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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-12-29

on this trip nobody but those who took
part in it knows, and for obvious rea-
sons just To- they are not telling.
What pranls were INDUCED in and to
what fantastic limits this money mad
woman went in order to shower luxury
upon the young girls only they them
selves know. This much, however, be-
came known when they returned to
Cleveland. Mrs. Chadwick went into
the private office of the head of the
big jewelry firm here and displayed IL
exquisite miniatures painted on porce-
lain by n of the greatest Partisan art
ists and had them framed in solid gold.
Buys Store Full of Toys.
Just before Christmas several years
ago, Mrs. Chadwick walked into a
Cleveland toy store and pulled out a
written list that, according to the store
officials, was two yards long. Nothing
but toys was on the list, and when Mrs.
Chadwick had finished buying, her bill
was in the n~eighborhood of $500. Dolls
galore were bought, Mrs. Chadwick
saying that she wanted something like
100, the price to range from one to
three dollars each. Personally she
made no selections, leaving that to the
clerks who waited on her, but when
the bill was presented it was paid at
once. The toys were distributed among
the orphan asylums and the different
children's wards in the hospitals and
many a heart was gladdened that
Christmas by the ~benevolence of the
unknown person, as Mrs. Chadwick ex-
pressly stipulated in buying the goods
that the recipients must not know
where they came from.
Such, it is said, is a brief history On
the mysterious woman whose audacity
has staggered the whole financial
world. The suit filed by Mr.. Newton
has led to the unfolding of the mystery,
and but for it she might still be con-
tinuing her operations, .
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-12-29

Bigley, then as Mrs. c. L. Hoover,
Lizzie Hoover, Mary Hoover, Nine.
Rosa, Nine. Devere, Mrs. Wallace S.
Springsteen, Mrs. J. R. Scott, Lydia
Scott, Lydia Clingan, and last of all
Mrs. Leroy d. Chadwick.
Begins Strange Career.
She was one Of eight children, six
of whom were girls. Those who knew
her father say he was a plain, honest
man, who worked industriously and
supported his family to the best of
his ability. There is no record of &C.
centricity in the girlhood years of
Elizabeth Bigley. In 1878, however,
she seemed to have begun the strange
career of adventure which she has fol-
lowed ever since. 1t is recorded that
on November 81, 1878, Elizabeth Big
icy called at a barber shop in Brant-
ford, Ont, and asked to have her hair,
which was hanging over her shoulders,
cut off. This having been done, she
asked for a false mustache. When at
length she sought to raise money on a
gold watch tho police were called in.
Her father was communicated with
and she was taken home. Her pecul-
iarities were soon made more manifest.
1t became knogn that she was in the
habit of carrying a card OF which were
the words: Miss Bigley, heiress to
$15,O0G." To support this role she made
many expensive purchases. She
bought $3.50 worth Of dry goods with
a note Endorsed by a wealthy farmer
near Brantford. She also purchased
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-12-29
CAREER OF MRS. CHADWICK
Incidents in EarIy Life of The Famous
Woman

an organ from E. G. Thmoas, of that
city, giving her note in part payment.
When her note came due she did not
meet it, but gave another note, made
~by the late Reuben Kipp, in security.
This proved a forgery and landed her
in Jail. Her trial took place at the
spring assizes in 1879. She was de-
Tended by the late Ashton Fletcher,
@. G., and the plea of insanity being
made, she was acquitted on that
ground. She disappeared from Wood
stock then and was not seen again
there till 1889, when she came back to
town, evidently prosperous.
Goes to Cleveland.
After her disappearance from Wood
stock, in the summer of 1879, there is
no record of Elizabeth Bigley's where
abouts for several months. - In 1880,
however, she was first known in Cleve-
land. She took up her residence with
her sister, Mrs. Alice M. York. In
1882 her trouble with the money lend
ers of Cleveland began. Her scheme
was to borrow money On Mrs. York's
furniture. She gave them among other
names that of Alice NJ. Bestedo. Her
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-12-29
The Old and the New
ears Josephine c. Goodale.
THE OLD E A

THE OLD YEAR.
The Old Year, struggling in Deaths cruel
throes,
Lies boar and anguished in the darkening
night,
Reluctant soul, to take his final flight.
Within his hand, with dregs of mortal woes
Defiled, behold the cup full well he knows
lie pressed to lips Of strong men in their
might,
Who, ~vanquished, fell in life's relentless
fight.
In irony of fate, the weakling rose,
His promise unfultiflied of proud career.
10 death ht doomed the youth, ah. cruel
fate!
And spared the old, who lonsed and
prayed to die.
This is thy record, Q thou dying year!
Vain is thy suppliant cry to Heaven! Too
In ashes of repentance thou must lie.
THE NEW YEAR.
Welcome, thrice welcome, o thou blithe
New Year!
Thou contest smiling from the rosy sky,
Thy form alight with grace and dignity:
Wlthln thy land a scroll; we need not fear
TO read what shall in lines of gol6 appear.
Light in thy eyes, to us a surety
VI happier days; and SO we follow thee,
Humbly to meet the smile, bravely the
tear.
Why should we not, glad year, be born
anew,
Leaving behind the old, dead chrysalis,
To mount. on wings of service. heights
unknown?
Yon kindly sun the scattered gems of dew
In casket stores. the needy earth to bless.
Thy garnered gifts shall by our hand
be strown.
Christian Work.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-12-29

In the history of "frenzied finance"
In this country, and in the entire
world for that matter, no case the
equal of that of Mrs. Chadwick has
tver been known. Recent disclosures
nave startled financiers and business
men everywhere. How this woman,
apparently alone, outwitted shrewd
bankers and hard-headed business men
and borrowed fortunes on mythical Sc
curities and bogus notes seems almost
beyond comprehension, but 1t seems
only too true.
Until the suit of Herbert D. Newton,
of Brookline, Mass, for the recovery
of a loan Of $190, 800, and the failure
of the Oberlin CO., national bank, few
of her victims suspected she was any
thing but what she represented her
self to be, an extremely wealthy
woman Then as the news of her sew
eral transactions became public the
history of her life gradually became
known, and a most strange and inter-
ssting story 1t is. 1t is said she be-
gan life on a little Canadian farm in
Ontario, as Elizabeth Bigley, in 1857.
Afterwards she was known as Louise
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-12-29
For the Girl.

cOr the O1rl.
Don't be unnatural.
Don't think only of clothes and men.
Don't think you are stunning be-
cause you exaggerate.
Don't mistake the telling of white
lies to mean social tact, it is really a
reflection on your mother.
Don't get cynical because you're not
popular.
Don't imagine you are allowed spe-
cial dis%pensation in bad manners be-
cause you are.
Don't stare icily at the unknown
girl Be kind. Help her along. In
troduce the men to her. Otherwise, it
shows lack OF sweetness in your char
acter, lack Of heart, an abundance of
%selfishness, and the fact that you O
self aren't quite sure, after all.
Don't repeat unkind things; it isn't
womanly.
Don't tack your ambitions, your
hopes, to something whose entire
prowess Is exhibited at a cotillon.
Don't allow { man or a woman to
speak evil of another woman in your
presence.
Don encourage a man unless you
mean it. He may have given his faith
to your mercies.
Don't affect anything that is not an
expression of yourself. 1t will marry
you to the wrong beliefs, the wrong
views, the wrong dreams, the wrong
emotions, and the wrong man. If it
didn't last year it will influence you
to a wrong conception Of your place
and purpose during the next.-N. o.
Times Democrat.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-12-29
TIME FOR RESOLUTIONS.
They Come as a Happy Thought at
the End of the Dead
Year.

Oh, dear, another year gone, life
slipping by, a herd of old mistakes,
faults, trooping out the portals of the
old, dead, used-up year into the new.
1t is uncomfortable. Danish them,
wave them back!
With what force?
All, a happy thought-fresh resolu.
tons! They stand beside one Instant
ly-that Aladdin's lamp of belief in
yourself is a remarkable stunt" The
crisp, brand new fairies smile at the
ancient, ghostly crew, nod with their
shining crowns, and, soft-muttering, the
ragged lot stink to the shadows of the
things we try not to remember.
We do this every year, forgetting
that we have told the same story time
after time and that the law of con-
secutive Justice rolls on serenely while
we babble and remai1 ourselves. =
N. o. Times-D Democrat.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-12-29

she would leave the store, carrying In
her muf enough jewels to pay a years
rent Of a Fifth avenue mansion. Mrs.
Chadwick was n CT its customers at
a piano store. One of her small orders
one day took the form of eight grand
pianos, sent to as many as eight differ
emit friends of hers, as a slight toxic of
her esteem and regard. This bill was
settled in cash.
Takes Twelve Girls to Europe.
There is a firm of jewellers in Cleve-
land who do a business that would
make them rank with Tiffany, of New
York. They are not giving 10 telling
what they do for their customers. bat
here is a story of Mrs. Chadwick's
prodigality that is known to almost
every clerk in the store. Some time
ago she took IL young society girls on
a trip to Eupope. Just what happenes
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-12-29
First Glass Whitewash.

To make a first-class whitewash slake
in boiling water one-half bushel lime,
keeping covered during the process.
Strain, remove sediment and add one
peck salt, dissolve in water, three
pounds ground rice boiled to a thin
paste, one-half pound powdered Spanish
whiting and mi pound clear glue, dis
solved in warm water. Mix thoroughly
and let stand several days. Apply this
when warm. To make different guam
titles use ingredients In Lams prupoy-
tiou.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-12-29
Tbe Dawp of tbe Year.

BESIDE tie eais Of opening gsrr
@Rls iooRug OF lts prospects iair.
rpisR goa euerg Blessing, das
DRpse Scmty Raunts me tusrypRru;
thy Esari goes out milf tRut Of pain
8ssarRing deep IL, Rsapsus abuus.
GRaf you may sOsrg giadHrss gaip.
JOta purst peace and smile Of lupsi
ARi sDst as rose tRnt uttris tie June.
is your hearts lope,5 surely Rnop.
And Tile Tie s%priu0tdss Rhythmic rune
Gle norris that from your presence Rop'
all deeper than tie deepest sea-
alf higher than tie sly aBous-
dS lope my aarllIlg lollS 1or me,
1OtiRiu Tie Kingdom Of Zee lousi
0ssds tie portals Of tie gsar;
) pish you pluiluds Of sruo,
aag all tie porid 6efrend you, dmr
bud 6Hcss tie Beauty Of your face,
Joe file a song Of eusutide,
Gle hnlu tones Of uoinq aoDs
Ars you my souis delight and pride.
TRe queen Of az my Heart eau Pousi
cnoD
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-12-29
ROYAL Hunters.

Nearly all the crowned heads Of Eu-
rope seem to be great hunters. Notwith-
standing his age, the Austrian emperor
still loves the chase, and King Edward is
as fond Of 1t as Xavier Wilhelm. The
king of Portugal is SO good a marksman
that he has been called a modern William
Tell. The king Of Italy spends much
time hunting, and the queen is said to be
an even better shot with the revolver
than her spouse. She grew up in a wild,
mountainous region, and still loves to
roam the forests, gun in hand.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-12-29
Left to Its Fate.

During the Franco-Prussian war a
well known journalist called on the
minister Of war and asked him, in
return for services rendered by his
newspaper, for a revelation of his
plans. The minister, of course, refused
this insane" request, rs he called
1t, whereupon the journalist got up,
white with rage, and said: VERY
well, Mr.. Minister, then you may carry
on your war by yourself; my journal
will take no further notice Of it."-Gn
Bias.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-12-29
New Year Don't is
For Young Man and Maiden
By Flo Field.
By Flo Field

Ion SIT around on the easy chair
your father made.
Don't gossip.
Don't misjudge a woman by your
own evil thought.
Don't make women the subject of
conversation in public places with
other men. You'd fight if you heard
your sisters name spoken of at a bar.
Don't imagine that e~xtravagantly
latest clothes make a man Of you,
SO often it is an ass.
Don't forget that your friends are
at home at other than meal times.
Don't pose as a society leader on $50
and $50 a month.
Don't go out every night when you
have to be at the office at seven. Your
employer doesn't want a befogged,
half-awake intelligence.
Don't expect to make a success in
life going to dances.
Don't spend money on society. GIRLS
when you can't afford it, and your
mother and sister would appreciate a
few necessities much more.
Don't affect the blase, it's so foolish.
Don't be a slave in society and a
Turk at home.
Don't make friends for what yo4
can get out of them.
Don't show disrespect to any WON.
an, it only proves you are not a real,
manly man.
Don't borrow.
Don't talk to hear yourself.
Don't fritter yourself in insinceritfes,
puny ambitions, unwholesome mental
atmospheres, flirtations, footless whirls
it didn't make a success of you last
year, and it won't next.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-12-29
Slams Royal Family.

The biggest family of to-day, &C.
cording to a French authority, belongs
to the king Of Siam. This monarch
has two official wives, so more Of a
minor order, and his children num-
bered, a few years ago, no fewer than
u. His majesty had also brothers
and sisters to the number of SO, and
nearly five times as many uncles;
and it said that the king boards all
these in addition to his WI particular
family.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-12-29
Explicit Directions.

Small Boy-Do you see that big
drum in the window?
Storekeeper-Yes. my lad.
Small Boy-Well, you keep it under
the counter for a few days. eanta
Claus will be around here to get it for
me.-Puck. !.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-12-29
Largest Apple.

The largest apple shown in the st.
Louis exposition was sent by W. l. R.
Howard, of jamestown, Ark. The apple
measures 1917 inches in circumference,
and weighed 29 ounces. Variety not
named.-Midland Farmer.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-12-29
Women Warriors.

When we read that there are 10
women colonies in the Prussian army
we a understand why the world views
with such horror any possibility of Ger
many getting mixed up in a war.u.!u-
%dianapolis News.
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A Comprehensive Ideal.

"~Conteniment is better than r.ches.~
said the philosopher.
YES" answered Mr.. Dustin Stax.
complacently. But l don't see any OBJ
lection to having both.
Star.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-12-29
Setting Grape Vines.

When grape vines are being set out
the holes should be dug deep enough
and large enough to permit Of the roots
being placed and covered without bend
ing
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-12-29
BY S. E. Kiser.

So passes the old year, with lower lip
Down dropping and with ears that flap in
space;
The surly driver Time applies the whip,
And finally, to close the sorry case,
The poor old knees give way, the old feet
slip,
And all is ended at the starting place.
Behold a steed with head erect, with ears
That, culver and are pricked at every
sound;
His limbs are trim and strong and with a
bound
He starts ahead the instant that he hears
The starting word; he plunges and he rears
And wastes his precious strength ere he
has found
Dull sameSess in the wearing, dreary
round,
Before his high-bred spirit disappears.
(/ANxL.
-T.NI%
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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-12-29

Thus do we start with hope, alert, inclined
To rear and plunge in wild extravaganza,
We press upon the reins until we find.
An oldness in the scenes at which we
glance,
Then, with our high-strung fancies left be-
hind,
We stumble on across the dull expanse.
Chicago Record-Herald.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-02-05
Dark Gowns In Favor.

AS is always the case when light
colors have been fashionable for some
time, there is revolution in favor
of dark ones, so this year there will
be many dark costumes worn. But
there are some charming browns and
greens and puppies, and one shade Of
red in the American Beauty rose color,
and all Of these are thought very
smart.
The black cloth or black velvet CO.'S
tune, however, or the very dark
brown, will be the most popular Of
any, and the same coloring is carried
out in the afternoon and evening
wraps. But in these days so many
gowns are requisite. and also so many
wraps, that it would seem possible to
the woman Of wealth to have all the
different colors in a winter outfit
Harper's Bazaar.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-02-05
X|iTR3bz,n,lqz
80 zzGAEky

A hot iron removes putty from
glass without any injury to the win
dow frame.
In .starching doilies with fringed
edges it is well to dip the fringe or
lace into salt water before starching.
In buying canned vegetables or
fruits a considerable saving may be
effected by purchasing by the dozen
cans.
1t is generally thought that little
starch in pillow slips and handker-
chiefs keeps them clean longer than if
not starched.
White velvet, or broadcloth, can be
cleaned by rubbing with flour or corn
meal, brushing it off and renewing it
as often as needed to remove the
dirt.
When making boiled starch add to
it a small quantity of gum arabic (pre-
viously dissolved) and salt. Clothes
starched with this will not stick to
the iron.
Tincture of iodine is valuable for
sterilizing water; four drops in a
carafe of water is sufficient to render
the liquid fit for drinking purposes
within half an hour
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-02-05
Had Morgan's Approval.

An old Washington gentleman tells
a story which he overheard President
Lincoln repeat, and which he believes
has not been published. e..4 :
During one Of his busy reception.
hours, when the President was talk
ing first to one, then to another of
the many who filled the room in. the
White House, a gentleman asked II
any news had been received from
John Morgan, whose Confederate cav.
airy were raiding Kentucky and Ohio.
We'll catch John some. Of these
days." replied Lincoln. 81 admire him,
for he is a bold operator. He always
goes after the mail trains, in order to
get information from Washington. On
his last raid he opened some mail
bags and took possession of the official
correspondence.
zone letter was from the war, de-
partment to lieutenant in Grants
army; it contained captains COM
mission for him. Right under the
signature of A. Lincoln the audacious
Morgan wrote, Approved, John Nor
gan; and sent the commission on its
way. So there is one officer in ouJ
army whose commission bears my
signature, with the approval of thai
daredevil rebel raider
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-02-05

the finish can be 1929 Nine Gored Skirt,
piped seams, braid 22 80 waist.
or applied trimming of any suitable
sort.
The skirt is cut in nine cores, all Of
which flare freely below the knees.
but fits with perfect snugness over the
hips. When habit back is used the
center back cores are cut off at indi-
Gated lines and the closing is made
invisibly at the seam. Plaits can be
stitched as illustrated or pressed only
as preferred.
The quantity of material required
for the medium size is 81 yards 81
inches wide, AS yards "A inches wide.
or Az yards 81 inches wide when ma
terial has figure or nap; 4B yards A
or 3k yards 81 inches wide when ma
terial has neither figure nor nap.
The pattern 1929 is cut in sizes for
a %, "a, 26, 20 and 30-inch waist
measure.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-02-05

"Then make believe am in the
White House." said the great Presi-
dent, to whom it was no new thing to
be under fire, and they ran the gaunt'
let, several shells exploding close to
the cars, but none striking them.
The train was stopped at point
close to the 1000 Confederate prison
ers. There were many colored men.
servants of the prisoners, in the field.
Pointing to the large gathering, Gen.
Grant said, "Mr. Lincoln, there. are
some of the fruits of this MORNINGS
victory" ).
"That is so, general; the fruit Is
there in black and white" -
Among the troops set in . motion
soon after the battle opened was. the
Fifth Corps. 1t was halted near yell
low Tavern, three miles from tho
scene of action, by news that there
had been happy ending of the strug'
gle.
Upon its way back to camp, the
Fifth Corps was ordered to march to q
large level field, form for review, and
informed that the President and some
of the Cabinet would soon arrive.
It was nearly s o'clock when they
arrived at the right Of the corps.
Word was sent down the line that,
instead of regularly reviewing the
corps, the President and party would
ride from the right to the left. A mo-
ment later, another aide rode along,
telling regimental commanders that II
their men wanted to cheer, to cheer.
It was freedom the corps heartily well
coined.
CAS- the party started" he contin-
ued, "the President and cabinet off,
Ger in a carriage, Tad Lincoln by Its
side. on his pony, the Confederates,
three miles away. showed their APP
probation of the visit by sending
few shells in our direction. but as they
fell short, no confusion resulted.
Cheering? l never before heard
such cheering. Each regiment gave
three times three cheers and tiger,
and then threw their caps in the air.
The President was kept busy lifting
his hat and bowling. He rode so close
to the lines that we could see his
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-02-05
Invented by a Woman.

It is so easy in cities and towns
whenever loaf of bread is needed to
slip out to the store and buy fresh
one that comparatively little baking of
bread is done in the homes of the
country nowadays. Once in a while
some one will complain that bakers
bread is not as good as homemade,
and call for the latter, but the excep.
ton to the rule is so slight that 1t
makes no impression on the enormous
quantities of bread that are baked In
the large factories every day. Indeed,
the demand for the manufactured
product has grown to such an extent
that it would be almost an impossible
ity to find bakers enough to knead the
dough by hand in the old-fashioned
way, and machines have had to be In
troduced to mix up the flour and wa
ter and rising material. One machine
shown in the drawing has just been
designed by woman for this work,
being operated on much the same prin.
ciple as the old method of using the
fists in doing the mixing. The driv.
ing shaft Is geared to the dough con-
tainer, so that the latter is revolving
constantly, and each plunger has
cam body on it's upper portion, which
is grooved on it's face in such a man.
ner that the plunger rises and falls as
the shaft revolves. When it becomes
necessary to remove the mixture from
the container the plungers are ele-
waited simultaneously by means Of the
counterpoise weight, the gear wheels
which revolve the plunger shafts be-
ing disconnected as the plungers rise,
and remaining out Of gear until they
are again lowered into the mixing
trough.
Maria E. Beasley of New York City
is the inventor.