d 120 YEARS AGO
From May 8, 1886 Star
There are fifteen schools go-
ing on in tlus county at present:
Several more will be opened next
Monday.
School was opened this week
in District No. 26, J.I-LV. Brown
is the teacher.
District No. 10 wants a
teacher.
Next Tuesday is the day for
the election of bonds for the
purpose of building a city hall
which will be donated to the
county for a courthouse. The
amount of the bonds is $10,000
payable by the city in twenty
years at a rate of not less than 10
per cent.
Property in this city will ad-
vance at least 25 per cent, when
the city hall is built.
The city has been full of land
buyers during this past week.
Now is the time to buy land in
this county while it is cheap.
Will Beymer showed us
though the machinery of his
new-f angled-steam-and-light-
ning bake oven this week. It has
a revolving motion an at one turn
of the crank bakes twelve dozen
large biscuits, or enough to feed
all of Clmrley's boarders one sit-
ting.
Wall Paper will be sold at cost
for the next 30 days. at the
Postoffice Book Store:
Wednesday morning Mr.
Wright and Mr. Miller, ofthis city
took the Kinsley stage for a trip
West, but just before they
reached Reeder, they had their
revolvers out shooting at differ-
ent objects along the road, when
Miller's revolver, a 32-calibre,
was accidentally discharged as
he raised it to shoot, the ball
striking a strip of iron on the op-
posite side of the stage, re-
bounded and lodged in the leg
of Wright near the knee. Miller
procured a buggy at Reeder and
brought Wright back to this city
and the ball was extracted by Dr.
Halliday, who pronounced the
shot a flesh wound and not nec-
essarily dangerous. Mr. Miller re-
gretted very much that the un-
fortunate accident occurred and
is seeing that his friend Wright
is well cared for.
The Kiowa county election
takes place next Tuesday and
such button holing there will be
to get votes.
Keystone flour at Red Front
Supply House. It's the best.
d 110 YEARS AGO h
From May 9, 1896 Star
The month of April just
passed was the warmest for
years. The indications are that
May will not average up much
walnl~.
It is time the Arkansas crop
of strawbemes were coming into
this market and selling at 2 boxes
for a quarter.
B.S. Vonschriltz has put up an
awing and painted the front of
his business house pea green,
which gives a very neat appear-
ance. He has also has a new sign
painted across the front, viz.:
"Montgomery Ward & Co." this
is supposed to mean that he
keeps everything from a pin to a
threshing machine.
O. P. Snare bought last week
120 acres of good bottom land
adjoining his place on north and
east, which increases his hold-
ings to an even 200 acres. Mr.
Snare paid $7.50 per acre.
The New Eden school closed
last Friday after seven months
of very successful work under
the careful management of Mrs.
Butts. The patrons gathered in
at noon with well filled baskets.
Tables were spread and all were
then treated to an excellent din-
ner of Which all partook with
hearty good will.
I00 YEARS AGO %
From May 11, 1906 Star
The Coldwater National Bank
began the work on Wednesday
of putting down a new cement
sidewalk in front of and along
the entire east side of the lot on
which the building is located. It
will be quite an improvement for
our city -- an improvement in
the right direction.
Henr).' McCracken and Jacob
Wichter are planning to begin
soon on the construction of a
new store building (25x50 feel)
on Mr. Wichter's vacant lotjusll
north of J.W. Way's residence
in Protection. The building when
completed will probably be used
b.v the finn for a feed and gen-
eral supply store.
The Freedom Express, a new
paper published at Freedom in
the northeastern part of
Woodward-co is on the Star's
exchange table. R.I. DeGeer is
editor.
R.A. Callaway is preparing to
put down a cement walk (8 feet
wide and 50 feet long) in front of
the St. Nicholas hotel. He is
making other improvements
about the hotel. He believes in
having the best.
In Protection there was a
slight frost Tuesday night Some
ice noticeable on Wednesday
morning. Vezy light damage was
done to garden vegetables.
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