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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-03-05
sat Up with Dend. Wants Paw.

Pay for sitting up with the dead is re-
quested in Probate court in an action
against the estate of Mr.. and Mrs. Jo-
ham Herman of Appleton, found dead
some time ago. John f. Baker wants So
for sitting up two nights with the corpses,
and 81 cents for oil consumed
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-03-05
CHANCE FOR THE SHALL BUSINESS.

g-7 The opportunity Of the small store in these
J. ]. : !: : ] !
EU days of big corporations has been of such I'M
VT certain quantity that many dealers have been
M needlessly scared from the field. Yet the
w chances OF success for the small storekeeper
" have seldom been greater than now particu-
~ larly after the recent financial furry.
| 6M The young merchant in large city has
49, choice of two avenues to success. He NAV
ehun retail and content himself with CON
Quoting neghborhood shop balancing against the pur-
chasing power the department stores and the atrac
ton stocks. the price advantages
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-03-05
SAY NO SHORTAGE IN ICE CROP.

Cutters at Pewau&ee Are More than
Busy These Days.
While the city ice men are dreaming
of a short ice crop throughout the coun-
try the country ice men, who furnish the
ice, are more than busy cutting. At Pc
waukee Lake every man is busy loading
on cars for Chicago. \ steady procession
of farmers teams is passing all day
through the streets. from the plant ON
the lake to the freight depot. The ice
being shipped is the purest supplied to
the western cities, free from weeds and
impurity of all kinds. no snow and about
II inches thick
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-03-05

Nero fiddled while Rome burned -
exclaimed the student.
Well replied Mr. Growcher,
'that's better than the custom many
vioIinists have of practicing at time
when everything is nice and quiet 9th
erwise ashington Star.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-03-05
Body of Man in Cinder Pile.

Wisconsin Central railroad employees in
Ashland discovered the body of a man in
a cinder pile with two bullet holes in
the head. The man had been buried. but
the recent thaw caused the covering on
the body to slide 1t is believed he was
murdered with robbery as the motive.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-03-05

In Berlin a bogus American Colonel
Schiemaugh has been sentenced by the
criminal court to three years imprisOn-
ment, the loss of his civil rights for five
years after his release and to perpetual
police supervision as well as to pay fine
of $500, Schiemaugh having been con-
yicted of wholesale marriage swindles.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-03-05
TRY TO SCARE DEPosIToRs.

Farmers About MayviIle in Receipt
of Anonymous Letters.
About forty or fifty farmers living near
Mayville have received letters mailed in
that city. which read as follows: If YOU
have money in bank, take it out, not safe
Keep quiet" The farmers came to the
city and showed them to the cashier of
the bank. The officers of the State bank
have $1,000 reward out for finding the
person that sent these letters.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-03-05
To Know Oneself.

How can a man learn to know him.
self? By reflection never, only by &C
ton. In the measure in which thou
seekest to do thy duty shalt thou know
what is in thee But what is thy duty
The demand of the hour.-Goethe
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-03-05
Fire Mt Weaff1eld

The Westfield postoffice has been de-
stroyed. The firemen had an opportunity
to try the new chemical engine. The store
building of Roskie & Fuller, which was BY
the side of the burning building, was not
destroyed The loss is practically Gov
cred by insurance
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-03-05
Sons Disown Father.

Because his own sons refused TO bury
his remains. Enoch E. Olsen. aged 6S
years, was buried in a pauper's grave at
Superior by the county. Mr.. Olsen has
three sons, all living at Washburn, where
they are making good living
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-03-05

A fortune awaits the tailor who can
invent a secret pocket in a coat where
a man may carry his cigars without
exposing them to the many friends who
helm themselves.-De Free Press.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-03-05
Blaze at Rhfne1au der

Fire destroyed three store buildings on
Brown street, Rhinelander, owned by A.
w. Shelton and E. Vasseur and occupied
by Frank G. Cramer, bakery; Fred
PlanSe, bakery, and T. F. Golf, iewelry.
The loss is partly covered by insurance.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-03-05
BURNS $500 sMoTHERING A FIRE

Station Agent Applies Coat to
Flames; Bills in Pocket.
William Higgins, who recently came to
Menomonee Falls to act as station agent
for the Milwaukee road. had a costly mis-
hap. In some way a lamp that was in
the Office fell from the desk and broke,
spilling the oil on the floor. which caused
a lively blaze. In the excitement of the
moment Agent Higgins saw his coat lying
on the desk and picked it up to smother
the flames. The coat caught fire and
$500, which was in pockets, was destroy
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-03-05
.Financed.5

"Deah me, Miss Mahala. who's de
swell gemmen wot dom TUX yo' out
walkin'?"
Dat gemman? He's de one what is
financed tub me, Mistah Johnsing.''-
Baltimore American.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-03-05
s0UNDNEsS OF AMERICAN BANKS.
By Ex-Gop. Herrick of Ohio

Is there anything in the recent his
tory of banking in this country to
warrant the assumption that exist
Ing institutions are not proper de-
positories of the peoples savings?
The record of mutual savings banks
in this country-probably the ideal
form of savings banks, for conserv-
atism, for stability and for unsel1sh
devotion to the interests of depositors
is probably unequaled in any coun-
try In the world. While these saw
irnr hnnI-r-a bout 6Ia In la1rn her
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-03-05
Cheerful.

Hook-Jones is the most melancholy
fellow know
Rook-I should think so, indeed He
proposed to a girl once by asking her
how she would like to be his widow.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-03-05

Nursemaid-I'm going to leave, mum.
Mistress Why. what's the matter?
Don't YOU like the baby? Nursemaid-
Yes'm, but he is that afraid of po-
London Taller
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-03-05
His Account, Arc strairbt.

Investigation of the accounts of Cashier
Die 2. Swanby. who died at Washburn,
shows them to be all right. Swanby was
cashier of the Northern State bank at
Washburn twelve years.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-03-05

Winnipeg police officials are making
out and serving hundreds of summonses
for alleged breaches of the Lords day act.
Each Sunday police have pounced upon
undertakers at funerals, newspaper men
transcribing notes of Sunday sermons. and
editors
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-03-05
$4,000 Fur HIS EYE.
Coolidge, Who Lost Remaining Opt

Coolidge, Who Lost Remaining Optic
in second Accident, Wins Verdict.
Herbert j. Coolidge was awarded S10,-
600 III court from the La Crosse City
Railway Company for the loss of an eye.
Mr.. Coolidge was struck in the eye with
the end of a trolley rope while alighting
from car and rendered blind, having lost
the sight of his other eye several weeks
previous. This is the largest amount
ever awarded in personal injury suit in
La Crosse county. Coolidge sued for
500 600
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-03-05
RAILROADS AND WATER ROUTES
BY President Finley, Southern Railway.

Water transportation and rail transportation
largely supplement each other. Not only is
it true that railway facilities can be provided
in many localities where waterways would be
absolutely impracticable, but in parts Of the
United States the waterways are closed by ice
during the winter months, and the communi-
ties adjacent to them must depend, for the
time being wholly upon the railways But
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-03-05
Re- LRd md Murderad

n roundhouse worker. name unknown.
was found dead. his head crushed. in a
water tank at Harvard. He had been
robbed of his pay check.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-03-05
JABS BOY WITH PITCHFORK.


Farmer Admits Cruel Way of Pun
ishinE Foster Son.
A horrible case of cruelty was tried
in the County Court in La Crosse when
August Mundstock, a prosperous farmer,
was accused of furnishing his foster son,
Arthur. 10 years old, by jabbing him
with the points of pitchfork The boys
body from his neck to his knees was
found to be covered with wounds and
scars. Mundstock admitted that he had
punished the child in this way for the
last ten years. The prisoner was fined
SO and costs.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-03-05

Knlcker-All the worlds stage.
Bocker-Yes; but we are commuters
who can never stay to see the last act.
-Judga
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-11-18
PIRATES ARE SENT
To ALCATRAz ISLAND

Privates Smith and Dusenberry, goth
Infantry, Us. A, who deserted from
Fort Shafter, turned "pirates and
seized the schooner Lady owned by
Captain Miller, and started off into the
ocean believing they might fetch up
ON the coast of China, but were wreck
ed on the coast of Waianae, this island,
were captured by the county police,
sent to the Fort Shafter guardhouse,
and escaped therefrom after serving a
sentence in Oahu Prison, only to be re-
captured, were sent aboard the trans
port Crook yesterday afternoon to be
turned over to the military prison au-
thorities on Aleatraz Island. The
pirates received sentence of two years
each for desertion. The men gave the
local military authorities considerable
trouble. Both are of English parentage,
and not very intelligent. Smith is de-
eidedly COckney in speech.
The Crook departed for San Fran
cisco at 5 p. m. Among the passengers
from here were Governor Frear, who
goes to Washington on official business;
Frederick Newell, director of the U. S.
Reclamation Service, and Mrs. Newell,
Justice S. NJ. Ballou of the Hawaiian
Supreme Court and C. H. Mcbride, pri-
vate secretary to the Governor.
The Hawaiian band was on the wharf
and gave the Governor a musical send
of.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-11-18
NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF MAR
GARET E. COUNTER.

Take notice that the undersigned has
by order of the Second Judge of thu
Circuit Court of the First Circuit, made
October "a, 1908, been appointed ad
ministrator of the estate of Margaret
E. Counter, deceased, and that al
creditors of said decedent are required
to present to the said administrator
at his place of business, Fort street
near Pauahi street, Honolulu, their
elaine; duly authenticated and with
proper vouchers, if any exist, even il
the claim is secured by mortgage upon
real estate, within six months from
the first publication of this notice, OF
they will be forever barred.
NJ r. COUNTER,
Administrator of the Estate of Mar
garet f. Counter, Deceased.
Honolulu, October "a, 1908
8181-Oct. %; Nov 4, II, 10.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-11-18

The Board of License Commission
ers for the County of Oahu viii hold
a meeting at the Executive Building
on Wednesday, December 9, 1908, at
4 p. m, to consider the application of
OAHU RAILWAY & LAND COM
PANY to sell Intoxicating liquors,
with the privilege of selling after the
usual closing hours and on Sundays,
at the premises known as the Hale
iva Hotel,' Haleiwa, Waialua, Oahu,
under the provisions of Act 119, SEES
sion Laws of 1907
All protests or objections against the
issuance of a license under said ap,
plieation should be fled with the See
rotary of the Board not later than
the time set for said hearing.
A. ]. CAMPBELL,
Secretary, Board of License Commits
sioners.
S19S-Nov. II, IS, 25; Dec. 2.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-11-18

The Board Of License Commission
ers for the County of Oahu will hold
a meeting at the Executive Building
on Wednesday, December 9, 1908, al
4 p. M. to consider the application
of KENKICHT ONO for a Second
Glass Saloon License TO sell intoxi.
eating liquors at Kalaeokahipa, Ka-
huku, Oahu, under the provisions of
Act 119, Session Laws of 1907.
All protests or objections against the
issuance of a license under said ap.
plication should be filed with the See
rotary of the Board not later than
the time set for said hearing
A. J. CAMPBELL,
Secretary, Board of License Commits
sioners.
s193-Nov. II, Is, rs; Dee. 2.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-11-18

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE
FIRST CIRCUIT, TERRITORY OF
HAWAII.-AT CHAMBERS. IN
PROBATE.
In the Matter Of the Estate of Maria
de Jesus. Deceased
Order of Notice of Hearing Petition
for Administration
On reading and filing the petition of
J. f. Souza of Honolulu, alleging that
Maria de Jesus of Honolulu died in
testate at Honolulu on the 30th day
of June, A. D. 1908, leaving property
in the Territory of Hawaii necessary
to be administered upon, and praying
that letters of administration issue to
him;
1t is Ordered, That Monday, the
both day of. November, A. D. 1908, at
nine o'clock a. M, be and hereby is
appointed for hearing said petition in
the courtroom of this Court at Homo
lulu, at which time and place all per-
sons concerned may appear and show
cause, if any they have, why said pc
tition should not be granted, and that
notice of this order shall be published
once week for three successive weeks
in the Pacific Commercial Advertiser,
a newspaper published in Honolulu.
Dated at Honolulu, October 81, 1905
Isl ALEXANDER LINDSAY, JR.,
Second Judge of the Circuit Court of
the First Circuit
Attest:
JOHN MARCALLINO, Clerk.
81S1-Oct. %; Nov. 4, II, IS.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-11-18
CANES ARE EDWARDS FAD.

King Edwards present of gold mounted maacca Win
Churchill reminds writer in the Dundee Advertiser that his
great walking sticks and possesses
collection both Buckingham palace and Windsor Among
them especially made him the Sir George Dbbs
skill
other things while serving period of detention in Australia for
contempt This particular stick made
found In the NeverNever region known Rngi Perhaps,
however the historic stick in the royal collection
branch the Boscobe1 which Charles IL
climbed escape Cromwels the close of the battle of Wo
during the later her life always
this of the round mob she had small
Indian idol from Seringapatam mounted a handle.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-11-18
ALTERNATING CURRENTS.
1t Pays.
In Record Herald.

When the dmped bab hungry, what does the baby do?
1t doesn't lie sereney and merely sweety coo;
The hungry baby bellows with all its little might
Till gives it something curb its Appetite
The infant with the bottle which stills its fretfu cries
A lesson plainly teaches-lt pays to advertise
The lamb lost the hillside when darkness closes round
Stands not in silence trembling and waiting be found
It's pantve beatng echoes the wales and meads
Until the shepherd hears it, and hearing kindly heeds
And when its fears ended his breast it lies
The lamb has made this patent: 1t pays advertise
The fair and gentle maiden who loves the bashful boy
Assumes when in his presence that IS coy;
She bushes and she trembes till he perceves last,
And clasps her closely to him and gladly holds her fast
And he bends to kiss her and she serene1y signs,
This fact is demonstrated: 1t pays to advertise
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-11-18
The Yokohama Specie
Bank, Limited
ESTABLISHED 1880.

Capital paid up) Yen 100000
Reserve Fund ......... Yen 100000
HEAD OFFICE, YOKOHAMA.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-11-18
\ BLENDING OF NATIONALITY

During the course of a trial before
Judge Dole yesterday, a witness was
put on the stand who testified that she
was half Chinese and half Hawaiian.
She dressed as a japanese woman, in
KimOno, and she speaks Japanese,
though she can also speak English and
Hawaiian.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-11-18
LoNDoN's SHIFTING POPULATION.

The population of the city during the day nearly per
what nghtfa The shows after office
hours density of only persons an acre as against go for
London whereas during the day the figure according the
medical officer less than The last named figure
actively engaged the city and
estimated,
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-11-18
MEETING NOTICE.

The first general meeting of the
shareholders of the Oriental Brewery,
Ltd, of Hongkong, China, will be held
at the Office of the Honolulu Brewing
& Mailing Co., Ltd, No. 535 Queen
street, Honolulu, T. H., on Friday,
Nov. goth, 1908, at 10 clock a. m.
CHAS. G. BARTLETT,
1874 Secretary.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-11-18
By Authority.
EXECUTIVE NOTICE.

During my absence from the Terri.
tory, the Secretary of the Territory
viii act as Governor
w. F. FREAR,
Governor.
Honolulu, T. H., November Il, 1908.
SI99
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-11-18
Rranches and Agencies:

Toxic, Kobe, Osaka, Nagasaki, Lon
don, Lyons, New York, San Francisco,
Bombay, Hongkong, Shanghai, Han
kow, Chefoo, Tientsin, Peking, New
chang, Dalny, Port Arthur, Antung-
Hsien, LiaOyang, Mukden, Tienling,
Changehun.
The bank buys and receives for
collection bills of exchange, issues
Drafts and Letters of Credit, and
transaets a general banking business
Honolulu Branch, ST s. King Street
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-11-18

Superintendent McVeigh returned to
the Settlement yesterday afternoon.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1908-09-26

ache
The watched him ascend the steps
and turn into his smoking room. The
door closed sharply, and a wave of iu-
applicable relief rushed over her. Her
hands were cold She vent to the ire
place and held them out 20 the blaze.
Her ears we're alert for sounds from
above-alert with 4 strange fear
which choked her with its persis-
tence. She dreaded the opening of
her fathers door ard his footsteps as
they crossed 10 her mothet's room.
She waited for these sounds, minute
after minute, bu. they diu not come.
The fire would would nOtgive warmth
10 her hands; the chill seemed to
spread. In her new consciousness
she felt that a tragedy was just be-
gun.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1908-09-26

We are making a big
noise about the excellence Of
our photographs. You will
not blame us when you have
seen the handsome finishing
we give them nor will you
wonder at our enthusiasm for
the artistic skill shown in
their making.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-04-28
SPRAYING THE HEN HOUSE

find it hard work to pump Il 5-gal-
Ion sprayer, so on the roof OF the poul-
try house have built platform, and
on it placed Il 20-gallon key with Il
piece of gas pipe screwed into the bot
tom long enough to reach through the
roof.
The gas pipe contains a burner with
q cutoff, and over the end is fitted Il
rubber tubing with Il spraying nozzle
on the end. ii III the keg with louise
killer, take hold of the spray nozzle,
turn on the cut off and go TO work
spraying every crack and corner where
IL louise is likely to hide.
| find it pays to get after the lice
lust as soon as the sun comes out long
enough to dry the house after spray ing
am very careful to keep the poultry
house dry at all times, even if have
TO use coal oil stove.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-04-28

1t is quite probable that the sev-
cral questions involved i'll the lit
cation referred to above will be
passed upon by Our Supreme Court
before the time when it viii be
necessary to make the several lcVics
of taxes for the year 1908. In
case such questions Shall be passed
mon adversely to the contentious
of the plaintiffs i'll the several
actions now pending and referred
TO above, and in case our Supreme
Court shall hold the provisions OF
said chapter as of the Session Laws
of 1907, cxcmpting moneys and
credits from taxation, to be constr
tutional, then the moneys ana
credits included III the assessors
lists may be omitted i'll footing up
the assessors rolls and not inClud-
ed in the final levies. On the
other hand, i'll case our Supreme
Court should hold the provisions
of said chapter 4S, cNcmptlng
moneys and credits from taxation,
70 be unconstitutional, then the as
scssmcnt and taxation officials OF
this state will have taken the nee
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-04-28

For spray miXture make wash
tubful Of whitewash, using Il bucket OF
quick lime, and also barrel of strong
I've water, using IA can of lye. When
the lime il settled dip of the clean
water.
Put ) gallons OF this I've water into "a
barrel and add | gallon Of coal OIL
after stirring let stand n hours, then
add | pint of crude carbolic acid and ,
gallons Of lime water. Stir a few
minutes, and the mixture is ready for
use.
10 keep lice in check, use gallon of
coal tar, gallon crude oil and pint
crude carholic acid i'ut all together
and let stand two days. Fin Il boz hall
full OF sawdust and mix with it pint
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-04-28

essary steps to insure the proper
maintaining of Our state, county,
municipal and school district GOV
crnmcnts during the year 1909,
Very respectfully yours,
ions y. ATKINSON,
Attorney General.