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Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-03-08
One Of Ed,son's Jokes.

Thomas Edison,' said a magazine edi-
tor, lis in his quiet way a great Joker.
He was showing me over his workshops
one day when a notwithstanding model
caught my eye-a cub thing on rockers
with a kind of telephone attachment run.
ming into 1t.
"'What on earth is that p said l..
That. said Mr.. Edison. 'is an inven-
ton l am working on. l hope to make my
fortune by 1t. 1t is a motor to run by
sound. You attach it to a cradle and the
louder the baby cries the faster the cradle
'ocks.'"
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-03-08
w..sss Borrowed Clothes.

Itban Us MN fOrk Press.
4 - He1a0 clothing house 10 sorcly
pestere0 - cnstosners who order clothes.
WAR thaaa a IN evening reception or to
tbs theaa1. SskMJn them next day and
demanA 1hsds money back on the ground
that ths e9smsntu - not suit. The man
aGemsnt 1sosn1lv adopted a device like
that WkSeA nah h doors Of freight cars
IN transts-A lasdsn pellet pressed on to
Mfre o. tw1A 1Aoteasrs. You have seen
the aaxne AA1Ag - oostain brands Of cham
payne, aseA 80 The removal Of the pei
let indieAtss that the package has been
tAmpsret With. This notice - printed on
the ciothtrs aAg:
= insuss M customers against pur-
chasing C3s&AD chat may have been worn
by othsrA. ~ hAsA appended this tag and
beal. Ne easGAanv viii be exchanged. nor
credit 84gsA. n this garment Is returned
Wkhoue1nAo uAAAsturbed SEAL
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-03-08

pressed with lis favor. Its growth NJ
prcductivercss were really ren.arkabl
The variety is recommended here for te
only for 1t has not been tried over a ~
dctent territory to warrant recommend.ne
IL Tor general planting. A packet or two
Of seeds 1t a small cost and a small plot
OF ground will determine. ON ones own
soil. II the variety 10 wanted. 1t Is worth
testing.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-03-08
Naming the Baby.

THE baby's name" announced Mr..
Leader calmly. lis to be Hepzibah.'
WHEAT" exclaimed Leader. But I
say, Harriet. think of what you're doing
for the l.ttlc one. Such a na:ne will be 4
handicap throughout her life"
Her name is to be Hephzibah." repeat
or's name. and II means my delight is In
her If you dom, think those sufficient
veasons, do"
Leader sat quietly for awhile. and then
q crafty look crept athwart his y.sage.
and he smiled.
When l come to think of it," he said.
II don't know that / object to the name.
I was engaged once to a sweet girl whose
name was Hephzibah. and"
THE baby's name" Interrupted Mrs.
Leader. haughtily. "is 10 be Harriet
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-03-08
IN SWINE.

1t Ia rare that paralysis or any trouble
effecting the brain OF the hog Is due to
anything other than bad food or bad
water: troubles resulting from the latter
are more frequent han generally supposed
for the reason that few hogs get all the
fresh water they should have and arr.
driven to drink water infected with filth
which brings on 4 form Of brain trouble
resulting in paralysis. The remedy Is
mainly IN prevention. of course. in keeping
the pen free from stagnant. and filthy
water and having all the water given the
st, ok clean and pure. OF one thing be
certain. that the water In velts used for
stock Is, not imprcgnated with fiith which
flows from the barnyard. Make It a prac-
TIDE 20 -giye the hogs fresh water, daily
ri zee that II II given In vessels or
u ~ mat are clean. III a hog IL
aq " with partial paralysis try this
M !. II helps in miny cases II the
..... a. not % Tar gone. In sone way
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-03-08
whlir- to oblise.

r TUfn IN EXCfldTgP.
Two Young girls were talking on a ram
way car. when one of them said: 1.-The
uwfuiest thing happened to me yesterday.
Eess and I came down together on tho
car. but 1t was crowded to suf-
~fooat.on. l was afraid I'd lose Bess. and
10 / lust grabbed her hand and held on
for Gar HE. When we were nearly to our
tles,ina tion-just fancy.-I looked down.
nnd 1t wasn't Bess' hand at all. but / was
holding that of a young man whom ! had
never seen. I dropped. 1t you can imagine.
In an instant. saying. oh. I've got the
wrong hand when what do you suppose
he answered: Why. miss. you are per-
eectly welcome to tho othes u you viii ac-
eept IT,"
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-03-08
VALUE OF A SEPARATOR.

Many dairymen would like a separator
but are deferred because of the first cost.
which ranges from SEQ to $50. according
to the capacity of the machine. but when
II Is figured that the saving of the fat In
the milk and the superior quality OF the
skim milk amount to- an average CT s. a
year per cow. 1t is plain that a separator
Is u profitable piece Of machinery to have
on the dairy farm. OF course 1t must be
washed and cared for but 1t saves the
washing Of some utensils. The richness OF
the cream can be easily regulated while
the skim milk. usually of little value
after the old plan of hand Swimming il in
almost perfect condition for feeding calves
or poultry. All this. to say nothing Of
the better and more uniform quality OF the
butter which. after all. is what dairymen
are seeking to accomplish. Surely with all
these things in favor of a separator 1t Is
PLAIN that II Is a profitable investment for
the man with eight or ten or more cows.
1t is only with thcse later day improved
appliances that the dairylnan can hope to
make his business profitable and compete.
In any degree. with the crcamcries so that
the sooner he gets about having all the as
sistance of the kind he can afford the
sooner he will reaD the benefit.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-03-08
One en- Smith.

Secretary Shaw today told a story on
Representative Smith Of Iowa when the
latter was a Hedging attorney and anxious
to make n reputation for himself. A pri-
soner was brought before the bar In the
criminal court In Iowa, but he was not
represented by a lawyer.
Where is your lawyer" inquired the
Judge who presided.
II have none responded the prisoner.
why haven't youc"
Haven't my money Will which the pay
"A lawyer"
DO you want a lawyer" asked the
Judge.
Yes. your honor"
There is Mr.. Walter L. Smith. Johu
Brown, George Green said the Judge.
pointing to q lot Of young attorneys who
were about the court waiting for some
thing to turn up. and Mr.. Alexander is
out in the corridor
The prisoner eyed the budding attor-
neys In the court room, and after a criti-
cal survey stroked his chin and said:
"W-a-l-l, l guess l will take Mr.. Alex
Nndcr."
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-03-08

For Rent-Several grain and stock
farms. John Mulhall. 306i y Pierce street.
Teiephone 500.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-03-08
!, THE SOCIAL HOUR. =
Kept Himself Cool.
From the Boston Herald.
- u.ira u.oa nnOn ga

A man and his wife was once staying az
a hotel, when In tho night 'nes VIZ
aroused from their slumbers by the cry
that the hotel was a!ire.
Now. my dear said the husband. i
will put into practice what / have
preached. Put on all your Indispensable
apparel, and keep cool"
y Then he slipped his watch into his vess
pocket and walked with his wife out OF the
hotel.
When all danger was past. he said:
.Now YOU see how necessary 1t is to keep
cool"
The wife for the first glanced at her
husband.
Yes. William" she said. at IS a grand
thing. but II were you l would have put
on my trousers"
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-03-08
Iowa Is Safe.

iowa Is Sdv9.
Representative Smith of Iowa. the same
one Secretary Shaw told the story about,
Is chairman of the subcommittee OF the
appropriations COMMITTEES to which esti-
mates for fortlfcat lions on the sea coast
are sent. The other day a demand for
expenditures for certifying Portland, Me-.
was before the subcommittee. and the
chairman manifested a painful lack OF
appreciation of the danger that Portland
may be shot to pieces any day by a hos
tile fleet. He was so sympathetic that
finally a New England member who was
urging the measure exclaimed:
I'D like to know why i: Is that this
committee on Qualifications always gets a
man at its head from the Mississippi val
ley"
Reasons of economy. reasons of econ
omy." replied the chairman. I'm tell you
wha to do. You get somebody to invent
n carron that will send a shell as far in
lard as Council Bluffs. and we'll look
into this case further
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-03-08
Applause.

~ NRPla0oCs
Nine. Bernhard had just returned from
a spin IN a motor car. Her face was flush
Ell, and she Wore a skirt of sealskin.
Madam" said n reporter who speaks
French. what do you regard as the great
est triumph of your career?"
The great artist smiled.
My greatest triumph" she unused.
Well, I think perhaps my greatest tri-
umph was in Paris, on the first night OF
'L'Aiglon.' at the end OF tho third act.
The third act was p~assionately APP
plauded. but. as I stood before the cur
tain. the applause was drowned under a
burst of laughter.
1.-The laughter came from the topmost
gallery. The audiences eyes. and my eyes
too. were turned rep~roachfully thither.
And as we looked. the reproach died out OF
our faces. For what do you suppose we
saw?
w saw two one-armed men standing
up in the front row. side by side. quite
oblivious OF the amusement they created.
cooperating with their remaining hands
to add to the applause"
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-03-08

The late Gutavc c. Reichhelm, the notes
chess analyst and problem composer or
Philadelphia. was a quiet and mild man.
with a horror OF squabbles, noise and ex-
element.
M Heichhelm was once dragged out o,
his peaceful retirement" said a Phila-
delphian. He had to go to Now York TO
testify In a libel suit.
In his cross-cxaminat!on tho lawyer for
the defense. unawar that he was dealing
with a man of Mr.. Re.chhe.m's note, said
with n snoer:
"I hope 1t isn't true tina. you said you
were willing to testify for the other side IL
they would pay you better"
".Oh. nc; that isn't true Mr.. Reichheim
answered calmly. But suppose 1t had
been true-then let me put the same ques-
ton to you. II you had been offered a
bigger fee. wouldn't you have been on the
other side y~ourself?'"
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-07-27

(Free Press. July 20. 81 Aug. g. 10, II.
"a 1860
STATE OF MINNESOTA, County OF
Blue Earth. District Court, Sixth Jul
dicial District.
Nathan w. Sargent, Plaintiff,
VS.. -
Cora Sargent, Defendant.
SUMMONS.
The State of Minnesota, TO the above
named Defendant:
YOU Cora Sargent, are hereby sum-
moned and required to answer the COM
plant of the Plaintiff in the above en-
titled action, which said complaint Is on
file with the clerk of said District Court,
and to serve a copy of your answer TO
the said complaint. on the SUBSCRIBER, at
his office in the City of Mankato, In the
County of Blue Earth. in the State
aforesaid. within twenty days after the
service of this Summons upon you, ex-
elusive of the day of such service; and
if YOU fail to answer the said complaint
within the time aforesaid, the Plaintiff
~ this action will apply to the Court
for the relief demanded in said Com
paint.
1906
S. b. WILSON,
Attorney for Plaintiff,
Mankato, Mimi.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-07-27
OLD RESIDENT DIES.
Jean Bauer Passes Away at q Ripe
Old Age.
From Saturdays Daily.

rToiH OdtuIudy > bdlIy
Jean Bauer, one of the old settlers
of this state, died at his home, 45l
North Sixth street, at 1890 o'clock yes
terday afternoon, of old age, after an
illness of three weeks. He was eighty
one years and five months of age. He
had large number of friends who will
regret his DEATH as he was a man of
sterling character.
Mr.. Bauer was born in Luxembourg,
Germany, and came to America in lS47
The same year he was united in mar
riage with Miss Anna Haber at Mil
waukee, Wis, and they located in
Dodge county, in that state, where they
were engaged in farming for seventeen
years. They then moved to Rochester,
Mimi, where they lived for fifteen
months. On Nov. |, 1866, they came to
Mankato, and lived in the city until
July, 1869, when they located on farm
in Belgrade township, Nicollet county,
where they remained until 1892, when
they moved to Mankato, remaining here
ever since.
The deceased is survived by his wife
and six children, the latter being Mrs.
Joseph Kotthoff of this city, Mrs. Will
lam Youngers of Nicollet county, Frank
Bauer of Poskin Lake, Wis, Mrs. L.
Roy of Owatonna, Mrs. Charles Wenner
of Mankato township, and Peter Bauer,
who lives Oh the old homestead i'm Bel
grade. All of the children are in the
city.
The funeral viii occur Monday at 8
a. m. from st. Peter and PauPs Cath
Ollie church, and the interment will be
made at Calvary cemetery.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-07-27
ATTACKED BY A BULL.
North Mankato Man Has Marrow
Escape From Death!

Jarret Rugden, foreman at Oscar Bier
bauer's brick yard in North Mankato,
was attacked and badly hurt by bull
Saturday forenoon. He went into the
pasture with pitchfork and began to
pitch over the cornstalks, when the bull
made for him. He defended himself with
the pitchfOrk, striking it into the animal
a couple of times, but the second time
it stuck in the animal and he lost his
hold He was then knocked down and
severely gored, and probably would have
been killed but for the timely arrival of
his brother -in-law, who seized the fork
and pulled it out of the bull and drove
the animal away.
Mr.. Rugden was attended by phys
ician, who found that he was not SER
.iOrsly injured.
The bull was young one belonging
to Mr. Rugden, and it had short horns,
or else he would have been more Sc
yerely injured. He at once sold the ami
NAL to butcher.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-07-27
WAS AN Old inner.
Jacob Schmahl, Who Died at New
UIm Yesterday.

Redwood Falls, July, 2l.-Jacob
Schmahl. for thirty years resi-
dent of Redwood Falls and for over six
tv years resident of Minnesota, died
of old age at st. Alexander's hospital,
New Ulm, at noon yesterday. He was
nearly ninety one years old. The deceas-
ed was the father of Julius A. Schmahl
republican candidate for secretary of
state. He was born on the banks of the
Rhine in Germany and came to this
country when but a boy, settling in
Pennsylvania, and afterwards at Galena,
Ill. At Galena he took passage for st.
Paul, where he remained for year or
more, and where he married Miss Reset
Apple, and the two went to Traverse
DIES Sioux, where they opened the only
hotel in that place in the early fifties.
This hostelry was the stopping place
for Alexander Ramsey Henry NJ. Rice,
Henry H. Sibley and George i. Becker
and other we'll known Minnesota people
who were travelling up and down the
route of the Sioux in those early days.
Near their hotel was made the fam
Gus treaty of the Indians, a picture of
which now graces the executive office at
st. Paul.
The deceased was in Fort Ridgely at
the time of the massacre and afterwards
returned to St Peter. He settled in
Redwood Falls in 1869 and the family
has resided here ever since. He was the
father of ten children, six boys and four
girls, only six of whom are living.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-07-27
FOUR REQUESTS.
What the City VIII Ask Of the Omaha
Road Anent Fourth Street.
From Saturdays Daily.

from Saturday DAILY.
The council last night instructed May
or Taylor and City Attorney Daley to
go to ST. Paul and confer with the Off
Gals of the Omaha road in an effort to
get them to agree to move the track
on North Fourth street so as to allow
a driveway from one end of that street
to the other, which would be a very
great improvement and is earnestly de-
sired by large number of residents.
1t can be done without much expense to
the road, for only about 900 feet of
track will have to be moved slightly.
The city officials will make the fol-
lowing requests of the railway officials
That the railway company give the
city lease of Fourth street for street
purposes from Elm to Lafayette streets.
That it give the city the right to i'm
prove the street by grading, curbing,
laying sidewalks, etc.
That it change the curve in its track
running northerly from Madison avenue
from a three degree to a four degree
curve.
That it place its switch to the Stan
dard Brewery no further north than the
northerly line of lot 4, block 5, Waite &
Roelfsons addition.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-07-27
LAW SUIT NECESSARY.
Trustee May Have to
Sue Bio Four Road.

From saturdays Daily.
H. l.. Scllmitt. who has recently re-
turned from Illinois and other states,
where he went in the interest of the
creditors of the Widell-Finlev company,
states that matters are still too com
plicated to tell how much is likely to be
saved by the creditors. The Chicago &
Northwestern road is the only one that
has completed the contracts held by the
company that were undone when it
failed The work on the other roads,
will all be completed in about two
months. There will be some profit left,
but in the case of the Big Four road,
which has shown hostility throughout,
it may be necessary to commence a law
suit
There is good deal of equipment at
different places belonging to the Widell-
Finley company.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-07-27
JUST AS POP ULAR.
Representative Tawney Puts in a
!, Good Word for Roosevelt.

from saturday Daily. s.A s
The Pioneer Press says:
Congressman J. A. Tawney of Winona
was at the capitol yesterday and filed
his affidavit for reelection from the
First district. So far no opposition to
the congressman has appeared.
He stated that it was his first visit to
st. Paul since December and that he had
not been in Winona for six months un-
til two weeks ago. Sitting in commit
tee room and passing upon $SSO,OO0, 900
of appropriations had kept him too busy,
he said, to pay any attention to politics,
state or national.
One of the democrats at the capitol
suggested to him that Roosevelt's popu-
larity was waning.
ooh, no." he replied. "The country is
just resting, that's all"
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-07-27
KILL THE WILD MUSTARD.
Supt. O. c. Gregg Advances a
Il Scheme for Farmers to Follow.


Sch eme for Farmers to Follow.
Wild mustard, the bugbear of the
northwestern farmer, may be eradieated
| from grain fields by spraying the grain
with a solution of sulphate of iron.
| This is, the announcement of 0. c. Gregg
| superintendent of the state farmers in
stitution, who has been conducting
series of experiments, on his farm in
ILynd, Lyon county. Mr.. Gregg declares
he has established absolutely that the
mustard pest can be killed by using the
sulphate of iron solution.
Farmers who have waged war against
the wild mustard will appreciate the i'm
portance of Mr.. Gregg's discovery. Sc
the mustard spreads rapidly, and unless
entirely eradicated before it goes to seed,
! it will cover the whole field within few
years. Different methods of extermin-
ating the pest have been resorted to,
hut none seems entirely satisfactory, as
| the mustard seeds are tenacious and the
plant is prolific.
{ The method used by Mr. Gregg in
tkilling the mustard is simple. When
Hthe grain was about four inches high
and the mustard plants had developed
three leaves, he sprayed his fields with
the sulphate of iron solution and found
that the mustard was destroyed while
the grain was not affected. The only
fdifficultv he has encountered has been
| in procuring machinery which would do
the work of spraying cheaply and eco
nomically.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-07-27
TO FIGHrUsTs.
Cincinnati, Ohio. Club Is Formed for
Activo Work.

Cincinnati, July 2l.-A. movement to
unite the so-called common people in
opposition to those enjoying special priv
ileges by reason of political control over
the trusts has just been launched here
in the formation of body called the
Commons club of Cincinnati, which is
to be the nucleus of national organ-
cation of clubs under that name
The Cincinnati club is headed by
John c. Miller, president of the Central
Labor Council, and the other officers
are: Vice president, Henry Mime
kamp; treasurer, Frank Kochman; sec
rotary, Frank Riot.
The political action of the members is
to be taken regardless of party lines
A paragraph of the preamble to the
constitution reads:
at every year becomes more difficult
to express the popular will because of
intricate nominating and electoral sys-
TENS, obscure laws, vexatious prOhibi-
tions, judicial delays and other devices
to confuse and mislead the masses of
the people"
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-07-27
CONCRETE AND GLASS.
Advanced Idea for Construction Of
Floral Hall.

1t may be that floral hall at the new
fair grounds will not be built this year.
members would like to see it built of
concrete. and glass, saying that it would
cost no more constructed this way than
if lumber was used. The walls would be
ten feet high, of concrete, and the roof
of glass. The hall would be splendidly
lighted, and would be fire proof and
there would be a saving on repairs and
insurance.
If floral hall is not built this year, a
large tent will be procured and used for
the purpose. Work on the other build
ings is progressing.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-07-27


that were enacted during the last SEES
sion of congress?
Volstead, serving his first term in
congress, made an able and convincing
speech on the tariff question when Me-
Cleary, fearing the eloquence of John
Lind and John Sharp Williams, discreet
ly Kept silent-and then, after congress
had adjourned, filled thirty-six pages OF
The Congressional Record with his ia
nous zone minute" speech. In his second
term Volstead also made a notable
speech on the alcohol bill. Stevenson
made great speech on the immigration
bill and secured favorable report on
his drainage bill
In the meantime it is up to any of
Mr.. McClearys friends to point out one
single act of congress, either national or
local, that bears his name.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-07-27
WANT TO BE INSPECTORS.
Eight Persons Here Who Desire to
Inspect Packing Houses.

FROM saturdays DAILY.
Eight cTdidates for appointment as
packing inspectors We're examined by
the local civil service board this fore
noon. Hie regulations under which the
examinations was held did not require
that the inspectors be veterinarians,
but they must from experience be
qualified to determine whether meat is
sound or not, wholesome and fit for
human food, and must be competent to
supervise tie preparation of various
meat products. No applicants were from
Mankato, but there was one from Madi-
son Lake.
The government wants 400 inspectors
at once at a salary of 1000 a year to
begin with, to carry out the new law
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-07-27
w. c. T. u. Convention.

The w. G.. L. u. convention held in
Lake Crystal July ID and l4th was a
complete success. Much credit is due
Lake Crystal people who helped to make
it success. Lake Crystal has wide
awake union. Watch it's progress. At
the close of the convention was held
gold medal contest in which six con-
testants participated, each delivering her
selection with ability. Miss Edith Stock
dill. won the medal This is naturally
pleasing to Ceresco people.