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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-19
The Beautiful i'm Millinery

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Shades have the artist milner the opportunity Of creating
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An Impressive Display of Clever Styles
In Street and Dress Hats at Tempting Prices
Street Hats Stunning Dress Hats High
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bos and Jackets special that not be duplicated later
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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-19

Miss Edna Petit and S. w. Hewitt
will be married tomorrow evening in
Como Congregational church. Miss
Petit is the daughter of Mrs. M. D..
Petit.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-19

The wedding of Miss Mary Camelia
Rogers, a former resident of Mime.
apolis, and Frank Williams Relf, will
take place Thursday evening at the
home of the brides parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Corydon Eugene Rogers, in Seattle
Wash. ... .... zs5- r~
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1904-04-15
among landowners southwest Of the
city as it begins to look as If the coal
beds may be very extensive. The
coal is of a very fine grade of Ignite.
MRS. CHAMBERLAIN DEAD
Wife of Prominent Citizen Of the
county Dies after short Illness.

Mrs. Chamberlain, Of Cambria
township, wife Of John Chamberlain,
ex-county commissioner died last Sun
day afternoon Of pneumonia, having
been i'll less than a week. Her funer-
al took place at Bath on Tuesday and
she was buried in the cemetery at
that place.
Mrs Chamberlain was 81 years old
last December. Her maiden name was
Martha Clark, her birthplace, Yer
mont, in which state she was married
10 John Chat 55errssaaiina 4 yea ears rs age age
She spent about rs years Of her life
at Randolph Center, Wis, where
a brother, Hon. Sam Clark, father Of
W. T. Clark, OF Bath, resides still.
She came to Brown county with her
husband in the fall of 1880, and set
tied on the farm they occupied ever
since. She Wasa member OF the NJ.
e. church, and will be greatly missed.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1904-04-15
Democratic
Convention
A GOOD CROWD OUT AND A
STRONG TICKET
PUT UP,

The democracy of the city of
Aberdeen assembled in mass con-
vention on Tuesday evening at
the city hall and placed in nomi-
nation a full ticket. The conven-
ton was called to order by j. A.
Brown who suggested the name
of Wood Harrington for chairman
of the convention. Mr.. Harring-
ton was elected by reclamation,
and on taking the chair made a
ringing speech which showed that
the democratic war-horse of the
Third ward was still on the turf.
John Wade was elected score
tary and the convention proceeded
Immediately to the nomination OF
the ticket. j. f. Kelly placed
W. G.. Wells in nomination.; L.
W. Crofoot placed Major G. Boyd
Barrett in nomination. At this
point Major Barrett arose ano
stated that inasmuch as it WAS APP
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1904-04-15
FIRST WARD CAUCUS
NORTH SINE DEMOCRATS PUT UP
A STRCNG TICKET
1t is Expes ted the Ward VIII Go
Democratic by a Large Majority

The democrats Of the First
ward held a causus Monday night
at the Askew House. The polls
were open one full hour giving
all a chance to vote, in striking
contrast to the snap caucus which
the republicans held in that same
ward. Chas. G. Larkins was the
unanimous choice for alderman,
as Ed Askew was for member OF
the board of education. The
caucus was presided over by II.
A. Conrad. The boys in the
First ward are confident Of cleo.
ting their ward ticket by q gooe
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1904-04-15

parent that opposition to MS CALI
didacy had developed, and that as
harmony and success of the tick
ct were more to him than any
personal consideration, he desired
the withdrawal of his name. AT
tcr some protest on the part OF
his friends who desired him to re-
main in the race his name was
withdrawn. and the nomination OF
MI. Wells was made unanimous.
The other nominations were
made without contest until the
office of assessor was reached. =.
c.. Fletcher was nominated for
city treasurer, B. ii. Wolter for
treasurer of the board of educa-
ton, w. Fl. Odds for assessor,
Andrew Ballweg for police JUS.
tice and E.. P. Keenan, for city
justice.
A recess was then ordered sc
that residents of the Second,
Third and Fourth wards who
were present might caucus ane
report nominations for aldermen
and members of the board of edu'
cation for their respective wards
The nominations reported &C.
cordingly were as follows:
Second ward-For alder man.
Jacob Stowell: for member Of thu
board Of education, DR.. Rock.
Third ward-For alderman
Wood Harrington; for membei
of the board of educatian JOSEPH
A. Brown.
Fourth ward-For alderman
IL. NJ. Ringrose; for member Q
the board Of education, q, Splitter
The convention was we'll al
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1904-04-15
Coal Galore
THE COAL FIELDS OF SOUTH
BROWN COUNTY ARE
EXTENSIVE
A Strong Company Incorporated
To Begin Operations.

Numerous tests have been made on
the lands south of the city where
coal was discovered, and it develops
that the coal deposits are much more
extensive than at first supposed. On
the Hoilien land, only five miles south
of the Milwaukee track and two and
a half miles west Of the Northwest.
ern track, IN extra good vein has
been found running about twenty
feet thick at a depth of about seven
ty feet from the surface.
This Hoilien land, the Neiger quar-.
ter and some other descriptions, about
1000 acres in all, are held under a fifty
year lease by a corporation including
as members, VIC Wells, i. E. Gam
non. J. H. Subtle, D. McGlachlin and
G. M. Hopkins. This company has
ample capital and will push the work
with all possible dispatch.
There is considerable excitement
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1904-04-15

tended and all seemed determined
to make a good fight for a clean,
honest, economical administration
of cityatfairs. The ticket is excep-
tionally strong and i, may win at
the polls as q large element of the
republican party are much dis
satisfied with the unfair methods
and questionable policy of the
element dominating their party.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1904-04-15
SOUTH DAKOTA HCMEsEEKER

The Passenger department. Of the
Chicago s. North-We stern R'y has re-
Gently issued a most interesting
pamphlet in regard to the resources
of South Dakota, particularly as to
the hameseeker-
Interesting articles in regard to
South Dakota farm lands, agri-
cultural development, school system,
climate, etc, written by the highest
authorities in the state, are published
herein and illustrated with a series of,
pictures which do much to add to the
interest Of the text. It will well re-
pay any citizen who is interested to
send a 2-cent stamp to A. g. Johnson,
General Agent, North Western Line
Winona, Mimi, for a copy.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1904-04-15

majority = the candidates ere
able and popular. Mr.. Askew
has been a member of the board
of education for years, and it is
safe to say MI. Larkin will make
his influence felt in the council.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1904-04-15
NOTICE OF WITHDRAWAL

To my Friends in Aberdeen:
ALLOW me to thank you for the
honor conferred upon me by giving
me the unanimous nomination for
mayor of our city, but business inter
ests oblige me to decline the nomina-
tion. Again thanking you 1 remain,
Yours,
w. G. WELLS.
Dated April IA, 1904.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1904-04-15
Bay State
in Line
w. K. HEARST SECURES MA
JORlTY OF DELEGATES.

Special to the Democrat.
New York, Apr. 14.-Nine out OF
fourteen congressional districts have
been carried for Hearst, Unit rule
will prevail and full delegation will
be for MIN.
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said. That is the habit the Harlem man
has formed OF going homo to unoh.
Do you know what 1t means TO have Q
man come homo to luncheon? II you do
you are housekeeper; II you do not you
are either living at an apartment hotel or
with your mother-in-law. The subway has
possibilities Of home wrecking which no
ono can ignore.
A melancholy looking woman strolled
into the ofioe Of lawyer whose name 10
usually associated, In . legal capacity OF
oourss, with domestic troubles. She sat
down wearily,
Il heard Of q woman over In Jersey who
rot a divorce because hsr husband iosisted
On eating crackers IN bod abe said. Il
want to know II ot-n get one on account
OF the subway2'
Il don't think responded tho lawyer.
THAT the State has taken that into con-
nderation as o cause. but there IL plenty
ot time. No doubt thenext 1egialaere--'
I'm have to wait for thnt2' she dghed.
srd Ike to ask you one thtng-juss ono
thing. What would you do II you were
4 woman living In a 6tatswhere you can Z
Eeta divorce for such an outrageous system
As this rapid transit AFFAIR."
The lawyer didn't know, % he waited
for the explanation, which. no had dis
covered In his acquaintance with the many
injured OF The 20 called weaker se1s had
The sun., 1904-11-06

action he dAbbed his fingers in the bench-
pan. wherein had fallen the filings from his
work The habit was not indulged in when
away from his seat.
The foreman, on an occasion when at his
back. examining n piece OF his work. noticed
the sparkle OF gold In his hair: mentioning
1t casually to an older bench, fellow when
the latter came to the foreman for stock,
the quaint habit was detailed by the older
man. and set the foreman thinking. He
called at the boarding house where the young
artisan resided. and. being acquainted with
the proprietor. learned that the Young man
upon coming 20 midday dinner and to his
evening meai> invariably sought his room
first, ..'
BY reason Of his freshly bathed face and
hands and his well groomed, oily hair when
he appeared at table he was accounted
instruction TO the maid who made up his
room that she must not dispose Of his wash
water. as he would attend to that himself.
1t was discovered that he thoroughly
washed his hair before each meal. dried IL
and oiled Il. and that with each such opera
ton he deposited In his wash bowl from one
10 two pennyweiEhts Of IS carat gold filings.
which had from f1ve to twelve hours in which
70 settle before his wash water was deca nted
pennyweiehts, or at least 81, so, for each Of
1T is needless TO say that after this dis
covery his silent partnership. with a part OF
the profits forthwith ceased
Another one OF the rare cases was that
Of youth whose bench talk bout hie pre-
vious evenings amueemenv indicated an
The sun., 1904-11-06
HID GOLD IN HIS HAIR.
Trick OF q workman That Turned Him
Many . Dishoncst Penny.
From the Jeusiiers' Circular Wtekiv.

FROM tht JStfNeFs W tcktV.
Did you ever give thought to the rarity
OF dishonesty among jewelry artisansf Did
you ever realize the infrequency Of reports
of thefts by them?" aueried an aged manu-
featuring jeweller.
1T really seems that the habitual care
for his filings, clippings and the like is the
experien ced artisans only consciousness
OF value: otherwise the gold to him is but
a commodity 10 be modelled into a thing OF
beauty. not an object for his covetousness
or greed.
The older the artisan the more firmly
fixed Ia this habit. Az a rule. II Ia only the
younger aspirants. and but few OF these.
who succumb TO temptation; once started on
downward course. however. their own
self-consciousness Is most frequently their
own aocuser 10 shopmate Or foreman.
Many years ago in Newark rhop where
mostly solid filed work was made . seasoned
workman observed a quaint habit In q jour
neyman but recently out of his time. :
who was seated at an adjoining bench. The
latter had very dark hair. wore II long. and
dt was in the days Of bears grease and hair
oilsl kept IL well oiled. He had a habit OF
pushing his fingers up through his long hair
rs n TO keep II from falling over his eyes:
II was further noticed that prior to each such
The sun., 1904-11-06

subway opened. He can get here from
his Office In twenty minutes. I've figured
out that can make better time than that
even. Think III try it to-day. Just get
any old thing to eat 1t isn't the luncheon
I care for, but it'll seem quite like our
honeymoon to take lunch with you again,
dearie.
Then he went out; perhaps It's just as
we'll he did.
Il sat down and bawled a good old fash
ioned bawl. l know It isn't considered
wagger any more for a woman to cry, but
don't care. / saw my pleasant days
slipping away, all the free hours bad to
myself.
AT half past II, just when got through
my work, / began to get luncheon. had
thought l would ha We enough food, with q
few additions, for that nights dinner, but
It went on the table, also some frankfurt
ters that Husband had stopped and bought
at a delicatessen. and some potato salad.
wi ich neoessits ted my burning incense for
an hour after.
Husband ate with his. wa toh ON one
side and a subway time cafd on the other.
He didn't have time to have little chat
afterward. He said Smith had promised
to walt for him at the subway sta ton and
he must run"
The woman thanked the lawyer for his
sympathy and time.
I'm not club woman or anything like
that she explained, but think it's due
to your own sex to do what you can for
them. I'm willing to be pioneer in this
field and get the first subway divorce.
You'n let me know soon as the Legislat-
ure takes oogniza noe Of it? Thank you?'
Bride has been married only very short
time. Her nuptial celebration preceded
the subway's by a few weeks. She has
returned AMI is installed In an apa rtment
house with a gorgeous entranoe where q
darkey sits under an artificial palm when
The sun., 1904-11-06

where?-wouldh have been mercifully denied
She reads another chapter Of Ibsen and
has the maid bathe her forehead.
Suddenly an awful thought occurs to her.
He has never told her whether or not he
has a typewriter. That is where the noon
hour is spent. The typewriter probably
has golden hair and blue eyes, they all
have, she has he ard, and scientists say
that they are all fascinating.
She gets into her outside clothes rapidly
She is glad now that there is a subway IL
there was not, she might have to use the
slow moving elevated. She is feverish.
But truth is better than uncertainty.
At the door she leans tremblingly against
the casing while she opens a telegram
the blue buttoned boy hands to her,
Home early. Love"
What a dear he is! He has cut out his
lunch hour probably worked right through
so he could get back quicker. She de-
cides to walk down to the subway and
meet him. That dear subway! II II were
not for that he could not get to her for
another hour
1t is 1890 o'clock exactly when Mrs.
Busy Wife hands the baby to husband as
he comes in,
Hes got new kind OF pain. Hes been
crying all the morning in fat. When he
cries in r know It's a pin, and when he
gets to minor it's his food. You hold him
while / run over to the doctor. Don't
shake him that way, shaking baby never
stopped his crying. I've told you that
The sun., 1904-11-06

ing wife. But tho worm win turn.
Il get his breakfast every morning;
then I'm too tired to eat You know . cook
never eats. Husband ploughs his way
through while he reads his paper, spilling 6
at least half CUP Of coffee on the table
cloth each day. He takes 1t slowly at first
but hur1iss through the last course and
with q swift, maple sugar kiss Oh my okeek.
goes to his work.
Then breathe clear up the break
fast things, feed tho cat, water the
flowers. Then I begin TO get hungry, SO
I have q snack. just a CUP Of tea and toast
By that time 1t is nearly noon.
THAT means have until O'Clock for
my own special duties, mending sewing 4,
making calls, marketing the half hundred
things o woman has to do to keep up With
her neighbors and every day In the year 10
too short for. About O'Clock begin TO
get dinner Husband gets home at half
past six.
Il have felt this subway affair hanging
over mo for months In q dim, shadowy way
that pressntimentt that highly strung women
The sun., 1904-11-06

She fnds him walking up and down and
takes the baby from him.
-You take this over to the druggist and
get it filled, handing him a prescriptionl
and be sure to wait for 1t. II you don't
wait for a prescription you never get It.
I've found that out
Spouse murmurs something about a
business engagement, and Busy Wife re-
whose child lie this3 What's business
engagement when It's u question Of child's
life? Am to have ell the care and worry?
You go and get the prescription and watch
carefully. Those drug clerks are dreadfully
careless; they are just as likely to give a
deadly poison as anything else
1t is while Spouse is at the drug store
that Busy Wife finds out that II was pin
after all. and, the cause removed, the heir
falls into deathlike slumber.
When Spouse returns to the Office the
chief meets him, watch in hand.
you live in Harlem. Mr.. Brown? !
thought 30. Take the subway homo to
luncheon, I presume? I assumed 30. or
course, YOU have no idea how long you
have been away? An hour? just two and
half II it happens again-well, word
to the wise | understand across the hall
they have discharged four clerks in the last
week on that account
Spouse curses the subway.
.Tll never make her understand he
saws to himself under his breath. habit
OF spouses, shat fifteen minutes to Harlem
don't mean an hour doing work around
{ he fiat
When dear old chap" strolls into his
friends Office about / for that good old
fashioned talk, the visited gentleman, as
they cay in whist. remembers suddenly
that he has only fifty-cent piece at liberty.
He is indebted to dear old chap" for var
ious kindnesses and has made him promise
over and over that the very next time he
comes to town he will drop in and have
luncheon with him.
Everybody OF whom he might borrow
money Is unfortunately out and he already
owes the elevator boy SO much that he has
walked upetairs for a week. A sudden
bright idea illumines his mind. He speaks
ofIhand, hiding his real agitation:
Seen the subway, l suppose? You
havent2 My dear fellow, it's the wonder
Of the age. It's a mechanical marvel. I've
ridden In the 'tupenny tube in London
and in the Boston Sub. but, well, they re
back numbers, that's all, back numbers.
did you know that the subways Of Paris
and London had to be built through clay
and that OF Boston entirely through earth,
but in the construction Of our subway II
has been necessary to cut away nearly
a million cubic yards Of rock In the open
and half million cubic yards Of rock by
tunnelling9 We have used over n 900 tons
- .taal apd non rly IN mn fopa NJ IN nj iron
over half million yards Of concrete ana
The sun., 1904-11-06

life would have been had she been married
Eve, four, three, two, even year ago.
The little maid and she prepare a dainty
luncheon. Young Husband has his favorite
dishes and they sit longer than the occasion
would require, discussing the wonderful
arrangement by which two people 30 per-
fectly matched, 30 obviously intended for
each other, have been mated.
About the fourth day Young Husband
on his road to the subway station en-
counters a trio Of forgotten. no longer
boon companions. In spite Of his screams
they lead him gently but firmly toward
their usual resort for luncheon. where
before he was -tied," as they express it,
he had been a merry -go-round for the
bunch.
He is not allowed to telephone: he Is
jeered into silence when he protests; he
is made the butt Of their merriment. One
envies, one pities and one is simply amused
Bride walks the floor with her hands to
her head. 1t has oome-that first step
toward the final separation. the real death
Of love.
She sends the luncheon away untouched.
She gets out a volume Of Maetsrlinok and
one OF Ibsen. holding one in either hand
and reads alternate chapters IL she had
but needed their warning what unhappi-
ness might have been saved. He is tired
of her 1t is all summed up in that.
She pictures the long line Of unhappy
women, victims OF mans perfdy, Of
whom she Ia now an unmarked. uncared
for unit.
How often he has congratulated himself
on being on a salary and having regular
hours 80 that his noontime need not be
disturbed. lie has asseverate that II
never shall be-
In incoherent moments she blames the
subway. II 1t were not for that, she would
have lived the trusting life Of her kind.
She would never have doubted, for know
ledge OF that corrupt noon hour-spent
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he isn't running the elevator There is
plenty Of colored ma rble down there and
in three tiny rooms on the fourteenth floor
she is radiantly blissful.
She had long description OF her we'd
ding in the paper and has sent out cards
saying that she will be home to ! er friends
after such and such a date. She wants
them all to come and see her happiness.
and to hear her talk about her husba nd's
goodness and superiority to other men
and her good luck t. at Fate sent him her
way.
II is Bride who discovers that Young
Husband can get home TO luncheon by
the subway. She plans 1t all out for him
and explains the different stations. She
Is ecstatic over the innovation in what
she had supposed was to be her hard mar
ried lot. a separation every day from morn
until eve. She pictures what her maHied
The sun., 1904-11-06

That's the regular subway complexion
Its distinct pallor is due to artificial light
and damp air. They say that in time all
our subway women will be pale as lilies. ,"
Wife has taken this day OF all others to
clean house.
We'll have the rugs taken upon the roof.
Bridget" she says. Wash all the floors.
Never mind having plenty Of soap shds
about. I'll tie up my head in cloth and
clean The silver"
1t Is upon this happy group that husband
and his friend butt in. Bridget comes to
the rescue.
III you two gents u 60 and ait in the hall
on the stairs for few minutes. I'll warm
up the hash we had left from dinner last
night"
Husband il profuse with apologies
-Bridget's an honest girl, he excaims as
they sit on the stairs according to her
orders, but she's more or less Of a foo
The sun., 1904-11-06

husband. Every morning he has his
saucer Of breakfast food. two and some-
times three cups Of coffee, broiled ham
or chops or bit Of steak, buttered toast,
eggs in the shell, and in cold weather always
cakes and maple syrup. The cake season
and the subway opened at the same time.
Husband says that he was brought up
to that breakfast and it's the least man
can do to preserve some Of the innocent
teachings Of his childhood l think when
1t comes to preserving that kind one may
be little too conservative. Up to this
time, though, I've been good hardwork-
The sun., 1904-11-06
TO TUBE OR NOT TO TUBE.

expen dture beyond his productive capacity
hours. to the retiring room. were 20 methodf-
cal as TO arouse curiosity. IL was found that
with a pair OF pocket scales he balanced
against a paper cornucopia OF gold filinRs an
equal weight Of brass filings which he de-
posited in another paper cornucopia; after
filings in his be nchpan. this being mixed
with the larger volume OF gold filings In his
pap was finally passed to the foreman AZ 81
what would he expected frem him But the
cornucopis ~ gold ngr WAS flched by hRn
from his employers
This wouId-be shrewd ones horn Of
plenty also was effectually crushed out OF
eXistknce
After all, these two instances being. eH-
oeptlonal In why ! mention them, and the
aged jewel concluded with twinkle OF
his eye i have faith in my men. likewise
in the adage that 1t does no harm TO watch
an honest man. and a thief should be ever
watched ."