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The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-05-28
merry Widow" Curve.

Here's the latest:
The Merry Widow curve.
Sound good, doesn't it?
Rube Geyer, inventor, is
Columbus slab artist.
But that is the name of the
new puzzler that Rube has
doped out for use on the slug
gers of the American Associa-
ton this season.
Oh, but the Merry Widow
curve is "beaut" 1t Just
waltzes up to the plate. Gever
was asked why he named it the
Merry Widow curve, and here
is the reason:
"Well, first, it's beauty.
It's a fooler and a teaser. 1t
comes up to the plate with
swiftness and gentle, graceful
curves, like an Indianola girl.
Then, when you think you will
land, it suddenly gives you the
merry ha, ha."
Now, keep posted on the do
ing of the White Sox. Every
thing that sounds like "Merry
Widow" looks good to them,
and when Artie O'Dea's bunch
begins to strike out, put it
down that they tried to slam at
q "waltz dream" and fell down.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-05-28
ARE "MEN WORTHY"

This is a season when eligible
you ng men are tagged for
matrimony. They are taken
off the shelves where they
were on exhibition for several
years and are wrapped up in a
bundle and sent out in the cold
cherries world with the best
wishes and congratulations,
with cut glass gifts and a nice
little dainty wife to work for,
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-05-28
DEMOCRATS SHOULD VOTE.

Every Democrat should
make up their mind to vote at
the primaries, as there is one
condition in the primary law
that should bring out every
man, and this is the provision
of the law fixing the minimum
number of voters which will
entitle any candidate to place
on the fall election ticket. AS
this provision is not generally
we'll understood the paragraph
governing it is given herewith:
IF the total vote cast for any
party candidate or candidates
for any Office for which no min
atlons are herein provided for
shall equal less than 80 per
cent of the total number of
votes cast for secretary of state
of the political party he or they
represented at the last general
election, no nomination shall
be made in that party for such
office, etc.
The phraseology of this
might have been improved on,
as there seems to be hitch in
it. At the last election the
democratic candidate for secre-
tary of state was A. HI. Berg.
For him there were cast 1898
votes in the state. There it
will be necessary for the de-
mocrats at the coming primary
election to have not less than
7,O18 votes for all their candid
ates for any particulr office, at
least in the state. But here is
where the peculiarity of the
law comes in. If the provision
is to be applied as it reads to
local as we'll as state candid
ates, there are only two coun-
ties in the state in which there
could be a nomination for any
county office in either party.
1t seems certain that the intent
in framing the law must have
been to require that the vote
for secretary of state shall be
the basis to be used with re-
ference to state candidates,
and the vote for secretary of
state cast in a particular coun-
ty to be the basis for the nom-
ination of candidates in that
county.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-05-28
FARM LOANS.

1t will pay you to see us be.
fore placing your application
for farm loan. We can loan
you LARGEST AMOUNTS on
EASIEST TERMS and at
LOWEST RATES OF INTER.
EST. We also write insurance
both FIRE and TORNADO in
in six of the strongest COM
panies on earth.
If SCHUYLER Bros.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-05-28
GOLD MEDAL CONTEST
AT ST, JOHNS SCHOOL,

Three gold medals given
away. The pupils of the 3rd
room had agreed upon twenty
five questions taken from Part
Second and Third of Deharbe's
Large Catechism. In case
that more than one should
stand the test pupils were to
draw for the medal. Twenty
four children took part in the
contest.
Those that failed in the First
Round of Part Third of the
Catechism were:
-. FOURTH RoUND-4.
John Quinn, Joseph Zent-
graph, Anna Boil, Sophia
kraker.
FIFTH ROUND-2.
Matthew Jacobchich, Will
liam Weimar.
SIXTH ROUNDS.
Albert Bader, Estella Brandt,
John Dieterich, Alma Gebhart,
Catharine Granrath, Margareth
Richels, Minnie Vollrath, Ida
Lehna.
SEVENTH ROUNDS.
Frank Markus, Clarence
Morris, Frank Peschel.
EIGHTH RoUND-3.
Mary Giles, Winnifred Nc
Carly, Elizabeth Schiller.
ELEVENTH RoUND-2.
William Braun, Louis Wolfe,
Florence Morris.
Then questions were taken
from Part Second. The 25th,
Round was answered by Joseph
Braun, age 13 years, son of Mr..
Hubert Braun of Breckenridge
Mimi.
Pupils of the Second room
agreed upon answering all of
Part Third Of the same Cate
chism. Question to be taken
in order of the book. All that
remained standing to the end
of same were to draw for the
medal. Each child entitled to
same was promised a minea-
ture remembrance of the con-
test. Fifty-five pupils took
part.
FIRST RoUND-12.
Gilbert Wolfe, Theadore Mar
kus, Clarence Wolfe, John
Friederichs, William Jacob
chich, George Vollrath, Helen
Krause, Annie Rehm, Thefesia
Zilzelberger, Hilary Connolly,
Josephine Casper, Anna Braun.
SECOND RoUND-15.
Alfred Muchvitsch, William
Laibly, Howard Connolly,
Joseph Peschel. Joseph Dorm,
Garfield Boil, Clarence Dietz,
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-05-28
WAHPEToN RoHLAND THURSDAY, 49, 1905
feed, clothe and obey all of
their natural lives.

feed, clothe and obey all of
their natural lives.
We have noticed that when
a bachelor loses his heart and
incidentally his head, and goes
galvantin' around with some.
body's girl, and buys her an
engagement ring with a dia-
mond in it as big as hazel
nut and which cost him more
money than he can make in a
year, the wise old ladies and
men of every town shake their
heads and wonder if he's
worthy of her.
Doesn't it make you weary
when you hear them condemn
him because he smokes or does
something else that doesn't
suit the fancy of the most
fastidious? Isn't it rather out
of place to wonder if a young
man is worthy" and to take it
as matter of fact that the
girl in the case is always
worthy?
It is fact that about nine
out of ten men are worthy of
the wives they get and some
are little more so. 1t is
fact that some women worry
themselves sick because their
daughter is going to marry
some man whom she thinks is
not worthy"
Look here Mrs. Nav, did YOU
ever stop to think that you
have raised your daughter in
the lap of luxury, that you
have taught her to want every
thing she sees, and given her
everything she wanted? You
have taught her a little music,
a little embroidering and a
little art, perhaps but have you
taught her any common sense,
or house work? Can she bake
biscuits or fry bacon?
About nine out of ten girls
of today demand first a dia~
mond engagement ring that is
out of proportion to the salary
their prospective husband is
receiving. Then they step out
of five hundred dollar cottage
that their dads have been rent
ing for fifteen years because
he could never rake up enough
cash to buy a home, and then
demand a $1,000 home with
room size rugs, hardwood floors
and city water. They forget
that they ever had anything
better than a three-ply carpet
at home and that the whole
family washed in the same
pan and wiped their hands on
the same towel which hung on
a nail driven into the kitchen
door.
The paws and maws of these
fedglings started out with
three room house, and have by
hook and crook managed to
add two or three rooms
and maybe a little to
their bank account, and yet
they wonder it the young man
is "worthy."
Let's stop and consider the
girl what about her worthi-
ness? Can she cook, can she
sew, can she keep house neat
and clean, can she work and
keep in good humor, can she
make up her mind to live with
in the husbands income, can
she wear clothes consistent
with his salary?
Many girls can do some of
these things, but few of them
can do them all and fewer still
will do them if they can.
The bride of today first de-
nnands a hio h0,1ae. hiuoer thar
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-05-28

Old papers, 1Octs., a hundred
We buy good fresh cream
and pay highest cash price
possible. Weights and tests
guaranteed. Give us a trial
and see if we cannot satisfy
you. A. MIkscHE. Wv
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-05-28
GANGISM.
We Here Below Print the Gangs
State Ticket With Mckenzie
in Control.

c. B. Little of Burleigh.
Congress-
L. B. Hanna of Cass ant
A. ]. Gronna of Nelson.
Governor
G. A. Johnson of Ward.
Lieutenant Governor
r. S. Lewis of Cass.
Secretary of State
Alfred Blaisdell of Ward.
State Treasurer
D. ]. Mckenzie of Sargent.
State Auditor
D. K. Brightbill of Towner.
Attorney General
T. F. McCue of Foster.
Commissioner of Agriculture
w. c. Gilbreath of Morton.
Commissioner of Insurgents
E. c. Cooper of Grand Forks.
Superintendent of Public In
struction-
Fred E. Smith of Richland.
Justice of the Supreme Court
Edward H. Wright of Cass.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-05-28
DEMOCRATS AND
REPUBLICANS FILE

The following have filed pc
titions to have their names o,
the Republican Primary Bal
lot:
Senator 37th District
E. A. Movius
House of Representatives 12tl
District
E. S. Babcock
L. L. Brusletten
Magnus Olsen
w. T. Ward
House of Representatives 37tt
District
E. L. Kinney
O. T. Grant
Sheriff
John II. Blackmer
Frank E. Little
Frank Heley
Frank Herman
Treasurer
Karl L. Mikkelson
Donald Wright
A. O., Heglie
Auditor
F. A. Burton
REGISTER of Deeds
E. L. Shaw
A. J. Nelson
Clerk of Court
w. P. Robbins
J. NJ. Kramer
States Attorney
Chas. E. Wolfe
A.G. Divet
County Judge
Andreas Jersin
o. J. Wakefield
Supt. of Schools
F. r. Barnes
County Com mmissiouers-
Pc. Sletmoe
1st District
Vim. Robinson
9Th District
Justice of the Peace
Folso M Dow
VIM. Edwards
Public Administrator
r. G. Tweeton
The following have filed
petitions to have their names
on the Democratic Primary
Ballot.
Senator 37th District.
James Goolsbey
House of Representatives 18th
District
Henry T. Connolly
L. Parkill
House of Representatives 37th
District
VIM. Schuett
N. G. Jenson
Sheriff
Geo. E. Moody
Aug. Bergman
Auditor
E. S. Cameron
Treasurer
Register of Deeds
John Hulthusen
Clerk of Court
Otto Strege
States Attorney
Gustav Schuler
County Judge
Geo. Van Arnam
Sup't. of Schools
Chas. Hanson
County Commissioned
Nicholas Friederichs
9th District
County Surveyor
J. Q. Burbank.
ARE "MEN WORTHY"
This is season when eligible
you ng men are tagged for
matrimony. They are taken
off the shelves where they
were on exhibition for several
years and are wrapped up in a
bundle and sent out in the cold
cheerless world with the best
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1908-12-30
Miss Gates Party.

Miss Eva Cate entertained delight
fully yesterday afternoon at her home
on Norwich street. The home was
prettily decorated in the holiday coll
ors and large number of young peo-
pie We're present, who thoroughly en-
joyed the afternoon.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1908-12-30
Miss Mascn,s Dance.

The dance given In the pariors 81
the Oglethorpe hotel Monday evening
BY Miss Fannie Mason, complimentary
TO her guest, Miss Annie Mason, q
Kentucky, was an unusually pleasant
affair, The pa,lors Of the hotel We're
prettily decorated for the occasion and
the german was attended by a large
number Of young folk, and was led by
Mr. A. G.. Banks, Jr., and Miss Annie
Mason AT midnight delightful lunch
was served IN the dining room and
altogether the occasion was a very
brilliant and enjoyable one.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1908-12-30
sHAREHc LpgRs, MEg1

brunswick. Ga. Dec. )S
The regular annual meeti
stockholders of the Nation 5Ba
Of Brunswick, for the elee Of
board Of directors and the lisa,
Ion Of other lawful hTsine Yin
held at the Office of thy mk
Tuesday, January 18TH, at
o'clock, A. NJ. E. e, Wait cashie
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1908-12-30
SOCIAL ITEMS.

Mrs. w. F. Parker entertained few
friends at tea last night compliment
iary to Miss Katharine Stiles.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1908-12-30

Mr. and Mrs. Elvey Glover have
removed into the residence at the corr
81 Dartmouth and Ellis streets,
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1908-12-30

enterprfsing drugS
is having such a
ssYas NO." the new Nerve
Tom FER, rad hear IL so
nighly wthat he now offers to
guarantee II in every case 70 cure all
forms of Kidney Troubles and Ner-
vous Disorders. He pays FOR it il IN
does not give you entire satisfactory
II yon use it. it is his RISK. not youF&
"A 50-cent box. Rlua Label ExxA
Strength. sfoe, win put life in a dead
one Sent by nail under positive
Enaranses @
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1908-12-30
-" li It'll DssuTANTes
~fsD WHAT sEEe,,

Nxt. popular among all who
and has many charming
character AEr. Nicholson Is
= e leading young business men
Fifty and is universally popular
sineas and social circles of the
He has resided IN and around
Hnswick for many years and is a
foung man with an unusually large
number of friends
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-11-10

generally many thousand miles highways
ed While the slipping of the tire skddng SHAPE of body suction
and other contribute less to the injury of the road
generally agreed that the pneumatic
the surface the main of the trouble but think be shown
that the great traction force shear eerted by the driving wheels of
is the main factor of injury.
To the matter up briefly the pneumatic tire any type of tire
which propes vehicle have sufficient actve resistance
the load of the vehicle This of necessity
shear the road surface which with the weight and speed of
the vehicle The bokenone road surface has little resist
hearng stress consequently the fine material of which is
posed thrown the air lifted from the road this fine
tera subject the effect of generated by the body
and subsequently by the wind In this large quantities of the
material of which the road is composed carried from the road
replaced will rapidly deteriorate
This action may be greatly accelerated by other but the
sufficient for the observed results Aside from
road this manner shearng force of
decided dsntegratng surface of the
road
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-11-10
EFFECT OF AUTOMOBILES ON MAcADAM ROADS.

The broenstone road of today has been development AL
though the methods Of construction vary in different con-
S ana different localities the main object sought has always
the withstand ironired horse vehicles at a
sonabe Until the last decade these been
FULLY met and the brokenston road be desired
Logan Waller Page the Government expert Municipal Engineer
ing Magazine Under modern motor traffic however the conditions
have changed Roads which formerly whood wear of horse
vehicles quickly denuded of the fine binding material and become
loose and dsnegraed On the principally roads the great
CLOUDS OF dust raised by rapidly moving motor vehicles only
great waste of the material of which the composed but this
dust carried by the wind and disseminated adjacent property to
such an extent that has, many instances the value of real
estate well the comfort of nearby residents pedestrians The
road surface becomes oosened that makes way to the
foundation
creased The problem such serious that it has called the
best efforts OF highway engineers in every civilized country By
proper use OF btunnous materials the mechanical difficulties have
large measure been but the of such
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-11-10

The McKinnon killing looked like very codbooded aociy
not surprising that jury has found Wynne guilty of murder
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-11-10
ONE CAUSE OF LOCAL INCREASE IN DIVORCES.

In studying the increase of divorces here the will
probably find be the kind Of marriages which
have taken place here within the few The combinations of
the federal immigration laws Edmund Act and other laws have
brought about of marriage which might naturally lead
divorce For example Japanese couples welded in the immigration
station half dozen couples order enable them
land immigrants forming the of likely be
lasting Most of the divorces here among Japanese and
marriages of this for it, Moreover under the
influence of endorsements the peonage soppage of the sale
and enforcement of the Ennds Act the only
the peculiar of oriental transaction rather here
by marrying and divocng The for boom in divorces will
thus be found largely the boom certain kind of marriages.
In the meantime showing how the nobes of reforms
work evil and have its dark side these various federal marriages
have the effect of lowering oriental respect for the institution
under bv occdenta1s.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-11-10
THE AMERICAN DIARY
OF A JAPANESE GIRL
ON THE OCEAN.

"Belgic," 18th.
Good-night-native land!
Farewell, beloved Empress of Dali
Nippon!
12th.-The tossing spectacle of the
waters (also the hostile smell of the
ship put my head in a whirl before
the "Belgic" left the wharf.
The last five days have been a con-
tinuous nightmare. How many a
time would have preferred death!
My little self wholly exhausted by
sea-sickness. Have l to drift to Am
erica in skin and bone?
i felt like a paper flag thrown in
a tempest.
The human being is a ridiculously
small piece. Nature plays with it
and kills it when she please6.
cannot blame Balboa for his fan
cy, because he caught his first view
from the peaks in Darien.
It's not the Pacific Ocean" The
breaker of the world!
DO you feel any better?" inquired
my fellow passenger.
He is the new minister to the City
of Mexico on his way to his post.
My uncle is one of his closest
friends.
what if Meriken ladies should
mistake me for the Sweet" wife of
such a shabby pock-marked gentle
man?
1t will be all right, l thought, for
we shall part at San Francisco.
(The pock-mark is rare in America,
Uncle said. No country has a special
demand for it, l suppose.)
His boyish carelessness and samu,
rai-fashioned courtesy are character.
istic. His great laugh, "Ha ha, ha!
| echoes one-half a mile
He never leaves his wine glass
alone. My uncle complains of his
! empty stomach.
/ The more the minister repeats his
cup. the more his eloquence rises on
the Chinese question. He does moi
forget to keep up his honorable
standard of diplomatist even in drink
ing, fancy.
see charm in the eloquence Of a
drunkard
I exposed myself on deck for the
first time.
l wasn't strong enough, alas! to
face the threatening grandeur of the
ocean. Its divineness stuck and
wounded me-
o such an eXpanse of oily-looking
waters! o such a menacing large
ness
One star, just one sad star, shone
above.
l thought that the little star was
trembling on deck of some ship IN
the sky.
Star l cried.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-11-10
AN EXTRA SESSION OF CONGRESS SOON.

Tariff revision off An session of the Congress
probably be called by Taft after his inauguration IN
March, take this matter according to Republican promises
expected Tafs he will recommend reduction
Philippine tariff schedules items sugar being one OF
President devoted the Philippines apparently al
most making them hobby Considering his great
the real pacaton of the Filipino in starting the Filipino
segovernment independence this natural 1t
Taft under great difficulties organized the first American govern
Manila he who to the unuterabe disgust OF many Am
erican effect policy of giving the
Fpmo offices and the first opportunities and is due to him more
any other perhaps that they have legislature art
wants great experiment succeed 1t will be of his life
achievements unique in history During his term Presl
expected fight strongly for tariff arrangements more
advantageous Philippines and the first step likely to be
recommendation of fifty cent reduction Of tariff on Philippine
sugar and few other articles.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-11-10
THE WONDERS OF WIRELESS AGAIN.

There has been talk of there have been of trouble
the Yankees of the West and the Yankees of the with
wordenccng fleets flying the Stars and Stripes the talk has
ed and with the looming light wireless
guarantees of understanding earth
the peoples who dwell thereat?
When this little island mid Pacific talk the mainland United
States by ether and listen the talk wireless in Jap
within the hour does this miracle make noise" like
relationship and appreciation if only through that
must come with the first flush of knowledge that nations thousand
miles brought into lightning touch by greatest invention
of the ages?
This is wireless and in the wireless world Oahu up
like the pinnacle of cathedral range giant mountains or like the
spire of church in little town.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-11-10

13th-My first laughter on the
ocean burst out while was peeping
at a label, ~ yens," inside the Chin
ney-pot hat of our respected minister,
when he was brushing it.
He must have bought that great
headgear just on the eve of his APP
pointment.
How stupid to leave such a bit Of
paper!
l laughed.
He asked what was so irresistibly
funny.
l laughedmore. hardly repressed
MY dear old man."
The helpless me" clinglng on the
bed for many day feels splendid to-
day.
The ocean grew placid.
On the land my eyes meet with a
thousand temptations. They are
here opened for nothing but the wa
tiers or the sun-rays.
l, don't gain any lesson, but l have
learned to appreciate the demonstra-
tions of light.
They were white. o what a heav-
emily wilderness!
The pillows sang a grand slow song
in blessing of the sun, sparkling their
ivory teeth.
The voyage isn't bad, is it?
I planted myself on the open deck,
facing Japan
] am mountainworshippe
Alas l could not see that impe
rial dome of snow, Mount Full.
One dozen fairies-two dozen
roved down from the sky to the
ocean.
/ dreamed.
l was so very happy.
14th-What a confusion my hair
has suffered! I haven't put it in or
der since l left the Orient Such neg
ligence of toilet would be fined by
the police in Japan.
1 was busy with my hair all the
morning.
15th-The Sunday service was held
There's nothing more natural on &
voyage than to pray.
We have abandoned the land. Tit
ocean has no bottom.
We die any moment with bubblini
groan, without a grave, unknelled
uncoffined and unknown"
Only prayer makes us firm.
1 addressed myself to the Grea
Invisible whose shadow lies acros:
my, heart.
He may not be the God of Chris
tianity. He is not the Hotoke Sams
of Buddhism.
Why don't those red-faced sailors
hum heavenly-voiced hymns instead
of--"swear?'-Sunday Shinpo.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-11-10
SUPPLYING THE ARMY HERE.

The saonng of thousand soldiers here will add con-
sderay Honouus commercial importance The supplies Tor such
force will be considerable trade and they should be
chased here Following precedent established by merchants OF Ma
this, if assurance
necessary long time supplies for the the Philippines
purchased the Mainland under system of bidding which put
Manila bidders disadvantage owing freight conditions
of Manila secured order by which the system
bidding changed that allowance made for Manila dis
from of supply and then the big con-
o Manila
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-11-10
PAPER
FOR GALE.

French 4ianges-Brick setting sizes Z
IT. to feet at right prices. Set up
ready for a fire. Zinc lined Redwood
Bath tubs complete Wind mill force
pumps, all brass cylinders. Large
variety of special pipe and fittings.
Prompt attention to job work in
plumbing.
EMMELUTH & CO., LTD.
Phone 211. las King. Street.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-11-10

And now the Quakers have taken
up the fight against Speaker Cannon.
Naturally he exclaims, Heaven save
me from my Friends. Salt Lake Des-
ert News.