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The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-12-21


 this week. the house being closed for several minor improvements and to have everything in good shape for the Christmas opening on Thursday night.
 A play of any nature that can remain in Boston for almost four months, 1t will be generally acknowledged, possesses qualities of the most enduring sort. It must be able to attract and hold the ifl- terest Of thousands of educated, critical people and to entertain them, not in any ordinary way, butareally to treat them to dramatic feast. This Joseph K. Grismer's big production of Edward F. Kidder's new rural drama "Sky Farm, !" which is coming to the Grand opera house as the Christmas attraction, Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights, December 24. 25 and 26, has certainly done, and the menu proved so satisfac- tory that people tried again and again and it is known that great many in Boston and suburbs have seen and en- joyed the piece several times. One can witness, for instance, the excruciatingly funny scenes in the village postoffice more than once and derive the kecnesi enjoyment out of them. The incident of the calling for about eighteen letters by one man, evidently commissioned by his neighbors to 'get the mail while down to teown," is very bright bit oi business, which the author, MT. Kidder says he saw actually happen in vii. lage postoftice in the western part oi Massachusetts state last year. Another very entertaining and amusing incident in this scene is the attempt of the vii. lage postr1ostress to make love to ons of the villagers who is really in love with her daughter. The only way ht manages to escape her Vaccinations f by stimulating a fit, that he does capital. ly. The whole piece is bright from starr to finish with an abundance of sun. | shine an dlove and very little of ths clouds which are sometimes thought necessary to lower over a romance o1 this sort.
 There will be a holiday matinee Christmas day and the regular matinee Saturday. Seat sale now open.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-12-21
ENTERTAINMENTS.
FFERF4sss. Fhsnf@-


 Checkers" one of the reigning sue- cesses os New York city and Chicago, will begin an engagement of four per- i formances on Christmas afternoon at the Hyperion theater. The play has been described tersely as "A Tale of 1 Love and Luck" and "A Slice of Life" It has received unstinted praise from the critics for the matter 1t contains and the manner in which that matter is presented. Thomas W. Ross. whQ is heralded as the latest successful aspir- an. for stellar honors. will be seen in the title role. Among the company, which numbers over one hundred peo- pie, are Katherine Mulkins, May Vokes, Anna Stanton, Margaret Smith, Dave Braham, jr., Wallace Worsley, and w. T. Clark.
 i The play is the dramatization of Hem ] " M. Blossom. jr.'s, book, Checkers. !" A liberal part of the plot is devoted to the old old but ever popular story told in language new. and another liberal part tells of the settlements of the race track and the keen, intense customs of the betting ring. This entails contest between Master Cupid and Dame For tune, and, as Senator German once said all important legislative ends are gener- ally achieved by compromise, so it is in this instance. Love wins. but so does luck. ard as everybody concerned is happy over the outcome, there is appar- emily no cause to complain. ... 1 A novelty is promised in the way of stage pictures by the management of Checkers" It consists of reproduc- ton of the famous betting ring of the equally famous Washington Park club at Chicago. during the running of the great American Derby in 1893. The bet ting booths are there in the forefront, the boolmakers and their assistants in them. The crowd of speculative money seekers is seen surging around to place their coin on the chances of their favor ite horse and there is glimpse Of the grand stand filled with pretty women, charmingly goWned and accompanied by men good to look upon, while in the background runs section, of the great track. upon which so many thorough hreds have made worldwide records.
 The curtain rises upon the close of the third race. with the crowd coming down to collect the spells of their sport, Bets are placed unon the next race, amid which the theme of the story runs, strong and insistent, until the Derby is called and the crowds surge to the ring side. which Checkers. who has risked his reputation and his all, remains be- hind to listen 10 the unimpassioned tvnica If fhe annnaInner fAIlincr of ina progress of the race. The possibilities of such scene are certainly great.
 The advance sale Q fseats opens to- morrow morning. Prices st.50, $1,. 75c.
 Frank Daniels, whose unctious cone- dy methods have been the delight of American theatergoers for the past de- cade will appear at the Hyperion on Tuesday. Wednesday nights, January 5 and 6, in his successful musical comedy
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-12-21

Miss Eva U. Glaessner of Garden street has returned from a most enjoy able trip to Philadelphia, where q re- ception was held in honor of her visit,
 A splendid variety of silverware to select from for Christmas gifts at the Kirby jewelry store. That gift prob- lem is solved at Kirby
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-12-21
OPENING OF NEW BRIDGE

OPENING OF NEW BRIDGE
 New York, Dec. 20.-Yesterday after noon the new Williamsburgh bridge spanning the East river was formally opened in the presence of many city notables and other invited guests.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-12-21

''And was my present a surprise to your sister. Johnny?'' Fletcher life! She said she never suspected you'd give her anything so cheap. p."--Town and Country.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-12-21
YAL,E WON AT BAsKErBAIL,

The Yale basketball team defeated the team of the University of Rochester on Saturday night in. Rochester by score of IS to 10, r"~.#s :, '-~
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-12-21
s.re.,sl eanrr M nse.

There will be no performance at the Grand opera house the first three days this week. the house being closed for several minor improvements and to have everything in good shape for the Christmas opening on Thursday night.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-12-21

Frank Daniels, whose unctious come dy methods have been the delight of American theatergoers for the past de- cade will appear at the Hyperion on Tuesday, Wednesday nights, January 5 and 6, in his successful musical comedy '"The Office Boy.''''5a
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1903-06-18
THE TEAL CRANK
Is Plainly Marked.


a crank is one who stays in beaten
paths when common sense tells him to
leave.
The real crank is one who persists il.
using coffee because accustomed to and
yet knows it hurts him. 1t is this one
who always pays the penalty, while the
sensible person who gives up coffee and
takes on Postum Food Coffee in Its place
enjoys all the benefits Of returning health.
well-known manufacturers agent of
New York City visited the grocery
department Of one of the big New York
stores not long ago and there he tasted
sample cup Of Postum made the right
way. He said afterwards: "Just through
the energy Of that young woman who
was serving Postum there I became
convert to the food drink and gave up
the drug drink coffee and got we'll
II had used coffee to excess and was
gradually becoming complete wreck,
getting weaker and more nervous every
day. paid the penalty for using coffee
and when l tasted the delicious Postum
was glad indeed to make the change.
$50 1 gave up the coffee altogether
and have used Postum instead ever since.
My family at first called me crank.
but seeing how Postum benefited ne the
6rst month they all got in line and a.
4 result Of Postum's remarkable benefits
20 me we all drink 1t now entirely In
place of coffee and we are we'll" Name
ilyen By Postum Co.. Battle Cresk. Mich.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1903-06-18
And Happiness and Prosperity
Assured by
cuticura Soap, 0intmentandpiIIs
When Ali Else Fails.

Every child born into the world with
an inherited or early developed ten
disney to distressing, distiguring hui
mours of the skin, scalp and blood,
becomes an object of the most tender
sollcltude, not only because of Its suffer-
ing, but because of the dreadful fear
that the designation Is to be lifelong
and mar its future happiness and pros
perlty. Hence, it becomes the duty of
mothers of such Athlete children to ac-
quaint themselves with the best, the
purest and mos. effective treatment
available, viz, The Cuticura Treatment.
Warm baths with Cuticura Soap, to
cleanse the skin and scalp of crusts and
scales, gentle applications of Cuticura
Ointment, to allay itching, irritation
and Inflammation, and soothe and heal,
and mild doses of Cuticura Resolvent, to
cool the blood in the seyerer cases, are
all that can be desired for the speedy
relief and permanent cure of skin tor
tured infants and children, and the COM
fort of WORKOUT parents.
Millions Of womcnu use Cuticura SoaL.
assisted by Cuticura Ointment, for pre-
serving, purifying and identifying the
skin, scalp, hair and hands, for annoy
ing irri,ations and weaknesses, and
FOR many sanative, antiseptic purposes
which readily suggest themselves.
Sold throughout the World Cu.I,urn Re.oven. So lin
torn o. Chocolate Coated Pills. per Of SOY Oiat.
m.n. Soc, Soap, as: Dent. ondnn, u Chart, .houss
So Paris. Rne de Ia PAX: Bpston. III Ioumbus Ave.
es- Send Tor " low to Cure Baby uanoura."
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1903-06-18
A Maryland Wonder.

Upper Cross Roads, Md, June 10
Never in the history of medicine in
this state has anything created such II
sensation by its marvellous cures of the
most extreme cases as Dodd's Kidney
Pills.
This wonderful medicine seems to
know no limit in its wonder working
power. Long-standing eases that have
deficd the most expert medical treat
ment seem to yield easily to this new
conqueror of disease.
Hundreds have testified 10 the virtue
Of Dodd's Kidney Pills. They tell of
severe cases of Rheumatism, Lumbago
Backache, Female Trouble. Nervous
Diseases and even Dropsy. Diabetes
and Bright's Disease cured by this
medicine.
Among those who have been bcnc-
fitted may be mentioned Mrs John
Cooney of this place.
Mrs. Cooney says:
Il believe Dodd's Kidney Pills the
best remedy ever known for Kidney
Trouble and weak back
They are without exception the
best medicine have ever used.
II will always praise them highly,
for know that they are good"
Mrs. Cooney is only one of many
who say of Dodd's Kidney Pills:
THE most wonderful remedy we
ever heard off,
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1903-06-18
THREE DAYS in PARIS.
How TO Sec Enough in That Tlme to
Last Thirty Years.

6dSS hurry Years.
jeanette Glider in Booklovers Magazine:
took a friend to Paris once for three
days. She had never been there before
and she did not know when she might go
again, and she had only three days.
You will see more in three days than
you will forget in thirty years, if you
leave 1T to me-" said I.
We went, and fully proved my case.
The first night we went to the Theater
Franchise, the second to another theater.
and the third we gave 10 dinner party.
Instead of trying to see all the pictures
in the Louvre, / took her to see my fla
vorites among the Tit;ans, Nelasquez and
Nurillos. We did not waste time in look
Ing at miles and miles of stone gals, -
but worshiped at the shrines of the Venus
Of Milo and the Winged Victory We
ea2ed with awe into Napoleon tomb and
let the little old man at the door of Notre
Dame swish US with holy water. We
lounged along the quays and bought old
books for twice their value: we walked in
the shadow of the walls of the Sarbonne
We drove in the Bots, and we lunched and
dined at restaurants that the tourist
knows not of. AT the end of the third
day we went back to London.
Was it not worth while to have spent
three days in Paris?" | asked.
II feel equal to writing book on the
manners and customs of the Parisians, -
was the reply.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1903-06-18
"Send BY lnclosed Girln


New York Press: An east side drug
gist is preparing unique scrap book.
1t contains the written orders of some
customers of foreign birth, and these
orders are both curious and amusing.
Here are some that are copied from the
originals:
II have cute pain in my childs
diagram. Please give my son some
thing to release it.
Dear Dochter, pies gif bearer five
sense worse of Auntie ToNyn for garle
baby's throat and obleage'
This little baby has eat up it's ia
theirs parish plaster Send an anecdote
quick as possible by the enclosed girl"
This child is my little girl. ] send
you flew cents TO buy two sitless pow
ders for a groan up adult who is silSe. .
You will please give the lettle bo
five cents worth OF epacac for TO throw
up in a five months Old babe. N 81
The babe has q sore stammicl1e
II hat a hot time in my nsides am
witch 1 wood like to be extinguishesl
What Is good for to eXtilguish it? TN,
enclosed money Is the price of The ex
'inguisher. Hurry please
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1903-06-18
When Rhyme Fails.

Philadelphia Ledger: 1t doesn't pa,,
to trifle with business man through
the medium of rhyme. One of the long
haired boys who earns his pie writing
mystical Verse for the magazines, sent
on a new one the other day. With his
verses he sent this mad little thing to
the publisher:
OF all glad words Of tongue or pen
Are these. l hope 1t will bring me ten.
But the cold, calculating publisher
could also do thing or two at rhym-
ing, so he sent back the poem with this
inclosure:
OF all sad words of tongue or pen
Are these, my boy, try not again"
But the boy did try again, SO the
him this:
OF all sad words, written or wired:
Try never more, for you are fred
All of which goes to show that II
doesn't pay to trifie with the man who
signs the checks.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1903-06-18
AZ III. RiIIviIIe Literary Club.

Atlanta Constitution: Were all pres
ent, i think?" said the chairman of thu
Billville Literary society.
II should think we are" said the secre-
tary. Haven't we been complimentlng
and congratulating ourselves for the last
half hour2"
IF you don't shut up I'll hit you side
the head with my new novel," said the
chairman.
THAT would be too bad" said q mem
Der. "He has already been foored with
Jones Poems l move we get down to
business
IAN right. then" said the chairman:
hall:
Gentlemen. whatll you take?"
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1903-06-18
TO ACCOMMODATES those who ar

TO ACCOMMODATE those who are
partial to the use of atonlizers in APP
plying liquids into the nasal passages
for catarrhal troubles, we prepare
Cream Balm in liquid form, known as
Ely's Liquid Cream Balm. Price, i'm
Guiding the spraying tube. is Is cents.
Druggists or by mail. The liquid en-
bodies the medicinal properties of the
solid preparation. Ely Bros, 56 War
rem ST., New York.
Albert Lea, Mimi. March 81. 1901.
I" :sis. Ely RROS.:I suffered
from a severe cold In the head |
could not breathe through my nostrils
.s..s. ..ts lnol,t dead from want of
sleep | used your Cream Balm and
woke up with Il clear head. | would
not take five dollars for ply bottle o.
Cream Balm if could not get another.
S. *. I.ANSDALE.
Police Commissioners Greene of New
York said the other day: Il don
want dry Sunday. but propose to
enforce the law
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1903-06-18
"r,Rsr THINGS" in NEW YoRk.
Events to Be Recalled in Connection
With the 25Oth Birthday,

Events to Be Recalled in Connection
With the 25oth Birthday.
New York World: The New York we
celebrate-it was New Amsterdam then
was year old when, in 1854, its first
Thanksgiving was appointed. In that
same year the first steps were taken to-
ward formal police regulations.
Flour had been first bolted in. the city
in 1850, and in that year. too, the first
licensed lawyer opened an office.
The first public school was opened in
1852. This suggests a quarter-millennial
that was missed last year.
Events OF 1865 were the use of the first
city hall by the magistrates and the OPEN
Ing in that same building of the small
room which constituted the city's first
prison.
The year 1866 was marked by the first
local census. showing population Of
1000 persons. large number of whom
We're negroes.
1857 the first fire company, the ::Rattle
Watch" was organized with eight men,
80 fire buckets and the hook and ladder
outfit Of the day, made in Holland"
The city was twelve years old before,
In 1865, it had its first Mayor. He was
Thomas Willett. after whom Willett
street Is named.
The flrst native-born Mayor was Ste
phanus Van Cortlandt. appointed in 1911.
other first things and their dates, some
before and some after the birth of local
self government, are these, according to
the histories:
FIRST building on Manhattan island, 1915
FIRST children born on the island of
European parents, boy in 1914 or 1615
and girl in 1925. The latter date is au-
thenttc; the former is approximate and
doubtful.
First clergyman the Dominic Bogardus.
Tor the first regular church built on the is
land, 1893. First schoolmaster the same
year, also the first graveyard.
First whipping post set up in 1885, the
year which-no connection of events-saw
the establishment of the first artist, Dirk
Hermans.
First regular physician In practice, 1886
First ferry to Long Island landing near
Peck slip, 1887,
ytrst murderer sentenced to be hanged
lc41 The condemned man was a negro
First building lot sold, 1912. A plot 80
feet by ITO, where Bridge street runs now;
price $500. Try how much land you can
buy there today for the same money
First poet, Jacob Steednam, known from
1853
First merchants exchange, 1870.
First letter-carrier, 1873, with dubious
route, extending to Boston by way of
Hartford.
First dock, 1877.
First undertaken, 1888
First printing press William Bradfords.
1894
First poorhouse, 1893.
First public money appropriated for
cleaning tho streets, 1896.
First lighting Of the streets, 1897 A lam
tern was hung on a pole at every seventh
house and the expense Of keeping up the
lights was divided among the householders
In blocks of seven.'
The first newspaper, the Gazette, was
published in 1925; the first public library
was opened In 1720 and Kings college,
which has expanded into Columbia uni
versity, was opened in 1856.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1903-06-18
A Peoria incident.

Inter Ocean: A member of the Peoria
Western League baseball team, who
bears the historic name of John Knox,
had ben spending the evening with
friends, which in Peoria means, of
course, that he had been spending the
evening In a Browning or an Ibsen cir
Gle. He reached his room at 10 p M.
which is late In the night in Peoria. AZ
ter reaching his room, which is in the
tnlrd story, he threw open the window
and sat out on the sill to get some
fresh air, strange circumstance, as
most people in Peoria close their vim
lows for this purpose ma lticularlu
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1903-06-18
DOAN'S GET BACK REST.

Aching backs are eased. Hip, back, and
ioin pains overcome. Swelling of the
limbs and dropsy signs vanish.
They correct urine with brick dust sedi-
mont, high colored, pain in passing, drib-
bling, frequency, bed wctting. Doan's
Kidney Pills remove calculi and gravel.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1903-06-18
when the industries of the town are i

when the industries OF the town are in
full blast.
At any rate, lin some manner I'M
known to John Knox and every one
else says the Peoria Star, "he lost his
balance and fell out of the window"
He must have been affected by the
Peoria outside fresh air. Midway be-
tween the first and second stories he
struck in his descent wooden plat
form.
This broke his fall. we are told. but
he went through it and landed on the
ground. Upon recovering himself he
found that nothing except his fall had
been broken. On the contrary he felt
better than when he sat on the window
SILL His mind was clearer, and as he
reasoned the thing out he became con-
WINGED that the fall had done him good.
Next day John Knox, looking sur
prisingly well and feeling remarkably
cheerful, appeared on the diamond and
distinguished himself by making some
exceptionally good plays.
1T is the wonder of all aware of the
accident" says the Star. that he was
not killed or seriously injured" But in
reality the wonder is that anybody
should wonder at anything that hap
pens in Peoria.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1903-06-18
Three Men Killed,

silverton, Colo, June 1e.-There
miners were killed today at the Toltec
tunnel by an explosion of fifty pounds
of giant powder, which they were thaw-
ing. The dead are:
PERCY KEMPER.
EDWARD CRANE.
I. w. LOFGRIIN.
The bodies of kemper and Crane
were blown to atoms, only the heads re-
naming intact.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1903-06-18

DEERr1ELD, IND. ut was
called rheumatism. l could
get no relief from the doc
Tors. l began to improve on
taking Doan's sample and
rot two boxes at our drug
yists, and, although 6S years
u age, l am almost q new
pan. ] was troubled a good
lcal with NY water had to
got up four and five times a
light. That trouble is over
rith and once more l can
est the night through. My
lackache Is all gone, and /
hank you ever 80 much for
he wonderful m Q dicine,
9oan's Kidney Pills."
Jso. H. HUBER,
resident Ridgevillc,
Indiana, State Bank.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1903-06-18
Ta;sen at His Word.

Judge; PEARSON Eleedem Brother Got
roS, have called {" ask you to subscribe
so 10 our missionary fund
lrother Ciptrox Well-er-l'll thing i
over and -
Parson Bleedom--Ah. Brother Gotrox.
he gives twice who gives quickly. you
know
Brother Gotrox-Docs, ELI? Well, here's
SO quick! Twice twenty-five is fifty,
believe. Glad to accommodate you. Good
day,
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1903-06-18
Cooks and Waiters Resume

Chicago, June 15.-Some union cooks,
walters and bartenders returned to
work today at various hotels, including
the Auditorium Annex and Chicago
Beach.
The strike committees visited a few
cafetiries this morning and ordered out
the employees.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1903-06-18
A Rexersion.

Judge: The chimpanzee-Do you be-
lieve in the theory Of evolution?
The Gor.lla-oh, implicitly! At least
sink there is no doubt that we are do.
scended from human beings
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1903-06-18
A Whole Orchestra.

Baltimore News: Yes, links is put
ting in great deal of time with his
musical Instruments"
Musical instruments? didn't know
he played"
twins"
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1903-06-18

Piso's Cure for Consumption promptly
relieves my little 5-year-old sister Of
croup.-Miss l.. A. Pearce, 70 Pilling
street, Brooklyn, N. Y, Oct. 2. 1901.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1903-06-18
MONTANA cLoUDBuRsT.

Northern Pacific Trains Are Unable to
Run Because of the Damage.
Butte. Mont, June 16. = Traffic
throughout eastern Montana on the
Northern Pacific is almost at stand
still as a result of a severe cloudburst
yesterday