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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-12-10
Badly Mixed Up.

Abraham Brown. Of Winterton, n.
Y, had very remarkable experience;
he SAYS: doctors got badly mixed up
over me; one said heart disease; two
called it kidney trouble; the fourth
blood poison. and the. fifth stomach
and liver trouble; but none of them
helped me; SO my wife advised trying
Electric Bitters, which are restoring
me to perfect health. One bottle did
me more good than all the five doc
tors prescribed" Guaranteed for
blood poison, weakness and all stom
ach, liver and kidney complaints, by
A. G. Luken & Co. druggist, soc.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-12-10
Program of Unusual Length
Arranged for Event
At Economy.
IT is AN ANNUAL AFFAIR.
SEVERAL RICHMOND PEOPLE
WILL GO-HAGERSTOW MAN
INVENTS BUGGY HUB-OTHER
WAYNE COUNTY NEWS.

Economy. Ind, Dec. 1O-Former
teachers and pupils of the Economy
schools are making great preparations
for the annual reunion, which will be
held at this place Wednesday. A
program of unusual length has been
arranged and which follows: Song
by the school quartette: greetings. Ed
gar Farmer: recitation. Hulda Haxton;
music, Ruth Jackson; recitation, BE
Careful What You Say" Marie Will
liams; "Johnny's History Lesson, Ga
lard Sanders; recitation, Louise Man
ing; piano solo, Herschel Ballenger;
recitation. I'VE Thank Thee" Pauline
Daugherty; recitations, Louise Stolts,
Mary Ballenger. Minnie Brown, Allen
WeyI. Forest Macy. Kelso Mendenhall;
duet, Myrtle and Lucinda HaXtOn: rec
ttation, Loya Smith; song by the girls.
primary: recitation Osa Covalt; dia-
Iogue. Edith Oler and HELEN Farmer;
recitation, Francis Lindsey; piano So
10, Anna Hadley; Jack Frost, kenlth
Cain: Rotations, Henry Farmer, Will
lard Jordan. Erwin Hunt. Opal Wad-
man: piano solo. Herschel Ballenger:
'The Rain Bow Sisters primary; rec
itations, Louise Charles, Hazel Hax-
Brown and Verge Mendenhall; Little
Wadman: piano solo, Myrtle Haxton
recitations, Letta Segrist, Cecil Cain;
song primary: dialogue. intermediate;
recitation, Louise Smith; piano solo,
Elizabeth Stanley: recftations. Harold
Fouts. Fred Lebrick, Fern Wooters,
Herbert Wadman; duet. MarJOry
con, Gerald Weyl. Irene Leullen, 1nez
Red Riding Hood" primary; recita-
lions, Cecil Cain, Gerald Kennedy, Ell
drige Sanders. Russell Fueston; quar-
tette. high school; recitation, Russell
Shoemaker; song, Ruby Morrison and
Mary Haxton; recitation. Homer
Smith. Myra Hunnicutt, Frank Leb-
rick, Mary Cranor, Blanche Bell; trio,
Ruby Jones, Lucinda Haxton and Lu-
cinda Hollingsworth; History of Econ
omy School," Mark Albertson: THE
Owl Song boys. primary; song, Ruby
Morrison and Mary Haxton; recitation,
Love Lindsey: piano solo. Myrtle HaX-
ton: recitation, Audry Benson; exer-
else, boys. primary; song. Gusta Scott;
exercise, boys, intermediate; recita-
tions, Anna Hadley, Joe Ballenger; pi-
ano solo. Elizabeth Stanley; recitation
Leo Bundy.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-12-10
HAGERSTOWN, IND.

HagerstOwn. Dec. 1O.-Mr. and Mrs
Will Replogle entertained Sunday at
heir home east of town. Mr.. and Mrs.
Sells and children, Leona and Jesse,
and Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Sturm.
Mark FUNK and daughter of Muncie,
were guests over Sunday of his moth
er, Mrs Mary Ann Funk on North Elm
street.
Miss Cloella Lumpkin entertained at
her home north of town Saturday
night, Misses Elma Kerr, Ruth Gwinn,
Brant and Eva Roller.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robt Smith and family
entertained Sunday Mr.. and Mrs. d.
B. Uller and daughter, Sarah Marie CT
near Economy. and Mr.. and Mrs. Fred
Smith and daughter Frances Margue-
rite.
The pie social given Saturday
night by the Pocohontas ladies was
we'll patronized, the proceeds amount
ing to $6.1O. Games and dancing were
INDUCED in after lunch.
Miss Mary Smith, nurse at Reid Me
mortal hospital visited Monday with
Mr. and Mrs Charles Wedekind.
Announcements have been received
here hey relatives of the marriage oil
| howard Rinehart, son of David Rine
hart east of town. and Miss Deardoff
which took place in North Dakota or
Thanksgiving day. Mr.. Itinehart has
been in that state since August. Mrs
| Rinehart is a cousin of Ed Deardof
| north of town.
! Mr. and Mrs. Omar Nelson and son
of near Economy, and Mr.. McMann o
Richmond were guests of Mr.. and Mrs
Allen FOuts on South Perry stree
Sunday.
J. L. Replogle and family moved OF
Monday from the l.. NJ. Pierce farm
north of town to the home of Philil
Pipher. south of town.
David Rinehart attended the funera
services of his grandson, son of Chas
Rinehart and wife of Marion Sunday.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-12-10
FOR WIVES
TO NAG HUSBANDS
Court Holds 1t Is Not Cruel and
lnhuman Treatment.
MAY HAVE VIOLENT TEMPER

According to decision Of the APP
pellate court of Indiana wife may
nag her husband to her hearts con-
tent. She may exhibit violent temper
and interfere with his schemes for
making money to the point of refusing
to join in deciding away their property.
She may do all these things without
being guilty of cruel and inhuman
treatment" This decision was rem
dered in the case of Will G. Holman
vs.. Hannah Holman. of Orange coun-
ty, in which the former was granted a
divorce. The appellate court, howev-
er, reversed the action of the lower
court Judge Rabb. who rendered the
opinion, said that in standing by her
rights to an interest in her husband S
real estate is a marital Offense for
which wife could be divorced, ii
would be better than the law giving
her such right be repealed. Such is
not the case however" said Judge
Rabb. The marital relation is not to
be cast aside on any such trivial and
insufficient grounds"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-12-10
A Real Wonderland.

South Dakota, with its rich silver
mines. bonanza farms. wide ranges
and strange natural formations. is a
Seritable wonderland. At Mound City,
in the home of Mrs. f. d. Clapp. a
wonderful case of healing has lately
occurred. Her son seemed near death
with lung and throat trouble. Eek
hausting coughing spells occurred ev-
cry five minutes" writes Mrs. Clapp
when began giving DR.. Kings New
Discovery, the great medicine, that
saved his life and completely cured
him" Guaranteed for coughs and
colds, throat and lung troubles, by A
G.. Luken e So, druggist. soc. and
800. Trial bottle free.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-12-10
FOUNTAIN CITY, IND.

Fountain City. Ind, Dec. 1o-Ernest
Retts spent Sunday in Muncie with his
brother Harry. who intends to go to
Dallas, Texas. to spend the winter.
Aaron Worth and wife visited his
sister at Modoc. Ind, Sunday.
Howard Harrison of Richmond has
moved back to Fountain City.
Kate Pegg spent Sunday in Rich
mond with her grandparents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Lauler.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-12-10
REV. HOBSON WILL ASSIST
Rev. NJ. Hobson left today to assist
Rev. A. c. Wilmore in revival meet
ing near Economy.
NO DIFFERENCE

DR.. Leonhardt's Hem-Roid cures any
form of Piles-Internal, External.
Bleeding, Bling, Itching, Supperating.
Piles are caused by CONGESTION of
blood in the lower bowel. and only an
internal remedy can remove the cause.
DR.. Leonhardt's Hem-Roid is tab
let taken internally. Money back if
it fails.
s100 at Leo H. Fihe, or DR.. Leon
hardt Co, Station 3, Buffalo, n. Y.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-12-10
Dancing Proves Fatal.

Many men and women catch colds
at dances which terminate in pneu-
monia and consumption. After expo
sure, if Fo1ey's Honey and Tar is tax,
en- it will break up cold and no ser
ious results need be feared. Refuse
any but the genuine in a yellow pack.
age. A G.. Luken & Co.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-12-10
BIG BARN BURNS.
Lightning Struck Structure ano 1t
Was Destroyed.

Cambridge City. Ind, Dec. 10.-The
large barn owned by VIM Nichols.
near New Lisbon was struck by lightn-
ing about o'clock Monday evening.
and with its contents was totally des-
troyed by fire. Estimated loss $4,000;
partially insured.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-12-10
MCONNAUGHEY INVENTOR.
Secures Offer for Very Valuable Bug
uy Hub Devise.

Hagerstown, Dec. 10.-G. l.. Nc
Connaughey has received patent on
a. buggy hub for which he has been
offered $4,000 or a royalty. Mr.. Nc
Connaughey has been buggy manu-
facturer at this place for twenty-five
years.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-12-10
The New Pure Food and Drug Law.

We are pleased to announce that
Foley's Honey and Tar for coughs,
colds and lung troubles is not affected
by the National Pure Food and Drug
law as it contains no opiates or other
harmful drugs, and we recommend it
as a safe remedy for children and
adults A G.. Luken Il Co.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-12-10

Nature always warns you if youl
bowels are clogged or inflamed-heed
this. Take HOLSTERS Rocky Noun
tain Tea, it relieves ali congestion and
restores natural digestion. 50 cents
Tea or Tablets. A c. Luken & Co.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-12-10

Have you trouble of any kind arising from
q disordered stomach Go to your druggist
and get soc or 81 bottle OF DR.. Caldwell S
Syrup Pepsin. which is positively guaranteed &c
cure you and keep you well.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-12-10

Chicago passengers using c., c. 4
L. trains land at 18th ST. (Illinois
CentraD Station; most conveniently
located. Remember this 6.tf
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-12-10
Declares He Paid Miss Mar a
Large Amount to Testify
In Divorce Case.
FAMOUS SCOUT EXPLAINS.
REASON FOR CONNECTING HIM
WITH NOW FAMOUS DOMESTIC
SCANDAL.

Denver, Col. Dec. 10.-That Howard
Gould paid Helen Mar, the English wo'
man and erstwhile companion OF
GOuIds wife. 50 much per word for her
recent testimony in his divorce case
and that Gould offered him $4,000 to
go on the witness stand and corrobo,
rate Miss Mars testimony, was the
startling declaration of Col. William +
Cody, otherwise known as Buffalo
Bill. today in an interview in which
he denied the story of his alleged as
sociations with Katherine Clemmons.
Gould hinges his divorce case on the
testimony of Miss Mar. The pretty
young English woman told of alleged
condolences which the then Miss Glenn
mons made to her, in which she con
fessed to indiscreet actions with Col
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-12-10
Says Gould Paid for Testimony.

Miss Helen Mar was paid SO much
word for her testimony in the How
ard Gould divorce case, when she tes
titled against Mrs. Gould in New
York" continued Col. Cody. After
the lawyers for the defense are through
with the evidence she gave, she will
not amount to anything.
"As for press reports concerning
Gould's offer to me TO testify agains
the character of his wife" said the ri
oneer and scout. Il was offered no.
$4,000, but $4,000 to testify, and re
J fused the offer.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-12-10
Saw Miss Clemmons's Talent.

"Katherine ClemmOns was a beautl-
full girl, a brilliant girl, and she was i
wonderful actress: but / only knew her
professionally" said Col. Cody today
when asked to make a statement.
AT the time l met her, l was in the
show business. and was constantly
looking for talent" continued Col.
Cody Other men have hired talent
and have hired it as l did, as busl-
ness proposition. At that time,
might say there was a dearth Of show
talent. especially female talent. There
was Booth among men, but he had
about finished his career. Then there
was myself, also a great actor. But
where were the actresses? There was
none I recognized talent in Rather
inc Clemmons and placed her in the
show business. She travelled in Amer
lea, England, France and other coun-
tries. and became great. She met and
married Howard Gould of New York
and became greater.
Il am getting used to being smoked
up in the newspapers, but, at that
believe they treat me for the most part
kindly. There is no recon for con
Meeting my name with the Gould case
or for smoking me up on Katherine
Clemmons's account. They might 2s
we'll connect my name with every wO
man who ever worked for me, and
had thirty or sixty in my show las
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-02-14
PLESE koEEY TIL SREP 2;Iss
WORDS DERIVED FROM SPORTS
Pastimes the Indirect Means of En-
richine the Language.

Sports and pastimes of bygone days
and even of the present time-have
added much to the English language.
Check which is said to be ''shak,"
a variation Of SHAH" has not only
come into common speech, but has
been the foundation of many other
words. 4 phiiologist traces to it the
checker board the exchequer' and
"a checkered career" a good move"
is also probably from chess. ''Stoop
to- is from falconry. Take the wind
out OF her sails" is from yachting; SO
is ION the wrong tack TO Jockey"
ITO show a clean pair of heels" are
from horse racing.
Fencing has been very fruitful as a
source of new words. 1t gives "a hit, !"
"a palpable hit" to parry question"
or fence with it,, "a home thrust "a
counter" ito be off ones guard"
From pugilism comes ito toss up the
sponge" or TO chuck it up" Put
your back into it, is Renaissance of
rowing.
Cricket has given many phrases, OF
which perhaps "stumped." Il stumped
him on that question" is the common
est. Coming up TO the scratch is
probably derived from dueling. "Ay,
there's the rub is derived from
bowls, though "a rub on the green" is
akin to it.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-02-14

This is about half of our regular cost"
This man was selling "A complete out
fit of clothes for $685." He was will.
ing to pay a dollar for each sale the
advertising brought him Ask your
| local dealer how long he could keep
the sheriff away from his doors if he
took dollar out of every ten dollar
sale.
You can't buy the same class Of
goods any cheaper from the catalogue
houses than from the local dealer,
though one may think he can after
reading the catalogues. The differ
ence comes in the quality of the goods
There is a particular class of goods
known as mail order goods" This
trade term is applied to cheap but
snowy goods and novelties which can
be sold at a large profit 1t means
much the same thing as street fakir
goods" and, as is the case with street
fakir goods. mail order goods are not
handled by the regular iobbers and
wholesalers. They cannot afford to
handle them because their customers
want better merchandise. The street
fakir duplicates, in appearance. the
jewelry carried by a first class jew
elry house and makes large profits.
The catalogue merchant does the
same thing but does it on a larger
scale and much more cleverly.
The country store is one of the
most valuable institutions of any
community. In the order of estab-
lishment it is first and in the degree
of social Importance it is second only
to the church and the school. In many
communities it is greater even than
these. 1t is here that the members of
the community meet and exchange
opinions, ideas and news. 1t is here
that most political questions are
threshed out and decided. II is the
center of the community and any
community without a center of this
sort loses its first organization with
out which progress is impossible. 1t
is toward the local store that the
country boy looks as the first step
ping stone out of the drudgery of farm
life Thousands of successful men
have risen through a clerkship in a
country store. The country store is
human. The mail order house is
bloodless and soulless. The country
store has at heart the interests of the
community. The mail order house has
no interests but its own. In times of
depression the country store gives
credit too liberal to be prompted by
mere purpose of gain. The mail order
house demands cash with order. AS
with our fellow men, We will not real
ize how valuable the country store
is until it is taken away.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-02-14
BUYING A WAGON
Ho.o Mr.. BroUn Got the
Worst of TtUo Bar
gains.
TRIED MAIL-oRDER METHODS
Thought He Was Saving Money, But
Will Not Try the Same Thing
Second Time-Buying at
Home Pays.

Copyrighted, 1906 by Alfred c. Clark)
Mr.. Brown, farmer living in
Boone county, Mo-, decided to buy a
spring wagon. The next time he was
in town he went to- the local dealer
to see what he had in stock. One
wagon that suited him was offered to
him at SIS. He thought he would
take it, but before ordering he looked
over mail order vehicle catalogue.
Here he saw described a wagon which,
as far as description went, was the
same as the one he saw in the deal
ers store room. In fact. the descrip-
ton was written in such a convinc-
ing manner and all of the good points
of the mail order vehicle were brought
out SO thoroughly that it appeared to
be superior to the other one. And the
price was only s67.45. Mr.. Brown
thought of the saving of s7.55 which
represented several days of hard work
The more he thought about it the
more he wanted to save that amount
and in the end the Chicago mail or
der concern got his check.
When the wagon finally arrived,
with freight bill of $3.50, he rode to
town with his son and spent half a
day putting it together. He had to
buy screw driver and some oil and
sand paper and few bolts to replace
some that had been lost in shipment.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-02-14

mail order house, the loss to the COM
munity would be greater than the gain
for himself 1t is needless to point
out that as the amount of the mail or
der business from any community In
creases the amount of loss to the COM
munity also increases, until it is only
question of time until the individual
loss caused by the general depression
of business will exceed the individual
saving.
In fact il everyone in the commun-
ity bought from the mail order houses.
local markets would disappear and
the farmer would be compelled to sell
as well as buy from the catalogue
concerns. The rural districts would
be devoid of business activity while
the wealth of the country would be
centered in one or two points. Buy
ing by mail may be attractive, but the
most pronounced mail order fiend
must look with apprehension on any
PEELED to depned on the mail order
man for market for his products.
But the idea of saving on individual
purchases is, to great extent.
fallacy. In spite of his boosted ability
TO buy in large quantities, he is not
able to buy for much less than the
country merchant. Competition in all
manufactured products is too keen for
that. And the small saving he is able
to make by large purchases is more
than Offset by his larger expenses.
These expenses must come out of the
purchaser SO the mail order man IS
compelled to make larger profit than
the local dealer. 1t costs him more to
market his goods. He must maintain
large and expensive office force and
he must advertise. AS an example
of what the mail order man expects
to make out of his customers, letter
written by a prominent mail order
man might be quoted. Writing to q
magazine he said: Advertising in
your publication cost us II cents an
inquiry and we made sales at cost
of only So cents each for advertising.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-02-14

All of these cost him 10 cents lie
was not experienced at putting sprins
wagons together and he didn't do a
very good job of it, for one of the
seats refused to sit in the right place
and he had to get local blacksmith
to help him fix it. This cost him
another half dollar and delayed him
SO much thaJ he and the boy had to
go TO the hotel for their dinners; an
additional expense of 20 cents. So
before he got his team hitched to the
wagon it cost him $3.50, allowing him
saving of s1.10. which was very
stingy pay for the time he had lost.
OF the amount he spent for the wagon,
only $1.95 remained in Boone county.
The railroads and the mail order
house got the rest of it.
In the meantime his neighbor. Mr..
Jones, bought the SIS wagon from the
local dealer, who made a profit of
SIG on the sale. AS the vehicle was
already assembled and there Were no
extra parts or tools to buy, the amount
paid for the wagon represented all of
the cost to Mr.. Jones. The dealer
spent the SIG profit for a new sign on
his building; the sign painter hired a
carpenter to repair the roof on his
house; the carpenter paid his bill at
the butchers and the butcher bought
a hog from Mr.. Jones. And so the
s16 kept going in the county until a
farmer with the mail order habit got
hold of it. He sent it to Chicago and
it never came back.
But this wasn't the last of the two
purchases. A few weeks after the
two wagons were bought, Mr.. Browns
boy and Mr.. Jones' fSy, driving the
new vehicles, met on the country road.
They drove too close to each other
and a smash-up resulted. The weak
est part of each wagon gave way; an
axle on the mail order product was
broken and d doubletree on the other
was smashed. Both breaks were plain
ly because of defective construction.
Mr.. Jones took his broken doubletree
to town the next day and the dealer
gave him a new one.N Mr.. Brown at
tempted to explain to the Chicago firm
that the axle would not have broken
II it had not been defective and
coupled this explanation with re-
quest for new part but after several
weeks of correspondence with the
piece as far away as at the begin
ming, he gave it up and bought the
axle himself This experience told
Mr.. Brown why he should trade with
home merchants instead of patroniz-
ing the mail order houses.
In Boone county and in every other
county there are many who send thou
sands of dollars out of the county
every year, without ever considering
the fact that they are making their
community poorer reducing the per
capita of wealth. and dwarfing local
business. only to enrich a concern al
ready rich enough to buy several
counties. An extra thousand dollars
in any community will mean, during
the year. many thousands of dollars in
business transacted and increased in
come for practically every one in the
community. Often the amount sent
to the mail order houses is more than
enough TO turn the balance the other
way and business depression exists
where prosperity would prevail under
normal conditions. Even if the coun-
try purchaser was able to save a snug
sum by ordering his supplies from a