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Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1904-07-29

A fool says many wise things, but
isn't aware of the fact.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1904-07-29

Despite the fast that a piano has
lot of keys. it is seldom locked.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1904-01-09
Gond News from Minnesota.

Lakefeld, MINI, Jan. 4.-Mr. Will
am f.. Gentry Of this place is IL OF
,he best known and most highly re-
spccted men in Jackson County. For
Is wears he has suffered with Kidney
Trouble and now ut II years of age he
has found a complete cure and is well.
His cure is remarkable because OF
he length Of time lie had been suffer-
pg. Cases Of 40 years standing might
re considered incurable, but the reme-
iy that cured Mr.. Gentry seems to
N no limit TO its curative power.
Mr. Gentry says:
81 have suffered with misery in my
back for about As years and had all
he troublesome symptoms Of Kidney
md Urinary disease. l tried various
kinds of remedies. but all to no effect
Until I tried Dodd's Kidney Pills. Now
have no pain in my back n feel
lutte well in every way.
81 am II years Of age and 1 feel
better than l have for the last 10
,ears. l attribute it all to Dodd's Kid
,ey Pills"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1904-01-09
No Rooyu for News,

Titbits: Mrs. De Brain-Anything In
the paper today?
Mr.. De Brain-The Daily Blowhard
has sent two special correspondents to
Noaccount islands, while its contempor-
aries have sent only one each.
"Well?"
"The Daily Blowhard has so per cent
more advertisements this yea thai
last year"
"Wel17"
The Daily Blowhard now has the
largest c%irulation in the world"
"well?~
1.-The Daily Blowhard published an
exclusive accouat yesterday Of the
tramp mystery"
"Well?'
The Daily Blowhafd has opened a
new city office fer the receipt of adver-
tisements and subscriptions
"Well?'
THE Daily Blowhard has ordered five
new printing presses at an expense
Of"
isn't there any news in the paper
about what is going on outsioS OF The
Daily Blowhard Officer"
mo; 1 suppose hat was GRO Yded
A,E
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1904-01-09
A RACE.
Non by John w. Mackay Because Pro
fessor Got Wronq Bottle.


San Francisco Call: Mackay was an
Early riser, a hard worker, and, although
exceedingly hospitable, was himself alb
itemious and could seldom be induced TO
)lay cards for money, and then for only
lominal stakes. The only game that
seemed to attract him was the grass
iopper races" with which the mining
up~erintendents on the Comstock be-
pulled a portion of the noon hour, while
Waiting for luncheon at the Savage com
)any hosting house. Boys caught grass
loppers and sold them TO the players at
s to so cents each. Each player paid a
liked stake, ranging from 81 to $40, into
he pool, and the man whose hopper made
he longest jump captured the pool. ON
he day before Christmas it was agreed
o celebrate that holiday with q pool the
takes in which were to be 500 for each
,layer. The teams were play or pay"
nd at the instance of y German profess
or who was a superintendent of a lead
ng mine each man was allowed TO use
ny means that he might devise to stimu-
ate his gr%asshopper. The professor was
q full of his scheme to scientifically cap
ure the thounsand dollar ~pool-for there
we're ten entries-that he communicated
{ TO a young assayer, h was not O
'rasshopper %plunger. The professor had
xperimented and ascertained that grass
topper who was touched by a feather
dipped in a weak solution of aqua am
non.a would jump for his life. The
Dung mar also experimental, and as a
esult he filled a bottle of the same size
nd appearance with cyanide of potas-
ium and managed to substitute it for
he other in the professors laboratory.
he next ady, when the professor, after
luch Boosting about his scientific at
ailments, dipped a feather in the sub
tituted bottle and touched his insect with
. the g~rasshopper rolled over as dead as
salt mackerel, amid the Toars of the
rowd. Mackay's hopper won the big
Iool, and two widows, whose husbands
lad been killed in the Yellow Jacket
nine, received a gift of 500 each from an
Unknown source.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1904-01-09
|FIHE IN SIOUX
FALLS HOSPITAL
All the Patients Were Safely
Though Hastily Removed
From the Building.
BAD FIRE AT ABERDEEh
New Dormitory for the Normal ant
Industrial School Damaged to
Amount of $5,00C-oripia
Of Blaze q Mystery,

Sioux Falls, S. D., Jan. 4.-Ffre broke
but In the basement Of the Sioux Falli
hospital, a frame building, and the peo-
pie of the city for a time feared thai
some Of the patients would lose theft
lives. ALI the hacks In the city were
requisitioned, and soon all the patients
were removed to places Of safety
Many were la scanty attire. and the
fact that a fierce northeast gale and
.snowstorm prevailed made their re-
moval, especially those whose condition
was serious. a difficult IN dangerous
undertaking. The fire started from the
furnace, and speedily filled the build
Ing with smoke, causing a momentary
panic among attendants and patients.
The nurses soon regained their cool
ness, and with the aid of firemen, who
were promptly On the scene. hackmen
and other citizens. removed the pa
tients to nearby houses, IL Is an
nounced hat none of them are any
the worse for their experience. The
flames were extinguished before the
building had been seriously damaged.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1904-01-09
CONVENTION ADjoURNs.
Next Meeting Of State Association I,
Be Held in Deadwood.

Aberdeen, S. D., Jan. 4.-The South
Dakota Educational association al:
journed its twenty-trst annual meeting
last night. Deadwood the next
meeting over Sioux rams, after a close
contest, and the mex meeting will be
held there in the summer The plac-
Ing Of the gathering at Deadwood
max Miss Helen NJ. Bennett of that
place corresponding secretary ~ the
association, the practice Being to make
the superintendent of schools in the
county where the meeting is held eX-
officia Secretary. There will hereafter
he one less department or section in the
association. the departments of city
n town superintendent and college
n high school having been eons0lit
dated, and o. Nj, Hin et BFbokings
elected president and e. r. Cobb of Hot
Springs, secretary. In the county SUI
peritenaents department Superintend-
ent Randolph Of Roberts county was
elected president and superintendent
Alice B. Halvorson Of Day county, see
rotary.
In the common and grated school de-
partment, Professor Jones of Sisseton
was elected president and Miss Ger
truae Van Slyck Of Aberdeen secre-
tary. The closing feature Of the meet
ing was a reception rendered the visit.
ors at the Northern Normal and In
duStrial school last evening.
During the state Educational asso-
citation meeting the educators OF the
north half Of the state met and organ-
IEed the Northern South Dakota Edu-
cational association, with the following
officers:
President-Professor w. y. johnson
OF Aberdeen.
Secretary--A y. Hoy OF Redheld.
TreasH,er-Miss Alice Halverson OF
Webster.
The association will meet at Redheld
on May 8 and Z, when n constitution
will be adopted and n program rcns
dered. This is the third sectional as
ISOLATION in the state, all being auXii-
larry to the state association.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1904-01-09
KNOWS NOW.
Doctor Was Fooled by His Own Case
for n Time.

Doctor Was Fooled by His Own Case
for n Time.
It's easy to understand how ordinary
people get fooled by coffee when doc
ors themselves sometimes forget the
acts.
A physician speaks of his own ex-
perience:
81 had used coffee for years and
'eally did not exactly believe it was
njuring me, although 1 had palpitation
If the heart every day.
Finally one day n severe and al
most fatal attack Of heart trouble
frightened me and l gave up both tea
md coffee, using Postum instead, and
since that time l have had absolutely
10 heart palpitation except on one or
;wo occasions when l tried n small
quantity of coffee which caused severe
irritation and proved to me | must
ct it alone.
"When we began using Postum it
seemed weak-that was because we
lid not make it according to directions
but nov we put a little bit Of butter
n the pot when boiling and allow the
Postum to boil full - minutes, which
lives it the proper rich flavor and the
leep brown color.
II have advised a great many Of my
friends and patients to leave off coffee
md drink Postum, in fact, I daily give
his advice" Name given by Postum
m Rottla Craak Mich
Many thousands Of physicians use
Postum in place Of tea and coffee in
heir W homes and prescribe it to
,atients. There's a reason"
A remarkable little book, "The Road
o MELVILLE" can be found in each pkg,
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1904-01-09
II AT
New Dormitory Badly Damaged When
Nearly Completed.

Aberdeen, S. D.. Jan. 4.--The nev
dormltory for the Northern Normal
and Industrial school was damaged by
fire $4,000 worth yesterday. The build
ing was completed and ready to turn
over to the board of regents mex
Wednesday, The fire started at about
the center of the first floor and burned
a place several feet square and also
burned into the basement and into the
second story. While the replacing OF
the burned portions will not coat heal
SIS, 700, the entire decorating Of walls
and ceilings and the finishing Of the
wood work will have to be gone over
with. There was no fire in the build
ing and has been none. and the origin
Of the fire is a deep mystery. The fire
occurred almost exactly two years aft
err the one that destroyed the main
building Of the Institution just as 1t was
completed,
Robert Kirk of Springfield has
bought from j. S. Minard the lark he=
tel in this city and will take possession
the first OF neXt week,
Miss Dora Titus and Lieutenant
Leon S. Richmond, both of this city,
were married last night at the Chris
tan church and have gone east on a
wedding tour.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1904-01-09
A nssn In Kent. England. has dev,.e

A ossn In Kent. England. a devised
n essctrfcal process for converting or
1lSary peat into arm, smokeless steam
ceal at q moderate cost. The peat is
cut and excavAted by machinery, load
ed n dumping cars, which convey It
to the plant. where 1t is packed into 70.
nary IRON cylinders. The cylinders be-
Ing rotated at high velocity, h centri-
xusAi pressure, aided by an interior
beating device. expels nearly all OF the
80 per cent OF water In the material.
Electrodes connected with a dynamo
are then Inserted In the cylinders In
such a ann that the mass Of dried
peat completes the electrodes. The re-
slstance offered by the peat, like the
hiament of an in~candescent lamp, gen.
crates hea which carbonizes the mate
riai. producing q moss of disintegrated
black globulea> From the cylinders
carboniTsd material passes to ma
chimes. which kneed II into a puttylike
which is then pressed into bril-
ouettes, or left to dry and harden In
masseI, which are broken into Jumps.
ecree ned and graded like ordinary coal.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1904-01-09
FIVE GENERATIONS MEET.
Remarkable Family Gathering Is Helc.
at Watertown.


Watcrtown, s. D., Jan. i.--lVhat was
probably the most remarkable family
gathering ever held in South Dakota
occurred in WATERFOWL when Mrs.
Walter Mapes entertained her mother
and also at the same time her daughter,
her granddaughter and great grandson,
making representatives of the five
generations present at the family re-
union. The line of ancestry is as fol-
lows: Mrs. Nancy Richardson of Ro-
chester, Mimi; Mrs. Walter Mapes of
Watertown, daughter; Mrs. NJ. +. Wait
of W~atertown, granddaughter; Mrs.
Jack Mccormick of WATERFOWL, great
great granddaughter; Lyle Mccormick
of Watertown. great great grandson.
There was represented at the family
gathering four wives, four mothers,
three grandmothers, two great grand
daughters and n great great grand
laughter.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1904-01-09

Russia is still laboring under the
financial depression that commenced
about five years age, that grew out OF
a succession of crop failures and losses
In manufacturing enterprises, as well
as large expenditures to complete the
Siberian railroad and purchase other
railroads, many Of which are operated
ut a loss to he government. In addi-
ton the government has been building
new roads, which will not pay expenses
for some years, with the hope Of de-
veloping the country through which
they pass. This was done in prefer
ence to improvising existing roads al
ready overcrowded with traffic.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1904-01-09
FIVE FROM ONE o
Ravases Of Diphtheris in a Section q
Day County.

Sioux Falls, s. D., Jan. 4.--Diphthoria
is playing havoc in a limited section in
Day county. Emil Werner, a well known
farmer. has lost practically his whole fam
lily from the dread disease. His wife.
daughter Freda, aged II, and son Hilton
aged 3, all died within q few hours of eacb
other. The day before the death of tbo
three another son. aged s, died. A LITTLE
daughter died several days beflne. maxim
nve IN one household who hlvG ae,.
to the disease. '7Fs
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1904-01-09

One OF the principal Industries OF
Basel Is the manufacture OF dyestuffs-
Chiefly from coal-tar products-and
chemicals. New discoveries are con-
stantly being made by the employees OF
the Basel factories. The extent OF the
field In which they labor nay be judged
from the fact that there now exist not
less than 5000 patents for the single
series of so-called ago colors, which
theoretically are capable of becoming
5,l59, 900. The patents mentioned are
all granted by foreign governments,
since the Swiss lawgivers have up to
this time refused to patent anything
but what cal be represented materially
things. not processes.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1904-01-09
BUTCHER.EDITOR
Proprietor of Fairview Eagle Has OF.
flee in a Market.

Sioux Falls, $. d., lar 4-George Craig
editor or the Fairview, S. D., Eagle, is
prooaoIy the only editor in the country
who conducts a meat market In connection
with his newspaper.
he announces to the public that he has
rented a meat market, and in future will
supply the people of his town with choice
meats as well as a live newspaper.
HIS newspaper office has been moved
into the meat market, and between writing
heavy editorials and local news items he
VIII oeal out bologna sausage, pigs feet
and other meats to his customers.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1904-01-09

The only heavy cut necessary in max
ang the ship canal across Scotland from
h German sea to the Atlantic, near
Glasgow, will be one at Loeb Lomond.
averaging 200 feet deep for one and
threc-Quarter miles. In the remainder
OF the route the average will be fifty
feat
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1904-01-09

The most recent excavations show
that Vesuvius began its work as a con-
servato of antiquity earlier than the
memorable year A. ID. 70. During the
excavations In the valley of the Sarno.
near San Mariana, some most interest,"
ing antiquities have come to light.
These had been covered up by a vol
canic deposit about six feet thick,
which points to an eruption Of Vesu-
vfus which must AVE taken place In
the seventh century before Christ. The
relics include a Greek burying place,
archaic Italian tombs and various
oronzes and terra. cottas.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1904-01-09
SEVERAL lOWANS IN FIRE
Four Well Known Des Moines People
Known to Be Victims.

Known to Be Victims.
Des Moines, Ia, Dec. 31.--Four prom
inent residents of Des Moine n three
former residents of Sioux City met
death in the holocaust at the Iroquois.
John Holland, senior member Of the
paint and wall paper dealers, and his
~stepdaughtes, Mrs. Lillian Cordrey,
were among the first identified.
Mrs. N. NJ. Stark and Mrs. l.. ]. Tut
tie, two of the best known society wom-
en- Of this city, were identified shortly
before noon by their husbands, who
recognized the rings on their fingers.
Messrs. Stark and Tuttle are bridge
contractors and were engaged In bust
ness in Chicago while their wives at
tended the performance. They expected
to- return last night. Each leaves two
children, who fortunately did not &C
company them.
Miss Helen McCaughnan, daughter
Of George McCaughnan of Chicago,
Formerly associated with James Gala
nan An business in this city. is among
the identified dead.
Also Mr.. and Mrs. j. A. Edwards of
Cedar Rapids, formerly of Sioux City.
The 14-year-old daughter of II. r.
Kassony vice president Of the Barber
Asphalt company, Of Sioux City, was
one Of 81 theater party escorted by a
Chicago representative of the firm.
The latter succeeded in rescuing the
ladies.
The wife of Charles H. Murrow, Polk
county tres salrer, was in Chicago, and
her husband has been unable to locate
her by telegraph or telephone today,
land is greatly alarmed.
Sloan Man Loses Relatives.
Sloan, Ia, Dec. BIB. M. Stoddard,
sa prominent real estate man of Sloan,
a brother and sister in the Iroquois
theater disaster. Mr.. Stoddard with
his wife and family will leaYe this
evening for Minonk, ILL.,, to attend the
funeral.
A brief message this morning con-
|-veyed to Mr.. Stoddard the sad news
that his sister, Della, aged 80, and his
! brother, Donald, aged IL years, were
tvictims Of the frightful Chicago catas-
,strophe.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1904-01-09

Work ON the Moro village in the Phil
ippine section Of forty acres at the
worlds fair has begun. This village
win stand in the southern end OF the
Laguna de Bay. The houses are built
OF bamboo. the uprights being planted
In tie bed Of the lake.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1904-01-09

A New York church that keeps ST.
n respecting its wealth is the Dutch
Collegiate. which Is reputed to have an
income from Investments of $500, 900 a
year. Trinity church has an income
from Its Investments Of over $1,000
900 per annum
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1904-01-09

The imports into Great Britain from
the United States in 1902 amounted to
S634. sos. 005. a decrease Of $40, 900, 900, or
about 10 per cent. as compared with
the imports OF 1901. The imports In 1901
were the largest ever recorded, 1900 be-
Ing the second largest and 1902 the
third
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1904-01-09

~ In the Bernese Alps the limit OF per-
petual snow Is 5000 feet; on Mt. Etna,
some hundreds of miles nearer the
equator, 1t Is 9,912 feet; on Popocate-
pStl. In Mexico. 1t is 10, 700 feet, and on
Aconcagua, In Argentina. 1t Is 14,S00.
And as we continue south the snow
line sinks again nearer to the sea level
5000 feet at Magellan straits and
$500 feet in Terra del FuegO.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1904-01-09

on PROSTATE bodies az : struggled through
ths opening. All of our party escaped IN
about the same manner as ! did. but all
Of them suffered SO terribly In the mat
ter of clothing tr1t the first thing they
did was To rush to a store to buy wraps"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1904-01-09

The queen OF Holland has just APP
pointed an Englishman. the Rev. Kir-
sopp Lake of Lincoln college, oxford,
a theological professor at the famous
Dutch university of Leyden. MI. Lake
succeeds the well known DR.. Manen in
theschair OF he New Testament ege-
gesis'
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1904-01-09

The master electricians and the cleo
rfciah sergeants of the newly created
corps of the army will be designated by
20 symbol OF white metal resembling
Turked lightning enclosed within a
wreath Of gilt metal. The uniform trou-
sers of these officers will show a scar
let stripe,
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1904-01-09

The project to connect Antwerp and
Brussels by a ~high-speed electric road
Is not new, but since the trial-speed
trips In Germany it KS gained new
life. 1t Is estimated that the cost Of
construction OF the road would amount
to about IL, 900, 900 francs ($2, 1923. 0OO).
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1904-01-09

Dogs with collecting boxes attached
to their collars are comparatively com
mon In Europe. 1t may not, however.
be generally known what large sums
they earn for the charities they repre-
sent. It Is stated in the last part OF the
Animal World (Hutchinson) that n
which used to beg for a hospital In
ireland collected I'm five years nearly
$4,000. He had a special banking ac-
UoW.t. which was submitted periodical
~ TO a chartered accountant.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1904-01-09
STORY OF THE HORROR
acAnes Described by People Who Took
Part in Them at the Burning
Theater.

Chicago, Dec. S.-William c. Sellers,
! House fireman of the lroquois theater,
.,vrto was severely burned in ,l'ying to
tfo,ver ths asbestos curtain, describes
kfho Son the stage and th.- Cause OF
\ y was standing in the wings when ]
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1904-01-09

Within seven years Germany has laid
1873 miles of ocean cable at a cost of
$1,000, 900. The importan ones are: EN-
den to New York, via the Azores, 4,S13
miles; Shanghai to Tsin- Tau and Che
Foo. 723 miles, and Germany to Eng
land, ESQ miles.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1904-01-09
BRENTON WlTHDRAWS.
Dcs Moines Mayor Decides Not to Try
to Make the Run Against John
Macvicar.

Des Moines, Ia, Dec. 31.-Mayor
James M. Brenton withdrew from the
mayoralty ace today and will support
George Mattern, retiring sheriff, for
the republican nomination against
John MarVicar. 1t Is claimed Brenton
agreed to do this rather than enter
into a campaign of Ill feeling.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1904-01-09

America is now re soing great benefit
from the storms which made the last
summer one Of the worst on record IN
Great Britain and the continent.
Thanks TO the ruined home crops, Cal
ffornia fruit is being imported in larger
quantities than ever before.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1904-01-09
He KNEW Wall. Street.

Baltimore American: The Sunday School,
reacher-Why did the bears eat up the
,aucy children instead Of Elisha?
J. Pierpont Morgan Rockefeller Sage
Green Smith-They were afraid Of undi-
sested prophets.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1904-01-09

Bishop Andrews stated at a meeting
held In Brooklyn a few days ago that
5000 OF the young men in the colleges
have volunteered for foreign mission
WORK, Of whom 5000 are now in the
feld, 1000 are preparing for the work
n the others We're ready II the
Xhurches would send them out.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1904-01-09

The fact that radium exerts a very
peculiar influence upon light emitting
bodies has given rise to the hope that
1t nay eventually play an important
role in the Industry of light. A minute
quantity OF radium Is sufficient to pro-
duce q strong light rom a layer Of zinc
pyrttes, and this light produces no
heat, so that loss OF energy is avoided.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1904-01-09

Probably too oldest minister in the
world Is MZnuel Garcia, now aged sS
years. He has given up teaching and
lives In 0 villa In Northwest London.
His mey~ Iory is still excellent. his wit
SPARKLING and he Is proud Of having
recently learned to play bridge" His
10Qt.l birthday Is due on March II, 1905.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1904-01-09

I have used Piso's Cure for Consump-
ion with good results. 1t is all right
John w. Henry, Box 642, FoStoria, Ohio,
bet. 4. 1901.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1904-01-09

Duyfng last month forty-six British
vessels were wrecked. involving the
loss Of 100 lives,