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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-10-14

During the rain of last week local
weather prophet stated that an inch
of rain fell during the storm. An
inch of rain. Can you realize what
an inch of rain means? Get your
slate, son, and find out whether there
is 6.272.640 square inches in an acre.
An inch of rain on an acre is then
6,272.604 cubic inches, If your figures
are right. A gallon of water is said
to be 227 cubic inches, or $4,000 gal
Ions on that acre-or 100 tons OF
water. An inch of rain. Does your
head ache now?-Winthrop News.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-10-14

The Eagle Hotel was opened for
b, siness Monday. Mr.. Moore. the
proprietor. is an experienced hand in
the hotel and restaurant business, as
everyone in Central City knows. He
has refitted the hotel with an entire
ly new outfit Of furniture, fixtures,
dishes. etc. The upstairs of the build
ing has nine bedrooms and large
room which he has fitted up for a
parlor. Down stairs is the office
room, large dining room and a kitcii-
en-. He has employed first class
cook and all who patronize this what
Is now again new hotel will receive
the best there can be had.-Central
City Newsletter.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-10-14


An effort is being made to present
a petition to the Board of Supervis,
DIS of Fayette County. says the
Hawkeye Beacon, asking that a vote
be taken on the proposition for one
mill tax to build Memorial Hall in
West Union in which will be placed
tablets bearing the names of all old
soldiers who enlisted from this coun-
ty during the Civil War. This is pro-
per and measure that should re-
ceive the support of this generation
who owe SO much to the patriotic
men of 61-65 who preserved for us
this great union of Straw
berry Point Mail-Press.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-10-14

Jack Stone has purchased an inter-
est in E. @. Lain's c. o. D. Store and
is now behind the counter helping
wait on the trade. Mr.. Stone and
family have recently moved to town
and are living in their new home on
West Union street. The new firm ex.
pect to enlarge their stock and will
try to merit the trade that has been
going to the store and work for as
much more as they can get Both
gentlemen have large number of
friends in this community who wish
them every success possible.-Edge-
wood Journal.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-10-14
NEleHBoRHooD NEWS.

Work on the cement dam has pro-.
crossed rapidly the past week and if
the supply of material does not run
out 1t will be completed by Saturday
night. the conditions have been most
favorable for the prosecution of the
work from the start, and those hav-
ing the construction in charge have
made the most of the fine weather
and low stage of water to push it to
an early completion. AS soon as the
dam is finished work of repairing the
mill will be begun. Cement columns
will be erected in the basement, to
support and strengthen the structure,
new fumes put in and four water
wheels of the most approved pattern
ing engineer, assures the company
that with the present low stage of
water not less than $50 horsepower
can be developed and with the ordin-
airy stage fully 400 horsepower. A
cement wall two feet in thickness
and ten feet high will be built from
the large abutment at the east end
of the dam to the hwall of the Y.
NJ. C. A. building to keep the water
below the dam. from backing up in
the rear of the Chatham street build
ings in flood times. Over 1000 bar
rels of cement will have been used
when the work is finished. The COM
pany is to be commended fer the
thoroughness with which every part
q the work has been done.-Ipdepen-
dence Bulletin Journal.
An order was issued by Postmaster
General Meyer at Washington Sat
urday directing all postmasters to
unite with their local school author.
tiles with view of adopting the most
effective method of instructing school
children as to the organization and
operation of the postal service. Par
ticularily the proper addressing oflet
tiers and the Importance of placing re
turn cards on envelopes. Postmast
ers are also directed to arrange Il
possible to deliver personal talks t.
the pupils and give teachers access
tt the postal guide and the postal Law
and render them every assistance IL
securing necessary information. The
claim is made that the dead-letter Of
flee shows tremendous shiftlessnes'
i this country and it is bound thai
the work of that department will BIZ
ltssened by proper education in tn,
81 hools. -Dyersville Commercial.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-10-14
No H.redity About Il.

Gerald My father was an old salt
Geraldine That's funny. You are a
young fresh.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-10-14

s.ss PEI man. at.y ~. e.ss. = naer. ).
altom them. This Is why he eootin1es Ga,
Ats year srg a a,ss.: while other dsSos ha
Is an eminen.v successful speeiaa9 II !,
fonis diseases, proven By. the many ., -,
q, is =, IA "a caaonic cases which W ba1se Z
'rience and 81 telsive prsctics have made ~.
Proficient that no can name and local 5
$50 In o few minutes. -
Treats q! '-abIe 9. SOS q oanna. Nw
in. Paralysis. Nour aleia, Nerves. fni he. :
iSeases, blood ! Skin d saseA Eoilopsy
rights Disease ! .CorsumptiCn e tLri,
age; diseases VI theBla6der and fema)c OvN !.
liquor aud Tobacco habit. Stamm09in,. en,..,i
"a sure methods to prevent Its recurrence 9il.n
never-faillng remedy for Big Neck.
PILES, FISTUI.Ar an. RUPTURK gusysn.
aed cured without definition from 6pSine...
pectal attention given tn All 6urRi..
ascs, and all diseases Of the IN. Ia
lose and Throat. =
Giasses fitted and guaranteed. 0s1nn,A, !,
IDS. Cataract, Cross Eyes straighteno1 Vl1ho,;
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-07-03
SchliemanR's Luck.

1t is told of Schliemann. the exhumer
of buried cities of the ancient world,
that he was pursued by i'll luck in his
earlier undertakings. Mentioning the
fact to a friend, the latter asked him
which leg and arm he first inserted in
trousers and coat. Schlieman said
he habitually inserted the right. That
is the cause Of your Hisfortunes," said
his friend. You have offended the
left hand fairies, and they take out
their vengeance on you. Reverse your
habit and see" And" said Schlie-
mann in telling the incident in his later
and prosperous years, you see how it
changed my luck"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-07-03
Wonders About Skin Pores.

Each square inch of the human skin
contains no less than $500 sweating
tubes, or perspiration pores. Each of
these tubes, although wonderfully mi
mute. is about one-fourth of an inch in
length. Each of these sweat tubes may
be likened to tiny draintile. We find
that the average adult has about 1000
square inches of skin on the surface of
his body. Each square inch of this
outer cuticle is, as we have said, liter
ally perneated with its $500 quarter
inch perspiration bitches. If we could
put each of these little tubes end to
end we would find that they would ex-
tend distance of not less than 201 1855
feet Had you ever before stopped to
consider the fact that the aggregate
length Of the tile bitches for draining
the human body is almost forty miles?
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-07-03
(By Tort.)

Nap LaJoie claims that an orange
hued hoodoo is persuing his Cleveland
bunch With the field hospital already
well filled with mangled athletes it
was necessary to find room yesterday
for George Stoval. The big first base
man collided with a Detroit player
and broke his left arm. This means
that he will be out of the game about
all season.
What do they do when a team
gets to 900 in the percentage col
umn?" asks our friend. the Anderson
Bulletin. Keep your eyes open. Mr..
Bulletin and you will witness the ans
wer We know of no team in the Unit
ed States that has a better chance TO
draw three ciphers with a period be-
fore 'em than Anderson has.
Clark Griffith, ex-manager Of the
New York Americans. wants to pur-
chase the Birmingham, Ala, franchise.
At the indianapolis game Wednes-
day Vice President Fairbanks was a
spectator and was introduced to Pres.
O'Brien of the American Association.
After discussing buttermilk and cock
tails the V. P. asked O'Brien how it
felt to be president.
There were big doings in Smoketown
Yesterday the Pirates and the Cubs
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-07-03
MINE PROMOTERS
FACE JUDGMENT
Eight Men Who SwindIed Hun
dreds of People Through
Bogus Concern.
MANY NOW FACE POVERTY.
INVESTORS FIND THAT "BIG 3D.
MANIA" CONSISTS OF SMALL
PROPERTY BUT ELEGANTLY
ENGRAVED CERTIFICATES,

Chicago, Ill, July Slight persons
charged with conducting a get-rich-
quick mining venture, in which they
are said to have taken in more than
$1,000,000 were indicted by the feder-
al grand jury yesterday on the charge
of using the mails illegally.
Those against whom the bills were
found are:
DR.. w S. Phillips, a dentist.
DR.. A. T. Grove, dentist.
Walter S. Dillon, lawyer, formerly
of Chicago
w. T. Arms, former salesman.
Marc Sherwood, former salesman.
J. B. Swalley, merchant at Aurora.
H. E. Graham, stock jobber and gen
eral promoter.
w. X. Graham, brother and partner
Of H. E. Graham.
The men indicted organized the
American-Mexico Mining and Develop
ment company in 1908 under the laws
Of South Dakota with a capital stock
of 100000. 1t is said $1,000,000 of
the capital stock was retained by GER
tain of the organizers and divided
amongst the two Grahams, Phillips,
Grove, and one other man, who is
credited with being the originator of
| the scheme, although he was not in
dicted.
Thousands Of persons invested in
| the concern. Many of them paid in the
last of their accommodations and are
now poverty stricken.
The mining company, according to
the evidence presented to the grand
| jury, consisted of some property OF
small value in Mexico, smelter
| plant. and deliberately engraved stock
certificates and stationery. The local
offices of the company were in an
deliberately furnished suite at 1918 Ma
| tional Life building.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-07-03
Affairs Of the Sporting World

split even and today and tomorrow
these great outfits hook up again.
RUDE Marquard, the Indianapolis
star, states that before he signs with
any major league team he must have
an inflated salary offered him. AL
though the Rube has visions of toting
his roll from the pay car in a dray it
is quite probable that he will be able
to accommodate it in his trousers
pocket.
Base ball in Richmond On the
Fourth of July will be conspicuous by
it's absence. Cambridge City, howev-
err, will pull off a good game. Some
day when Richmond grows up maybe
it can support a team like Cambridge
City does.
Horse Show Note-Sergeant Nc
Manus states that he will ride a fiery
charger in the parade tomorrow if he
has to glue himself onto the saddle.
This exhibition will positively be Civ
en- free of charge.
Those durn fool Reds got beat yes
terday. Stack 'em up against world
champions and they win. Put 'em
against tail end outfit like St. Louis
and they have the tar whaled out of
EN-.
Cans and Nelson meet tomorrow at
San Francisco. The Ethiopian is the
betting favorite
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-07-03
The DOnjOn.

The donjon. or keep. Of the castle
was a tower within, much stronger
than the rest Of the structure and de-
signed as a last resort for the garrison
when the walls and other portions of
the fertilization had fallen into the
hands of the enemy. The donjon was
generally provided with a secret exit,
a tunnel being constructed. often many
hundreds of yards in length, leading to
some concealed outlet through which
the besieged could receive succor or, in
time of necessity, escape.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-07-03
STANDARD OIL
CASE POSTPONED
Adjournment Taken Until the
First Day in Septem-
Der.
A VICTORY is PREDICTED.
ATTORNEY FOR THE GREAT COR
PORATlON SAYS THAT HIS
COMPANY DID NOT AT ANY
TIME DISOBEY THE LAW.

New York, July Sat the conclu.
sion of yesterdays session Of the
Standard Oil inquiry, an adjournment
was taken until Sept. /, when the TAX
ing of evidence will be resumed. The
feature of the hearing was the testimo-
ny of witnesses for the Standard Oil
company about the rate war in Massa-
chusetts and eastern New York. They
denied that rebates were given and
of the keen competition by the firm Of
Hisgen Brothers of Springfield, Mass,
Moritz Rosenthal senior counsel for
the Standard, issued a statement at
the close of the hearing in which he
prophesied victory for the defendant
company.
I'VE will later, and probably upon
Sept. 1, put in proof to rebut the allie
cations of preferences in railway
rates." said Mr.. Rosenthal.
I'VE will show that we have never
enjoyed preferences not open to any
other shipper, and that much of the
evidence presented in relation tc
these alleged preferences is based up
on hearsay. We will show as easily
as we have proved that the Standard
was not responsible for the rate cut
ting in springfield and vicinity, thai
the Standard has enjoyed no prefer
enceS in rates.
I'VE will also put in ample proot
to show that in the conduct Of our pipe
line companies we have always KEEP
strictly within the existing interstate
laws and that not a rule or require
ment has been made not amply JUST
fled by physical conditions.
II am satisfied that when the proc
is finally in the public will find tina
no corporation in this country ha
been operated upon more legal or more
equitable lines, man to man. than tn,
same maligned Standard OIL compa
n.y."
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-07-03
RICHMOND READY
FOR THE FOURTH
Bio Celebration viii Be Held
Here Saturday by the
<. G. E.
SUCCESS is PREDICTED.
BIG INDUSTRIAL PARADE WILL
BE ONE OF THE FEATURES OF
THE DAY-CITY TO BE GAILY
FESTOONED.

Everything is in readiness for the
big Fourth of July celebration. To
day many people, affected by siren
nous patriotic activity, began decOrat-
ing their homes and places of business
and by tomorrow morning. when the
Nations birthday is ushered in with
the roar Of cannon. firecrackers and
other noise making devices, the city
will be gaily festooned with flags and
bunting.
The trains and traction cars today
brought in hundreds of people who are
here to visit friends and relatives. or
to witness the big Fourth of July cele.
bration Tomorrow morning the bulk
OF the visitors and home corners will
begin to pour in. 1t is stated that the
travel out of Richmond today has been
less than it has been on this date for
years past. People are remaining
here to take part in the big celebra
ton.
Richmond will be headquarters for
hundreds of knights of the Golden
Eagle from many netghboring towns
and cities in Ohio and Indiana. They
will come brilliant in their uniforms
and will be an attractive feature OF
tae industrial parade
A large number OF business men
have assured the promoters of the
celebration that they will be repre-,
scented in the industrial parade Ills
parade will be the largest held in
Richmond in years. There will be
marching delegations from the var.
ions shops. two crack brass bands a
platoon of police, three companies OF
the fire department and delegations
from several neighboring towns in the
county.
At the Glen tomorrow evening there
will be the greatest display of fire.
works ever seen in this city. Over
$500 worth of fireworks have been
purchased and as they soar and break
over the lake it will be a sight we'll
worth seeing. In the afternoon the
athletic contests at the Glen will at,
tract hundreds of people. Two tal
loon assertions will be made by Prof
Grey. The first one will be at II
o'clock in the morning and the other
at 3 O'Clock in the afternoon.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-07-03
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES"

Terre Haute. Ind. July 3.-"Blos-
som" was good, kind COW, usually
faithful under trust. but she finally
fell from grace. dissolution follow
ing soon thereafter.
A tin bucket filled with molasses.
was left just outside the home of
Blossoms owner, Charles Stew
art. of this city. last night. Bios
SOM was proving around along
cheese sandwich and a scuttle of
about midnight, looking for a
hops. and happened to spy the
bucket of molasses.
Yes. they found her poor. lifeless
body in the chilly dawn. The tin
bucket encased her heart. Bios
som had dived into the can of
sweets and became strangled. The
Stewards are heartbroken.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-07-03
CENTRAL LEAGUE.
RESULTS YESTERDAY.

National League.
Chicago "a. Pittsburg 90
New York 4. Philadelphia 5.
st. Louis 4. Cincinnati ,.
Brooklyn >, Boston /.
American League.
st. Louis 10, Chicago so.
Philadelphia 4, Boston /.
Washington As, New York 3-3.
Detroit IL, Cleveland /.
American Association.
Indianapolis VS.. Louisville, Rain.
Toledo ). Columbus 0.
Kansas City VS.. Minneapolis-Rai
Milwaukee VS.. st. Paul-Rain.
Central League.
Terre Haute 10, South Bend 81.
Evansville >. Grand Rapids /.
Fl. Wayne 1, GAINESVILLE l.
Dayton 8, Wheeling l.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-07-03
LIGHTS READY FOR
BIG CELEBRAT |Ok
West End Business Men Ready
To Entertain City.

The lights that have been suspend
ed between Sixth and Third streets
as the result of the activity of the
West Main Street Business Mems AS
ISOLATION were given a trial last night.
West of Fifth street the connections
were not made correctly and the
lights would not burn. This defect
will be remedied before tonight when
the business men will entertain the
entire city
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-07-03
yfcotfaua Amuis,

Nicotiana afinis. the border flower.
which opens about 6 o'clock and gives
a powerful and pleasant fragrance dur
ing the night. takes its name from the
botanical term for the tobacco plant,
of John Moot Of Nismes, ambassador
from the king of France to Portugal,
who procured the first seeds from a
Dutchman. who had them from Flor
ida.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-07-03
After Identification.

Detective-Could you identify the
man who bunkoed you? The Victim
Identify him? III do good deal more
than that to him If ever get near
enough.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-07-03
Rather Mixed.

Say, Jack. what have you that string
tied around your finger for?"
'Oh, that is to remind me that for
got something my wife told me to be
sure to r'-Baltimore Ameri-
can
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-07-03
Had Him .

He-Isn't dinner ready yet? She
No. dear. I got it according to the time
you set the clock when you came in
last night. and dinner will be ready in
tour hours.-Harper's Bazaar.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-07-03
A SIRE Sign.

The honeymoon may very properly
be said to be over when the wife sug-
gests to her husband that he'd better
have his trousers pressed by a tailor
Detroit Free Press
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-07-03

Il called in" said the puffy little
man, "to say that your story about the
fire next door to me yesterday was all
wrong"
IAN wrongY' asked the editor
yes. sir. Why. hang it, spell my
name with two SIS, and I make soap,
not shoe backing"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-07-03

Never let go tie reins of the wilc
colt OF the heart.-Japanese Proverb.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-07-03

THEoDosIA:
Gold Medal Flour makes lightest bread
SUE.
The Delta independent., 1908-11-06

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The Delta independent., 1908-11-06

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The Delta independent., 1908-11-06

Part of Section
1Na"e VI O"her or Lot
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-09
40 FEET ABOVE
TURB BULENR
FEATAER RNER

below looks like stretch OF blue RID
bon. breaking here and there into
featherlilce foam. which gave the early
Indians their clew for a name. The
railway tracks resemble the toy tracks
we used to build with matches. the
coach and locomotive have dwindled
10 the size OF a toy train, and the tim
bered mountainsides. the azure tinted
rocky walls OF the Feather gorge form
q kaleidoscope panorama that fasci-
mates the passenger in his midair voy-
age and makes him forget his fears
Near the north bank the cage gli6es
directly over the huge power house Of
the power company. A thousand work
men. resembling. from the dizzy height.
the pavns on q chess board. are labor
ing with zeal IN the construction OF the
great plant that VIII be the first In
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-09
An LAS PLUMAS PASSENGERS
LEAVE TllA 0OAcH FOR A MODERN
Ply INC 11A@AINE
'hoto5 By
=. .Aoson

towers stationed high up on the noun
tain sides and the steel thread on
which the huge pulleys travel has a
total length OF 5000 feet. The work
men make the trip without a tremor.
and even spot the pet canine of Las
Plumas. is a regular passenger on the
aerial coach. Three times a day ne
jumps into the car. sometimes with the
men. sometimes with load of material.
and ascends. barking. to the perilous
height. and goes TO the other side for
his daily rations.
The Western Pacific road is in itself
a surprise TO those unfamiliar with
mountain road building. George Gould.
who is at the head of the Western Pa
cifc project. says the building of this
great transcontinentai road will be the
crowning achievement of his career as
a railroad. builder. Those who have
made the trip from Marysville 10 Berry
Greek agree with Gould. only they so
a little further and predict that it
may be the crowning achievement OF
railroad building in America
From, Las Plumas the track is laid
TO Berry Creek. a distance OF three
miles, making a total OF II miles OF
track laid beyond Marysvilie- And.
while the route from Oroviile TO Las
Plunlas is succession of scenic sur
prises. the three mile stretch from Las
PIumas TO Berry Creek is one OF far
more grandeur and is in reality the in
itial view of an so mile panorama Of
railroad. river. canyon and natural
scenery that cannot be excelled on the
American continent
The track follows the southern bank
of the Feather river for the entire dis
tance. There are two tunnels and one
river crossing. this being at the point
where the middle fork of the Feather