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Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1905-02-02
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Isuffered for long time with a bad
rase Of Catarrh, and took great deal OF
medicine without any benefit.
I had . continual headache, my checks
| had grown purple, my nose was always
stopped up, my breath had sickening and
iisqusting odor, and I coughed incessantly
iheard Of your S. S. S. and wrote you.
| commenced to use It, and after taking
several bottles / was cured and have
never since had the slightest symptom OF
The disease. MISS MARY L. STORM.
Cor. 7th q Felix Sts., st. Joseph, Mo.
Wheeling, W. Va, May 2e, 1928; =.
Ihad Nasal Catarrh for years for which
Iused s. S. S. with very gratifying results.
I tried local applications for some time,
and getting no permanent relief came 70
lthe Conclusion that the seat Of the trouble
was In the blood. Knowing S. s. 8. to be
a good blood medicine I began Its use
and after using It for some little while Il
ala away entirely with the offensive mu
Gus In the nostriis, and did not have tC
hawk and spit, especially In the morning
Ito disiodge the catarrhal matter.
r6a7 South st. FRED n. PRRssY'
The filthy secretions and foul mucus tha
are continually dropping back into IN
throat, fnd their way into the stomach
.,,d srr shsorbe,i into the blood. Catafrl
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1905-02-02
fhe Cause of Many
Sudden Deaths

prevailing in ihi
) because so decep
tive, Many sudde.
deaths are caused b
it. heart disease
pneumonia, heal
failure or apoplex
are often the resu
Of kidney disease.
kidney trouble is a
lowed to advance III
kidney-poiso IN g
blood will attack II
yital nrqanS or III
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1905-02-02
CIRCUIT COURT NOTES.

Middleton VS. Wabash R R Cover
dict for plaintiff for s274.50.
Cant VS. Mackay-case dismissed at
defendants cost by consent.
Jeffries VS. Wabash R r Co-case on
trial. Plaintiff sues for 5000 for
death of child. Death caused by In
jurles from being run down by Wabash
train.
Jeffries VS.. Wabash, verdict for de
PENDANTS.
Mallory VS.. @. s. A, on trial.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1905-02-02
MRS. BLANTHER
REVEALS IDENTITY
MYSTERIOUS WOMAN TELLS OF
HER PAST EvENTFUL
LIFE.
HUSBAND WAS A MURDERER.
She Was at One Time a Student Of
synodical Female College of
Fulton-Secretly Married
While in Europe.

Her present existence overshadowed
by remorse of her sins during early
life, with an aim Of establishing to
the world the responsibility of her
husband in committing murder and
with a firm resolve to do good as d.
rected by Providence, such are the
facts which enshroud the mysterious
Mrs. Blanther, who for some time has
been In this city.
Mrs. Blanther has attracted much
attention to herself recently and
many who have been acquainted with
her actions while in this city have
wondered as to her identity.
To representative of the LEDGER
Mrs. Blanter has made her past known,
possibly reserving some facts,for using
her own expression; ~ have been
bad"
Her account Of the events which
have made her life SO eventful read
like fiction yet is corroborated by
newspaper clippings and letters which
lgive the story the tinge of truthful
ness.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1905-02-02
THE WIFE OF A MURDERER.

1IA HlE y VI n u NsD@@As@As
With wonderful reserve and forti-
tude which has characterized her pre-
vious statements, Mrs. .Blanther stated
that her husband was Joseph Edward
Ritter Won Blanther, the self confess
ed murderer Of Mrs. Langfeldt and
died from poison administered by bis
own hands in jail at San Francisco In
1896, after writing and signing a con.
fession that it was himself who COM
mitted the Emanuel church horror,
the murder Of three young girls for
which Edward Durrant was convicted
on circumstantial evidence and hang
ed.
The widow sincerely believes that
this confession was purely motive on
the part Of her husband to save Dur
rant and eulogizes Blanther for trying
his utmost to save the life Of a man.
or Blanther's connection with the
murder of Mrs, Langfeldt there is no
doubt In Mrs. Blanther's mind. Yet
with motive to forgive she has un'
dertaken the task of establishing the
fact that her husband was insane and
the murder was the act Of an FIRE.
sponslble man. Her plea in behalf Of
this is substantiated by prominent
physicians OF Chicago who had occas'
ion to pass on Blanther's mental con-
dition.
Mrs. Blanther is native OF this
State. Her maiden name was IRENE
Campbell and at one time she was
student of Synodical Female College
at Fulton.
While travelling in Europe In pur
suit of educational advantages sht
Imet Lieutenant Joseph Edward Rit
ter Won Blanther of the Austrian
army.
1t was case OF love at first sigh
land soon after their first meeting thei
marriage was secretly solemnized by
Catholic priest.
Blanther was born In Hungary
highly educated, joined the AustriaI
larmy and was breveted for gallantry
being made a first lieutenant in
!crack regiment. He had been knight
ed at the age Of eighteen by the Aus
! trian emperor as Knight of the lro
b Crown and possessed many medal
9 presented for conspicuous courage. II
was a man of such noted and notabl
physique that he would attract after
= tion every where. He looked ever
e inch a soldier. His military air an
bearing impressed every one who kne
, him.
IL Soon after the secret marriage Blal
l. ther committed ofienses for the pu
IT pose of securing his discharge FRO
the army. This proved unavailil
and he finally deserted so as to be vii
bis young bride.
After several years travel, duril
= which the important places Of the o
world were visited the couple came
IN America, landing In San Francisco
lss7. Here their marriage was aga
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1905-02-02
Pe-ru-na Known and
Praised on Land
and Sea.

"a sick sailor is q
pretty helpless man. I
have found that Peruna
will do more to restore
one than any other medi-
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1905-07-14
THE GRANGE
Conducted by
J. w. BARROW. Chatham. N. r..
Press Correspondent Neao York State
Grange
FOUNDER KELLEY'S WORK.
Over s5,0OO,OOO Invested In the Order
and Half That In Grange Halls.

Over S5,OOO,OOO Invested In the Order
and Half That In Grange Halls.
Especial Correspondence
During the twelve years in which
was the secretary of the national
grange had the satisfaction Of seeing
the organization start from the invest
ment Of three cent postage stamp
and spread through the country until
every state and territory was repre-
sented in the national grange as
well as several hundred subordinate
oranges In the Dominion of Canada.
Over 25,C00 charters were issued, sur
passing any other association ever or
ganized in this country. Statistics
show that over 100000 has been
Invested in the Order during the thirty
nine years of it's existence. OF this
sum more than half is in grange halls
now owned by subordinate oranges.
My success as an organizer came to
the attention of parties in New York
city who owned nearly half q million
acres in the state of Florida, and they
offered me the agency of the property.
After several trips to New York and
Florida it was decided to start the
building of a town on the shore of
what was then known as Dog Island
harbor, on the gulf coast. l took my
men with me and, pitching an army
tent in the forest, commenced to sur
vey the town and the building of the
first dwelling. 1t was necessary to
transport the lumber by water dis
lance Of thirty miles, and my nearest
neighbor was eighteen miles away. 1t
is now an enterprising little town. 1t
is said that che who builds city is
greater than he who wins battle"
My battles were fought when / trav-
ersed the country trying to organize
the farmers and think 1 won a good
fight for them. o. III. KELLEY.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1905-07-14
Fought Battle With Moonshiners.

Mayking, KY, July ia desperate
bo tile between moonshiners and fe /
e:al officers was fought in the Elkhorr
district Tuesday. A. Britton Potte-
deputy United States marshal, led thu
officers on the raid. On a lone;y
mountain path the moonsnlners, unde:
the leadership Of Calvin Centers
opened fire on the officers. For hall
an hour the battle waged. Center'
vas killed and Henry Adams was fl
tally wounded A man named TuckGl
received Dangerous wound. It is
said that one of the officers was sno
during the battle.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1905-07-14
An Industrial Club.

One club of country women among
the Cornish hills In Vermont has de-
veloped into n lucrative money earning
society. The Mothers and Daughters
club had been organized for mutual Inn
provement and social pleasure among
the girls and women of Cornish hills.
Its members were, however, so wide
awake and industrious that they took
up the occupation OF hand rug making.
A Boston woman whose summer
home is among the Cornish hills sug-
gestcd to, tile intelligent farm women
club members that they take up the
work of making art rugs in the fine
old fashioned way'of their grandmoth-
ers and thus get some money for them
selves. Later the weaving of dra-
peries and bedspreads was added to
the enterprise. The industry was sur
prisingly successful, the women's work
meeting ready sale. The club has now
pretty home Of It's own. handsomely
furnished with some of the rug money.
CAROLINE ANDERSON.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1905-07-14
SIX PERSONS DROWN.
Startling Number Of Fatalities Occur
on Sunday.

startling Number OF Fatalities Occur
on Sunday.
Detroit, Mich, July 10.-Thrs,
deaths by drowning is the terrible re-
cord OF one daS-Sunday-in the vi.
cinity OF Detroit, all of the Victims
losing their lives in the Detroit rIve..
Ralph Sisung, aged %, son If Mrs
Eliza Sisung,living at 421 Chene stre,,
while in bathing with a party OF
friends Sunday morning. at the foot of
Tivoli Lane, Fairview, a suburb Of
Detroit, was suddenly siezed with .
cramp and before others could savs
him, was drowned.
Godfrey Richard flanagan, son Of
well-known Detroit, newspaper man
was drowned off VOLTS point yester.
day by the capsizing Of a canoe.
AS the yacht Corsair was rounding
the far end of Belle Isle late yeste-.
day afternoon the boom swung around
and knocked Benjamin. Tomnjetzky.
% 16-years-of-age, 37S Belvedere avenue
overheard and he was drowned before
his companions could rescue him.
The swift current Is believed to
have swept the body down the Canad
ian channel and it was not recovered
The police were unable to learn tie
names of the companions of the boy
who was drowned.
Capac, Mich, Jaly 1O.-Gloom was
cast over the village at noon SundaJ
when message was received from
Memphis that Orv!l Glafford, sged 81
and his brother Lee, aged IL were
drowned in Belle river.
The younger brother got In beyond
his Depth while bathing, and being
unable to swim, called for help o.
vii jumped into the river and sue.
ceeded in getting hold of Lee.
The latter, however, grappic: with
his would-be rescuerer and both wen,
down. Neither came to the surface
again.
After two hours search the bodies
were recovered and sent here.
Marquette, Micn July 10.-John.
the four-year-old son of James Scan.
Ian, fell into the Dead river LAT even.
ing and was drowned The mother OF
the boy recovered the body, plungins
in after it and narrowly escaping
similar fate.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1905-07-14

for some time; head has ached and
back also; has slept poorly, been quite
nervous, and nearly tainted once or
twice; head dizzy, and heartbeats very
fast; then that bearing-down feeling,
and during her menstrual period she is
exceedingly respondent. Nothing
pleases her. Her doctor says: Cheer
up: you have dyspepsia; you will be
all right soon."
But she doesn't get "all right" and
hope vanishes; then come the brood
ing, morbid, melancholy, everlasting
BLUES.
Don't wait until your sufferings have
driven you to despair, with your nerves
all shattered and your courage gone.
but take Lydia E. Pinkhams Vege-
table Compound. See what it did for
Mrs. Rosa Adams, of $40 18th Street,
Louisville, KY, niece of the late GEN
eral Roger Hanson, C.S.A. She writes:
Dear Mrs. Pinkham:-
81 cannot tell you with pen and ink what
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
troubles, extreme lassitude, the blues
nervousness and that all-gone feeling. was
advised to try Lydia Z. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound and it not only cured my female
arrangement, but it has restored me to perfect
health and strength The buoyancy of my
younger days has returned, and do not suf-
fer any longer with dependency, as did be-
fore. l consider Lydia f. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound boon to sick and suffering
women
II you have some arrangement Of
the female organism write Mrs.
Pinkham, Lynn. Mass, for advice.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1905-07-14
CLUB MEMBERS MAKING RUGS.

young, without knowledge or thought
Of what she Is going into. The young
farmer perhaps knows no more than
she of what is due to his wife and the
woman who is to rear through years of
incessant toll and awful mOnotony the
children that come to them. 1t is GER
tain If her husband knew the pain and
hardship of the average farm woman's
life he would tighten her burdens. 1t
is also certain that If the pretty, heed
less country girl took proper thought
Of what is inevitably before her she
would wait several years ere she ac-
'cepted such a-fate.p ss,11ss 4
There will be no relief from the drear-
mess of life that so many women in
the country endure till they themselves
find that relief. Some Of the intelli-
gent and progressive among them have
found recreation and benefit in the
club. This can be maintained in the
country quite as well as in a city or
town.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1905-07-14
LECTURERS CONFERENCES.

They WIZ Rclp ia Unity the Litcrnry
Work og the Orange.
The plan Of holding lecturers con
fcreEcos in each county is commenda.
bic one. 1t viii tend TO unity the liter
airy worA Of the various subordinate
oranges in the county and make such
endeavors as are of practical and
public nature more efficient. AS sug-
gestion for lecturers generally, we pre-
sent below the programme of lee
turers' conference held at East Au-
burn, Me-. June IL
MORNING SESSION
Piano solo. Miss Evangelyn Pulsifer.
Paper '"rhe Lecturers IDEAL" Mrs.
Carrie Gilbert.
Paper-"Difficulties and How to Over
come '2hem," Mrs. Lucy NJ. Ibrrick.
Address-"How Can the Lecturer Quail
ify Himself For the Duties of His Officer
Mrs Arr A. Barker.
Address-"Methods of Work." Helen A.
Thomas.
General discussion.
Question box, conducted by Professor
w. j. Thompson.
Vocal duet, W. H. Berry, Mrs. G. II.
Allen
Recess.
AFTERNOON.
Vocal solo, Mrs Inez BeaIs.
Address Professor w. j. Thompson.
Reading.
Address, Mrs Kate b. Ellis.
Music-Selected
Lecturers were invited to bring at least
one question appropriate for discussion In
subordinate oranges.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1905-07-14
NINE WE'RE INJURED.
Wagon Containing Picnic Party Struck
BY TroIIy Car.

Wagon Containing Picnic Party strucI
BY TroIIy Car.
Detroit, Mich, July 1o.-A Jolly ho;i
day party of men, women and y ildrer
returning from an outin., at Belle Isle
and crowded into three impsovised
fSeatsof- a wagon, was Struck by 4
Trumbull car at Fort and Fasting
street yesterday Afternoon, ami of the
nine persons in the wagon rome es
capped injury The death of the drives
is almost a certainty, and :nothe
man may not recover. ;
The wagon, with its load of huma!
freight, was thrown 20 feet end tn,
occupants scattered on either side o'
the track anu covered with srlinters
from the. shattered wagon. The names
of the injured:
Joseph Schwartz, Of Toledo. fatal,
injured; Bennett Chinnice, of oldeo
injured internally: may die; Mr.. and
Mrs. Morris Adler 319 Adelaide stree
and their children, Annie, aged IA, ano
Jacob, aged years, all badly hurt,
Marco Rothman, 242 Adelaide street,
possible skull fracture; may die, Moses
and Hyman Rothman, severely bruised
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1905-07-14
Gov. Warner or senatorsh1p.

Lansing. Mich, july I'm re-
ferring to The senatorial situation
Gov. Warner, after expressing his deep
regret that Gen. Ayers health is such
as to preclude his being a candidate
for a second term. suggests that 1t
would be altogether better for the
state, the party aid all concerned II
matters were permitted to remain In
status quo for a number of months,
at will be year." he said, before
any legislative nonpations are made
and IL will be Time enough next spring
for aspirants to bes-r operations"
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1905-07-14
Raffles AWAY Hia Farm.

Battle Creek, Mich, July 10.-R. H.
Woodruff, an East Leroy farmer, Is
making q novel and unusual effort t,
raise $4,000. Woodruff has farm OF
100 arces, worth perhaps $4,000, or
which he is selling 1900 tickets
ranging from one cent to SIS. Soma
man, of course, will get valuable
farm cheap. while the crafty farmer
will get about $500 more for his acres
that he would at private sale. He slip.
ulates that no ticket Is good unless all
are sold.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1905-07-14
Killed Woman In Crowded Store

Atlantic City, N. j.. July IA muir.
der and suicide Tuesday afternoon
ended the lives OF Edward o. Doughty
and Mela s. Clyde, OF Philadelphia
Doughty was jealous. of the woman
He met her on the street and up
braided her for some fancied griev'
ances. Drawing {. revolver he chased
her into crowei grocery store al
Baltic and North Caolina avenues and
sent several bulle5s into her breast
Doughty had a room in the buildii IL
over the st re a'.d going there he
shot himself, dying instantly.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1905-07-14
OVER 100 ARE DEAD
Fire Damp Explosion In Welsh Coal
Fields coots Many Lives.
THE MEN WERE ENToMBED
Rescue Parties Succeed In Recovering
Several Bodies-PitifuI Scenes Take
Place Among Relatives of Victims
Gathered About Mouth of Mine.

Cardiff, Wales, July IAN eXplo.
sion of fire damp in No. pit of the
United National Colliery Co., at Watts
town, in the Rhondda valley, the cen.
ter of the great Welsh coal fields,
Tuesday morning is believed to have
resulted in the loss of at least 120
lives.
The explosion was followed immedi.
ately by the belching of clouds OF
smoke and dust from the put shaft, in
which $50 men were working. The
force of the explosion wrecked the ma
chinery at the mouth of the pit. All
communication with the doomed men
in this direction. is completely cut off.
No. l shaft, adjoining, has ordinarily
afforded communication with No. 2.
The 500 men in No. and the few who
escaped from No. were drawn up.
A rescue party descended, but its
work was seriously impeded by the
foul air and tho falling masses of
earth lislodged by the explosion.
Altogether nine bodies have been
recovered.
Heroic efforts have been made for
hours to reach the entombed men, but
now the absence of all sound from the
interior of the mine tells the tale of
the worst disaster that has taken place
in South Wales since 1894.
The news of the explosion spread
rapidly and hundreds of women and
children and thousands OF men
thronged the head Of the pit seeking
information. The mountain. roadways
were crowded all the afternoon, and
there are now streams OF people in the
neighborhood of the mine, all contrib
uting to the pitiful scenes.
Efforts at rescue are still in prog
ress and currents of fresh air are be
ing driven through the shaft, but the
rescuers are now working without
hope of reducing the list of fatalities
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1905-07-14
EIGHT MEN KILLED.
Premature Explosion Of Powder Blew
Them 10 Atoms.

Harrisburg, Pa, July 1O-Eigh
men were blown to pieces and twc
Others were injured by the prematur
explosion of a big blast VI rock pow
der 'on the Pennsylvania. railroad i'm
proponents near New Cumberland, a.
1880 o'clock Sunday morning.
All the victims OF yesterdays dis
aster were employees OF II. s. KeTbaug'
& Co, incorporated contractors, who
are building the double tracks for the
Pennsylvania railroad to connect witt
the Enola yards. The bodies of the
men were terribly mangled AMI parti
cles of flesh and bone were scattered
for. distance CT 200 yards from tn
scene q thee xplosicn.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1905-07-14
Striking indian Nomenclature.

"Muskola, 4 Clear Sky Land, Mag
netewan," Smooth Flowing Water, "
"Kawartha," Bright Water and
Happy Lands" "Temagami Deep
Water" are Indian words that fittingly
describe some of the most delightful
spots for summers outing on the
American continent. All reached by
Grand Trunk Railway System. Double
track from Chicago to Montreal and
Niagara Falls.
Descriptive literature, time tables, etc,
will be mailed free on application to
Geo. w. VauX, A. G.. p. x T. A., 1875
Adams st Chicago.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1905-07-14
Country Wom-
ems Clubs
They Can Be Made Pleas
ant and Profitable

1t is strange that there are so few
clubs among women Of the rural dis
tricts. At the same time there Is no
locality in which the feminine club is
so much needed as in farm neighbor-
hood, where the women's lives are Of
ten so isolated, sometimes only dreary
stretch of tell from year end to year
end. The trouble with wives and moth
ers in farm homes is that they have so
many kinds Of work to do that they
can only put the OK spirit into it in
stead of the enthusiasm which is the
natural quality of the immortal soul.
Take the average joyous, pretty coun-
try girl She falls In love and marries
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1905-07-14
Four First Class Tours
Lewis and Clark Exposition Portland

Personally conducted. Choice of
tours to include Denver, Colorado
Springs, Cripple Creek Pixies Peak,
Royal Gorge, Salt Lake, the Yellow
stone, San Francisco, and Los Angeles
en- route. Railroad fare, sleeping cars,
hotel service, side trips and all ex-
penses included in the rate Parties
leave Chicago via the Chicago. onion.
Pacific & North Western Line, July 9th,
18th, 27th, and August 10th. Full i'm
formation on application to S. A.
Hutchinson, Manager, 212 Clark ST.,
Chicago, Ill. 7.15.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1905-07-14
A Delightful Water Trip

between Detroit and Buffalo via the
Detroit and Buffalo Steamboat Com
pany without extra expense, Except
for meals and berth on steamer), is the
privilege of holders of tickets from
West and North of Durand reading via
the Grand Trunk Railway System to or
through Suspension Bridge, n. Y.
Further particulars including illus
trated descriptive literature, will be
mailed on application to GEO. w.
VAUX, A. G. p. ~ T. A., Grand Trunk
Railway System, 1876 Adams ST.,
Chicago.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1905-07-14
nou Eel Tn-,uoh IrsstIe.

Morenci, Mich sally 11.-Hal Blair
the 7-year-oldJ son of Dr. Chas. A.
Blair, fell th nbugn the trestle of TIE
Lake Shore bridge Monday afternoon
about 1880 O'clock striking on tn
back of his pead CT the stone abus
ment .crushif4 the skull and injurin6
him so that Ne caanot live. He was
found by platmat on their way e.
the swimming hole, still conscious.