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The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-08-27
BIRTH STONE RING

About one hundred new patterns in the line
are showing and no two alike Our line OF Dirt
stone rings is the finest we have ever shown. II
prices are very reasonable for such fine rings TT
single stone rings sell for $3.50 and up. the two Al
three stone rings for $500 and up, according to Il
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q, Saturday, Oct. 81, 1908. No film

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lcCoy's and get tickets on this fine
at Taylor's and see what really
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70 one connected with either store
we'd to hold single ticket.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-08-27
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:uss for what one extra pad
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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1908-02-07
GIRLS IN A FAST GAME
LADIES' BASKETBALL TEAMS
WILL CONTEST SATURDAY.
MadeIia Maidens Against Mankato
Commercial and Other Clubs
Are to Play Also.

4 highly interesting basket ball game
on the program for next Saturday night
at the Young Mems Christian assocla-
ton will be game between the ladies
team from Madelia and the ladies OF
the "Y' gymnasium class. The for
mer team has already won games from
Fairmont, Window and other surround
ing towns and promise to make things
pretty lively for the local team which
will make it's debut Saturday night.
This game will be called at 7:45 sharp.
There will be no end of fast play
when the old rivals get together in the
regular games. TOlands expect to play
the Commercials to stand still and
the Highs are going to retrieve then
losses from the Normals.
The price to all three games will be
u cents to ladies and % cents to
gentlemen. After the first game the
general admission will be ID cents.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1908-02-07
One E. Mcintosh Ought to Be
Adorned With MuzzIe.
Anarchists Encouraged BY the
Action of Police Judge.
Turned Loose Two Anarchists
Who Violated the Law.

Chicago, Feb. 5.-"Never in the his
tory of Chicago have anarchists and
other enemies of law and order been
more dangerous than they are at
present. declared Chief Shippy yester-
day. "The police are watching their
movements closely. You never know
when they are going to break out. "
Then he criticised the recent action
of Municipal Judge Oscar NJ. Torrison
in suggesting that two men arrested
for posting red placards unlawfully,
advertising an anarchist meeting, be
released without penalty. Chief Shippy
said that it amounted TO an encour-
agement of the anarchists.
The chief was grave and troubled.
He had just finished reading n police
report on an anarchist meeting the
night before at 1863 Dearborn street,
in the Ilini cafe. This meeting was
called to celebrate the assassination
of King Carlos and Prince LUZ of
Portugal. Most infammatory speeches
were made at that meeting.
REASONABLE Speech.
Here are some of the sentiments
expressed by E. Mcintosh:
"Who was Mckinley! Was he any
better than you or L, OF the king of
Portugal? Was he not king who
was put there by certain element
to down another weaker element? He
got Just what he deserved. as much as
the king of Portugal, and some more
in this country ought to get the same
thing right now.
II am with the mob. I would like
to 90 out right now with the mob
behind me and kill every policeman
on the street and then throw their
bodies into the lake. like so many
dead fish. / could 90 out now and rob
every store and kill right and left.
Rabid Talk This.
81 am hungry. | have more respect
for a robber than for any one of the
unemployed, because the robber gets
it, while the unemployed has not sense
enough to get it. They have no sense
here at all. In Russia they are doing
it right. They kill policemen every day
there, and they rob bands and leave
their receipts, saying the money will
be used for the revolution.
81 fully sympathize with the queen
of Portugal and | am sorry she did not
meet the fate of her despotic husband
NY mother was liar when she
taught me to be honest and not to
steal and rob. The preacher was a
ID liar when he told me to believe
in God. They are all liars. The
whole of society is a mass of liars"
The chief put back the report on his
desk for moment. The desk was
full of police business, but the anar-
chist situation in Chicago, he thought,
was more important than nearly any
thing else at that moment.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1908-02-07
GREATEST OF SERMONS
CHICAGO PASTOR GIVES GREAT
PRAISE TO THE MESSAGE.
Rev. &c, Dixon Declares That Presi-
dent RooseveIt's Note to Con-
sress Has Right Ring.

Chicago, Feb. 5.-"Every young man
and young woman in the land should
read and re-read President Roosevelt's
latest message. 1t is one of the great
est sermons ever written. After perus-
ing it carefully [ was reminded of
Isiah. who came to the front at
the dawn of civilization and proclaim
ed the Importance of civic righteous
ness. Roosevelt also may be compared
to John the Baptist, the precursor of
an era of new, purer and more love-
ly life"
Rev. A. C. Dixon, pastor of Moody
church, minister militant and a thor
ough believer in bringing into every
day life the tenets and principles of
Jesus Christ. made the foregoing dec
Iarations. He gave utterance to them
twice-once In brief form to large
audience in the Great Northern thea
tire, where the regular interdenomina-
tional MONDAY meeting was in prog
ress. and later in his home, where he
dilated upon the theme.
DR.. Dixon has been in Chicago some.
thing more than year, and is credit
ed with remarkable success in the
field established by the late Dwight l..
Moody Tall and spare, high of brow
and deep of eye, he shows by every
movement that his heart is afire with
religious zeal. A South Carolinian by
birth, and retaining in memory the
hour when his father, Baptist min
lister of the old school, immersed
him in cold mountain stream and
dedicated his life to evangelism. DIR.
Dixon is nimbe of mind and direct
in speech.
81 do not often read presidential
messages" he said last night. 81 con-
fess that / am usually satisfied with
the summary or a few quotations,
but | read and re-read the message
President Roosevelt sent to congress
last week. 1t has the ring of an
Old Testament prophet, and will do
much to put iron in the moral blood
of our nation"
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1908-02-07
How Professor Owen Opened
Big Barrel of HumOr.
History of ErehwOn Town and
The Populace Thereof.
Its Sole Mission Is to Make One
Forget His Troubles.

The Mems Bible club of the First
Baptist church held its annual election
of officers last night at well attend
ed and highly interesting meeting held
at the chapel. About forty members
were present, and dozen new ones
were taken in. The first event OF:
the program was an oyster supper,
served by members without the as
sistance of the ladies, for none of the
latter had been invited. George NJ.
Palmer was i'm charge of the supper,
but A. c.. Gran was the chief cook
and personally prepared the various
dishes, which in flavor and attractive
ness outdid the productions of pro-
fessiOnal chefs.
When the ample spread had been
disposed Of the election of officers
was taken up and all of the former
officers were reelected, as follows:
A. J. Smith, president; Bud Cain, vice
president; Elmer Glenn, secretary; c..
A. Pepper, treasurer and collector;
Andrew SWeHSOll, cndpiitHl.
Mr.. Palmer then turned the meet
ing over to County Treasurer I. w.
Hart. who was officially designated
the ''fun starter" and he filled the
duties of that position to perfection.
After amusing the members with a
well assorted line of humor, Mr.. Hart
struck serious vein and showed the
club what chance it has to assist
the church in building an addition, He
thought that it was time that the
chapel was abandoned. and the needed
addition to the main building con-
structed. This was a sentiment that
seemed to meet with geenral favor.
Mr.. Hart, in turn, introduced Pro-
fessor C.. c. Owen, who read a paper
that was bristling with humor and
was roundly applauded. H. H. Temp
kins and Charles c. Sutherland re-
sponded to invitations to make re-
marks, and offered some good sugges-
lions.
The evening closed with an interest
ing game that was i'll charge of
Charles G.. Northrop.
The paper by Mr.. Owen reads as
follows:
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1908-02-07
HE FOUND A QUIET PLACE
Souqht Store That Didn' { Advertise
to Rest His Nerves.

Here is "a good one from The Corvallis
(Ore.) Republican,: A nervous looking
man went into store the other day
and sat down for a half hour or SO,
when a clerk asked him if there was
anything he could do for him. He
said no, he didn't want anything. She
went away and he sat an hour longer
when the proprietor went to him and
asked him if he wanted to be shown
anything. NO. said the nervous man,
81 just wanted to sit around. My ply
stefan has recommended quiet for me,
and says above all things ! should avoid
being in crowd. Noticing that you
do not advertise in the newspaper, ]
thought that this would be as quiet
a place as ] could find, so | just drop
ped in for few hours of isolation"
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1908-02-07
WANT STEEL MADE CARS
MEN ASK CONGRESS
TO TAKE ACTION.
Lives Are Endansered With the Use
Of the Present Coaches; What
Is Proposed.

All passenger cars used in this coun-
try ten years hence will have to be
made of steel if bill which will soon
be introduced in congress is passed
The Travellers Protective association
consisting of $1,000 commercial men,
and has gathered together mass OF
statistics relative to casualties in
railroad wrecks.
1t is the contention of the associa-
tion that much life would have been
saved in the past if the cars had been
steel instead of wooden. 1t is main
tanned that most of the lives sacri-
feed in wrecks have been due to the
SCATTERING of the wooden cars into
splinters and subsequent fires caught
During the last year there were S,02G
collisions, which resulted in 776 deaths
and 9,54l injured, involving "a financial
loss of $G,299,56S. The argument is
advanced by the association that the
big expense which the railroads would
have to go to during the next ten
years to purchase new steel equipment
would not aggregate much more than
the annual losses they sustain through
wooden cars.
The railroads are now using about
$4,000 passenger cars, it is estimated.
The measure also embraces uni
form standard of roadbed abolishing
of grade crossing, double tracking and
uniform and automatic block signal
system.
There is decided difference of
opinion with respect to the element
of safety in travelling in wooden and
steel passenger car. There are many
who hold the opinion that a steel car
in wreck is liable to create bigger
mortality than wooden car. Some
of the railroads have been experiment
ing with steel cars for a couple of
years, and they have not been salts
factory enough to awaken any active
demand for more.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1908-02-07
DUO is A NICE FELLOW
SHONTS SPEAKS WELL OF PROS
PEcTIvE SON-lN.LAW.
Wedding is Booked for Feb. IS, Date
When Girl Will Sell Herself for
a Title.

New York, Feb. Dwell, he's Il
pretty nice sort of fellow, after all.
One cannot help liking him. 1t is a
pity he's foreigner with IL title
Theodore Shonts. when he cipitulatdd
to the Due de Chaulnes.
The story of how the Due de
Chaulnes won the consent of Theodore
-Shonts to marry Miss Theodore Shonts
was told today by II member of the
Shonts family.
Having won Mr.. Shonts' approval
upon his second visit to this country,
the duke became frequent caller at
the Shonts' New York home, to which
he had been forbidden Il year previous.
He usually carried his violin with him,
and in the evenings Mr.. Shonts, tired
from work at the marlborough, got
into the habit of liking to sit around
and hear him play.
On one occasion Mr.. Shonts asked
the due why he had studied medicine.
The due told him that it was be-
cause there were SO many peor near
his estate.
'.They would not accept charity,
said he. "but as physician, they will
let me visit them and do what l can
for them"
While he had been won over, so far
as the man personally was concerned,
he still did not like the title, but said
it was not the boys fault, after all,
as he could not help it.
When the Shonts wedding is cele-
brated Feb. Is, and a trip has been
made through the country, the due
and his bride will 60 to France. Miss
Theodore Shonts says she will ire
aucntly visit this country, and If she
does not. her mother and father must
spend at least six months year with
her.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1908-02-07
ADVERTISING.

Get your meals at the c. NJ. Palmer
Hash Foundry.
Meals at all hours. In fact they are
all ours.
Good table board at reasonable prices.
Sole users of Ardee flour.
Send for Menu card and sample meal.
Socialism taught by mail. Send ten
cents in stamps to pay postage for first
Chas. Keith, Poultry Ave.
If you are going to dye, write me at
once. | will dye for you. Do it now. j.
III. Moore, Jackson ST.
will make success of you. Start a
Mail order business by selling real estate.
l have helped thousands off the road to
prosperity. Let me help you. Write to-
day for circular. Address j. r. Straw.
Be sure to write name and address very
plain.
After shaving use Kane's Tacum pow
der. 1t is also good for the Baby's toilet
Address all orders to Bud Kane.
Read the Sky Pilot or How to Get
There. published by Rev. E. II. Willis
while they last at $3.50 Brass top. De-
licate edges. Just the thing for Fourth
of July celebration. Nothing better. Adj
dress w., Warren st.
Use kane's Rising Sun Stove polish A
few minutes given to using Rising Sun
will make the old as good new.
Saw your own wood. The Yarwood
wood saving machine does the business.
sent on tnlrty days trial.
Big money in Poultry. Our big poultry
man tells how to make it. Catalogue
free. l.. c. DeRosia
Public Auditing taught by the Z. H.
Heart method.
How to preserve your form. Write
me today and l will send you free of
charge one of my new corsets. Endorsed
by the leading physicians of the country
Sent prepaid on receipt of $500. Address
Chas. Pepper & Co.
PREFACE.
This book. paper, manuscript maya :
zine, essay or whatever you wish to call
this pack of nonsense, is the result of
the growing demand for just such pub
LEGATION. 1t is not the authors desire to
be funny, for that is an impossibility He
has endeavored through this medium to
have the reader. as well as the nearer
forget his troubles for a small time at
least. And should this little volume be
instrumental in creating even a ripple of
merriment 1T will have more than fulfill
ed it's mission and the author will feel
that he has at least been a benefactor to
his race.
The Author
In the country of EREHWON is a
little village called HEDBERG. This
village is of quite good size. but on the
most recent maps published you will not
find 1T. This is due to the fact that the
exact latitude and longitude Is not def
nitely Known. but it's altitude u.s. which
some authorities give as about 61a feet
This village is decidedly Swedish and
was named after great Swede of In
surance fame. He saved the people of
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1908-02-07
PHONE GIVES FIRE ALARM
Blaze Destroys Residence Of William
Frank at waseca.

Waseca, Feb. 5.-Fire early yester'
day morning destroyed the house and
effects of William Frank of this city.
One of the boys of the family discov-
cred the fire and went to. the tele-
phone to call the fire department, but
before central answered his call he
was driven away by the flames. For
tunately he dropped the receiver and
the telephone operator heard the cries
in the house and gave the alarm. All
the members of the family were res
cued. The loss is $4,000.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1908-02-07
FUNERAL WAS HELD TODAY
Services Over the Remains Of the
Late Henry Tibbetts.

The funeral of Henry c. Tibbetts,
whose death was mentioned in The
Free Press last evening, was held from
the First Presbyterian church, Min
neapolis, today.
Mr.. Tibbetts died at ST. Mary's hos
pital Minneapolis. He was seventy
nine years old. He served i'm the
federal army and was with Serman
on his march to the sea. He leaves
three daughters-Mrs Sears of Oak
land, Cal; Mrs. Harriet Patterson
and Z. NJ. Patterson of Minneapolis,
with whom he lived.
Mr.. Tibbetts will be kindly remem-
bered by number of the older set
tiers of Mankato and by the veter-
ans of the war.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1908-02-07
AN OLD-TIME SUBSCRIBER
Has Taken Paper Before Minnesota
Became State.

This is one of the many interesting
and pleasing communications that
reach The Free Press:
Enclosed please find so cents to
pay subscription in advance to Jan.
l, 1909 Your paper came to my
father and to me since Minnesota
was state. / cannot afford to miss
the weekly visitor at that low price,
even if / am out of the county most
of my time. Yours very truly, P. j.
Jenkins, Virginia, st. Louis county,
Mimi. Feb. /, 1908.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1908-02-07
LEWIS RINK is THE VICTOR
Contest for the Macbeth & Gardner
Cup, Last Evening.

The lie sikwrsinBf .Ftaa JPPwBd
The Lewis rink defeated the NerbO-
Wig rink, IL to 3. last evening in the
annual contest for the Macbeth &
Gardner trophy cup.
The Lewis rink went to Winnie
bago today to participate in the two
days bonspiel that opened there to-
day. This rink is composed of G. A..
Lewis, j. r. Snow, DIR. Nerbovg and
one other whose name was not
learned.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1908-02-07
He Found the Leak.

William Mork ST.. looked for gas
leak with lighted candle in his store
at Owatonna. He found it. Mr.. Mork
was not seriously injured by the ex-
plosion which followed. His eyebrows
are singed and he will nurse few
burns for several days.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1908-02-07
BUSINESS GROWS STEADILY
increased Patronage Enjoyed BY the
Citizens Telephone Company.

The directors of the Mankato Citi-
zens' Telephone company held their
monthly meeting Monday evening.
Manager Edwards reported that there
are at the present time over l,5OO
phones in use in the city, $50 far
mers' phones used, and that the total
number of phones used is 1850, includ-
ing those in the outside exchanges.
The directors considered the mat
ter of making several country exten-
sions, and it is thought that these will
be made the coming season.
A committee was appointed to ar
range for the annual meeting of the
stockholders, which is to be held next
month, for the election of directors.
Last year the stockholders were ban
quoted.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1908-02-07
Lane is Appointed Postmaster.

Sherburn, Feb. 5.-Postmaster E. M.
Harkins has rendered his resignation
and the report is that E. E. Lane has
been appointed to succeed him. ...,
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1908-02-07
Will Have Trains Into Butte.

The, Chicago, Milwaukee and st. Paul
road expects to have trains running
between the Twin Cities and Butte
by March.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1908-02-07
Teachers Meet at Albert Lea.

The South Central Minnesota Teach
ers' association will meet at Albert
Lea on Feb. l3, IA and Is.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-11-05
Auction Sale.

l will sell at public auction at the
Syvert Anderson farm, four miles
west of Minot, on Tuesday, Nov. 10,
1908, the following described prop
ert: Farm machinery, one sulky
plow, / walking pillow, 1 one-horse
rake, 1 mower, l Intersection har,
row, 2 potato cultivators, tanning
mill, 1 U. S. Cream separator, 2
farm wagons / 'two seated buggy,
bob sled. Household goods consist
ing of dining room table, severa,
chairs, dishes, center table, beds
etc. Sale begins at l O'Clock p. M
Terms, all sums of $1,000 and un
der cash. On sums over that amount
good banl1able paper at 10 per cent
per cent discount for cash CT
amounts over ten dollars. Col
H. ]. Hecht, auctioneer, L. o
Watne, Manager, syvert Anderson
Owner.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-11-05

Something in September, valua-
bic mare was stolen from Bob Fox's
pasture at Towner. Officers were
set upon the clue and the mare was
found at Harvey where man CIV
ing his name as James johnson OF
Towmer, had sold her to Adam Leis-
mister for $145. After spending all
OF his money in the Harvey gambling
dens, the man was given ticket to
Minot. The horse was recovered
and the man arrested at Rugby. His
name is Otto Ensrud and he is mo
doubt guilty.