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Los Angeles herald., 1906-08-12
Refugees Hold Reunion

Several persons who were living
In the same house at San Francisco
during the disaster held a reunion Fri
day evening at 251 South Bunker Hill
avenue. The affair took the form of
a surprise party. Among the guests
were Mr.. and Mrs. M. H. Shepard,
Mrs. Hill, Miss Ruth Hill and Burt
Mcleod.
Upton Held for Trial
r. l.. Upton, one of three men who,
the police say, assaulted several news
paper employees at a warehouse on San
Fernando street, was arraigned before
Police Justice Rose yesterday and his
trial was set for Tuesday afternoon.
Sergeant Craig stated the two COM
panions of Upton, said to have been
implicated in the alleged assault have
not been found.
Hit by Flying Board
Walter Ransom was painfully in
jured yesterday while he was at work
at a planning mill at Eighth and Ala
media streets. A board flew from the
rip saw, striking the young man in
the side and probably causing the
fracture of two ribs. Ransom was taken
to the receiving hospital for treat
ment.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-08-12

A new line of Peter Pan waists made of taft
feta silk; come in black, white and navy blue;
price, $4,75
Los Angeles herald., 1906-08-12

Sorosis skirts, made of heatherbloom; light
weight; has the rustic of taffeta made with
deep shirred ruffles in black only; prices, $3.50
and $500.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-01-04
FORESIGHT IN FARM WORK
The Best Success Is Dependent on
Planning the Work Far
Ahead.

The farmer that can properly plan
in his farm work has the best chance
of success. He can then husband moi,
only the time of his men, but his ma
terials. Lack of foresight is response.
BILE for a very considerable waste OF
time on farms. The winter time is
a good season in which to carefully
go over the work of the coming sea-
sons, says the Farmers Review. Why
not? In every other business much
thinking and planning before hand has
to be done. The men that carry com
mercial enterprises to successful ter.
limitations have always spent weary
days and weeks in doing nothing but
planning building thought upor
thought. Such plans do not often
come as inspirations; they come as
the results of hard work of the brain.
The farmer must succeed along the
same road as do other men. The learn.
ing to plan is one of the best things
that our young men get at the agricul
tural colleges. They are given hard
problems to solve and have to sit down
and think about them; sometimes shey
have to think hard for days before ar,
irving at a solution. This gives them
the initial ability to plan, and planning
Is foresight.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-01-04
BOYS TERRIBLE ECZEMA.
Mouth and Eyes Covered with Crusts
Hands Pinned Down-Mirac-
ulouE Cure by Cuticura.

when M little boy was six months
old, he had eczema. The sores extended
so quickly over the whole body that we 1t
once called in the doctor. We then went
to another doctor, but he could not help
him, and in our despair we went to 8
third one. Matters became so bad that
he had regular holes in his checks, large
enough to put a finger into. The food
had to be given with a S, DON, for mis-
mouth was covered with crusts as thick
as a finger, and whenever he opened the
mouth they began to bleed and %suppurate,
as did also his eyes. Hands, arms, chest,
and back, in short the whole body, vas
covered over and over. We had no rest
by day or night. Whenever he was lad
in his bed, we had to pm his hands down;
otherwise he would scratch his face, and
make an open sore. l think his face mus
have itched most fearfully.
we finally thought nothing could help
and /. had made up my mind to send my
wife with the child to Europe, hoping that
the sea air might cure him, otherwise he
was to be put under good medical care
there. But, Lord be blessed, matters came
| differently, and we soon saw a miracle. A
friend of ours spoke about Cuticura. We
made a trial with C~uticura Soap, ONT
ment, and Resolvent, and within ten days
or two weeks we noticed q decided inn
provement. just as quickly as the sick
ness had appeared it also began to dis
appear, and within ten weeks the child
was absolutely well, and his skin was
smooth and white as never before. K.
Hohrath, President of the c. J.. Hohrath
Company, Manufacturer of Silk Ribbons
4 to 20 Rink Alley, South Bethlehem, Pa,
June 5, 1906"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-01-04
BEGINNING TO DOUBT.
Former Legislator Who Feels That
He Sold His Vote Too
Cheap.

at beats all about this political cor
ruption,'' said the old farmer as he
laid aside his country paper. Every
week there is something about expos
ing some big man who was thought
to be perfectly honest, and it's getting
so you don't know whom to trust"
Were. you ever in politics your.
self" was asked.
"Once, and that's what's bothering
me now. Yes. | was elected to the
legislature once. While | was serv-
ing as a member a fellow-member
came to me and said that my aunt in
Iowa had died and left me $4,000, and
he paid the money over to me. | had
never heard about the aunt, and l
don't know how he'got the money for
me, and | am just beginning to doubt"
"To doubt what?"
wall | voted for a land grab and
We carried it by only four majority.
and I'm just beginning to doubt If I
got enough for my vote. / think il I
had held out a few days I'd have had
an uncle die, too, and got as much as
$4,000 out of the thing."-Baltimore
American.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-01-04
EMBARRASSED BRIDEGROOM
John Was Nervous, and the Mistakes
He Made Were More Than
Enough.

He was embarrassed, i'll at ease; she
was calm, self-possessed, relates the Bal
timore Sun.
IF it were only over" he whispered,
excitedly; Il know III do it wrong"
1T won't take long, JOHN" she an
swered, consolingly. you haven't much
GO say"
The minister was speaking: Kindly
change places with the bride"
John attempted to do so, stepped on
The toe of her shoe, and raising his arm
caught his euffbutton in her veil.
do be careful" she implored.
"0h," he %groaned; before all these
staring people, too"
"Sh-h-h-"
The minister began the ceremony. John
grew more embarrassed, and fumbled with
the roses of her bouquet. Then he put
his hand in his pocket and pulled out his
handkerchief and excitedly mopped his
brow.
The church was quiet save for the voice
OF the minister.
eff any person knows any just rea-
SON." he was saying, why these two
should not be joined together, let him
aow speak, or forever"
81 will" shouted John.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-01-04

1t as long as he could, when he took
the colonel by the collar and sat him
down so quick he didn't come to for a
couple Of minutes, and when the
colonel got his senses, and found that
the usher had ushered him into a seat
between two gaily decorated colored
women the trouble began. The colonel
never forgot that he was a gentleman,
for he rose up, took off his hat to the
colored women, and said: you must
excuse me, ladies, but | shall have to
go and kill the %sconndrel who sat me
down with niggers,' and he got down
off the seats and struck the usher with
his cane, and the usher yelled: "Hey,
Rube!" and all the circus people made
a rush for the colonel. The colonel
said, Men of Kentucky to the rescue"
and before I could crawl under the
seats the air was full of baggage,
seats, tent pins and white hats, guns
were fired, and blood flowed, and the
police pulled everybody. and the eve
ming performance was given up.
One of the proprietors of the show
got a wen on his head as big as a foot
ball from being struck by a handle of
a revolver, and the colonel who started
the row was knocked silly by a tray OF
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-01-04

red lemonade which the butcher
smashed him with, and the colonel
cried because the lemonade was all
water, and he was afraid 1t would
soak into him and cause him to warp.
When the lemonade butcher apollo :
gized, and the usE.r told him 1t was all
a mistake his being seated with the
niggers, the colonel wept on their
necks and invited the whole crowd to
go to his distillery and help them
selves.
When we got to the next town every
man In the show had a crouch and a
Katzenjammer, and their hair was SO
sore it was murder and suicide com
bineA to comb 1t.
sne way pa escaped injury was
cause he had to take the place OF the
fat woman on the platform with the
freaks, as the fat woman was over
come with the heat and had to stay In
the car.
The way they fixed pa up to resem-
BILE the fat m was scandalous.
They have some rubber things In the
wardrobe tent that you tan blow UNI
and make a big arm, and a big leg
and a big stummick, &c anybody
couldn't tell the difference, and they
fixed pa up with blowed up clothes Of
flesh coIored rubber, and but for his
chin whiskers you couldn't tell him
from the fat woman. He said be
wouldn't cut on his whiskers for any
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-01-04
Chased by Police.

shotbag full of nickels, and when we
showed up at the tent all the fellows
wanted to know how we did it, and pa
said it was gambling, and we ought not
to do it, but he also wanted to know
how we managed to win, and when we
told about 1t pa said 1t was no sin to
beat a slot machine, cause it was an
inanimate thing, Just a machine. and
anybody who could beat a nickel in the
slot machine at his own game was
equal to a Rockefeller.
So after everybody had got excited
about our nickels | told them how to
beat the machine. I told them | didn't
get excited and 60 rushing in where
angels fear to tread. and feed the
slot machine on good hard earned
nickels Of my own, but waited until the
countrymen and tenderfeet had fed it
On nickels until it was too full for ut
terance. When the machine swelled
out like it was bowed up, and 1t kind
of wheezed, like it was ready to cough
up, and was only waiting for an ex-
cuse, I put a cough lozenger about the
size Of a nickel in the slot and turned
the diaphram. The machine shuds
dered a minute anu then had q regular
%hemorrague, and coughed up a tin cup
full Of nickels into my hand. and the
machine seemed to rest easy, and take
nourishment again from the silly fell
lows. who thought they could beat It,
Well, sir, the whole crowd was 50 ex-
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-01-04
Forest Reserves.

More n more the national govern.
ment is taking an interest in the mat
ter of reserving tracts of land for for
est growths. In most cases the tracts
reserved are not valuable for agricul-
ture Of any kind. 1t is not perhaps
known to most Americans that the
United States has a forest reserve In
Porto Rico. 1t is in the eastern part
of the island and embraces about 65, OOC
acres, or about 100 square miles. The
region Is very mountainous and at thu
present time Is u~nsurveyed. A great
variety Of woods are, however, foanE
m the reserve.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-01-04

Kansas experiment station, where an
effort has been made to trace the depth
of roots. Here are at least three plants
out of some six or seven studied
where the root has penetrated to a
depth greater than six feet.
1t is a general opinion among those
who have studied the subject that the
deep growing root has a great deal to
do with the capacity of alfalfa to re
sist drought on account of the dis
lance that alfalfa roots are enabled
to penetrate into the ground. This
characteristic of the alfalfa plant is
n reason, doubtless, why it is advis-
able if not necessary for the soil to
have considerable depth and not have
a hard pan a short distnce below the
surface.
In addition to the depth to which al
falfa roots may enter the soil, the il
lustration is interesting for the fact
that it shows the growth of ibrous
roots at the surface. While these art
less than what one naturally expects
with clover, they are characteristic
with alfalfa.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-01-04
GRASS AND CLOVER.
The Most Desirable Qualities to B
Sought Outlined by Mich
igan College.

The Michigan agricultural colleg'
outlines some Of the most desirable
qualities to abe sought in a grass OF
clover as follows:
/. 1t must seed we'll, making thu
seeding of a field cost but little.
2. 1t must not crowd unduly othel
forage plants with which it is mixed
8. 1t must start quickly from seed
making a vigorous plant.
A. 1t should be a hardy perennial
able to endure for ten years or more
s.. 1t must not be difficult to eradi
cate in a rotation Of crops.
6. For meadow it should blossom
near the time when others in the fielt
are in blossom.
T.. For pasture, it should grow wei
from early spring to late tall.
g.. 1t must be nutritious.
8. 1t must be palatable to cattle.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-01-04
tured his tire to his dying day, but hi
didn't know it was me.

tured his tire to his dying day, but he
didn't know it was me.
Gee, it looks to me as though pa has
been engaged to act as the easy mark
in this show. Say, they got pa to
practice on roaring like a lion, SO he
could stand behind the cage when the
lion has a sore throat and roar, and
scare folks, and pa has been going
around behind the cages, every eve
ming, when the menagerie is closed,
and the crowd in the main tent, max
ing noises that have made the animals
look at each other as much as to say,
"Well, what do you think of that?"
The rhinoceros was so disguised at
Paducah that he reached out his nose
and took pa on his horn and held him
up to the scorn of the other animals
until pas pants gave way and he was
a sight, and he was SO scared that he
got out of the tent and made q run for
our train, chased by the police, who
thought he was a burglar that had
been eat by a house dog.
The worst thing we have had on pa
was at Louisville, where we stayed
over Sunday. Another fellow and
got a system on slot machines, and one
day we beat the machines out of a
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-01-04
Just Wonderful.

Vestry, Miss, Jan. lst (Special).-The
case of Mrs. G. W. Pearson, who resides
here, is a particularly interesting one.
Here is the story told by Mr.. Pearson,
her husband, in his own words. He
says
"My wife's health was bad for a long
time. Last July she was taken terrible
bad with spasms. / sent for the doctor,
and after making a thorough examination
of her, he said undoubtedly the cause
of her trouble was a disordered state of
the Kidneys. His medicine didn't seem
to be doing her much good, SO as I heard
about Dodd's Kidney Pills, l got her a
box just to give them a trial. Well, the
effect was just wonderful. I saw that
they were the right medicine and I got
two more boxes $When she had taken
these she was SO much better that she
had increased thirty pounds in weight.
She is now quite well. and we owe it all
to Dodd's Kidney Pills"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-01-04
GAINING ON THE FAIR SEX
According to This Report Men VIII
Soon outaumber the
Women.

Frau Gnauck-Kuehne is one of the
greatest German authorities on the mod
ern feminist movement, and after mature
study and tie collection of statistics she
has come to the conclusion that the
superiuity of women in SO many European
countries is a fact which in the first lace
is in no sense IN evil, and in the se,ond
place is rapidly disappearing.
In another twenty years, she believes,
the tide will begin to turn the other way
and the men will be in the majority even
in such countries as England and Ger
many. where at the present time women
immensely predominant. Some of her
statistics are most interesting. In Lux
embonrg, for example, in 1890 there were
LOOP women for every 1000 men. There
are now only 500. In Australia the pro-
portion has been reduced in the same time
from I,044 to 1,035, in Hungary from LOIS
to 1,0O9, in Switzerland from l,057 to l,035,
in Sweden from LOGS to l,049, in Germany
from i,040 to 1902, in England from ,u55
to LOAF. She does not believe that any
European nation except Russia will long
continue to increase rapidly in proportion.
England has begun to follow the example
of France and Germany will certainly fol-
low England's footsteps.
In all Advanced" European states the
birth rate is either becoming stationary,
or begins to show a backward tendency.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-01-04
MALARIA?
Generally That Is Not the Trouble

Persons with a susceptibility to ma
larial influences should beware of cot
fee, which has a tendency to load up
the liver with bile.
A lady writes from Denver that she
suffered for years from chills and
fever which at last she learned were
mainly produced by the coffee she
drank.
II was also g%rievously afflicted with
headaches and Indigestion" she says,
(which I became satisfied were like
wise largely due to the coffee | drank.
Six months ago I quit its use alto
gether and began to drink Postum
Food Coffee. with the gratifying result
that my headaches have disappeared,
my digestion has been restored and I
have not had a recurrence Of chills
and fever for more than three months.
/ have no doubt that 1t was Postum
that brought me this relief, for ! have
used no medicine while this improve
ment has been going on" ct was
really relief from congestion Of the
liver caused by %coffee.)
my daughter has been as great a
coffee drinker as /, and for years was
afflicted with terrible sick headaches,
which often lasted for a week at a
time. She IS a brain worker and ex-
cessive application together with the
headaches began to affect her memory
most seriously. She found no help
In medicines and the doctor frankly
advised her to quit coffee and use
Postum.
'eFor more than four months she has
not had a headache-her mental facul-
ties have grown more active and Wig
orous and Ter memory has been r.
stored.
mo more tea, coffee or drugs for us.
50 long as we can get Postum" Name
given by Postum Co., Battle Creek,
Mich.
There's i reason. Read the little
book THE Road to Weliyille' In pkga
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-01-04

body's circus, go they fixed a veil to
cover part of his face and put the fat
woman's dress on pa. and put him up
beside the skeleton, the midget and
the giant.
Pa said he didn't want to do 1t,
cause it seemed too much like fraud,
but they told him the fate of the show
depended on our all being willing to
take any part assigned to us, and so
pa sat down and began to fan himself,
and tried to look hirty like a woman.
The other freaks never noticed but
what 1t was the fat woman until the
show was half over. 1t was too much
for me, and | just laffed at pa. | got
up behind him and told him in a whis-
per that I wanted a dollar to play the
slot machine, and he told me to go to
thunder. and get out of there. /
couldn't stand it to be insulted by my
own father, so | toon a hat pin out of
the hat of the bearded lady and
punched it into pas blowed UP rubber
shirt, and pa began to sis, like a soda
fountain, and the wind struck the liv-
ing skeleton and blew him over like q
cyclone, and by that time pa was
blowing off wind in a dozen places that
l had punctured, and he was scared for
fear there wouldn't he anything left OF
him, and the giant saw the fat woman
slowly fading away, and the coward
had heart failure and lay down On the
platform. Somebody shouted that the
fat woman was all melting away, and
a fellow who was watering a camel out
of a bucket came 10 the rescue and
threw the bucket of dirty water al
over pa, and then l thought ! better &C
away in tother tent and see the fight
but pa was taken to the dressing room
and rescued from the shrinking rub
Der balloons that were busted, and HI
! said he would hunt the a that pune
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-01-04
Some Of Missouri,s Boasts.

Missouri has % state institutions; 1t
never had a general crop failure; it is
the leading clover state Of the union;
1t has more stock farms than any other
state; it has the largest acreage of blue
grass Of any state; 1t has the largest
permanent school fund in the United
States; it raises one-tenth Of all the
corr raised in the world; 1t produces 80
per cent. Of the zinc mined in the world;
it has one-third more apple trees than
any other state; its farm land has ad-
vanced 40 per cent. in the last four
years; it has the largest yield Of cotton
per acre Of any state in tie union; 1t has
the lowest rate Of taxation Of any state.
Kansas City Journal.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-01-04
Largest Ocean Steamer.

Consul General Guenther. of Frank
fort, says the worlds largest steam
ship is the Kaiserin Augusta Victoria,
6S4 feet long, $4,000 tons, which was
launched August "a, at the Vulcan
yards, Stettin. He writes that the
new boat will have a net tonnage of
1000. The engines indicate 1900
horsepower; the speed will be II knots
an hour, so that the trip from Europe
to New York will be made in seven
and one-half days. In addition to the
regular dining-room, the ship will be
supplied with a restaurant a la carte
and with electric elevators and an
electrically lighted bathroom.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-01-04

W,. +54SllEJJS
ss..A> 80
ALFALFA ROOTS GROW DEEP.
Investigations at Kansas Experiment
Station That They Go Far
for Water.

Many are anxious to know some
thing of the depth to which alfalfa
roots penetrate into the soil, together
the deep growing root and the capacity
to resist drought. Some information
in regard to this matter will be found
in the illustration, which shows the
results that have been obtained at the
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-01-04
b Fatal 0ues+,on.

do you think the baby looks like
me?" said the fond mother.
"Oh, no." replied the old friend
thoughtlessly as he leaned over the
cab, = can't say as 4 do! What q
bright little face he has, hasn't her"
Detroit Free Press.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-01-04
knew Her

The judges little daughter, although she
had talked several times through the
telephone to her father, had never gone
through the formalities necessary in call
ing him up. The first time she tried it
she took the receiver off the hook, as she
had seen others do, placed her lips to the
t%ransmitter and said:
Hello! / want to talk to papa"
Number, please" said Central.
singular" she answered, surprised at
the question, but proud that she knew
something of the rudiments Of grammar.
Youths Companion.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-01-04
Chilly Return.

II love you devotedly, madly!" ~lyrically
declared the ardent swain. ITO be your
companion through life, darling, | would
gladly sacrifice everything; friends, rela-
Didn't know you had all those nice
thing!!"-Sporting Times.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-01-04
Previous Apology.

$50 sorry not to have heard your lecture
last light" said the loquacious lady. Il
know | missed a treat; everybody says it
was great"
How did they find out?' asked Mr..
Frockcoat. ''The lecture, you know, was
postponed Detroit Free Press.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-01-04
Seep

"yYhy do you call him a worldly man?".
"What is the most striking feature OF
the world?"
1T is round; but what of that?"
st isn't square, is it?"-Kansas City
Times.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-01-04

People are asserting so loudly that
morality has nothing to do with art that
we are in danger Of overlooking the fact
it, either.-Town Topics.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-01-04
Possible Explanation.

Little Willie-Say, pa, why do the mem
bers Of a trolley party loot horns?
Pa-They probably inherited the =, h am
Chicago Daily News.