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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-11-01
THE LAKE COUNTY TIMES

Kew Thomas Smith. Pastor Gary,
Key. 4 T. Sulleus, acting pastor.
The Chicago Telephone company has
force OF men at work changing the
telephone poles from the streets to the
alleys The company IS to be COM
nended for this change. but as this
puts several telephones on different
lines, thereby changing the number OF
the phones. no small amount Of dissat-
isfaetion is being caused among pa
irons Several have threatened to see
the company This dissatisfaction will
soon blow over and then all will real
lie the advantage of having these un-
slightly poles in the alleys instead OF
on our streets
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-11-01
GRIFFITH NEWS

Mrs. VIII Wilson of Hobart. is visit
ing at the home of her brother. M. G.
Barney.
NJ l. Thiel made a business trip to
Hammond today. His health is i'm
proving some
The Standard Oil company received
a carload of maple trees from the Kan
kakee region which will be used in
ornamenting their grounds
VIII Graves of Lowell, who has been
working here for some time, has gone
to LaPorte for a few days visit with
his uncle
The funeral Of Mrs. Mccormick will
be held at Highlands Friday at 1880
a. m, after which the remains Will
be inferred at Hammond.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-11-01
HESSVILLE NEWS

Mrs. John Otto has returned from .
short visit in Chicago
Mrs. James vanes spent yesterday
in Chicago.
Frank Hess of Hammond +rars.o4o,,
business in Hessvine yesterday.
Mrs. J. Shelton spent Thursday in
East Chicago.
Mrs. Hilendorf is reported quite i'll
Supt. w. r. Curtis Of Crown Poin+
visited the Hessvine school Thursday
Trustee F. R, Schaaf transacted bust
ness in Hessville yesterday.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-11-01
Gary's Hundreds of Transients.

The fact that Gary has a wonder
fully large transient population is dem
onstrated on rainy day like this The
incoming trains have their dozens OF
passengers instead of their hundreds
and the streets are deserted and
gloomy In fact there IS nothing so
much needed in Gary as sunshine
When il is cloudy and rainy there are
few warm and inviting windows to
look into and the soaked sand dunes
simply emphasize the lugubrious blue
ness OF everything.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-18

o-I-care-atIveness, that meets YOU with the
first breath of brny air blowing the salt marshes
as YOU cross Coney Island Creek and gets down in
you and glows and radiates until after awhile you
begin to feel like a kind of incubator with all
the lamps lit inside and everything ready for hatch
ing out bumper brood of the Draw chicks of
human fellowship and good nature
The official trolley guide to Greater New York
shows sixteen separate ways of getting from Man
haitian to Coney Island. Much of this information
l deem superfluous There probably sixteen
different ways of killing cat; but when a has
cat that needs killing, he is likely to follow of
two or three comparatively simple plans
First off, you can get seat in a big, jolly caboose
of sight seeing automobile, that will take you from
Broadway, up town, through the great East Side,
cater cornered across Brooblyns Prospect Park,
and down of the broadest, finest boulevards
anywhere the palpitatng midritf of Coney Island
1t takes an hour, and costs dollar, and is worth
the money.
Or you can board an iron steamboat equipped
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home in a crowd. A New Yorker is
born on a crowded street and nurtured
on condensed milk. The concertina
is his favorite instrument because it
squeezes in, and the opera hat his
favorite hat because it f1attens. He
sleeps on a folding bed in bed room
which fits him SO tight across the
chest he has to open the transom when
he retires, and he dies in a crowded
hospital and is taken in a narrow
hearse across a crowded bridge and
buried in a crowded cemetery. If
you're stranger to New York, and
used to living in house of such size
that you can throw your suspenders
over your head without knocking
down the pictures, you will take
notice presently that all round you
the close Grated populace is good
natured about it. An elbow in your
short ribs isn't such a bad thing
when you stop to remember that
every well regulated elbow has
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nent place in America, except that it is larger and
better lighted and covers ground; and has be-
sides the added advantage of the rolling in to
its front stoop hard smooth stretch of beach.
The same brisk purveyors whom you at St. Louis
Buffalo are here to sell you the national bird of
Coney Island, which is the hot frankfurter. But
YOU can likewise tell that Coney is place of fixed
habitaton by the numbers of little haberdashery
shops and such that are tucked into odd corners
under the caves of the big shows and dance halls.
Here the tribe of the concession and privilege folk
mainly abide all the year through. For that reason,
Coney excels in the various lines of carnival
deavor Its resident population includes the close
skinned of the profession, especially spieers.
Once there show at Coney Island that
wouldn't draw. The most dashing and picturesque
ballyhoos the most brilliant and vociferous spieers,
failed to lure the coveted tencent piece of the popu
lace One day, to the and pestered proprietor
there somber youth applying for the post of
speler. To look at him. he didn't promise much.
He had one of those excitabe Adams apples which
fuctuate like the price of wheat, and his eyes
pale yellow orbS, somewhat crossed, and without
CLEAN of hope in their depths, or fear ambition
or any other emotion whatSomeever. But the pro-
pretor totterng upon the verge of something
both lottery and vergeful.
Go ahead" he said goomily. There's one
ISOLATION: YOU can't make business no worse'n it is
without you take to givin' away cash prizes with
every free pass.
The somber youth went outside. For a spell he
stood in silence, marking the hosts that streamed by
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thousand propellers and paddle wheels,
and alongside is the sky line of the city,
studded with those long eye teeth in
Manhattan's lower jaw-the sky
scrapers. If it's night time, or getting
night time, the tall buildings will be
wearing diamond tiaras of lights, the
bridge arches will be necklaces of lights,
and the waddling ferry craft will CLEAN
with red and green jewels like a gam
bler's bride.
Or you can take an elevated train
from Brooklyn Bridge. The train will
stop SO many times in front of the
second story windows of Brooklyn
families who have nothing to conceal
from the passing eye that you will begin
to wonder if the B. R. 7. is covering
milk route; but eventually you will be
shunted across long trestle and over
sundry small and smelly waterways
to the side door of Luna Park.
In any event, you will have Travelled
in crowd But if you're
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on their WayelSeWhere.
Then he lifted up his
voice, uttering a shrek
which crinkled the
climate. No man living
might hear that sound
and fail to hearken.
Instantly traffic con-
gested opposite the
blue platform whereon
he stood. The crowd
beheld something cal
culated to bring the
pearly tear of pity to
the hardened cheek.
Plainly something of
a painful nature was
about to befall the
youth on the platform.
Tremors ran through
his frame, shaking him
as the aspen. His
emotional Adams ap-
pie tried to beat his
brains out. His pallid
eyes. like twin yellows
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about it right away.
Most everybody
has heard how many
thousands of electric
lights there are at
Coney, and how many
people pass through
its clicking turnstlleS
in the course of a
summer. All the fig
ures which deal with
Coney are necessarily
figures of an impress
sive fairness. But the
biggest thing about
the whole proposition
is an intangible thing,
not readily converti-
bic into pointed off
decimals. 1t is some
thing away above
statistics. 1t is the
tincture of broad
tolerance, of genial
responsibility, of
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that after posing an uncompromlslng hard shell
for period of months, the blue crab develops
pronounced eaningS toward mental science. He
retres into privacy, where for period he exercises
the power of mind over matter and then energies
in a state of what might be called Low Church
pliancy. Similarly, when the average man gets the
real spirit of Coney into his system he emuates the
crab The hard shell of his dignity sloughs away.
He sheds his claw tips of exclusveness. He loses
his barnace growth of caste, He sofens and ripens
and mellows. And if he doesn't there is something
wrong with his liver, and he should doctor
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By WIN S. COZ B

with orchestra playing national airs by Williams
& Walker and George Conan, and having broad
deck over which will be scattered number of ho-
daying young men, each engaged in posing himself
precarious camp stool while keeping one arm
securely linked about the waist of his steady. This
iron steamer will carry you down the North River,
threading its way through the shipping, balancing
all to the big ferryboats that scutte by like maards
and lodging the fussy tugs that scoot past like teal
Ahead is the open bay with Liberty Enlghtening
Staten Island in the distance In your wake is the
rolled water of the river churned to butternlk by
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funny bone in it. Being good natured
about it-that's the main essence of going
to Conev.
Physically Coney Island is pretty much
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-08-15
Rec HEIGHTS

The Ladies Mission Society, met
with Mrs Marston last Thursday and
enjoyed the day very much.
MIR Leach and family will move to
their farm in Cedar twp. this week
Mr. Lowe will occupy the house
vacated by Mr. Leach, and will take
charge of the Atlas Elevator ware
house here.
Mr. Coddington and son from Wav-
erly, Iowa, is visiting at Frank
Gardeners.
Miss Abbie Wetherell is visiting
her sister Mrs Gardner.
Howard Wethereil from Cavour
spent last Sabbath with his sisters.
The new church bell sent out it's
ringing tones over the prairies last
Sabbath inviting all to come to
church, Mr. Connolly is the sexton.
The ladies society purchased the
bell.
Mr. Gage. cashier of the new bank,
is rushing the work along, and it
will be ready for business before
long. Mr. Gage makes his home at
Schermerhorn.
Miss Wager of Redfeld is visiting
her cousins Gardner Bros.
A surprise party was given Miss
Grace Maxwell last Saturday night.
Newman Gardner and family spent
a few days here visiting relatives.
Nels Hanson and family are visit
ing the Laccoss's. They came up
from Huron in their automobile.
The west bound freight caused a
destructive fire to sweep over the
prairie northwest of town Monday,
vast quantities of hay were burned.
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tFrom washington Times,

Elsie Hubert went to Wolsey
Thursday evening to assist in the
Wright & Adams restaurant.
Mrs Truman returned to her home
in Iowa Falls, Iowa. last Saturday
morning. after a weeks visit with
her brother, S. C. Martin.
Warren Hurst of Miller sold his
lots in Huron last Wednesday, A
building will be erected on these
lots to be used for a restaurant.
w. H. Stewart has finished hars
vesting his wheat just east of town.
This is the field the samples of which
were sent to Minneapolis and report
ed as black rust causing such a pam
ic in the wheat market that it ad-
vanced from 72a to 99t. Mr. Stew
art is not worried about the rust as
it has not injured the wheat in the
least.
The Roach girls, living west of
town. had a runaway Wednesday.
While driving home the horse be-
came frightened at a passing train
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EAST SIDE
fFrom Washington Enterprise)


tFroni Washington Enterprise)
C, A. Nc Elrath and wife returned
Tuesday night from a two weeks Wis
it in southwestern Iowa.
Cattle have been coming into town
in droves the past two weeks and a
good many are being shipped out.
G. j. Martin was appointed Mar
shell in place of B. C. Anderson. re-
signed, the first of the week, and he
is now welding the big stick"
Mrs Mary Martin returned to her
home in st. Lawrence Monday morn
ing after a weeks visit with her son
Chas. Martin and family.
j. G. Henderson of Chicago has
been visiting with the Henderson
family here. He and Bert J. made
& trip to TT. Pierre Saturday even
ing to look over the cattle situation
west Of the river. MI Henderson
Is q member Of the commission firm
in Chicago to whom a large number
Of our feeders have consigned their
cattle shipments.
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NORTH HAND

John Dill a former resident of Har-
rison is now here and expects to re-
main until some time in September.
His present residence is Portland,
N. Y.
George Raons of Spring threshed,
or expected to thresh fall wheat on
Monday last.
MIR Abe Sebring of Park has had
friends come from Mich. They in
tend to make this their permanent
home.
Mrs Mead and daughter arrived
on Saturday and Mr. Mead with a
car load of stock, goods and imple-
ments on Monday. They stored
their goods in the old Argus stand
for the present. Mr. Mead is engag-
ed for harvest with Mr. Sebring, Sr.
Mr. and Mrs VIM Sorenson of Park
had the pleasure of receiving a boy
baby at their home on Sunday last.
The ladies of the Orient M. E.
church reaped over nineteen golden
dollars from their sale of ice cream
on Saturday last.
Mr. Ellsworth, railroad agent at
Orient, removed to Aberdeen on
Monday.
N. A. Gardner and wife automo-
billed to Rec Heights and visited
with friends in that vicinity two or
three days last weeks.
Miss Selig of Appleton, Wis, who
has been visiting with the Kiels of
Park took the train at Orient for
home Monday.
From Orient Argus)
Miss Title ~Schaefers, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs August Schaefers, is
quite sick.
Miss Cora Rudd is expected to ar
rive in a few days for a visit with
relatives and friends here,
w. j. Rudd, of Spring twp. sold
his quarter of land in the hills-NEi
30-116-69-to Martin Ernesti and
sons, Monday. Consideration 81, 400
cash, a very fair price, considering
the fact that the quarter is rough
and not suitable for farming.
tRockham Record)
B. F. Shoop. of Howell, was at this
place Saturday and took out a new
push binder.
Miss May Butler, of Miller, arriv-
ed Tuesday and is the guest of Mr.
and Mrs j. A. McLain.
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Certificate OF Corporate Existance

United States Of America. State OF South
Dakota, Department Of state.
Whereas, IL. II. Greeyes, j. W. CoouilIette
G.. NJ, Carroll. and Others. have filed I'm this
Office a copy OF their articles OF association.
and an organization certificate, as provided
by chapter 10, Session La WIS OF o entitI-
ed A Act to Provide n Uniform system
for the Organization and Control OF Banks.
and Defining the Duties and Powers OF the
Public Examiner approved March q 1903.
setting forth all the facts, required to be
stated In said sections. and have In all re-
spects, complied with the requirements of
law governing the organization of State
Banks, as contained In the act hereinbefore
referred to.
Now. Therefore. l.. ID. ID, Wipf Secretary OF
state OF the State OF South Dakota, ia yirtu
and by authority Of law. do hereby certify
that said parties, their associates and sue
cessors, have become a body polite and cor
porate under the corporate name OF Citizens
state Bank OF Miller and by that name are
authorized to the business OF
banking, to adopt and use n corporote seal
vey real and personal property. as provid-
ed bv said act. to have succession for a per-
iod OF twenty wears. to make contr acts and
to have and enjoy all the rights and privil-
eyes granted to State Banks under the la WIS
Of this state. subject to their Articles OF In
corporation. and all legal res trio lions and
liabilities In relation thereto.
In testimony whereof. | have hereunto set
my hand and a HI liked the great seal of the
state. this 9TH, dav OF July A., d. 1907.
tsEALl ID. ID. WIPE,
Secretary OF State.
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August 10 t3
Notice OF Hearing Admitting Foreign
VIII to Probate
state OF South Dakota, County OF Hand
In County Court. In tho Matter OF the Es-
tate OF Virgil X. Bissell Diseased.
Notice Is hereby given, that by order OF
the Undersigned. Judge OF the County Court.
in and for Hand County, state OF south
Dakota. made on the 14th day OF August A.
ID. 1907, that Saturday the 31st day OF
August A.. ID. 1907. at 10 o'clock A. NJ. at
the court house in Miller, Hand county. y. ID.
has been fixed and appointed as the time
and place for hearing the petition OF VIM. E.
Morrow that the Mill Virgil II. Bissell de-
seased. hereintofore proved. allowed and ad
mitted to probate in the Superior Court OF
the County Of King In the State OF Washing
ton. be admitted to probate. and recorded
In this said County Court. and that letters
of adminirtration with the Will annexed Is.
sue TO VIM T.. Morrow.
Witness my hand and the seal OF said
County Court. this 14th day OF August A.
ID. 1907. en-. CARROLL
(sEALJ Judge OF said County County
Attest: JOHN COSTIGAN
Clerk OF said County Court.
HARLAN j. BusaFIELD, Atty.
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Notice to Contractors


bids for the construction OF ce ment side
walk will be received by the citv council Of
the city OF Miller. South Dakota, at the Of
fee Of the city Auditor OF said city up to 8 o.
clock 4. NJ. august 26tk A.. d 1907 at which
time and place the city council will meet to
consider said bids.
Said cement to be constructed on south
front Of lots S-9-10-11&12 Block 30 North
Addition known as 9th street.
Said cement sidew ak to be Ave feet in
width and constructed In accordance with
the provisions OF an ordinance regulating
the construction OF cement sidewalks. alleys
street crossings and quit ers in the city OF
Miller S, d..
Each bid must state a price at which all
work and grading will be done and all mat
erial furnished for the construction and
completion OF said cement sidewalks.
PAYMENT to be made In city warrents at
their face value.
The city council reserves the right to re-
ject any and all bids.
Dated this 18th day OF August A. d. 1907
+. A. Nye
City Auditor
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-08-15
Auto Railroad

Richard Spain, mail contractor on
the Miller Howell mail route. has
put an automobile on his daily run,
and schedules about 10 or IL miles per
hour. His machine looks very much
like q two-seat open buggy, with
solid rubber tires, and high buggy
wheels. Its power is a Is horse gas
oline engine. The trip to Howell
and back is made in about four to
five housewife everything works
o. X.
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and the girls jumped out and the
horse returned to town with only
three wheels left on the buggy. No
one was hurt, and the only damage
done was the broken buggy wheel.
which was a complete wreck.
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c. A. BLAKE. Register.

Notice to Creditors
Est ate OF Allison Forker deceased.
Notice 10 hereby given by the undersign-
ed, administra tor Of the estate OF Allison
Forker deceased. toIthe creditors Of and all
persons having claims against the said de-
ceased to exhibit them with tine necessary
within fOur months after the first
publ ication OF this notice, to Harlan j. Bnsh-
field, resident agent for said illustrator
at his Office In NJ -ller In the county OF Hand.
So. Oak.
Dated ut Denver, Colo. August 1, 1907.
f., G, FORKER.
administrator OF the estate OF
Allison Forker, deceased.
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Aug. 15t5
Notice for Publication

Department OF the Interior. Land Once
at Huron, s. ID. Aug. q. 1907,
Notice is hereby given that Jacob l..
Crecelius, OF Miller s. ID has filled
notice of his Intention TO make final
fiye-year proof In support OF his claim
viz:
Homestead Entry No. 1920 made Mch. 7,
l9ol for the Eh SWA: wa SEA Sec. g..
T.. 1u9, II. 81
And that said proof will be made be ore
County Judge at Miller. S, ID. on Sept II,
1907.
He names the folio wing witnesses to prove
his continuous residence upon and ~cultiva-
ton OF said land. VIZ:
John c. McCoolo of Miller, S. d. Michael D..
Harris OF st, Lawrence s. ID. Harvey Harris
o. ST. Lawrence, s. d.. Daniel Phillips. OF
Miller, =. ID.
c. A. BLAKE. Register.
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Aug15to
Notice for publication

Aug15to
Notice for Publication
Department OF the Interior, Land Once
at HHron s. ID. Aug. q 1907.
Notice is hereby given that Lewis O..
Spilde OF Miller. s. ID. has filed notice
OF his Intention to make final five year
proof in support of his claim. viz
Homestead Entry No. 171OO made Sept u
1901 for the sen Sec. 81, T.. III: Range 50
and that said proof will be made be-
fore County Judge at Miller 8. ID. on Sept
81, 1907,
He names the following witnesses to prove
his continuous residence upon, and cultiva
ton of. the land viz:
George steptoe. Rec Heights. 9. d. John
Wilson. Frank Wise. Seth l.. Wyland OF Mil
Ter. =. ID.
G. A. BLAKE. Re lister.
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Organization Certificate

OF the CltlZens state Bank OF Miller.
Know all men by these presents: That,
we, whose names are hereunto subscribed,
havrthis day united ourselves together to
form an association for carrying on the
business OF banking under the laws of the
state OF South Dakota. and have adopted
and executed Articles OF Association. in du-
pliCate. Tor that purpose, and have duly for
warded a opy OF such articles to the Secre-
tary OF State of South Dakota: that we do
hereby under our hands maize and file the
folio ing as our Certificate Of Organization:
FIRST: The name OF said corporation IL
citizens state Bank of Miller. 1
SECOND; The place where the business
OF discount and deposit are to be carried on
Is Miller, South Dakota.
THIRD: The amount OF capital stock
and the amount into which Its shares are
to be divided is capital stock OF fifteen
thousand dollars divided into shares OF one
hundred dollars each.
FOURTH: The names and the places OF
residence OF the shareholders and the num-
Der OF shares held by each OF them are as
follows,
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Aug. 15t5
Notice for Publication

Department OF the Interior, Land Once at
Huron 5. d.. Aug. 8, 1907.
Notice is hereby given that Joel C., Harris
OF Miller 5. d.. has filed notice of his
Intention to make final i've year proof
In support OF his claim. viz
HE. No. 1855, made Sept. 3, 1902 for the
SEA Sec. IA I. ia X 50.
And that said proof will be made before
the County Judge at Miller, s. ID. on Sept.
II, 1907.
lie names the folio wing witnesses to prove
his continuous residence upon and cultiva
ton OF said land. viz.
Seth i. Wyland. George Steptoe. Richard
r. Rold, Ira j. Cree. All OF Miller, s. d.
{. A. BLAKE. Register.