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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-08-05
Lake WOMAN TELLS OF HER WOES
Has Tried Many Ways Get Thin, and Now Desperate

! tlred-Ohi so tired, but a mite more en-
couraged when l dropped into a well
earned sleep the second night. I arose
on the third morning, stiff but anxious
for Motion Set No. g.
Tries Hopping About.
II was now told 10 make everything
hard work in this set. When l lifted
anything l was to imagine it weighed
at least 100 pounds. Imagine! While
MASKING potatoes for dinner that day
tugged at that little inoffensive wood
Ell masher as if it were a telephone
pole. / lifted a lemon with enough
grunts and struggles to toss cannon
ball. This was not all. Instead OF
jumping, l was now forced to hop on
one leg until It was tired, then bob
along on the other foot. My husband
thought l was crazy and imagined my
self a chicken. 1 did not dare tell him
that all my antics were called for by
Mr.. Motion Man to rid me of that over
built feeling.
when | woke up on the fourth
morning / could barely get out of bed.
The fifth morning found me down and
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police here state that the description of
the bigamist, beyond a slight resemblance
does not correspond to that of the Eng
lishman.
1.-THE police sent cablegram to Scot
land Yard, London, asking for Informal
ton. If the reply which is expected to-
morrow is favorable to the man under de-
tention he will be released.
1.-The prisoner states that the health of
his wife had not been good and that he
decided to stay in Maine for the sum-
mer. They selected a cottage on the shore
of ShebagO lake so that they might have
SecluSiOn and in order to avoid publicity,
they were known all Mr. and Mrs S. G.
Douglass. Lord ShOlto Douglass married
Miss Loretta Adkins and for several years
resided in California"
The dispatch might have stated several
other things about Lord Douglass which
are not contained therein. Lord Douglass
wife was a variety actress well known on
the Pacific coast and his family refused
TO receive her after the marriage, Ac-
cordingly the noble lord has lived in this
country since his wedding. He has one or
two children. He is sure-enough lord.
A few years ago he went into the sa-
loon business in Spokane, Wash. firing
of it in two or three months he gave the
saloon away one night, by inviting In all
the hoboes and FOUNDERS in Spokane, and
telling them to help themselves A riot
almost resulted and the drunk was
one which will live forever in the minds of
the "boes' who participated in it, At
that time Lord ShOltO had money from
which he was separating rapidly, and it
is not known whether he has any now
or not
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-08-05

There is woman in Salt Lake who
will call a certain man or woman
blessed If he or she renders her a GER
tain aid. This particular woman is
very fieshy. and being a woman of ex-
IRENE sensitiveness, naturally is wor-
ried about her weight which is grow
ing greater gradually. She called at
The Herald office last week and asked
for the information bureau. The query
editor chatted with her in his office
and her account OF her troubles is pre-
sented for perusaI. She consented to
this, hoping some one who read the
story might be in a position to render
her the assistance or advice she is so
DESTROYS of getting. The woman is well
known in social circles, and it is at her
request that her name is withheld. Any
one who has called upon medical aid
tso-called) TO overcome obesity will
readily recognize some of the treat
ments described.
Here Is the Tale.
The woman, encouraged by the age
and bald head of her auditor, opened
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weight. l was walking cargo OF phOS-
plate.
Mental Method Tried.
THE fourth and last treatment ]
spent SO of my husbands hard-earned
money for was a mental system. Sort
of Christian Science affair." / was to
imagine myself a girl, light in heart
and on foot / was to imagine stoop-
ing over to pick up imag inary bits of
thread from floor was the easiest
thing in the world. This method had
some attractions in its lack of heavy
stunts. All l had to do was TO imagine
things. | did not have to jump like a
kangaroo from one room to another
but was told to imagine tripped along
in the regular school-girlle fashion.
started in imagining things as happy
as boy neck deep in a swimming hole.
q followed the system for a week
and then threw up the battle against
weight iE despair. Like the little boy
whom a chicken had pecked said when
his mother told him he only imagined
it had pecked him. We'll. boo-hoo.
Imagination doesn't leave a hole in
your finger and make it bleed
Il learned that imagination will not
make you look like the thing you're
trying to make yourself believe you
are.
Il was pretending to sport a 22-inch
waist when, the tape ran double that
figure OH 1t was awful.
My husband caught me tra-lading
through the house one evening He
didn't say anything to me, but 1 heard
him mutter in an undertone, Once a
chicken, now a school girl. What next p
Now 1 have told you the whole
/ tn Ia oi1
thinking you could either tell me what
to do or refer me to somebody who
can"
Query Editor Gives 1t Up.
The Query Editor. with mis- hand still
strOking the stubby blOtch on his bony
chin, shook his bald head sorrowfuily.
Il can do nothing he said. Il can
tell you nothing. Nature plays funny
pranks. l would shout with joy if
woke up some morning to discover
could no longer initiate a freight train
b. running my fingers up and down my
ribs. No one is satisfied. Everybody
has just what somebody else wants.
This is a funny world. No Mrs. er-I
can render you no assistance. You
might take daily rides upon the high
railways at the resorts and take
chances of a drOp-off."
The fat woman rose with more effort
than grace and an instant later was
webbing out of the Office.
The office boy passing the query edit1
or's office pOked his head in and with
a wicked grin asked:
What the ideer?"
The office boy passing the query edit
My wife!" he said impressively, to put
an end to the office boys curiosity.
"Gee!" said the youngster. You
wasn't stingy with yourself when you
faced the altar, was your
The fat women is still cOrpuent and
on the lookout for some weight reduc-
ing treatment.
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out and unable to stir the cornbread
batter. 1 weighed and found three
pounds added to the record of my
Week-befOre- weight. l was now despe-
rate!
my heart was still ruled by the tickle
thing called hope l sadly wrote Mr..
Motion Man that he was altogether too
strenuous for me, and looked through
magazines galore to find a new, and 1
prayed, fruitful weight-reducing
method
The third was Fanny Fakem's Fos-
fate. / drank her preparation until
l fairly dubbed and kept adding
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to this city is to endeavor to get Salt
Lake county to stand at least part
of the expenses of caring for these Salt
Lake girls in the home. Although a
large percentage of the cases taken
care of in the home in the course of its
existence are from Salt Lake, the city
nor the county has never borne any of
the expense. The home is maintained
by the people of Ogden entirely. Con-
tributions from the Elks, the Knights
of Pythias, the merchants of Ogden,
the Wolf stock company and others
have gone toward the sustenance, and
regular subscriptions are made by the
city and the county.
National Worker Here.
Just at present a worker in the ma
tional Florence Crittenden rescue work,
Mrs. Anna Riggs, is lecturing through
the state endeavoring to get all the
larger cities to contribute toward the
work, since all have had some inmates
in the home. 1t is the purpose of the
board of directors to establish a de-
partment of domestic science in the
home where girls may learn practical
bouseWork and thus become self-sup-
porting. AS it is, they are so unaccus-
toned to Homework that 1t is almost
impossible to find places where they
can earn a living. A matron is in
charge of the home and the doctors
and nurses of ogden have given all
their services free from the beginning.
A skilled nurse is needed, however, to
take charge of the place, and when the
mothers who wish to keep their babies
could be allowed to go out to do work
while learning to do the finer work of
cooIyinp and raQIllar hOIISek epDpg
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-08-05
PERSONAL

Miss Flora Sundberg has returned homi
after spending month in the country
Mrs. T. R Sandberg and Mrs. r. n
Daynes have gone to Wasatch for an out
ing.
Mrs. D. H Gustaveson is here from
Los Angeles visiting her mother. Mrs
Sandberg.
Bryan Barton and two sisters. Louell;
and Bessie. will leave for Portland dur
ing the week.
Dr. W. NJ. Brown Of the Kelly insti
tute, leaves today for a two months bus
mess trip to New York City
George L. Swendsen. district engineer O
the government reclamation service. vii
return to Strawberry Valley today
Miss Jennie Rocca has returned from
Camp Comfort, Big Cottonwood canyon
where she has been visiting with Mrs n
T. Martin.
d. Gurnsey left yesterday ON a bushes
trip for Portland and other northwes
cities. Before returning Mr. Gurnsey ex
poets to visit San Francisco.
Thomas ]. lyman, state superintendent
of public instruction for Wyoming, wa
in the city yesterday, and was enter
tanned by State Superintendent A. G
800 lots, S. each. See II.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-08-05
BABIES SCARCE
IN CITY OF OGDEN
Salt Lake Is Also Secured for a
Surplus Supply With
out Results.

Ogden, erstwhile the city of babies.
suicide seems to be prevalent and the
supply of babies comes nowhere near
being equal to the demand. The word
demand" might be used in literal
sense, for so many acquisitions for ba-
bies have been filed with the one insti-
tuition supposed to do a rushing bust
ness in that line that the president of
the board of directors has searched
through all of Salt Lakes baby farms
for the past week for a starter for q
crop of Ogden's best.
1t would seem to the casual observer
that Utah is no better supplied in one
place than another, but this is surely
not the case. While there appear to be
plenty of babies to the square foot III
Ogden, the appearance is deceiving.
The fact is there are not enough to go
around, though this may sound para
doxical. The horrible shortage was dis
covered some time ago when an adver-
tisement was put in one of Ogden's
daily sheets saying in a modest enough
way that there was a baby awaiting
adoption by the proper authorities, in
charge of the directors of the Critten-
den home.
Great Rush to Adopt.
In reply to the few lines strings and
strings of the proper people came seek
ing the long lost-Or at any rate long
sought darling. So strenuous was the
life of the directors rendered that they
have never dared TO advertise a baby
for adoption since. Now if such a rara
avis happens to be within their reach
they use diplomacy to find out which
is the proper person.
They now have applications from as
many as six reliable and responsible
families Clone men or lone women be-
ing barred, who are willing to stand
the test physical mental, moral and
even financial in order to secure the
much-cOveted baby. In vain have they
sought, in vain made bids for precious
darlings. So far none have been Sc
cured.
Giving up all hope of obtaining
youngsters in Ogden, the president of
the board of the Florence Crittenden
home, Mrs. John T. Hurst, came to Salt
Lake and made careful search at each
and every one of the home-fnding as
sociations, but without results. All the
ba bies that have been secured in the
past few months have been literally
natural outcome.
Crittenden Home Besieged.
The Crittenden home has been be-
sieged by the families wanting babies,
because in times past, following its
plan of saving young girls. it has been
able to place some babies in good
homes. In the eleven years Of its ex-
istence it has secured homes for many
children, and has kept in touch with
them and the mothers in nearly all
cases. Ia the past few months, how
ever, all of the young mothers have
preferred TO keep their babies, and this
the board has encouraged them to do
because the baby makes an anchor to
hold the mother IN the right path. Six
girls from Salt Lake have been cared
for in the institutions in the past three
months, and each one of these has her
baby with her.
Another purpose of Mrs. Hurst's visit
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-08-05
FAMED FOR SUMMER HOMES
Salt Lake Will Have That Reputa-
ton, Saws Mr.. Bamberqer.

Before many years have passed. Salt
Lake will be as celebrated for its mag
nificent summer homes as Los Angeles
and vicinity for winter residences, in the
opinion of Simon Bamberger.
1.-THE action of Colonel and Mrs. 4. f.
Holmes in selecting Salt Lake out of all
the world as the most desirable place for
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Contagious and infectious diseases remain
in the city as follows: Smallpox, 4; scar
let fever, 3; diphtheria, /
PSYCHIC SCIENCE LEAGUE.-Tbs
Psychic Science league will meet tonighF
at o'clock in room 23S Constitution block,
Inc subject will be What is Man?s
which is the fourth lecture on tie sIIhiact
of Chemistry of Life"
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summer residence is significant" said
Mr.. Bamberger yesterday. II am sure
many people of wealth will follow their
example. Certainly any person who has
visited lakewood cannot fail to be i'm
pressed with the charm of the house and
the surroundings. The location is beauti-
full to begin with, and the house is arts
tically furnished and has the air of COM
fort and hospitality. Colonel and Mrs.
Holmes appreciate the advantages of Salt
Lake more than most of the residents.
and they are setting a good example,.
500 lots, S. each. See it.
Famous German beers imported for
us now on draught, "Pilsner Burger
brau" and "Munchner Hofbrau." Karl
H. Mayer. The Heidelberg.
500 lots, S. each. See ii.
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Did you think to get MOUNTS
Chow Chow for today's cold Luncheon?
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with them prescribed one after each
meal. l hated to see mealtime arrive
but with my determination to carry
less weight around still strong, !
chewed those tablets after each meal
and wondered what l had done to suf-
fer such punishment.
Letters Pour In.
Every two days / would receive an
other printed letter with certain blanks
flied in with a typewriter. These would
read something like this:
Dear Madam: Not hearing from
you for the past two days (the second
letter said four days and the third six,
and so on, l am greatly worried about
your condition. Are my tablets o. x. ?
How is your heart? Have you any
pains in the region of your heart?
Liver? Do you sleep we'll? Write me
and tell me how you feel at p. m. AT
2 a. m. Take the tablets as prescribed.
You can eat anything you Vant~ Battle
once a week. Take plenty of exercise.
Yours with solicitude, etc.
'At the end of the second week l
was thoroughly disheartened and eight
pounds heavier. At the end OF the
third week ! had a stack of letters like
the one described and a double chin.
At the end of the first month (the
II eatment was SUPPOSED to consume six
Weeks), / had decided to drop the treat
ment. l did, but the letters kept COM
ing. Finally, in desperation, l wrote
the NJ D.. told him his tablets had
made me sick and more obese than
ever.
"In the meantime friends CD had
written to other concerns about me.
The postman dropped a small bundle of
letters, pamphlets, circulars and mag
aZines twice a day on my doorstep.
Tries Motion Method.
1.-THE second treatment I tried was a
motion treatment
Obesity results from numerous
causes, explained the circular which
won my faith. The little globules, or
fat bags, placed by nature between and
around the hundreds of muscles in the
human body to oil them, becomes large
and overfilled when too little exercise
is afforded certain muscles or when
food which furnishes too much oil is
eaten. The only sane method TO be
employed in overcoming this condition
is to exercise the muscles and thus
draw upon the natural oil supplies of
the body
This read all right to me, so l sent
in another $40 to Mr.. Motion Man.
The treatment came, printed like its
brother, the tablet system. The first
days motions were easy, and l confess
I felt lighter and encouraged when l
went to sleep that night. The first
days work consisted of swinging my
hands. toe-stepping when l moved
around laughing and tossing my head
as much as possible, and a whole list
of antics. The second days stunts
were more severe. l had to lift heavy
things, jump from one room to another
instead TO toe-stepping. and bending
and swaying as much as possible. l was
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-08-05
800 lots. S. each. See it. .

500 lots, S. each. See it.
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s. o. Evans.

Undertaken and embalmer, removed t
new location. As South State street.
200 LOT add See IL
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Mental Method Tried.

: weight I was a walking cargo of phos-
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800 lots, IS each. See II.
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800 lot add.
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The woman, encouraged by the age
and bald head of her auditor, opened
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1906-02-28
VESTA.

A baby boy arrived at the home
of James Murphy Wednesday
M. w. Hingeley was over from
Redwood Falls on business last Mon
day.
Will Whittet and Roy Bunce Of
Redwood were Vesta callers Tues
day.
Misses Ruder and Holt spent their
short vacation at their homes near
Delhi.
Miss Agnes Olsen spent the latter
part of the week with friends at
Wabasso.
Miss Grace Black, who has been
quite sick, is reported to be i'm
proving.
Mrs. Geo. Wells of Delhi spent
Sunday with her sister, Miss Davis,
at the hospital.
S. F. Scott and wife attended the
bankers convention at Redwood
Falls last Thursday.
Mrs. t. E.. Aslakson of Ruthton
was the guest of her brother, R. w.
Lee and family the past week.
j. j. Smith was called to his home
in Hutchinson Saturday morning on
account of the serious illness of his
brother.
Miss Anna Sickman. who is work
ing in millinery store at st. Paul,
is spending few days with her
folks east of town.
Dan. Mckenzie recently purchased
Mr.. Hagenson's farm, a short dis
lance south Of town and will move
up from Mankato in the spring.
Mrs. Mcintosh, who has been suf-
fering from a cancer for several
years, died at her home Thursday
morning, Feb. ed. The funeral
services were held Saturday morn
ing at her home and the remains
taken to Echo. Mrs. Mcintosh was
sincere Christian and bore her
sufferings patiently. Her daughter
and relatives have the sympathy Of
the community in their sad bereave-
ment.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1906-02-28

RELvIEw AND ITS BORDER.
From The Independent.

Halvor johnson has returned from
his trip to Norway.
Otto Goethe and family were up
from Redwood Falls over Sunday.
Fred. Pease has gone to Colorado
and will be absent for ten days or
more.
Mr.. Collins, the new druggist, is
expected here to-day to take charge
of his store.
Mrs. Bertha and Miss Minnie Mans
field were in st. Paul during a por-
ton Of the past week.
o. S. Weir Of Seaforth left this
station for Sioux City, Iowa, where
he has found employment in a hotel
of that town.
Rev. G. R. Searles has accepted a
unanimous call from the congrega-
ton of the Congregational charge
of Naper and Dustin, Nebr aska, and
will leave Belview in time to take
up his work in the new combination
parish about April LIST. Mr.. Searles
leaves here with the deepest regret
of every member of the congrega-
ton. Who will succeed him is not
known.
A proposition has been made by
citizens of another town to Gareis &
Krause, the owners of the mill at
this place, whereby the latter are
to move their milling machinery
from Belview to that town, the citi-
zens of the latter to pay for a
structure in which the machinery
can be operated, and the proprietors
are seriously considering the move.
The situation is so alarming that a
meeting of the Commercial club has
been called to discuss some way of
inducing the firm to remain here.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1906-02-28
WABASSO.
From The Standard

M. w. Brown and Geo. Mahla have
embarked in the stock buying and
selling business.
The fourth annual report Of the
building and loan association shows
the gain during the year to have
been $2,O81.23.
Emil Howe represented the Wa
basso A. @. U. w. lodge at the
meeting of the grand lodge in St.
Paul last week.
VIM. Blackburn has severed his
connection with the Western Ele-
vator Co. at this place and gone to
Comfrey to assist his father.
Joseph Brey has been re-engaged
as buttermaker at the New Avon
creamery. He is now building a
refrigerator in that institution.
A baby girl was born to T. B.
McIraith and wife on Tuesday of
last week. Another girl was born
to Ed. Mum and wife, residing near
town on the same day.
The creamery company has Sc
cured what is known as the Zins
site on which the new creamery will
be located. The price paid was $3.50
cash and two shares of stock.
Sylvester Davis, who left Redwood
county shortly after the destruction
by fire of the Park hotel in Redwood
Falls, has returned, and will spend
the coming summer on his farm
near Wabasso.
Paul Callaghan, A. j. Weldon, N.
J. Franta and A. ]. Ross were the
Wabasso bank representatives who
attended the banquet given by the
Redwood Falls banks on the evening
of Feb. 21st.
D. Gale and wife, who have been
conducting bakery and restaurant
at this place for over a year, have
gone to Springfield, where they will
reside in the future, and where Mr..
Gale will open a bakery.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1906-02-28
DELHI.

+ .s4f
Fred. Steincamp visited with
friends at Echo last week.
Mrs. Isaac Leslie visited with
friends at Vesta last week.
Dan. McCorquodale of Echo spent
Sunday with relatives here.
Sever Sata has returned from a
weeks visit in Watonwan county.
w. S. Chnile Of DeMoines, Iowa,
visited with the Elliotts last week.
Mr. Alvestad and family left last
Wednesday for northwestern Can
ada.
Rev. G. C. Adams attended the
revival meetings at Wabasso last
week.
Misses Helen Gray and Hilma
Borg entertained about 45 young
people on Monday evening.
Frank Sleight and family Of St.
Paul returned home after a two
weeks visit with the Hollis.
Hiss Alice Lagerstrom spent Sat-
urday and Sunday as the guest of
Miss Nora Tradewell at Fairfax.
Chas. Tranm was called to Ber-
tina, Mimi, last week, his father