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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1906-12-04
PROBATE NOTICES.

PROBATE NOTICES.
To all persons Interested In either Of the estates
hereinafter named: a..
and for the County OF Oxford. on the 2lih day
Of Noy 20 the year Of on, Lord one thousand
having bean presented for the action thereupon
hereinafter indicated, Il Il hereby 0RDERxD: ..
That notice thereof be given 70 All persons N.
terested, by causing copy Of this order 20 Dc
published three weeks successively In the OK.
lord Democrat. Newspaper pupnsnea ~ oo ~ |.
Paris, in said County. that they may appear . ~
Probate Court 70 be hold q Paris, ON tne
third Tuesday Of Dec, A. D. 1905, a. nine OF me
clock in the forenoon. and be heard thereon u
they eco cause:
ALyA sHURTLEFF, late Of Paris, deceased ;
win, codicl and petition for probate thereof pre-
sented by Willie K. shurtlen, one OF the execu.
tors therein named. ~,
ADDISON T.. HERRICK,
Judge of said Court.
ALBEIT d. PARK, Rsgistsr.
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uo,h., e,,v,, Sweat Powder, f., Children,

Mother Grays Sweet Powders for Children,
successfully usej by Mother Gray, nurse In the
!hildren's Home In New York, Cure Feverish-
ness, Bad Stomach, Teething Disorders. move
md regulate the Bowels and Destroy Worms
over so 900 testimonials They nerer fail. AZ all
druggists, &c. Sample FREE. Address, Allen
!. Olmsted, lie Roy, n. Y.
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Always use Aliens Foot Ease, q powder. It pre-
vents Tightness and Blisters, cures Swollen,
'weatipg, Aching feet At all druggists and
Ihoe stores, &c.
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For Service
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r.07RT-

LOST.
In South Paris village, pair of
cuffs with links, wrapped in paper.
Please return to Arthur E. Forbes
at the Democrat office.
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No moro moose shooting in Maine this
year. Tho open season closed Friday.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1906-12-04
The Best Christmas Present for q
Little Money.

Hebron Semester, 1882
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1906-12-04

A family gathering at Amos Canwelrs,
all their children and grandchildren,
nineteen In all. A good old fashioned
dinner and good full stomachs. Old
time songs were sung and played,
splendid time enjoyed BY each and every
one, and the last of all before breaking
up the party, they all gathered in the
big barn door and had group picture
taken. Then they all had lunch and
good-bys were said and the children were
gone, not knowing when they will meet
again.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1906-12-04
BONDS.
Town Bonds,
County Bonds,
Water Bonds.
PERFECT SECURITY AND GOOD
RATES OF INTEREST.
FOR SALE BY
Norway National Bank
Norway, Maine.
Bankrupts Petition for Discharge.

Norway,
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Colby o. Bowtoin 0.
Colby Is. OpponSnts III.
Some people have the incorrect idea
that the Paris Manufacturing Co. oi
this place has pretty nearly monopoly oil
the trade in the lines Of goods which u
manufactures, especially in children
sleds, carts and wagons. While II may
be true that in the quality OF its output
the company stands by itself, il certain
In is not fact that there is any lack ri
competition. The report of the De
partmeut of Commerce and Labor, JUS
issued. shows that shere are in thu
United States seventy eight concern:
engaged In the manufacture of children,
sleds and wagons.
The Christmas festival and annual sal,
of the ladies Of the Congregational So
ciety will be held at their vestry Thurs
day and Friday Of this week. Thursda,
afternoon and evening and Friday after
noon the vestry will be open for the sal
of all sorts OF useful and attractiv
articles in the usual variety. Decora
tions will remind all Of Christmas, an
in fact Christmas will be in the all
Thursday evening there will be music b
an orchestra, and Friday afternoon fror
$50 TO $50 there will be baby show
Friday evening supper will be serve
from 6:45 to 7:45. Following the SUI
per there will be half-hour concert
the Schubert Quartette, and after ths
the comedy, 1.-TWO Of Kind" with tn
following cast:
Mrs. Rebecca Rhubarb. Miss Sue N. Wheels
A Inf n
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variety entertainments. Price, as usual.
The evening will close with sOciable.
About twenty-five members OF the
Young Peoples Christian Union OF the
Universalist church of Norway were
present at the reception given them by
the Union Of the South Paris church at
Good Cheer Hall last Tuesday evening.
The only formal programme for the
evening was brief address Of welcome
to the visitors by Rev. j. II. Little, and
a response by Charles r. Ridlon. The
amusements of the evening were such a.
were appropriate to the Thanksgiving
season. For the opening march the
partners were selected BY souvenir
turkeys numbered in duplicate, and later
in the list of games number OF ana
grams of words relating to Thanksgiv-
ing in one way or another were given
out. The solving Of these was con.
test, which was won by Abner Mann OF
Norway. Cocoa, cake and fancy crackers
were served. The visitors returned on
the 1915 car, after . pleasant evening.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-21
jealous CanarIeS

they enjoyed their new home, and speedily in
creased
Soon after this, regular importations of the
birds commenced. 1t was in Germany that the
birds were received with the greatest favor
and the bird-raising peasantry, finding them
easy to breed and quick to learn new songs,
added them to their stock.
| have heard of one canary that, when it
heard certain footstep or voice. would give
chirp as if calling, and the moment the
loved one got near its cage it would endeavor
to get out of it; and when it was out, would
rest on the finger while she told it all the
nursery stories she could think of, the bird
meanwhile looking gravely into her eyes, and
frequently opening its BILL but without utter
ing sound, and never removing its fixed look
until the story was ended Then it would
fly to the highest part of the glass, touching
the cornice, and warble in delightful melody,
then on to her head, and finally back into its
pretty cage.
Those Of you who have canaries should make
true pets of them; talk to them as to a child,
and they will readily understand you,
Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-21

his sovereign pair of scented gloves, orna-
mentcd with roses in colored silks, which
pleased her so much that she had her por-
trait painted with them on.
Elizabeth was a devoted patronizer of her
glove-maker She put on pair when her toi-
let was made in the morning. and she wore
them until she dsrobed at night
They were of all kinds and prices. One
pair was of fine white kid, reaching to the
elbows. where they We're sashed with satin
and fringed with gold. They were buttoned
with jewels, the backs were embroidered with
and in the palm Inn of ' each were ' five sGf little % air.
holes of the size and shape of melon seeds.
Some of these gloves have been preserved,
Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-21

and though very shapely, they are quite large
in fact, quite, large enough for man
This is easily accounted for by the TACT
that, although her hands were small, her fin,
gers were always covered with rings, several
Of them of large size.
This royal coquette had all the fondness of
an Oriental woman for jewels, and many of
her rings were of great value. Two or three
of them possess a historical interest.
There was her coronation ring, which she
wore constantly from the time it was put on
at her inauguration, never taking it off once
for nearly forty-five years At the end of
that time it had become so imbedded in the
flesh and caused so much pain, that she was
obliged to have it filed apart-a circumstance
Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-21
VenfriIOquia/ PrecOcify

and then, seized by a sudden idea, stopped
down and, rapping on the tombstone, said:
Grandpa, are you down there?" following it
up with self-supplied Yes in as deep and
cultural tone as his little throat could make
sumed, in his natural pitch of voice, and, again
dropping to the lower tone, answered his own
query with bass and hollow No" The
parents, greatly shocked, cut short further
ventrioquial efforts on the part of the too
precocious child.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-21

share the notice Of the master or mistress,
and the bird be allowed to fly about the
room, it will attack and dash itself against a
dog, when it would shun cat.
The canary was never seen in Europe until
the sixteenth century. 1t lived only in the
Canary Islands, where its body was of lin
net brown, the under part of yellowish
green, and its eyes were dark brown. The sail
ors Of merchant ships trading from the Ca
nary Islands to Leghorn had, while on the
islands, caught some of these birds, whose
song was so charmingly sweet, and were TAX
ing them home, when the vessel was wrecked
on the coast of Italy, opposite Elba. As the
ship was going down, one of the crew set the
birds free; and, the climate being favorable,
Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-21

parents lately to his fathers native town,
and among the places visited during their ru-
sleep the progenitors Of his paterHal ' parent. aren't
The latter pointed out to the child a certain
mound, saying "There, dear, is the grave of
your grandfather" The little fellow gazed Gu
Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-21

LITTLE Boston boy who was taken
to the entertainment of a ventrilo-
quist some time ago, and who was
a close observer of the performers
modus operandi, accompanied his
Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-21
Copyright by James Elverson.

Copyright by James EIversOn.
I'D you know that jealousy is pas
sion as strong in animals as in hui
man beings? Birds, cats, dogs,
monkeys, and, indeed, all the ami,
NAL world, show it, often furiously
Ii. in training a canary. other pets
Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-21
Training Carrier Pigeons

HE course of training is generally
thus: A number of young pigeonsH
say one hundred-are, to begin with.
conveyed to distance of about six
miles from their home, where thew
Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-21

no less partial in the distribution of her Uifts
to the pigeon than to the human race, It is
only very few of these hundred pigeons
that are clever enough to get straight back.
The greater numb return only after con.
siderable interval, and many are never seen
again.
After repeated six mile trials, certain nun.
ber are selected OF the most promising pu.
pills, and taken to the distance of twelve
miles. This again proves beyond the capa.
bi!ies of not few, and another selection is
made
So the experiments are continued, the dis.
tance increasing six miles each time. Ulti.
mately, a little troop of these winged messen.
gers is obtained which may be trusted for
mideace distances
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-05-05

Estate of Heinrich Mold, deceased.
pointed eXecutrix of the last will and
testament of Heinrich Mold, late of the
county of Rock Island, state of Illinois,
deceased, hereby gives notice that she
will appear before the county court of
Rock Island county. at the county court
room. in the city of Rock Island. at
the June term, on the first Monday in June
next, at which time all persons having
claims against said estate are notified
and requested to attend. for the pur-
pose of having the same. adjusted. All
persons indebted to said estate are re-
quested to make immediate payment to
the undersigned
Dated this 18th day of April. A. D.
1906. ELIZABETH Il. MOLD,
sr~s-r
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-05-05

Publication Notice.


state of Illinois, County of Rock Is
| In the Circuit Court,-May Term, A.
| ID. l906.-In Chancery.
| Francis l.. Newcomb, complainant, VS.
Lizzie Healy White Charles X. Boy
ington, and the unknown heirs or
| deVisees of John Murray, late of said
Rock Island county. deceased.
An affidavit of the non-residence OF
Lizzie Healy White and the unknown
of said Rock Island county, deceased,
OF the defendants above named, having
been filed in the Office of the clerk OF
said circuit court of Rock Island coun-
nonresident defendants. that the COM
plainant filed his bill of complaint in
said court, on the chancery side there
of. on the 9th day OF April, A. ID. 1906.
and that a summons thereupon issued
out of said court against said defend
ants, returnable on the first Monday or
May, 1906 as is by law required.
Now. therefore, unless you, the said
Lizzie HeaIy White. and the unknown
heirs or devisees OF John Murray late
of said Rock Island county. deceased,
shall personally be and appear before
the said circuit court of said county on
the first day of the next term thereof.
to be holden at the court house in the
city of Rock Island, in said county, on
the first Monday OF May, A. j.. 1906,
and plead, answer or demur 10 the said
same and the matters and things there
in charged and stated viii be taken AZ
and n decree entered against
you according to the prayer of said bill.
In testimony whereof, l have here
unto set my hand and affixed the seal
Of said court, at my Office in Rock Is
land this 9th day of April, A. u. 1906.
GEORGE w. GAMBLE, Clerk.
Adair Peasants. compliments So
April C. A. d. 1906.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-05-05
knights of Pythins.
Call for socialist Convention.

The. county central committee of the
socialist party of Rock Island county,
state OF Illinois, hereby issues a call
for Il mass convention of said socialist
party, to be held at the Industrial
Home hall at Rock Island. Ill. on Fri
day, May Is, 1906, at p. m, to trans
act the following business:
To select delegates to the state con-
vention.
To select delegates to the Fourteenth
congressional district convention, to be
held at Industrial Home hall at Rock
Island. on Sunday. May %, 1906, at 2:3O
p. m.
To select delegates to the Thirty
third senatorial district convention, to
be held at Industrial Home hall at
Rock Island. ILL.,. on Wednesday, May
%. 1906. at 1:3O p M and to nominate
for the following county Of
fees:
One county judge, one county clerk,
one county treasurer, one sheriff. one
uperintendent of schools. and to
such other business as may
lawfully come before il.
Dated at Rock Island, Ill. this Goth
day of April, 1906.
l.. T.. SEWERS,
Chairman.
Perry H. Shipman, Secretary.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-05-05
Administrators Notice.

pointed administrator of the estate of
Pauline Levi. late of the county of
hereby gives notice that he will APP
pear before the county court of Rock
Island county, at the county court
July term, on the first Monday in July
next, at which time all persons having
claims against said eseate are notified
and requested to attend, for the pur-
pose of having the same adjusted. All
persons indebted to said estate are re-
quested to make Immediate payment 10
the undersigned
Dated cath day of April. A. D. 1906.
! LAYER LEVI,
Administrator.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-05-05

WANrED-Men to learn barber trade:
just the season to begin; few weeks
com pleteS; money earned from start;
tools given. positions waiting; write
for catalogue. Moler Barber col
lego. Chicago, Ill.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-05-05
Administrator,s Notice.

Estate of David Richardson. deceased
The undersigned, having been APP
pointed administrators of the estate of
David Richardson, late of the county of
ROCK Island, state of Illinois, deceased
pear before the county court of Rock
Island county, at the county court room.
in the city of Rock Island. at the June
term, on the first Monday in June next,
at which time all persons having claims
against said estate are notified and re-
queSted to attend for the purpose of
having the same adjusted. All per-
sons indebted to said estate are re-
quested to make immediate payment to
the undersigned.
Dated 18th day of April A d. 1906.
LOUSCINDA RICHARDSON,
Administrative.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-05-05
Mckee @ CO.
Both Phones. :25 Eighteenth stree.
Real Estate
Fer Sale or EXCHANGE.

We have two lots left vet in Edge
wood park. on Forty-third street. that
we will sell at a bargain, il taken soon:
they have sewer, water, gas, beautiful
shade trees; remember, these can be
sold cheap. and are fine lots.
We can sell n good nine-room house
on Thirtieth street. between Fifth and
Seventh avenues. with east front lot
4IX2O0 feet. for $4,000. on easy terms
FOR SALE-12O-acre farm; new five
room house; barn and outbuildingS;
good fences, pure water. near school
and church; rented next season for
cash and grain rent; mortgage of $4,000;
can stand HVe years; price, 500 per
acre; can use n small stock of mer-
chandise or city property in exchange.
We are handling North Dakota lands.
Come in, and let us refer you to a
prominent business man of this city
who went up last week and bought
half section of our lands. and see what
he thinks OF that country.
Houses for rent in all parts of the
city.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-05-05
LEGAL.
Sherfn's Sale.

BY virtue of an execution issued out
| of the clerks Office of the circuit court
of Rock Island county, and state of
Illinois, and to me directed, whereby am
commanded to make the amount of n
certain judgment recently obtained
against George Weaver in favor of Mar
garet Weaver out of the lands, tene-
ments. goods and chattels of the said
George Weaver, L have levied on the
following described property, to-wit
Beginning at gas pipe set at the point
of intersection of the south line of
Third avenue with the west line of
Twenty-siXth street, produced north in
south along the west line of said TWEEN
ty-sixth street, produced as aforesaid.
one hundred two and one-fourth (l02A
feet, to a point thence west from said
point so found. one hundred fifty-two
and fifteen one-hundredthS (152.l5)
feet. more or less, TO an alley, as shown
in GIenwood addition to city of Moline,
said alley parallel with said Twenty
sixth street, to = gas pipe set in the
south line of said Third avenue, thence
north 81 degrees 81 minutes in an east
erly direction aiOng the south line of
said Third avenue, to place of begin
ming.
Therefore. according to said COM
mand, l shall expose for sale at public |
auction, all the right. title and inter- |
est of the above named George Weaver |
in and to the above described property, |
at 10 o'clock Il. m, on Saturday, the |
26th day of May, 1906, at the east door |
of the court house. in Rock Island. Ill. |
Dated at Rock Island, Ill, this Goth |
day of April. 1906.
w. GEORGE HEIDER,
Sheriff of Rock Island County.
M. j. McEniry. attorney for plaintiff. |
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-05-05
Executors Notice.

Estate of James Shirley, deceased.
The undersigned, having been APP
pointed executor of the last Will and
testament of James Shirley, late of the
county of Rock Island, state of Illinois.
Rock Island county, at the county court
room, in the city of Rock Island. at the
June term. on the first Monday in June
next, at which time all persons having
claims against said estate are notified
and requested to attend, for the pur-
pose of having the same adjusted. All
persons indebted to said estate are re-
quested TO make immediate payment to
the undersigned.
Dated this 18th day of April, 1906
ALLEN Shirley. Executor.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-05-05
Notice of Publication.

State of Illinois, Rock Island Coun-
In the Circuit Court.-May term. A.
D. 1906.-In Chancery.
Monroe Ebi VS.. The Fuller Manufactur-
ing Company, and Bernard McAleer:
Affidavit of nonreSidence of the Fuller
Manufacturing company, implicated with
the above defendant. Bernard McAleer.
having been filed in the clerks office Of
the circ nit court of said county, notice
nonresident defendants that the COM
said court, on the chancery side there
of, on the 4th day of April, 1906. and
that thereupon summons issued out
of said court. wherein said suit is now
pending, returnable on the first Mon
day in the month of May next. as is by
law required.
Now. unless you, the said nonresident
defendants above named. the Fuller
Manufacturing company, shall person
ally be and appear before said circuit
court. on the first day of the next term
thereof, to be holden at Rock Island, in
and for the said county, on the first
Monday in May next. and plead. answer
or demur to the said complainants bill
of complaint, the same and the matters
and things therein charged and stated
will be taken as confessed, and a de-
cree entered against you according to
the prayer of said bill.
GEORGE w. GAMBLE. Clerk.
Rock Island. Ill. April 4, 1906.
Edward ii. Guyer, compliments So
ncitor.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-05-05
Notice of FINAL settlement.

Estate of L. II. Reeves. deceased.
Public notice is hereby given that the
undersigned. Julia A. Reeves, executriX.
has this day filed her final report and
settlement such in the county court
of Rock Island county, and hearing on
said report has been set for May Il,
1906, at o'clock a. M, at which time
persons interested may appear and
make objections thereto, and if no OBJ
jections are filed, said report will be
approved at that time, and the under
signed will ask for an order of distri-
button and will also ask to be dis
charged.
Rock Island, Ill. April 81, 1906.
JULIA A. REEVES Executrix.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-05-05
RAILWAYS.

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CHICAGO. ROCK ISLAND & PACIFIC
Railway - Tickets may be purchased
at the city ticket office, 1899 Second
avenue. or C., r. i & p. depot Fifth av-
enue, foot of Thirty first street. 'Phons
west 1893, west 1923. FRANK II.
PLIJMMER, c. z. A
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-05-05
STORAGE. BUS AND CAB.

EAfhESS, SIOhAOE, BUS AND CAB.
ROBES TRANSFER COMPANY-120
west SevenIeenth street- Olo pnone
building. Express, baggage. bus and
cab calls answered day or night
RELIABLE STORAGE-On first floor;
also manufacturer of awnings, tents,
wagon covers, etc. Tents for rent.
B. Roessler & Co, 209 Fifteenth
street, opposite the court house, Rock
Island.
EWERT & RICHTER-Express and
Storage company, having unequaled
facilities for moving, storing, packing
and shipping household goods, and
can quote reduced freight rates to
Pacific coast and other points. Write
or call. Office and warehouse, 322-
326 East Fourth street, Davenport.
Iowa. Telephone sos.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-05-05
Petition for Saloon License.

Petition for Saloon License.
To the Honorable Mayor and City
Council of the City of Rock Island,
ILL.,.
We, the undersigned owners of prop
erty on Seventh avenue, within three
hundred feet of the front door of the
premises known as 700 Seventh street,
in the city of Rock Island, in each
direction, hereby consent to and petit
ton your honorable body to permit
Julius Breat to open and conduct a sa-
loon at 700 Seventh street.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-05-05
FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE.


FOR SALE - Or exchange; farms; L
have some beautiful prairie farms
just placed in my hands, for sale or
exchange for city property or prop
erty in the nearby towns: the lands
are offered very cheap, from $50 to
$50 per acre. Call at once and get
first selections. Pleasant f. Cox.
1921 y Second avenue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-05-05

FOR SALE-InveStors or anyone who
desires Il home should call on me. as
/ have some good propositions to
offer. namely. two fine lots in High
land Park addition, very desirable
double house. centrally located, also
four cottages with five and seven
rooms each. ranging in price from
$1,000 to $1,000. all nearly new; viii
sell for one-half cash. balance on
long time at per cent interest. w
G. Maucker. rear Rock Island house.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-05-05
ARCHITECTS.

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perindendent. Skinner block, second
floor. Office hours, 10 to IL a. "a. to
S:39 D. IN.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-05-05
HEATING AND PLUMBING.

CHANNON, DUFVA & CO.-Heating
and plumbing along scientific lines.
Careful and skilled workmen. Prompt
attention. ia West Seventeenth street
Phone HAS.