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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-05-16
EGGS THAT ARE FREAKS.
One That Weighed Five ounces-An-
other u%ndisturbed for 800 Years.

1t is announced that an egg laid by
a hen belonging to a coastguards Off
Ger at Bridgeport, Conn, measured
7% inches by 6% inches, while an
other Of similar size picked up In a
farmyard at Fenny Stratford was, on
being opened, found to contain a per-
fectly second egg. The record mon
ster chickens egg is believed to be
one of 8% inches by Z inches and
Weighing five ounces.
The most freakish eggs are attrib-
uted to ducks. The Weston Park mu-
scum, Sheffield, has a ducks egg which
contains another smaller one. inside,
and a still greater curiosity in a twin
egg, the two being Joined together end
to end.
An egg apparently in a state Of per-
feet preservation ID reported to have
been discovered embedded In the NOR
tar Of an ancient church near Paris.
AS the wall had been standing for fully
800 years the egg must have been un'
disturbed for all that long period.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-05-16

now Mrs. Hollis H. Hunnewell. Mr..
Hunnewell was also divorced, his first
wife having been Miss Maude Jaffray.
If Mrs. Kemp No. 2 has never made
her appearance in New York society,
Mrs. Kemp No. l has. She is the sis
ter of Mrs. Reginald c. Vanderbilt
and the daughter of Mrs. Frederic
Nelson. Her uncle is Frederic Geb-
hard.
Miss Kaye took Europe by storm.
Soon she became known as "the
beautiful Miss Kaye" She made her
home in Paris with her aunt, Mrs. A,
M. Nelson. No. 3 Place d lena, but she
travelled extensively. And from the
first the foreigners were smitten and
more than one heart was laid at her
feet.
The Wooing of the Count.
The most ardent of them followed
Miss Kaye and her chum, Miss Mil
dred Harrison, of Philadelphia, across
this continent and all the way to Eu
rope, but in vain. He was Count Car
Hohnstein, whose mother was lady-in
waiting to the wife of the prince re
gent of Bavaria.
Miss Kaye met him in the west
where she was travelling with Mis-
Harrison, just before leaving for Paris
Count Holstein appeared at every cit,
and always at the same hotel wher'
Miss Kaye was stopping. The count
mother was with him; the transconti
mental chase of the nobleman afte
the American girls was chronicled il
the newspapers at the time.
But when 1t was over Miss Kay
was heart whole and fancy-free. Sh'
finally eluded the count and his moth
err at Colorado Springs. She hired
special car and before the count 0
his mother was aware of it the Amer
ican girls and their %chaperon wer
in New York.
The next steamer took them to Eu
rope, where Miss Kaye has been eve
since. There she Travelled every
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-05-16

season he met Miss Nelson and In
1897 he married her. The ceremony
took place at st. Patrick's cathedral,
for all the Nelson's are Roman Catho-
lies, and one of the smartest congre
cations Of the season filed the pews.
The late Archbishop Corrigan OH.
ciated at the service.
A few days later the young bridal
couple were called to the bedside Of
the bridegroom's dying mother. She
expired soon afterward.
The two were apparently perfectly
happy until 1902, spending their win
tiers in New York and their summers
in Newport. Then there was gossip
that the two had become ~estranged;
this proved to be true when Mrs.
Kemp left her husbands home and
went back to her mothers, No. 100
Fifth avenue. There she lay Ill q
long while with nervous prostration,
AS soon as she was well Mrs. Kemp
No. / determined to take matters In
her own hands. She made up her
mind to get a divorce In Rhode Is
land. AS the law of that state re,
quires a person to- live there a year
before attaining legal residence, Mrs
Kemp took a cottage and remained
in Newport for the winter. Meanwhile
there was all sorts of gossip. In due
season Mrs. Kemp got her divorce
In the interval her sister, Kathleen
Nelson, had become Mrs. Reginald c
Vanderbilt.
Mrs. kemp's Second Marriage.
Then Mrs. Kemp announced her sec
ond engagement, this time to Hoili!
H. Hunnewell of Boston; big, hand
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-05-16
MEMORY OF THE sAeEsRusH.
idaho Journal Urges Tribute to God
dess Of the Past.

Some time during the year the gov
eminent will begin the expenditure OF
$350,0O0 upon an irrigation system
upon lands north of Pocatello, Idaho,
an Immense tract which in years when
immigrants struggled across it with
OK teams toward lands Of then greater
prp mise was given ver to sagebrush
and bunchgrass. Within two years at
most the ~sagebrush will have disap-
peared from this tract and in its place
will appear the plebeian cabbage, the
succulent young onion, the palatable
potato, the useful alfalfa and the fra
grant hay. Before the transformation
is accomplished It would be well for
Pocatello to hold q grand fiesta In
honor OF the sage, festoon her homes
and public highways with sprigs q
bouquets Of sage, thus heaping homage
Upon the altar of a goddess who ID
about to be deposed but who Is worthy
Of all honor for past greatness -Poca
ksllc Tttbune.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-05-16

Change. But beautiful as she is, New
York society has known Miss
Kaye, although the 400 knows young
Mr.. Kemp we'll. He inherited $4,000,
600 from his father, who was a mem
Der of the big firm Of chemists, Ian
man G Kemp.
Coming Home In June.
The young pair intend to return in
June. You may be sure that Newport
and New York are anxious indeed to
see the bride who now tnkes her place
in the innermost circle. just as the
first Mrs. Kemp did-she was divorced
from Mr.. Kemp four years ago and ID
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-05-16
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where-to the British isles, all W.
the continent, even to Egypt, up the
Nile and into the Holy Land.
With her beauty and her wealth she
found it easy to be presented at the
courts Of Europe. Her social sue
cess everywhere was most pro-
nounced. Even 1t was whispered that
the heir to one of the minor thrones
had offered to give up his prospective
kingship for the American girls
hand. f.
But Miss Kaye remembered her
promise to her mother.
II can marry only an American"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-05-16

| couldna pay ma footin'. An ! wasna
gaun to tell everybody that ma brither
had the len O ma siller. He deed the
year afore last-bankrupt. l had been
savin', Joseph, an the savin's haze
kept me up till noe. This wee hoose
is ma ain. That's a.. Mary's keepin'
me frae the-the puirhouse. That's
the truth, Joseph"
I'm vexed for We, john" said Mr..
Redhorn at last. "But-but yer guild
times comm moo"
Yell keep what I've said secret,
Joseph?"
I'm thinkin' the folk should get a
bit hint O the truth. Will We no leave
the thing to me, John, seem I'm to be
yer best man? I'll be awfu' discreet.
I'll get Peter Brown to write from
Glesca mentionin' casual that he was
glad to hear O. the marriage, but
vexed to hear by accident that We had
never got the guild O yer fortune O
thirty year syne. Hoo wud that
dae?"'
Man, mani" cried Fergus, "a body
wud think we was auld freens."
so we are, but we didna fin it cot
till the NIGHT"
I'm gled We cam to see me. What
brocht We, really?" Fergus asked
rather abruptly.
Mr.. Redhorn actually blushed.
"Weel, l decidet because l was shair
there marn be something rale fine
about twa folk that gets merritt efter
waitin' thirty year, whatever public
opeenion says ABBOTT them"
The morning after the wedding Mr..
Redhorn entered the little shop.
"a packet O. ceegaurettes," he said
in a very off-hand tone.
The comedy little woman behind the
counter looked up at him with a smile
on her lips and a tear in each eye.
She may have been nearly fifty, but
she did not look it then.
Johns up at the cottage" she re-
marked. Were thinkin' O. startin' a
wee business in vegetables an fruit
next year, forbye wur shop"
II wish We success, Mistress Fer
gus"
81 see ye're in a hurry-but Master
Ridhorn, did naebody say onything
nasty ABBOTT John wantin' to merry me
when he had lost everything? Tel
me, please?"
"Naebody kens that he had los
everything, Mistress Fergus"
"But-but-you ken, Master Rid
horn-you ken. What did you think
O. John?"
Il thocht O. him wantin' We fol
thirty year." said Joseph.
"Oh, then, I'll tell We the truth. "
see, | kent ABBOTT Johns brother, an
| heard when he deed bankrupt. An
then Ill askit John to merry me
He couldna refuse"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-05-16
caterpiIIars In swarms.

Travellers in the Wodonga and Barn.
awartha districts of Victoria, Aus
tralia, find 1t difficult to get their
horses to face the c~aterpillars that
swarm the country roads. They are
dsnuding vegetation and 1t Is feared
the vineyards will be devastated. An
excursion train was brought to a
~standstill because dense masses OF
the insects blocked the rails.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-05-16
Possessed.

Father--I wonder what's the matter
with Nellie this evening? She acts like
one possessed.
Sister-She probably Is. noticed q
new ring on her finger when she came
Observation-Disclosures Bits.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-05-16
rhen She Takes the Lines.

The young girls air was pensive.
Tomorrow" she said, Reginald will
conduct me to the altar. There
Smiling, she lighted another cigarette.
"--his leadership will end"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-05-16
Married In ENGLAND.

lor!
Married In England.
The wedding was at the home Of
the bridegroom's cousin. Gilmore
House, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, Eng
land. Mrs. Nelson, the brides aunt,
and a few relatives and intimate
friends were present.
And as soon as the knot was tied
the bride cabled to her mother, Mrs.
Post, who lives at the Holland house,
in New York:
my promise fulfilled. l have mar.
ried an American. Sibyl."
And Mrs. Post answered: "A moth
er's blessing"
Mr.. Kemp and his young wife will
reach New York within a few weeks
At present they are touring southern
France in an automobile. MI. Kemp'E
friends are legion here and so the fash
ionables are eager to see his new
bride. She has always cared little fol
society, preferring music, literary anc
charitable work to dinners, dances ant
the opera.
The Kemp divorce three years agt
was a sensation. With such connec
tons as the Reginald Vanderbilts an,
others of equal prominence the affai
kept society busy talking for days an
days.
Mrs. Kemp before her marriage wa
the beautiful Baby Belle" Nelson
Arthur 7. Kemp was graduated froI
Yale in 1894, and at once took tn
place here in society and clubdom I
which his position and wealth entitle
him.
Arthur kemp's First Love.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-05-16
PROMISE TO
MOTHER TO MARRY
ONLY AN AMERICAN
ROMANCE OF SYBL KANE AND A. 7. KEMP

Hand of Beautiful Southern
Girl Was Vainly Sought by
Scions of Proudest Houses
of European Nobility Ru-
NOR That Heir to Throne
Was Among Admirers.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-05-16

A man speaks most loudly durl;,s
lis silence.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-05-16

JOHN FERGUS MARRIAGE !
By j. j. BELL. s

By j. J. BELL

Copyright, by Joseph B. Bowles.)
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-05-16
Arthur Kemp's First Love.

He was elected to the Knickerbock-
err and the Union clubs, the two smart
est in town. as well as to other clubs
of almost as much Importance. In due
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1907-01-17
Voicing Of the Danish Lutheran
Church at Extra, Iowa.

Divine services a our new church
in this town will begin Sunday,
January Goth, at 2:3O p. m, Sunday
school an hour earlier. Although,
as yet, much remains to be com.
pleted as to painting and furniture,
the work has 80 far progressed that
the building will henceforth con.
stitute comfortable place of wor-
ship. Anticipating that eventful
day with much gratitude and re-
Jolcing, we also grasp the oppor-
tunity to extend our most heartfelt
thanks to our many friends both in
Extra and adjoining country,
neie hboring towns and sister con-
gregations, whose liberal contribu-
tions have enabled US to erect a
beautiful and cozy church home;
and it is our prayers and hope that
1t may contribute to the upbuild-
ing of the Kingdom of Christ as
also to the uplifting of the home
and social life in the community.
Formal dedication will not take
place until after completion, and
the event will be announced in due
time. Our sentiments find their
best expression in the words of the
apostle, "Thanks be unto God for
his unspeakable gift" Christ and
the untold blessings received in
him.
In behalf of the Lutheran con-
gregation of this place,
J. X. JENSEN, Pastor.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1907-01-17

A letter received from Mr.. r. N.
Guernsey, who is working for the
Oregon Short Line at McCommon,
Idaho, says: "Please change my
address to this place, as 1 think I
shall stay here for awhile. This is
city of about 5000. We have good
times here, as you know everybody
in few days in the west, and they
give You the best they have. There
is plenty of amusement such as
dances and opera. We get all the
power for the town from water
wheels, which drive electric light
plants and motors. We get fresh
water from the mountains. Wild
game from deer to fish is galore.
Am working nights and have a
plenty to do as all the trains switch
here for the east, Cheyenne, Omaha,
Salt Lake and Frisco. Am a fairly
good operator now, 80 can handle
the business, although 1 work fif-
teen wires direct and through.
Board is $225O; wages are good, 500.
per month. Land is 500 to $3.50 an
acre. The mountains are all that
10 wild around here.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1907-01-17

A mammoth has been discovered
embedded in ice in Alaska. The
flesh and hide is complete except a
small place on its back where the ice
had melted away aud some animal
had eaten hole in the flesh. II
will be left where it now is until
spring when it will be removed from
its casing of ice and the taxadermists
will be set to work to preserve and
prepare it for exhibition at the Alas
ka Yukon-Pa exhibition. This
will be the first perfect specimen,
where the big beast will look just as
he did when alive. It shows the
preservative powers of cold storage
for it is certain that for thousands
OF years the animal has been frozen
solid and encrusted with the ice.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1907-01-17

The Danish people have organ.
lied lyceum and debating society
c ombined which meets every Friday
evening in the d. B. Hall. The OBJ.
ject to be attained is the NOR e
general use of the English Ian
guage as she is spoken and as the
meetings are open to the world a
good attendance ia assured. A
good program is promised for Fri
day evening and addresses by DIR.
Jacobsen and T. NJ. Rasmussen
are promised, besides vocal music
by quartette provided for the oc-
casion. The subject for debate Fri
day evening will be "Resolved that
there is more pleasure in pursuit
than in possession.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1907-01-17
Teachers Take Notice.

Upon request of the County Super
intendent, the State Board will ex
tend the Third Grade and Provis
ional Certificates now existing to
July 1, 1907. BY filling out the pre-
liminary paper Provisional Certi
tcate can be secured. A fee of S.
will be charged unless the origina
certificate was issued by the State
Board. As it is deemed unwise to
require teachers to leave thei1
schools to attend the January ex
animation, this provision has beer
made. ELLA M. STEARNS,
County superintendent.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1907-01-17
Another Virginia Letter

In recent letter to friend in Audu-
6,, 6on county, Mrs. John a; Grow OF
have been asked if it makes north
ern people lazy to move down here? My
answer is, If they were lazy to begin
with they will continue so, otherwise
no. 1 wish you could meet Mr.. Ash
ton, a northern man who has been
here seven years, think you would
agree with me that laziness has not
affected him yet. We were very much
surprised yesterday when we We're
called to the phone and found that we
were talking to Mr.. Coy Kendall of
Carrollton, Carroll county,-our old
home-who informed us that his son,
/ Claude, was with him at our station,
Quincy, and for us to come for them.
Today they are out looking at farms
for sale. While they are out, 1 have
just received message over the phone
saying that another old Carroll county
neighbor, Will Swingston, has just ar
rived at Quincy with his car Of goods
and we can hardly await the arrival of
his wife. Well must close but before
doing SO, must tell you that we have O.
dear little granddaughter at our house.
She took up her abode on the 9th ult.
Grandpa and grandma Crow are recov-
ering from the shock.
Mrs. DELLA Grow.
P. S. President James J. Hill of the
northern Pacific railway, reports that
in thirty-five years he has not seen
such severe weather conditions as pre-
vail in North Dakota and other points
west of st. Paul. The snow on the
level out there is from three to four
feet deep. Men cannot walk on it
without snow shoes. In some places
the snow is ten to twenty-five feet deep.
We have from twelve hundred to
fifteen hundred men working on our
line to keep it open but part of the
weather has been so cold that the
men could not work. Such SHOWS and
such severe weather is never known
in Sunny Virginia." Come and
see it.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1907-01-17
Mrs. EddY's Reply to The January
Mcclure Article.
CONCORD, N. H. Jan. S, 1907:

CONCORD, N. III. Jan. 5, 1907:-
The January issue of Mcclure S
Magazine, which undertakes to publish
the history of the early life of the Rev.
Mary Baker Eddy, Leader of the Chris
tian Scientists and her family has been
brought to the attention of Mrs. Eddy.
She has taken the pains to correct the
matter, and has sent out the following
statement over her own signature:
1t is calumny on Christian Science to
say that man is aroused to thought or
action only by ease. pleasure, or recon-
pense. Something higher nobler, more
imperative, impels the impulses of Soul.
1t becomes my duty to be just to the
departed and to tread not ruthlessly on
their ashes The attack on me and my
late father and his family in Mcclure S
Magazine, January, 1907, compels me as
dutiful child and the Leader of Chris
tlan Science to speak.
McClure's Magazine refers to my
fathers "tall, gaunt frame, "and pictures
the old man tramping doggedly along
the highway regularly beating the ground
with huge walking stick. ("
My fathers person was erect and ro-
bust. He never used walking stick.
10 Illustrate: One time when my father
was visiting Governor Pierce, President
Franklin Pierce's father, the Gov. handed
my father goldheaded walking stick as
they were about to start for church. Ny
father thanked the Governor, but declin-
ed to accept the stick, saying, 81 never
use cane.''
Although McClure's Magazine attrib-
utes to my father language unseemly, his
household law, constantly enforced, was
no profanity and no slang phrases.
McClure's Magazine also declares that
the Bible was the only book in his house.
On the contrary, my father was a great
reader.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1907-01-17

1t is affirmed that all kinds of
farm machinery can be run with al
cohol engines, and every farmer may
grow his own potatoes and harvest
his own light, heat, and power for
alcohol is made from potatoes. Tests
have shown that for lighting alcohol
is thirty per cent cheaper than kero-
sene. Alcohol engines are safer and
much cleaner than gasolene.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1907-01-17

The big automobile had just
whizzed by, and Pat and Mike
watched it disappear in cloud of
dust.
"Thim things must cost heap of
cash." said Mike. "The rich is fair.
ly burnin' money"
"And the smell of it," shifted Pat,
ut must be that tainted money we
do be hearin' so much about"
cess Magazine.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1907-01-17

George Shima, Japanese, is the
richest potato grower in the world.
He has corner on the potato crop
of the west and already his profits
this year amount to more than half
q million dollars.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1907-01-17

In Belgium the sale of horse
flesh for food is becoming quite
common. 1t sells for about half
the price of beef or mutton and the
only noticeable difference is in the
color, which is deeper red and it
has coarser fiber than the beef.
Those who are accustomed to eating
horse flesh are loud in its praise and
say it is as palatable as beef.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1907-01-17

The next recital given by Kathryn
Cranes pupils will be given Thurs
day evening, Jan. 31st, 1905, at the
Christian church. A fine program
is being prepared and the orchestra
will render two Overtures. Mrs.
w. y. Hammer will sing "Sing me
to Sleep" by Grerm with violin
obligato aud Kathryn Crane will
sing very late song "Snow"
by Parker.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1907-01-17

1t is always summer at Christmas
island in the Indian ocean. The
thermometer never rises above 90
degrees in the shade though and it
never falls below 70. Fresh fruit
and flowers are is plentiful in Janu-
ary as in July. There is always a
cool, pure air from the southeast.
The island is nine miles long and
ten miles wide.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1907-01-17

Carlisle Institute, the school in
Pennsylvania fol- the higher educa-
tion of the Indians, is about to be a.
bolished. 1t is thought that school
so far away from the Indian Reser-
vations is not SO effective as the
Western institutions.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1907-01-17

The aged and respe cted parents
of Mr.. Ebbe j. Hansen were in the
city Saturday and remained over
night. While here, they presented
their grandson, Theodore, with a
gold watch and chain. Grandpa
and grandma's visit will be ever
remembered with degree of salts
fiction and hope for long life and
good health.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1907-01-17

Mr.. Thomas Christensen, of route
a Audubon, was in the city tran
sacting business Saturday last and
renewed his acquaintance with the
J Journal in financial way for
another year Mr.. Christensen is
one of those hard working men of
Sharon township that has brought
our soil up fro a $40 an acre to the
500 mark.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1907-01-17

A series Of great tidal waves are
reported to have devastated the
south coast of the island of Ceylon,
caused by submarine earthquake
1000 miles southeast of the island.
Hundreds of lives are believed to
have been destroyed.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1907-01-17

Secretary Root and Mrs. Root
will visit Earl Grey, governor gen.
eral of Canada this month. The
visit to Ottawa will be social and
will have nothing to do with the
treaty pending between Great Bri-
tain and the United States.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1907-01-17

II hear your club is going to give
an entertainment. Do you think it
will be success?"
1t is sure to be. We've arranged
it SO that every member is chairman
OF some committee or other."- "-Ex.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1907-01-17

J. w. Shoesmith of our city has
the agency for the Yaggy Royal
Scroll, one of the most beautiful
and unique studies of the Bible
that has ever been brought out by
master mind. Mr.. Shoesmith is
meeting with satisfactory sales and
ia very persistent in his efforts to
make many more this winter.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1907-01-17

Every newspaper in Central Illi-
nois appeared January l without a
railroad timetable. The roads have
shown no desise to pay for the pub
lication and the newspapers refune
to run the tables unless paid for at
space rates.