POULTRY WANTED EVERY SATURDAY QUAITE N. E. Gary can sell you a good farm cheap. Geo. Chase, of Plainfield, was in the city Friday. John Cook was a Charles City visit or Saturday. W. H. Usher went to Winton Satur day to visit with friends. Mrs. C. H. Kitchen, of Plainfield, visited in Nashua Thursday. J. A. Mitchell was a New Hampton visitor the latter part of last week. Mrs. 8. J. Peters, of Charles City, was the guest of Mrs. Guy Wagner, Friday. Miss Anna Oldenberg, of Powers ville, Sunday with relatives in Waverly. Mrs. Marie Barker returned home Thursday from a visit with friends in ece Mrs. T. P. Kesner, of Osage, spent the latter part of last week with her husband in this city. . Frank Little and bride came up from Waterloo Saturday night to spend Sunday with relatives. J. W. Kepple, of Ionia, was in town Saturday. Nearly all kinds of stock food at Woodbridge’s. Heinz’s fresh dill picsses and sauer kraut at Russell's. Wm. Lester, of Charles City, spent Saturday in Nashua. Miss Mary Uliom returned home Saturday from Waterloo. Pure linseed oil is the life of paint The best at Woodbridge’s. L. H. and Earl Fisher returned home Monday from Waterloo. A. G. Case, of Charles City, trans acted business in town Monday. For sale farms from 20 acres to 320 acres. Prices right.—N. E. Gary Miss Lala Wosseler, of Plainfield, was the guest of Miss Carrie Hake Saturday. Seaman Son have improved the appearance of their barn with a fresh coat of paint. Mrs. W. H. Hunter and children, of Lyle, Minn., spent Sunday at the home of G. G. Hunter. Miss Grace Farr went to Waterloo Saturday morning for an over Sunday visit with her sister, Belle. Mrs. J. M. Webber came up from Jesup Saturday for a visit with her daughter, Mrs. D. T. Miller. Mrs. M. Arney, of Waterloo, who had been visiting with relatives at Powersville, returned home Saturday. Misses Clara and Cora Frankie, of Powersville, went to Waverly Satur oe for a few days’ visit with rela tes. E.D. Hanson is a series: a visit from his mother, Mrs. Hanson, and brother, H. 8. Hanson, of Cal edonia, Il. Charley Seamans laundry is for sale by N. E. Gary. Heinz’s fresh dill pickles and sauer kraut at Russell’s Henry Reich spent Sunday at his home in New Hampton. Mrs. Geo. Endersby returned home Monday from St. Louis. G. W. Pierce and Wm. Wood were Waverly visitors Monday. A fine line of Wall paper and paints at Woodbridge’s drug store. Miss Marian Pines returned to her home in Waterloo Saturday. Mrs. Asa Goodell visited over Sun day with her parents at Osage. Mrs. Mary Lambert went to Greene Sunday to visit for a few days with relatives. Mrs. Dora Shattuck and daughter, Mae, of Plainfield, were in town shop ping Friday. Dr. Geo. Cross, of Plainfield, visited with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Cross Saturday. Miss Deal Johnson, who had been visiting with friends in Charles City, returned home Thursday. The post office lobby was draped in mourning last week for Postmaster General Payne, who died Oct. 4. F. M. Marzluff’s ladies fine shoes, kid or patent, stiit the most fastidious. A large line at the Alfred Shoe Store. For sale. A new 10 room house and three acres of land for 8200 less than the house is worth. See N. E. Gary. Pierce Enderby, of Rock Island, N., who had been visiting at the John Johnson home, returned home Mon day. Mrs. Jane McGilverie, of Larch wood, came Thursday for a visit at the home of her brother, Jake Shan non. Mrs. J. B. Steadman came up from Winton Monday to make her home for the present with her son, W. H. Usher. Bert Shufelt sprained his foot ii ne off from the dray, one day ast week, and was unable to work for several days. Congressman Haugen was in town a few minutes Friday evening on his way to Republic where he delivered a political address. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Cleveland, of Muscatine, arrived Saturday for a visit at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. 8. Cleveland. I will make steam brown bread to order on Thursday of each week. Or der through phone No. 4. Bread de livered, Mrs. C. Watts. Geo. Endersby, who was at one time a resident of Butler county, but who has been living in Medican, Can ada, for some time past, is making his home in Nashua for the present. We now have in stock a stock of sewing machines needles for all kinds of machines, 5c. a paper of 2 needles. Can also order any parts you may need. . A. BARTSCH, a Mrs. J. W. Bradford and two daugh ters, Lola and Ione, who had been eeene summer with her par ents, J. F. Shattuck and wife, returned to their home in Chicago last Thurs day morning. A MATTER OF HEALTH ROYAL Absolutely Pure HAS NO SUBSTITUTE One whole block with good buildings is for sale by N. E. Gary. Ladies’ warm felt goods till you can’t rest at the Alfied Shoe Store. .C. L. Chadwick went to Independ ence, Kas., Saturday for a few weeks’ visit with relatives. Place your insurance with N. E. Gary and save money. Office over Loser’s bank, up the new stairs. F. M. Marzluff’s ladies fine shoes, both kid and the Alfred Shoe Store cannot be excelled for durability and style. Don’t forget that the basement bar ber shop is now open and you can get a smooth shave or a first-class haircut with dispatch. Mrs. Samuel Peterson returned to her home in Waterloo Friday after a week’s visit at the home of her par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Eck. Editor Miller, of the Waverly Dem ocrat, was in town Friday afternoon to visit his old friend J. W. Black, who is staying at the G. K.Smith home. We were also favored with a short call. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Bisonnette, who had been spending several weeks at the home of their son, Harry, and with their daughter, Mrs. John Bul len, returned to their home in Kansas City, Thursday. If a newspaper man desires to know how generally his columns are read let him print something that is regarded as objectionable to persons who never takes the paper or pay him a cent, rightly says an exchange. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Horton went to Mt. Vernon Thursday night to visit their daughter, Emma, and from there to Cedar Rapids to visit another daughter, Mrs. Gerald Green. They were accompanied to the latter place by Miss Emma Horton. Miss Faith A. Snyder of Charles City, a recent graduate of the Chicago Mus ical College, will give piano instruc tion to the former class of Mrs. C. J. Trumbauer. Any others wishing to make arrangements for lessons will please call at the home of Mrs. Schlutz. A fine baby boy came to the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Wright on the morning of Oct. 5. F. Aussie, of Gladbook, who had been visiting at the home of Lester , returned home Monday morni ng. Mrs. Emma Mottershed came down from Mason City Saturday to aot a few — with her parents, F. Getsch and wife. Miss Carrie Smith, who had been spending a week at the home of her father, G. K. Smith, returned to Peoria, Il., Friday. Mrs. Fred Ward and daughter, Kathryn, went to Waterloo Friday for a week’s visit with Mr. Ward, and with Blanchard Freeman and family. Mrs. Ellen Knight, Mrs. John D. Wells, Mrs. Paul Roberts and two children, Paul and Mary, went to Charles City Thursday for a visit at the home of the former’s brother, Andrew Smith. Miss Bessie Humbert, who had been visiting at the homes of her brothers, A. F.and F. D. Humbert, went to Waterloo Saturday to visit over Suan day with her friend, Mrs. Samuel Peterson, and from there she leaves Monday for her home in Zion City, Il. Mr. and Mrs. James Goodale and son, Ward, were called to Niles Cross ing Friday night by a message saying that their son, Charles, had been ser iously hurt.The injured man owns and engineers a threshing machine, and in attempting to cross a bridge near Niles Crossing Saturday the engine went through and Mr. Goodale was badly hurt. About twenty-five neighbors of Wm. Springer took their teams on Monday and hauled two carloads of lumber out to his farm for a new barn to take the place of the one recently burned down. The lumber was taken from the cars, taking about three and one-half hours to unload the two. The bill was sold by W. C. Crouse, and Frank McNary will do the carpenter work.—Ionia Index. Mrs. C. H. Watkins and son, Walter, of Kansas City, arrived Monday for a visit at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Simon Hughes, in Chicka saw. Walter is but 12 years of age and does the buck and ring dance to perfection, and is an excellent vocal ist, and on the whole is an exception ally bright little boy for his years. He has but recently returned from a trip through Colorado, having given entertainments at Denver, Colorado Springs and other large cities in the West. We forgot in our last issue to men tion the free entertainment given Tuesday evening by the business men. The attraction had been widely adver tised and drew out a large crowd, peo ple syge bye a distance of 10 or 12 miles. The picture show was good but for one exception, the strong wind kept the canvas on which the pictures were thrown moving so that it was hard for Mr. Flude to get his machine focused just right to bring the pictures out to the best advantage. We bo believe it was a thing for the town and would like to see a free en tertainment of some kind given at least once a month during the sum mer season, it advertises the town.