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The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-09-01

ment wants, to be, or ought to be. in position where he can of his own mos ton make or break the fortunes nf this or that class of business men. The
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-09-01

much too large, and so was the dsncit that confronted him when. in 1893. he came in the second time.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-09-01

silence is soiden--speech is often merely brass.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1907-12-26
"The Confederate coIoneI.v

No class of men in the world have
better manners than the southern gen.
tleman. The type of this class is a
dignified man, who insists upon being
treated with respect, but who ALWAYS
comedies to others that which he de.
mands from them. He is deferential
in his manner and assumes that the
customs and views Of others are en-.
titled to respect. In intercourse with
a Spaniard the typical Confederate
colonel would never by word or ses.
ture intimate that he considered him.
self in any respect the superior of the
gentleman with whom he might be
talking or that his business methods
were more modern. In other words,
the southern colonel has charming
manners, and what was written by
Native of New England" was to say
in effect that good manners are bust.
ness assets worth using-Baltimore
Sun.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1907-12-26
The Peaceful Suburbs.

Sort of endless chain war with
your neighbor, eh?" said the visit
or from the city. How is that?"
We'll, replied the suburbanite, his
chickens flew over the hedge and ate
all my garden seed. got even by
getting big tomcat, and the cat ate
the chickens.
"Ah. an eye for an eye,' eh?"
Yes; but it wasn't long before he
got bulldog and the bulldog finished
the tomcat."
Great Scott! l suppose that ended
the feud?"
Not at ALL I borrowed a cata.
mount from wandering circus and
that killed the bulldog. Now, if he
don't get an elephant to finish the
catamount before | can return it to
the show l guess I'll come out win.
ner."
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1907-12-26
MILK MEN INDICTED.
Grand Jury Accuses Fifteen Of Then
With Conspiracy.

Chicago, Dec. 22.-The grand jury
yesterday returned indictments
against fifteen members of the Hi
nois Milk Dealers association charg-
ing conspiracy to raise the price of
milk. The indictments are the result
of the investigation begun by States
Attorney Healey.
Among those indicted are William
j. Rogers, president of the Borden
Condensed Milk company; Charles A.
Wright of Chicago, manage, and John
R. Marsh, superintendent of the Bor-
den company; j. R. Bowman, presi-
dent of the Bowman Dairy company;
G. r. Peck, of the same company;
George L. Chappelle of the Kee G.
Chappelle Dairy company; Ira Mix, of
the Ira Mix Dairy company, and
Howard Wanser, Charles Wanders,
Edward F. Newton and Thomas F.
Gore, local dairymen.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1907-12-26
Copy of Rare Bible.

IN Wolfenbuttel, Hesse, Germany.
is an old bible which is greatly treas.
ured In that passage in Gene.
SIS where God told Eve that
Adam shall be her master and shall
rule over her, the German translation
is 'und er soil dien herr SEM" Herr.
which means master, does not occur
IN this bible, but instead there an.
pears the word "narr," which means
fool. The error was caused by quar-.
rel between the printer and his wife
IN the year 1880. The wife was venge.
full and in the silent watches of the
night she entered the room where her
husband had been setting type and
mallciously changed herr" into
MARI The printer was arrested af-
ter the book had been printed and
the mistake discovered; but his ap-
prentice testified that he saw the wife
steal into the composing room and all
ter the word. The woman was i'm.
prlsoned for blasphemy and died in
prison. Orders were given that all
the copies of the edition 1hould be
destroyed. This was done, with the
exception of the one copy in the Wolf.
enbuttel library
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1907-12-26
Love Me, Love My poo.

A curious incident. involving a
young and good looking French
woman and her dog, occurred recently
on Continental railway. For several
hours the young woman bestowed
more attention and tender care upon
the pretty little creature than the ma
1ority OF women do upon their first
born, and at every station it was
taken out for exercise, and between
stations it was fed with dainty nth.
bles taken from it's special basket.
which also contained extra wraps.
fresh shoes and gay collar with a
huge bow. What attracted most at.
tention was, however, the purchasing
OF bottle of mineral water, the TAX
ing out of tiny folding travelling Gun.
into which some of the water was
poured and the tapping of it up by the
pet.-Dundee Advertiser.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1907-12-26
DRY SUNDAY AT DAVENPORT.
ilas the First Dry Sunday in Its His.
tory.

r-1S sIS ~ o. ~ SoIQay ITO THO.
tory.
Davenport compliance with the
ol ders of Attorney General Dyers, con-
tanned in letter to County Attorney
Hnmann, every saloon in Davenport
remained closed all day Sunday, max
Ing it the first dry Sunday Davenport
has experienced.
Saloon keepers held largely at
tended meeting in the morning, at
which County Attorney Hamann read
Attorney General Byers' letter de-
manding immediate enforcement of
the mulct law in Scott county, Ham
ann advised all saloon keepers to
comply with the terms of the letter
at once, and this the saloon keepers
unanimously agreed to do. Not a sa-
loon in the city opened in the after
noon at the usual hour of o'clock,
and it can be said with emphasis,
"The lid is on in Davenport
BY reason of the new conditions of
affairs, the customary Sunday after
noon concert at the coliseum was
called Off, and it is being freely pre-
dicted that the mulct law in Daven-
port will seriously interfere with
numerous other amusement enter
prises.
The sight of Turner hall and other
large meeting places where pleasure
seekers are accustomed to gather be-
ing locked all day occasioned much
comment.
Hundreds of Dayenporters crossed
the river to Rock Island, where they
escaped what they term the "blue
laws" OF Iowa, and spent the day. In
this way hundreds of dollars of
Davenport money was left in Illinois
as result of the first dry Sunday
here, and this fact is already occa-
sioning wall of protest among many
| local merchants.
But whether for good or worse, tie
mulct law at last has reached Dav.
export, and according to the agree
ment of the saloon keepers it will be
obeyed without any further trouble
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1907-12-26
LOSES HIS SUMMER WAGES.

Webster City.-Charles Schroeder,
young man residing at Nora, H., is
in the city broke" While returning
from North Dakota, where he has
spent the summer in the harvest
fields, he was robbed of his earnings
and was unable to get father than
Webster City. When he left North
Dakota he purchased ticket to a
northern Iowa point expecting to buy
another ticket there under the Iowa
and Illinois 2-cent fare law. He car
ried 1912 in his pocket, all he had
in the world. He boarded the train
a stranger came into the car and sat
at night and as he slept in the seat
down beside him. In the morning
both stranger and money were gone.
The conductor, sympathizing with
the man, took him to Fort Dodge.
There he purchased a ticket for Web
ster City with a little change given
him, expecting to find friends here.
The latter had moved, however, and
Schroeder was obliged to wire home
TO money to leave the city with.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1907-12-26
TWO KILLED; ONE INJURED.
Train Entering Des Moines Demolishes
Buqqy.

Des Moines.-While crossing the
Great Western railroad tracks at
Eighteenth street in southwest Des
Moines, Mrs. B. F. Scofeld was killed,
Miss Alice French was fatally injured,
dying later at Mercy hospital, and
Miss Emily Tafford was seriously
hurt by passing passenger train.
The women were coming from the
Scofield home on Park avenue to Des
Moines in covered buggy. 1t was
their Intention to do their Christmas
shopping. AS they reached the Eigh-
teenth street crossing the buggy was
stopped by passing freight train.
After waiting until the freight train
had passed by the horse was driven
directly onto thee rossing, when 1T
was struck by flying passenger train
coming from the opposite direction.
The horse had cleared the track, but
the buggy, filled with women, was
hurled into the air and the occupants
thrown for many feet.
Mrs. Scofield fell upon her head at
the side of the track fully fifty feet
from where the crash occurred. Miss
French, a girl of 16, was picked up a
few feet away in an unconscious con.
dition, and Miss Trafford was with
ing in pain from broken bones when
she was found. The buggy was com
| pletely demolished.
The train was stopped and backed
to the scene of the accident The
victims were placed in the baggage
car and brought to Des Moines, where
| they were conveyed to Mercy hospi
tai in ambulances. The body of Mrs
Scofield was taken to the Gray un.
| dertaking rooms.
| A passenger on the train said it had
had trouble all the way from Kansas
City, passing through two herds OF
cattle and killing several. These &C
| cidents delayed the train three hours
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1907-12-26
DAVENPORT NOT RLuFFINe.
Saloons Close Promptly at 10 O'clock
GETTING Bonds.

Davenport.-C w. Lyon, assistant
to Attorney General Byers, is in the
city making sure that the Davenport
Saloon keepers are obeying the mulct
law in fact and not by pretense. He
declared that every saloon keeper
would have to file the $4,000 bond re-
quired by law, formality which it is
understood most of the saloon keepers
hoped to be allowed to omit.
Mr.. Lyon said regarding the results
of his investigation.
II made a trip around the down
town section of the city last night
and found that the saloon keepers
universally closed their doors and
turned out their lights at 10 o'clock.
AS long as the saloon keepers show
q disposition to get under the mulct
law and take steps in this direction,
no radical measures will be used to
force them into it. They will be
given reasonable time to act OF
their own accord. We have set no
definite time in which they must
act"
Davenport awaits with intense inter.
est the public announcement of the
decision of the Kulp court martial
No one in Davenport talks of much
except the saloon situation and the
[lulp trial. Some hot headed persons
suggested meeting Captain Kulp at
The train with brass band when he
returned from the trial, but cooler
eounsels prevailed, and the city has
settled back to wait for the worst
while hoping for the best.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1907-12-26
Can Such THINGS Be?

A new custom is being introduced
thls summer at some of the summer
motel dances. 1t seems to trace its
origin back to practices common at
the old country barn dances. A voune
man attending dance at a nearby re.
sort was surprised when his fair mart.
ner at the close of dance said.
Come over to this end of the yeran-
ola. hid my bottle on the window
sill"
Your what?" gasped the young
man.
My bottle. Why, where have Won
been? We girls are all taking cock
tail bottles to the dances this sum-
mer. She produced a good-sized bottle
from the window ledge as she smoke
and invited her companion to partake
IN the old-fashioned way without the
lnterposition of a glass. Near bv an
other young woman was passing her
bottle around among little group of
friends.-N. Y. Tribune.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1907-12-26
CAIN GOES UP FOR LIFE.
Murderer of Charles H Morris Must
Go to Pen

Des Moines.-Imprisonm for life
in the penitentiary at hard labor is
the penalty j. G.. Cain must pay for
shooting down Charles H. Morris at
Enterprise last October. The jury
reached a verdict of murder in the
first degree after being out just three
hours, including an hour for supper.
Gains guilt was established on the
first ballot taken after the twelve men
entered the jury room. 1t then only
remained for them to decide the de-
gree and the punishment. The next
ballot resulted in vote of eight for
murder in the first degree and four
for murder in the second degree.
Two of the jurors who voted for sec
ond degree changed their votes on the
third ballot. The next note resulted
in all twelve jurors declaring for
murder in the first degree. The fifth
and last ballot resulted in a unanimous
vote for life imprisonment. None of
the jurors was in favor of inflicting
the death penalty.
Cain shot Morris and Johnson on
Oct. 16 at his home in Enterprise.
Mr.. Morris. who was superintendent
of the Enterprise Mining company,
and Johnson, who is manager of the
Saylor Supply company, went to
Gains place on his invitation. After
talking over the value of the property
| they started upstairs. Cain picked
up revolver and fired three shots,
one striking Mr.. Johnson in the back
and two hitting Mr.. Morris. Both
men were brought to Mercy hospital,
where Mr.. Morris died ten days after
wards. Cain left Enterprise after the
shooting and remained in hiding for
three days, then gave himself up.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1907-12-26
ELEPHANTS ON RAID
VICIOUS BEASTS TAKE HUMAN
LIFE IN RHoDEsIA.
Head of Wesleyan Mission Sends Par
ticulars and Protests Against Pro-
lection Accorded the Animals
in South Africa,

Rev. MIR. Grantham, in charge of the
Wesleyan mission at Lomagundi,
sends particulars of raid made by a
herd of elephants, which resulted in
the loss of life.
He says: Il shall be glad if you
will make known through the medium
OF your paper the following incident
and my comments on it in the hope
that public sentiment may be aroused
against a condition of things in which
many suffer for the sake of fad of
a few, who share none of the misery
that their hobby inflicts upon others.
In May last the natives on the farm
suffered serious damage from the in
cursions Of a troop of elephants that
visited us seven nights in succession.
IN thls respect we are not the only
sufferers, for 1 am constantly hearing
OF the same kind of thing throughout
the neighborhood. We have no law
full means of protecting our crops, and
application for damages are ig-
nored.
On Friday morning two old ma
yves and picannin, who had been
sleeping in skerm erected in the
lands, awoke to find that ten grown ell
ephants and three calves were within
few yards of where they lay. The
natives fled in terror, pursued by one
OF the beasts, which was apparently
enraged at the sight of human be.
lngs IN such close proximity to the
calves. The piccannin was Just on the
point OF being tusked, but saved him
sell by rushing on hands and knees
through the branches of a fallen tree.
The elephant tossed these aside. and
continued in pursuit of the old men.
one escaped, but the other was over
taken in about 100 yards, and the vi
clous beast transfxed him through
the back, the protruding tusk plow-
ing deeply into the soil.
"The furious animal then proceed.
ed to rip its victim to pieces, split
ting one leg from bullock to calf
and an arm from shoulder to wrist.
he just lived long enough to urge his
friend to fly to the kraal, or no one
would be left to tell the tale.
we are told that in strict self-de.
tense they may be fired upon. Are we
then to wait until one of the brutes is
in the act of charging upon us ere we
pull hasty trigger, which is more
likely than not to be our last? And
what is the use of firing at one angry
elephant when several others are
standing by ready to take up the cause
OF their companion if it does fall?
1t is popularity supposed that ele.
phants will not attack a human be-
ing unless molested by him, but thew
VIII Invariably do so if the herd
contains any calves A price is set
upon the head of lions-beasts that
rarely initiate an attack upon human
beings, and whose depredations are
generally confined to cattle kraals and
spans OF donkeys. Why, then. should
elephants, which in this district are
much greater scourge than lions. ne
protected, and the killing of one be a
criminal offense ?"-Rhodesia Herald
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1907-12-26
THE CURE FOR WORRY.
A Suggestion That He or She Of
WrinkIed Brow Should Consider.

Can worry be avoided or overcome?
Is the disease durable without divine
lnterposition? Undoubtedly, if the
tneory OF ought-transference be ac-
cepted as indeed an established sci
entlfic fact, because surely an image
tending upward can be communicated
as freely-if not, in fact, with great.
er readiness, because of the larger re.
captivity for that which is pleasing
as an image tending downward. Thus,
clearly, there may be brought into &C.
tlon Tor success those very forces
winch worry eXcites for ruin-forces
which may OF may not be irresistible,
put certainly are, as the wise doctor
observes, the most potent of earthly
lie, and, consequently, all that we
poor humans can summon to our aid,
unless we adopt the effeminate prac-
tlce OF those silly persons who con-
stantly annoy the Almighty by be.
seechlng him to tide them over their
petty difficulties. Not that their trou.
bles seem slight to them; far from if.
invariably they are more serious than
any others can possibly be; but the
mere certainty that, if God should
stamp them out personally, instead of
leaving such work, as he does and
ought, to nature, other trials of no
less consequence would promptly
arise, shows clearly enough that, in
reality, all individual tribulation is
trifling.
Occasional reflection upon this great
truth VIII do much to drive away the
pad falry and open the way out of de.
spondency; but better yet is constant
reallzatlon that one can do for either
himself or others only that which lies
within him to perform, and, having
satisfied himself on that score. he pos
sesses an inalienable right to disre.
gard all possible consequences, and
need give them no more consideration
tnan a sagacious person accords idle
speculation as to whether, when he
aWakes, he will find himself in heaven
or in hell. Supplement knowledge of
tne recognized folly of regret with
appreciation of the fact that WORRY ia
never over actual, but always over
imaginary, ills, and is therefore as I'm.
necessary as it is unwise and insuffl.
clent, and a long step will be taken
towards the definite elimination of the
chleT bane of mankind-George Har
Vey, IN the North American Review.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1907-12-26
prunks Assault Marshal

ROCKWELL. by number
of DRINKS while he was trying to ar.
rest them, Marshal Craven of this
place is at his home suffering from
numerous bruises and injuries. The
assailants are not all known, but the
Gaffeny brothers have been placed
under arrest. They waived the pre-
liminary hearing and will bring the
matter to the district court. The
young men, it is said, went to Shelf.
field, where they filled upon booze and
on their return were preparing to
make things lively when interfered
with by Marshal Craven, whom they
at once assaulted.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1907-12-26
OVERDOSE KILLS HER.
Mrs. Cyrus johnson, Actress, Dies at
Webster CITY,

Webster City.-Mrs. Cyrus Johnson.
aged %, whose stage name is Miss
Ruth Parsons of the Louis Morrison
company presenting Faust, died sud
denly in this city, from an overdose
of fluid extract of cotton root bark.
IN the cast she carried the role of
Sybel
Fluid extract of cotton root bark
take in overdoses, is an emmenagogue.
The woman was found in her room
unconscious by her roommate. Drs.
DESMOND and Conrad were called but
the patient did not recover conscious
ness, dying several hours later. Cor
oner Wyatt empaneled a jury, whose
verdict was that the dose was acct
dental and that no one was concern
ed as an accessory.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1907-12-26
BIG DRAINAGE PLANS AHEAD.
Hamilton County Will Probably Spend
100000 for bitches,

Webster City.-Before the end of
next year Hamilton county will have
expended more than 100000 in the
construction of drainage bitches.
The largest of these will be the Rob-
bins drainage ditch in Freedom town
ship. An estimate for the construc-
ton of the ditch has been made by
the county surveyor, who has placed
the figure at $4,000. This will be one
of the several largest drainage ditch
contracts made in this county.
Another contract is to be let for
the Brandrup ditch in Williams town
ship. The estimated cost of the ditch
by the county surveyor is $7,252. The
other is the Elkins ditch in Webster
and Hamilton townships at an esti-
mated cost of 1880.
Without doubt during 1908 bonds
will be placed to the amount of about
100000 to be used for drainage pur-
poses. This will make total of over
100000 that will have been expended
in the improvement of Hamilton coun-
ty drainage.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1907-12-26
ELoPERs IN HASTE.
Daughter of H. G. Mcmillan WEEDS at
MarshaItoWn.

Marshalltown.-Hur from a
brain to the home of minister, ask
Ing an immediate performance of a
marriage ceremony, and leaving the
city twenty minutes after the cere
mony for wedding trip throughout
the south. was the elimination OF
events following an elopement OF
pretty Florence Mcmillan of Cedar
Rapids, daughter OF H. G. Mcmillan
principal owner of the Farmers Tri
bune of Sioux City, and former owner
of the Cedar Rapids Republican, and
en eX-United States district attorney
and Floyd B. O'Brien, son of a mer
chant of Ames.
1t is claimed by friends here that
the brides parents objected to her
marriage of O'Brien, wishing her to
we'd Pennsylvania man.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1907-12-26
Town Defies Standard oil

Decorah.-The city council of De-
corah has defied the power and might
of the Standard Oil company and or
dered the great oil company to re-
move its distributing tanks here to a
place of safety outside the city limits.
The company protested through it's
attorneys, but the vote of the alder
men was to for removal. The
tanks now are a menace to property
and they have caused an increase in
Insurance rates on property nearby.
DEBORAH has set 6. precedent in Iowa
in this matter
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1907-12-26
Jury All of Women,

Denver, Colo, Dec. 22.-For the
first time in Colorado's history, and
perhaps in the history of the country
as well, jury composed entirely of
women has been called into service
and sat throughout a law suit, finally
rendering verdict. The suit was
one being tried before Justice Carbon,
and involved the question whether or
not garment purchased by woman
from local merchant fitted the pur-
chaser The jury found that 1t did fit.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1907-12-26
Sabbath is Llberty's BuIwark.

Kansas City, Mo-, Dec. PAS re-
suit Of Judge William H. Wallace's
campaign for observance of the Sob
bath the county grand jury has
Sept. 20 returned 1,101 Indie
against vlolators of the Sunday = u;
forced hundreds Of shopkeepers to
close their places of business on that
day and within the past three weeks
has placed over 500 Sunday working
actors, actresses, theatrical managers
and their employees and others under
bond for hearing later. The grand
jury is still in session.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1907-12-26
FIFTY poje oned Inv ci,icLe,

Davenport. the neighborhood of
fifty people, who attended Lutheran
church supper, are suffering from
ptcmaine poisoning, received from
eating chicken which is supposed to
have been poisoned in cold storage
The poison took effect on the
patients five hours after eating, and
between the hours OF 2 and a. M
nearly every physician in Davenport
was summoned to attend the patients
The younger patients have most all
recovered, but many of the older
people are still in a dangerous condi
ton. So far no deaths have occurred
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1907-12-26
Atlantic Woman Shoots Self.

Atlantic.-Mrs. W. A. McCue, wife
of farmer living near Cumberland
shot herself in the side with SO.
caliber revolver, and her death fol
lowed three-quarters of an hour later
Her husband and 5-year-od child were
witnesses of the accident.
Mrs. McCue's husband had handed
her the revolver to put away She
turned the gun upon herself and pull
ed the trigger. AS she sank to the
floor Mrs. McCue exclaimed, 81 didn't
know it was loaded. didn't mean to
do that"