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The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1906-01-04
RHODES ERICKSON.

Married on Thursday after.
noon, December %, 1905, Rev.
Oscar D. Purinton officiating,
Mr.: Orion Rhodes to Miss Maud
Erickson. The wedding took
place at the home of the groom's g
parents, Mr.. aud Mrs. A. Rhodes
in Cooperstown and only the i'm
mediate friends of the contract
ing parties were present. After
the wedding dinner the newly
married couple left for the
Rhodes farm where they will
settle down to housekeeping.
The groom is the youngest son
of Mr.. and Mrs. A. Rhodes
while the bride Is the daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Erwin Erickson.
Their many friends throughout
the county extend ccngratula.
tions and wish them a long and
happy life.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1906-01-04
Through Tourist Sleeping on -Four
Days o. tho Week 10 California
vla
chIeage Great Western Railway.

The Chicago Great Western
Railway offers choice of four
through tourist cars per week to
California: the first leaving
Minneapolis 7:4o a. M, st. Paul
e:10 a. m. every Monday; going
via Omaha, the Mo. Pacific and
Santa Fe, arriving Los Angeles
800 a. m. the following Friday.
The second leaves Minneapolis
500 p. M, St. Paul $50 p. m.
every Tuesday going via Omaha
and the Rock Island Scenic
Route, arriving San Francisco
4:2e p. m. Saturday. The third
leaves Minneapolis 10:45 p. M,
st. Paul 1920 p. m. every Wed
nesday going via Kansas City
and the Rock Island-E Paso
Route, arriving Los Angeles
1856 p. N. Sunday. The fourth
leaves Minneapolis 1920 a. m.,
st. Paul 1850 a. m. every Thurs
day via Kansas City and the
Santa Fe Route, arriving Los
Angeles 1925 a. m., San Diego
12:45 p. m. Monday. For further
Information apply to r. r.
Jones, Trav. Agt. Fargo, N. D.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1906-01-04
Auction Sale.

The undersigned will sell at
public auction on the O. K. Krog-
foss farm, 81 miles north of Jes'
sic, N. D., on the southeast quar-
ter 6-147.59, on Thursday,
JANUARY 4, 1906,
the following described property
towit:
II head horses, farm machinery
and household, furniture. Sale
at II a. m. Free lunch at noon.
Terms Of sale: All sums under
$40 cash; over that amount time
will be given until October 18th,
1905, on notes with approved Sc
curity with interest at 10 per
cent.
LOUIS PETERSON,
Proprietor.
Col. J. A. n. W1NsLoE,
Auctioneer.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1906-01-04
Weddings elore.
.RowLEY.

"
One of the greatest events of
the matrimonial season came to
pass on Wednesday evening at Z
O'clock, Dec. q, when Mr.. Her.
man Michaelis and Miss Annie
Rowley were united by the holy
bonds of matrimony. The bride
was beautifully gowned in white
and was attended by her sister,
Miss Bertha. The groom wore
conventional black. His brother
Earnest acted as best man. The
ceremony took place in the
presence of a large number of
friends and relatives, Rev. H.
Styles Harriss of the M. E..
church officiating. The wedding
took place at the home of the
brides parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Alexander Rowley, about two
and a half miles southwest of
town.
The groom Is the son of Mr..
and Mrs. Edward Michaelis, one
of our substantial and wealthy
Griggs county farmers. He is
a young man of exemplary ha.
bits, vely popular with his &C.
quaintances and is one of the
foremost young farmers of the
county. The bride who has
lived with her parents in this
county for about two years has
formed intimate acquaintances
and made many lasting friends.
AS an expression of the esteem
of her friends she was the
recipient of numerous, hand.
some, valuable and useful pre-.
sents. The happy couple will
live on the groom's farm nine
miles southwest of town. Many
of the friends that went out from
town have eaten very little since
as they partook so heartily OF
the sumptuous dinner that was
served. The COURIER joins with
the many in congratulating and
wishing them success through
life.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1906-01-04
The klsdseeardsa
Qetogm Novomont.

The Fargo Forum has dis
covered another reform" move
ment in North Dakota. This
movement. according to the
Forum, takes in the ''real re-
formers" of the state who are
not in sympathy with the Re-
publican Good Government
or it's purposes. The new out
fit is to take part in a general
movement, and the people in
terested in it are those who are
in favor of reform for it's own
sake aud for no other purpose.
The movers, still according to
the Forom, are republicans,
democrats, populists and men
without party affiliations, and
the Forum says they are al
ready strong enough to make
trouble for the present state
administration. 1t is little
significant that the Forum did
not make this discovery until af-
ter the meeting of the Kinder.
garten Club in st. Paul, at which
meeting the st. Paul papers say
matters of Importance were dis
cussed, an2 plans were devised
to head off the league movement
which was already beginning to
assume a threatening appear
ance. Naturally if the members
of the Kindergarten Club or it's
officers could head off the league
movement by springing a new
one, that would be good politics
for them, and they are adopts in
that sort of politics. And if the
Forum could further the work,
that would be an explanation of
it's present interest in the work
of the "real reform" the reform
of a system which, according to
the expressions and judged by
the attitude of the Forum is al
ready perfect.
The present system is one in
which those who are 'tgood" are
cared for and the Forum is al.
ways "good." When the boss
takes snuff the Forum never
fails to sneeze and it's dream OF
new reform movement is the re
suit of an unusually large pinch
of snuff, taken just after the
boys got back from ST. Paul.
Grand Forks Herald, Dec. %,
1905.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1906-09-21
BENJAMIN H. GASkILL,
BROKER, THIEF, FORGER.

Benjamin II. Gaskill was one OF the
most noted exemplars of fraudulent
finance, who cheated his friends and
then killed himself to avoid facing
them He was thief and forger,
but this discovery was not made until
after his death. In his lifetime Gaskill
enjoyed the respect and esteem of
his business associates. His reputa-
ton for probity was of the best, and
his credit was gilt-edged. After his
suicide diary was found among his
effects in which he spoke of himself
as Jekyll and Hyde. He wrote that
he could not make himself understood
to sordid minds and that his aspira-
tions were too high for the ordinary
mortal to grasp.
Gaskill was not as pronounced a
churchman as Nipple, but he made a
practice of keeping up friendship
with churchgoers. His forgeries forced
the City Trust. Safe Deposit 6 Surety
company into bankruptcy. His meth.
ods were ingenious, and he reaped
something like million dollars. 1t
was not exactly wildcat speculation In
his case. 1t was rather the credulity
and trustfulness of those he defrauded
that brought him the enormous re.
turns Accidental discovery drove him
to suicide.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1906-09-21
SPADE DEEPLY FOR TREES.
Ground Should Be Well Prepared for
the New Tree.

When a new tree is to be set out the
ground should be well prepared for 1t.
When large plantations are to be put
in, plew may be used In the prep
aration of the ground. More often,
however, the spade is used for pre-
pairing the ground in which trees are
to be set. The depth of the spade is
about ten inches, which is about four
inches more than the depth of or
dinary plowing. The depth of the
spade. says the Farmers Review,
should be the measure used in turn
ing over the ground for trees. The
space SO prepared should be ten feet
or more in diameter. and this pre-
pared space should be increased as
the tree grows. The object of the en-
largement of the space is to prevent
the forming of natural water-tight
basin In which water would accumu.
late to the detriment Of the tree.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1906-09-21
Impossible Advice.

In pulling down an old room at
Booking, England, workmen came
upon a wine fiagon imbedded in the
brickwork. A page of foolscap dated
Aug. Is, 1888, found inside the fiagon
gave details of the building Of the
chimney Of Josiah Reeve, the owner.
with the names of ''ye master carpen-
ter and 'ye masterbricklayer." 1t
concluded: Josiah Reeve. father or
six children, leaves this memorandum
in this place. His wife was Elizabeth
Houston, of Great st. Helens, London.
to whom he was married March Is.
1773, Reader, go thou and do like
wise"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1906-09-21
JOSEPH G. DlTMAN,
BANKER, DROWN ED.

Joseph G. Ditman, president of the
Quaker City National bank, disap-
peared mysteriously and for two days
it was believed he had been robbed
and murdered. After drive through
Fairmount park his empty carriage
and the horse were found. Search for
the banker continued for month.
Detectives went to all parts of the
United States and large rewards were
offered Forty days after his disap-
pearance the decomposed body of the
banker was found floating in the
Schuylkill river.
Ditman was brought up in the paper
manufacturing business, and abandon
ed it to go into banking. He discount
ed paper for his old-time associates on
the flimsiest sort of collateral. He
sunk thousands of dollars in silver
mine in South Carolina. He went into
the printing business to recoup his
losses, and lost more, and in less than
two years, through his wildcat specula-
tion, and lack of care, he was stripped
of every dollar he possessed. His
mind became affected and the suicide
theory was generally accepted not
withstanding the judgment of the cor
oner's jury that he was drowned by
accident.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1906-09-21
AWFUL PSORIASIS IS YEARS.
Terrible scaIy Humor in Patches All
Over the Body-skin Cracked and
Bleeding-Cured by Cuticura.

II was afflicted with psoriasis for
thirty-five years. 1t was in patches
all over my body. l used three cakes
OF Cuticura Soap, six boxes of Oint-
ment and two bottles of Resolvent.
In thirty days was completely cured.
and 1 think permanently, as 1t was
about five years ago. The psoriasis
first made its appearance in red spots.
generally forming a circle, leaving in
the center spot about the size of
silver dollar of sound flesh. In a short
time the affected circle would form
a heavy dry scale of a white silvery
appearance and would gradually drop
off. To remove the entire scales by
bathing or using oil to soften them
the flesh would be perfectly raw, and
light discharge of bloody substance
would ooze out. That scaly crust
would form again in twenty-four hours.
1t was worse on my arms and limbs.
although 1t was in spots all over my
body, also on my scalp. II let the
scales remain too long without remov-
ing by bath or otherwise, the skin
would crack and bleed. / suffered in
tense itching, worse at nights after
getting warm in bed, or blood warm
by exercise, when 1t would be almost
/ unbearable. w. M. Chidester, Hutch.
/ inson, Kan, April 20, 1906"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1906-09-21
WHAT BECAME OF OLD eLAssEs1
Mothers Effort to Check chld's Curb
osity Proves Futile.

A Boston three-year-old, like Mr.
Kiplings elephants child is distin
guished by her Unsuitable curiosity
Bitter and embarrassing experiencui
have led her long-suffering mother to
recognize this fact. :,
Accordingly, when accidents in the
kitchen and the expectation of guests
to dine, rendered the purchase of new
water glasses necessary, Mrs. s.
took her daughter into her confidence.
Sarah" she said, these are new
glasses. / bought them at Stearns'
yesterday afternoon at 4:30 o'clock
Robert drove me over to the shop with
Jim and the runabout. Robert wore
his 'butternut' livery and his brown
derby. 1 paid six dollars for the
glasses, and had them sent. Now you
know. all about them, and positively
forbid you to ask a single question
about them when you see them on the
table"
Sarah wore subdued look during
the process Of the meal, and Mrs
s. was beginning to congratulate
herself upon the effectiveness of her
lesson, when an eager and interested
expression came into Sarah's face, and
she piped in her shrill but engaging
voice: Mother, what did you do with
the old glasses?"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1906-09-21
CONGRESSMAN ADAMS,
HIMSELF ONLY VICTIM.

Robert Adams, Jr., familiarly known
as "Bertie" Adams, former minister to
Brazil, prominent as one of the orig
inal explorers of the Yellowstone re-
gion and member of congress from the
Second district OF Pennsylvania, COM
mitted suicide by shooting in his
apartments in the Metropolitan club,
Washington, on the 1st day of last
June. Wildcat speculation was di-
rectly responsible. He died absolute
ly penniless, having dissipated for
tune of 100000. He left a note ad-
dressed to Speaker Cannon, In which
he said that as his personal obliga-
tions exceeded his resources he was
obliged to abandon the responsible
position he held in the house of rep
resentatives. The congressman lost
money at cards, but the greater part
OF his wealth went In land invest
ments and In loans on worthless se-
curlties He sent good money after
bad In the hope OF recovery.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1906-09-21
\|NU 5ooo o o o o 90 o o . 90 o o 0 5000

Without any previous knowledge of
newspaper making he succeeded in
gaining control of small newspaper
called the Public Record. He changed
it's makeup and it's general method of
treatment of the topics or the day, and
astonished the town by reducing the
price to one cent.
He became Democratic candidate
for governor and made a canvass of
the state in special train. He had
then gone into the breeding of blood
ed horses and had one Futurity vic
tory to his credit-the capture of
100000 in stake and bets by Nor
relic in the season of 1892.
Spreading out still further, Singer.
ly went into banking and organized
two institutions. Reckless loans drove
him to the wall, and in 1897 both
banks failed.
On February 81, 1898, Mr.. Singerly
died suddenly in his home. The story
was given out that heart disease had
carried him off, aggravated by his
financial troubles. After his death
the community was startled to learn
that he was in debt to the defunct
Chestnut Street bank to the extent of
100000, which he had borrowed on
collateral security of $75,000
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1906-09-21
WILLIAM M. SlNGERLY,
NEWSPAPER PUBLISHER.

William M. Singerly, proprietor of
the Philadelphia Record, president of
the Chestnut Street National bank
and the Chestnut Street Trust COM
pany, died under circumstances which
pointed Enthusiastically to death self
inflicted. Cyanide of potassium is be-
lieved to have been the agent, but so
far as the records of the coroner's Of
fee go, that cause is not ascribed.
Notwithstanding this official yelling
no one in Philadelphia familiar with the
wild and reckless peculation in which
Singerly was involved, and which re.
suited In the failure of the banks in
which he was interested, believes that
he died natural death.
Singerly was peculiar combination.
He was born In Philadelphia In 1882.
His father was a pioneer In street
car transportation and made fortune.
In his young manhood william M.
Singerly developed liking for conviv-
iality, which resulted in his income
being cut off, and he was put to work
as a car conductor at small salary.
This enforced employment brought
about a reformation after he had pass
ed his thirty-fifth year. He then dis
played qualities of shrewd business
sense which 1t was not believed he
possessed.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1906-09-21
A FARMERS NURSERY.
It Is Easily Managed and Should Be
a Feature of Every Farm.

A small home nursery is easily man.
aged and in many cases highly profit.
able. Where old orchards of good
standard varieties exist, 1t Is com
paratively simple matter to grow
young trees. BY planning a little
ahead, the farmer may grow his own
fruit trees and plant considerable
orchard at slight expense.
Seeds of good quality must be pre-
served to grow stocks for budding or
grating This is done by cleaning
and washing them when they are re-
moved from the fruit and allowed to
dry in the sun. They may be kept
over winter in a box OF moist sand
or pile of leaves left out of doors
1t is best to allow them to freeze
which will crack the shells sufficient
ly for sprouting. The seeds are sowr
in rows three feet wide, and three t
six inches apart In the row. Stocks
usually attain sufficient size to bud o.
graft with one years growth.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1906-09-21
JAMES v. p. TURNER,
RUINED BY BUYING LAND.

James Y. P. Turner, registrar Of
vital statistics of Philadelphia and a
lawyer of note, shot himself in the
stomach in Fairmount park in April,
1902. He was a member of the So
ciety of the War of 1912 and of the
Sons of the Revolution. Mr.. Turner
had been induced to invest in lands
in the west, which he believed to be
mineral-bearing, but which turned out
to be worthless. He became despond-
ent and chose to kill himself rather
than begin life over again at AZ.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1906-09-21
FRANK X. HlPPLE AND
JOHN S. HOPKINS.

The circumstances surrounding the
self-destruction of Frank X. Nipple
and Of John s. Hopkins. cashier of the
Peoples bank, who killed himself In
March, 1898, are strihngly similar.
Both men occupied positions of trust,
were prominent In church work, had
a rigid code of morals for the govern.
ment of their employees. and were
strict observers of the Biblical injunc.
ton to remember the Sabbath day to
keep II holy. Neither would ride in a
public conveyance 1 Sunday unless
the exigency were imperative. Mel
ther would countenance the use of
liquor or tobacco In any form. Hop
kins maintained this attitude to the
day he destroyed himself. although he
was associated with the most corrupt
cabal of politicians In Pennsylvania.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1906-09-21

The Peoples bank was Mat Quay's
bank 1t was while he was in control
that he wrote the famous letter to
henchman that he would shake the
plum tree"
The difference between Nipple and
Hopkins was in the amount of their
stealings. The cashier of the Quay
bank got away with only 100000,
which he lent on worthless collateral
to a concern called the Guarantors
company He foisted the securities off
on the directors as of value and when
exposure threatened, he prepared
himself for death and eased his con-
science by writing a voluminous let
ter of contrite explanation to James
McManes, president of the institution.
Then he went into the bathroom of his
house, on West Spruce street, and put
a bullet into his brain.
Nipple always sought, in the employ
ment of clerks, to bring in young men
who were members and regular COM
municants in some church. He did not
differentiate as to denomination. In
addition to refusing to have as clerks
any users of tobacco or liquor he was
opposed to any of his employees reading
Sunday newspapers or visiting race
tracks AS there are no race tracks
in Philadelphia, New York was the
nearest place for those who sought
that form of amusement.
President Nipple learned about a
year after the Real Estate company
was organized that one of his young
men had visited Sheepshead bay and
had won a five-dollar bet. The presi-
dent took him into his private Office
and prayed with him. He gave him a
marked Bible, and then dismissed him
from the companys service, so that
danger of contamination would be
avoided.
A few years ago Mr.. Nipple learned
that one of his depositors had derived
most of his wealth from backing the
policy swindle, and he requested him
to withdraw his account
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1906-09-21
JOSIAH r. ADAMS, VICTIM
OF POLITICAL ATTACK.

Josiah R. Adams, prominent club.
man and a lawyer and a noted figure
in the most exclusive set of Philadel-
phia's fashionable world, killed him
self in a hotel in Philadelphia, six
years ago. Adams was a man of rare
culture. He took a liking for the ex-
citement of political life, and affiliated
himself with the Quay machine. He
was nominated for judge of the supe.
rior court. A bitter attack was made
upon him by a local newspaper. He
was accused of having conspired with
another man to defraud the public by
get-rich-quick scheme. in which it
was alleged that hundreds of persons
were induced to invest to their sor-
row.
Adams made a weak denial to the
charge, and withdrew from the ticket.
He never recovered from the blow.
On the day he shot himself he kissed
his wife affectionately, left her, and in
five minutes was dying from a bullet
wound in the head.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1906-09-21
JOHN FIELD, MERCHANT,
LOST MIND WITH MONEY.

John Field, once postmaster of Phil
adelphia, a member of the old whole
gale dry goods house of Young, Smyth,
Field & Co., shot and killed himself in
Fairmount park while insane. He
came from Ireland when he was IA
years old and began as errand boy in
the house which he subsequently con-
trolled. The firm did an immense busi-
ness and in addition to branches in
Baltimore. Cincinnati, Indianapolis
and San Francisco, carried on bank
ing business in Saxony.
1t never was definite known how
Mr.. Field impaired his fortune, but the
general belief was that it was due to
speculation in realty, which he knew
nothing about. This so affected his
mind that he developed suicidal
mania.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1906-09-21

Methods of Grating.

Apples, plums and cherries may be
grown by grating, while peaches,
pears ard cherries are more frequent
ly budded. Either operation requires
that good scions be obtained from
healthy trees of the desired variety.
This is where the farmer may make
use of the good varieties of the neigh
borhood.
In early winter, before frost has in
jured the twigs, cut good scions for
spring grating. Take those from the
most vigorous trees, particularly from
the ends Of the main branches, where
the buds are we'll developed. These
may be bound into bundles and kept
In the cellar until used. Buds are cut
as they are needed.
Grating is simple operation which
may be learned with a little practice
and may be done in the winter when
other work is not crowding. The
most successful graft for nursery prac.
tice is the tongue graft.
The root, a. is cut, as shown In Fig.
1, with tongue, which Is fitted into
notch cut In the scion, b. The two
are stuck together with the bark lay.
ers opposite and then wrapped with
a cord or string. Ordinary No. Is cot.
ton wrapping twine Is best, as 1t rots
OF by the time the graft is ready to
grow. The gratis are placed in cellar
until time to plant in spring. They
are set six inches apart In rows three
| feet wide with two buds on the scion
above ground.
Budding is done In the summer
when the sclons are In most vigor
Gus growth. The scions should be
cut from strong, healthy trees. Trim
the leaves as shown in Fig. at a and
cut of the buds as they are set. They
are inserted under the bark at b, and
wrapped with twine or raffia to keep
them securely in place. After the
buds have begun to grow vigorously
the tops of the stocks may be trimmed
to stimulate growth.
After once well started, says the
Farm and Home, the bodies should be
kept clean to prevent undue branch
ing and make them grow tall. Good
cultivation is necessary at all times
They will usually grow from one tc
two feet high during the first year
and If the soil iB favorable, will be
ready to transplant to the orchard
the second autumn.