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The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1907-11-28
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The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1907-11-28
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The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1907-11-28

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Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-04-18
Child Turning Purple.

Mary Eighotz, three years old, of
New York. is turning purple. The
doctor says she is suffering with dis
ease known as purpura hemorrhagica,
The childs mother first noticed the
changing color three weeks ago. While
bathing the girl she detected small
purple spots on various parts of the
body Alarmed, she applied home
remedies, but the spots continued to
spread. The child's body presents the
appearance of being tattooed. Almost
the entire body is covered, with the
exception of the face, which thus far
has not been affected While most of
the time the blotches are of a mellow
purple, they occasionally change to a
deep plum color or a dull red. Some
blotches are as large as a penny, 9th
ers are no larger than a pinhead. The
disease is probably caused by rheu.
matte germ.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-04-18

in the building that the whole house
was in flames before the firemen
could reach the scene. To passers-by
there seemed to be no hope 70 a res
cue for many of those who were i'm
prlsoned in the Inflated place, for the
entrance 10 the house was completely
cut Off by the falling of ignited tim
bers which filled all the Railways with
debris and smoke. The outside shell
of the building however, remained in,
tact, and on a fire escape on the
fourth floor stood a mother, Mrs. Bes.
sic cyl, and her two children, implor.
ing help from the people in the street
below. Among the latter stood Michael
p, O'Brien, young plasterer and a
near neighbor to Mrs. cyl. Accus
toned to scale buildings under pre-
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-04-18
ROAD TO SUCCESS
PUBLICITY is THE MAlL-oRDER
MANS GREAT WEAPON.
MERCHANTS MUST ADVERTISE
Flight Fire with Fire" and the Dol
lars Now Going cityward viii
Stay in the Home Community.

The merchant who would wage sue.
cessful warfare against mall.order
competition should study mail-order
methods. The same tactics that takes
the dollar out of the community will
keep II at home.
And what are mail-order methods?
The keynote OF It all may be- found
In the one word--publicity. The mail
order house advertises. 1t does not
advertise better goods at less money
than the home merchant gives, but it
advertises persistently. II puts its
proposition before the public constant
ly. II recognizes no duh season In its
campaign for publicity. 1t never let's
up.
At a gathering in Iowa some time
ago mail-order man explained some
of the system followed in the cam.
paign of publicity, According to this
explanation the mail-order house seeks
the line Of least resistance in its
search for business. Whenever they
can find a town in which the mer-
chants are not active advertisers they
flood that community with their liter
ature. When they find town in
which the furniture dealer, for exam
pie, is afraid to use printers ink they
pay particular attention to the subject
Of furniture. They are searching for
the weakest link in the chain of home
defenses.
Something OF this is explained by
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-04-18

the conditions the writer saw In
mill town in northern Wisconsin. The
local paper carried practically no local
advertising when the size of the town
was considered, and the stores Of the
town were but small affairs. In talk
Ing to one OF the merchants he COM
planned that more than $4,000 was
sent from that community to the Chi
cago mail-order houses each month.
That is easily twice the amount that
is spent in all the stores in this town
put together each month" he explain
ed. Merchandising don't pay in such
a place as this"
A few hours later the writer was
talking with the publisher of the local
paper, and the conversation turned to
local advertising. or rather the lack
of it.
Il was very much tempted to accept
a proposition which received from
one OF the Chicago mail-order houses
a few days ago." said the publisher.
II still have the proposition here on
my desk They offer me cash con
tract at my regular display rates for
! 500 inches, to be used during the
year. and in addition to the cash ad-
vertising they offer me small com
mission on all the new business Sc
cured in this county during the life
Of the contract. They say their bust
ness in this county during the last IL
months was approximately $4,000 per
month, and l would secure a small
percentage on all business done over
this amount during the next IL
months"
Have you shown that proposition
to the merchants of this town."
asked.
81 have, and it didn't move them"
he replied, They simply say it don't
pay to advertise. would jump at
the offer if it were not for the fact
that cannot bring myself to the point
of doing that which | know will help
to kill this community" ..
There was an illustration OF mail
order methods. The wide-awake mail.
order man proposed to reap q golden
harvest from the field the very-much.
asleep local merchant would not cul-
tivate,
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-04-18

Does II pay 10 advertise?
The mDre than 5000, O00, 900 that finds
its way to the Chicago mail-order
houses each year is garnered by a
campaign of advertising You, Mr..
Local Merchant. claim, and rightly,
that you can sell the same goods for
the same, or less money. than the
gail-order houses offer, but at the
same time you complain because the
mail-order man gets the business.
Why do they get It? Because they
advertise.
They not only advertise, but they
advertise in your field. and they ad-
vertise In your field because you do
not. They select towns, or special
lines where they do not have to meet
the competition that Is offered by To-
cal advertising. and they make adver-
tisine pay.
We want the people to trade at
home; we want them to build up the
home community we want to see the
dollars kept in circulation here that
one and all of the local people may
prosper We do not want TO see the
fortunes OF the city mail-order man
built at the expense of the local COM
munity, but we know absolutely the
value of publicity, and we know the
mail-order houses will capture the dol
lars II the local merchants will not
fight fire with FIRE; will not show the
public what they can buy and at what
price
Let us go back to this northern
Wisconsin town and see what oppor-
tunlties the merchants there were sac
riticing. 1t was mill town, and In
no way an agricultural community.
There were not 20 farms within ra-
dius of as many miles. The industry
was lumber, and the money to run the
mills came from the city, The nearly
1000 employees were paid In city
money, and with little effort on the
part Of the merchants in that town
this money might have been kept in
the town. 1t might have been made
to build permanent prosperity But
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-04-18
EdUard Campbell

For more than year there was
bitter feud between two young coal
miners at Buena Vista, a little mining
town on the Youghiogheny river, near
Pittsburg. Just what the trouble was
has never been made known but
whether in the mining camp or on the
river or In the boarding house where
they both lived together, George
South and ED" Campbell never spoke
to each other. One day, about three
years ago, the alarm went out that
South had fallen into the river at the
end of great coal chute, Campbell
heard the alarm and rushed to the
river, There was no sign OF South.
who. he knew, could not swim, and IL
was evident that the Inflated man had
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-04-18

been swept by current under large
coal barge that was dashed to the pier
1t was all mans life was worth t6
dive into the eddy of waters thai
stretched before him, but tearing of
his coat Campbell took the risk. After
a desperate struggle with the treacher
GUS tides, and diving repeatedly under
the barge, Campbell found his man
where he had expected, wedged be
meath the hull of the vessel between
some driftwood. 1t took all of Camp
bells strength, working under water
to get the limp body of his enemy to
the surface. He succeeded finally
only to find that the man for whose
safety he had risked his own life, and
whom he had once cordially hated
was dead. The commission has sent
bronze medal to Campbell.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-04-18
Harry Moore

81 thought | had an even chance
and that's more than the poor old fell
low ahead of me had" That is the
way Harry e. Moore, fireman OF AL
lance, o., explains why he tried, two
years ago, to run ahead OF his own
train and save the life of a drunken
farmer. Moore was riding on the pilot
of his coal train when he saw an old
farmer sitting in a stupor on the
track. Signaling to the engineer to
check the speed Of the train as much
as possible, Moore waited until he
was within rs feet of the PROSTATE
and unconscious man and then
jumped. Racing as hard as he could,
Moore was overtaken by his own en-.
CINE and knocked to one side of the
track, the wheels talSiDG off three fin
gers of his left hand The farmer
was killed instantly. Moore has re-
ceived a bronze medal and $500 from
the Carnegie commission.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-04-18
Sadie L. Crabbe

Ralph Young, colored boy, broke
through the ice on the Great Wicomi
co river, Virginia, two years ago
Young had strayed away from a party
of skaters further up the river and
yentured upon ice that had not beer
tried. 1t was lonely section of tho
country, and when the boy fell into
the water his cries for help were
heard only by a white woman, Mrs
Sadie l. Crabbe, who was WALKING
along the bank of the river. Selling
plank which lay near by, Mrs. Crabbs
endeavored to reach the strugglins
negro. SO eager was she in this at
tempt to save the colored boys life
that she yentured too far out on the
ice, which broke beneath her. Young
at whose piteous appeal she had taken
one step too far, evidently forgot his
own plight when he saw Mrs. Crabbe
fall into the water and tried to save
her. Both the white woman and the
colored boy, however, were drowned
bronze medal has been sent by the
commission to Mrs. Crabbe's husband
in commemOration of her bravery
The sum Of $4,000 also has been ap
propriated to be used in the education
and upbringing of Mrs. Crabbe's chill
dren
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-04-18
Only Believe.

BE not dowpcast If difficulties sur.
round you in your heavenly life. They
may be purposely placed there by God
to train and discipline you for higher
developments of faith. If he calls you
to "toiling in rowing it may be to
make you the better seaman, and TO,
lead you to a holier trust in Him who
has the vessel and its destinies in
hand, and who, amid gathering clouds
and darkened horizon, and crested bill.
lows, ever murmurs the mild rebuke
to our misgivings: Said l not unto
thee, that If thou wouldst believe, thou
shouldst see the glory Of Godfrey.
JOAN r. Macduff.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-04-18

years ago by one of those freshets
that so often occur in that part of the
country. In it's course the flood had
torn an unwieldy barge from it's
mornings. Alone on board was How
ard Mccartney, youth who could not
swim. His oldtime friend, James w.
Gilmer, who had worked with him for
years on towboat saw the flying
barge, knew that Mccartney was on 1t,
and knew, too, that the runaway YES
sci was heading for great dam
short distance below on the river. 1t
meant certain death to Mccartney If
some quick act was not carried out to
save him. Gilmer jumped into a skiff
and raced after the barge. Mccartney
had long start of him, and the sound
of the waters foaming over the dam
reached Gilmer before he was well
under way in his little craft. He
hoped to get near enough to the barge
for Mccartney to jump into the skiff,
and then together they could row to
the shore. But the barge was going
too swiftly, in the eddying currents
the skiff was too manageable, and
before he could reach him Gilmer saw
his friend hurled over the rapids
above the dam. So appalled, was he
at the fate of his friend that he forgot
his own safety. He floated down to
the danger point, jumped from the
skiff into the boiling fiood-and the
dead bodies of the two friends went
down the river side by side. A bronze
medal and 5000 has been awarded by
commemoration Of his sons daring
act
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-04-18
Maude Titus

In Casco Bay, near Yarmouth, Me-,
in the SIMMER of 1904, a deed Of gen
erous heroism was performed by a
girl of 16, Maude Titus, student at
the Newark IN. j. high school, was
out on pleasure trip in sailing
yacht with some of her friends. An
accident occurred in changing the
course of the yacht, and the captain,
his niece, Miss Titus, and her friend,
Miss Reifsnyder, were thrown into the
water. The captain rescued his niece
by a lifeline which had been thrown
to him from the boat, and he himself
then followed her TO safety, leaving
Miss Titus and Miss Reifsnyder to
struggle for themselves in the waves.
Miss Titus was a poor swimmer, and
her friend was utterly helpless in the
water. Instead of striking out for the
boat, however, which she could have
reached with ease. Miss Titus re-
manned with the half-drowning girl.
She did not attempt to swim with her,
but took hold of her, Gained her, and
endeavored to hold her head above
water until boat was sent to the
vescue. For this act of heroism Miss
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-04-18
William StillweN

The youngest of all those selected
for recognition by the commission, a
boy of 10, is Willie Stillwell, Of Bell
aire. Mich. Willie had never been
known as a strong swimmer, but when
one of his playmates, Ruth School
craft, who was more than a foot tall
err than he, fell into intermediate
river, Willie was quick at the rescue.
He was wise enough not to get in the
clutches of the girl. but, swimming by
her side, held her up with one arm
while he swan with the other, thus
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-04-18

no, the merchants left wide field for
the mail-order houses which they i'm
proved. and the money that might
have built town that would have
stood after the lumber interests are
gone and the mills are closed has been
allowed to return to the city from
which 1t came, and now every lofty
pine that falls but drives another nail
In the coffin of the town, and all be-
cause the merchants did not believe 1t
would pay to advertise.
WRIGHT A. PATTERSON.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-04-18
BRAVE DEEDS THAT HAVE
WON CARNEGIE MEDALS


New Yerk.--Two years ago Andrew
Carnegie conceived the novel idea of
discovering and rewarding true hero
ism wherever it may occur. For this
purpose a hero fund commission was
appointed whose preliminary labors
have new been completed. Deeds of
daring, whether by land or sea, in the
effort TO save life, have received due
recognition in this way, while the
task OF the commission has resulted,
besides, in bringing together a series
Of little tales of human pluck, endur-
ance and self-abnegation, the reading
of which is bound to give an uplifting
sense of some of the noblest qualities
of men and women when brought face
to face with the peril that, at some
supreme moment. threatens the lives
of their fellow beings.
OF the So cases of heroism which
the commission, after prolonged and
careful investigation, has deemed
worthy of public recognition, the fol
lowing have been selected on account
Of the novel human interest which
characterizes them. They tell of the
courage and humanity of men, women,
and even children, in all walks of life,
and in every section of the United
States. Not every hero thus chron-
icled has succeeded in the rescue that
he has planned, while numbers have
lost their own lives in the effort to
save the lives of others. 1t forms a
striking record altogether unique
among human annals, and may be
taken as true and lasting tribute to
the selfsacrificing love of man for
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-04-18
Richard Hughes

"A Dynamite Hero" is the name
that has been given to Richard
Hughes, of Bangor, Pa, by his com
rades, An explosion of giant powder
blinded Richard owens just as he
lighted the fuse to set of another
blast Unable to find his way out of
danger and with his clothing on fire,
instant death seemed certain for the
unfortunate man. Just as soon as the
spark from the second fuse would
reach the powder he would be blown
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-04-18

carious conditions. OBrlen quickly
determined on a plan OF rescue. Dash
ing up the stairways of an adjoining
house until he reached the fourth
floor, he made his way along a series
of window lodges to the fire escape
where Mrs. cyl and her terrified chill.
dren stood. From this perilous posi-
ton he passed the latter to persons
in neghboring fiat, and then handed
Mrs. cyl, who was unconscious from
fright and the suffocating effects of
the smoke, to a fireman who mounted
a ladder to one of the fourth-story
windows. O'Brien himself nearly lost
his life in the flames and smoke, and
was carried to the street by firemen.
The commission has awarded him a
silver medal for his bravery.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-04-18

bringing ner saIeiy TO snutc. In-
commission has awarded bronze
medal to the boy and has set aside for
him the sum of $4,000, with which he
will pay for an electric engineers
course in college.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-04-18
Arthur Simon

Only IS years of age was Arthur ST.
mon and he had just learned to swim
when he rescued two girls from
drowning in a lake near Valparaiso.
Ind, two years ago. One of the girls
was his sister, and both of them were
much older and weighed a good dea!
more than Arthur. At an alarm giver
by his mother he plunged into tho
lake. Neither Of the girls was ir
sight Diving to the bottom, he foune
them locked in each others arms
Breaking them apart, he rose to the
surface with them. He swan to the
shore, which was about 40 feet away
with one girl and then came back 70,
his sister, who, with her great weight
nearly dragged him to the bottom. She
almost strangled the boy severa
times, but finally he landed her Ii
safety, The commission has sent Al
thur bronze medal
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-04-18
Lucy E. Ernst

1t was a unique deed Of heroism
that won for Miss Ernst, of Philadel-
phia, one of the commissions silver
medals. Two years ago she was TAX
ing an outing in the country with a
friend, Harry e. Schoenut, lad of 16.
The two tramped through the woods
and along the side of rocky ravine.
The latter gave but a poor footing to
pedestrians, and in jumping across a
rift between two boulders Schoenut
slipped and fell. There was an angry
whirr and rattle of sound, and before
he could save himself the fangs of a
rattlesnake were fastened in Schoe-
nuts arm. The reptile darted back
into his hole beneath the rock, but al
most instantly his victims arm began
to swell and turn black. Thoroughly
terrified, Schoenut declared that he
was dying, and implored his compan-
ion to save herself from possible dan
ger. Miss Ernst, however, tore the
young mans sleeve from his arm, and,
applying her lips to the wound made
by the RATHER, tried to suck out the
poison. This she did at imminent
peril to herself, as she knew, because
a cut on her own lip brought her into
the most dangerous contact with the
poison. Once during the operation the
intrepid girl cut cash in Schoenut's
arm, ito make the blood come faster"
as she afterward expressed it. The
boy tainted at the sight of his own
blood, and it was only by beating him
in the face that Miss Ernst succeeded
in reviving him and keeping him NOV
ing. Half dragging, half carrying him,
she finally reached clubhouse a mile
away from where the accident hap
pened. She carried the unconscious
lad up the clubhouse steps, her dress
from the neck down spattered with
blood, and fell in faint beside him.
Medical assistance was procured and
Schoenut's life was saved.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-04-18

to atoms. Hughes, who was under
cover, saw the imminent peril of his
comrade, and dashed out to save him.
He caught him as he was about to
stumble over precipice and dragged
him back over the place where the
blast was to be set off. Both men
were caught, however, within the dan
ger line and both were badly hurt.
Hughes clothing caught fire from the
flames which enveloped the body of
Owens, whom he saved. and for long
time he was incapacitated from work.
The commission has sent him silver
medal and $3.50.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-04-18
Michael O'Brien

A fire broke out in a crowded tene-
ment at One Hundred and Tenth
street and Third avenue three years
ago. So combustible was the material
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-04-18

Titus has received a silver medal.
The commission has also given her
$1,000 to assist in completing her edu-
cation, DIR. Titus. the girls father,
having recently died.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-04-18
James Giir1er

A race to death in a Monongahela
river food was the end of two friends,
one of whom was trying to save the
other. The waters of the river had
been swelled to giant proportions two
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-04-18

When little. girls cry for dolls;
when big, for dollars.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-04-18

Intelligent advertising ~ Icing the bulldog
Of
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