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The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1907-05-31

quarters Oh North Main street
lust sonlh II tic bakery. Other
business improvements are In
emplstion, while re sidence
houses are scarce: In fact, any
one moving TO town finds it al.
most impossible 10 secure a
place In which 70 move. Bnt
new residences are being erect.
ed and this scarcity, will, we
hope, soon be q thing OF the
past.
A carload Of bran and shorts
just received by the Dakota Ele-
vator Co. l1-l6
A most cordial reception was
given to the ladies' of the
Priscilla CLUB on Thursday, May
90, at the home of Mrs. S. L.
Gable, the largest number being
present since the reorganization.
After the usual business trans.
action and a pleasant social hour,
the ladies were served to a
rather unique and perplexing
menu, which required consider
able mental effort to solve, but
terminated happily ia an exquis-
lite and most delicious luncheon.
Calendars, blotters, fans and
other advertising novelties
galore at this Office.
The pop factory appliances
were moved across the river to
Bristow, Neb., the first of the
week. We understand that
Prof. Weber who besides man.
aging the pop factory has been
instructing the Gate City band,
and bands in several other
towns, has also removed to the
same place. to remain perma,
nently. Ii this is so, it leaves
the Wagner band ia very bad
condition, as far as an instructor
is concerned. The band has not
yet got to the place where it
can worry along alone, though
under Prof. Weber the boys
made a very credible showing.
We hope Mr.. Weber is to be re
tanned, or that another compe
tent instructor can be secured.
Loans made on farms low rate. OPP
tionai pay ments money on hand, no
delay. First State Bank.
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1907-05-31
SCHOOL ENTERTAINMENT

The Wagner schools closed
Wednesday. and that evening
the pupils of the schools gave a
short program in the new opera
hall, which was crowded, even to
the standing room. The pupils
went thru their work nicely,
drawing much applause from
the audience. The boys band
opened the program with Sc.
lee tion, and were forced to re
spond to an encore. Each of the
other parts was good, but space
forbids a detailed mention of
each separately.
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1907-05-31
SALE OF SCHOOL. PROPERTY

Last Saturday the old school
buildings and lots We're sold al
public auction. The large
building was secured by J. V.
Janda, who, we are informed,
will move it onto his lot ON Main
street north of Mazourek's
harness shop. aud will hit it up
for business uses. T.. S. Stroh
behn secured the small build.
ing, which he will move TO lots
south of the track and fit 1T up
as a residence. The lots were
secured by Jake He'll, +. S.
Strohbehn and T. J. Harvey
The sale amounted to S22i0.
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1907-05-31

Don't let the matter of ex-
pense keep you from visiting US.
Sight is as p' ecious TO you as
lise itself. Our charges are very
low. Will be in Wagner June g.
j. j. krali, ,0ptician.
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1907-05-31

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Everything Is growing.
rdens are growing nicely.
Room to rent. Call on Mrs.
hnk Ray.
Hugh Costello was a visitor in
|nkton this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. III. D. Jam es
re at Geddes Tuesday.
Notice the adv. of the City
ug store this week.
4 nice line of gents furnishings al
eue's. the busy Store.
Buy your -four of the Dakota
bvator CO., they handle the
BIT grades. 1I-16
Mrs. A. Grimes has been at
)heeler aud Geddes visiting
tends for a week past.
WANTED. Breaking teams.
d stone. G. M. Babcock,
lotel Vera.
Miss Mollie Mitchell returned
Elnday morning to her home
ID in Stanley county.
st terms on Real Estate loans -
commercial State Bank, Wagner.
VIM. n Pease. Cashier
pr Sale: 2 year old seed
at Anton Chytka's, II
south. G. M. Babcock.
Priscilla Club will be en-
ned by Mrs. L. M. Gable
9th.
have plenty of money to
p good cattle paper of any
Commercial State Bank.
Wagner Drug Co. is now
fixed up in their new
ers across the street from
I'D location.
Albert Amundsou was
from Lake Andes last
visiting relatives aad
IS.
Gate City Studio will be
June 5, on account of
en's tournament at Lake
madea mistake last week
date OF the circuit court
Ould have read June 4,
id of June 10.
you want to sell or buy al
or to insure your property,
". G. Kirkpatrick, Wagner.
Is
on't forget that we make the
4 terms on farm loans. mol
ing for the money. Com.
Vcial State Bank. If
4 G. Fry returned to his
ne at Presho Tuesday morn.
after short but pleasant |
|t with friends here.
George Soesbe writes us from |
mour that "pigs and fruit
les are in blossom" Well, |
Nj!
Miss I4ora Johnson of San.
Pm, Iowa, came to Wagner
|turday night to visit her
bther and sister, G. G. and
Pss Jenney Johnson.
For sale. Clean seed fax
ut will grow, 1905 crop. At
Chytka's IL miles south of
agner. j. K. Babcock. 4 20 6
Y. G. Bowlus of Scribner,
|b., who has large landed
sests in the vicinity OF Wag.
has been here the past
ek attending to business.
Nndrew Gogolin who lives
pr the old Kennedy postoffice,
+ in Wagner Wednesday, aud
! US he had q new girl dating
pm last Sunday NOR ming.
WIN. M. Pease and L. M.
|ble We're up to the Lake
|esday building them a boat
use getting ready for the sea
h's fishing.
Next Sunday evening union
rvices will be held In the
congregational church. Rev.
n 4
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1907-05-31

Large or small Real Estate Loans.
see or write the Commercial State
Bank, Wagner s. d. Long time and
easy payments. Lowest terms.
a. VIM. Pease, Cashier.
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1907-05-31

Brsda, Iowa, last week with a
party OF homeseekers, who
came out to look over the coun.
try with view of locating.
H. W. Evers, county treasur-
er, was down from from
Wheeler Saturday visiting rela.
tives and friends, and attending
to some business matters.
G. H. Barton of Geddes
arrived in Wagner Tuesday
morning. He is to be in full
charge of the Leader office, vice
the pre- sent foreman, Perkins,
who leaves in about two weeks.
The rains of la st week were
splendid for growing crops,
and that smile which takes a
protracted dry spell to rub off
was very prominent on the faces
of the farming population.
Lake Andes WI II sure have
enough excitement next week
with a Sunday School association
ton closing Sunday, and the
Firemen's tournament0 Tuesday,
Wednesday and Thursday.
The Gate City Studio is now
prepared to do all kinds of farm
scenes, stock views and in
teriors. Enlarging and copying
of all kinds. V. j. Bark,
Wagner and Lake Andes, S. d.
Guess the pelicans have solved
the problem for the sportsmen
who have been worrying about
their depicting the lake of fish,
by decamping and seeking cool
er chimes. We're all glad to see
them go.
V. J. Bark has enlarged his
business by putting in a studio
at Lake Andes. The success
that Mr.. Bark has had with his
studio here leads US to believe
he will have an equal success up
there.
Saturday Andrew McKenna
carload OF fat steers
to the Sioux City market, and
Tuesday returned with a car
load of stockers, which he will
put on his fine farm northeast
Of Wagner, near the old Morri
son postoffice.
Work on the cement walks in
Wagner is progressing rapidly.
walk is about COM
and Naeve's walk will
soon be in. Others are making
preparations to put walks IN,
and Main street will soon be
with cement walks and
graveled streets.
e. G. Schneider has moved his
jewelry store from Hinzman
Bros. to the room recently
occupied hy the Cofer & Hennies
barber shop, located four doors
south of the postotfice. The
place has been nicely fixed up
md Ed now has a je welry store
n which to rec Give his custom.
srs, of which he may well feel
proud.
This week the New Era Office
mas been getting out some cards
'or the Farm & Home Telephone
o., a company which is com.
posed OF several of our best
business men and farmers.
The reason we speak OF this is
because of the growth of their
business here. Their phones
ire in the majority OF the homes
" Wagner. as glance at the
directory will show. and their
arm lines spread in all direc-
ions, reaching into nearly one
farm homes, an d their
ist is growing all the time.
Perhaps the snrest indication
Il the growth of a town is in the
lew buildings and improvements
of the older ones. The Wagner
Drug Co. viii undoubtedly erect
new building in place of the
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1907-05-31

The largest and best up-to-date line
Of ladies palking sk1is al Naepe's S.
the busy store.
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1907-05-31
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Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1907-01-31

ing, almost hidden in the west. The
air was cool and pleasant and the
stiffness refreshing after a warm
day. The room in which the young
woman sat was small and the fur
niture mean, with the exception of
two articles-one fine pianofcrte
and the other a bookcase filled with
French and English publications.
The occupant of the room was very
young, not more than 10 years of
age, but there was an expression of
care in her dark brown eyes that told
of early sorrow. Her dress was
plain white muslin, confined at the
waist by soft blue belt. Her dark
and abundant hair was parted simply
over the forehead and gathered in a
rich knot behind In spite of the
simpncity of her attire and the plain
| Furnishings of the room, as one
looked upon the real beauty of the
sweet young face and figure there
was feeling that the girl belonged
| in better surroundings.
She was Eugene Latour, French
orphan who had once in her own
country been heiress to large for
tune. Pierre Latour, her father. was
of noble birth and had impaired some
of his own fine education to this, his
only child. About two years previous
to the opening of our story he had
died. having squandered his means in
trying to perfect an invention to
which he had given years of his life.
He removed to Charleston. S. c.. and
after two years. finding himself pen
niless had committed suicide, leaving
Eugene alone in the world.
The girl had never known a
mothers care, having lost that parent
in infancy. Now she was without a
relative in the world Kind friends.
however, stepped forward. and the
orphan WIS placed in a position 10
earn her living by teaching French
and music. in bota Of which studies
she excelled. One kind-hearted
woman had offered to adopt Euganie.
but the girls proud spirit scorned de.
pendence and preferred to make her
own way in the world.
Now. at 1s years. she was engaged
| to Victor Dupont a poor drawing
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1907-01-31

slightest objection said Jack, Ito
earning money in that or any other
way, honest or dishonest oh, yes,
he'd sit for a model well. You might
call him The Returned Convict >
What" said Cyril. do you think
mo, no." said Jack, quietly. Il
don't know anything about him, an
have no reason to suppose that he
was ever in Botany Bay. As say.
he will probably turn out to be duke
instead of a ticket-of-leave man."
The old fellow has furtive way
of looking about him." said Cyril, upon
whom Mr.. Furlong seemed to have
made an impression
Il dare say. SO would you have if
you had gone through half he says ~
has" remarked Jack. but about
Newall. You won't leave London I'M
til you have seen him and settled
something definite? He is a slippery
customer, and is worth sticking to.
"All right" assented Cyril, Il mean
business, Jack, and will stick to his
lordshlp like wax
How surprised he would look if
you sent in your card-your proper
one, mean," he said.
That's a secret which l have only
shared with you, jack
'Confound you, yes, and | wish
you'd kept it to Yourself" growleu
Jack. There, be off now. What with
you and that old ruffian, my morn
|ing's nearly gone.''
Cyril went off laughing, and strobe
up the Strand WI light step and
lighter heart, thinking of his picture
and of his sweetheart. What was she
doing now? he wondered. Wandering
in the park, and-and thinking of him
as he was thinking Of her? Asking
lherself where he had gone, and why
he had not sent her message?
You shall not wait long, my dar-
Iling!" he murmured; "a few hours
more! and he strobe on But man
proposes, and Providence disposes,
and the hours that stretched between
Norah and him were many, instead of
few.
He did not return to Winchester
street until night and Jack noted that
his step was not nearly SO light as
when he had started.
Jack was eating his supper of chops
and baked potatoes, accompanied by
bottled stout, which has a great cnarm
for such men, when Cyril entered he
room they shared in common. and
flung his hat on the sofa and himself
into chair
Well?" querled Jack.
Well? 1t is not WE'LL but bad re-
sponded Cyril, impatiently. 81 meant
to be down at Santleigh tonight, an"
Here you are instead That's not
very complimentary to me; but 10
matter. And what is the matter?"
Its that COMPOUNDED old FOOL said
Cyril.
To be continued
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1907-01-31
1T NEVER STOPS.

Drop a pebble in the water. just
splash and it is gone,
Yet half hundred ripples circle on
and on and on;
Spreading, spreading from the center
and outfiowing the sea,
And there is no way o. telling where
the end is going to be.
Drop an unkind word or careless; in
minute it is gone,
But there are hunored ripples cir
cling on and on ana on;
They keep spreading, spreading,
spreading from the center as.
they go,
And there is no way to stop them,
once you've started them TO
flow.
Drop word OF cheer and kindness, in
minute it is gone,
But half a hundred ripples still go.
circling on and on.
Bearin hope, and JOY and comfort on
each splashing, dashing wave.
TIL you scarce believe the value of
the kind word you gave.
Drop a word of cheer and kindness.
in minute you forget.
But there's gladness still a-swelIing
and there's Joy a-circlng yet.
And you've rolled wave OF comfort
whose sweet music can be
heard
over miles and miles of water, Just
by dropping kin word.
BY Drummer 10y.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1907-01-31

The census of the Philippines
shows that the forests In the islands
contain TAI varieties Of WOOL worth
aoout SS,Ooo,000.0oO, or double the val
ue of the timber in oregon and WASH
ington.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1907-01-31
Ee Deception Of Uictor
Dupont

A WOMAN
sat musing at
her window.
dow The even
ing shades
were hanging
over the love-
ly landscape
upon which
she gazed. A
beautiful gar
den lay direct
ly before her
and far away
sim CT IL
The Winslow mail., 1907-03-09

darkness. and upon his back was
figure bound in straps and with a
black cap tied over his head He sat
on that horse like a soldier. We only
took one look and then we fled, but
we searched our souls for screams to
tell how frightened we really were.
and we were not content until we
got into the shelter of the hotel at the
springs"
Many of the residents of Rocker
corroborate the truth of the ghost
story 1t may be that some one is
playing a practical joke, but that is
not believed by the superstitious, and
number of schemes are being
planned whereby the ghost will be
laid to rest again. Why Fuller's spirit
should be accompanied by a woman
is a mystery which his best friends
cannot solve, as he was classed as a
woman hater during all of the years
he lived in Montana.
The Winslow mail., 1907-03-09
EAGLE cHArTERs HIS TEETH.
U. S. Consul Says Pan-American Rail-
way is Only a Dream.

Our former consul to Para grows
almost hysterical when any one says
"Pan-American" He coruscates puns.
He even provides the American eagle
with teeth.
The great ''Pan-American railway"
Is a beautifully taking conception, he
sarcastically eXclaims in Golfers. The
American eagle shivers in every pin
feather and his teeth chatter with de.
light at the mere suggestion.
But however glorious this may be
for the great American eagle, when
the average American citizen proposes
to send his own private "ten-dollar
eagles a-railroading, especially a-pan.
railroading, he wants to know how it
is going to pan out and where the
pan" is going to dump after the
scoop" is made and where the eagle
is going to light when he comes
down
Except on extensive plans the rule
of railroad building is to follow the
water courses, where nature has al
ready done all the necessary grad
Ing.
The Pan-American railway dreamer
proposes to shove railway more than
5000 miles lengthwise through noun
tains from Panama to Patagonia, cut
ting at right angles every valley and
hill for thousands of miles, through a
nearly uninhabited region the great
er part of the distance. 1t is perfectly
safe to predict that no railroad will
be built along that route very soon.
A continuous line of railway may
some time in the far distant future be
in operation from New York to Bue-
nos Ayres, but it will never be used
for carrying through freight between
those points. AS long as half an
ounce of coal can be made to move a
ton of cargo a mile on the open ocean
no born Yankee is going to send his
freight by rail to the Amazon valley
or to Rio or 70 Rnanne AYraa.
The Winslow mail., 1907-03-09

Definition of a knocker-An in
significant person, whose vision
is through the narrowest chan
nels OF a narrow and polluted
mind. He weilds a sledge ham,
mer with the rap1dity of a click
ing telegraph instrument, always
aiming the blows at any public
enterprise, endeavors to besm1rch
the character of well-to-dO citi-
zens and those that prosper.
His vision is black; nothing suits
his inconsistent tastes. Through
the din and roar of the hammer
procl1v1ties you can hear the con-
tinuous whine of one who is un-
successful in any undertaking he
attempts. His knocking does
more harm than two boosters
can repair. A knocker is one of
the most detrimental luxuries a
town ever supports.
The Winslow mail., 1907-03-09
Gone Forever

Ten years ago a COconlno
county farmer put his initials on
a dollar bill. The next day he
went to the nearest town and
spent it with a merchant. Be-
fore the year was out he got the
dollar back. Four times in six
years the dollar came to him for
produce and three times he heard
of it in the pocket of his neigh
bors.
The last time he got it back
four years ago. He sent it to a
mail order house. He has never
seen that dollar since, and never
will. That dollar bill will never
pay any more school or road
tax for him. will never build or
brighten any of the homes of the
community. He sent it entirely
out of the circle of usefulness to
himself and his neighbors. Keep
your money in Arizona. Pat
ronize your local merchant and
ask for home made goods when
you do SO.
The Winslow mail., 1907-03-09
Erratta.

The concluding paragraphs of
the minutes of the Board of Su-
pervisors on page 7 should read
as follows:
The foregoing annual state
ment submitted by the clerk of
the Board of Supervisors. was
audited, found correct and ap-
proved.
No further business appearing
before the Board, on motion
stand adjourned.
]. ] SHUMWAY,
Attest: Chairman.
A. F. MCALLISTER,
Clerk.
The Winslow mail., 1907-03-09
Rails Are EVener.

The fact that within the past 20
years two-thirds Of the unevenness in
railroad tracks has been done away
with on certain lines was discussed
at a recent meeting of the American
Academy of Sciences.
The improvement has been brought
about principally through new de-
signs and methods OF manufacture of
rails A track Indicator" car, travel
ing 20 or 80 miles an hour, sums I'D
the inequalities, the ups and downs"
in the rails for each mile traversed.
Formerly the total inequality" per
mile amounted to six or seven feet
even for the best roads; now it has
been reduced to only Is or 20 inches,
and this remnant is said to be due to
dents in the rails.
1t has been pointed out that the
improvement, which may be carried
farther, brings with it heavier locomo-
tives and cars, longer trains and high
er speed.
The Winslow mail., 1907-03-09
LETTER LIST.

The following is a list ol
letters remaining unCalled fo1
in the Winslow postoffice March
3, 1907:
James E. Clark
George R. Curry
Arsita Garlic
William Green
A. A. Garlic
Virgil V. Gilbert
Carlac GarsiCo
James Nagiller
DR.. NJ d. Thomas, 2
Mrs. Chas. Williams
Mexican List
Carmon Madueno
ST. Pedro Duran
ST. Luis Figuora
ST. Diego PereC
st. Rafael Martino
JULIA MAHONEY. P. M.
The Winslow mail., 1907-03-09
GHOSTHAUNTSROAD
MERRYMAKERS DISTURBED BY
INCONSlDERATE SPIRIT.
Apparition Wandering on Highway Be-
tween Butte and Rocker, Mont,
Believed to Be That of Recent
ly Executed Murderer.

Miles Fuller's ghost haunts the road
between Butte and Rocker and it's
first appearance was made as a party
of merrymakers was on it's way from
Crystal Springs to Butte, says the An
aconda Standard. The night was a
dreary one and clouds cut off the lit
tie starlight that would otherwise
have been in evidence. The time was
just midnight, that popular hour when
graves are supposed to yawn. The
tally-ho had just topped the little raise
below the Sunrise saloon, when the
horses stopped, snOrted in terror, for
their eyes had caught the gleam of
something white. An instant later it
came out of the darkness, and the
sight was so appalling that the pas
sengers actually fell out of the carry
all and fled shrieking toward Crystal
Springs. The horses were petrified
with terror for moment and then
fed panic-stricken through the dark
ness, the driver in his fright being
unable to control them. The tally-ho
was almost completely wrecked and
the driver and horses escaped serious
injury only by miracle.
AS soon as the passengers arrived
at the springs they told of the fright
full vision they had seen and the dan
ger in which the driver had been
placed. Immediately party was
formed to hunt up the driver and lay
the ghost The driver was found be-
fore going far, for he had swung the
horses towards the springs and he still
had control of them, although the
wagon was wrecked. The poor brutes
were actually wringing wet with
sweat Of terror and were trembling
so their teeth rattled. Il have the
horses all safe," said the driver. go
up there and see what has frightened
them," and the rescuers hurried on
only to see a shadowy, phosphorescent
object disappear over a hill towards
Rocker.
One of the men who saw the ghost
is positive it is that of old Miles Full
ler, who was hanged in Butte a few
months ago Fuller used to be a resi-
dent of that section of the country
and the people there say there is no
doubt that his spirit is now haunting
the road. THE sight was a terrible
one," said one of the passengers.
when the driver stopped his horses
The Winslow mail., 1907-03-09

Mahara's minstrels, all color
ed, are in their twentieth year of
success. This is without doubt
the oldest colored minstrels COM
pany on the read. They have for
years been making tour of the
country from one end of the
United States to the other. The
name Mahara is a household
word, and wherever this show
holds forth they are sure to have
a rousing big house. The Ma
haraS this season carry a dozen
Creole girls who are a whole
show by themselves. They put
on big singing chorus, thus Civ
ing twice the entertaining that
the ordinary company does; be-
fore this attraction they also
have their own orchestra and
band. Watch for the big parade
that they present on the princi-
pal streets at about noon. They
will give a performance at the
opera house tonight.
The Winslow mail., 1907-03-09

District Attorney Isaac Barth,
of Apache county, stopped off
here last Saturday morning on a
short visit to the editor. Mr..
Barth had driven to Adamana
from ST. Johns, TO meet his wife
and baby who were returning
from California.
The Winslow mail., 1907-03-09
Invaluable for Rheumatism

[ have been suffering for the
past few years with a severe
attack of rheuma tlSm aud found
that Billiards. Snow Liniment
was the only thing that gave
me satisfaction and tended to
alleviate my pains. March "a,
i02. John G. Degnan, Kinsman,
Ills. 25c, SOC and S1.00. Sold
by Babbitt Bros. Mercantile Co