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The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1906-08-28
MYSTERY IN CASE
Alliance Man Skipped Out and Elope-
ment is Hinted.

Alliance, Aug. 24.-C. ]. Longbarger,
the liveryman who left Alliance on
August 13 ostensibly to go to War
rem to purchase an automobile. has
not been heard from since that date.
His brother states that he doubts
whether he will ever return to ALI
ance. What caused his sudden de-
parture is mystery, but there are
rumors afioat that he did not go
away alone and that another home
besides that of Mr.. Longbarger has
been made unhappy. His wife was
Frustrated with grief because of his
non-return. 1t is not thought that
any financial trouble caused his leave
taking. 1t is probable that further
developments may be had within
few days.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1906-08-28
new SHAFT
Is Being Sunk at the Big Vein Coal
Mine.

Mine.
Salineville, Aug. 24.-Contractor j.
f. Keller, of Massillon, o., and a
force of twenty-four men started to
work sinking the shaft for the new
coal mine of the Big Vein Coal COM
pany, one and one-half miles east of
this village on the Wellsville road.
Three shifts are employed and the
shaft. which will be about 220 feet,
will be done by the first of the new
year. Another large force of men are
employed in grading a new county
road in the small ravine where the
shaft is located. 1t has been reported
that an electric line would be erected
between this village and the new To-
cation of the mine for the accommo-
dation of the workmen and for trans
porting supplies to the mine. Con-
tractor Al Smith, of Lisbon. is busy
with the erection of several houses
and Offices at the new mine location.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1906-08-28
STATEMENT
Issued by "Al" Adams, Jr., on the
Suspended Bucket Shop.

SuoPCHdCN DcSNOh S''NRs
New York, Aug. 24.-Fire was
drawn from the hitherto masked bat
teries of the firm of NJ. j. Sage & Co.,
an alleged bucket shop, which an
nounced it's suspension Wednesday,
by the form of statement issued.
Albert J. Adams, Jr.. son of the for
mer policy king, at the Office of the
Colonial Securities company, in which
concern the elder Adams is a ~controll-
ing factor, in which he denied that
his father had any interest whatever
in the corporation of M. ]. Sage &,
Co. He said his father was not a
stockholder in the company, and
neither an officer nor director. He
said he was the only Al Adams inter-
ested in the corporation and that his
interest was simply that of a creditor
According to Adams the liabilities will
not exceed $35OOOO
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1906-08-28
MINERS GIVE NOTICE
To Operators That Scale Must Be
Signed Before Monday.

salineville, Aug. 24.-The miners
at the Slope mine and the Sterling
mine have given the operators until
next Monday to sign UP the scale for
the mines for the coming two years,
or a suspension of work will be called
by the local officials Of the miners
union.
The mines are running to their full
capacity and everything points TO
steady work. but unless the operators
sign up there will be a suspension
Monday of next week.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1906-08-28
BOILER LET GO

Parkersburg, w. Va, Aug. 24.-An
explosion Of an oil we'll boiler, six
miles north of here. came near result
ing in the death of William May. He
was painfully burned. May was blown
thirty feet in the air and alighted on
a weed pile. He was burned over his
entire body and may die.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1906-08-28
NOT TO ABANDON
Standard of Insurance Policies is De-
eision of Committee on Laws.

st. Paul, MINI, Aug. 24.-The most
important action taken by the insur-
ance commissioners committee of
fifteen which is formulating code
of uniform insurance laws for all the
states was decision not to abandon
the standard form of life policies.
Actuary Hadley, of Michigan, asked
that the committee so modify it's in
structions to the sub committee in
standard form SO as to authorize an
open policy. After long debate the
committee refused to do this.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1906-08-28
ASKS INJUNCTION
To Keep Her Son From Whipping
His New Step Father.

To Keep Her Son From Whipping
His New Step Father.
Cleveland, o., Aug. 24.-Mrs Joseph
Lefkowitz called on Officer Lewis and
asked him for an injunction restrain
ing her son, Charles, 16 years old,
from assauiting her husband. Mrs.
Leflkowitz, who was Mrs Anna Liss,
welded hsr present husband two days
ago She had not consulted her boy
when she decided to become a wife
again, and as he has been more
or less incorrigible she feared he
would wallop her new spouse, who ap-
pears strong and husky. Charles has
only been Nout of the reform school
about a year. Lewis referred her to
the common pleas court.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1906-08-28
LOUISVILLE

Louisville, o., Aug. 24.--Charles
Bean, not from Boston, however, was
1 arrested Friday afternoon by Mar
shall Guittard on the charge of in
toxication. He spent the rest of the
day in the hot jail and no doubt he
will repent of his wrong doing before
his hearing this morning.
Harry Warstler, who is employed
at the Louisville machine shop, is Ill
and not able to work
Andrew Shrader, employed at the
Stark Electric sub-station, is also on
the sick list
William Green of Damascus was in
town Friday on business.
Mr.. and Mrs. Levi Warstler and
Miss Ada Slusser went to Nimisila
park Friday to attend the Holwick re-
union.
Charles Brumbaugh made a bust
ness trip to Canton Friday morning.
V. E. Rhodes, telegraph operator at
the Pennsylvania depot, is spending
his vacation at Beaver Falls.
The Pennsylvania station is receiv-
ing a new coat of paint. The freight
rates will remain the same as before.
Mrs. Ruth Fahnstock of Harrisburg,
Pa, arrived here yesterday to visit
her grandmother, Mrs. Elizabeth
Wise.
DR.. Walker was called to Canton
on business Friday afternoon.
Miss Lena Coy went to Canton Fri.
day afternoon to visit friends.
Miss Katie Grange spent Friday in
Canton.
Frank Pilot made business trip
to Alliance Thursday.
Miss Gels went to Girard, o., Thurs
day, where she will visit friends.
Miss Goldie Scheuster, of Canton, is
visiting Miss Luella Mathews, who re-
sides south of town.
Mrs. Anthony Hang and daughters,
Martha and Agatha, visited friends in
Canton Thursday.
NCOl6 LII anu SOh1
Joseph, are visiting for few days at
the home of John Brumbaugh, on
North Chapel street.
Misses Tillie and Mary Rebillot
have returned from Colorado, where
they were visiting relatives.
Harvey Brown, who is in the real
estate business at San Pedro, Cal, is
visiting Mr. and Mrs. Frank Munk.
Joseph Oakes is visiting relatives in
Illinois
Miss Pearl Newhouse, who has been
visiting Mr.. and Mrs. John Newhouse,
has returned to her home at Howen-
stein.
Miss Corinne Thurin is spending
this week at Congress lake.
Curtis Auer, of Conway, Pa, arrived
here Thursday He will spent his va
cation with his parents.
Mrs. G. A. Warstler is visiting rel
atives at Akron today.
Mr. and Mrs. Caleb Whittacre are
visiting friends at Salem.
Miss Anna Monnot, who has been
spending her vacation at Cleveland,
has returned.
Miss Gertrude Warstler is attend
ing the picnic of the Simpson M. Il.
church of Canton, at Rock Springs
Park, today
The Louisville teachers are at
tending the Stark county teachers
institute at Canton.
Many of the Masons of Louisville,
together with their friends, are at
tending the picnic of the Stark Coun-
ty Masons at Meyers lake.
The Junior Athletic club baseball
team of Louisville will play the Bel
fort team at Belfort on Sunday.
The w. c. T. u. will hold a temp
erance meeting next Sunday at
Keim's hall at 7:30 o'clock An in
teresting program has been arranged
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1906-08-28
TWO GRAND JURIES

Are Expected to Return Indictments
Against the Standard Oil Co.
Chicago, Aug. 24.-The nrst grand
jury in its investigation of the stand
ard Oil company met and after hear
ing four witnesses adjourned until
Monday. No indictments were re-
turned. The second jury also ad-
Journed until Monday after hearing
the same four witnesses. 1t is ex-
pected that at that time indictments
VIII be returned by both juries. Bun
dies of documents were taken into the
grand jury ROOM The names of three
OF the witnesses examined are de-
clared to be j. J. Duck, F. r. Austin
and S. T. Johnson. all railway officials.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1906-08-28
Permits to Wed.

Philip Weidmsn, locksmith. 20 and
Florence e. Slusser, 19, Canton.
Elmer M. Staver. farmer. 2S and
Ada Weirick, 2s, Massillonl
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1906-08-28


Homework, Aug. BOB, F. Roose
gave an ice cream party last Saturday
evening, eight guests being present.
Our baseball boys went to Alliance
to play Saturday, Alliance winning.
The Misses Essie and Pauline Gar
Der, of BelIville, o., are the guests of
their grandmother, Mrs. Joseph Hees-
tand.
A. L, Johnson is in Marietta for
a few days.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Summer and son,
of New Alexander. were in his vlcini-
ty Sunday.
l Attorney A. J. Willard and L. d.
Sanor were to New Franklin Saturday
evening
John Marckle is very i'll.
Mr.. and Mrs. f. S. Pieren were to
Alliance Saturday.
s. B. Bowman was an Alliance yisi-
tor Saturday.
b. F. Roose has purchs sed gem
tleman's riding bike.
Guy Whitford Is some BETTER,
Renner has purchased new buggy.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-19
SECOND PRIZE
This Story Gets So.
English Sense Of Humor.

The ocean steamer was one day from
New York harbor, when some one sug-
gested that inasmuch as Mark Twain,
Chauncey Depew and several other Gel
ebrities were on board that they have a
banquet on the last evening of the voy-
age:
The banquet was held and Mark
Twain, after delivering an exceedingly
humorous speech, was followed by
Chauncey Depew.
Depew began in his usual facetious
manner and soon had the table in an
uproar.
''The gentleman who has just pre-
coded, if indeed I may call him gem
tleman, has done a very mean thing.
This afternoon as I was pacing the
quarter deck I met Mr.. Clemens and
rehearsing the speech I had prepared,
asked him what he thought of it. He
replied that he thought it very good
speech and now to my establishment, he
has just repeated that speech word for
word and left me in a very unpleas-
ant predicament.
next morning as they were coming up
the harbor an Englishman approached
Mr.. Clemens and said "Mr. Twain!
I had always heard, aw, that Chauncey
Depew was such a remarkable after
dinner speaker, don't you know; but
don It you know that speech Of his
which you delivered last night was a
very poor affair, don t you know. Real
~, couldn't see why you thought it
was worth repeating." IN. P. J.
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Had Never Been There.

A chaplain assigned to remote army
post in New Mexico, organized q Sun
day school for the children Of the
soldiers. Until the catechisms came he
had to ask his own questions. He de-
cided to begin with the Lords prayer.
elbow many" he inquired the first
morning, "k9 9 s!,d the Lo I'd praysr'"
girl timidly raised her hand.
"Only one who knows it, exclaimed
the chaplain in genuine surprise. "You
may repeat it, Anna .....'-
Anna repeated it, quietly and cor
rectly.
:, "fhat was very, nicely done. Where
's1n Santa Fe." IT,"
every good. Now, Amy" to the
next little girl, "can't you say the
Lords prayer9'
"No, MI. Gardiner
"Twelve years old and don u know
the Lord s prayerlH
"Oh, but MI. Gardiner said Amy,
eager to set herself right, II have
(. Mayer, MINI,
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suspect that butter is reworked, blende
cd Ia ~

suspect that butter is reworked, blended
or adulterated. Adulterated butter
must not be stored on such premises.
With adequate penalties proportioned.
as the committee proposes, to the mag
nitude of the output, some real check
would be placed upon adulteration.
Imported butter Is to be met with not
less stringent conditions.
It Was shown before the COMMITTEES
by g. firm that was prosecuted for the
sale Of adulterated Danish butter that
they got off with a nominal penalty
upon showing that they had ordered
What is known as "contIol buttsr. =
ish government The committee pro-
poses that the importer shall Be held
responsible for the genuineuess o4 the
butter he sells without any 1egad for
anybody e1se's warranty. No off,
Guilty Is put in the way Of those who
Manufacture and sell limitations Of but
ter openly and honestly. Those who
want margarin will be free to buy It
as such. But people who want butter
and pay for butter are expected TO get
butter, and not mysterious md1tqtee.
It is thought probable that the Bxittsh
government win take faHoxahle actaoasl
on the report. a
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PURE BUTTER NO MORE,
LONDON TIMES SAYS
Genuine Dairy Product Thing Of Past
With Reworked Butter Only Thing
On Market,
By-k @. atevesss,

Washington, Aug. 18.-The British
government has recently issued as a.
parlia mentary paper a report Of the
select committee appointed to consider
the conduct and control Of the trade in
butter and butter substitutes. The re-
port was agreed upon unanimously, and
makes suggestions to be embodied in
legislation.
The London Times asserts that genu-
inc dairy butter Is a thing past praying
for. Four-ff of the population Of
London, the Times asserts, have never
seen it in their lives. Those who
know what it is have great difficulty
in procuring it,, and cannot obtain ii
in many cases at any price. What Is
called genuine butter in London, the
Times says, is blended and reworked
butter. It's tough, tenacious texture
is as different as posi- bic from that Of
real diary butter, and it is destitute Of
the subtle aroma Of the genuine IN
worked butter.
The Times says that both the i'm
ported butter and that made at home
is generally blended butter. The par
iaInentary. committee propose that but
ter factories shall be registered, the
registration to be renewable annually,
and that inspectors shall be empowered
to enter all such premises when they
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Keeping an Eye on Him.

They look pretty closely after the
daily walk and conversation Of their
clergy down in Ohio. A story comes
from thence Of the deacons calling on
the pastor with the complaint that he
swore. The good man was dumfounded
and asked for a bill of particulars.
whereupon 1t was explained to him
that the week before he had gone fish
Ing with q worldly man, and when the
latter yelled;
"Parson, I've a burned good bite!"
the good man responded cheerfully,
$50 have ~ II. J, Rostad.
Spring Valley, Wis.
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Not the Usual Objection.

An enthusiastic young minister was
having his first experience in a logging
town in the west. Thinking to adapt
himself to his rough audience and avoid
the mistakes Of the conventional pas
tor in new field, he made his sermons
practical and very brief. The audience
steadily declined. One day he stopped
a solid-looking member Of his diminish
ing congregation and said fuently:
"Look here, Smith, what's the mat
ter with my sermons9''
t:They'r too Short replied Smith.
"Too Short shouted the minister.
"Great heavens, man, that 8 the last
objection to hold good!'
Smith i. stuck to his point whal It,s 81, this
like us goes to all the trouble Of Citing
cleaned up and putting on an extry
shirt, we want to set long enough to
make it pay.' Il. M.
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He Caught It.

A very mild gentleman stood at
the telephone recently in Washington.
He had a message which he wished to
deliver personally to the secretary of
state, and as he could not reach the
department. in time, he went to the
phone and called up the secretary .
room. He was told, as usual, to hold
the line, and very soon a voice said:
"Hello!''
The affair being Of personal nature,
he wished to assure himself as to the
person at the other end, and asked:
"Who is speaking7' ,
The reply was SO faint and brief that
it left him still in doubt, and he said:
II don't catch it, .'
y. Once more the answer was SO faint
that, he said: "Speak louder, don It
catch it, '@,'' :. = = :
There was short pause, then he re-
ceived this answer: HHayl H-a-yt
Dried grass! Hay! Secretary Hay!
Now do you catch it7'
He caught it. 49,. &C, S.
Owatonna, MINI,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-19
The Pronoun Possessive.

William had not exactly married his
wife for her money. At The same time
she had helped to stock the farm to a
very considerable extent. And when
William, in his sudden afduence Of cir
eart Pnd Ss Pe"s she fe
q little hurt. But when he continued in
his method Of speech she felt herself
bound to demonstrate.
Greatly, William,'' she said, "con-
sidering all things, think 1t would
sound better to say our COWS"
Three days later he had his revenge.
They were going to friend g house for
the evening, and she was ready first.
Tired Of waiting, she called upstairs,
"My dear" be replied, in a dis
tressed voice, tim looking for our
trousers. - H. M.
Benson, MINI.
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Would Be Heard From.

Charles was the brightest boy in the
academy. He stood first in all his
classes, was the leader of all the de-
batting teams, and was valedictorian of
his class. And now he was going away
to, college and all his relatives and
friends had gathered at the old home
stead to bid him Godspeed. Among
those present was the principal of the
school, who was very proud of the rec
ord Charles had made.
Much was expected of the young man
and a bright future and brilliant sue
cess in life was predicted for him. As
the stage that carried him away rolled
out Of sight over distant hill and the
tears Of MINGLED sorrow and happiness
had been wiped away, the principal
said:
"There is young man that we shall
hear from in the future.'
Uncle Cyrus (rather deaf), "Eh,
ye-es. I guess he will write hum to the
folks now and then.'
George D. Smith.
Breckenridge, MINI,
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The wrong Side Of the Pence.

An inmate of a Scotch lunatic asylum
wandered down to the highway in front
of the asylum to watch the operations
Of force Of laborers, who were repair
ing the public road. Leaning his el-
bows on the fence he eyed the workers
'' "Hyar SIV work. or that. :, ''AfAeo'
cay, replied one Of the men with
some curiosity as to what he would say
next. But he only lapsed into deep re-.
Election. 4 .s
"How much do you geta"
"Fourteen bob week. [$3.5O.)
Another silent spell. r.~
"But ye're no marrits'
II am, and what worse, I have five
bairns.'' *"sns. ~. 8: Z "
"Me mon," replied the daft one as
he turned to 20 back, III think We re
on the wrang side o. the fence. y
80 ssr - M. P. s..
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Wanted-The address Of III. M.,"
third prize winner OF Aug. IL.

Wanted-The address Of III. NJ"
third prize winner OF Aug. IL.
Prizes for stories printed on this
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For the coming waek Jour-
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sonal knowledge of the applicants,
promptly engaged him.
Has that man ever worked for you,
mother7' asked Mrs. Murray, when the
two women were alone.
NO. replied the old lady, IT
never saw or heard of either Of them
until now.'
"Then, why in the world did you
choose the shorter mana The other
had the better face.'
"Face,' returned the old lady,
briskly. "When you pick out a man
to work In the garden you want to go
by his overalls. If they re. patched on
the knees, you want him. If the patch
is on the seat, you don w..
Gibbon, MINI. George Moline.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-19
$4,000 BANK FRAUDS

Naples, Aug. 1s.-It is alleged that
serious bank robberies, which have
probably been going on for, some time,
have just been discovered at the Banca
ciale.
These crimes have been committed by
two brothers, who have been trusted
employees at the banks for many years,
enjoying the unlimited confidence of
the directors.
Between them the brothers have en-
bezled nearly 100000. AS they acted
in concert, the frauds seem to have
been accomplished without much diff
Guilty.
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A New ,Delicacy.

An amusing story is told of a New
York man who is extremely nearsighted.
The New Yorker was stopping at a
hotel in Florida, in company with some
friends. At dinner one day, when the
dessert was served he found difficulty
in removing from plate of small
er, what he thought was a chocolate
eclair. He took his fork and tried to
pry it from the plate, but with no sue
cess.
Suddenly he became aware that he
was the cause of great merriment to
his friends, and was astonished, as he
saw nothing particularly amusing in the
situation. His wonder was turned into
something stronger when the darky ser
vitor said in apologetic tones:
thumb, sub. &c. M. N.
2128 Tower avenue, Superior Wis.
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lido you know what Seward says about

/" do you know what Seward says about
youf'
"No," said Lincoln, calmly, '.I
don't believe I do. =
"'Well, you ought to know said
the friend, warmly. He says you are
a fooi.''
Does hesv asked Lincoln, quietly
"Does Seward say thatfD -
eyes," replied the friend. s.Just
that. 8.s..s s.-
UWell," said Ldncoln, slowly. ssI
shall have to think about that Yon
know Seward is generally right. =
lae5 E IL, M.
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Willing to Oblige.

A young North Carolina girl is
charming, but like great many charm.
ing people, she is poor. She never has
more than two evening gowns season,
and the ruin Of one Of them is very
serious matter to her. She went to q
little dancing party last week, and wore
brand new white froek: During the
ing man came up and asked her to
dance. He wore no gloves. She looked
OF his well meaning, but moist hands,
despairingly and theught Of the immac-
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THIRD PRIZE
This Story Gets So.
Peculiarfties Of Long Island.

A school teacher asked her geography
class: "What are some of the natural
peculiarities Of Long Island9' ~.
The children thought hard. but none
REPLIED Suddenly a boy raised his
hand
"Well, what are they7" asked the
teacher.
"Why,' he exclaimed, triumphantly,
ION the south side you see the sea and
on the north side you hear the sound. -
West Duluth, MINI, Il. L. M.
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A Boston girl who was visiting in
wife to see the chickens. The woman
clapped her hands together in driving
some hens out of the barn.
In telling about it later the city girl
said: "It seemed very queer for her
to applaud her chickens, even tho they
were very fine ones.'
"What did you do7' asked her
amused listener.
"Why, I applauded, too. What else
could I do?' was the reply.
West Duluth, MINI. Il. L. M.