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Mower County transcript., 1908-06-10

PRESIDENT Roosevelt has reappOint'
cd the inland waterways commission,
as the do-nothing congress failed to do
anything along this desirable line. 1t
is all right. 1t is very necessary.
Mower County transcript., 1908-06-10

THE three daughters of J. r. Walsh
the defaulting millionaire banker of
Chicago are denying themselves the
honors and privileges Of society and
have taken up the profession of train
ed nurses. A very honorable and
commendable course.
Mower County transcript., 1908-06-10

CANDIDATES for the legislature
must express themselves on the ques-
ton of county local obtion. They
cannot dodge it. How d" you stand?
Mower County transcript., 1908-06-10

A horse thief up at Grand Forks
stole team Thursday, was arrested
Friday and was sentenced Saturday to
year in the pen. What an example
for good it would be if such speedy
Justice was meted out to millionaire
offenders.
Mower County transcript., 1908-06-10

A Philadelphia man threw his, wife
out doors Saturday for wearing a
Merry Widow hat home. No doubt
there was provocation but he was not
justified in going to such an extreme.
He might have vented his indignation
on the hat along.
Mower County transcript., 1908-06-10

A billion dollars Of beer brewing
capital is represented at the annual
convention OF the U. S. Brewers as
sociation at Milwaukee this week.
Prohibition will be a prominent topic
for discussion. There is something
doing.
Mower County transcript., 1908-06-10

ANOTHER case of legislative blund-
ering and deception. The bill appro-
priating 100000 for the Seattle ex-
position contained a provision for Sun
day closing but some one cut this out
when the bill was passed. Who is the
guilty congressman?
Mower County transcript., 1908-06-10

Two hundred married men have been
substituted in the place Of that many
single men on the payrolls of the
Minneapolis Engineers department
since the plan to give married men the
preference on public work was pro
mulgated TWO weeks ago. This is a
good policy.
Mower County transcript., 1908-06-10

ACCORDING to a report issued from
the weather bureau the precipitation
for the past May was 8 81 inches while
the average rainfall for the same
month in Sc years is only 3.77 inches.
Just nine clear days are recorded.
We thought the rainfall doubled on
us last month.
Mower County transcript., 1908-06-10

THE disclosures in connection with
the Chicago bakeries ought to- make
one feel. worse than seasick. Flour
stored iu stables, employees smaking
and chewing, rats, cats and dogs in
great numbers do not tend to make
their goods palatable.
Mower County transcript., 1908-06-10

SENATOR Platt is about the sOrrlest
spectacle that a man can present. he
seems to have none OF the honor
which righteous old age should fairly
hrirnr
Mower County transcript., 1908-06-10
The Best Pills Ever Sold.

"After doctoring Is years for chronic
indigestion, and spending over two hun
dred dollars, nothing has done me as
much good as DR.. Kings New Life
Pills. l consider them the best pills
ever sold:" writes 3. F. Ayscue, of In
gleside, N. c. Sold under guarantee at
X. o. Wold's drug store. Csc.
Mower County transcript., 1908-06-10
Electors of the County of

To the Republican Electors of the County of
Pursuant of the laws of the State of Mime
sofa and the cal of the Republican State Cen
tral Committee. the Republican County Cen
trail Committee of Mower County, Minnesota,
hereby issuesits call for the Republican County
Convention for Mower County, Minnesota, to
be held on Thursday. the 25th day of juno, 1908
at $50 O'Clock in the afternoon, at the Court
House. in the City of Austin, in said Mower
County, for the purpose OF electing thirteen (13)
delegates to the Republican State Convention
to be held in the City Of St. Paul, Minnesota.
on "Wednesday. the 1st day Of July. 1908, at
nominating candidates on the Republican
ticket for the following state offices. to wit:
Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of
State, Treasurer, Attorney General. and two
Railroad and Warehouse Commissioners.
The basis OF Representation in said County
Convention shall be the average of all the votes
cast for the Republican candidates for Cover.
nor, Lleutenant-Governor, Secretary Of State,
Auditor, Treasurer and Attorney General at
the General election of 1906. -
Each of the Precincts of the County shall
be entitled to one delegate for every twenty five
(25l or major fraction thereof, of said average
votes cast in the respective precincts. :
All primary elections in the several precincts
of said Mower County, for he election of dele
gates to the said County Convention shall be
held on Tuesday. tho 23rd day of June, 1NB be
ginning at o'clock p. M, and closing at
O'Clock p. m !, of said day.
The apportionment{of delegates from the sew
1 erakprecincts Of the County, on the basis above
I set forth. has been found to be and is as fol
Mower County transcript., 1908-06-10
Eggs for Hatching.

From thoroughbred poultry. Barred
Plymouth Rocks. Silver Laced Wyan-
DOTS $lOO for 49, Bronze turkeys and
Toulouse geese tgg+ also. rite for
prices to Mrs. F.. H. PIKE, Austin,
MIMI, Route s, NV phone II J-2
Mower County transcript., 1908-06-10

SOME of our recalcitrant congress-
men will find that it is much easier to
got away from Washington than it is
to get back.
Mower County transcript., 1908-06-10

REPRESENTATIVE De ArmOud of
Missouri says that many members OF
the House wear speaker Cannon's yoke
as 8 decoration. That is fact. Our
own representative from this district
wears it.
Mower County transcript., 1908-06-10
OFFICIAL News OF MOWER COUNTY

SOME claim that Mrs. Guinness. the
Indiana mlrderess, is not dead. Ii
she is not, she ought to be.
Mower County transcript., 1908-06-10
Wonderful Cures

Perfected in old cases which have been neg
lected or unskillfully treated. No experiments
or failures. We undertake no incurable cases,
but cure thousands given up to die.
Consultation Free and Confidential.
Reference, Drexel State Bank.
Address DIR. ADDISON-JONES,'
145 Oakwood Blvd. Chicago.
Mower County transcript., 1908-06-10
Look at the New Map of the Chicago
Milwaukee & st. Paul Railway.

Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway:
A large map showing the Pacific
Coast extension of this Railway
through South Dakota, North Dakota,
Montana, Idaho and Washington has
just been received here. 1t IS ready
for inspection at. the local station.
This new line passes through an excel.
lent farming, istock-raising. dairying
and fruit raising country, where there
are unusual opportunities for all. De-
scriptive books and maps are free for
the asking. c. W. SNERE, agent.
Mower County transcript., 1908-06-10

a8sF lUVh4.s 6S
By order of the Republican County Central.
COMMITTEES OF the County of Mower, Minnesota.
Dated May 26th, a.. y. !, 1905 IS.
81 "A. SHERMAN, # Chair man
Secretary 49,
Mower County transcript., 1908-06-10
OFFICIAL CALL

For the Republican County Convention to
be Held in Austin Minn., June 25th,'.
1908 ----~
Mower County transcript., 1908-06-10
Special Diseases of Men an,
Women a Speciality

Blood Poison, Syphilis, Structure, Gleet Sper
matorrhea. Varicocele. Hydrocele, and tn
bility, Nervousness. Defective Memory, etc.
which ruin mind and body, positively cured.
Mower County transcript., 1908-06-10
Nervous Debility

Are you nervous and respondent; weak and
lifeless; memory poor easily fatigued; excit-
able and irritable: eyes sunken, red and
blurred; pimples on face; restless; haggard
looking; weak back; deposit in urine and
drains at stool distrustful: want Of confidence
lack of energy and strength?
Mower County transcript., 1908-06-10
Piles, Fissure,
Fistula, Hydrocele

Guaranteed Cured Without the Knife o1
Detention From Business.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1908-09-25
IDAHO FALLS NOTES.


The informal reception given by
the v. |. 8. to the teachers Of the
city schools on Saturday, the i 9th,
was decided success. 1t was held
in the Club of Commerce parlors and
was enjoyed by large company OF
women.
This annual event in Idaho Falls Is
greatly appreciated by the teachers,
many of whom came from far distant
to a land of strangers and such a
welcome makes them feel at once
that they have taken up their abode
among a friendly people.
At the short business meeting held
previous to the reception, verbal re-
ports were given of the Federation
meeting at Mackay and quarterly re-
ports of different committees read.
Mrs. Pittinger, chairman of the
State Legislative committee, and a
member Of the Board of Directors
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1908-09-25

Address--Th The Reform school
Miss Belle Chamberlain, State
Superintendent of Schools, Boise
Unfinished Business.
Election of Officers.
Report of General Federation Dele
gate Mrs. H. Wilbur, Mountain
home.
Adjournment.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1908-09-25
REPORT OF CHAIRMAN OF HIS
TORICAL COMMITTEE.

The committee can report in two
words" nothing done" And say
further, In three words some
things doing" The members of the
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-15
A MIsERLY WOMAN

Dear Aunt Laurie:
The most interesting person l have
ever seen is called by the boys Carrie
Nation. She is a woman who cheWs
tobacco. She is a miser and is said to
have many thousand dollars, which she
does not let the bank keep for her.
She digs holes and keeps her money
in them. Every day she sells papers.
She asks people for money and makes
about $40 or SIS every day. She fights
the newsboys and whenever she gets q
large amount of money for paper she
does not hand you back any change.
One day my friend and I passed by
her corner where she was selling a
newspaper to man. He handed her
a half dollar and did not receive any
change. He got mad at this and said:
Haven't you any changer" and she
said: mo, not for you" She is a
very old lady and she can't use all her
money, for she shall die soon. She
lives in an old house and she is a
widow JOSEPH GUIDERO,
442 South Avenue 20, Griffin Avenue
school, B5.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-15
THE HERMIT

Dear Aunt Laurie:
The most interesting person I have
ever seen was an old hermit with hair
down to his waist line. His clothes
were old and ragged. He did not seem
to be human. He was scarcely to be
seen. The old fellow would not answer
any questions or converse with anyone.
The hermit lived in the mountains
near Sturdevants trail The house was
made of mud and rocks. with one door
and no windows. The door had a crude
latch which only he himself could open.
The boys often visited the place, try
ing to see the old man open the door
but the secret was never discovered.
1t was difficult to find out any of his
business.
In the summer he would go down in
the valley and work on ranch, chop
wood or would beg for a living if he
could not get work. He did so be-
cause the travellers got too inquisitive.
In the fall he would return to his
mountain home. This time of the year
the travellers are gone and he is left to
live in peace in his stone house.
DAVID NJ. SMITH,
Sixteenth street school, grade 7, age
12, 200 West Eighteenth street.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-15
STRANGE COSTUMES

Dear Aunt Laurie:
am very glad to tell you of an
odd woman She Is very queer in
many ways. When this woman is
called upon by her friends she does
not seem to care much about them.
If they do not come to see her she
gets very provoked at them. She will
talk at times, and again she will have
nothing to do with her best friends.
She often turns her back upon her
company when they come to see her
She is very feeble, for she is getting
old. At times she is very friendly;
other times she will get angry about
nothing.
She is a rich woman and her Ian
guage Is very peculiar. Her dress
too, is very odd in many ways. Some
times she does not wear any stockings.
Sometimes she goes to town with n
short skirt on. She does not do this
because she cannot afford better ones,
but she seems to prefer to dress in
this queer fashion.
LEILA HUFFMAN, 9TH Grade.
Age 10. Griffin Ave- SCHOOL,
442 s. Griffin Ave.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-15
INTERESTING SHIPS

Dear Aune Laurie:
1 see that you have asked us to tell
you what we like best in this paper.
L for my choice like the writer's con-
test best, because it gives us good
practice In the line of writing stories
and for our composition in school. 1
think The Herald Junior is a fine paper
to read.
1 think the most interesting thing /
ever saw was the battleship "West Vir-
ginia u. S. S." The time that the
Pacific fleet was In the harbor of Long
Beach the school children could be
admitted for ten cents. My sister and
L both visited them with great pleas
ure. We went in little launch from
the wharf to the ships. They were
one-half mile out in the ocean. When
we entered the ships we first looked
for a guide to show us the different
parts of the ships.
We looked at the large guns. The
guide showed us the bean bag with
which they practice shooting. 1t was
awfully heavy.
He then took us down stairs. The
kitchen, hospital, drug store and the
wireless telegraph station were down
there.
The kitchen was full of the Chinese
cooks. They we're getting dinner.
Everything looked so neat.
There were two patients in the hos
pital.
There was a small room full of
drugs.
In the wireless telegraph station the
man turned the connections with the
other ships off and showed us how to
work it. 1t was so interesting.
We were on the ships from ten
o'clock to twelve M.
The guide was so jolly we could ask
him anything. One of the girls asked
him IL he had ever been sent to the
jail for punishment. He said, mo"
So she told him he was a good boy
Then of course he laughed.
Nobody was permitted to go to the
jail. !,
They said that they were not treated
as nice In any other city as they were
in Long Beach. They hated to leave.
BEULAH FOUST.
IA years old. 7th grade. Orange
Avenue school, Monrovia, Cal
Your good wishes are appreciated,
Beulah, and your letters are always
welcome,
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-15
A RABBITS HOUSE

Dear Aunt Laurie:
will tell you of my pet rabbits
papa said he would buy us pair In
Juiv. and he did. We have twenty-one
now / like to catch a little fat one
and tie a piece of ribbon around its
ear One morning when I was going
to school Invent out to see if they had
uIenty to eat. And TO my surprise l
saw a deep hole down in the ground.
She was taking down dry grass and
string. When l came home that night
the hole was covered up I went and
told mamma, but she did not know
what to think of it.. This morning
went to give the rabbits water, when
something underground was pushing
dirt up. / thought it was gopher, SO
I went on with my work. Before |
went into the house good clear hole
was followed, and out came little
bunny, soon another came out and an
other. Papa fixed a nice cozy box for
them. While / was watching the little
bunnies l was thinking how they could
breathe under ground all covered up. So
went to work digging up the hole.
First / came to a narrow hall which
was filed with dirt, and to the end of
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-15
A BOX HOUSE

Dear Aunt Laurie:
When we were camping in the canyon
there was an old lady who judge was
about ninety-five years old. She was
very odd in all of her ways. She lived
in a house that was made out of boxes
She would come to where we were
camping every day. One day she told
us il we wanted her to make us a
house she would make it out of boxes
She dressed very funny. She had on
a pair of old shoes and they were all
worn out. She said that they We're
her Sunday shoes. One day we asked
her to play with us and she said she
would. When we were playing she
saw a horse coming and she climbed a
tree. She said that she was afraid the
horse would take her away. When
the horse went by she came down out
of the tree
We stayed there for about two weeks,
and when we were leaving she told us
to come back and see her some other
time when we could stay longer.
ELLA WILCUT.
527 South Johnston street, age II,
Griffin Avenue school, B5.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-15
A VISIT TO THE MINT
Dear Aunt Laurie:

Dear Aunt Laurie:
My mother and father and sister and
myself were staying at my aunts and
l1ncle's house in San Francisco. We
were going about every other day to see
the sights. One day we went to see
them make gold money. First it came
in long strips. There was man who
cut it in round rings of different sizes,
and there was another man who
stamped them. There were piles of
gold money on the floor that they had
already made.
They have a place marked Off where
the people can stand and watch them
work Before the people that worked
there could go home they had to be
searched There were three or four
policemen in the room so they could
watch the people and see that they did
not steal anything.
About every two or three years they
burn the carpets because the shavings
from the gold fall off on the carpets.
They make lot of money that way.
The girls that work there sometimes
hide gold in their hair. They take the
gold on their fingers and run 1t through
their hair When they get home they
wash their hair and get the gold out
of it. ALICE b. PENFlELD.
21O South Griffin avenue, class Be,
age II, Griffin Avenue school.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-15
PLEASANT LESSONS

Dear Aunt Laurie:
/ think the most interesting person
is my elocution teacher. She gives me
exercises. She teaches me pieces to
recite and teaches me songs. We play
"Going to London" and play Butter
fly" too, and she let's us choose which
color we want to be. One little boy
said he knew what was a pretty color
for butterfly, so I asked him what it
was, and he said red polka dot silk.
My lessons are one hour long and 1
take them once in two weeks. She
has a class of big girls that take les
sons the next day after I do, and l go
over and sing with them sometimes.
One time we played that we We're SOL
diers and while we were shooting the
hammock broke down with two girls
in it, and my teacher said that we shot
them. She said that she would give
us some breakfast for soldiers were
hungry because they had been fighting
al night. She gave US a slice of Bos-
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-15
RoosEvELr,s HAT

Dear Aunt Laurie:
1 believe the most interesting thing
I ever saw was at the Fiesta at Los
Angeles about six years ago.
In the morning and evening we saw
the floats. Some of them ran on the
street car tracks They were the pref
tiest in the evening, when the street
was Illuminated and the floats were all
lighted up.
In the afternoon we got a place in
street car and waited to see President
Roosevelt.
We stood up so as to see him, but
there was big crowd and we could
not see very well. We waited quite a
while, and he did not come.
But after a while the whole crowd
stood up and looked.
There was a small space between a
building and the street cars, and l
could not see the street very well.
Finally the carriage came into view,
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-15
SAW A WABsHlP
Dear Aunt Laurie:

Dear Aunt Laurie:
It was a summer day. The sun
shone very bright. l was at the beach.
In the afternoon war vessel came
sailing into the harbor. AS soon as
it landed 1 was on it. sailor showed
me how to get to the place where the
cannons were.
One of the cannons barrels was as
large as my fathers chest. 1 asked
a sailor If I could crawl into one of
the cannons. He said I could IL L
would take off my shoes.
I told him would. When | got off
my shoes l crawled in. The cannon
was very smooth, But I soon came
out. I put on my shoes and went
down in the engine room.
Everything was shfned till it looked
like gold. When 1 came out of there
I saw very large gun. 1 tried to lift
1t, but could not. Then came to the
telescopes.
I took one of them and looked
through it. 1t seemed to make the
things come closer to me. 1t took me
very nearly all day to go over the
vessel.
1 saw a pan in which they cooked
their bread. 1t was seven feet around
and four feet wide. AS I was leaving
the boat I saw a telescope that you
could see five miles with. 1t was seven
O'Clock which I got home.
ROBERT FAIRCHILD, B5 Grade,
Age TO- Griffin ave. scnool'
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-15
OLD JENNY, The soUAW

Dear Aunt Laurie:
Last winter I spent three months in
Nevada, where 1 met an old Indian
squaw from the reservation. She be-
longed to part Of the Phoebe tribe. She
was very old, but she herself didn't
know how old, and was small and
rather dark. She had a good deal Of
temper and when real mad would scold
away in her own language at a great
rate. Every Tuesday she washed for
us, coming early in the morning for
breakfast and then she washed till
dinner time, and then had her dinner;
then she washed till about the middle
of the afternoon She wanted her sup
per, but she didn't get it. Old Jenny
was one of the finest basket makers in
the tribe. One big basket she made
was worth SIS. She would bring her
baskets to town and go down to the
train to sell them She would sit in a
ring with other Indians and gamble for
hours at time. She would take all
the old clothes and shoes we gave her.
At Christmas time she would go around
saying: white mans Christmas,
money, money!" The poor old woman
had pretty hard time, for she didn't
have any one to look after her.
MIRIAM HUFFMAN,
No. 1878 Appleton Street, Long Beach.
Carroll Park school, grade BE- age IL.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-15

amazement he stood In front of the
house for few minutes and then
walked away, turning back to look
every once in a. while.
We went on playing and when we
went down to the corner one of the
girls said she saw him down on Sichel
street. One of the other girls went
down to see, but by this time he had
disappeared. I have not seen him for
q week. ADDYS M. T. JONES.
2S14 East Main street. Age 10.
Griffin Avenue school, B5 grade.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-15

the hall came to a little round room
that was followed out as neat as any
person could do. In this little room
were great masses of hair which she
took from off her back. That was
something very interesting to me.
MURIEL SWARTOUT.N
9S6 East Fifty-fourth street, Fifty
second street school, A6 grade.
P. 81 hope you always succeed with
the Junior
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-15
A WISE KITTEN

Dear Aunt Laurie:
I am little girl years old. live
on a ranch one mile from Pomona and
I go to school on my wheel. My mann
ma (grandma) takes The Herald and
l love to read the letters.
What I think the most of is my blue
and white kitten. l call her Honey
Bug. When start toy school she fol-
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-15

lows me out to the road and cries until
l am out of sight, but she will not fol-
low. dress her up in my Jessie dolls
clothes and wheel her around in my
little buggy, and she likes it as much
as I do. When l sit her on the porch
and point my finger at her and say:
Honey Bug, kiss me-" she Iicks my
face. DOROTHY DRAPER,
Grade pa
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-15

ton brown bread on a plate with a row
of candy beans around it
ARNOLD WILLS.
700 East Forty-eighth street.
Mckinley avenue school, grade AL =
Age 6 years.
A very nice letter from very small
boy, who is sure to win prize some
day If he continues as well as he has
begun.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-15

and saw Roosevelt's hat mot Roose-
veltl 1 was not tall enough to see
him.
That was one of the most interesting
objects l have ever seen.
SAMUEL BRIGGS,
Age II. Center Street school, Orange,
Cal
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-15

The HERALD JUNIOR will
give one dollar in cash to this Los
Angeles school girl if she will call
at this office, give her name, ad-
dress and grade of school and
wear the same dress and hat she
wore in the picture.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1908-03-14

Here is a new science" It's ex.
ploiter is lady of brilliant gifts who
calls 1t mental therapeutics, and who
teaches that by following her theory
men and women can make their dispo,
sitions and characters what they
please-in fact, compound them, just
as skilled operator in that line com
pounds chemicals. And they can do
more than that. Says the lady: There
is no question but that IL we concen-
trate our minds we can spin through
space at any distance. We can travel
to China, or to the Himalayas." And
II the theory can be carried out in
practice it will surely put the airships
out of business, for everyone can be
his own flying machine. 1t is enough
to make one light-headed.