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"Local and Personal" Column:

Bismarck school begins next Monday, Sept. 3.

Mrs. J. A. LORE and children visited Belmont last week.

County Surveyor C. H. HOLMAN is taking a lay off on account of sickness.

John CARMICAL, line repairer, is ill and has gone to the Mo. Pac. hospital.

Stephen FINE is recovering from a protracted illness at the home of Archie WOOD.

We are sorry to learn that Mrs. J. M. WOOD is ill at her home in the Barth
addition.

Mrs. Mae RIFE has been called to Troy, Ohio, on account of the death of her 
mother, Mrs. MAX.

Mr. and Mrs. MAGUIRE and daughter, Miss Alina, have been visiting Mr. and Mrs. 
J. H. WYATT.

Mrs. Margaret WEISS of Evansville, Ind., has been visiting her daughter, Mrs. 
J. H. WYATT for the past week.

J. E. TULLOCK recently purchased of C. T. MANTER lots 7 and 8 in block 18 of the
town of Bismarck; consideration $125.

Anyone having a good 6 or 7 room house for rent in Bismarck, please address W. A.
PAUL.  West side of tracks preferred.

The ladies of the Catholic church wish to thank the Bismarck orchestra for the
beautiful music furnished at their festival on Aug. 22d.

R.[?] J. HUBBARD has been appointed Deputy Head Consul of M.W.A., Elvins camp 
took in 12 members Monday night of last week and 15 [?] last Monday night.

Miss Pearl POLLARD left for Aurora, Mo., Saturday morning where she will visit
her aunt, Mrs. W. B. OLIVER, for a week or two.

Next Monday, September 3d, will be observed as Labor Day and there will be picnics,
fish frys and parades galore throughout the country, the day being set apart as a
holiday.

A head end collision between a couple of freights near Arcadia at an early hour 
Saturday morning delayed the northbound morning trains several hours; they were
sent back to Poplar Bluff and in over the Belmont branch.

Fred MEYERS came home Monday from Arkansas, where he is employed by the railroad
company as bridge foreman, and will remain until he recuperates from a sick spell
he is wrestling with.

Claude EATON, son of Dr. J. A. EATON of Belgrade, attended the examination of 
teachers last week and received a first grade certificate; he is but 19 years of
age and the youngest male teacher in Washington county holding a first grade 
certificate.

Dr. J. L. EATON, R. S. BRECKENRIDGE and Conductor John DATES were summoned as 
witnesses in the case of the State vs. RYAN and went to the county seat Wednesday.
The defendant is charged with assaulting Passenger Brakeman BUSH in front of the
hotel here several months ago.

Street Commissioner J. H. WYATT is putting 25 [?] loads of gravel per day on the 
streets and hopes to keep up the same lick for the next month.  Good streets speak
volumes for the progressiveness of a town and Bismarck is in line to lead the
parade.

Tuesday morning was unseasonably cold the mercury getting down to 40 degrees, and
the man on the front page of Avres Almanac surrounded by snakes and scorpions and
goats and fishes and with no clothes on to speak of looked decidedly cool for the
time of year.

Mrs. Bert KIDD was extensively but not seriously burned about the face Tuesday by
the explosion of some gasoline which she put in the cook stove for the purpose of
starting a fire.  The gasoline had been sent by mistake for coal oil, and a very
bad accident was narrowly averted.  Too much care cannot be exercised by merchants
in filling orders for oil and gasoline.

Among our new subscribers this week is J. E. TRASK of Desloge.  Mr. TRASK was
formerly of Washington county and went to Desloge a couple of years ago to engage
in the bakery business.  He has built up a large trade and keeps two large delivery
wagons constantly on the go supplying ... [last line didn't copy.]

Mrs. J. L. EATON entertained the Woman's Home Mission society Thursday afternoon 
of last week, and in the evening of a few young folks in honor of her niece, Miss
Maud MAXWELL of Belgrade, who is spending a few days here.  [Dainty?] refreshments
were served and vocal numbers rendered by Misses Clara BOSS and Pearl POLLARD.

W. P. DEVINE is one of the lucky ones who got a fine crop of peaches this year.
He has an abundance of fine peaches and will deliver them to customers.  We thank
Mr. DEVINE for a fine lot of most excellent peaches which found their way into 
the editor's home Monday during his absence and to assure him that his kindness 
is fully appreciated.

We are sorry to see that one of the Fredericktown papers was disposed to speak
disparagingly of the fruit and dairy meeting to be held there Oct. 19 and 20, 
as it will be fraught with interest to the entire Eastern Ozark region.  Every 
commercial club, every paper and every man in the district should do his share to
make the meeting a grand success, as the progress of the whole region depends on
the energy of the people and their enthusiasm in the matter of developing the
latent possibilities of this section of the state.

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