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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-12-24
MUCH IN LITTLE.

An inch OF rainfall represents 100
ions OF water to the 'cre.
Tic first envelope ever made is Kept
in the British Musauia.
Saloons are disappearing iroL st.
Louise at the rate of 300 a year.
In Cleveland &c heirs are fighting
for a $4,000 farm, with the help Of
10 lawyers.
Tho Berlin police are about to adopt
/ color photography Tor the Identified.
tion Of criminals.
Fifty vessels are constantly EN-.
ployed In repairi;a the submarine tel.
egraph cables of the world.
The shoes worn by mountaineers
when climbing the Alps have steel
soles. With eight points projecting.
~ China st is not possible for a
fathers 10 have more property to one
i son than TO another; all must share
a equally:
Among persons Eof social standing
generally the world throughout, the
q ag.rage age Of marriage Is at pres
= emit men 81 and womet- %.
Al the ChapDeyi sale;iirl Paris re.
e Gently 9 sofa and 10 chairs OF the
Louis XIV. period, covered with Beau.
q yats tapestry, sold for 100000.
swarm OF blackbirds filed Tay.
n iors Park at Fond du Lac. Wis. The
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1907-03-01

ers welcomed the pure food and drug
law. 1t has given them government
guarantee under which they can go
to the public. But the national pure
food and drug law gives to the public
the protection that is desired. Only
the truth must be told in labels. And
the ingredients used must be plainly
published, though not the formula.
The public is entitled to the protec-
ton of pure food and drug law. The
public Is entitled to the same protec-
tion within a state that is now offered
by the national law for interstate
commerce A law In Nebraska based
on the national law, therefore, would
coincide with that measure and would
give the state protection by supple
menting that law.
Just this sort of controversy, be.
tween state and the federal govern
ment over regulations of this sort, is
bringing the country more and more
to the idea that Capitalization OF law.
making and regulating must be
adopted. Nothing but confusion and
dissatisfaction can result from state
laws and national laws that do not
coincide and which are at lager
heads constantly.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1907-03-01
PHILHARMONIC SYSTEM.

The "telharmonic" system of pro
ducing music by means Of electrical
vibrations, which is just now being
demonstrated in New York City and
which is described at some length in
this issue of The News by e. II.
Tracy, who has just returned from
New York, is most amazing instru-
ment and one which forces the world
wonder. New York newspapers and
magazines of the country are taking
up the new invention for discussion
and are pronouncing 1t to be the won,
der of the age. DR., Thaddeus Cahill
the inventor, after working twelve
years on the plan, has brought his
dream to reality and has given his
conception to the public There can
be no question as to the limitless pos
sibilities of the instrument.
There have been wonderful inven
tons before but none more truly amaz
ing than this. The invention of the
telegraph instrument and its possibili
ties, the making of the talking ma
chine, the producing of the almost
human linotype machine, and the now
dawning success of the airship, have
all been wonders in their times, but
none more wonderful than this music
mill which, by revolving dynamos
produces any known tone and which
by the mere playing of a KEYBOARD
much like that of pipe organ, pro
duces a whole concert by itself.
With these and other similar innova
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1907-03-01
DRUGGISTS COMPLAIN.

There is justice in the plea of the
druggists that senate bill No. GA in
the Nebraska legislature should be de-
feated. The measure provides that all
medicines containing alcohol or mar
cotics be labelled as poison" and
that the formula of all medicines be
placed on the label.
The druggists point out that to label
all drugs containing alcohol or mar
cotics as poison" would be dealing
recklessly with the poison" safe
guard, and that it would be tending
to destroy, in time, the present signi-
ticance of che term. To label all
drugs containing alcohol Us poisons
would be labelling practically all pat
ent medicines, of whatever sort, and
many preparations not included in the
patent medicines, as poison"
simple cough syrup, it is said, would
have to be labelled poison. BY and
by the public would become immune
to the skull and cross bones label and
Indifferent to the poison warning
Then havoc would ensue, for by inter,
mixing poisons that would kill and
poisons that would cure, accidents
would result. 1t is claimed that nearly
all preparations, for preservatives
contain some slight percent of alcohol
but the druggists claim that they are
not poison" and should not be SO
labelled.
Another provision, that of compel
ling publication of formula on the
label, is considered unfair by the drug
gists. This would require manufac.
turing company to give away its stock
In trade, and most of them, who make
their livings by means of their secrets
would quit the state before they would
submit. But in quitting the state
they would not leave the states bust
ness. They would move across the
river into Iowa and establish mail
order houses to sell these goods in
Nebraska. They could do that because
the national pure food law is com
piled with. And Nebraska druggists
would lose the profits.
The right kind of drug manufacture
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1907-03-01
THE SMALL TOWN.

w. II. Manss of Chicago used to be
q minister of the gospel at Lincoln,
Neb. Today he is preaching a differ
ent sort of sermon-a sermon to small
towns all over the west, sermon that
ought to be of interest to every COM
munity that is built upon an agricul-
tural foundation.
Mr.. Manss Is just now industrial
commissioner for the Burlington rail
road. There were several reasons
why he left the pulpit to ride around
in Pullman car and preach the doc
trine of factory development. One of
the reasons was better pay.
And he is earning his salary. Down
at Ashland the other day Mr., Manss
told the good people of that town that
their growth, If they were to depend
upon agricultural surroundings, had
reached its maximum limit.
Ashland is only one small town in
Nebraska. There are plenty of Ash
lands scattered over these Nebraska
and South Dakota prairies. And Mr.
Manss is right about it. Ashland has
reached its maximum growth If agri
culture is to be its sole support, New
industries, new constructive factors
must be created If more houses are
to be rented in Ashland, more sugar
bought, and more shoes for the babies
Mr., Manss pointed out to the people
of Ashland that a factory employing
100 men at 81 per day each would
mean 5000 per week spent in the town
And Ashland could make a good many
things.
Mr.. Manss pointed out that cata
logue houses in the cities are making
inroads on local merchants, and that
Ashland, to survive, must keep swim
ming.
And Ashland is not the only Ash
land.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1907-03-01

200. They are not a credit to Norfolk,
nor to the railroads that run trains up
to their platforms
The city station of the Northwest
ern burned year ago. Since then,
because of an injunction case that has
been tied up in the courts, passengers
have had to use a coach as depot,
much like the depot that might be
found out on the reservation. During
the cold winter morning passengers
have had to walk around on the icy
platform, chilled through, because this
coach was inadequate. II has been a
disgraceful sight as viewed by passen
gers going through town.
And right now, before that site is
built upon with a small station but
permanent one; right now while the
Junction depot and the Union Pacific
and Omaha road depot are crying to
be replaced; right now when there is
a controversy as to whether or not a
street should be closed; right now
when the city's business interests have
reunited in an active Commercial club
Is the time to go after a union depot
in all earnestness and to enlist the
cooperation Of the railway officials in
this movement.
Norfolk could well afford to buy q
right of way, If the railroads center
ing here would, in turn, agree to build
union station at convenient point
which would be credit to Norfolk
and to northern Nebraska.
Other cities have union stations. II
is time for Norfolk to act in the mat
ter
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1907-03-01
IT is REASONABLE.

Norfolk has many reasons for ask
inr that n union station be built and
the people of this city believe that
the time has arrived when central
depot should be established. The TACT
Tint the Northwestern went many
miles out of It's way TO get into the
union station at Omaha, and at Ere
mont shows that It is not too much
TO hope that that railroad may see
the fairness of request that It's
mainline trains be brought up into the
city of Norfolk.
Norfolk stands united In this re-
quest. On every hand there Is ex-
pressed enthusiasm In the plan and
mn undivided hope that the undertake
ing may succeed.
Norfolk believes that 1t would be to
the interests not only of the city but
also of the railroads to get together In
this matter and establish n union sta
ton that would serve for all time.
And there is nothing that Norfolk
would be more pleased with, Just at
this time, than this simple solution of
the depot matter.
1t is recognized on all hands that,
even If the supreme court decides
that the street may be closed, and
even If the council should pass such
a., ,,ll,onco ihnrn would still no dis.
sension over the closing OF Phillip
avenue and that dissension would not
he n desirable factor in the com
munity's life to contemplate for the
future.
The simplest solution of the matter
Is the union station. 1t is not un-
reasonable. There is hope that Nor
folks viewpoint may be made clear.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1907-03-01
AN UNNATURAL MOTHER.

or all the sensational story which
has been wrought from the Thaw muir
der trial no feature stands out more
conspcuously than the actions of the
mother of Evelyn Nesbit Thaw. After
having apparently been the cause of
her chllds downward career, this wo-
man-though she seems hardly to be
a real woman, after all-has turned
against her own flesh and blood before
the eyes of the world and has been
most instrumental in blackening the
character of her offspring with the
public. Whatever her bloodless mo-
tive, she has succeeded, in her de-
signs, In soaring her own daughters
soul with scars that must last always.
And without regard to the badness of
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw, the action of
her mother has been most depressing.
The world generally expects a
mother to be a mother always, no mat
ter what may happen. BE child
right or wrong a mother Is a mother.
real mother would sacrifice all that
she owned to shield the name of her
own daughter from the worlds at
tacks. And there is no more hopeful
sign in life than the fact that, though
she hopes they will always do right,
mother with real blood In her veins
and any but an artificial heart beating
in her breast will be loyal to her
children no matter how bad they may
be. Their wrongs and indiscretions
will hurt her more deeply than they
or the world can know, will wound
her In a way that knows no healing as
long as she lives, but for all that she
remains their mother as long as she
lives and forever-a mother through
and through and through.
But perhaps this turning against
her daughter is not so surprising an
act on the part of Evelyn Nesbit
Thaw's inhuman parent. That crea-
ture barred her own character when
she allowed the child, sixteen years
old, to venture into the life that later
claimed her soul. That mother knew
or should have known the full weight
of the risk that she was assuming.
That she did know and still consented
is borne out by this latest hint of her
unfeeling, unnatural bloodless self,
The attitude of Evelyn Thaw's moth,
er throughout her daughters trying
ordeal, when the young woman sacri,
| feed all for the sake of her husband
stands out wildly in the public's mind
because II is in such contrast with
what a real mother would have done
This creatures disloyalty to her
own child, after having caused the
shame of the girl in the first place
can only tend to bring out strikingly
to thousands on earth the debt that
they owe to their own mothers fol-
those mothers faith and loyalty ant
patience-and, when wrong has been
done instead of right, their silent sui
fering.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1907-03-01

lions that have come about within the
past few years at the hands of the
inventors, what may We not expect
within the next nifty years?
Edison stopped work the other day
and announced that he had quit for
good But before he left off another
wizard had begun and the work OF
twelve years on the part of this new
genius demonstrates that much may
be expected within q comparatively
short time.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1907-03-01
AROUND TOWN.

1t never sleets but it SHOWS.
Wake up. Moving day is here.
Another Rosebud is about to bloom
Union depot" Speak in whispers
Last impressions are the ones that
last.
Have your children come down
with 'em" yet?
Shoemen ought to like this skatey
weather, when everybody slides.
Measles and chicken pox are break.
ing out like lot of Indians or buck.
wheat cakes.
The Nebraska legislators made a
fare" play, without regard to whether
1t was fair" play or not.
Keep your eye peeled for the lion
or the lamb Friday. That's what will
forecast the weather for the last day
of the month.
GIVE me buckwheats," said a man
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1907-03-01

Norfolk women are going out of
town to find help. Here's a letter that
one resident of this city received yes
terday: Dear Madam: | hereby ap-
ply for a position in your household
| am widow with no children at pres
ent | am unemployed"
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1907-03-01

A Minnesota paper says that IL
there is anything the Minnesota legisla-
ture has failed to regulate, it is an
oversight. The lawmakers there, the
paper says, are seeking to reform the
world at one session.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1907-03-01

Every one has pretty long line of
excuses but the race for the champion
ship undoubtedly lies between the
children who want to go to the neigh.
boris and the man who requires an ex-
cuse before taking a drink.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1907-03-01

An Atchison man had an QUITO town
visitor. He is the sort of man." the
Atchison man said in describing him,
who always asks when you introduce
him to friend: What's the name9'
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1907-03-01

Men think they are pretty smart
but they know they can't even give a
close guess as to what she is making
when woman gathers a number of
fragments of cloth and starts to put
them together on the sewing machine
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1907-03-01

The man who spoils new shine by
crossing muddy street in Norfolk,
Immediately begins telling how clean
the crossings at Madison are.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1907-03-01

Farmers along the upper Missouri
river are enjoying a thaw case of their
own, in the ice gorges, and they're not
approaching the choke.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1907-03-01

The Madison County Reporter thinks
appendicitis is threatening to take the
place of consumption as the great
white plague. Appendicitis" covers
a multitude of Affections that aren't
properly diagnosed.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1907-03-01

Give me stamps for all of that
need a good many stamps in my bust
ness" The coin was a dime and he
got five red stamps
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1907-03-01

The Indiana legislature is thinking
of passing a law forcing young men
calling upon their sweethearts to go
home at certain hour. One young
woman suggests II o'clock. She says
it takes her lover over an hour to go
after he starts.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1907-03-01

in Norfolk restaurant. How many
high?" asked the girl. "a stack OF
three" said he.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1907-03-01
ATcHISoN GLOBE SIGHTS.

An Atchison man had an out-of-town
visitor. He is the sort of man." the
Atchison man said in describing him.
who always asks when you introduce
him to friend: What's the name?"
Every one has a pretty long line of
excuses but the race for the CHAMPION
ship undoubtedly lies between the
children who want to go to the neigh
boris and the man who requires an ex-
cuse before taking drink.
Men think they are pretty smart.
but they know they can't even give p
close guess as to what she is making
when a woman gathers a number of
fragments of cloth and starts to put
them together on the sewing machine
Your faults are always exaggerated;
II you really take two drinks of whis-
ky day, people will say you take a
dozen. But good habits are usually
exaggerated the other way; if you give
hundred dollars year to the Door.
people will say you give a thousand.
1t is proposed to have an eleventh
commandment: Thou shalt not he
snob." If you were privileged to write
the eleventh commandment, what
would be your selection? Would anv
two persons in a town agree on what
the eleventh commandment should be?
When we were boy, we had a lit
tie brother who was always catching
us in mischief, and saying: "Ahal
I'll tell father!" And he always told
father, who whipped hard. Do we
love him now? He's in town; ask him.
man can usually handle one wo-
man, but two will get away with him
For example, man will have his wife
bluffed, and under control. But LET
her aunt, or sister, or mother. come
for visit, and within two DAYS. the
wife has been emancipated.
An old dyspeptic said today: How
would like to eat again! How I
would enjoy eating hot buckwheat
cakes; the kind raised over night
How I'd like to eat mince pie. and
sausage! I'd rather eat a good meal
again than go on wedding trip."
How do they manage it? Some wo-
men will visit a town, and cause all
the other women to give parties in
their honor. Other women will visit
town, and no one will entertain"
for them. How do the popular women
manage 1t? Is it gift?
You can make a good guess at the
ability OF a housekeeper by the lunch
she puts up for her husband, and
which he carries with him to his work
TO save going home at noon. Some of
these lunches are neat and appetizing
While others are disgraceful The
quality OF mans lunch always de-
ponds on his women folks.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1907-03-01

II. S. Beardsley, one of the victims
cago flyer wreck Saturday, was one of
the newspaper men to take the initial
trip over the Los Angeles Limited.
He is associate editor of Leslies
Weekly,
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1907-03-01

Fridays dawn will lift the curtain
on a scene in life's drama that will
deeply move many a man and his fam
ily It's moving day.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1907-03-01

A Norfolk woman who buys a Chi
cago yellow paper that her little son
may see the comic section, doesn't
overlook the Thaw details.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1907-03-01

Jerome called Delmas' direct eaxmi-
nation of Evelyn "tattle of the tender
loin." What would he call his cross
examination?
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1907-03-01

The Wayne Democrats gratitude is
really touching. 1t says: Norfolk
has Withdrawn her petition to the leg.
islature for state summer normal
school. Wayne should send that city
vote of thanks-in a horn"
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1907-03-01

Your faults are always exaggerated;
II you really take two drinks of whis-
ky day. people will say you take a
dozen But good habits are usually
exaggerated the other way; if you give
a hundred dollars a year to the poor.
people will say you give a thousand.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1907-03-01

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in u Norfolk restaurant. How many
high?" asked the girl. "a stack OF
three" said he.
Jerome called Delmas direct eaxmi-
nation of Evelyn "tattle of the tender
lon." What would he call his cross
examination?
A Norfolk woman who buys a Chi
cago yellow paper that her little son
may see the comic section, doesn't
overlook the Thaw details.
Fridays dawn will lift the curtain
on a scene in life's drama that will
deeply move many a man and his fam
lily. It's moving day.
GIVE me stamps for all of that
need good many stamps in my bust
ness" The coin was a dime and he
got five red stamps.
W ihCio oiohS llC upDCi NlSoOull
river are enjoying thaw case of their
own, in the ice gorges, and they're not
appreciating the choke.
The man who spoils a new shine by
crossing muddy street in Norfolk,
Immediately begins telling how clean
the crossings at Madison are.
Minnesota paper says that II
there is anything the Minnesota legisla-
ture has failed to regulate. 1t is an
oversight. The lawmakers there, the
paper says, are seeking to reform the
world at one session.
The Madison County Reporter thinks
appendicitis is threatening to take the
place of consumption as the great
white plague. Appendicitis" covers
multitude of Affections that aren't
properly diagnosed.
The Wayne Democrats gratitude is
really touching. 1t says: Norfolk
has withdrawn her petition to the leg
islature for state summer normal
school. Wayne should send that city
vote of thanks-in horn"
H. S. Beardsley one of the victims
in the eighteen-hour New York Chi
cago flyer wreck Saturday, was one of
the newspaper men to take the initial
trip over the Los Angeles Limited.
He is associate editor of Leslie's
Weekly
The Indiana legislature is thinking
of passing a law forcing young men
calling upon their sweethearts to go
home at a certain hour. One young
woman suggests II o'clock. She says
it takes her lover over an hour to go
after he starts.
Norfolk women are going out of
town to find help. Here's a letter that
one resident of this city received yes
terday: Dear Madam: / hereby ap-
ply for position in your household
| am widow with no children at pres
ent | am unemployed"
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1907-03-01

"Give me buckwheats," said a man
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1907-03-01

1t is proposed to have an eleventh
commandment: Thou shalt not be a
snob." If you were privileged to write
the eleventh commandment, what
would be your selection? Would any
two persons in town agree on what
the eleventh commandment should be?
The Democrat-sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1906-1935, 1907-01-24

Numerous encores and epidemics
of mirth wherever Kathryn Oster-
man appears shows how the audi
ence like the merriest gale of
laughter, "The Girl Who Looks
Like Me-" Miss Osterman who
impersonates the star part, demon
strates to the satisfaction of those
who saw her in other roles, that
there was considerable truth in
the allegations made by the press
agents in advance that she knows
how to act and please her audi
tors. Miss Osterman is on of the
few really funny women on the
American stage, and in "The Girl
Who Looks Like Me-" will present
for the first time a distinct novel
ty in comedy. The novelty lies in
the fact that her play is the first
one ever written where the women
The Democrat-sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1906-1935, 1907-01-24
Laurel Ridge

We thought we would write s
few itews that had rot blown oil
the ridge.
Frank Nihiser is suffering with
the Affections of Job, at present.
Jess Rosten still continues in
the hog business.
Mrs. Sam Smith, who has beer
sick, is some better at present.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jack Emmons
spent Saturday and Sunday with
their daughter, Mrs. Irwin Krinn.
Charles Boiling still travels our
pike. Luck for you Charley.
Huldah and Bertha Smith were
out calling Saturday afternoon.
Our old soldier, Phil Geiger,
has taken the pledge, bad roads
signed the contract.
The Misses Ellie and Sabra Nj
hiser, Huldah and Bertha Smith
spent Saturday afternoon as the
guest of their old school-mate,
Mrs. Mary Moore. All reported a
fine time.
w, T. Krinn, our old birch
wielder, still trayels the mud pike
towards Gibe.
Mrs. Whitmer called on grand
ma Geiger, Friday.
Miss Hattie Krishbaum, who
has oeen visiting her sister, Mrs,
Campbell, of Cedar Falls re eturned
home Sunday,
Frank Nihiser and wife called
on Pearly Rolsten and family one
evening last week.
Little Oscar Rolsten has been
quite sick the past week.