been added to the alumni of the Alma High school; fifteen more young people have hitched their wagons to the stars, have climbed the Alps and taken a look into Italy. Be it said to the credit of the class, however, that there were 110 orations on these subjects. There were fifteen graduates this year, and they are: Mary E. Anderson Elmer Bartell Bliss O.

Bignall Chester A. Johnson Etta F. Cromer Frank L. Jones Edna Oetinger Amelia Wertzberger Minnie A. Rice Fay L.

Rice Alfred Gray Kenneth M. Kerans Ralph R. St. John Victor F. Stuewe Emily S.

Nelson Ten of the graduates are from the country, leaving but five from town. This fact is a testimonial to the Barnes High school plan, showing that the Barnes schools are in reality as well as in intent, county schools. Nine of the graduates took the Normal course, and Miss Paula Eck, a High school graduate of last year, also completed the Normal course with this year's class. THE BACCALAUREATE SERMON. The first of the commencement exercises was the baccalaureate sermon delivered Sunday morning by President R.

P. Smith of the Kansas Wesleyan at Salina. The full program follows: Invocation, Rev. B. F.

Dice Faith Looks Up to -Congregation "Departure" -Octette Scripture Reading Prayer, Rev. G. T. Stay" Nichols 40. Strength and Octette Announcements Sermon, Pres.

Smith America- Congregation Benediction- Rev. B. F. Dice. President Smith's sermon was one of the strongest discourses it has been the fortune of Alma people to hear in a long time, His theme was "The cess of the and it was taken from Mark 10-27.

The speaker regards graduation from High school as be an important event in one's life, but he does not want the graduate to get an exaggerated opinion of himself. "You count but one," he said in effect but in other words, "and one is only one. You may feel like you weigh a ton, but what if you do? The world weighs six sextillions of tons. If all the billion and a half people in the world should start counting today and each count a hundred and fifty a minute, it would Father Wiener of Newbury and Father Holtmann of Billings, Montana, were the guests of Father Simmer over Sunday. Peter Thowe of Kuenzli Creek has bought the Hermina Wandersee property in east Alma, formerly occupied by Thomas Smith.

Fred Rasch was over from Wells Creek yesterday, and says the oats are suffering more for rain than any other crop. He says the most of the wheat on Wells Creek is fairly good. General Custer was massacred again last night by Hester's Mammoth Amalgamated Combined Show, but Custer didn't suffer in comparison with the small audience. The state board of health should look after such shows. Miss Mary A.

Maris of Peabody, graduate of the state university and an experienced teacher, has been employed by the board of education for next year, thus completing the corps. Miss Maris's experience has been largely on High school and normal lines, and she wilt share the normal work here. The other eight teachers, as previously stated, are all from the force of the past year. Paul Johnson returned to work Herington today, after a week's vacation. Paul is a good example of what a young man can do if he buckles to work and attends strictly to business.

He has been considered one the best operators in the Rock Island service, and has been in line for promotion for some time, but his age -or lack of age -has held him back. He has just turned twenty-one and goes to work now as assistant train dispatcher, with a jump in salary from $65 to $140 month. As stated in the Signal two weeks the county commencement this ago, year will be divided, and a commencement held both here and at Eskridge, for the convenience of those in different parts of the county. The first installment will be held Thursday afternoon of next week, June 1, at Eskridge, and second at Alma Friday afternoon, June 12. There are over a hundred graduates.

take them all fifty-one thousand years to count to six The lesson of the sermon is to regard nothing as impossible, and a number of instances were cited showing the accomplishment of things seemingly impossible. -Show every night at the Airdome, J. Skeen wasin Eskridge Tuesday. Otto Strowig was here from Paxico Monday. Miss Marguerite Carroll is visiting friends in Topeka.

Mrs. W. E. Strawn spent Sunday with her son Charles at Lecompton. Will Hasenbank went to Leonardville Monday and brought back a driving horse.

Ed. Lutz, who is working in the Santa Fe shops at Topeka, spent Sunday with home folks. The first birth to be recorded under the new law in this county is that of a son, to Mr. and Mrs. Otto Berroth.

The birth occured the last of the week. 0. C. McCoy, who is quite well known in Alma, being a son in-law of Mr. and Mrs.

Sam Alcott, has leased the Holyrood Banner, and will try newspaper work. Mr. McCoy has been superintendent of the Holyrood school for the past two years. Charlie Shumake, who worked for the Signal for over a year and has been in the Postoffice drug store the. past two months, left yesterday for a visit at his home in Durant, Oklahoma.

Charlie has been away from home about two years. He is undecided as to whether he will return to Alma. CLASS DAY PROGRAM The Class Day program was given at the auditorium Monday afternoon, with the following interesting program: Quartet Oration and Salutatory, "Above All Nations is -Kenneth Kerans, -Elmer Bartell Vocal Solo, "Lovely -Marguerite Carroll Class History -Edna Oetinger Prophecy--Emily Nelson Oration, "Success Through Adversity," -Bliss Bignall "Sweet and Quartet Address to Juniors- -Victor Stuewe Response for Juniors -Theodore Richter Oration and Valedictory, "The Reward of austry, Etta Cromer "Old Glory, -Double Quartet COMMENCEMENT The commencement exercises were held Monday night. The program follows: Invocation Vocal Solo, "Who Will Buy My Roses Red' -Faye Rice Chorus, "To the Tap of the Drum" -Class of 1911 Address -W. D.

Ross Piano solo- -Minnie Rice Presentation of Diplomas Chorus, "Good Night" -Class of 1911 Benediction The first part of Prof. Ross's address was to the graduating class direct. The speaker impressed the point upon the class that if they really get the good of education as far as they have gone it will enlarge their productive powers, make better citizens of them, and increase their generally efficiency; that good citizenship does not consist merely of taking an interest in the affairs of state, but requires the strictest personal integrity in all things. Speaking to the audience in general Prof. Ross complimented the Alma schools highly, and urged the patrons to hold the school to the present high standard.

Prof. Ross is a state High school inspector and is in touch with what is being done by the different schools. He has visited Alma several times officially, and has always been liberal in his praise of our schools. In presenting the diplomas Prof. Gift spoke feelingly of the relations between himself and the class the past three years.

He complimented the class upon finishing the High school course, but did not allow them to lose sight of the fact that they are now really beginning life's work, Memorial and decoration services will be held at the Stone church at Maple Hill next Sunday. These services are always combined there as there is no G. A. R. post at that place.

Rev Crouch, and Rev Clark will conduct the services, and there will be no services at the town churches Sunday morning. The usual collection for the maintainance of the -Refined, entertaining and instructive pictures at the Airdome every night. -The ladies of the Catholic church will serve dinner in the Schroeder building on Decoration Day. Everybody is invited. Marriage licenses were issued last Thursday to Elmer C.

Clark and Ruth 0. Ericsson and to George G. Hershberger and Ida H. Widner, all of Eskridge. George Schrieber and Miss Carrie Schrieber left for Indiana last night for a month's visit at their old home.

This will be Mr. Schrieber's first visit to Indiana for thirty-three years. Connie Linss, who has been working in the round house at McFarland, is laid off with a game foot. The boys say an engine resented Connie's style of currya ing, and stepped on his foot. L.

T. Rice was badly bruised and shaken up in a runaway, which occurred as they were starting home from the commencement exercises Monday night. The team became frightened as the family was getting into the spring wagon and started to run Mr. Rice was thrown to the ground and one of the wheels ran over him, but he escaped in without having any bones broken. The team was stopped after running a short distance.

Leo Leonard returned yesterday from the Pacific coast, where he went a of couple of months ago with Nick Egan, George Steimel and George Zwanziger. Egan bought an interest in a transfer tine at Seattle and is working that, and Leo left Zwanziger and Steimel working with Henry Pries at Weed, California. Leo did not like the west a I particularly well, but his return was hastenened by the serious condition of his father. Roy McMahan was operated upon Tuesday for appendicitis by Dr. Meyer, Dr.

Mielke and Dr. Johnson. The attack came upon him Sunday and he suffered intensely from then until the opethe ration was performed, Since then he has barely held his own, and his condition today is considered very serious..