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The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1906-09-28
Style and American Dress
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The style article by Linda Ross
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personal appearance.
The review contains timely ideas
and suggestions on preparing tor
the fall aud winter wardrobe which
cannot fail to be OF interest TO every
woman who sews.
Sample copies 10 cents. Sub
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STYLE and AMERICAN DRESS
MAKER.
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The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1906-09-28

who we're confident OF their being ac-
quilted. The Smith brothers are
large land owners In Scott and New
Madrid counties and are considered
very wealthy.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1906-09-28

Your money or your life1-Neither
is in danger il you leave your laundry
at Smith & Ambergs for Frank
Smith. Basket leaves Tuesday.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1906-09-28

AN ingenious old maid OF WalthAm
'"H.' has taken out a patent on a
''''p.'ble sofa, which. by the pres
air OF a button. will cave in amid
'1'r aud throw bashful young
''' at one end into such close prox-
'''y with willing young lady al
be- other that he cannot help com.
10 time Il he has the slightest
PARK OF true manhood in him.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1906-09-28

Hollis Kirk and Dave Pearson
went 10 Mound City Thursday and
brought back a new hull Tor the
rabbits Foot.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1906-09-28

.I..fEhAL hbhtkl =. LkE
4s ih, greatest General the world
j. r.ef knovn Ballads Snox
arai u the greatest Linimcut.
....} cures an pains Il Is with-
t.- reach of an. I. II. Pointer.
.a- '-ad. TEXAS. writes This
n Gritty that Ballads Snow Il
a- aaa been used Ia my house
o. ..I years and has been found
Boz m excellent Liniment Tor
a-.rt0 pains. ] am never With
Sold by Covgills Drug
.fr alI HELM & Ellison.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1906-09-28

Al the annual stockholders meet
ing Of the N. c. & St. L. Railroad
in Nashville the cid Board OF Direc-
tors was reelected.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1906-09-28

Study the conditions of the
neiehborhood in which you live. II
you can suggest any needed i'm
provemsnt, tell the Mayor OF City
Council about il.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1906-09-28
Squire Futrell. Of Fulton. the
Marrying Squire.

Esquire J. T. Futrell. Of South
Fulton, is known far and vide in
this section as the marrying
squire" having performed the oere-
mony uniting $40 runaway couples
from SIX states Ia the past few years.
His record in this regard vas made
an issue IN the recent election In
Oblon county, and after stumpine
the county in defense Of IL. Mr.. Fut.
rell was triumphantly indicated
leading the ticket by q splendid ma
jority.
40 bills fine apples for sale in
bulk or any quantity desired mile
east Of State Line on my farm. Ap-
ply 10 Isaac Shut
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1906-09-28

'raves County Fair. at May6eld,
Pei. 5, 4, S. and o.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1906-06-29
BEEF TRUST RIDER.

GUY ELLIOTT MITCHELL

out scandal if it can be, but with
scandal if it must. He recognized that
there were many innocent interests
which would be severely damaged by
the publication of this report What
he was after principally was results
for the future.
There is another peculiar feature
which is having some weight in the
ease with which the inspection law
gets past what would ordinarily be an
almost inSurmountable barrier. 1t
seems that Mr.. Sinclair is writing an
other book. 1t will be more damaging
than the Jungle. 1t is to be an expose
of the whole packing business from
the report of the "Embalmed Beef
Commission down to the present time
and the combination of official docu-
ments and statements of eye wit
nesses. When this book appears the
packers are very anxious 70 be able
to say that the practices alluded to
therein are a thing of the past land
that no such conditions can exist I'M
der the present Government inspec-
ton"
The new act provides an inspection
that does not stop at the gate of the
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1906-06-29

to know the facts, would seem to in
dicate that but little additional dam
age to anybody could be accomplished
through the publication of the report
GOVERNMENT HOLDS TRUMP
CARDS.
Commenting on the question of the
constitutiOnality of the amendment if
it should become law, in that it in
terferes with state rights, a prominent
Government official remarked that in
any event the packers could be forced
to terms. They are very anxious over
their great foreign meat trade and
this is largely dependent upon Govern
ment inspection of carcasses Abroad
the Government inspection tag is
looked upon as guarantee, and with
out it foreign meat trade would suffer
inestimably. Should the packers re-
fuse to allow the Government to in
spect food for home consumption, the
Government could in its turn refuse
to inspect meats for export.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1906-06-29
NELL REPORT PUBLISHED.

After some consideration of the wis
dom of publishing the Neill report and
yielding to the public clamor of all
sections Of the country for a knowl-
edge of its contents, the President
sent a message to Congress transmit
ting it for the consideration of the
national legislature. The story as
told by the Neill report shows revolt
ing conditions in a number of the
packing houses and in many cases
upholds all of the stories told in the
Sinclair novel. The Neill committee
did not consider affidavits of wit
nesses to any great extent in arriv-
ing at is conclusions, but paid more
attention rather to conditions as wit
messed by the three members of the
committee. The message of President
Roosevelt that submitted the report
characterized the conditions found by
the investigators as ''revolting" and
urged immediate legislation ''in the
interests of health and decency." He
not only recommends the passage of
the so-called Beveridge amendment to
the agricultural appropriation bill but
threatens to destroy the foreign bust
ness of the packers should congress
fail to provide for federal inspection
of meats at all stages of preparation.
In the event of such failure, the Presi-
dent says that he will De compelled
to order that inspection labels and
certificates on canned products shall
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1906-06-29
POINTS OF BEVERIDGE MEAT
INSPECTION BILL.

Provides for rigid postmortem in
spectiOn of all cattle, swine, sheep,
and goats killed for human cOnsump.
ton. All meats found healthful shall
be tagged, and all meat found un-
healthful shall be destroyed
All slaughterers anC packers and
all others engaged in preparation Of
meat products must admit inspectors
to all parts of their establishments.
All canning, rendering, sailing, and
packing products are included, and
any products treated with dyes or
deleteriOuS chemicals or presevatives
shall be condemned.
All establishments must be main
tanned in a sanitary manner, accord
ing to rules and regulations prescribed
by the Secretary of Agriculture.
After January 1, 1907, no railroad or
any other common carrier can trans
port any meat product not inspected
or passed, and no ship with such
articles on board shall be given clear
ance papers, nor can any common
carrier transport any meat product
that is prepared in an establishment
where specified sanitary conditions do
not prevail.
All canned, pOtted, or canvased
meat products shall be labeled as in
spected and passed and shall not be
offered for sale until so labeled.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1906-06-29

The fact that the meat consumption
entered vitality into every home,
coupled with the terrible charges
made not only in the Jungle" but
through many other credible sources.
has aroused a state of public senti-
ment which is akin to revolutionary.
On the whole, in the face of an in
tensely suspicious public, an aroused
Congress and determined President,
the beef trust is now up against the
fight of its life. While the President
intended to use his private report as a
club to force legislation, and to with
hold its publication unless it was
found necessary to bring the packers
to terms, the overwhelming current
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1906-06-29

Senator Beveridge presented rad
heal amendment to the agricultural APP
preparation bill the other day which
was passed promptly. Back of the
ease and celebrity with which this ac-
ton was accomplished is a story. 1t
is an interesting one too, for it shows
how the President for once, at least,
was able to hold the big stick over the
Senate, and the great packing inter
ests and forced the amendment with
which he was in accord.
The rider that was tackled on to the
S7.S00,000 appropriation bill in the
Senate at the last moment without
discussion, provides for the same sort
of an inspection of meats for home
consumption that is provided for those
which are sent abroad. 1t will cost
the great packing house industry sew
eral million dollars each year, for
they will have to pay for the inspec-
ton. When the question came up be-
fore Congress as to who should as
sumo the expense of this work the
packing house lobby objected siren
uOusly to putting up any money for it,
Notwithstanding the fact that some
months ago when there was an in
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1906-06-29
THE ORIGINAL SWIFT MEAr-PAcK1NG PLANT CHICAGO

sufficient appropriation for foreign in
spection, a number of large packing
house concerns voluntarily offered to
defray the cost involved.
CONSUMER PAYS COST ANYWAY.
It is stated that, of course, the pack
ing house people, otherwise the beef
trust, will pass the cost of the inspec-
ton along to the consumer; but as ii
will only amount to about Or 6 cents
a head on each carcass the Increase
will not be appreciate in the individ-
ual beef steak, at least it ought not to
be, but the combination of packers,
dealers, wholesalers, retailers. etc.,
will doubtless make an excuse for put
ting up meat at least a cent 4 pound,
and thus make an investment of many
hundred per cent. off the amount
which they pay for the Government
inspection.
HOW THE TROUBLE BEGAN
Some time ago Upton Sinclair pub
lished 'The Jungle" 1t was novel
and horrible. 1t showed that the in
spectiOn service at the Chicago pack
ing houses was wholly inadequate. 1t
was proved that the Government in
spectors passed on the conditions of
the carcasses when the animals were
killed; but after that there were no
inspections and the conditions were
Incredibly revolving. Presto mt ROoSe-
welt read the book and is stated to
have been outraged at the statements
made. Were they true or were they
exaggerated? He made some inquire
and found that the statements were all
well founded. Then he was genuinely
angry. Secretary Wilson sent COM
mission out to look into the condition
Of affairs, but the President was ap-
parently not satisfied with the Govern
ment commission, SO he sent his close
personal friend, Mr.. J. b. Reynolds, q
prominent social worker and a man of
means, and Mr.. Charles Z. Neill, the
United States Commissioner of Labor,
on a purely personal Inspection tour.
The expenses Of the two investigators
were paid by the Government, but the
men received no salaries and the in
Quiry was, in way, unofficial.
There has never yet been any writ
ten report made public from these two
Investigators; likely there will not be;
but the President knows all they
found out, and the packers know it
too. Both the President and the
packers were Mortified; the reasons
were different The story around the
Capitol regarding this investigation
runs something like this: The packers
said, IF this sort Of a story gets out
it will ruin our business abroad" The
President remarked in effect, IF IL
that l know gets out, it will ruin
your business at home too"
''Now," said the packers, ''make any
sort of an inspection law you want,
pass it and we will stand for it, and
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1906-06-29
Signals on Rural MaiEBOxes.

General has issueu an order providing
that after July 1 next, rural delivery
carriers, when making their trips, will
visit and examine only those boxes for
which they have mail for delivery and
those on which the signals are dis
played to indicate that there is mail
for dispatch.
Those patrons who are now main
tanning mail boxes on which there are
no signals will be required to procure
some sort of device which will serve
as signal to carriers.
By this new arrangement it is ex-
pected that the delivery and collection
of mail along rural free delivery
routes will be greatly facilitated.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1906-06-29

packing house, but follows the animal
through all departments until it
reaches the can or the cooler.
There is some antagonism presented
to the bill in the House, on the
grounds of constitutionallity and other
excuses, but if any actual opposition
should develop it will mean a thor
ough hearing in committee on both
sides of the question and it is pre-
sumed that this is about the last thing
the packers actually desire.
Seldom, if ever, has the public been
more aroused over any public question.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1906-06-29
One on the Professor.

Prof. Barrett Wendell, Of Harvard,
Iightened with an anecdOte an English
lecture.
'There was a certain instructor" he
said, 'who was always impressing up
on his students the need of perspicuity.
"A young man came to him one day
to get back an essay that had been
submitted.
ga very good essay said the in
structor, as he returned the paper,
but Mr.. Smith, you should lite al
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1906-06-29

In the Bank Of England there are
ingots of silver that have been there
since the SEVENTEEN century.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1906-06-29

clTo Permanently Cured. No fits ornervousness after
q first days OF Dr. Kline's Great Nerve Re-
storer Send for FREE $500 trial bottle and treatise
DR.. K. H. KLINE Ltd, 9sl Arch St.. Philadelphia Pa.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1906-06-29

Some will tell you there is no good paint any
more. Others that there good painters. Both
statements are incorrect The trouble is, years ago
you could scarcely go wrong in painting. for there
little paint used but pure white lead and oil. Nowadays
there almost many alleged paints as there
are rival dealers to sell them, and many so-Caed
white leads which notwhite lead as there are pro-
prietary paints
Yet good white lead and nseed oil paint is as
good as it Was-and better. If you are in real
earnest about getting paint which will look we'll and
lastthe good old kind of other days-Iet US tell you
about our pure white lead.
Booklet " O" free.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1906-06-29
MISCELLANEOUS.

VALUABLE SCARF PINS absolutely protected
by our patented thief proof Simplex Pin Guard"
Ask dealer send 25 cents to-day for gold plated
York.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1906-06-29
4 HOWL

GAS an additional precaution against
graft, it is provided that the loss in
cident to condemnation shall fall on
the breeder or seller of the cattle and
not to the buyer. This compels the
cattle breeder to care for his stock
in a scientific and sanitary manner.
That answers the violent protests of
the Western cattlemen, who were
forced by the beef trust TO inundate
President Roosevelt with kilograms of
objection to the Beveridge bill, until
it was discovered that the making pub
lie Of the Reynolds-Neill report would
work more damage to the business of
canning dyed bob veal and selling it
as chicken.
"The opposition to the bill was not
because the packers feared it would
interfere with their fraudulent prac-
tees, but because it would impose up
on them a tax of 100000 a year, to
pay for the inspection, which is moth
ing more or less than advertisement
for their bogus goods in foreign
countries.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1906-06-29
BUSINESS EQUIPMENT.

Yost, Densmore d Jewett, $500 each Electric
Commercial Graphaphone Outfit, new taper-arm
disc monograph cheap. Edison Mimeograph $1,000.
o. Hacker, Park Pl., n. Y.
BOOK-KEEPERS-Keep ont Of trouble. Remove
blots and incorrect entries without scratching Our
Erad1cator never fails. Send pc. for bottle Best
terms to Agents. Fl. A. Ink Eradcator Co., 1860
Washington Ave-, New York
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1906-06-29

not be used hereafter" Without these
labels the products will be excluded
from European markets.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1906-06-29
GOVERNMENT SLAUGHTER
HOUSES IN EUROPE.

Every slaughter house in England,
Germany, and Belgium is owned by
the government. There is no chance
TO graft, because the slaughter of cat
tie and the sale of meat is distinct and
separate. The government kills for
anybody, and charges so much a head
Twelve samples are cut from each
animal and subjected to a microscopic
examination. If the meat is unhealth-
full it is condemned and destroyed
The slaughter houses are as Clearly as
modern hospitals, and not to be COM
pared in any way with the filthy
shambleS we endure here
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1906-06-29
CAUSED PACKERS PLIGHT.
Interview with Author of the Now
Famous Jungle Expose OF Meat
Packing Methods.

Upton Sinclair, the author Of the
Jungle which has in reality started
the entire packing house scandal, is an
advocate of municipal slaughter
houses. He believes that this is the
only effective solution of the problem,
although he says tina. the Beveridge
amendment is good so far as it goes.
Interviewed recently, he said, There
is no doubt that this amendment will
become a law; but a few months
after its enactment it will be forgotten
and former conditions will be resumed.
1 say former conditions, because the
Chicago packers have cleaned up
house and are now able to make
show of virtue which they never pos
sessed, but it is impossible for them
to conceal the fact that ,ey have sent
out millions of cans of 'potted chicken
made of bob, or day-old veal, millions
Of cans of roast beef made of COW
udders and gristle, and that all this
vast output has been treated with
chemicals to conceal putrefaction
and to preserve the stuff sold under
false name.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1906-06-29
CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS.
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Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1906-06-29
MIR. SINCLAIR'S SOLUTION.

"Every city in the United States
should have municipal slaughter
houses. All private slaughter houses
should be abolished. The result of
such a condition would be to break
the power of the packers trust. They
would have to sell out at cost the
slaughter houses fit for the killing of
food animals, and destroy those that
are unfit. That is the only solution of
the problem, which is now recognized
as of huge Importance to the people
of this country, and the only way that
public opinion can be enlightened is
TO permit the commissioners appointed
by President Roosevelt to make pub
lie the full story of the horrors they
found in the head center of the great
depot of reception and distribution in
Chicago.
The packers know that their very
life depends upon the approval of
foreign nations, and they know that
the stamp of governmental approval
abroad is regarded as the hall mark
of excellence. They know that the
millions in Europe understand official
Endorsement to be an absolute and
unasSailable guarantee and they re-
gard official Endorsement by agents of
the United States government in the
same light and with the same con-
fidence."
Los Angeles herald., 1906-06-24
PRETTY CLERK
Goes ON STAGE
COURT HOUSE EMPLOYEES ARE
SURPRISED
Edna Maisonave and Evan Baldwin
Will Produce a Clever Sketch,
Written by the Latter, on
orpheum Circuit

Local society will receive quite sur
prise when it learns that two of it's
most talented members are going into
the realms of vaudeville. Maisonave
and Baldwin is the line that will soon
grace the Orpheum posters, and, ac-
cording to all reports, will lead the
bill at that popular playhouse.
The sketch which they will present
is entitled why Dorothy Went to Col
lege," and is from the pen of Mr.. Bald
win. 1t is a sweet story of college life
with comedy and pathos so neatly in
termingled that to use the words of
Manager Drown it can't help but be a
Knockout.
Miss Maisonave and Mr.. Baldwin
need no introduction to the Los Ange-
les public, having been prominent in
musical circles for some time Miss
Maisonave is pupil of Estelle Cath
rine Heart and has often appeared
with her on the concert stage.
She has also studied with Collamarini
and while at the Tivoli in San Fran
cisco gave that artist a close run for
first place. Besides possessing a beau
tiful contralto voice Miss Maisonave
has a charming personality which at
tracts all with whom she comes in con-
tact.
Will Surprise
Mr. Baldwin is still the superb bari
tone who charmed the Orpheum audi
ences on his last engagement here and
having since travelled all over the
United States, Canada and Mexico
with the West minstrels, Gus HilPs
New York Stars and leading vaudeville
houses of the east, he may be expected
to have greatly improved.
There is no question as to the recep-
ton he will receive or the thorough ap-
probation he viii merit. for his home Is
I'm Los Angeles, and OF the thousands
who have met him all are his friends.
But there Is story about Miss Mais-
onave which will prove a surprise to
her hundreds Of friends in Los Angeles.
Some time ago the young artist left
the Tivoli in San Francisco, and theat-
rical managers were at loss to find
their star.
They searched high and low for her.
but We're unable to secure the slightest
trace of the missing contralto.
In the meantime, modest little dark
"eired woman appeared at the county
Los Angeles herald., 1906-06-24
S FREED ON PROBATION
Carpenter Found Guilty of Passing
Worthless Checks, Given
His Liberty

Lawrence b. Carpenter, son of a
former judge of the supreme court of
Denver, who was arrested few days
before the earthquake at San Fran
cisco for passing a worthless check
upon the cashier at the Saddlerock
restaurant, was tried in Police Judge
Chambers court yesterday morning
and found guilty. The man was given
a siXty-day sentence, but was allowed
to go on probation.
Carpenter liyed at the Hollenbeck ho-
tel after coming to Los Angeles and
spent his money freely. After exhaust
ing his account at the Broadway bank,
he passed a check upon the same bank
at the Saddlerock restaurant.
Carpenter has been IN trouble once
before and his father gave him aid in
getting clear The father refused aid
in this case.
After Carpenter had been released
and had been gone from the station
a short time. letter came to the re-
ceiving hospital for him. 1t was post
marked Denver and was thought TO
contain money.
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