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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1905-04-28
A Nice Way to Darn.

To fill in the worn places in the knees
of childrens stockings, trim the worn
place out square, as if to set in patch;
take a long yarn in your darning needle
and, commencing back from the edge,
run across the opening, back and forth,
until done crosswise, then, with another
strand of yarn, take up the first length
wise, beginning back from the edge,
and work chain of button hole stitches
to the other side, taking in one thread
of the crosswise warp each time. Be
sure to take up the original stitches at
each turn of the hole. This is a neat
way TO fill in worn out finger tips ia
gloves, and thumbs in mittens,-Ihs
Commoner.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1905-04-28

not over numerous in Nassau avenue,
Creenpoint, and the neighbors won
dered. They didn't have long to won
der, because out of the house came
pretty Miss Bennett in her daintiest
dress and was handed into the cab by
the gallant Mr.. Whitney. There was
delightful theater party for two in
Manhattan, a little tete-a-tete supper
afterward, and then the cab took the
pretty telephone girl back to Green
point.
With this as beginning, the rest
was easy, There came an automobile
sometimes, and as often other han
SONS. Messenger boys delivered flow
ers and notes. Occasionally jewelers.
clerk brought something in a tiny vel
vet box to No. 213 Nassau avenue,
Greenpoint, where jewelers. clerks IRE
seldom seen.
Then the Proposal.
OF course, all this attention meant
but one thing-a proposal. Last week
it came, and on Saturday evening when
Miss Bennett put on her hat and wraps
at the end of the days work she neti-
| fled the hotel management that phe
had done her last days work.
81 am to be married." she added.
THAT very same Saturday Mr.. Whit
ney went to the Office of the Grand
Union hotel and asked for his bill. He
paid it and, calling cab, drove over
to the Hotel Astor, Forty-fourth street
and Broadway, where he took suite
No. 305. There he is now, getting
ready for his wedding.
Loyal to Old Friends.
In her prosperity Miss Bennett has
not forgotten her less fortunate friends
of her "hello" days. The bridesmaid
at the wedding is to be Miss Ida
Schwindt, another telephone operator
who presides at the switchboard OF
the Park Avenue hotel. Mr. Whitney
has handed her handsome check tc
provide herself with a bridesmaid
gown. But of this or of her elderly
fiance's wealth Miss Bennett will not
speak.
Telephone Gossip.
There are certain things which at the
other telephone girls in New York have
heard, but which none of the interested
parties will confirm. Call up any Cen.
trial." and she will tell you the gossip
These are, that Mr.. Whitney has already
settled 100000 upon Mr.. Bennett and
that he and her father were present al
the signing of the papers; that her wed
ding gift will be $4,000 automobile
that Miss Schwindt has received $500 fol
her bridesmaids dress and diamond
cluster ring for souvenir, and that Mr.
Whitney himself is one of New York'l
new unknown millionaires.
Mr.. Whitney doesn't look his years
He is powerfully built, more than ST
feet tall, and has apparently many year,
yet to live. He is as sprightly and at
tentive as a man half his years. HI
made his money In asphalt and lum
ber.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1905-04-28

New York City.-What queer pranks
Master Cupid plays at times! He draws
mis- bow and let's his arrows by, and 10,
and behold, all the world pauses to look
and to listen.
Cupid knows that love has a universal
language, and that 1t is potent to over
come every natural barrier. He knows
that love pauses not to reason why, but
that 1t dares to do, and even die, IL need
be, in its assaults on the strongholds OF
the human heart. He knows that there
are no race or class distinctions, nor So
cial conditions or barriers which love
cannot with apparent reckless ease
Rweep aside. And because Sir Cupid
knows all this full we'll, he dares to draw
his bow and send his dart cleaving the
heart of young man whose wealth is
counted in millions, whose social posi-
tion is Of the highest, Yale graduate,
and club man, and the heart of poor
Hebrew maiden, a Russian Jewess
whose life has been spent amidst the
worlds humblest, and who has rolled
cigars year in and year out that the
mother and five other children might
have bread and shelter Cupid has
strangely linked the proud name of John
Graham Phelps Stokes and the unknown
yet euphonious name, of Rose Harriet
Pastor.
Cupid's Double Play.
But Cupid has done more than this
He has made in New York what might
be called double play, and from one
end of the land to the other his strange
pranks are interesting and fascinating
the reading public. A wealthy business
man of Montreal, man of mature years
as we'll as of great riches, has fallen vic
tim to the charms of hello" girl
Cupid has discovered an affinity between
n Mr.. E. r. Whitney, capitalist and sage
of 20, and Miss Anna Bennett, telephone
operator, and winsome maiden of som,
20 summers, and this is the second re
markable romance which is setting tho
tongues of the gossips to wagging ant
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1905-04-28

giving the public something else to think
about besides Standard OIL wickedness
and tainted" money, the beef trust in
vestigation, or the Hyde and Alexander
.tiasco.
What the Lovers Say.
OF Cupid's work, Mr.. Stokes says:
1--WE are not two; we are one in spirit, "
And Miss Pastor echoes a like sentiment
when she says: Life is riddle, of
which love is the answer. Our souls met
and We knew that we belonged to each
other"
The gray-haired lover steps forward
with the spring of youth and says: "See
here, I'm not an old man. I've never had
days illness in my life, and the insur-
ance companies have accepted me for all
the insurance that can carry. ] re-
gard myself as the most fortunate OF men
Il wouldn't change places with any
body in the world. l expect to be SUI
premely happy for the rest of my days, u
And the blushing maiden demurely
adds: "our wedding will be a very
quiet one, and after that we are going to
Europe" And whole fairyland Of a
new and big world opens up before the
vision of the girl whose horizon has been
limited to one land, and to the noisy
whirl and hustle Of big city.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1905-04-28

girl, it is entirely different. Their ro-
nance is written all in loves most senti-
mental characters. A sweet voice float
ing over the wire, a pretty face seen
afterwards, lonely old widower with
susceptible heart, a courtship in which
flowers, and jewelry carriage and auto
mobile rides, theater parties and dainty
and elaborate suppers figure prominent
ly. These are the elements we find in
this charming story, and to many read
er it will prove the more interesting and
readable of the two.
Her Sweet Voice.
1t chanced that e. R. Whitney, cap
italist of Montreal, came to New York
last year for long stay. He took rooms
at the Astor house. One day he called
up business friend at the Grand Union
hotel: There was difficulty in getting his
party on the wire. But it wasn't Cen
trails" fault
Instead of initiating the rather hasty
tones of Mr.. Whitney, as does the aver
age Central, or giving him "Busy!" this
operator on the other end of the line real
ly tried to get the call for Mr. Whitney.
So sweet was her voice and so charming
her manner that the impatient business
man at the other end was much i'm
pressed.
He got his party, an appointment was
made and next day found Mr.. Whitney
at the hotel to transact his business. The
interview over, again he sought the tele-
phone. At the switchboard sat charm
ing young girl. Mr.. Whitney gave her
the number he wished, and when he
heard her ask "S100 Cortlandt" over the
wire, great light came over him.
Her Pretty Face.
At once he recognized the voice-it
was the voice of the day before, when he
had been SO courteously treated over the
wire. If the voice had pleased him, the
sweet-faced girl who gave him his call
delighted him. Mr.. Whitney is 70 years
old, but he hasn't forgotten the gallantry
of youth. In the twinkling of an eye he
had recalled the incident of the day be-
fore, and the blushing girl owned up that
it was her voice that he had heard over
the wire.
Now, Mr.. Whitney is man of decis
ion. He admired the pretty telephone
girl and he decided that it would be q
saving of time If he could be nearer
her when he wanted to use the phone
1t isn't necessary to recount right here
that perhaps there were other intiu
ences that caused his decision.
At any rate, on the very next day
there appeared on the register of the
Grand Union the name "E. r. Whit
ney, Montreal" He took an expensive
suite and the Astor House knew hin
no more.
Devotion Itself.
Every day found Mr.. Whitney at the
Central" Office of the Grand Union no
tel Nobody could satisfy his wants al
could Miss Bennett. They chattet
pleasantly enough while he was wait
! ing for his calls and finally the da!
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1905-04-28

maker had taken unto himself a young
wife. Mother and daughter never again
revisited the place, and they have kept
their secret. A short time after the visit
Weisslender sold his shop and left the
city. He is now believed to be in Scran-
ton Pa.
Early Struggles.
OF her early struggles and ambitions,
and her successful overcoming of OBJ
stacles and hindrances, which would
have overpowered the average person,
she says:
81 learned to read there, and when l
was nine years old we came to America.
We lived in Cleveland, and when was
11H years old went to work in a to-
bacco factory, rolling tobacco for cigars;
always that for IL years.
when l first went to work, a man
came in and sent me home did not
know why then, but do now. 1t was be-
cause was too young to work in fac
tory. But it was not long until was
back at the work. was not unhappy. /
am never unhappy at work.
zone day boy lent me Les Miser-
ables.' That took hold of me In won
derful way. That boy was the son of the
owner of the factory. His father sent
him through Yale. He went back to
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1905-04-28
Devotion Itself.

Every day found Mr.. Whitney at the
Central" Office of the Grand Union ho-
tel. Nobody could satisfy his wants as
could Miss Bennett. They chatted
pleasantly enough while he was wait
ing for his calls and finally the day
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-07-21
An Important Legal Victory.

Allen S. Olmsted, of LIE Roy, N. Y, has
the courage Of his convictions. lie Is the
inventor and proprietor Of "Foot-Ease,
well-known proprietary article OF merit ana
enjoying large sale all over the world Mr..
Olmsted has been a heavy advertiser and,
backed up by the superior quality of the
article he has offered to the public, has been
able to make a trademark Of great value.
Others have noted this with jealous eye and
have sought by underhand methods and by
copying, to steal-"stear' Is the word ex-
acty fitting the crime-the benefits to be
had from confusing the mind Of the public.
Mr.. Olmsted engaged eminent counsel and
brought his dishonest competitors right up
into the Supreme Court Of New York State,
which recently granted an injunction with
costs, restraining the offenders from max
ing or selling a foot powder resembling AL
lens Foot Ease in outward form or design
or otherwise, the article which Mr. Olmsted
had made a household word ON two CONT
nents. This is where Mr.. Olmsted showed
the courage of his convictions, for another
man might have smarted under the sting Of
imitation, unfair competition and substitu
ton, and accepted the situation with sour
grace without doing anything in particular.
The entire advertising fraternity Of the
United States owes debt Of gratitude to
Allen S. Olmsted, of LIE Roy, N. Y, the
owner of the trademark Foot Ease for
taking this firm stand against the bucca
neers Of trade who, having no inventive
power themselves, are always willing to
profit by another's brains and, by methods
akin to those Of the bushranger, become
social highwaymen in stealing the benefits
Of long, extensive and clever advertising.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-07-21

last-a mental difficulty that finally has
defeated him after years of heroic suf-
fering that resulted from a wound re-
ceived in the war of the rebellion.
The battle of Corinth, where he re-
ceived the wound that cast a shadow over
his entire subsequent life, is the event
that is uppermost in his thoughts, now
confused beyond hope of repair. 1t was
at Corinth that Col. Henderson, then
captain in an Iowa regiment, received
a wound in the foot which resulted in
amputation after amputation, until at
last almost the whole of one leg had
been removed by the surgeons.
Col. Henderson had been III fair health
until he was laid low by the stroke OF
paralysis. He was able to converse ra-
tionally with his family and friends at
most times, but since the acute attack
he has been incompetent Of mind and
physically he is barely able to move
across his room at the Hotel Julien. The
recent stroke affected his right side, and
aside from this he suffers constantly
from insomnia. Even in his brief periods
of sleep he ina gines himself either on the
battlefield or in the legislative halls at
Washington, shouting out his orders and
parliamentary rulings with the great
voce that time has never weakened.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-07-21

AS a result of an electrical storm at
Fort Worth, Texas, two persons were
killed by coming in contact with live
wires.
At Winona, Mimi, the 11-months-old
child of S. E. Olsen crawled overheard
from a houseboat into the river and was
drowned.
At meeting of the New York grain
trade at the produce exchange, New
York, it has been decided to authorize
trading in grain future contracts of 1 900
bushels. The present minimum contract
is 5000 bushels.
The Goderich (Ont.) Elevator and
Transit Company's elevator was destroy
ed by fire with 100000 bushels of wheat.
Loss 100000.
Col. Jefferson E. Doolittle proni-
nent mine owner and capitalist of Cali
fornla, has died suddenly in San Fran
cisco. He was partner in many adven-
lures with John Hays Hammond.
Prince and Princess Arisugava of
Japan, who are now in London. have
abandoned their project to visit America
because of lack of time, and will sail
direct to Yokohama by way Of the Suex
canal.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-07-21

Overcome by gas as they lay asleep, at
least six persons met death i'll flames
that destroyed the Depot hotel in Wa
basha, MINI. It is believed that other
persons persisted. A gas tank that had
been used as part of the hotels private
Illuminating plant blew up, causing the
fire that caused the loss of life. All the
victims of the blaze met death in bed,
indicating that the gas tank leaked until
the fumes overcame the sleeping occu-
pants of the house, filled the rooms and
then probably exploded when they reach
ed burning jet Following is the list OF
known dead: Mrs. A. Hoffman, Mrs.
Hoffman's young baby, Robert Johnson,
expressman; Gertrude Stentsher, Rebecca
Herman, James Hunt. The hotel was
well patronized, and 1t is believed other
persons persisted, but the books were
destroyed and at present it is Impossible
to tell how many guests were cremated.
The hotel was conducted by Mrs. Hof-
man. 1t was one of the largest build
ings in the town and constructed OF
material that burned rapidly when once
set on fire.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-07-21

from northern cline. just as an artis-
tic photograph brings out the beauty and
striking features Of the scenery, 80 do the
official reports and interviews describe
Panama. Souvenir postals show it to be
a land of pleasant sunshine, waving
palms and picturesque houses, gorgeous
fruits, and bubbling rivers. All these
exist, but the countless odors, the ever
present black buzzards, the all covering
pail of dirt, the damp, depressing, fever
laden atmosphere, the dusky man and
woman and dozen children that eat, live
and sleep on the dirt floor Of the pretty
matched huts, do not show on the postal
cards.
The person who goes to the isthmus
from the United States knows from his
appointment papers just what he is en-
titled to. He can be assured that it
will be carried out to the letter, if not
in the spirit. He knows the amount of
his salary, his hours of work, how many
weeks of vacation and sick leave he will
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-07-21

Chicago-Cattle, common to prime,
$500 to $3.50; hogs, prime heavy
$500 to $5.95; sheep, fair to choice, $500
to 1925; wheat, No. 2, see to SIC;
corn, No. 2, SIC to 5Sc; oats, standard
soc to Bic; rye, No. 2, 74c to Toe; hay
timothy, $3.50 to $1,000; prairie, 5000 to
$11.OO; butter, choice creamery, 1Sc to
Zoe; eggs, fresh, 12c to he; potatoes,
new, per bushel, 4Oc to Acc.
polis-Cattle, shipping, $500 to
$5.75; hogs, choice heavy, $500 to $3.50;
sheep, common to prime, $3.50 to $500;
wheat, No. 2, SEC to SSc; corn, No, 2
white, soc to 56c; oats, No. 2 white,
BE to 34c.
st. Louis-Cattle, $3.50 to 1915; hogs,
$500 to $685.; sheep, $500 to $500;
| wheat, No. 2, SAC to Soc; corn, Nc. ,,
53c to SAC; oats, No. 2, Bic to 32c; rye,
No. 2, Toe to re.
Cincinnati-Cattle, $500 to $500;
hogs, $500 to $500; sheep, $500 to
$3.50; wheat, No. 2, CSC to $1.O0; corn,
No. g mixed, SIC to 5Sc; oats, No,
mixed, Gle to 33c; rye, No. 2, Toe to
Soc,
Detroit-Cattle, $3.50 to $500; hogs
St.OO to $780, sheep, $3.50 to Sa.OO;
wheat, No. 2, 93c to 95c; corn, No. 3
yellow, 5Sc to SOC; oats, No. 3 white
Sac to sec; rye, No. 2, tic to Zoe.
Milwaukee-Wheat, No. 2 northern
S1O3 to $1.O9; corn, No. 3, 55c to nc;
oats. No. 2 white, 33c to 35c; rye, No l.
Doc to Sic; barley, No. 2, Sic to h3c;
pork, mess, $12.62.
Tcledo-Wheat, No. 2 mixed, 99c to
S1.ot; corn, No. 2 mixed, 4Sc to SOC;
oats, No. 2 mixed, 3Oc to 32c; rye, No. :
Bic to SIC; clover seed, prime, $40.
Buffalo-Cattle, choice shipping steers,
S4.vo to 5000; hogs, fair to choice, S4OV
to $6.1O; sheep, common to good mixed
$4.0O to $500; lambs, fair to choice
S5.00 to $7.2i,.
New Yorh-Cattle, $500 to So'7o'
hogs, $500 to 5000; sheep, $500 to
$475; wheaz, No. 2 red, 97c to 9Sc'
corn, No <, Gle to 62c; oats, natural
white, &c TO 38c; butter, creamery, l"e
to zoe; eggs, western, 15c to 1Sc.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-07-21
DIGGING THE CANAL.
SLOW PROGRESS BEING MADE ON
THE PANAMA ISTHMUS
Vexatious Delay Seems Owing Chiefly
to the Dissatisfaction of Americana
with Charlottesville Rains, Yellow
Fever and Malaria.

Slowly and unwillingly the American
government is awakening to the i'm
mensity Of the task of digging the Pan
anna canal, writes Junius B. Wood in
the Chicago Inter Ocean. A year has
elapsed since the starting Of the actual
work on the isthmus and all that has
been accomplished of permanent value is
the excavation of comparatively trif1ing
amount of material and the partial or
ganization Of a working force.
Unexpected and serious obstacles both
In the field Of work and in this country
have impeded the work. Situations
which could not be foreseen on paper or
accounted for in figured estimates have
arisen. On all sides they have sprung
up-varying from friction with the Off
Gals at Washington over problems of
policy to squabbles with negro laborers
over the necessity of coffee with every
meal. But the problem which is of most
interest to the general public, and which
has made it almost impossible to form an
effective working organization from it's
shifting personnel, Is the dissatisfaction
Of the American employees.
Panama Is distasteful to the person
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-07-21
FAMED MIND IN BLIGHT.
Ex-Speaker Henderson Now q Mental
and Physical Wreck.


Living over again the days Of his glory
on the battlefield, sending messages to
imaginary secretaries as if he still were
one Of the chiefs of the nation, Col. Da-
vid B. Henderson of Iowa is existing at
his Dubuque home in an enfeebled men
tai state that threatens to carry him to
the grave.
Calling for his musket and dwelling in
fancy amid the battle scenes of forty
years ago, the man who has devoted the
better part of his life to the service OF
his country as soldier, statesman and ora
tor, is a pitiful wreck of his former self.
Paresis has set it's seal upon him, and
stroke of paralysis, suffered three weeks
ago, has brought him to condition
which physicians pronounced hopeless.
Not long ago Speaker of the national
House Of Representatives and therefore
second only to the President of the Unit
ed States in power, Col. Henderson now
is only the shadow of his former self
haunted by dreams of his former great
ness and cherishing an ambition that is
doomed to disappointment.
The secret of Col. Henderson's retire
ment from the speakership of Congress
and from public life in 1902 is known at
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-07-21
TWO YEARS OF AGONY.
One Cake OF Cuticura Soap and One Box
of Cuticura Cured Baby's Awful

One Cake Of Cuticura Soap and One Box
of Cuticura Cured Baby's Awful
Kumor.
when my sister was eighteen
months old humor broke out on her
shoulders, extending clear across the
back. For two years it caused her in
tense suffering. It would scab over
and then crack open and Watery
matter ooze from it. Then the scabs
would fall off and it would be raw for
a time. We had several different doc
tors and tried everything we could
think of, but without effecting cure.
Then we got one cake Of Cuticura Soap
and one box Of Cuticura Ointment,
which cured her completely and with
out scar or blemish. (SigneO Lille
Chase Walker, 5 fremont street, Wood
fords, Me-"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-07-21

mars death Capt. John r. King Of Bal
timore, senior vice commander, becomes
commander-in-chief Of the Grand Army
He will continue to hold the office until
the next national encampment of the or
DER Capt King is pension agent for
Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia.
with an Office in Washington.
Gen. Blackmar's death was a great
surprise and shock to his friends at his
home in Boston. He was taken i'll a
fortnight ago and sent by his physicians
to his country home at bingham, but
soon apparently improved SO much that
it was deemed safe to permit him to con-
tinue his tour of the Northwest, begun
early in the year.
The late Grand Army commander was
born at Bristol, Pa, July %, 1871. He
enlisted in the Fifteenth Pennsylvania
cavalry, but subsequently joined the
First West Virginia. He served with
distinction through the war, and at Five
Forks was promoted on the battlefield
by Gen. Custer to the rank of captain.
During the administrations of three Gov
ernors, Long, Talbot and Rice, he was
Judge Advocate General of Massachu-
SettS.