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The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1907-06-21

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The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-06-01
Low MEAN TEMPERATURE IN
PAST TWO MONTHS DECD
EDDY UNUSUAL.
SUMMER IS COMING
However, Says Weather Bureau, in
Official Prediction, After Next
Monday-Cold Spring Makes
Name For Itself.

Washington, May 3l.--The weathel
bureau tonight announced all records
broken by low mean temperature
throughout the country during The
last two months and made this fore
cast.
Temperatures win continue com.
lparatively Saturday and Sunday over
the eastern portion If the country and
viii change only little in The ex.
IRENE west over the central portions
it will be warmer BY Sunday"
The entire sectiom east Of the Mis-
sissippi, added Foncaster Franlen-
field tonight, may expect cold weather
and rain tomorrow and Sunday. From
the present indications the weather
viii turn warmer by Monday and after
that will have real simmer weather
Following is the official report Of
the bureau tonight regarding the re-
markahly cool weather of the last
two months:
The month just ended was remark
able as being the second successive
month of abnormally low tempera-
lures over the middle and northern
districts. east of the Rocky Mountains
except along the immediate atlantic
coast. The record, combined with
that of April. furnished the mean
I mperature lower by several degrees
than The combined mean temperature
OF the same two months Of any pre-
yious year Of which there Is any re-
cord. In the vicinity of Washington
D. C.. the combined mean for April
md May was 535 degre 5, five dc
grees below the normal temperature,
while that for May alone was SO de-
grees, also five degrees below the nor
NAL temperature. and equalling the
low record Of May 1882.
The same general conditions also
prevailed in a greater or less degree
rom the middle Atlantic states and !
he lower lake region westward |
through the great corn and wheat dis |
ricts. and were especially marked in |
he upper Mississippi valley In the |
icinity of St. Paul, Mimi. prelimin.
Try calculations from date not entire. I
y complete. indicate a mean tenn
lerature of 4G degrees. - below the |
formal temp nature and fogr lower /
han the previous low record OF May /
sss."
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-06-01
ANNA, ILL.
May 30. 1907.


Mrs. r.. S. Jewell, of Los Angeles
Cal. is visiting her sister Mrs. R. A
Smith.
Mrs. H. II. Kohn and Miss Sophia
Feuss returned Monday from a short
visit with friends at ST. Louis.
Mr.. and Mrs Carl Bullard will de
part Saturday for Weiner, Ark, whe re
they will reside
Miss Annie Roy entertained few
friends Wednesday afternoon at her
home on West Railroad street
Rev and Mrs J. D. Shaddrick If
b nton, are guests Of MI and Mr.
John Shaddrick
Mr. and Mrs G. A. FIeidinger return
ed Monday from visit with relatives
at Carrollton, Mo.
Misses Euie DE Wolf Margaret
Stokes and Ethel Davis spent Monday
aud Tuesday with Miss Ruby Ether
ten at Carbonate.
Rev. l.. VI. Scroggs, of Tamaroa.
Rev Charles A. Miller. Of Csntralia,
anu AAfNs ~ 81 AfAA AdidIs ri AhliN.
were in Anna Tuesday and assisted IN
the dedicatory services Of Union
academy. Rev. W. J. Darby, of Evans
VILE. Ind, delivered the address.
Mr.. and Mrs r. Fl. Spann Of Cairo
are guests Of Mrs Spann this week.
Miss Laura Etherton returned Mon
day from an extended visit with rela-
tives al Carbonate.
Mrs. r. Va McCmskey. who has
spent the past month with friends
at Parkyille. Mo, returned home Mon
day
Rev. and Mrs. McCluer. Of Golden.
were guests OF Anna friends Tuesday.
Rev and Mrs. G. f. McCammon
spent Monday in Anna and attended
the alumni banquet Monday evening.
Rev. Levi Davis. the oldest Cumher-
land Presbyterian minister in the
state, died Tuesday at his home near
Anna. The funeral was held at the
NJ. f. church "Wednesday afternoon
and intermenf made at the Anna
cemetery.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-06-01
JUNE I IN HISTORY.

1888 Christopher Marlowe cele
brated dramatist, killed in i
quarrel.
AGA Lord Howe defeated the
F.ench in the Bay of Biscay.
1907 Gen John Buchanan Floyd
Secretary of War, born. Died
Aug %, 1862,
1886 Thomas w Ferry, e. S. Sen
alof from Michigan and acting
vice president of the T. s., born
Died Oct. IA, 1896.
1882 Thomas Sumter, last surviving
general officer of the Revolution
died in South Carolina Born in
Virginia, 1894
1856 CHR use fleet destroyed by Sir
NJ Seymour and Commodore
Keppel
lSG5- National fast day proclaimed
for the death Of President Lin
coin.
1SGS-James Buchanan. fifteenth
president of the U s., died.
Born April Is. 1891
1879 Prince Louis Napoleon killed
during the Zulu war in South
Africa
1891 Trial Of he Tranby Croft case
begun.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-06-01
| Mems $500 Suits
s ss's S12,95
RUBY'S TOGGERY
The last two days.
Friday and Saturday.

most novel and pleasing diversion
When You Know You're Not For
gotten BY the Girl You Can't Forget
was sung by Frederick Cornell and
Edward Allen, two of Calros most
well known and popular young solo
lists
Remember the prices at the opera
house have been reduced to cents to
any part OF the house. Go early aud
stay as long as you like Last night
the pictures and The songs proved so
pleasing to number of patrons that
hey remained throughout the three
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-06-01

The mayors cleanup" order is
quite as important as his gambling
order and citizens need 10 give II
heed now. Health Officer Orr will
start his teams today. to remove litter
from Second to Tenth streets until
June S. Cairo can be made very
neat looking town by the time the
Ifastlers come here. II citizens will
get rid OF their litter. Railroad street
should not be forgotten in this clean
up 1t is still, according to all ap
pearances, the municipal junk shop.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-06-01
TIME CARD CAIRO ELECTRIC RVS

BELT LINE cars due to leave Second st. 90
ing north on Commercial Ave, every is min
utes from n. m. to n p m
Goirg rorth on Walnut 1T every Is minutes
from sos m. to ia;5ln n.
POPLAR ST. LINE Holbrook Ave, car due
10 leave seeon 1t gsipg uerth on Holnreok
Ave, at 5:57; 6 n; 642; 6:67; 7:l2 a. and on
same minutes every hour until l0:42 and 1i:i2
p m.
Going west on Twenty Eighth st. ut 5:4a
6n9: 6:S4: Gao; and 7;04 d. NJ aud on same min.
ut.s every honr until 1884 and l1;nl p. NJ.
POPLAR It. cars due to pass st. Marys park
Is minutes afte- leaving Sec nd St
BELT LINE OWL CARS north on Walnut
II = 80 D. M. 1924 a. m: ~ 8. M: 230 a. M;
80 n. m. 4 80 q. m /; 8 80 n. m.
North on CnmmeTcial--i2 90 p. M l00t
m. 90 m. 100 a. m. 400 q N. a. N.
Belt and Owl cars are due tn pass Weat
Thirty fourth ~. is minutes after leaving
Second st
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-06-01
nature's Barriers to
wontan' Suffrage
BY MISS CATHERINE E. CONWAY.

political topics the benen influence quietly
exercised public strain, albeit they have desire
for the suffrage personal possession, against sweeping depreca-
tons Of feminine intelligence in this matter.
If the unrestricted suffrage the part Of women involved
quote avore Illustrations from Of its advocates
putting the would hard
against it.
But the Unrestricted suffrage would logically involve the
extension eligibility for political Office As who has had
from earliest years than ordinary opportunity study the effects
Of political campaigning and competition for elective office among
and years among offices open under
restricted suffrage the writer should for and for human
sake protest against enlargement of opportunities
The question Of dviny appointed Junction. and consequently Of
difference physique lies the of the We have not and
have the physical strength Of them expressed in muscle
and bone Then mental outlook different Our pasanhp is
intense and eXaustng 1t we nigh impossible for the most of
matters Our emotions nd hearts Our oer-sentye conscnces
would often persuade that sudden change political
involved less Of moral obqaty the part of those making il
whereas there might question of right and wrong but only Of
trey iusifable opporuneness exTedency.
What safely add her ordinary domestic duties or the
work by which She lives she the fatgues OF fort
night Of pmkng whether candidate candidates supporter
with the swift alternating of hope and fear the quick resentment
inevitable personal attack from the opposition and all the rest which
severely the comparatively nsensibe fiber Of. men?
Let deade ourselves here We cannot eat @ and keep
The nd into the ranks Of seekers for elective office
thhhcr aid the day after attainment of Unrestricted
urgvc should lose the chhaous consideration which
give For should be contndng against
and the omnoncr element will the majority
only rivals but rivals who had business the
ground.
Our opportunity put conscience into politics in whatever
onal influence We exercise on
!: q :: :: g.. :. e: 4: !: N;4 sk
a certainty njurc
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-06-01
Proof of Power.

The man who Is worthy of being a
leader Of men will never complain of
the stupidity of his helpers. OF the In
gratitude of mankind hor of the inap-
probation OF the public These things
are all a part of the great game. of
life and to meet them and not go down
before them in discouragement and
defeat is the final proof of power
Elbert Hubbard.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-06-01
A Campaign of "Naaalnq.r

By constant nagging at the drabbi-
ness and dinginess Of masculine cloth
ing, some attempt, Is being made to
impart a little color to it. Suits Of
distinct hues. like green and purple.
viii be urged upon man. With little
moro persuasion and perseverance we
may even ge. him in good time into
something a tritle more picturesque
in design than his present garments,
-Lany.s Pictorial
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-06-01
CONNELL' SHOW
B|GN|CKLE' SW0RTH
MOVING PICTURES, ILLUSTRATED
songs AND CLEVER VEN
TRiLoouisT OFFERED AT
OPERA HOUSE TONIGHT.

The best performance ever put on
in Cairo for the small admission
price of cents was that given TO the
patrons of the Cairo opera house last
night. Connells moving picture
show is proving a distinct success.
"Hh~F1rst Ride" was pronounced the
funniest picture ever shown and The
Fishing Industries" one Of Lyman II.
Howe's pictures was most interesting
and instructive. A feature attraction
IL the speciality introduced between
the performances by Prof Williams
the ventriloquisf, which proved a
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-06-01
RioaranhieaI.


Senator RedfieId Proctor, who II
lis rumored may soon resign his seat
In the United States senate in favor
Of his son. who is now governor Of
Vermont. was born in Proctorsville,
VI, June /, 1881. He began his politi-
cal career in 1867, when he was
elected to the Vermont house of rep
rcsentatiyes. In 1876 he was elected
lieut. enant governor. and two years
later he was elected governor. He
was lieutenant In the Third Vermont
regiment at the opening Of the civil
war, and was later on Gen W. f..
Smiths STAFF. After the war he prac
ticed law and left that profession TO
become a merchant Under President
Harrison he was secretary kof war
and i'm that position made a fine rec
ord. He paid particular attention 10
the coast defenses and under his in
tnence sites for fertilization were
purchased, money appropriated for
the construction of batteries and
mines. the great gun factory at
Waterviet was taken for the manu-
facture of heavy guns. and other
measures for similar guards OF the
nations safety were adopted. Since
1891 he has represented Vermont in
tho senate.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-06-01
Gladstone az = phrasemaker.

Mr.. Gladstone was a master OF the
art of phrasemaking. It was he who
first declared The Rowing tide is
with US" who dubbed himself the
old Parliamentary Hand" and used
the now everyday expressions. With
In measurable distance" by leaps
and bounds" and within the range Of
practical politicsr
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-06-01
April Circulation.

The above Is correct statement OF
the number Of copies printed of The
Cairo Bulletin for the year 1906. and
for the month OF March 1901.
CLYDE SULLIVAN,
Business Manager,
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this s0th day OF April 1907.
(seal) LEO ]. KLEB,
Notary Public
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-06-01
RIrthpI,ce unanpreciatIve.

Having made $4,000 600 in 40 years
In the United States. Abraham Reb-
mann returned to his native village Of
Spiez. Switzerland. intending to stay
there the remainder of his days. But
when a stained glass window, in
which he took pride. was stolen one
night, he sold his houses and contents
and returned TO America.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-06-01
Maps for Aeronsufs.

A European idea is maps. specially
prepared for aeronauts. giving the
position Of the principal objects such
as the bends Of the rivers. factories.
railway functions. etc. which can be
easily distinguished from the car OF
a balloon. Similarly. al the great
eenters Of light viii be irHcated on
the maps for use in night travelling.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-06-01
Mt5asa 6 &rvay

The commercial spirit
which has made great
strides throughout the
country, so much so that
in past years it has been
customary for academic
bred men to apologize
for their learning when
they rose to address an
audience, has risen and
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-06-01
Perfect Feminine Face.

A perfect feminine face should
measure exactly five times the width
Of an eve across the cheek bones. The
eye should be exactly twothirds the
eve should be exactly two-thirds
width of the mouth and the length Of
the ear exactly twice that Of the
eye. The space between the eyes
should be exactly the length of one
eye.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-06-01
HuHii.pHH Uratmtnu
Ant Ennugh
BY PROF. ROSCOE POUND.
Dean Of Law school. University of Nebraska.

fallen And every academic training has been
sought the Of
training being elected railroad chiefs The
adc lawyers who thought they could satisfy the needs Of justice
and gloomy their failure The academic trained lawyer
taking piece called academic trained the chemists
Mr. Business Man that he failure To-day the OF
commer1ialsm stands dscredted everywhere.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-06-01

Tomorrow's Bulletin will be the
only newspaper printed and circulated
in this section of the country. Il will
be the most carefully and most gem
orally read paper of the week, fact
If which advertisers will dc well to
take advantage.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-06-01
The Bulietin 10 on sals al the fol
sowing places:
Colsman's, 2f4 Eighth street.
Halliday Houss News stand.
Walkers, 10 sixth street.
nIus Front Restaurant.

MI will not take very much more OF
thN sort of weather to make us all
depNadent upon the American hen 70
save us from starvation The prune
crop may help some. also.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-06-01

tCOncluded from First Page.)
ed 10 be merely a problem of grow
ing wheat ANA corn and cattle. The
probl m of production has not ceased
10 be fundamental, but il is no longer
final just as learning to read and
write and cipher are fundamental, hut
are no longer the final ends of educa.
ton. We hope ultimately to double
the average yield Of wheat and corn
ment: but 1t is even more important
to double the desirability, comfort.
and standing of the farmers life
And most important of all, want to
say a special word on behalf OF the
lone who is too often the very hardest
RI rked laborer on the farm-th >
farmers wife Reform. like charity,
while II should no' end at home
should rtainly begin there: and the
man, whether he lives on a farm or
in a town. who is anxious TO see bet
ter social and economic conditions
prevail through the country al large
should be exceedingly careful that
they pr, vail FIRST as regards his own
womankind.
The Home Maker and the Home
Keeper.
| emphatically believe that for the
great majority OF women the really in
disp. nsable industry in which they
should engage is the industry OF the
home There are exceptions. OF
course; but exactly as the first duty
of the normal man is the duty of be.
ing the home maker. so The first duty
Of the normal woman is to be the
home keeper: and exactly as no other
learning is as important for the aver
age man as the learning which will
teach him how to make his livelihood.
so no other learning is as important
for the average woman as the learn
ing which viii make her a good
housewife and mother But this does
not mean that she should be an ov =
worked drudge. I have hearty SYN
rathy with he movement TO better
the condition of the average tiIler of
the soil, of the average wageworker.
and | have an even heartier sym
patty and applause for the movement.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-06-01

The suggestion by President Smith
OF the Commercial club that the presi-
dent speak to the people from the
roof OF the wharfboat is very good.
Besides being able to see all sorts OF
things himself. the people will be able
Ia see and hear him-and that. after
all, will be the most important.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-06-01
. n %

In opposing the FUR
Their extension Of the suf-
frage to women the writ
er has no uncertain con-
yiction Of feminine abil-
ity to grasp and often
times cogently TO express
a political situation. The
excellent work of some
women as editorial writ
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-06-01

Since the very vigorous action by
the police on Decoration Day and yes
teriay, there seems to he no doubt
that crap" games do not "go" In
Cairo. There is more deyllment in 4
game of craps than in an idle brain
or cage of monkeys; and there IS
more business in a $50 fine than in a
hundred Thou Shalt Nots.'
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-06-01

The Bulletin Is the only paper with
In a radius Of $50 miles with the ser.
vice OF the Associated Press.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-06-01

The X-ray has iast been introduced
10 the pearl fishers Of Ceylon to show
whether an oyster has pearls without
opening
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-06-01

More people in Cairo read the Bu'
letin than all other Cairo papers corD
bined-
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-06-01
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY.

Cairo. Ayander County, Illinois,
I1cniaton 1914.
Mayor, GEORGE PARSONS,
Cletk, r. A. HATCHER.
Treasurer, JAMES QUINN
City Attorney. f. NJ MOORE,
Comptroller, ERNEST WORKMAN.
Police Magistrate. A. j. ROSS.
Chief of Police, M S. EAGAN.
Alexander County, Population 22,467
County Clerk JESSE r. MILLER
Circuit Clerk, LEE y. DAVIS.
Sheriff. FRANK r. DAVIS.
states Attorney. ALEXANDER
WILSON.
Coroner. DIR. JAMES McMANuS,
County Superintendent Of Schools.
PROF. JOHN SNYDER
Assessor and Treasurer, FRED d.
NELLIS.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-06-01
CIRCULATION STATEMENT.

Average number Of complete and
perfect copies OF The Bulletin
printed daily and Sunday for
the year 1906 .............. 202s
Average number Of complete and
perfect copies OF The Bulletin
printed daily and Sunday dur
Ing the month Of April 1907 1882
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-06-01

which is to better the condition OF
their respective wives Th re is plen
| ty that is hard and rough and dis.
agreeable In the necessary work of
actual life; and under the best cir.
Icumstances, and no matter how tend
CIR and considerate the husband, the
wife will have at least her full share
of work and worry and anxiety; but
If the man is worth his salt he will
try to take as much as possible of tn
burden off the shoulders of his help
mate.
Nothing utopian in Idea.
There is nothing Utopian in the
movement; all that is necessary is to
strive toward raising the average,
both of men and women, to the level
on which the highest type of family
now stands. among American farmers.
among American skilled mechanics,
American citizens generally;
for la all the world there is no bet
Ter aud heather home life, no finer
factory of individual character, moth
ing more representative of what Is
best and most characteristic in Amer
lean life than that which exists in the
higher type of American family: aud
this higher type Of family is to be
found everywhere among us. and IS
the property Of no special group of
Best Crop is Crop of Children.
dren; the best products Of the farm
are the men and women raised there
on and the most instructive and prac
iical treatise on farming. necessary
though they be, are no more neces
sary than the books which teach VS.
lur duty to our neighhor, and above !
nh to the neighbor who is of our
own household.
The school is an invaluable ait |
junct to the home, but 1t is a wretch. |
ed substitute for It. The family rela- /,
tion is the most fundamental the /
most important of all relations. NJ 4
leader in church or state. in science /
II art or industry, however great his /
dols work which com
)ares in importance with that of the
'ather and the mother, who are the
irst of sovereigns and the most di
sipe Of priests
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-06-01
CIR Trltr Spirit nf
Mrntnrial Dau mtll Etthurr
BY COL. j. PAYSON BRADLEY.
Massachusetts Department Commander. C. A. r.

HE spirit of Memorial day reflection of the universal
~ and regard for the loved departed Memorial day itself
began expression Of aectonate respect for the
1SyU died the and make
Ws&YA free
NWS The idea itself that naturally appealed every
EEAA9H patriotic a alone beautiful
gA influence for the and development the pa
Szn~nmS rotic spirit it emineny useful
As time has gone the popularity of the idea Of day
apart for kind aectonae with those
who have passed the life beyond has that Memorial day has
significance for thousands Of persons who do recall memories Of
those four Of that pendous struggle for national existence
Yet the lines Of the union drawn closer and closer as tins
great nation becomes firmly welded in all its parts the original
significance Of Memorial day will be deepene.
When the last participant the for the union and when the last
and daughter any participant that struggle have passed
Memorial day Union day. il please to call it SUCH will still survive
because the Of those who saved the union will have become moi
less but precious every American. And in those
regions from which drawn the brave soldiers who fought the other
SIDE must be that the future will observe the growth of strong
Of the value Of the victory for the the sentiment
for secession
1t is therefore, certain that the which Memorial day
designed to perpeuate viii grow strong
!: !: :: $: !: !: !: SIS: !: =
and conditions of Americans ~
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-06-01

Board Of County Commissioners
]. j. JENrNELIE, Chairman.
GEORGE PARSONS.
DIR. EDWIN j. CAUSE
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-06-01
BETTER CONDITIONS

concluded from First Page.)
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-06-01

Big Four from North
No &c., .-..ttifS o m
No a-----.--- 7:i5 p IN
No. . ~
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-06-01

Big Four going North
Nh 80. -. T:ef a m
NO 7---.-- = 4:@ p N
d 3 daily