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Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-11-21
Is First Fire in Two Years

Is rFITst TIT 9 IT IWo Yedrt. q IA 4
Blue Earth, Mimi, Nov. 16. - The
first fire in nearly two years occurred
here last evening when the City hotel
barn burned to the ground.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-11-21

Some men stay away from church
because when fishing isn't good the
weather Is bad.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-11-21

A doctor says that whistling after
eating aids digestion, but those who
havet to whistle for their meals can dis,
pense with 1t.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-11-21

The man who vents his spleen on an.
other gets most of it himself.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-11-21
Pe-ru.na Tablets.

Some people prefer to take tablets,
rather than to take medicine in fluid
form. Such people can obtain Peruna
tablets, which represent the solid me-
dicinal ingredients of Peruna. Each
tablet is equivalents to one average dose
of Peruna.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-01-31
HORSE BECOMES POLICEMAN.
Returns to Livery Stable With Young
Man Asleep In the Buggy.

st. Louisa seven-year-old gray
horse belonging to the George C. Kern
Livery company became policeman,
and after being stolen. arrested a sus-
pect.
The horse attached to a buggy was
standing in front of theater, when
some person having no right to do SC
jumped into the buggy and drove Off
Kern notified the police of the theft
description of the outfit was tele
phoned to the various districts and
policemen in all parts of the city were
on the lookout.
At four a. m. the horse. tired out
covered with perspiration, and drag
ging the mud-bespatteredb buggy, pulled
up at the front door of the livery barn.
Hostlers ran out and took the horse
in and were greatly surprised to dis.
cover young man asleep in the
buggy. The police were summoned
and the young man was arrested.
When questioned as to how he came
to be in the buggy he declared he
found 1t at Jefferson avenue and Pine
street. and, after driving up and down
looking for an owner, had stopped at
a corner TO wait for a policeman, and
had fallen asleep.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-01-31

From the verandas of the old hotel
there is view of Mount Tom in the
distance. and the towns OF Amherst
and Northampton. together With
many little villages and towns scatter
ed along the Connecticut valley.
One of the proposed uses of this
site is that of hospital for the cure
OF consumptives. as 1t is said that the
clear air and the coldness of the at
mosphere during the summer make
the location one of the best adapted
for this purpose in the country.
In case purchasers are not forth
coming for these two magnificent geo.
graphical show places of the state. it
is said the properties may be ac-
quired as a part of the land admin
istered by the trustees of public res
ervations.
The fate OF the two mountains
which were both the pet schemes of
wealthy men. is a matter of inter-
est to the people of the western part
of the state.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-01-31
SEEK FOR EARTHLY HEAVEN.
Kentucky Family Spends Fortune Try.
ing to Find New Paradise.

Bowling Green, O.-With all of large
fortune frittered away. save a mere
pittance. his health gone, and his mind
impaired, Ephraim Shanabarger of
Wood county is the subject in pro-
bate court of an application for a
guardian
Shanabarger's troubles began when
his wife and two sons became the fol-
lowers of a strange religion, which
taught that there was a place upon
the earth's surface where there would
be everlasting life. and which spot
would be preserved when the balance
of the world was destroyed by fire.
The scrolls found, according to the
leader of the sect, pointed out the
place to be some 20 miles from Liv.
ingstone. Texas, a totally barren coun'
try. There the followers went, Mrs.
Shanabarger providing the means oil
keeping the occupants of the heaven"
alive.
The Shanabarger wealth came from
oil found on Ephraim's farm. The
Texas institution and bad investments
have wiped all but little of 1t away.
and the application for a guardian was
made in order to preserve what is left.
Mrs. Shanabarger died some little
time ago and the remaining occupants
of the heaven" are reported to have
come to the conclusion that a mistake
has been made in locating the sacred
spot
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-01-31
HIGH PEAKS FOR SALE
pyrishs, by Underwood a Underwood. N. 7.

ney, who in company with his friends
during the ownership of the range
often was to be found ranging over
the mountain in quest of game.
From the summit of this peak a
broad view of the sweeping hills of
the Berkshires, interspersed here and
there in the valleys with towns and
hamlets, may be had.
Not far from the lodges which Mr..
Whitney built stand the now desert
ed homes of the colony of workers
who kept the preserves in condition
and attended to the lodge buildings,
the stables and the wild stock.
Nine moose in the Whitney herd
still roam at large on the mountain,
together with 30 deer and two elk.
The buffalo once there have been sent
to the New York geological gardens
and to the Austin Corbin preserve in
New Hampshire.
Forty years ago upon the summit of
Mount Holyoke was erected the Pros
pect house, with cable railway run
ming from the base. From the win
dows of railway train running from
Springfield to Northampton this an
cient structure perched like a senti-
mel at the top of the peak, with the
sluicelike tramway running straight
down to the base, is among the first
show objects that attracts the eye of
the traveller.
This mountain is a part of the
John Dwight estate, and while not SO
large as the October mountain. COM
prises $50 acres and is held to be
worth $4,000.
Double that amount was spent in
constructing the railway up the
northern side of the slope, and for
merly thousands of wealthy visitors
from all parts of the country visit
ed the Berkshires for the purpose of
spending week far up among the
clouds at this then fashionable place.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-01-31
Expert Ocean Mail sorters.

One OF the most interesting perform
ances OF modern times is the handling
OF the mails in great ocean steam
ships. Some of the men become SO
expert at sorting that they work az
most automatically. many OF them be-
ing able to put their finger on any
particular town marked on the rack
blindfolded. On an ordinary western
trip they carry on an average about
100000 letters and some 10000 regis-
tered packets. The latter have all to
be written up in detail in their books
during the voyage. and this takes
more time than the actual sorting. The
officials do not always manage to fln-
fsh the work by the time they reach
port. and when such is the case they
accompany what is left to the general
post office and complete the job there.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-01-31


oh had
oen not particularly
nap TO turn into ravires
bolted and Bacon to the
president looking laughing
hu grted his teeth
the esadde
how to ride and
more Mr. o ding
Mr. reached
He he
While the president
to ride
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-01-31
Monarch Uses the Press.

In the course of the recent sojourn
OF King George of Greece. in Paris, .
long article was published in news
paper in that city dealing with the
conditions in the island Of Crete. The
the editors. but 1t has been learned
since that the signature was fictitious
and that its true author was the king.
King George is not the first monarch
to avail himself of an opportunity to
publish his views on pending ques-
ton of the day.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-01-31
HEALTH and SPIRITS
Arc Restored by DR.. WiIIiams' Pink
Pills In Cases of Debility and
Dependency.

General debility is caused by men,
tai or physical overwork with imper-
feet assimilation of nourisnment, or
by some acute disease from which
the vital forces have been Frustrated
and the entire organism weakened SO
as not to easily rally. To restore
health 1t is necessary that the blood
should be purified and made new.
The case of Mrs. E. M. Spears, OF
92 Lit. Pleasant street, Athol, Mass,
is a common one and is given here in
order that others may be benefited by
her experience. She says: 81 had been
sick for a year from Indigestion and
general debility brought on by over
work and worry. / mad tried many
remedies, but found no relief. l suf-
fered from swelling of tle limbs, loss
of appetite and dizzy spells, which be-
came SO severe towards night, that !
sometimes tainted away. / was bill
ious and my hands and arms would
go to sleep for an hour or two at a
time. | was so sleepy all the time
that l could hardly keep awake. j
had FREQUENT cramps In my limbs and
severe pains at the base Of my head
and in my back. My blood was i'm.
poverished. I was afraid to give up
and go to bed fearing that l would
never get well.
about this time DR.. williams
Pink Pills were recommended to me
by a friend in South Vernon. VT ]
felt better soon after beginning the
treatment and continued until / waa
entirely cured. consider DR.. VIII
liams' Pink Pills a grand medicine
for weak women"
DIR. Williams Pink Pills are sold
by all druggists, or sent. postpaid. or
receipt of price so cents per box. SIP
boxes $3.50, by the DR.. Williams Medt
cine COMPANY. Schenectady. N. Y.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-01-31
skuNKs PROVE VALUABLE.
State of Maine Produces Annually
25,o00 Gallons of Oil.

Augusta, Me-The skunk harvest is
on in Maine and 1T is expected that
the harvest will amount to 100000 of
the odoriferous little animals. Maine
produces more than 25 900 gallons of
skunk oil every year. What is it used
for? Many think it sovereign rem
edy for rheumatism, in spite of the
fact that no oil or liniment or ex-
ternal application can cure rheuma-
tism, and it is used as medicine in
other ways. The skunk skin is val
liable commodity. Milady who thinks
she wears a sealskin coat would prob
ably be chagrlned to know that it is
made chiefly of skunk skins. These
skins, which are the foundation of
many furs of different names, sell
from rs cents to two dollars. An av-
erage skunk will yield quart of oil,
which sells at five dollars gallon
wholesale, and the Maine youngsters
find skunk hunting profitable on frosty
nights, receiving enough to buy their
winter clothes, and they generally
need new clothes after a skunk hunt.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-01-31
TWO BIG MOUNTAINS PLACED ON
THE MARKET.
Whitney and Dwight Estates Trying
to Dispose of Holyoke and octo-
ber In Western Massachusetts
Both Ideal Elevations.

Springfield. Mass.-For sale-Two
mountains! ---
These have been placed on the mar
ket in the western part of Massachu-
sets. One is October mountain. tow
ering above the Berkshire peaks in
beautiful Lenox The other is his
toric Mount Holyoke, at whose sum-
init still stands the old Prospect
house, once the proud show place of
western New Englanders.
They have become elephants on the
hands of their owners, and seekers of
unique summer retreats are to be
given an opportunity of acquiring pos
session of two of the most ideal ele-
vations in New England.
October mountain comprises 10000
acres of sweeping woods, in which
still roams a part of the game with
which the late William c. Whitney
stocked it's preserves, is valued to-day
at 100000.
Mr.. Whitney, when he purchased
this tract of mountain forest meta
morphosed it into one of the most
beautiful and valuable private game
reservations in the country. AT the
present time a traveller across the
mountain infrequently comes upon
browsing elk or deer which were sent
there by the New York millionaire.
When the mountain is sold. this
stock will go with it. as well as the
lodge of four camps, number of
stables and a water tower, all erect
ed and lavishly equipped by Mr.. Whit
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-01-31
Young Men Form Lemon Club"

Young Men Form Lemon Club"
South Norwalk, Conn.-Norwalk has
a unique social organization called the
Lemon club, and no young man is
eligible to membership unless he has
been rejected by his lady love and is
now sworn to bachelorhood. The by
laws call for an admission of the re-
ception of a lemon and pledge to
leave all fruit alone in the future. in
cluding lemons and peaches. Many of
the prominent young men of the town
are members of the club, and at re-
cent meeting officers were elected, as
follows: Main squeeze, Arthur G.
Hoyt; chief juice extractor, Howard
Baker; keeper of pips, Horace Sig
man; chief handler out, Edward r.
O'Brien; main peeler, Addison Austin.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-01-31
Has UNPLEAsANT ALLIeAToR HUNT.

mammoth alligator nearly made a meal of
Representative James Mckinney of Illinois while
he was on the Isthmus of Panama with some of
his colleagues of the house during the Christmas
holidays making personal investigation of the
canal zone.
After looking over the big ditch 1t was de-
termined that the party should have an alligator
hunt. The members started out in launches armed
with magazine rifles. They sneaked up on a sand
bar where a lot of alligators were sleeping and
discharged volley. The agators which were
not too badly hurt wriggled back into the water
and disappeared A count was made of the dead
and 12 were found
Representative Mckinney and Capt Stanton
who connected with the canal worL antarad
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-01-31


Of
A
that enable
The senator's equipment
the
piece and the battery contact The
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-01-31
At the Nations Capital
Interesting Bit, of Gossip Gathered Here and There in Washing
Lodge and Taft Have the Laugh Secretary Bacon
Mysterious Noise Disturbs Dignity Of the Senats

WASHINGTON.-Presiden Roosevelt and a
horseback ride the other Sunday resulted In AS
sistant Secretary of State Bacon being temporarily
laid up for repairs. Mr.. Bacon had badly bruised
leg as result of being unable ito sit his horse"
as the president explained. He confined to
his home for two days result of the ride
Mr.. Bacon. who frequently goes into Loudoun
county. Va. to ride behind the hounds and who
during his Harvard days n crack polo player,
was invited by the president to take a ride with
him. Mr. Bacon glad that the president sug-
gested riding. on previous occasion the presi-
dent took him out for a walk and after travelling
over the country roads about IL or IA miles wound
up the day by fording the Chesapeake canal with
out removing his clothing Mr. Bacon to show his
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-01-31


in he
confederacy.
but trans
adm tered a
Secretary in the dp
win
Mccormick Paris
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-01-31

a by themselves
fded Stanton
a iga
mott
coming
They
alligator" Stanton
him
cne nvtati to Din in anoth
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-01-31
MAYOR OF SUNBURY
Says Pc -ru ma Is a Good
Medicine.

Hon C. C. Brooks. Mayor OF Sun
bury. Ohio. also Attorney for Farm
ers' Bank and Sunbury Building and
Loan Co., writes:
Il have the utmost confidence In
the virtue OF Peruna- II is a great
medicine I have used II and / have
known many of my friends who have
obtained beneficial results from its
use. cannot praise Peruns too
highiy."
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-01-31

As an elephant is frightened by a mouse, so
has the dignity and poise of the senate been dis
turbed by "buzzz-zz-z-z-z" not unlike that of n
humble bee in clover patch.
All through the shower of White House mes
sages the safety valve of the nation has continued
to maintain its reputation for calmness and unruf-
fled composure. Even when the presidents epis-
ties cattered like hail upon the clerks desk and
there was sign of a let-up the senate contin-
ued unrufled and seemingly unannoyed.
But the other day the "buzz-zz-z-z" proved
too much for senatorial nerves Several com
planned They could not find 1t. 1t seemed to
come from everywhere, and from no place in par.
ticuar
Every engineer In the canitol WAS called In
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-01-31

THERE are host of petty ailments
which are the direct result OF the
weather.
This is more true of the excessive
heat of summer and the intense cold
OF winter, but is partly true of all
seasons of the year.
Whether 1t be cold or a cough,
catarrh of the head or bowl complaint,
whether the liver be affected or the
kidneys, the cause is very liable TO
be the same.
The weather slightly deranges the
mucous membranes of the organs and
the result is some functional disease.
PerDna has become standby In
thousands of homes for minor ALL
mems OF this SORT.
Ask Your Druggist for Free Peruns
Almanac for 1907.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-01-31
Japs Get British Contract.

A Japanese shoe manufacturing
concern has secured a contract for
shoes for the British army in India.
1t is one OF the largest shoe contracts
ever placed.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-01-31

Robert S. Mccormick, ambassador at Paris
who will leave the diplomatic service soon, will
retire because his conduct at st. Petersburg dur
ing the Russian-J apanese met with the dis
approval of President Roosevelt and not because
of any activity on his part in marrying Miss Pat
terson, his niece. to a Polish nobleman.
Miss Patterson is the daughter of one of the
owners OF Chicago newspaper and her marriage
three years ago to Count Gyzitski approved
by her parents Thissmatch had nothing to do
with the retirement of Ambassador Mccormick.
While stationed at St Petersburg Ambassador
Mccormick espoused the cause of Russia in its
war with Japan. During hostilities he was grant
ed leave of absence and returned to the United
States. Upon landing at New York he found the
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-09-05
The q. A. X. To Saratoga

1t has been decided by the lonia Co.
Battalion, G A R. for the National er :
campment at Saratoga, to place one
through chair car (seats free) at lonia
and one at Portland to be attached to the
Pere Marquette regular trains at those
stations, Saturday, September z. These
cars will join the Michigan headquarters
train at Grand Ledge at 6:45 pm which
leaves the Union Depot at Detroit, via the
Wabash, at 1880, arrive at Niagara Falls
at 500 am, Sept. 8, stops two hours
for a view Of the falls, arrive at Buffalo at
$50. Leave Buffalo, via west shore
railway, at 900 am, stops thirty minutes
for dinner at Syracuse and arrives at
Saratoga at $50 p m, September 8
Through sleepers from Detroit, sleeping
car rates double birth from Detroit to
Saratoga, Pullman $3.50. Tourist Sl,z5.
Railway fare Saratoga Springs and re-
turn-Greenville SIS IS; Belding S $50:
Ionia and Portland SIS sc. Tickets sold
September 6, z, 3. All oomradea are
cordially invited to join with the Iona Co.
Battalion. Side trips from Saratoga and
return, 100 miles for Sl.oo.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-09-05
New building started

Ground has been broken on the site for
the new home for the infirm and destituge
of the county. This is another step t. =
wards replacing the county house burned
ast March. To reach the present stage,
much careful work has confronted the
county officers, the prosecuting attorney
and the board of supervisors. So far
they have done the work faithfully and
we'll No stumbling blocks have been en-
countered, which would have been tine
case had they failed in carrying out the
difficult task before them. The sale of
the bonds was put through without
hitch, as was the location of the new site,
and the purchase of the land. The repre-
sentatives of the county are to be COM
mended for their honest endeavor. and we
believe time will prove their judgement
good. As to the work ahead, Secretary
Storrs, of the state board of corrections
and charities. is authority for the state
ment that the plans for the new county
house are the most complete of any he
has ever called upon to approve. He
ought to be IN position to judge.-lona
Sentinel.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-09-05

train, coming by way of Saranac on the
Grand Trunk road.
1t was ascertained that MIR Andres
had eaten supper at restaurant in Grand
Haven and also purchased a sandwich to
eat on the boat; this was tied up in a
handkerchief and his hand was still clutch
ing it when the body was taken from the
water. Mr. Jonas is Of the opinion that
in walking along the dock to take the
boat he stepped off into one of the slips
and sank in deep water The ending Of
his life in this tragic manner was sad in
deed, made more SO by the thought that
he was on pleasure trip.
He had lived in Keene for about thirty
two years, coming there from Germany,
and leaves wife and five children, John
and Peter Andres. Anna Gonoolf. Kate
Tllman of Beal City and Mary Haney.
who lives in the West. The funeral oc
Cured this morning at the Catholic church
in Miriam. FIR Zlndler officiating.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-09-05
Brewster,s Millions AtPower,

"Brewster's Millions" to be produced
at Powers theatre Grand Rapids, far
week, is a comedy pure and simple, baseu
upon the novel Of that name, written by
George Barr MoCuteheon. To those who
have read the book it is needless 70 say
that it is full Of incident as exciting as il
IS amusing, To spend $4,000 per day a.
first g lnoe looks not SO difficult propo-
siton but when that $4,000 must be in-
vested in living expenses and leave nc
assessable proceeds it begins to look a
little more difficult, but with the aid Of
friends Brewster manages to reduce a
million dollars to 20 assets inside of a
year in order to inherit Sz,0o0,ooo left
to him on the understanding that he was
absolutely penniless, with'no convertible
property or securities on the day he took
2, session. All this Montgomery Brew
ster does and more. for instead of losing
on the stock exchange he wins and this,
too, has to be got rid Of.
Matters are further complicated by the
girl question. MONTY" magines himself
a love with Barbara Drew. who is alsc
in love with him. She breaks the engage
ment because she considers him spend
thrift, and he is powerless to explaint he
cause Of his insane extravaganoe. but
pretty Peggy Gray. who loves Montgom-
cry deyotedly, condones everything and is
willing to marry him when she believes
him to be quite penniless, and so, after an
arduous year Of spending he gets what h'
wants girl who really loves him and a
fortune Of Sz,ooo,ooo.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-09-05
E.lI.pen,srnnn Y. ncnd.

E. n. Deatsman, whose sickness was
noted in The Banner two weeks ago, died
in Krem, NJ D last Tuesday and was
buried the next day. Typhoid fever fol-
lowed in the wake Of other complications
and hastened the end, Mr.. and Mrs
Welcome High, Albert Deatsman and
Mrs. Arthur Halliday were with him
when he died.
Mr.. Deatsman spent most Of his life in
the vicinity Of Sebewa. Just before leav-
ing for Krem he sold his large general
store at Sunfield.
He was also resident here fourteen
years ago and at one time owned the
block on the corner Of Bridge and Com
gress streets, then called the Deatsmar
block.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-09-05

Side bunch was defeated by a score Of 4
and 6. The Hubs beat the K. Of Ps by 4
to S.
Our citizens were somewhat dsappoInt-
ed that the balloon ascension was a
failure and some were disposed to criti-
size the K P's for it. They had arranged
with an expert aeronant TO come and give
the ascension at $50 p m, but at the
asst moment he broke his engagement ana
they were obliged to take one to make
the trip au $3.50 p m. provided the wind
did not blow to hard, he considered the
breezes were TO high and would no. &C.
the same fellow also disappointed the
Ionia people at $50 p, m. as the balloc
would not fill and toppled over.