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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1904-11-04
Secret of His Success

Prof. Larson came to Kansas from
Chicago last August and at once COM
menced accepting patients at Nc
Pherson. To learn with what degree
of success he has healed the sick.
is only necessary to interview has
patients. There are under the care
of Prof. Larson and his assistant,
Prof. Wells, at the towns of Abb enc,
Junction City and Manhattan about
165 patients, each of whom receives
two treatments a week. With: this
great amount of work before him
Prof. Larson enjoys every day of his
existence. To see him, smiling and
serene, the very picture of perfec
health; leaving his treating rooms in
the hotel at Manhattan where q
Capital representative sought an in
! terview, is to marvel at the. mans
wonderful strength and endurance:
cit does not tire me in the least, - he
said just after dismissing the last Of
/ fifty or more patients, land l could &C
over the same work again after sup
per. 1 enjoy it, and when mg
patients tell me they are rapidly i'm
proving under my care, that compen-
safes me for all the efforts l have
exer:ed in their behalf"
"Tell me, Prof. Larson" the re-
porter said, show do you do these
things? 1 have talked with upwards
of 100 of your patients, and am still
looking for the patient your .-Powet
has MOI benefited. How do you
accomplish these results?"
With smile, a very broad smile,
and a significant gesture, Prof. Lar
son displayed the palms of his large
hands and replied: Laying on OF
the hands I suppose" And a minute
later tie famous natural magnetic
AcaAr 70aS StandinS 07'e'- tie reporter
gfg0r0usIy rW66ing tie PAINS 0f ms
! hands kQgekhcr. Ind aOlfen Aep
toulAed tie I0reheaI Of the 9l1esf'0'ef
there 7Uas burning sensation a0'fidh
fouM not be understandable g'eaf
healer possesses 7oitfm himSeT tie
b0zoer to relTeze sickness ami ram lie
accomban1ed this acton aolH tie re-
mark, THAT sir, a5iht tie kzo7gLedge
AMI ability of aojieye and hO1o TO use
these ha,n.is az tie secret Of my SN66eSS-
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1904-11-04

suffered a return of her old
trouble. This case and others
induced the Capital to send out a
reporter to bring back a story
of the. 'what'' and the chow" of
this mans work. He has re-
turned with a wonderful tale
Of what this man has been
doing, but he has failed utterly
as others have failed to explain
the chow"
Last August Prof. Larson came
into the state from Chicago,
stopping in Mcpherson, and.
within a remarkably short time
after his name was a household
word throughout the county.
Those who spoke of him used no
words of criticism, save a few
envious and skeptical ones, but
the loudest words of praise were
heard from him from every quar-
ter. His fame as a healer of the
sick and afflicted spread like a
prairie fire in the early days of
Kansas, and sufferers from dis
ease which had made life hardly
worth living for them eagerly
sought out the man who was
spreading happiness throughout
the community. There was
scarcely a form of chronic dis
ease, the reports came Of them,
that this strange man, who had
suddenly come into their midst,
was not handling with the great
est satisfaction. Sufferers came
from miles around to talk with
Prof, Larson. They went to
him in many instances without
the remotest hope of being cured,
but their neighbors had been to
him and their words of praise
L
caused others to say: "Well, it
will not do any harm to see him. .
With each succeeding week and
month there were scores of PEG.
pie who joined the ranks of the
| miraculously cured, and it was
but natural that the fame oil
Prof. Larson as a successful
healer should spread. RNbk wa.
stood high ie their, espeehfu<0assz1sEAss
e<opk Of astsAigsnae. large e,gfer,
'oaOaers, business nses, al 1zasses o
athens enrolled as baneaks Of Pygt
Larson and were either cured o.
their complaints or greatly ben
Iefited. His reputation soon over
reached the bounds OF the towns
wherein he was giving treat
ments, and people from all part,
OF the state were eager to know
more of the work of the man o
| magnetism.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1904-11-04

Bakery, Salina, was cured of stomach
trouble and nervousness.
Mrs. H. F. Hapke was cured of
kidney trouble and rLeumatisu.
Rev. r. II. MacDade, an NJ. E.
minister of Salina, was cured of pains
in the back of his head and neck
pains in his back and insomnia.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1904-11-04

representative Topeka Daily Capital out with in
and obtain
Of did the May IL
90 furnishing Sunday Capital
of May
with patients Prof Larson at unc
Sana made article from what n
formation received from them coong the
exaggeraon who had cured OF
complaints of facts PARTICULAR
finding the facts IN re-
gard wonderful Larson, and ac
his that time and
those ad been such. Respectfully,
w.
Topeka, May &c. 1904
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1904-11-04
Reporters Visit to Manhattan

A representative OF Cne OaplCa1
visited Manhattan on one of the
days which Prof. Larson was to
to receive patients. It was at
an early hour in the forenoon.
when the first of the patients
arrived at the hotel, and with
but a brief intermissiOn at noon
there was a steady stream of
patients throughout the day.
Each waited his or her turn in
the reception rooms and halls of
the hotel each eager for his a1lOt-
ted few minutes with Prof. Lar
son. Smiling, the natural mag<
netic healer greeted his patients,
and with unmistakable satISfac-
ton heard from them encourage
ing words of his success in their
cases. s'N z00uld be a hart matter
to find any one aOh0 has not been euried
or 6een benefited after taking treatments
from Prot. Larson" said one of the
patients in the reception room.
81 have never heard of one my
self, and [ talk to most Of those
who come here.'
While Prof. Larson and his
assistant were engaged, the Cap
ital's representative talked with
a great many of the patients
waiting, and many instances. of
cures that could not but be re-
gtarded as marvellous were dis
closed. There was one woman,
Mrs, [. N. Rigney,. whose hus-
band is wholesale agent for the
Standard Oil company at Man
haitian, who said that three
months ago she had about made
up her mind that the best thing
for her to do was to Jump into
the river. 81 was suffering ter
ribly from female trouble" she
said, ''and life was almost IN
bearable. had previously had
two operations performed and
was in the hospital at Kansas
City for three months. Physi-
clans at topeka said | would
have to have my left eye re-
moved to save my right one.
| would have spells frequently
Wien it would seem that a nail
was being driven through my
eyeball. These spells happened
as frequently as twice a week be-
fore Prof Larson came to Man.
haitian six weeks ago. I placed
myself under his care and only
once since that time have | had
one of these spells. That was
four weeks ago. N0ao Lam a neao
aOo0lan. lean ezt, sleep and d0 AOmse
aOOrk zeAinA Il t0Nla not do 6et0re."
Mrs. .Rigney's case has attracted
much attention in Manhattan
on account of her wide acquaint-
ance, and the newspapers there
have devoted considerable space
to her surprising recovery.
FL. D. Miles, a second cousin of
Lieutenant-Ge Nelson. 4.
Miles, came from Tacoma, Wash,
to be treated by Prof. Larson.
Il saw a newspaper account of
the remarkable work he was
doing" Mr.. Miles said, "and as
l had tried everything else and
spent: lots of money trying to be
cured of stomach trouble [ de-
cided to come to Manhattan and
see if Prof. Larson could do any
thing for me, and arrived a week
ago, For the past year [ have
hardly been able to do anything
I fOuld not eat anything ard keep it on
my stomach sOithOut .givi,zs me distress,
and I lost forty pounds in zOelsht.
When I'came here it was almost
impossible for me to climb the
stairs to Prof. Larson's rooms,
but now / am like a new man
entirely. This morning 1 walked
eight miles to the railroad sta
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1904-11-04
DAILY & SEMI-wEEKLY.2

Out in Central Kansas, to the
9west and south Of. Topeka, came
astranger some ten months ago,
a strange man with a strange
power. Unannounced and I'M
known on his arrival, today he
is the most widely known and
most widely discussed man in the
territory embraced by such rep
resentatige towns as. Mcpherson,
Salina, Beloit, Concordia, juno
ton City, Abilene, Manhattan
and Wamego. His coming was
strange his doings have been
stranger. Courteous. in bearing,
puritanical in honesty, unique in
personality, he has surrounded
himself with a seemingly impreg-
nable wall Of good words and
good wishes This man who has
set the whole of Kansas a-talk-
ing, who has been the subject of
scores of newspaper sketches,
whose words and works have
been. profound enough to cause
the Capital to send it's. represent
ative into the field to investigate
thoroughly the truth OF hun
dreds of stories of his power,
is NAMED Larson, to be
more accurate, J. Austin Lar
son, and is. known among his
patients as natural magnetic
healer, whatever that may be.
The Myrtle Phillips Case.
One of the first stories which
received wide publicity last fall
was the case of Miss Myrtle Phil
lips near Bavaria, a small town
in Saline county. Here was a
girl who, through purely phys
ical ailments, had lost her mind
three months before her parents
brought her to this man, Lar
son, and for a month before she
had been in private sanitarium
where she had to be watched day
; and night. In, spite of all she
had succeeded in DONG herself
bodily harm while following the
dictates of a disordered brain.
This was her condition when the
great healer first saw her. III.
first treatment sOOhSed her shattered
neyUes and skzp, strong and natural
soHghf ter Iftl1o1v tie ss6esedfKg night
Anokbey treatment and another night.
rest Jok1oUe6 zUiN an Gwakening III,
ners morning to perfect sanity and oOe,
suheznsmg jay. Succeeding treat.
ments cured her physical all
ments and today Myrtle Phillips
is a transformed being, healthy
strong and happy, never having
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1904-11-04

Kansas, secured great relief for
pains in the neck and back.
Mrs. S.. M. Allen was com
pletely cured OF paralysis in one
limb in which she had no feeling
whatever.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1904-11-04
Visit to Saiina.

1t was about six months ago
that Prof. Larson began receiv-
ing patients in Salina,. and for
the purpose of learning from
them the degree of success in
which their cases had been ham
died, the Capitals representative
called unfortunately upon as
many of the former patients of
Prof. Larson as could be located
in Salina last week. The results
obtained here were surprisingly
good, and covered. various
forms. Of complaints, notable
among which was the case OF
Park Commissioner ]. E. Pear
son. Mr.: Pearson was seen by
the Capitals representative in
Oak Dale Park last Thursday.
"I am a new man." he said as
he plucked a stem of dandelion
from q grass-covered mound.
'.and now I am enjoying life: !
can't say too much in praise OF
Prof. Larson. He cured me of con-
stipakion Gs6 geneyakdSbiSty from Ahiah
T had suffered 'eD'e~ since Thai left tie
army. I was about ready to give
up when Prof. Larson came to
Salina, but his treatment made
me new man. He also aired my
daughter. LaOern, Of a paraLyhie aztec
tson Of tie szOHldsr and zoeak eyes. !
would. be satisfied with what he
accomplished in her case if he
had done me no good whatever !"
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1904-11-04
Visit to junction City.

WISH 10 JunCIl01 lily.
John Ramsour. living east of
Junction City, was cured of lame
back and throat trouble.
Mrs. B. F: Hastings, 512 West
Sixth street, Junction City, was
cured of a very bad case of asth-
ma.
Mrs. J.. D. Griffin. wife of the
quartermaster's agent at Fort
Riley, and a friend OF Mrs. Hast
ings, had even a, more remarka
BILE cure than Mrs. Hastings. 1t
was while Mrs. Griffin was under
the care Of Prof. Larson at june
tion City, and after she had been
practically cured of a chronic
complaint resulting from an ope-
ration several years ago, that
ste suffered a sHdaeu and seze,e attaak
Of pneumonia. Mrs. griffin became
dellrrous, kneaO no 0ue;-. Ter Jeaer aoaS
very high, her pulse at II8. Both
lungs. acre 1k0ked Nb and there acre
craze fears that tie end zoaS near.
Mr.. Griffin went at once to Prof.
Larson at. the Bartell House,
and requested his presence at
the bedside of his wife Forty
minutes after Pref Larson laid his
hands on Ter, Mrs. GrY7fn'S Js0e'- aoaS
normal, her pulse 7cas at. 81 and size
z0as rational Ia0enty minutes later
her lungs acre oben and size 6reathed
easily and the nest day. size sat UP and
ate dinner. Mr.. Griffin insists that
this is a miracle, and said, "Prof.
Larson's bOzcer is mysterious and 70O1i-
ds,Jul. Since that time my aU5te has
had no return of tie l'azeunaOnia symzb-
toms, and tie tanning spells caused by
zoeak heart are things Of tile past"
Holbrook argus., 1904-10-29
Neat Swindle by Redskins.


 The Indian apparently has caught on to the modern 'crlme." Fearing that the seals will gobble the fish, the State of Maine pays bounty of $1 for ev- cry seal Eilled in its waters. The law provides that, upon presentation of q seals nose to the treasurer of the nearest town, that official shal. pay the bounty to the killer. It has not been the custom to inspect the noses closely. They are not attractive to the eye. But there came to be an extraor- dinary increase of the supply of seals noses. Two Indians collected $2OO in a lump; two other Indians. $145. The town officials smelled seal. They found that the seals noses at a dollar a nose were made of a wad of fat, en- closed in piece of snged sealskin. Two slits did duty for nostrils. Hairs from the back of seals played whis. kers, being knotted on the inside to keep them in place. Then the whole work of art was dipped in fat, rolled in mud, and used as voucher for $1. Two Quoddy Indians made 80 false seal noses in one day.
Holbrook argus., 1904-10-29
Siberia's Intense Cold.

Siberia has the greatest known cold in the world. At Yaktuck the average for three winter months is 40 below zero, while individual drops to 75 and 76 below zero are not unknown. But at Verkjohansk the average for the month of January, 1885, was G90 be- low zero and the mercury at one time dropped to 90.4 below-the lowest on record anywhere in the world.
Holbrook argus., 1904-10-29
Mistaken Identity.

The woman thought that she rec ognized the cherubic little boy sitting next to her in the street car, and when the conveyance made a long stop at an open bridge she undertook to make the waiting pleasant for her small fellOw-passenger.
 She was heard to ask sweetly: How Is your little sister to-day. Tommy"
 Huh" snorted the offended small boy, lifting an indignant countenance that was not Tommy's, "whered get any sister, I'd like to know? haven't ever been marriedw
Holbrook argus., 1904-10-29

The more We do, the more we can do; the more busy we are, the more leisure we have.-Hazlitt.
Holbrook argus., 1904-10-29
College Girl.

Ernie-Papa may be very bright in business, but don't think he knows much about love affairs. He asked if my George was a good provider.
 Eva-And is he, dear?
 Ernie-Certainly Why, he's been providing me with novels, chocolates and matinee tickets for the last two years. Pa didn't seem pleased, though.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-11-15
Village Improvement Society.

The GAZETTE IS indebted to
Prof. E. R. Lake for a statement
of the work contemplated by the
Village Improvement Associa-
ton of our city.
At recent meeting the question
GLOW can we get the town to
look its best for 1oo5?" was very
earnestly and intelligently dis
cussed. 1t was decided to offer a
series of prizes to be awarded for
the best kept yards, lawns and
grounds during the spring, sum-
mer and fall months, and also
for making the best and most ex-
tensive improvement in one sea-
sou. Ali persons competing for
these prizes must be members of
the association. It was further
decided that those competing for
prizes shall have their premises
photographed by the association's
photographer without charge
therefor.
In the early spring an enter
tainment will be given, and
stereopticon views of back-yards,
alleys, etc., will be presented SO
that each one may see how "the
other fellow's'' premises look
through the camera.
On the 22nd of this month
the National Grange will visit
this city. There will be people
here from every state in the
Union, and we should strive to
give them a favorable impression
of our really pretty little city.
The best way to do this is to
clean up the alleys, streets and
private premises in the city. The
court house janitor gives gooo
demonstration of how this can be
done. Let public officers ane
our citizens generally, find hin
there and go and do likewise.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-11-15

R. R. Selleck; vocal solo, Prof.
Shaw, tableaux, .An essay on
Boys" A view of Bridal Veil
Falls" piano duet, Misses Horner;
violin solo, Mr.. Melhase. The
view of Bridal Veil Falls was
produced by holding up bride
and a veil for short time, then
letting them fall.
Prof. Horner produced no
small amount of merriment by
exhibiting a number of articles
the boys had stolen from the girls
during the year, telling who the
boy was and giving the article
back to the young lady. Al the
banquet DR.. Withycombe spoke
upon the subject ''What I would
90 if I were a young man in
Cauthorn Hall" and Mr.. Rawl-
son, representing the club spoke
upon his observations upon how
the young men went about in
selecting their partners for the
occasion. The principal feature
of the evenings program was a
paper by Mr.. Weatherford, which
consisted OF jokes upon many OF
the students present.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-11-15
Pastor Coming.

Rev. M. S. Bush now in Hol-
lister, California, will come to
Corvallis about Dec. I, and will
occupy the pulpit of the Presby-
teriau church here. Mr.. Bush is
a graduate of Washington and
Jefferson College, Pa. also a
graduate of the Western Theolo-
gical Seminary of Allegheny,
Pa, two of the best institutions
under the control of the Presby-
terian church. He has six years
experience in the ministry and is
very highly recommended.
1t is likely that he will receive
and accept the call of the Presby'
teriau church here to become it:
permanent pastor.
Oak Ridge formerly joinet
with the Presbyterian churot
here will be separated from Cor
Wallis. The church in the cit,
has offered a very liberal salar!
tor an acceptable pastor and i
seems probable Mr.. Bush will re
ceive it.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-11-15
Real Estate Transfers.
Warning to the Public.

Where do you get your laundry
work done? Do you know that
improperly washed clothing is
one of the most fruitful fields for
the breeding of all kinds of dis
eases and germs? Do you know
also that the Corvallis Steam
Laundry has scientific process
for washing clothes that renders
them absolutely clean and free
from all contamination? The
laundry, which is home industry
has, every modern convenience
for doing only strictly frst-class
work. Go down to the laundry
building and see for yourself, the
proprietor. Mr.. johnson will be
pleased to show you every de-
tail of the work, the building is
open to the public and any one
may go who desires.
Mr.. Johnson makes all his own
soap, bluing, bleaching, starch
ing, ETC., and oversees the entire
plant with personal care. Most
of the work is done by machin.
cry and in such a way that the
most delicate fabrics are banded
with great care. There is nc
tearing or stretching, or breaking
of buttons.
The work of finishing ane
wrapping is done by a groupe o
neatly dressed and handsome
young ladies. Mr.. Johnsen''
pay roll averages $3.50 a month
(which is a fair indication Of th'
amount of work doue for ths
public, and the popularity of hi
plant.
Laundry arrives daily from
tall points on the c. & E. au'
from points on the S. P. as fa
ldistaut as Dallas. Monmouth ant
Independence. There was atm
!. when people were probably jusl1
!! fed in sending their laundry t
Albany and other points but Coz
Wallis now has one that can nc
: be excelled anywhere in th
q Willamette Valley.
Patronize Home Industries.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-11-15
Banquet at Cauthorn Hall.

One of the social events of the
year in College circles took place
Friday night when the lady
students of the College were
banqueted at Cauthorn Hall by
the young men of the Hall club.
There are about SO young men
at the Hall at the present time
and each had invited a young
lady. In addition a number ol
guests from the faculty were
present, among whom were DIR.
and Mrs. Withycombe, Miss
Mabel Witty ycombe, Prof. and
Mrs. Horner and daughters,
Miss Smell, Miss Leaverett and
Prof. Shaw. A sumptuous ban
auet was prepared by Mr.. and
Mrs. Whitehead, who are past
masters in the art of preparing
good things to eat.
The program consisted OF song:
recitations, tableaux, etc, inter
mingled by several humorou
incidents, and was as follows
Address of welcome, p. L
Adams; 'sThe FIRE at Nolans,
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-11-15

Nolan & Callahan will begin
moving their stock into the new
Henderson brick the latter part
of next week.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-11-15
Jury List.

The Circuit court convenes in
Corvallis, Nov. 28. The docket
which will be closed ten days be-
fore that time will be completed
on the 10th. Among the cases
to be tried are the John Whitaker
hop case and John Lewis versus
John MCGEE. Jurors for the
term were drawn by the sheriff
and clerk Wednesday and are as
follows:
JF Mayberry, gardener, Fair
mount
w R Dixon, farmer, Philo-
math.
NJ Heron, farmer, Monroe
EFF Wlles, farmer, Soap Creek
L Henderson, farmer Will
lamette
F Butler, farmer, Summit
F A Pernot, farmer, Fairmount
P Dodele, farmer, Soap Creek
W,D Barclay, farmer, Monroe
w F Whitby, farmer, Will
lamette.
VA Carter, farmer, Soap Greek
P Mckinney, farmer, Fair
mount.
L. Allen, farmer, Kings Valley
II Scott, farmer, Paramount
c P Fullerton, farmer, Cor.
Wallis
L Chambers, farmer, Kings
Valley
E A Thurston, farmer, Soap
Creek.
H M Finley, farmer, Monroe
H Rickert, farmer, Willamette
D c Ecker, farmer, Willamette
WI Price, farmer, Bellt0un-
tain.
M D Hodges, farmer, Soap cr.
o L McClun, farmer, Philo-
math
E Skipton, farmer, Philomath
H J Reese, farmer, Fairmount
] Bailey, blacksmith, Monroe
OV Hurt, clerk, Corvallis.
Geo Harris, mill man, Wren
CE Albin, butcher, Philomath
EN- Kimball, miller, Alsea
D D Berman. grocer, CORVALLIS
Nolan & Callahan will begin