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Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1906-12-20

Valley Chapter No. 26, o. d.
u.s., will meet in regular session
Friday evening. December 81.
at 7:30. Work in the degrees.
A good attendance is desired.
Mrs~R. C. Hills, w. M.
SAY
l have been SO busy /
forgotit was SO near XWas,
but will be brief and say
that 1 have a fire lire Of
cigars in all sized boxes,
pipes, periodicals, etc.
d24 Pa armon.
Mrs. P. b. Robinson and Miss
Boner are in Omaha today the
guests of friends.
Nuts and candies for
Christmas at
Soren Crowns.
Miss Zahner, of Modale, is
in town today the guest Of
friends.
Fine chocolate bon bOns,
O'Brien's, in fancy Christ
mas boxes, for Soc per
pound at II. C.. Reels gro.
Gerry.
While have no $4,000
stock of goods to close out, yet
it will make you feel like$22, 0C0
| if you take your meals at the
Brookhouser restaurant. d22
No Passes
Account of the new ruling
by the Interstate Commerce
Commission the American Ex-
press company will not grant
passes to patrons of the line
this Christmas, and everyone
will have to pay for shipping
goods. The rulings by the
commission forced the company
to take this stand.
Japanese basket ware
Just the thing for a unique
Christmas present at G. Pet
erson's.
Nothing makes a nicer Christ
mas present than Rogers silver
plated knives and forks or
spoons. Carlisle sells them
cheap.
10 Noy, of Council Bluffs, is
the guest of the C. S. Hoar
family today.
Only SOC per poand.-
IO'Bricn's chocolate bon
bons, at II. G. Reefs gro.
q C0By
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1906-12-20

10 Noy, of Council Bluffs, is
the guest of the c. S. Hoar
family today.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1906-12-20

Eastern Star Meeting
Valley Chapter No. 26, o. E.
S., will meet in regular session
Friday evening. December 81,
at 7::3O. Work in the degrees.
A good attendance is desired.
Mrs~R. C. Hills, w. M.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1906-12-20

The display of pictures in the
store of Goodrich Brothers is
interesting and worth your
while to visit. Their store is
on West Erie street.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1906-12-20

Christmas trees at Carlisle's,
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1906-12-20

Cutlery Of every description
for Christmas at 6. Peterson's
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1906-12-20

Miss Zahner, of Modale, is
in town today the guest Of
friends.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1906-12-20

fine chocolate bon bonss
O'Brien's, in fancy Christ.
mas boxes, for Soc per
pound at Il. C.. Reefs gros
Gerry.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1906-12-20

Nothing makes anicer Christ
mas present than Rogers silver
plated knives and forks or
spoons. Carlisle sells them
cheap.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1906-12-20

While / have no $4,000
stock Of goods to close out, yet
it will make you feel like$22, 0C0
if you take your meals at the
Brookhouser restaurant. d22
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1906-12-20

japanese basket ware
Just the thing for a unique
Christmas present at G. Pet-
erson's.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-09-30

loo, went the way for all flesh, but from the day they first went down, including the day of the funeral, when they seemed to be pulled down tighter and firmer than ever, the front shades in the parlor or that house were never raised.
 This little instance struck me as being one of the most forceful Illustrations or inc wasteful squanderng of mental and physical strength over the inconsequen- tal things in life in which so many other wise agreeable and sensible persons seem 10 take special delight in indulging Like The sharp grain of sand in mans heel If hurts him more and gives him greater annoyance than the rocks which lie in his path Very often the bitterest feuds between families, the disruption thereof and the dissensions therein, are produced by the most inconsequential causes causes which could most easily be avoid ed but for that strange trait in human nature known as combativeness, which seems to spring like a living spring or discord in the breasts of some of us.
 Members of families who are thus ar flicted, and 1t is a positive afhiction, ana slno4 A curse in some instances, ought ,o study this great temperamental weak ness. and eradicate it once and forever from their dispositions. II will not De sound hard to do If sincerely attempted oy those who would make such deighuui reformation"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-09-30

did not know but for years the neigh bors watched with amusement the silent (from the outside of the house, for we didn't know what was said inside. though 1t would not be hard to imagine), daily duel which went on between the two as to the position of the front window shades
 "When the husband was at home he raised the shades. and he invariably did so in the morning when he went to work Before his retreatng form had turned the corner, the curtains would be seen to part, and the wlfes hand would pull the shades down to their accustomed length When he would return from work his first act upon entering the house was to let the shades roll up again The neighbors could tell to d certainty which one of the two was In the house or not.
 For over ten years this mental duel as to which was right and which was wrong as to the positions of the front window shades, was fought out every day in the year except on Sundays and holi- days. when the old man was home. when the shades stayed up, unless he went on fishing for the day or afternoon, when lhey promptly came down. It was one or The most remarkable instances or pertl- nacity on the part of two persons nelth- CT of whom would yield to the other, that ever came under my observation
 "One day. however, the shades remained down and they remained in this position Tor several days to the amaZement or us oil. until the doctor was seen to be en- terine the house daily for about week. Then the undertaker's wagon appeared me morning and a knot of black crepe was hung on the door bell. The old nan was dead. The widow remained in the house for five years thereafter, before she'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-09-30

be found for the harnessing Of water pow CT for the uses of industry. or where ther e is greater power awaiting development, within reach of the seaboard by water and rail transportation. than at Muscle Shoals "
 Another able and practical man Who Has been employed for hfteeh yeais . o5r ernment work at these shoals ana at oen- or nlaces along the whole line of the leh- ,,.esee river states his opinion Of US value for water power in terms quite as strong
 Review of the Struggle.
 - .ha+ tho hill Is law providing for .,-,, disnosal of the shoals power to prl- to interests it Is interesting to review +ha str,,rgle that was made 10 get the .-lls,, .l,e .,,re ,assed The argument Of It's op- -a.,an+s to the effect that there was no a~Tcuse why the federal government shouiu deIiberately give away without any turns a property right which ainounss t,,r ,,,ountabIe Among the most ardent op- oonents of any such action was Cnaii n.. iiilail E1rton of the rivers and harpors coih- rnittee of the lower house.
 Burton Tried to Defeat Bill.
 MT Rurton argued that 1t was setting had nrecedent to make such gi1t 10 1,rfvate persons He used his great lhliu- ence in the house to defeat the measure and after it had been passed he tried to induce President Roosevelt not to slgn lt: Tn spite of the apparent strength or .ne argument advanced by the enemies ol sn. nneasure. Judge Richardson ana QUIET fr-iends of the bill urged that the govern naent was not in business to make money, that this great power had been put there in the river by nature; that 1t nad peen unutilized for years and years, ana that
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-09-30

purpose is to give the critics time to think Judging from the manner In which dramatic departments are conducted by most of the great newspapers in New York city, the London suggestion would be a good one to be followed here. It is utterly impossible for theatre-goer. by reading the dramatic criticisms of the New York dalies to know whether a play is worth seeing or not. Some of the com honest rubbish ever inflicted on the pub lie Is cracked up, extolled. and acclaimed as a great success, while plays of real merit are derided and denounced. So common has this misjudgment become. that the public pays little attention to what the critics say, and reacs their crit icisms only to laugh. Too often, it Is found that the personal equaaion. rather than a sincere desire for frank and hon. est criticism. weighs with the critic If he likes the author of play. and has personal religions with him. the play is stamped as a success, though It's failure may be so apparent at the outset that 1t is taken off she stage within week.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-09-30

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-09-30

less some unusual concession should be there was no prospect of it's utilization un- made. These arguments finally prevailed with congress, they did with the Pres ident and Alabama it seems is to reap the benefit. The franchise for the use or the shoals is to be perpetual and II stands to reason that it's value will in- crease many fold as the years go on.
 If has been a great struggle thus far to come in sight of the utilization of the energy of these shoals, and 1t may be seV- eral years yet before Alabama will expe- rience the actual benefits that are to ac- crue; but these benefits are sure to come, and the present prosperity of north Ala bama will be augmented many times over
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-09-30
NEITHER WOULD YIELD.
Domestic Controversy That Interested
 the Neighborhood.

From the Washington Star.
 Speaking about the inconsequentiai things in life and their effect upon it as an entirety, I am reminded of an incident which occurred in this city not thou sand miles from the capitol" said a pro lessor in one of the local institutions Of learning. who resides on Capitol Hill, to a Star reporter.
 Living on the opposite side of my street was a mechanic who owned ms own comfortable little home AS these matters get around in neighporhooos' IL u,as knoNn that the bone of contention in that particular household was the win dow shades in the front parlor-the nus hand wanted them up and the wife wanted them down. The why's and wherefores we
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-09-30
BeauWW jTaN Millinery Display

The leading French an American creators of millinery modes hay been to provide the winter hats which we oher
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-09-30
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-09-30
Touah on New York Critics

From Lesies Weekly.
 The theatrical managers of London Will ,,,,,te the dramatic critics of that city to r,ralIminary rehearsals of plays before they are produced before the public. The
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-09-30
Some Omitted.

From the Detroit Free Press.
 The Rev c. E. Scott has figured that there are thousand million heathen Tn the world, and the chances are that ne didn't include Wall street in the court.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-09-30
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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-05-14

GREENFIELD. Mass. May H.
-Four drowningS are reported IN this
vicinity Al Turner's Falls Almeda
Bemore, Daniel Shea and Eugene Bor-
deau whose ages ranged from twenty
one to twenty-three years. started out
in a fat botlomed boat for an outing
on the Connecticut river The craft
was caught IN an eddy swept over the
falls and all the occupants OF the boat
were drowned Ernest Shaw. aged
twenty-five years was drowned in the
Deerlield river at Shellune Falls He
had shot a hawk, the bird falling into
the water In wading ont to secure the
hawk shaw went beyond his depth
and was drowned.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-05-14
DEAD LIE UNeuRlED.
New York HeRrse Drivers Strike
Ties Up Funerals.

New York HeRrse Drivers Strike
Ties Up Funerals.
NEW YORK. May A. Except on the
battlefield or in city visited 10y some
great calamity, never in this country
lave the bodies Of the dead been CON
yeyed to their last resting places UNI
der such extraordinary ana ia some I'M
stances rotesque conditions as are be
Ing witnessed in New York.
The drivers of hearses and funeral
coaches say they cannot support them
selves and their families ON SD a
week They have asked for 81 more
aud for shorter hours. Tie owners
have refused and 30 bodies are lying
mhuried in the city and the board OF
health regards the situation as Il Scri-
Gus one.
One body, that Of woman, was
taken TO the cemetery in "Seeius
New York automobile Perched in
the high seats Of the same vehicle were
the dead womuns relatives ana
friends. The funeral had already beeu
postponed twenty-four hours Wher-
ever n hearse belonging 20 a member
of the association was taken ont it
was driven by the owner or some mem-
Der OF his family and a policeman sat
by his side.
Many bodies were conveyed to the
Long Island cemeteries in undertake
erS' black wagons or in delivery wag
ons, while the weeping relatives walk
ed through the streets All day the
board of health was besieged by I'M
dertakers appealing for permission to
postpone funerals
with few exceptions it Is the families
of the working classes that are affect
ed by the strike Among them an I'M.
dertaker is usually employed who does
not own his hearse He is obliged to
20 to q second man who makes Il bust
ness Of supplying heorse and coaches
at an established price and his driy-
ers are all members Of the union.
In case a settlement is not reached at
an early date every cab driver in the
city will be ordered TO step down from
his box If the employers still decline TO
yield.
There is strong probability how
ever, that compromise settlement VIII
soon be reached
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-05-14
MUST FIGHT GREED
New Haven Pastor Talks OF
Needs of the Hour.
WOULD SELL FELLOW MEMS SOULS
Battle In America Today IL Against
stark Naked Grasping OF Great
COrpOrations--Sundn should
lie Day of Rest.

NEW HAVEN, Conn. May 14.-Rev
ARENAS J. Haynes, pastor Of the
United church here in a sermon ON
Sunday Observance referred to the
trouble between the freight handlers IN
this city and the New York, New Hu-
ven and Hartford Railroad company
briefly. Mr. Haynes said in part.
Things which men have set up be
cause of the needs of one age men
have a right to tear down because of
the needs OF another age The fact
that our fathers kept the Sabbath iu
one way should not act as barrier o.
our observance of it in another way &c
that be better suited to the new agt
1t needs to be emphasized that oW
Sunday laws ARE not religious. but
secular.
IF certain social practices are mimi
cal TO the existence of the state tie
state has right to legsate against
such evils; hence certain sunday
amusements that tend to inmre the So
cial order Of the people it prohibits
But | am more Interested in securing
for the workingman his Sunday free
from toll than am as to how he shall
use IT, 1t is legitimate TO legislat'
against the open saloon and against
the theater on the Sabbath
"rhe fight that is on In the American
nation today is the fight against stark
naked greed Not content with selling
their own souls some men would h'
willing to sell the souls Of their fellow
men.
The organized forces of labor have
protested long ana earnestly against
4 Sunday labor and are steadfast i'm their
demand for day Of rest but the
great corporations are not needing the
demand OF labor
with regard to the difficulty IN thi,
! city among certain employees Of the
railroad l am well aware that Ia
world must be kept going over sun
day and that some freight Is OF such
character that it requires TO be ham
died at once. Face To face with such
! situation, what should "a railroad do
What should the public do? What
should the workingman do?
"The public should be willing to pay
the extra rate demanded for work
done OH Sunday The corporation
should reduce the hours Of working
and should grant extra wages for over
time and especially for work ON sun
day. And it should give the men 81
chance for rest If need be on another
day. II is amusing how quickly Tive
necessity for labor on Sunday disap
pears when extra wages are granted
for such work 1t is not the fault of
the corporation so much as the fault OF
the corporations stockholders The
chief blame lies with the greedy stock
holder. who ciamors for larger returns
upon his investments"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-05-14

LONDON, May a. The principal
cause Of coughing in thcaters has been
explained on scientific lines bya Harley
street specialist People IN theatcrs,"
he said do not cough because they
want to, They cough because the
actors do not speak loudly enough and
because they cannot hear Two nerves
connect the Wmpanum of the ear and
the back OF the throat. with the result
that If the ears are strained through,
say, nm actors faulty enunciation it
produces irritation in the throat. which
sets up coughing"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-05-14
coN1RAc1oRs AND sulL oeRs

JAMES SILK, contractor and builder. Also
y repairing. rebuilding ana shop work. shop
,0l Pleasant street.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-05-14
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
Avs OF the Townand Village Briefly
Told for Busy Reaiers.

" ~H
George Reynolds is in Troy today
on business.
Miss Dora Camp spent Sunday in
Hoosick Falls.
NJ. H. Robinson left this morning
for business trip through Washing
ton County, N. Y
The monthly meeting OF the Sunday
school board OF the ME church VIII be
held this evening AT 7.3O,
There will be dance in Foresers
hall Thursday evening for the benefit
OF the High school base bal team
Work of excavating for the foundat-
ion for the new Hawks building on
North street was commenced this morn
ing.
Mrs G. A. Newmayer and daughter,
Mildred are To return tomorrow from
New York where they have been the
past two weeks
MIR aud Mrs George Smith Stoddard
OF New York have been guests for d
few days at tie home of her parents.
Mr. aud Mrs Charles Cooper
When we ass people for news many
Of them Say: ia make mighty poor
reporter Many of us who work
every dry az reporting, are miguty
poor ones.
\ bright light apparently in the dir
ection OF North Hoosick last evening
would lndica.e a large fire. Although
the Banner has tried, no news Of one
was reported
Frank Hurley on Saturday caught Il
trout weighing one pound aud l3ounces
from the Morgan brook, The trout
was on exhibition Saturday evening at
the Bennington cigar store
The Womans auxiliary of the Rut-
land district OF the Episcopal church
meets at Zion church Manchester
Center Wednesday and Thursday OF
this week Special rate is made ON the
Rutland railroad for those attending.
Judge Fullerton OF Mauchost er was
in town'today to transfer 10 JOh :,
holden his interest in some extensive
quarry property at Woodbury.. M
Holden bought the property some time
ago but the transfer was formally made
today
Mrs l.. l.. Norton has today receiv-
ed from Emory S Harris, a check fui
Sl0Jl, being the amount OF an insur-
auce policy. which her late husband
carried in the Mutual Life OF whicl
I Mr. Hurts is agelt The face of the
1 policy was $1,000, the remainder OF the
amount paid being the accumulation
Of dividends.
"My Dixie Girl' is play OF tn,
I South, with It's characters prototype.
OF the free, Joyous, whole-souled peo
pie of the green hills and valleys o
! Kentucky, and tells "a story that strike
home, story Of refreshing sweetness
that will linger lovingly in the mem
DRY. The cast is an excellent one
while the scenic invesliture is adequate
10 every respect The seat sale il
open at Ayres drug store.
L. j. Graham, grand chief ranger o
tn grand court Foresters of Americ;
goes to Burlington tomorrow to attend
a meeting OF the executive council o
the grand court of the state which
meets at the Van Ness house. lu tn,
evening he will attend a banquet givel
bv Burlington court in honor of tn
18th anniversary OF its organization
Supreme Chief Ranger Hogan Of TN
National grand court of Buffalo vii
be the guest ol honor at the banquet.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-05-14
FOR SALE

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Tor iady 10 drve Apply 20 ans : l. Jewet
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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-05-14
Monument to vaior General COILS.

GETTNSBURG. Pa, May A. a
handsome monument erected by the
survivors Of his regiment and his
trends in civic life was dedicated to the
memory of the late Breyet Major Gen
eral Charles H. r. Coils ia the Ma
tional cemetery here The memorial
consists of a bronze bust Of the late
commander which rests imposingly
upon white granite base in the form
of II settee. The Grafton was delivered
by Judge William y. AShman of Phllo
delphia
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-05-14
suicide round through waiting bog

MILFORD. Mass, May a. Through
the piteous waiting OF a stray foyhomd
whose ownership has not been cstab-
liShed the body of Giuseppe Formsri
aged thity-two years a Milford stone
cutter who has been missing since
Thursday was found 10y Alexander
Catella hanging to a pine limb i'm %
strip OF woods four miles from Milford
on the Midway road The ease is one
Of suicide