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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-02-12

S. N. Thompson, one OF Grey
Eagles Oldest business men has
retired from the mercantile business.
The news that S. N. Thompson had
sold out his mercantile business to. f.
S. Fuller, was a surprise to everybody
as Mr.. Thompson had become such a
familiar landmark in the business
circles Of Grey Eagle that it seemed
almost impossible for him to retire.
The postoffice was removed to the
millinery store last Saturday and Mr..
Fuller will take possession Of the
store some time this week. G.
B. Callahan left on Sunday night
for Minneapolis where he will work
for the Minneapolis Bedding Co. as
billing clerk. He expects to move his
family in the near future. .....J. A.
Pendergast bid good by to his friends
in Grey Eagle last Saturday and
boarded the train for San Francisco,
Cal. Mr.. Pendergast will be back
about May l. and we understand
that Mrs. Pendergast will accompany
him on his retrn.. Mr.. Kraker OF
M.lrose, who purchased the town site
of Birch Lake and started a store
there about a year ago, has sold his
stock of merchandise 10 Il man from
Freeport and i:,.- r,n.cd tho store
building and elcvat"r for term of
two years.-G,ey Eagle Gazette.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-02-12
Suicide Prevented.

The startling announcement that a
preventive of suicide had been discov-
cred will il terest many. A run down
system, or dependency, invariably
precede suicide and something has
been found that will prevent that con-
dition which makes suicide likely. AT
the first thought of self-destruction
take Electric Bitters. 1t being a great
tonic and nervine will strengthen the
nerves and build up the system. 1t is
also a great Stomach, Liver and Kid
ney regulator. Only SOC. Satisfac-
ton guaranteed by Fiesler & Nc
Neicce, Druggist.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-06-06
School Board Meeting.

AT a meeting of the board of ed
ucation Wednesday night the usual
routine business was transacted.
The teachers of last year were re-
elected with a single exception. Miss
Edith Mars, who resigned during
the last session on account Of Illness
and was succeeded by Mis- Florence
Hall, was elected to her former posi-
tion in the Arnold school. Miss Hall
was not an applicant.
Following are the teachers and
salaries:
Superintendent c.. A. Phillips,
$4,000; Principal High school
Florence W. Arnold, SO. 90; assistant
Annie Allen, Al. 90.
Principal Grammar school Mamie
S. Shaw, $500; 1st assistant Gene
We've Russell, $500; End assistant
Louise M. Chandler, 40. 90.
Principal Central school Anna J.
Worthington, 40. 80; LIST assistant
Mary McClelland, 40. 90: 2nd assistant
Susie Afford, 1000.
Principal Taylor school, Maggie NJ.
Spears, AZ. 80; assistant, Matte V.
Bandon, 40 90.
Principal Arnold school, Kate B.
Drysdale, $500; 1st assistant, Margie
M. Vaughan; 2nd assistant, Edith
Mars, 40 90; Srd assistant, Mary A.
Rulings, 40 90.
Principal Riyerton school, Bette
Trail, 40 90.
Principal Douglas school, Geo. H.
Green, 6O.OO; lst assistant, Sarah A.
Graham, 5000; End assistant, Dora B.
Carter, 30. 90; 3rd assistant, Oleatha
Saunders, 500.
Substitute No. l., Ruth Young;
substitute No. 2, Edith Powell.
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CENTRAL FErALE COLLEGE.
CLOSING EXERCISES OF THIS OLD M HON
ORED INSTITUTION.
It's Glowing History and Prospects. The Old Pres
ident And the New.

Central Female College has passed
into its thirty.6f year. To be per.
fectly accurate, it should be stated that
for the first few cars of its existence it
bore the name of Marvin Female
Institute. During the whole time,
however, 1t has been under the control
of the Methodist church and has been
the exponent of the principles
of that church upon the subject
of religious education and the
higher education of women. From the
first it has been the determination of
the church to make this school the
great school of The denomination in
the state, and all its policies have been
shaped to this end. How we'll the
hopes and expectations of the great
religious body which has the work in
hand are being realized is best known
to the people OF Lexington, Who have
witnessed the patient devotion and
conservation of the noble men and
women who have guided the destinies
OF the institution until now.
Central Female College is heir tc
a noble and historic property. In
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-06-06
GREATEST MISSOURI FLOOD.

This week Of flood on the Missouri
river has gone far beyond the record
of any previous year in point Of
destruction. No fair basis Of COM
parison exists, The river reports of
the water stages in the flood Of 1874
and the flood Of 1881 are of very
doubtful accuracy. At these dates
the channel of the river was much
narrower and the banks lined with
tangled forests. Today the river bot
toms for a thousand miles contain
cities, towns, farms, gardens and stock
ranches.
According to reports circulated here
the present food reached a height Of
33l inches greater than that of 1881.
Though the water has been falling
for three days it is still higher than
the reported maximum of that year.
The destruction Of property cannot be
computed. People on this side of the
river who own farms 10 Ray county,
have yet no definite information Of
what part OF their stock has been
driven to places Of safety. In most
cases their tenants cannot be located.
Those who have visited their farms
in skitfs found their barns, granaries,
sheds and housetops covered with
chickens, rabbits, skunks, coons,
snakes and all other forms of domestic
and wild animal life belonging to the
region-living together 10 remarkable
amity. 1t is believed that fences are
all swept away. The river at this
place extends from bluff to bluff-a
distance varying from four to ten
miles. The depth over the bottoms
is from two feet to ten. The ferry
boat was overturned and sunk.
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PARTNERSHIP IN SCHOOL WORK

Col. W. NJ. Hoge, of Boonville, Mo-,
has become associate superintendent
of Wentworth Military Academy with
Col. Sanford Sellers and an equal
partner with him in the ownership of
the personal property, leases, and
other private interests in that iusti-
tuition. The Importance Of this bus
mess association to he school inter-
ests Of Lexington ana especially to
the future of Wentworth Academy
can hardly be over-estimated.
In this way Col. Sellers own in
vestment in the school is safeguarded
by the possession Of a younger partner,
the labor and Responsibility is divided,
and the perpetuity ofSthe institution
still further assured.
Col. Hoge needs no introduction
anywhere in the state to people who
are at all acquainted with e~ducationa.
matters. Hereceiyed his preparatory
training under Prof. f. T. Kemper
perhaps the most famous Of the
educators Of Missouri a quarter of
century ago. He is a Master of Art.
of the University of Missouri and wa
selected by Prof. Kemper as hi
assistant in the work of education hl
then had in hand. In addition to hi
experience in the school room, cover
ing a period Of twelve years, he ha
been for the past three years 10
spector aud Visitor of the affiliated
schools Of the State University
position which has given him oppor
tunity to study the methods an
results Of all the best secondar
schools in the state. Surely n
happier union Of forces could hav
been made than this, and the friend
of the Academy will rejoice to kno'
that it enters upon the work of a me-
school year with all the impulse tina
comes from high hopes and confdenC
in destiny.
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Mrs. Beans C%ourtship, Clara Augusta.
Miss Grace Lewis.
Fishing John W. Matthews.
Miss Stella Nelson.
Mr. Trayers' First Hunt
Richard Harding Davis.
Miss Lillian Stephens.
An Independent Pair, J. L. Harbour.
Miss Carrie Ming.
What's the Difference, 0. F. Pearre.
Miss Ollie Powell.
Grandma Keller Gets Grandpa Keller
Ready for Church, S. P Mclean.
Miss Grace Garhart,
Out Sleighing with Sophia, Hobart,
Miss Nadine Steele.
That Other Baby at Rudder Grange
Stockton.
Miss Bess Chinu.
How Brer Simon Got 'Erligion
Gielow.
Miss Alice Jenkins.
A Sisterly Scheme : H. c. Bunner.
Miss Susan Yates.
The above program, as given in the
College Chapel Saturday evening
served as a prelude to the Commence
ment entertainment Of the Contra
Female College, and was an unusua
one in several respects.
With ore exception-Miss Stephen.
each young lady was a first year pu
pill, a beginner, as it were, in this de
partment. This fact should be EN-
pha>ized because no one OF the audi
ce would suspect such to be tn,
cas-, Judging II m the quality or III,
work exhibited. Each number was 0
an amusing charac er and the audi
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Married at Kansas City.

Kansas City Star, Monday, June /;
The marriage of Miss Sara Elizabeth
Mckee and Mr.. George Albert Henry
was celebrated at the home Of the
bride yesterday at $50 p. m, The
Rev. DR.. Talbot oficiated. Only
relatives and a few immediate friends
we're present. The ceremony was
followed by a supper at the Coates
house, given by the BRIDES uncle, Mr.,
D. c. Smith, Of st. Louis, to the
following guests; Mr.. and Mrs. George
A. Henry, Mrs, S, S. TrlgG, Miss
Cordelia Bedwell, Miss Anne Trigg,
Miss Ethel Austin, MIR. Lilburn Trigg
and Miss Helen Trigg. Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry will be at home to friends at
1909 Pennsylvania avenue after
June 10.
Miss Mckee was born aud raised
in Lexington and has many friends
here. She is the niece Of Mrs. Sallie
TriRg, formerly Of this CITY, and a
grand niece OF Judge Joseph f. Smith.
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ence was distinctly a laughing one
from first to last. The program was
too short--a fact, however, not suffi-
GENTLY appreciated we fear by the
young gentlemen present, as any tax
ing therefrom only added to the dura-
ton of their conversation with the
young ladies'.
1t was much regretted that owing
to Illness Miss Herring could not open
the program as had been arranged.
Miss Lewis proved a good substitute
appearing in the character and cos.
tune of Mrs. Bean, an elderly married
lady who, while she koits, tells 10 an
amusing way the history of hers and
Joshua's courtshiD.
Miss Nelson in a most charming way
threw lev lights on the old sport
"%Fishing," while Miss Stephens made
"Mr. Traver's First Hunt" an inter-
estlng number.
Those acquainted with Miss Ming's
work have learned to feel no surprise
at her ability in anything she under
takes, and her reading OF IAN indie
pendent Pair" only emphasized this
feeling. Miss Powell's selection was
as brief as it was we'll given, and II
was decidedly brief. Miss Garhart's
rendition OF the number assigned heI
proved exceedingly entertaining. She
displays marked talent as an imper.
senator and her enunclation is partic.
ularly good.
Miss Nadine Steele is always popu-
lar and her reading on this occasion
likewise appealed to the audience a,
the generous applause given her testi.
fled.
Misses Chinn aud Jenkins fully sus
tained the good character Of the pro
Concluded on fourth Page.
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of the Examiner, the City Engineer
and one personal friend, no particular
Individuals we're sought out, but the
business men were Intercepted at
random. Not a friend Of macadam
was found, though it was said there
were some. The unyarying testi-
mony was that macadam streets kept
in repair for five or six years cost
more than brick streets. The only
objection made to brick paving was
that it is noisy 10 dry weather; and
to this as an Offset il was offered that
lime dust from macadam streets was
even more offensive during the same
seasons. The uniform advice was
either to patch up the old macadam
and be content with it, or pave with
brick.
A careful inspection revealed the
fact that their old macadam street;
are very much worse than ours; the
ones built last year, in0excellent con.
dition; their brick street, which ha.
not been cleaned since it wa laid
was clean and crossable at any place
Their macadam does not seem to b.
very good. Like ours, it is hal
magnetism limestone, which is NOR
or less soluble in water.
There can be no question as to th
reliability of these facts about tt.
experience Of this one place, Careful
men should not be satisfied with thi
however. At Marshall the contrac
price for macadam, it is said, was i
cents per square yard. The thick
ness could not be learned nor whethe
it was put down with a roller. A
Macon the cost of brick was S1.4C
but they got brick from Moberl
near by.
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The Paving Question.

One of the reasons why the peOple
of Lexington voted to abandon the
charter and to organize as a city OF
the third class was that tine ordinary
revenues were insufficient to maintain
the streets. Now that the change
has been made, the people should bear
in mind, that there will and can be
no street paving or matchmaking
against the consent of the majority
property holders affected exclusive of
non-residents); and that whatever
kind of streets they get, they will
have to pay for IN the proportion of
their frontage IN the improve ment,
This is local self-government. 1t
thus appears that the paving Of South
street is nobody's business but the
peoples of the street along that line
of the proposed improvement.
If they want mud or macadam
or brick or asphalt they can
get it by paying for it.
Such variant statements of matters
Of fact are in circulation that the peo-
pie who are interested ought to en-
deavor to make direct, personal inves-
tigation of the experience of other
towns. The editor Of the INTELLI-
GENcER spent the greater part Of the
day in independence, Mo-, Saturday
on this exclusive business; and while
the experience of a single town ought
not to be decisive in a matter of this
kind, the results of his investigations
are offered for what they are worth.
Independence has some old macadam
streets put down in the ole
fashioned way; some old macadan
street 40 years. put down in the new.
fashioned way, with crushed rocl
rolled wet, covered with screening,
and again rolled wet, some new ma
cadam street, put down last year;
mile Of virtrifed brick paving, threI
years old; and four Oh five blocks o
asphalt. The contract price Obtain
ed from the city engineer) for bricl
paving was 81 .65 per square yard; 70
macadam put down with roller, $1.1O
At these prices the cost for Soutl
street would be $3.50 per front foo
for brick, and ST. 3 per front foot 70
macadam. These figures are exclu
siue Of curblng, for which their con
tract price was so cents per from
foot. The engineer said las did also
contractor who was presently that i
order to put down a modern macadar
street it would be necessary to tax
up the old macadam in order to secur
uniformity Of ~compactness.
With the exception Of the editC
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made under President Williams. But
speaking broadly this is a fair charac-
terizatlon of the dominant features in
the work of each.
During DR.. Williams term Of office
about SIS, 900 has been added to the
assets of the college, as follows;
Permanent endowment S2S, 500
Library 1900
improvements 1000
Building fund 5000
DR.. Williams has strengthened the
bond between the church and the
school aud has effected much in laying
upon the conscience of the brotherhood
its responsibility IN tho matter of this
great work. 1t is believed that time
will reveal as his most important and
distinguishing service to the schpol the
influences he has set in motion towards
the endowment and enlargement o the
institution as a permanent avenue OF
the church's activity.
The new president, Rev. Alfred
Franklin Smith,, is an alumnus OF Gen.
trail College,and was a graduate student
at Vanderbilt University. He enters
upon this work with enthusiasm and
high ideals. The splendid success he
has met with in his former field OF la
Dor lends confidence to the belief that
he will take up the work where DR..
Williams has left it and carry 1t on TO
increasing success.
THE PUPILS RECITAL.
The Pupils Recital on Saturday
night, May 30, was not strictly a part
Of the commencement exercises, but
for various reasons it is thought tC
deserse a place here. The programe
was as follows:
Skimpsey Alfred StOddard
Miss CorInne Herring.
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Infancy, who served three years: and
Rev. W. G. Miller, who served one
year. Then followed W. F. Kerdolff,
nine years; A. A. Jones, eight year,;
and DR.. Z. M. Williams, SIX years.
DurlLg these terms the advan cement
of the college has been marked.
Speaking broadly the administration of
President Kerdolff was characterized
by physical expansion. The capacity
of the buildings was more than doubled.
Ihe administration of President Jones
marked a long advance in the COURSES
of study and standards of scholarship.
The administration of President Will
Hams will be remembered as the period
IN which the permanent endowment of
the college was begun and a building
fund collected for near future ex-
pansIon. 1t would be unjust to any
one of these gentlemen to say that this
was all he accomplished. As a matter
of fact the standard of scholarship wa,
improved under President Kerdolff,
enlargement of the buildings ven on
under President Jones, and advance.
ment in the courses of instruction were
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1S47 the old Masonic College, organ
lied about ten years before at Palmyra,
Mo-, was moved to Lexington, the
citizens of this place having subscribed
a bonus of $50, 900 to secure it,. The
college was conducted in rented quar-
tiers for the first year until the new
building, a very handsome one for that
day, was ready for occupancy. The
first graduating class was that of 1851,
under the presidency of j, Worthington
Smith, a Virginia gentleman of the old
school. In 1860 the college was
closed and was not reopened until
after the war. The building served as
a garrison for the heroic little army of
Gen. James A. Mulligan in the siege
and battle Of Lexington, September
1920, 1861. Until recently it bore
scars inflicted by the batteries of Bled-
soc, Guibor, Kneisley and Churchill
Clark.
In 1865 the property w%as.deeded to
the state Of Missouri and used for
several years as a state militay school,
after which 1t was decided back to the
Masons, who offered 1t to any religious
denomination which might give sufi.
cient assurance Of purpose TO make use
of it In a supreme educational endeavor'
The Methodist church seized upon this
opportunity, and in doing so got pos.
session not only Of = valuable property
but perhaps the most beautiful site anC
most desirable general location in al
Missouri.
The school was organized in Sep
TENDER, 1869, Rev. VIM, t. CAM
president. He was followed at the enc
Of the year BY Rev. j. o. Church, VIII,
served one years W. t. J.. Sullivan
who served four years; NJ. G.. Nc
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Street Improvement.

At Warrensburg part Of the prin-
cipal down town streets are paved
with brick and contract has been let
for several blocks more to be put
down this summer. The contract
price for the part already paved was
81 IS per square yard and for the
part to be paved SLIGO. The first
paving was done by a contractor who
had never raved a street before. They
are not sufficiently arched, and partly
for this reason the rains fail to wash
them clean. The qualityof the brick
is inferior to that used in Indepen-
dence aud the appearance of the
street decidedly inferior. The people
are greatly pleased with their brick
paving but think it too expensive for
the residence portion Of the city. 1t
proved to be impossible to get a
majority Of the property holders on
the residence streets to agree to brick
paving. The mayor and a committee
of the city council visited Kansas
City and made a study Of the street
situation there. They were inn
pressed with the macadam park roads.
The people of Warrensburg have
agreed to try several miles of macadam
street on several conditions: The
streets are to be parked from 20 to
26 feet wide; the macadam to be laid
to an average thickness of 10 inches;
the macadam is to be laid, rolled wet,
covered with screenings, and again
rolled wet; the council is 10 reject all
bids over So cents per square yard.
Upon these conditions the petitions
have been signed, the specifications
advertised, and the contract is to be
let June 10.
Warrensburg has some macadam
streets made in the old way. They
are very bad, worse than any in Lex.
ington. There is a short section OF
macadam road leading out from the
town, built last year, Of crushed rock
put down with a roller. 1t is said to
be excellent. Abundance Of gray
limestone, very hard and suitable fol
making macadam is to be had within
a mile from town. The mayor, 6
, most excellent man and one thor
[ oughly interested in the subject, Il
confident that streets quite as salts
factory and almost as durable as bricl
paved streets can be made will
macadam, and that the contract cal
! be let within the limit agreed upon
t SO cents. This opinion is not baseI
r upon experience but upon his exam
: nation Of the park roads in Kansa
: City, which are kept up by a force 0
t men constantly employed in cleaning
repairing, rolling, sprinkling, an
renewing the surface with fres
n screenings. Besides certain traffic
e forbidden on these roads. The mayo
e is acquainted with the facts, how
ever, and says that hetakes them Int
r account in forming his opinion.
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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-10-13
BROOKLYN BRIEFS

Miss Nellie FTeney was substits1t~ Ing as teacher at the Bank street school to-day.
 Patrick McDernnott of Stamford Is the guest of his sister, Mrs James Kennedy of South Leonard street.
 Albert Loef1er of Washington ave nue has accepted position with the Great Atlantic X Pacific Tea Go.
 The Brooklyn Athletic cIuh w,,i give Halloween dance and soct,sl.. aT me clubs rooms on Friday night, eecuoDer 80. A committee is already marking arrangements for the affair.
 The Young Cyclone football team would like to arrange game witah thA foung Watervilles. John Baplay of Norm Riverside street is the mana gar or The Young Cyclones.
 New wheels were put on the an. glne at the Brooklyn engine house to. uay. .The two horses which have sssn p used Tor the engine at the new a. use We're returned to the Burton s1eet 2 engine house to-day. They will ue repiaced by Duke and "Jin1,v two oid reliable horses of the fire denart.
 le7hi. All hands at the new house a,e busy under Captain McEyov in plsaelg une house in the best r,ossihla eonultlon 's for the official insr,ecti,,, ~ aafsn VIII be made on Thursdav hv u,le .a mayor and the comnissioners nf e4'F Ooau of public safety.
 renoir is IS the season of the year when windass winds should be made to doors and bS"s broE Es, or houses. If there are any maras panes of glass have them re- nIeae ana new ones put in their nsne I, any windows are minus T e+ s oI glass or two put in new ones dan once. All these things should be one = noW before the cold weather sets n Fine glass and the hest of tty can oe secured at A. c. Walkers .ars