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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-12-24
Malaga Raisins

A most select stock OF Fancy Nal
aga Raisins. In fancy cartons. holding
one layer. about ave pounds. and by
the pound.
Superior Pulled and Layer Figs, by
the pound and in boxes OF three. Eve.
ten and twelve pounds.
Stuffed Figs and Stuffed Dates. IN
glass Jars and wood boxes. Tunls
dates on stem.
Homemade Mincemeat. Fruit Cake
and Plum Pudding. Our Homemade
NIncemeat has been put up FOR us
by the same party for the last twenty
years. and we guarantee the material
used TO be OF the best quality pro-
durable.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-12-24

Dear santa Claus. / want you 90 bring me
a sled. tea see. and large doll that can
walk You can bring me anything elss that
you cen think o. am your little girl.
ESQ T. Grace street KATIE MAYER.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-12-24

Dear santa Claus. Please send me q
ou o.. and gold bracelet ANA please
1Iess inr doll babies nice. Ny mamma
SAYS tlat YOU won't have time 10 finish
my china closet 10y CHRISTMAS so VIII be
good girl until sou bring il after Christ
mas wlu De satisfied IL YOU bring
lt-re. and don 2 forget my little sister
All0red- am your little girl
KATHARINE BUCKER
-40l J.. Main Street.
Please don't forget my grandma and my
grandpa
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-12-24

mate. iiood-by. From
VIOLET PARKINSON.
FL =. Thirteenth street. Manchestcr. VA
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-12-24

Dear Santa Claus. I am a little glri.
and very good one. too. 1 would like
ior YOU 10 bring me little baby and a
carriage, and ii set OF dishes made OF TIN.
50 that can break them and FLYING
horses, ana every thing you have for ID
good girl Dear santa, don't forget my
dear Aunt Julia. and bring her lots OK
pretty things. Go0d-by santa. ann
waiting for you.
VII LID u rlr-L.L.- -.
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Dear Santa Claus: 7 thought I would write
-eW lines % tcl YOU what ] want thLs Christ
mas want a large doll. a larEe tea Sc. ana
large table, psrlor set. and ! want utre
"oA tng in my large dolls arms. dining
I'd sei doll SET 90 combs. and I want a
20" more things; 7 want a lot OF candy and
lt-. want fow oranges and appIes- ana
l3 nor forget my papa From your littio rlr..
ANNIE SANpERSCN.
81 z Thirteenth Street MANCHESTER. va
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MILDRED BUCkEt.
2ill L. Main Street

years OLD. Mamma says am good.
santa, please bring me a set OF dishes
also washstand set set Of chairs. also
rocker. I only want one dOlI-bahv. Please
get me q little pony. also a sleigh Ike
YOU use. but don't forget Aunt Mary ana
Lola. From MAMIE r MORAN.
26l5 T.. Main Street CITY.
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Santa Claus Letters

Dear Santa Claus: Please bring me a
shooily, d rubber doll and automobile. a
norm ana anything which sou think 1
ought to have. 1 ann a nice little boy.
NORMAN JACKSON.
No. 1o22 Taylor Street
Don't forget my little cousin Helen.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-12-24

Dear Santa Claus. I want a hob5v-
horse and d horn and plenty chocolate
candy. and please Santa, send me "a pacl,
OF lrecrackers
our little friend
TOMMIE SULLIVAN.
30. l9 First Street. City.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-12-24

Dcar santa Claus: I want vor 20 bring mo
an express wagon. fire engine. hI. iv.eoaf
and a little Teddy Scar. This t. adj that /
can tnink Of now. I am your little hov
el y. Thiro.frst street.
Scott County kicker., 1906-09-01
Business Locals.

Housekeeper wanted. Good wages
and steady employment.
:;9."s. VIM. Black. Mor!ey. Mo.
School books and school supplies
OF every kind can be had at the
42,4o Benton Drug Store.
have for sale we'll improved 50.
acre farm 3 miles south ot limo at a
special bargain il taken soon.
3. Fl. Harper. Benton. Mo.
For Sa.e--Milk COW. and beef cat.
tie. Also clean. prolific seed wheat.
u. mile from New Hamburg on Chat.
fee road. X. Miederhofi. 4O.3t
$50 REwARD-We will pay a $50
reward t1r Information leading to
the arrest ami conviction of anyone
guilty CT stealing stock b-longing to
any OF our members.
Stocklneu' Union. Vanduser. Mo.
have for sale accurate blueprint
maps OF Scott county. 42x4> inches.
These maps show all farms and own.
ers. and bitches, roads. railroads.
buildings. etc. Price. - 80 each.
postpaid. Claude Il. Hay. Blodgett.
Mo.
For Sale.-2Oo acre farm. finely 10.
Gated level land. all under fence and
in cultivation. except 3O.acre woods
lot. Good houses. good barn and all
necessary out.buildings. good water.
Within hall IA mile OF school and
church. Grows all small grain. corn
and melons. Two crops a yearcan
be grown by sowing peas on wheat
stubhle. At n bargain. For further
information address. Rox 63. Van
duser. Mo. 41.4t.
l have farms for sale OF various
sizes in Scott county, near Crowder
kelso. New Hamburg, Oran, Morley
Benton, Cary, Blodgett, Diehlstad,
and Commerce. Also 1900 acres O
improved farm land about 80 mile,
north Of Memphis, Tenn, at from
$25 to $35 per acre on easy terms
and in tracts to suit. II you want tc
sell, list your property with me.
stand q hundred chances to sell tl
your one. II you want to buy, see
10 D. H. HARPER. Benton. Mo.
Scott County kicker., 1906-09-01
FARMERS Union At WORK.

But say The puukin county
farmers union is up and doing. At
thu last meeting the following pre-.
ambIe and resolutions were adopted:
Whereas. The farmers Of this coun.
tv have built up thi. country to il,
present greatness. and have kept W
with the advance Of rents and com.
modities by improved methods Of
farming and by close attention To
our work and
Whereas. The present advance in
rents is beyond our ability To meet
and support ourfamilies as We should;
and
Whereas. The tendency Of the pres.
ent conditions is To tighten the
shackles on the tenantry OF this
county and place them in u still low.
er condition OF servitude. thereby
building up powerful oligarchy 70
the detriment OF the county general
ly; therefore be it
Resolved. II the landlords are un.
approachable that We as union o
brothers withdraw our allegiance &C
them and class them with the specu
larors, where they belong and trea,
them as such.
Is it any wonder that the "bus
mess interests that own the lant
oppose the farmers movement
What is the matter with the Scot,
county farmers getting together:
Scott County kicker., 1906-09-01
4 HARD kNOi L.

Joe W. Moor. o: S!ke.tou. the
leading Republican o! Scott county.
is quoted a. saying that Russell
would beat Tyndal, for congress in
this district next Novem be-. dexter
Messenger,
That is certainly a har! knock for
the Republicans o! Scott county. Joe
Moore THE leading Republican. ="
How will Tanner. Greer. Malone. Bow.
man. sparks. Dodge. H.uchan and
Zeke Con.ieron ev-r gac over that
Scott County kicker., 1906-09-01

The kidnapping and imprisonment
OF the officials OF the Western FEEDER
alton OF Miners is 1.-The blow that
killed father" IL has put the people
TO thinking as nothing else could. 1t
is an actual demonstration OF how
free We are. What ha. happened
in Colorado and Idaho can happen in
any state-when capitalism says the
word.
Scott County kicker., 1906-09-01

TIE paramount issue' in the con-
gressional campaign is garden seeds.
|! the Republicans succeed in return
ing Tvndal!. they will be the ones to
smile when the annual supply OF gar
den seeds arrives. II the Democrats
succeed i'll landing Russell. then the
garden seeds will be distributed
among the Democratic voters OF the
district. And that is all there is 20 it.
Scott County kicker., 1906-09-01

Oh. but We re smart. The govern.
ment is issuing Panama Canal bonds
to the amount OF thirty million dol:
lars. The ret bankers buy the bonds
and pass the coin over to Secretary
Shaw. The secretary don't care to
tote the coin around in his jeans, 90
he passes it back to the pet bankers
as a deposit" The bankers then
have both the bonds and the coin,
and We blamed fool. pay the interest
on both and try to look wise.
Scott County kicker., 1906-09-01

the coal hrenkers. In the cot ton mill.
and other swrat.shop- ~ this com
try.
"'The Republican party, cOntin'
ued Mr.. Shaw, 'is the party that pro-
t4,rt- the wOrkingman. n there il
any doubt about this. just ask the
workers ~ Colorado. under Govern.
or james Peabody. who hired all the
thugs west ui the RWky Mountains
to depOrt tn. Western Federation al
Miners out III the state. and who pil.
ls+y~l their homes and uutraY Yed their
faniiie.. And when Aijt.Gen. He'll.
the personnl friend ~ President
Roosevelt. was criticised for over.
stepping the constitution. he replied.
To hell with the constitution We
are not following the constitution
W. are following the orders ~ Gov.
Peabody
"ln every conflict where the forces
of labor have teen marshnled against
the forces III capital. on the industri.
al field. the Republican party has
never failed to use the Federal troops.
the stat. militia. the gntlin Gun. the
policeinans club. and The injunction
against the working class without
mercy. MIR. shaw : party can alway.
bs. Teliet upon to cali out the militia
to shoot down the workers withouf
mercy Whenever they rebel against
the master. Of their bread
That DOESN'T sound like Il Demo.
cratic speech. does it" No tariff r..
form. tt-tol. nor imI'.rinli. about
that. The man s..ems to l~ discuss.
ing neutrality-suspicious. and labor.
Perhaps Mr.. Gallery is one OF those
hated disturber.. H. concluis-i:
I'VE are terlay standing on the
brink of y great revolution-the
greatest the world has ever known.
4 new r.alignment is taking place.
The class lines are being sliirpl,
drawn The working class have but
to organic and assert themselves at
the ballot box to win the world. But
it is urged that the workers must
have the capitalist cla.- to employ
them. II is just the reverse. my
friends
Take away the capitalist. TAX.
away Mr.. Shaw and his class. Will!
all their bonds. their gold. their ill.
YER. their mills. their mines. their
shops and their factories. and leave
TO the working class the barren earth
which che great Creator gave for the
FREE use OF all men. and Immediately
the mills. the mines. the shops. the
| railways and factories will sl,ring "
like blades of grass. hut what would
be the condition should W. remov.
labor: The mills. the stores, the
shops and the sactorie. would cru,u
bic and fall. The fire. would go on,
in the furnaces. The trains would
stand lifele-> and still Tue ship.
would not run in the harbor. The
fields would be given back to the
thorn ami thistle. And your cite.
would stand deserted AMI de.olate
NO. my friends. it is not the labor
that is neces-arialy dependent upoi
the capitalist class. but it i. the cap
italist class that in the very mature
ot the case is helplessl Y dependent
upon the exploitation OF labor. Lei
us forget the mistakes % rh- past
aud let Us stand together working
men and a. brothers. a,i let Us raj
~ TO the support OF the party OF ou
own class-the Socialist pnrty-whic!
declares TO the world chat the cart!
and the iuln-ss thereof shall b-lon.
To rhe workin. class once and for a!
time
Scott County kicker., 1906-09-01

My country. it's OF thee | sing"
might sound all right coming from a
Rockefeller or an Armour, but for the
average citizen without a home OF
his own to get of anything like that
would be quite a Joke.
Scott County kicker., 1906-09-01

The Charleston Enterprise com.
plains that the Bryan club down
there is having trouble getting speak.
era. Perhaps ex.Lieut. Gov. John A.
Lee 10 not engaged.
Scott County kicker., 1906-09-01

Hooray for Parker! Hoorsy for
Bryan. Hooray for the Chicago
platform! Hooray for the st. Louis
platform! Hooray for hoorsy-
anyhow, yet, already. once.
Scott County kicker., 1906-09-01

County candidate are QUO after tho
dear voter" Strange, isn't itf
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-04-27

contraito Solo--Miss corrine Morgan.
e41o lniermezzo from Cavaliers Rusti-
cana"-Edison Orchestra
1904 yiolets, TranseriptiOn-Piano sOiO-
5000 The Shade Of The Palms-Baritone
Solo--Ffznk 6. Stanley.
..74ss rAsH You'll Remember Me-viOlin--
- ami Chorus. I'll TrovssoFe"-EdisOu
Mf.iss1y Band
a Sunday Concert.
1854 Ring The Bells Of Heaven-chimes
20 Halle1ujah Chorus from Messiah -
Edison Concert Band
s4zz Lords Prayer and Gloria Patri-Men-
delssohn Mixed Quartette
Sz6s Talmage on Miracles.
Mixed Trio.
sos fnfiamatus. from sssabat Mater" -.
s5ss Lost chord-Edison Male ouarteste.
7oss Lead, Kindly Light-Edison Male Quar-
sIo4 Old Church organ-EdisOn Concert
$3.50 Rock of Ages-campbell and Harrison.
1890 Holy City-Violin soio-Charies D'Al-
0osi The Glory SOng-Anthony and Har-
rison.
s4ss Refuge-Mendeissoh Mixed Quartette.
Or II you like dancing you can ar
range q dance in your home or In any
hall: for the Edison photograph is
loud enough.
Furthermore with the Edison phono-
graph you can make your own records
reproducing to perfection your own
voices and the voices of your friends
and children. These records you can
keep for years and years, having the
voices of the absent ones always with
you.
If you do not own an Edison, you
do not know what you have missed;
IL you have never heard one entertain,
you do not know what a treat awaits
you.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-04-27
Last of a Great Race.
Electricity 10 be Cheaper.

An invention OF the greatest I'm.
portance, which will erect a revolution
In the industrial world, has been made
by Roman electrician, Adolph Tome,
who has succeeded In solving the prob
lem Of storing electrical energy.
His invention will make 1t possible
to transmit an electric current with a
loss OF little less than 2 per cent.
no matter how great the distance.
II win be possible, for instance. to
supply heat, light and power for all
purposes to the city Of Paris with
electricity generated by the waterfalls
Of Switzerland at a price that will drive
all the present electric companies out
OF business.
An American syndicate is said to
cave offered the inventor sl.000.00
aor the American patent. but the offer
has not been accepted
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-04-27
New GoRRuIe.

Dennis O'Flannigan was walking
along a road beside a golf links when
he was suddenly struck between the
shoulders by a golf ball. The force
OF the blow almost knocked him down.
When be recovered he observed a
golfer running toward him.
"Are you hurt?" asked the player.
"Why didn't you get out Of the way2"
"An' why should l get out Of the
way?" asked Dennis, II didn't know
there were any bloody assassins round
here"
"But called fore" said the
player, "aad when / say fore that Is
a sign for you to get out of the way"
"0h. 1t is, is itF" said Dennis 'Well.
thin, whin l say 'foiye,' 1t Is a sign
that you are going to get hit on the
nose. 'Foive.'H
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-04-27

der this arrangement every man has
personal interest In keeping the
tax rate OF the town down 70 the low
est possible figure and also In taking
the best care of his premises.
But one man is responsible for this
beautiful city which is situated upon
an island in the Androscoggin River,
and he owns almost the entire BUSH
ness section Of the town. Less than
twenty years ago Hugh J. Chisholm
saw the immense possibilities or
Maine, and although without money
at that time, he managed to interest
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-04-27

hanks and public buildings. Many a.
the persons employed In the city -
side IN the suburbs which are reach
ed by means Of bridges
We're It not for the fact that Rum
ford Falls is an up-to-date busy, bust
ling place with all the life and activ-
ity OF a western boom=town, one
could almost imagine himself In Ven
ice. From your hotel window you
may look down upon the river and
canal with great quantities of logs
floating down to be devoured by the
mills and later TO be sent out in the
form Of newspapers.
The city contains about 1000 inhab-
itants and almost all available space
is taken, but beyond doubt new sec
lions VIII be constantly opened and
streets be connected by bridges.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-04-27
MAKING HOME CHEERFUL.
Al EASY WAY OF PROg.DLNG
AAfUSEzfEET FOR YOUNG
AND Old.
Fan and Entertainment for AHA
Concert or Minstrel Show at Your
Own Firesides


Concert or Minstrel Show at Your
Own Fireside.
The editor of this magazine has
frequently urged his readers to do all
they can towards making the home
as cheerful as possible for all the
family.
Now want to tell you how you
can cheer and brighten your home In
q simply wonderful way.
Read what Thomas A. Edison the
worlds greatest inventor "the wizard
Of the goth Century" has : /:
81 want to see photograph in
every American home"
II you have never had a genuine
ph0nograph In your home YOU can
net imagine what a wonderful pleas
ure II will be to You.
s'What pieces can hear on a phono-
graph some may ask.
Well, you can hear almost anything.
There are 1900 genuine Edison gold
moulded records and you can have
your choice Of these.
Suppose You get some vaudeville
records reproducing to absolute per-
lection the greatest comic artists. Then
take some band music. Sousa's
Marches. Wnltzes by Strauss. soul
stirring lively music; then grand opera
concert pieces as well as the finest
vocal solos; also comic songs, ragtime,
dlalogs. comic recitations, piano. organ,
violin, banjo and o. instrumental
music; all kinds Of sacred music, duets,
quartettes, full choruses.
The Edison records are perfect
absolutely natural-and unlike the In
ferior though higher priced records OF
others the Edison records never be-
come rasping and scratchy.
The smooth, round sapphire point
Of the Edison Reproducer does not
require changin 1t does not wear IT.
self or the record with which 1t comes
In contact. Consequently, Edison Gold
Moulded Records last for years. This
Is feature that merits the ost care
full attention OF the prospective pur-
chaser.
Possibly you have heard talking
machines" and have not cared much
for them. but remember that there
are machines that reproduce only
sound and noise; the sweetness, and
the perfect expression for which you
prize music are reproduced only by the
modern edison monograph and the
Edison Gold Moulded Records. These
qualities distinguish the edison Phone
graph from all Its limitations.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-04-27

in the Review OF Reviews Beautiful
winding streets have been laid out
and attractive cottages with splendid
lawns and shade trees erected for the
paper-mill employees. These cottages
are rented for an amount that little
more than pays taxes, interest and
charge for maintenance, andshouldthe
amount paid more than meet these re-
quirements the surplus is returned to
the tenant at the end of the year. UL-
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-04-27

Teacher-@Now q mOnologue Is a
recitation in which one person takes
part: q dialogue is one where two
persons take part. Can anyone give
another example?''
BRIGHT boy-sI've got one. A cat
alogue IL where a cat coca in for 8
night serenade. with other cats. while
you're tryin' to sleep.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-04-27
OLD TLIHg IOY YOUNG.

VS9N7E7Es7 Jun 2 1ess7177's z III
in mind in almost every instance, re.
lying upon the ~back-haule for their
profit
The farmers as well as the paper
mill workers and others in moderate
circumstances are intelligent, thrifty
people: many Of them owning and
occupying their homes which are mod
els OF their kind. At Rumford Falls,
above referred TO, almost an ideal con-
dition exists. according to . writer
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-04-27
FREE to all owners of monographs

who state style and number of their
machine, we will send free prepaid,
copy of the Edison Phonogram Month
ly transcription price 20 cents telling
you how to make your machine play
better, how to oil it, how to make
your own records, etc. Many valuable
pointers free. We also exchange
genuine Edison monographs for old
talking machines.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-04-27

HNCIAkG OdN CGL six dul
Women About Four Feet In Height
Without Religion, Go Naked and
have Peculiar Customs.
London town is very much interest
ed In six small human beings who
have recently arrived from Africa.
Colonel Harrison, an officer in the
British Army. has brought with him
from the Ituri forests Of the Belgium
Congos half dozen pygmies.
Colonel Harrison went last year
into the Ituri forest, also known as
Stanley forest, hoping to capture one
or more okapis. This part of his ex-
petition was a failure. On the other
hand. he succeeded in living four
months amid the pygmies and per.
suaded four men and two women OF
the tribe to accompany him to
Europe.
The long journey has been accomp-
lished by the six dwarfs in the face
LOT thousand difficulties. Colonel
Harrison and his proteges were de-
tanned at Khartoum and later at Cairo
for several weeks, certain English
philanthropic societies having earnest
ly opposed their expatriation. The ex-
plorer was Obliged to prove to the
British Government that the dwarfs
were with him voluntarily.
The six pygmies were of course duly
measured by the English anthropolo-
gists on their arrival in London. Their
mean height was feet 6 inches for
men and feet inch for women.
The Congo Pygmies are very strong
and also brave without being gener-
ally aggressive, although Colonel Har-
rison reports that last winter, during
his stay in the forest of Ituri, a party
OF pygmies attacked a Belgian cara
van, killing seventeen carriers and
plundering the goods. They are no
MAIDS, having neither fields nor houses,
and live only on game and wild fruits
Their household utensils are limited
to q few earthen saucepans, In which
they cook game without taking the
trouble to skin 1t. They eat the skin
as well as the meat, even breaking the
bones with their teeth.
Are Sons Of Nature.
They walk about completely I'M
clothed. Only among the tribes that
live on the confines Of the forest and
have relations with the negroes of
greater stature, do the women wear a
girdle Of leaves.
Both the men and women shave the
head partially; some cut straight paths
across their woody hair; others dress
it with birds feathers or squirrel
tails.
They have absolutely no religious In
stincts and believe in neither God nor
devil. They generally practice polyg-
amy. AS with the Chinese. the birth
Of girl Is regarded as a calamity.
Strangely enough, the young mothers
sometimes steal the newborn children
OF the neighboring tribes Of normal
stature, leaving their own babes In
exchange.
Last of Great Race.
'The Pygmies do not live to
great age" said Col Harrison. Life
Is hard in the somber Congo forests;
nature is pitiless task-master to this
remnant of the race that once peopled
the greater part of Africa. The rain
that falls In torrents for eight months
transforms the ground into a marsh.
It may be added that the pygmies
are remarkably intelligent, that they
appear to have the gift OF language to
an Incredible degree, that they excel
in the art Of extracting iron from the
ore, Of forging 1t, and Of making arrow
heads OF 1t without other tools than