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The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1908-10-14

Readers of newspaper assume
that, if a store does not advertise in
the issue they are reading, it is be-
cause there is nothing interesting to
say about that store at that time.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1908-10-14
Wanted to Know.

II think Jones is the most absent
minded man ever knew"
what has he done now?'
''Forgot he was married"
SAY" spoke up Il little man over In
the corner who had not been paying
any attention before, "how do you do
thar"
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1908-10-14

Husking supplies at Geo. Menagh
& Co.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1908-10-14

Before sending your money away on
Mail Orders suppose you just peruse
the ADNERTISING COLUMNS of
this paper for bargains. OF course if
you don't see ADVERTISED here what
you want you are quite likely to yield
to the temptation to buy through a
catalogue.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1908-10-14

Some of our local Merchants have
discovered that the best way to COM
bat Mail Order competition is to use
the chief ammunition of the Mail Or.
der ple-ADNERTISING. No doubt
you compare notes as between Home
Advertisers and Foreign Advertisers
the. outsiders-and prefer to trade at
home if you see what you want.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1908-09-30

that she was clad only in her night
dress, and that she was sleeping
peacefully, having tucked her solitary
garment round her feet. At the point
at which she must have crossed the
fence, in order to get to the embank
ment, a plate-layer had left his coat
hanging on one of the posts, with the
result that the girl in some mysteri-
GUS manner, had got hold of the gar
ment in her somnambulistic walk.
wrapped it up and made pillow of
it upon which to lay her head.
One of the plate-layers remained
with the girl, while the other immeli-
ately went to call P. c. Rowlands Of
Llandulas, who hurried to the spot.
followed with equal haste by Mr..
Lane, the station master at Llandulas.
She was then picked up and carried
in a semi-comatose condition to the
police station. She had Bible and a
letter in her possession, which seemed
to indicate that she was Miss Amy
Parker, and native of Oakengates in
Salop. The letter also furnished clue
W IlCl Olu NOA"SA uuul Coo, anu upoA
that place being communicated with it
was found that the young lady was
staying there. She is handsome,
well-developed girl, and although so
young is nearly six feet in height. She
had suffered somewhat from exposure,
but had recovered much of her vitality
when claimed by her friends
1t is stated that the girl has been
rather inclined to somnambulism. In
the course of conversation she stated
that she remembered nothing from the
time she got into bed at Old Colwyn
and woke up at Llandulas police sta
ton, about two miles away. She must
have walked along the main road and
then branched off through some fields
1t is quite possible that the mere act
of getting over the fence where the
coat was hanging may have suggested
the idea of getting into bed.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1908-09-30
NEWS OF A WEEK
TOLD IN BRIEF
MOST IMPORTANT EVENTS GATH.
Erred FROM ALL POINTS OF
THE GLOBE.
GIVEN IN TENTED FORM
Notable Happenings Prepared for the
PerusaI Of the Busy Man-Sun'
mary Of the Latest Home and For
elan Notes.
POLITICAL.

Mr.. Taft spoke in half dozen Wis
consin cities and was indorsed by
Senator La Toilette Mr.. Bryan ad-
dressed big crowds in Ohio.
The New York state convention OF
the Independence party put up fuii
ticket headed by Clarence }. Shearh
of New York for governor.
Samuel Gompers, testifying in the
contempt case, repeated his story OF
an attempt by an alleged emlssarv
of J. w. Van Cleave to bride him to
betray the cause of union labor.
Judge William H. Taft started from
Cincinnati on a campaign tour OF the
middle west.
President Roosevelt issued red-hot
statement concerning the Senator
Foraker incident, turning it to the ad-
vantage of Judge Taft, who, ne
showed, had rejected in July propo-
sition that he consent 10 an indorse-
ment Of the Ohio senator.
c. w. Swisher withdrew as Repub'
lican candidate for governor OF West
Virginia
Senator Foraker of Ohio cancelled
all his speechmaking engagements IN
the campaign because of the charges
against him of having accepted money
from the Standard Oil Company.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1908-09-30
FORAKER LEAPS IN
POLITICAL CALDR0n
DELIVERS JOLTS TO HEARST,
ROOSEVELT AND TAFT IN
OWN DEFENSE.
SAYS PRESIDENT HAS
A GUILTY CONSCIENCE
Republican Candidate Is Charged with
Conserving with Standard OiI-De-
cIares Hearst Made Effort to Per.
vert Meaning of Letters.

Cincinnati, O., Sept. Ex-senator
Foraker prepared statement which
was made public Friday, replying to
the recent charges made by William
r. Hearst and President Roosevelt In
addition he bitterly assails Hearst,
Taft. and the president, charging Taft
with consorting with Standard Oil
magnates himself and declaring that
President Roosevelt's actions indicate
a guilty conscience. In the opening
paragraph Mr.. Foraker declared that
the president showed bias in accept
ing as true all the charges. He de-
MED that he acted improperly in ac-
cepting employment from the Stand
ard Oil Company, said that there was
no secret about it and produced let
tiers to prove that after the govern
ment began it's attack upon the Stand.
ard Oil, he declined to accept a re-
tainer from them. He charged that
Mr.. Hearst had other letters in addi-
ton to those which he gave out, and
that these other letters, if made public
at the same time, would have showed
how harmless was his connection with
the Standard people.
Senator Foraker's Statement.
The statement in part:
"Mr. Hearst's charges are not sim
ply that l was in the employment of
the Standard Oil Company and that
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1908-09-30
The Striker.

Samuel Gompers, at dinner in Chi.
cago talked about odd strikes.
IN the town of Tin Can" said Mr.
Gompers, "a strike once occurred in
the melodrama, Pure as Snow"
1.-THE leading striker was one Gar
rick Siddons. He tried vainly to get
his own and his comrades wages
raised to two dollars a week, and when
his efforts failed, he laid his plans.
1.-THE play concerned murder. The
villain slew man in the first act, and
in the third, in court scene, he was
tried for his life.
~Garrick SiddOns was the foreman
of the jury in the court scene. In Tin
Can, at the most thrilling moment,
when the cross examination of the vii
lain was at its height, Garrick Siddons
rose impressively in the jury box and
said to the villain:
'DeCoureey GUSTS, enough of these
subterfuges. You. and you alone, are
the murderer. ought to know, for |
am the man you killed. But it is the
last time you will do it, sir, at the
wages l am paid at present."
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1908-09-30
RATTLERs lNFEsT HOUSES.
Women in Mountain Homes Have
Many Thrilling Encounters.

Towanda, Pa.-The Barclay noun.
tain district is plagued by rattle
snakes. The absence of fires in the
woods for several seasons have given
the reptiles an opportunity to multiply,
and there have been some thrilling ell
counters with them.
Mrs. Michael Mcmahon found rat
tlesnake curled up behind the kitchen
stove and killed the snake with a
broom. 1t measured nearly five feet
and had II rattles.
The following day a neighbor of the
McMahons went to the henhouse to
gather eggs. The woman slipped her
hand in through the opening to where
the nest was, and came in contact
with something cold and Shiny. She
withdrew her hand, and moment
later the head of rattlesnake was
thrust out at her almost into her face.
Her screams brought help. The snake
measured four and one-half feet.
Mrs. Michael jenkins, residing near
Barclay, saw what she thought was
one of her da lighters hair ribbons on
the DedrOOm nOOr she stopped to
pick it up, when to her horror the
thing wriggled up in heap. It was
a rattlesnake measuring nearly three
feet.
A berry picker in the Lamoka dis
tr;ct killed five rattlers in one day.
A man named Munson, residing on
an isolated place in the same section,
lost IL young ducks and more than
that number of chicks. One morning
he saw a rattlesnake come out from
under the smOkehouse and seize a
chick, then crawl back out of sight
He and his boys pried the smokehouse
up and under it they found colony
of six rattlers. Three of them were
in lethargic state. owing to their
gOrging upon the Young poultry,
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1908-09-30
GENERAL NEWS.

The control of the Washington Life
Insurance Company passed from the
hands of Levi P. Morton, Thomas F..
Ryan and Harry Payne Whitney, to a
Pittsburg syndicate headed by Will
liam c. Baldwin, president of the
Pittsburg Life and Trust Company.
Raymond w. Pullman of the forest
service, WHO is in Minnesota investi-
eating forest fire conditions for the
government, estimates the loss in that
state at 100000 to s10,000,00O.
The supreme court of Washington
upheld the state law prohibiting the
sale Of cigarettes and cigarette pa
pers.
Declaring her disgust with modern
fashions, Mrs. Lulu kreitZer. aged 40,
a widow, returned to nature and ap'
peared in the street at Dayton, o.,
nude When the police We're summoned
the woman entered her home and ia
tally shot herself.
A big brick kiln at kenmare, N. D.,
burst and two men were buried in the
red-hot bricks and roasted to death.
Wilbur Wright, the American aero
pianist, flew in his machine at the
Auvours field at lie Mans, France, for
! hour, 81 minutes and % seconds
This is the worlds record.
August Eberhardt pleaded guilty at
Hackensack. \. j.. of the murder OF
his aunt. Mrs. Ottilie Eberhardt, and
was given so years in prison.
Insistent declarations that revolu
tionary outbreak in Portugal is i'm
pending continue to make their ap
pearance in the Lisbon newspapers
Fifty persons were injured in col
lision of interuIban trolley cars neal
Philadelphia.
A gift of 100000 to Tufts college
under the provisions of the Braker vii
recently admitted to probate in New
York was announced by President
Hamilton.
George Clark, colOred, was hanged
by mob at SherO, Tex, but was
found alive some hours later and put
in jail
The American bark Star of Bengal
was wrecked on Coronation island
and 10 men drowned, nine being
whites. Twentyseven were saved.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1908-09-30

ters. Alice, % years old, and Marie, 81
fearing violence.
The other morning he asked Marie
to accompany him to Chicago. He said
he wanted to pay his life insurance
dues.
During the morning the man and his
daughter walked along the lake front,
during which time he acted nationally.
Later he went to the insurance Office
and transacted his business, after
which he asked Marie to go up on the
tower with him. The girl didn't wish
to go, but the father insisted, and to
avoid scene she went.
When he reached the top of the
from his daughter and gazed out on
the lake. Suddenly he turned on the
girl. Her back was turned to him.
With wild cry he grabbed her about
the waist and, lifting her above his
head, started to throw her over the
railing. She grasped the balustrade
and screamed for help.
John Richardson, an elevator start
err, employed in the observatory. was
standing a few feet away. He grabbed
the insane man by the neck and
pulled him from the railing. Snarling
with rage. Shilling tore at the throat
of Richardson. Several other persons
who saw the ARRAY joined the strug-
gle.
The crazed man was finally over
arrived. The girl was taken to doc
tors office, where her injuries were at
tended to.
Shilling will be examined and appli-
| cation made in the county court for
his return to the Kankakee asylum.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1908-09-30
PERSONAL,

Gov. Haskell of Oklahoma, treasurer
of the Democratic national committee,
was summoned to meet Mr.. Bryan IN
Chicago for hearing as to the
charges against him of connection
with the Standard Oil Company
Encouraged by the success that has
attended the establishment of his
hero fund" in America. Andrew Car
negie has decided to found similar
fund in Great Britain. TO this end he
is about to hand over to trustees the
sum OF s25O,000.
Allan Forbes, a well-known club
man. was found guilty at Salem.
Mass. of cruelty to his pony during
a game of Myopia. A fine OF $50 was
imposed.
Mrs Jack Gardner, society leader
and art collector of Boston, Mass, Gre
ated a sensation in the exclusive Cop
ley square section of that city
by walking down the street in sheath
gown open to the knee.
President Roosevelt ended his vaca-
ton, and with his family and eXecu.
tive staff left Oyster Bay for Washing
ton.
Col. William F.. Stewart of the coast
artillery, whose case, because of his
detail to the ungarrisoned post at Fort
Grant, Ariz., has been before the pub
lie for some time, has been ordered to
appear before retiring board at
Washington, where he will be exam
ined as to his disability.
Bishop Carmichael of the Church OF
England, diocese of Montreal. was re
ported lying at the point of death. He
was stricken with an attack of heart
failure.
Clint o. Heath, formerly real estate
dealer and promoter of Denver, was
convicted of embezz!ing $500 from a
New York woman.
Edward II. Hartman, whose finan
cial rescue of the Erie system gave
the well-nigh bankrupt railroad new
lease of life, is said to be considering
the leasing of the Erie TO the Illinois
Central road.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1908-09-30
YOUNG GIRL TAKES LONG
WALK IN her DREAM
FOUND NEAR A RAlLWA LINE IN
WALES, CLAD ONLY IN
NIGHTDREsS.

London.-The adventure of young
girl, about 16 years of age who is at
present staying at Old Colwyn, reads
more in the nature of a romance than
statement of sober fact.
About 5:45 in the morning, as some
railroad plate-layers were proceeding
to their work, they saw girl lying as
if asleep on the side of the railway
embankment. and only a few feet
from the metals themselves. The point
half a mile of the Llandudno station
in the direction of Colwyn bay.
When the plate-layers reached the
girl they found. to their establishment.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1908-09-30
BATTLE FOR LIFE
ON HIGH TOWER
FATHER TRIES TO HURL GIRL
OVER RAILING ON AUDITOR.
lUM At CHICAGO.
CAUGHT IN THE NICK OF TIME
Elevator Operator FoiIs Attempt Of
Former Lunatic to Dash Daugh-
ter to Street-Fight RACES
Fifteen Minutes.

Chicago-A terrible battle with a
maniac with the life of his daughter,
Marie Shilling, a 21-year-old girl, at
stake, took place the other afternoon
when j. E. Shilling of La Grange, ILL.,,
attempted to hurl her from the Audi
torium tower, and was forestalled by
John Richardson, an elevator opera
tor.
The screams of the girl as she strug.
gled in the powerful arms of her
crazed father attracted the attention
of sight-seers who were viewing the
city from the tower.
The man was caught as he held the
girl poised at the edge of the railing
ready to dash her to the street, hun
dreds of feet below.
For Is minutes a struggle on the
narrow corridor on top of the tower
ragged before the maniac was overpow.
cred. Once he broke loose from his
assailants and grasped his daughter
in his mad attempt to end her life. AS
he loosened his hold on her the last
time she staggered through a door,
way and fell down flight of stairs,
where she lay until her father had
been overpowered.
The attempt on the life of the girl
was brought about by recurrence of
an attack of insanity from which
Shilling has been suffering for some
time. Only two months ago he was
released from the asylum at Kanka-
kee, where he was confined for three
months. He was driven insane by the
loss of his fortune.
For several days he had been acting
queerly. A few nights ago the family,
consisting of wife and two daugh.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1908-09-30

was paid for my services, but that
was secretly in that employment for
illegitimate purposes, and that the
money l received was paid as COM
pensation for Improperly influencing
legislation by congress in conflict
with and in violation of my official
duties.
He read number of letters and
made certain comments calculated, if
unanswered or unexplained, to create
the belief that his charges were true.
To Eliminate Foraker?
when Mr.. Taft's candidacy for the
presidency was first announced I was
surprised to learn from the newspa-
pers that the program of those having
in charge involved my elimination
from public life.
AN open declaration of war, such
as the elimination proposition in
volved. naturally brought controversy
and strife when there should have
been only peace. Finally Mr.. Cox an
nounced a harmony proposition-Taft
for president, Harris for governor and
me for senator.
Done on Own Motion.
"He did that on his own motion; not
only without any request from me, but
contrary to my desires. Nevertheless,
at once publicly announced that if that
expressed the wish of the Republicans
of Ohio( no one would support Judge
Taft more cordially than l would.
"Thereupon Mr.. Burton gave out
| an interview in which he stated that
Mr.. Taft woHld not accept from the
Republicans of Ohio an Endorsement
Endorsement of me for the senator
| ship"
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1908-09-30
Microscopic Writing.

A remarkable machine made by .
lately deceased member of the Royal
Microscopical society for writing with
diamond seems to have been broken
up by it's inventor. A specimen of its
works is the Lords prayer of 227 let.
ters, written in the 1887, 900 of a
square inch, which is at the rate of
63,SS0,000 letters or Is complete
Bibles, to single square inch. To
decipher the writing it is necessary to
use 1-12-inch objective. which is the
high power lens physicians employ for
studying the most minute bacteria.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1908-09-30
Noah's Excuse,

Capt. Pritchard, of the record break.
ing Mauritania, told a group of Amer
leans on a recent voyage that sail
or's life was hard one.
1T is not SO hard as it used to be
before the coming of steam,' he said,
but it is still fearfully hard for all
that. In fact, never heard of but
one man who had a decent excuse for
going to sea-"
And who was he, captain?" said a
Chicagoan.
"Noah," the captain answered. For
If the old fellow had remained on
shore he would have been drowned"
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1908-09-30
Hell FuL
ADV CE

You won't tell your family doctor
the whole story about your private
illness you are too modest. You
need not be afraid to tell Mrs. Pink
ham, at Lynn, Mass, the things you
could not explain to the doctor. Your
letter will be held in the strictest con-
fidence. From her vast correspond
ence with sick women during the
past thirty years she may have
gained the very knowledge that will
helpyourcase. Such letters as the fol-
lowing, from grateful women, es-
tablish beyond a doubt the power Of
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1908-09-30
A Carlyle Wedding.

Craigenputtock, where Carlyle's
"Sartor Resartus" was written, has
Just been the scene of notable we'd
ding. The bride was Mary Carlyle Of
Craigenputtock, grandniece of Thorn.
as Carlyle, a farmer, of Pingle, Dunn
friesshire, son of Thomas Carlyle's
favorite nephew. Pingle is about four
miles from Ecclefechan, Carlyle's
birthplace, and this village is the
original of the Entuphl of "Sartor
Resartus. "-London Standard.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1908-09-30
Brave Seaman Is Commended

Washington. Sept. 26.-The secre-
tary of the navy has personally COM
mended H. Legrand, machinist's mate
for his prompt action and gallant con-
duct in going to the rescue of NJ. l..
Shane, seaman, who was in danger of
burning to death. Legrand was Sc
verely burned.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1908-09-30
Blast Kills Bow.

Cambridge, Mass, Sept. 26-Seven
men We're injured and a boy was killed
in All explosion in the factory of the
Ideal Comb Company in this city Fri
day. The plant YVES burned at a loss
of $4,000. The dead boys name Was
Reno Villeneuge.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1908-09-30
Question Nearo's Riuht: Strike.

Topeka, Kan. Sept. 26.-Sixty white
pupils went on strike at the Lincoln
school, ward school here They
walked out and paraded up and down
the street declaring they would never
enter the doors OF the school again
until the negro pupils are excluded
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1908-09-30
Child in Trance for Thirty Days.

Bloomington, lll.-Due to an attack
of meningitis, Elizabeth, the tive-year-
old child of George de Groot of La
Sale county, is in a trancelike sleep
and cannot be awakened. The child
has lain so days in this condition, and
appears to be healthy, save for the alb
normal sleep. The case is unique for
children of that early age
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1908-09-30
LYDIA E. PlNkHAM'S
VEGETABLE COMPOUND

to conquer all female diseases.
Mrs. Norman r. Barndt, of Allen
town, Pa, writes:
"Ever since was sixteen years OF
age had suffered from an organic de-
rangement and female weakness; in
consequence I had dreadful headaches
and was extremely nervous. My physi-
clan said must 60 through an opera
ton to get we'll. A friend told me
about Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound, and l took it and wrote you
for advice, following your directions
carefully, and thanks to you l am to-
day q well woman, and I am telling
oil my friends of my experience"
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1908-09-30
TOO TRUE TO BE GOOD.

Pinxit-I have just finished the lato
Mrs. Peck's portrait. It's speaking
likeness.
The Widower Peck-Would 1t DO
too much trouble to-er-change it q
bit in that respect?
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1908-09-30

Of Doan's Kidney Pills and began us.
ing them. One box made me stronger
and freer from pain. I kept on using
them and in three months was able to
get out on crutches, and the kidneys
were acting better. improved rap.
idly, discarded the crutches and to
the wonder of my friends was soon
completely cured"
Sold by all dealers. so cents box
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1908-09-30
Plan Hotels for Greece,

A company has been formed in Eu.
rope for the purpose of erecting and
operating first-class hotels in various
cities and towns of Greece.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1908-09-30
Incomplete.

Young Mother-George, I want to
show you baby's new carriage. See
1t is collapsible."
Bachelor Brother-I see it is, but
what good does that do? It's the baby
that ought to be collapsible, Alvira.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1908-09-30

BUICK AUTOMOBILES
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The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1908-09-30

Married life should be one grand,
sweet song. but the divorce courts fire..
Quently make duet of it.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1908-09-30
FACTS FOR SICK WOMEN.

For thirty years Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound, made
from roots and herbs, has been the
standard remedy for female ills,
and has positively cured thousands of
women who have been troubled with
displacements, inflammation, ulcera-
ton, fibroid tumors, Irregularities,
periodic pains, backache, that bear
inC-down feeling, fatulency, indiges-
ton, dizziness, oCner sprostratlon.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1908-09-30

Turn thyself to the true riches, and
learn to be content with little
Seneca.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1908-09-30
An lnvidious Distinction,

Rev. Ranter was recently telling a
marvellous story, when his little girl
said:
Now, pa. is that really true or is it
lust preaching?"-HAlf-H Holiday.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1908-09-30

WE SELL GUNS AND TRAPS CHEAP
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