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Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1907-11-21

Raa,a ,ba The Kind You Have Always Bought
' s'': :; re Nx117Nzzzw

Dave EriXon left this after
noon for McClelland, where he
will open his saloon tomorrow
morning.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1907-11-21

Mrs. O'Leary of Council
Bluffs, is in the city the guest
of her mother, Mrs. Rhodabeck.
Little Mabel O'Leary lost her
Teddy bear which she would
like returned if anyone finds it
in this city.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1907-11-21

Young Rudolph Wohlers, who
was accidently shot in the foot
the other day, is getting along
as well as could be expected.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1907-11-21

DR.. O'Gorman, of Onawa, was
in the Valley today visiting
friends.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1907-11-21

Mrs. Lizzie Singleton and
daughter were Omaha passen-
gers this morning.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1907-11-21
Millinery at Reduced Prices

Come and see the large line
street and dress hats and
take advantage of the special
prices. Everybody welcome.
Miss Nina Smith,
AT Ctodd.r d,e,
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1907-11-21

A. i. Ley was a passenger to
South Omaha this morning
where he will transact business
on the live stock exchange.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1907-11-21

DR.. j. L. Tamisiea reports a
daughter born to Mr.. and Mrs.
VIM. Dom yesterday at their
home near Logan.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-10

remarks Mr.. Abbott, "the feeder must
have ready the total of the first col
umn-16-to transmit to his medium.
Before the person who has written the
figures has time to draw the line the
feeder says to him L please draw
line or stands for l and please
for g.
"The medium is listening for the
code. and Immediately adds the first
column and calls out, Put down 6 and
carry L. You are ready with the sec
ond column, and say to the writer, l
please put down and carry l. Your
medium knows that 4 please is 16, and
again calls out, Put down and
carry l..
"Then you have the last column
ready to send her and you say I asked
the lady quick ("quicl1" stands for 81
how many more columns there are to
add The gentleman at the board adj
vances and asks the question of the
medium. who Immediately responds,
There is only one more column to
add, sir, put down 15. The answer to
that sum is 1866"
Then Mr.. Abbott shows how easily
the medium, though blindfolded, can
tell what figure on the board is indi-
Gated when it is merely Tapped by her
partner. 1.-THE audience is bewildered
and never stops to think that this part
of the programme has been pre-
arranged" Mr.. Abbott arranges that
his medium shall answer in this order
., 1872, nothing there" "A, nothing
thnre 81 "nothing there" 1877
nothing there" Sometimes he will
slightly vary the order.
Mr.. Abbott's code can be made to
cover almost every conceivable thing.
We give just the first three signs:
81" means figure 1 or letter "a"
GO" means figure or letter B.
Can" means figure 3 or letter &C."
So:
Il want to know the initial pa"
Go and tell this letter."-"B."
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-10
Snow Cost Half a Million.

The snowstorm which visited New YORK
this week, the worst in thirteen years,
cost the city in the neighborhood OF half
a million dollars solely for cleaning the
streets The loss TO private citizens IN
one way or another cannot be estimated.
The loss resulting from the number OF
horses that had to be killed because or
injuries received in falling is big item
in itself. On Thursday, the third day
after the storm, the number of horses
shot exceeded the record of any single
day for many years. The execution was
done by agents of the Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. The
efforts of the society were not connned
to horses injured by falls.
More than q hundred hack drivers were
forced to blanket their horses, II, as was
often the case, the driver was out OF
sight In a saloon, the horse was blankefed
by an officer of the Society for the Pre-
cention of Cruelty to Animals. Several
times when horses fere found standing
with their heads hanging down, in COM
plete distress, they were simply driven
by officers to the stables of the society
and left there. to be found by their
drivers. Fifty suffering cats and dogs
were also taken up by the wagons OF
the society.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-10
Free
Suffering from
Piles Unnecessary
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venience or the interruption OF your DUST
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the irritated membrane of the rectum,
Giving new life to the deadened blood
Vessels and causing the ulcerous condi-
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starting 10 use the Pyramid Pile Cure
the patient will find the congestion reliev-
ed and the swelling diminishing as well
as the, disappearance of that awful sense
of itching.
paad the record of this wonderful cure.
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back home for years, | used all KINDS
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get cure or even few hours reilef'
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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-10

New Workers. like nothing so much as
murder mystery and the city has had Its
share of them of late. First was the
killing of DR.. Charles w. Townsend,
prominent physician of Staten Then
came the death of Mrs. Ida NJ Binge, who
was the widow of well-to-do custom
house broker and importer. The charge
was made that Mrs Binge was poisoned
by a member of her family and the dis
trict attorney considered the circum-
stances so suspicious that he ordered an
investigation.
The story of the murder of DR.. Town.
send is more amazing than the best tales
that have been woven by novelists. only
Edgar Allen Poe could have written
more remarkable story Just year prev
ious to the killing of DR.. Townsend, to
the hour and minute, the wife of the slay-
err had died while undergoing an opera
tion II was DIR. Townsend who perform
ed the operation.
Moody and sullen, the murderer, Bell,
brooded for year over his alleged grev-
ances. on the night of the anniversary
of his wife's death he stole into DR.. Town
sends home with the cunning of a thief.
watching the sleeping physician until the
moments of his wife's death arrived, he
awakened his victim and shot him.
The police have learned that the muir
derer watched for an hour by the Town
send beside before executing the death
sentence
There is ample evidence that the muir
derers motive was revenge, though not
actuated by jealousy or Islander. On
the tomb over Mrs, Bells grave is mute
evidence of her husbands nature, for 1t
bears these words:
Life is sweet, but revenge is sweeter.
It is believed that DR.. Townsend knew
who shot him. for when he was asked TO
name his SLAYER, as II to complete dra-
matte setting, he said:
''Why should two lives pay for thisY"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-10
THoUGHT-READINe EASY
If You Follow Plan of Wizard Who
Astonished London,
From the London Chronicle.

From the London Chronicle.
Mr.. FAINT Abbott, the clever wizard
who, in the Daily Chronicle few days
ago, let the public into some of the
secrets of Thought transference,' has
now published his promised pamphlet
on the subject, with the interrogatory
title of Can you Zancig?o Those who
want to mystify their friends can get it
at the bookstalls today for a shilling.
With his WIFE, Mime. olivia, the
beautiful WITCH" Mr.. Abbott has been
giving public exhibitions in London
and the provinces for man years past.
He has entertained and baffled thou
sands He has performed so many APP
parently wonderful tricks that prob
ably he would have had no difficulty in
convincing credulous people that he
and his wife were blessed with some
occult powers; but he has never put
forward any such claim, nor allowed 1t
to be inferred that he relied on any
thing but an all-sufflcing code.
1t would be unfair to disclose the
Abbott code as set out in the pamphlet.
But at least ii is permissible to Illus
trate how ii works. Take the trick in
which the medium adds mp three col
limns of three figures blindfolded, with
her back to the board. In connection
with this Mr. Abbott gives the follow
ing useful hint:
With all blackboard experiments the
feeder" must appear to be talking TO
the genetleman who is assisting him.
and in that way convey his message 10
his medium.
Some orc writes, say the following
sum.
OF
2e4
365
Directly all the figures are down,
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-10
War on the Negroes.

Again the negro question is to the
front in New York Several wears ago
negro real estate company started the
scheme of buying or leasing apartment
houses in districts previously occupied
exclusively by whites and letting the
mats TO negro tenants, Every time they
invaded new neighborhood trouble fol
lowed. Recently new section of Harlem
has been invaded and the residents and
property owners are hurriedly forming
themselves into syndieates or associations
ior the purpose of buying up flats that
are tenanted or are about to be tenanted
by negroes. The other day syndicate
or property-owners In One Hundred ana
Thirty-sixth and One Hundred and Thir-
ty-seVenth streets between Lenox and
seventh avenues bought from Hannah
- lneooala her TWO five-story tenements
Nos, lO6 and los West One Hundred and
Thirty-seventh street. Several months
ago the two flats were populated with
negro families, TO the great surprise and
Indignation of the white neighbors Sineef
then the whites have been moving out
the values of surrounding property have
peen depressed and property-owners were
becoming panic stricken.
An association of white property-own-
er on west One Hundred and Fiftieth
One Hundred and Fifty-first and One
Hundred and Fifty-second streets hes
taken an option on the apartment house
NO. o25 West One Hundred and Fifty
first street. between Amsterdam avenue
and Broadway. which was bought re-
Gently by the Afro-American Realty COM
pany in which the notorious Hannah
Elias is said TO be largely Interested The
tenants were furious when negro walked
In one day and told them he was the
new boss" They told him they would
move out. He only grinned and remarked
he could get higher rents from negroes
than from whites
lenox avenue and One Hundred and
Thirty-hfth street has become a negro
naighborho06 It Is locally nick-narosA
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-10
Cost of Making Gas.

The hearings in the proceedings In the
action begun by the gas company to get
out of reducing its price to so cents a
thousand, as required in a statute passed
by the legislature, has brought out some
interesting information concerning the
cost of manufacturing gas. In the num-
berless hearings before the referee Ar
thur Fl. Masten, Assistant CORPORATION
Counsel William P. Burr contends that
he has proved
l, That 1t costs the Consolidated Gas
company only 521s to 531a cents per 1000
feet to deliver gas at the consumers me-
ter, and that at so cents the profit to the
company is 26h cents per 1000 feet.
.. That the total present value of the
company's property is only $Sf, t22. 454
nearly $4,000, 600 less than the amount
claimed by the company's appraisers.
3. That the company is working under
contract with the Standard Oil com
pany, whereby 1t pays / cent more a gall
Ion than other companies charge and con-
sequently in the cost of oil alone the conn
pany pays cents more per 100 feet of
gas than 1t should.
4. Sworn admissions were inade an the
stand by Walter r. Addicks. yice-nresi-
dent of the Consolidated Gas company
Robert A. Carter, the secretary and other
OFFICERS, that the Consolidated Gas COM
pany Is absolutely at the mercy of the
STANDARD OIL company. although the
Rockefellers control both, and that IL If
should choose to charge twice as mI1ch
FOR the oil the company would have to
pay II. "
8, That although many of the fran
chises have since expired. the comnsny
still carries them on its books at a yalua
of IS 0O00 900 '"''e
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-10
Bowery polltically-toOk place the other

Bowery poltically-took place the other
day"
The distribution was at the Sullivan club
house, at 207 Bowery, where every Christ
mas for the last seven years, Big
Tim" has given a Christmas dinner to
his Bowery constituents. At these feasts
he gives pipes and tobacco, together
with cards inviting his guests to meet
him again on February g. to accept a
pair of socks and shoes at his expense.
This invitation brought crowd of $500
to the club house. The Bowery, for two
blocks, was so packed that Police cap
tain Mannion and the reserves hurried 70
the scene to preserve order.
big Tim" was panied to learn that
about 100 men had sold their tickets to
get money for drinks. The prodigals
stood around looking so sad and meek
that Tim gave them another chance; but
he made sure that the purchasers of the
tickets would not be benefited.
Johnny White. the referee. and
Handsome Billy" Leonard carried out
the scheme They put unnoticed tiny
chalk mark on the left shoulder of every
applicant for pair of shoes. When a
man made his appearance with the tell
tale mark he was promptly hustled down
the stairs.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-10
The skyscraper Limit.

There has been an interesting discus
sion going on lately as to the limit OF sky
scrapers.
Edward 8. Murphy, the city snperin-
tendent of buildings, thinks that the 100
story building is not impracticable He
says:
"There is no legal limit to the height
of buildings now and so far as | can see,
there is no need for any such limit. Just
so long as builders comply with all the
regulations of the department controlling
the sizes and depths of the foundations,
they can go on raising their structures In
the air until they are more than double
their present height.
1.-THE 1o0-story building, | believe Is TO
be not only possible but practicable Ger.
tainly ON all grounds OF safety there VIII
not be any objection to structure OF
that height. -.
To prophesy for the future little: II
seems to me that the era OF tall building
has Just begun Tall as the forty-six story
building, to be built by the Metropoii-
tan Life Insurance Company may seem
at present, | am positive we shall often
see 1t eaualed, beaten and perhaps actu-
ally doubled in size
The Metropolitan Life building. when u
receives its addition. will be sos feet high,
or forty-six stories, the tallest skyseraper.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-10
A GOD-GIvEN MEDICINE

Rev. John C. orebaugh, .
prominent clergyman and tenn
perance advocate, says that
DUFFY'S PURE MALT
WHISKEY is a God-Given
Medicine.
Thousands of temperance advocates
and clergymen throughout the count
try agree with DR.. Orebaugh, and have
the courage of their convictions to
recommend DUFFY'S PURE MALT
WHISKEY as the greatest tonic
stlmulant and body-builder known to
science.
81 have suffered from irregular appe-
tite, diarrhoea, then constipation, abb
normal temperature, often below nor
NAL; at times the memory is dull and |
feel stupid. l have tried many treat
ments with no beneficial results. Par
don me to furthermore say that have
always been opposed to whiskey as a
beverage, but have always believed
that PURE whiskey used as medicine
was God-Given one NEVER found
PURE until I got "DUFFY'S." The
: best I could get seemed to increase my
trouble and would burn in my stomach,
but I find nothing disagreeable with
DUFFY'S. It has done me vast good
and I trust others may use it through
my recommendation. "-(Rev.) JOHN
c. OREBAUGH, Anderson, Ind, Oct, 2,
1906
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-10

Can you tell this one PC"
Take the months of the year:
"I' is January.
go" is February.
Can" is March.
So:
"Can you tell this gentleman the
month he was born n?"-"March."
In the same way the code is ex-
tended to colors, to metals, to Christian
names, to relatives, to cards, to coun-
tries, and to articles.
In the matter of dates nothing could
be simpler. For example: "Tell the
date" means 1900.
So:
q" tell the date-1901.
"G' tell the date-1902,
Can" tell the date-1903.
1t should be explained that there is
nothing cumbersome about Mr.. Alb
bolts 81" One fancies all the while
that he is saying AYE"
However, enough has been said to
make clear the simplicity of the Abb
bolt code. And if there still be any
one who fancies that "Zanciging" de-
ponds upon some mystic force he can
rot do better than study this pamphlet.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-10
Curious Dishes.

From the Chicago Chronicle.
"a couple of lax sandwiches. II you
please"
1--WE don't keep 'em, sir
"Ah, don't you? A cromascy, then"
SORRY, but we don't carry cromascies."
"Then give me bubble and squeak"
The waitress, with a sour smile, shook
her head.
TOAD in the hole?'
mo, sir
Red with rage, the man clapped on his
hat and left the eating house.
lie is an English emigrant,' the
waitress said. Lots of English emigrants
come here, and they are always asking
for the queerest dlshes-pubble and
squeak, lax sandwiches, toad in the hole,
cromascies. 1t would pay us to serve
them these dishes, and we'd do so, only
we don't know what they are"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-10

the "Parlor Car Porter's Paradise" Ihe
residents are trying to keep the negro
colony there from spreading
1t is charged that the invasion OF GER
tain districts in Harlem by negroes is
scheme on the part of INSCRIPTIONS spec
ulators to depress the value of property
so they can buy it cheap and then do
whichever will pay the most-rent to
colored people or resell to whites.
Recently a negro who moved into Al
West Fifty-sixth street was bombarded
by the white tenants and frightened so
he moved out next day.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-10
Coney Islands Reformer.

Every person who has visited New
York doubtless carried away with them
a vivid memory of Coney ashland and the
Hippodrome. Coney Island is the largest
summer amusement center in the world
the hippodrome is the biggest thing in
that way In the country. The visitor
perhaps did not stop to find out who made
these two vast enterprises, possible. the
man was Elmer S. Dundy, who died the
other day of pneumonia. The firm of
Dundy and Thompson built Luna park
which reformed Coney Island and made
1t what Is today The same firm built
the Hippodrome and it was Elmer Dun
dy, better known as Skip who got
the money and managed the business end
Dundy was a public benefactor In re-
forming Coney Island for years ago 1t was
very corrupt
II was the chosen haunt OF scoundrels
who ruined young women, Of short
change walters in low dance halls,
of strong arm men who robbed drunk
ards of what money they had left after
the saloon bouncers had elected them. OF
crooked gamesters and all manners of in
EQUITY. Preachers never exaggerated its
evils, because theiy could never know
them all.
The opening of Luna park reinforced
those of the old Coney Island, who want
Ell 10 nlhhe u decent pace OF IL ana turned
the scale toward decency, Imitatnrs fol-
lowed. The beautiful displays of cleo
trio lights which are emhlematic of the
new movement now look down on nothing
indecent. Investors whose personal char
acter is far from suggesting the reformer
joined the movement for business rea-
sons. Prosperity came with the cleaning
up.
Coney Island in midsummer is now
something no visitor 10 New York should
miss
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-10


all
the / s
and a
PureM
nzeda medci inc a
Sold by all druggists groces and dealers direct in sealed
bottles only in bulk Price ST. Insist the genuine
and see that the "Old Chemist trademark the label
Beware reed bottles and spurious malt whkey substitutes
offered sale by unreliable dealers They positively
harmful and will not Illustrated medical booklet and
doctors advice free Duffy Malt Whiskey Co., Rochestr NJ
DOsTER NORTHINGTON DRUG CO., DIS
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-10
Shoes for $500.

The annual distribution of shoes and
socks by the two sullivans-who ruled the
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-10

Try the cawk for half-tone and line
luasrztiA~a Aas.Hsssls RHi!dlnA
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-10

Murder Mysteries.
II ana MAY, judzA ~ TIA NAN spapsys
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-10

Directly all the figures are down,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-11-06
THE HORSE TRIUMPHANT.

When motor vehicles came into
practical use a few years ago predic'
ton was general that the day of TIT
horse had begun its decline. Since
then we have heard it over and ovel
again: "the horse must CO. And ne
is going everywhere, and his price is
also going some. The scarcity of com
mercial horses has advanced prices
s12,79 per head the first six months OF
the current year
Europe makes any quantity of au-
tomobNes and Americans buy them
and toot them about the streets and
race over Florida sand tracks with
them. But we raise horses for an in
ssstent European demand. When prices
Justified it upward of $4,000 horses
per annum were purchased at the
Chicago market for export to England
France. Germany and Mexico.
The horse is doing pretty we'll, thank
you. So is his maternal nephew. the
Missouri mule. Autos are on sale as
low as 5000, but team Of good Mis-
souri, mules will buy and outlast four
OF them.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-11-06
POLITICS AND MORALS.
(HarSl;n County Citfzan

Much of the talk about the liquor
quarrel at Davenport is prompted by
political motives, a desire to club some
one Aside from this, there is no more
reason now than for years to raise
great hue and cry The liquor laws are
being broken in every community in
the state Thereisn't a county in the
state where liquor is not illegally
drank in the back alleys and byways.
It is not worse now than ever. 1t is
better. But the law is continually and
everywhere broken. 1t is no different
in the river towns now than 1T has
been. If they want to make war on
the traffic so much the better for their
sense of law enforcement and the
moral tone of the community. If any
other community wants to take UP the
task, the same may be said. All these
things help to build up continually
better mortal tone. But when it comes
to calling out the militia or some sec
ton of the state rising up en- masse to
discipline some other part of the state
they wash their own linen.