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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-07-22
July 1920, Aug. 5.
ORDER FOR HEARING APPLICATION FOR
APPOINTMENT OF ADMINISTRATOR.

STATE OF MINNESOTA, County of Blue
Earth. SIS. In probate Court.
In the matter of the estate of Sophronia E.
Garvin. deceased.
On r, ceiving and filing the petition of Walter
f. Garvin, of the county Of Blue Earth, repro
septing among other things that Sophronia +.
GsrvIn late of the county of Blue Earth In
the state of Minnesota, on the 30th day of
June A. D.. 1904, at Q county of Blue Earth,
died int esi ate. and being an iuhabitant of this
county at the ii ne of he death, leav ne goods.
chattels and estate within this county and
and that the said petitioner is son of SAID
deceased, and praying that administration OF
said estate be to him granted.
1t is ordered that said petition bs heard
before said court on Monday, the sth day OF
August A. ID 1904 at 10 oclock a. M. at thu
probate office, in the court house, in Mankato,
in said county.
Ordered further, that notice thereof be given
TO the heirs of said deceased and to all persons
inter, sted by publishing this order once in
each week for three successive weeks prior to
said day of hearing in tina Nj pkato Free Press,
a weekly newspa per, printed and published at
Maukato. in said county.
Dated at Mankato, the 9TH day of July
A ID 1904.
By the Court.
probate Court SEAL W. F. HUGHES
Judge of Probate.
Walter A. Plymat, Attorney for Petitioner.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-07-22
tied parts of the place, just short lit

tied parts of the place, just short lit
tie line in a town much smaller than
Mankato Yet that car line was pay
ing twenty per cent.
H. knott thought the Deegan PROPOSE
ton was an excellent one.
John R. Thomas, the banker, favored
the proposition, and was ready to sub
scribe for bonds.
DR.. Andrews was heartily in favor of
street car line. Mankato has reached
a point where she cannot grow any fur
Their without a car line. There are
hundreds of travelling men in Mankato,
who seek homes here and cannot buy
property in the heart of the city. Manu-
facturers cannot be brought to Mankato
without men to run them. Men cannot
be here to run these manufactures,
without homes to live in. Mankato can
not afford to remain without street
railway.
DR.. Maltby said he would be willing
to make sacrifice and take bonds rath-
er than see the railway project fall
through.
Geo. j. Klein though the street rail-
way project would prove good one and
a paying one.
J. j. Spellman heartily favored the
project, and stood ready to supnort i.
c. T. Wise thought street railway
was now the one and only means of
making Mankato grow.
G. X. Otto said he was ready to sup
nort the enterprise to the best of his
ability.
John Y. Hall said he had lately felt
discouraged about the future of Man.
kato. Thela would soon be a census
that would make the people ashamed.
The early settlers of this place expected
quite a city to GROW up here. 1t is
easy f2~ t3o people OF Mankato to raise
$4,000 it they go at ii il tAe right way.
Something sn2ul1 he done an! Done right
Of.
Gao-s> rcad so:I he donated $500 to
the old hareecar Inc and les, it. Yet
lie would like to s1osciiHe for the bonds
as far as nc MAS able.
M. G. Willard expressed Go"hts
whether line that was strictly city
affair would pay. Most g the lines o.
the small towns, where they had been
successful, were interurban lines. He
wondered if it would not be better to
start with an interurban line and thus
run less risk of failure. Every failure
makes it harder to start next time.
Mr.. Pond moved that the chair be in
structed to appoint a comittee to carry
around the subscription paper and get
$4,000 subscribed if possible.
DR.. Andrews thought it might be well
to see what kind of franchise the COM
pany was going to have before taking
around the subscription paper.
w. Il. dlXOH TeHdTkeu IHdC d 1IdHCHlSc
must be agreed upon between Mankato
and the company. He would start the
subscription with $1,000 and would take
more if necessary. There was great
applause at this. Mr.. Hixon said he
had read the franchise proposed by Mr..
Deegan and it was very simple. He asks
for fifty year term but the rights of
the city are safeguarded in every way.
Mr.. Ponds motion was carried.
Mr.. Hance said he would put his name
down for $1,000 and was greatly ap-
plauded.
President Richards appointed Mr..
Hance and Mr. Hixon on this committee.
A motion was carried giving the commit
tee authority to call another public meet
ing, when they saw fit.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-07-22

DR.. j. H. James this morning address
ed the students of the summer school on
the care of the eyes and ears of their pu-
pills. 1t was an excellent, practical talk,
and full of suggestion and interest.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-07-22

c. M. Johnston, Middletown: I would
not keep house without HOLSTERS
Rocky Mountain Tea. It's great family
medicine; has kept my family well the
past ten years. 35 cents, tea or tab
let's. j. G. Thro.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-07-22

The sky looks bluer, the sun shines
brighter, feeling of youth and strength
creeps over the soul after taking Hollis
ter's Rocky Mountain Tea. IS cents,
tea or tablets. j. G. Thro.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-07-22

Merton NJ Clough to Geo. c. Stoner,
lots S, 6, and s, block "a, and lots
l, 2, 8 and 4, block SO, Garden City, for
81. 900.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-07-22

Oct pork 49,. 1911 12e2 1I.70 1882
Minneapolis cash close
No. Hard zoos No l Northern 99k.
| to arrive 9SK No. 2 Northern 95X, to ar
rive 80. No. Northern e1A 0f3S.
No. Yellow corn 50; No. corn 81; No.
4 corn 51O 81.
No. White oats 39h
No oats 35 337.
| Barley 5000
Rye II.
Flax Markets
Duluth
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-07-22
TREND OF TRADE
Reported Daily by Edwards, Wood Coz, Inc :.
Room IL, Hunt Building.
GRAIN QUOTATIONS

Mankato Minnesota, July 81, 1901.
Opening High Low Close
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-10-03
WONDERS OF TO-DAY
MACHINES WHICH MAY EVEN BE
SAID TO THINK.
Some Ingenious Bits Of Mechanism
Surpass the Human Brain--Putticc
the x-Ray at LaborSavina Employ
ment.

In factories and offices. increasing
yearly in numbers, are d thousand
"lachines the surEass human fingers
IN deftness and even out think the
human brain. New ones are con
stsntly invented,
Thus the new machine for decorat-
ing crochery puts on the china, by
single action. the border patterns and
monogram centers, which formerly re-
CURED a whole process Of hand work.
fhe machine is operated by compress
cd air and has a maximum capacity OF
decorating, in this manner 100 dozen
pieces Of crockevy in single hour
With the assistance Of two boys
A new speed indicator has been add
ed TO locomotive practice that not
Dnly indicates the varying spp"i of
the engine, but automatieally afptiss
the brakes when the speed exceeds
the established safety limit, thus sue
cessfully replacing the speed feel"
Of engineers.
To do away with gueSswork in
office ard shop management, and to
find out the real amount and value Of
each and every different kind Of labor
expended on given piece of work
there Is machine which makes a
permanent record by card printing
not only OF single period OF time. but
also OF an indefinite number of peri.
ods This record shows the number
of hours and minutes put on tue job,
and also the time of day when the Job
| was started. When the job IS done
the totals of labor costs are entered
On the outside of the envelope COG
tanning them, together with record
Of the material used. Each record is
entered on the factory books for per
, manent reference.
The sewing Of buttons on shoes and
on garments is no longer done by
hand in modern factories. There is a
machine that sews $500 buttons ON
garments In nine hours-or more than
eight expert sewers could possibly do
In the same time. This machine re-
quires no expert operator. A boy or
GIRL runs 1t.
And in one insurance ONCE. where
1t WAS formerly necessary for force
Of clerks to copy names on reference
cards to be filed in various places
one clerk DOW writes the name on a
single card with metallic ink. clamps
1t in holder with number OF
blank cards. and flashes an X.ray
through the packet. Thus by sin1l.
motion one man writes, or rathe e!
| prints. all the cards.-The World''
Work.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-10-03
CASTOPiA
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
s'sasss's essss sss .: ZxXAzzzzzx
~ 4 PAINFUL SITUATION.

Distinguished Traveller Victim Of Mis-
take Of Bell Boy.
The train on which the dist!n-
guished citizen was travelling for the
purpose of fulfilling a lecture engage
ment wes late and he arrived at his
1eattnat4on only an hour or two before
he time appointed fer the meeting
lie Welt ..,raight - a hotel and was
shown up 20 his room.
He Was ;ired AID dusty.
Boy he said. bring me whls'1."
The DO. went to execute the his
sion. and few moments later d COM
mittee from TIE local society uLder
whose auspices h. was to appear
called upon hiu in his room.
He was conf rriEg with The commit
tee when the boy returned, bearing
a tray containing a Glass Of water and
smaller glass with red liquid in It
"What's this?" he demanded.
ITS the whisky you ordered, sir. =
Il didn't order any whisky!" he
gasped. Il ordered whisk brooms'
But every member of the committee
representing the Turkeyyille Total Alb
stlnence Society will believe to his
dying day that the distinguished lee
urer got exactly what he had ordered
~n that occasion.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-10-03
LITTLE PROFIT IN TELEPHONE,
long-Distance Service Is Costly to
Maintain,

An authority on telephony says that
the profit on long-distance service,
excluding that between New York and
Boston, is meager for distance in
express of $50 miles. and that on &C
count of the extraordinary quality OF
construction and high standard OF
maintenance necessary. and regard
less Of rate, the New York Chicago
lines cannot handle sufficient
amount OF telephone business to make
any profit. 1t takes the exclusive use
OF two heavy copper wires to talk
from New York to Chicago, and while
fve-minute conversation is going on
(to say nothing of loss Of time in get.
ting the subscribers together) the tel.
egraph companies, with their "quads"
and much lighter wire, can transmit
in five minutes forty kilograms, at so
cents, amounting to $40, as against
- for telephone call. Then the cost
Of maintaining of the lighter telegraph
service alongside of the railroads is
from 25 per cent to so per cent less
than the long distance wires over tho
highways.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-10-03
ERFUMED LAMPS AND RINGS.
hey iAay Be Used as Means Of Dis.
infectinn Rooms or Cars.

injecting Rooms or Cars.
The use Of perfume as disinfectant
$ we'll known, and the scented
.andy' has perhaps more hygienic
wisdom than his detractors give him
,rcAjs for. 1t is he who is trying tc
'eviye the use Of the perfumed foun
.in ring, an article de luxe which
nay either be use as an ornament
T as means OF a pleasant disinfect
ant in stufYy underground trains or in
,psalubrious Districts
The ring is an otdinar" gold orc
fitted with a ball ar the back It is
filled by pressing the bail nearly hat
and dipping the cins into cup OF
scent, when the elasticity of the ball
draws the perfume imo the interior
the wearer OF the ring can cause a
jet Of scent to shed Its refreshing
aroma any moment he plaases, and he
may thus act as benefactor or a
nuisance to those in his vicinity.
The perfume lamp may also be
nsed as another pleasant method OF
1isinfecting a room. A ball of spongy
platinum is placed over the center OF
the wick, and is fixed in its position
by thin glass rod which is inserted
into the wick. The lamp is then filled
with any scented spirit, and when
lighted is allowed to burn until the
platinum gets red hot. The ttame IS
then blown out. and a pleasant odor
Ellis the atmosphere.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-10-03
Worlds
IL air
Rates

Beginning September Is, and
continuing until the end of
the World S Fair low rate
excursion tickets to St. Louis
will be ON sale Sunday, Mon
day, Tuesday, Wednesday
and Thursday of each week.
The rate is extremely low
about a cent a mile each
way, days limit. Tickets
good in chair cars and coaches
only.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-10-03
Fiftieth P"siness Anniversary.

John Shepard, Boston merchant,
recently celebrated the fiftieth ami.
versary Of his entrance into business
In that city and specially marked the
day by the gift of $4,000 to endow a
free bed in the Massachusetts general
hospital in that city.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-10-03
GENERAL OFFICES, tt7 Pine St.

This insure
and
Is
profit and life
quality all classes prospectus.
sd and
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-10-03
CA9x,oz RIA.
Bear, the a The Kind You Have A|Says oougt
signature ss &u1AzzZx
Prohibits Araenio

Sweden prohibits the importation OF
articles containing arsenic. The law
particularly affects the importation Of
wall paper, carpets, dry goods and
textiles While it is admitted that
anime dyes, ocher colors and man.
ganese oxide may contain traces OF
arsenic, yet there is no cause for
fearing injurious effects therefrom.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-10-03
PITTS FCNDNEss FOR PORT.
Great Statesman's Health Ruined by
Over-lnduiuence.

Great Statesman's Health Ruined by
Over-InduIuence.
The ruin of Pitts health was attri-
buted to his physicians. who made
him take port in large quantities in
his youth, SO that he could not do
without it later. Lord Grenviile has
seen him swallow a bottle Of port II
tumberfuls before going to the House
His hands shock SO much that when
he helped himself to sat he was
obliged to support the right hand with
the left, Stothard, the painter, hap
pened to be one evening at an inn on
the Kent road when Pitt and Dundas
put up there on their way to Walmer,
Next morning the waiter said tG
Stothard: How much wine do yor,
suppose they drank last night? Seven
BOTTLES, eir'"-Rogers' Table Talk.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-10-03

- A.~ :. 4 -, & IA.
eas,, the . I's XII Yen Have Always 6oug7
Agnst1se EM-@
<ZL
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-10-03
g A - II "a 'El. r a,
Scar, che - The Kind ~ !.a. ..ns!: a'pe'
tss;'''' "a: Xez1AZzz:zz9
LENGTHY Land Tenure.

A unique example of lengthy land
tenure by the same family is record.
ID in the French press. The property
in question is that of st. Bertha,
which for 1856 years has been leased
by members of the Moucadel family.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-10-03
Pertinent inquiry.

Percy-Ive been to a dozen differ
ent places trying to set some blank
cartridges.
Jack-What do you want them for
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-06-25
A SHORT ANSWER.
The Reply That BiSmnrck Made to
an Admirable Speech.

an Admirable Speech.
l like to think of old Bismarck as he
sat by the window that opens on the
gray shooting jacket. n rug over his
knees. Il pipe in his hand, simple rs q
north German farmer, this man who
had almost held Europe in fee.
y little while before this February
day he had been deposed from power.
All the world knew that the old lion
was sullling in his den in no amiable
mood toward the young emperor who
had turned him out of doors. 1t was
known that his memoirs were written
ana that his correspondence was set in
order. y New York publisher thought
he might secure the papers in which
Bismarck had told the real story Of
the birth of the German cmpire-that
strange story of craft and heroism, lit
tleness and grandeur. 1t was on this
mission that 1 sailed for Hamburg.
had two letters for Bismarck. One
was from Il negligible ambassador.
Ihe other had been given me by Il Ger
man statesman OF some note with
whom in other days 1 had been Il stu
dent in the University of Jena. My
friend had been Il familiar of Bis
marck's household and bespoke me Il
kindly hearing. l sent the letters on
from Hamburg and followed the next
day.
On the table at his elbow as he sat by
the window l noticed my letters. The
valet who had placed q chair for me
took his stand by the door. 1 said
what I had to say. It was permit me
10 affirm it, an admirable speech. For
ten days and nights l had rehearsed it
as l paced the deck of the stormy liner,
so in tolerable German l acclaimed it.
1t was dignifiCd; it was diplomatic.
When L had finished Bismarck tcSll
the pipe from his lips, said ''Nein"
and put the pipe back again.
Twas the shortest answer 1 ever lad
in my life. 1 waited for q mom4nt
The old man smoked and staredkout
into the park. l got up and bowed. 1
had rehearsed that bow and did not in
tend TO waste it. | bowed TO his old
hairless head, the flabby yellow jOwls
and big mustache, to the old gray
jacket and the pipe. 1t was like sa-
naming TO q stone wall. Then the
valet led me ont. In the park l re-
gained my senSes.-Nance Thompson
in Success
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-06-25
DUELINe IN AMERICA.
the First Fatal Meeting Was Upon
Historic Boston Common.

the First Fatal Meeting Was Upon
Historic Boston Common.
The first fatal duel fought in what
is now the United States was upon
Boston Common, between Benjamin
Woodbridge and Henry Phillips, on the
evening of July 3, 1T2S. These young
men had quarreled over cards at the
Royal Exchange tavern in King street.
now State street. and under the influ-
ence OF drink had agreed to settle their
differences with swords in the public
grounds above named. They met at a
little after o'clock in the evening. and
Woodbridge was mortally wounded
and was found dead the following
morning.
Both were gentlemen of good social
position. Phillips was a brother OF
Gillian Phillips. who married Marie, the
sister of Peter Faneuil, the builder of
Boston's famous hall. Woodbridge had
not completed his twentieth year. He
was a young merchant who had re
Gently been admitted TO business as a
partner with Jonathan Sewall, one of
the most active merchants of the place.
Henry Phillips, a young graduate Of
the COIieSe OF CalDDrluSe, WAS ABOUT
four years older than Woodbridge, hav-
ing at the time of this melancholy af
fair completed his twenty-third year.
Woodbridge was the son of a gentle
man of some distinction in Barbados.
one of the magistrates there, who had
formerly been settled in the ministry
as pastor in GrotOn. Gonna
The place of meeting was on the riS-
ing grounds of the Common. not far
from the great elm, near where in the
Olden time Il powder house stood.
Small swords were used. No one but
| themselves participated. Woodbridge
fell MORALLY wounded and died on the
spot before the next morning. Phillips
was slightly wounded and at mid
night, by the aid of his brother Gillian
and Peter Faneuil, OF famous memory,
made his escape TO the Sheerness, n
British man-of-war then lying in the
harbor. and before the sun of the next
morning had fully discovered to inter
eSted friends the miserable result of
the unfortunate meeting he was on
his way 10 France. where he died in
less than a year of grief and n broken
heart.-United Service Review.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-06-25
As IL Is said,

Hoax-Do you know that thin fellow
over there?
Joax-Oh, yes; we are very thick.
Hoax-And do You know the big fat
one?
Innr-SIightIv= Record.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-06-25
MASSAGING THE SCALP.
1t Is the Root of All Systems OF
Stimulating the Hairs Growth.

Stimulating the Hairs Growth.
The massage of the scalp is at the
root of all treatment of the hair. BY
stimulating the flow of blood TO the
scalp new viEor is given to the hair.
Without this massage hair restoratives
are Of little avail.
Now this massage may be better done
by a masseur than by the man or
woman who is growing bald, but it is
possible for that individual to massage
his own scalp wtll enough to do the
hair great deal of good.
The hands should be half folded and
the ends of the fingers made to touch
the scalp lightly. Then rub them slow
ly over the scalp.
1t is convenient to begin at the back
of the neck and rub the scalp slowly
up the center of the head to the fore
head Then the rubbing should be done
all over the head from one side of the
scalp to the other. 1t should be repeat
ed several times.
The same glow that the expensive
fingers of the masseur produce follows,
showing that the circulation in the
scalp has been stimulated. The fingers
should be pressed On the scalp with
sufficient force to cause the blood to
Jingle
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-06-25
TIDAL WAVES.
The Forces which start These Dam
Eerouz volumes of Water.

SerouS volumes of Water.
The ocean tidal wave - sometimes
called the primitive-is formed by the
union of two waves, produced by the
combined attractions of the sun and
the moon. This wave in its most dam
gerous form sometimes sweeps over
ships in the open sea and in its ordi-
nary course produces the tides proper.
Where the outline of the land, as in
the bay of Fundy and the Bristol chan
mel, congresses the force of its flood
with narrow estuarieS IT also gives rise
to tidal waves, which arc termed de-
rivative and are also known colloquial-
ly as ''bOres," or eagres.
Earthquakes are also a cause of tidal
waves of two sorts. One is due to
shocks which occur on land and cause
retreat and refux of the sea within
the usual tidal limits, but where an
earthquake shakes the sea bed Il dome
shaped mount of water rises over the
center of the disturbance and draws
the surrounding water into the vortex
beneath IL Is this dome subsidies it
sends an immense rolling mass swing
ing across the ocean, which creates a
most formidable tidal wave.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-06-25

up kgin" a Good Thing
a man when he commences to
patronize the American Steam
Laundry. THE best laundry l ever
struck is what those Who indulge
IN 2 little slang would say. But
entire nous if you want your linen
as faultlcss as when you first
bought it. in color and finish. we
viii guarantee to do il to your sat
isfaction every time. Careful hand
ling and artistic work are among
our up-tO-date methods.
AMERICAN STEAM LAUNDRY.
Twelfth street and Fifth Avenue.
Phone 1876
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-06-25
INSURANCE.
Charles E. tIOdgsOn,
Fire insurance
Agency.
Established 1874.
INSURANCE.

American ms. Co. Newark, y. J.
Continental ms. Co. ........New York
Agricultural ms. Co. ......New York
Traders ms. Co. ..-.... Chicago, HI
Williamsburg ms. Co. $500. New York
New Hampshire ms. Con-. Hampshire
North German ms. Co. go. New York
American ms. Co. Philadelphia, Pa.
Security ms. Co. New Haven, Conn.
ms. Co. State of Illinois. Rockford. Ill
Odice, room 3, Buford block. Rates
as low as consistent with security.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-06-25
Mark Twain Missed the Boat.

The success achieved by Mark Twain
during his boating days on the Missis-
sippi river was due not only TO the fact
that he was Il skillful pilot, but that he
was an earnest one as we'll. y man
who knew Mr.. Clemens in those days
told how the genial humorist once
missed his boat. Instead of inventinS
an excuse, as many of his companions
did he reported 20 his superior officer
as follows:
My boat left at 6:10. 1 arrived at
the landing ut G:2O and could not catch
it"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-06-25
H. Grentcrt sorroyr.

Burt have no doubt you arc sorry
about your uncle's death, nOtwithstand-
ing it brought you into lot of money.
Wast-Nes: he was doing 4 good bust
ness. you know. and if he had lived a
year or two longer he might have left
me good deal more.-BOston Tran
SPriDt
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-06-25

Makes young again the aged and in
firm. The electric spark goes through
every part of your body, bringing new
life, hope and ambition. That's what
HOLSTERS Rocky Mountain Tea does.
35 cents, tea or tablets. T. H. Thomas
pharmacy.