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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-03-04
kenosha To Establish q New
Record for Sidewalks During
Coming Twelve Months
CONTRACTORS WILL BE BUSY
New Ordinance Will Demand the Build
ing of Concrete Walks in Every
Section of the City-Knell
of Board Walk Sounded

City Sidewalk Inspector Edward
Banning is busy drawing up the new
sidewalk ordinance which is to be pre-
sented to the City Council at an early
meeting and it is certain that this year
will 60 down on record as the greatest
year in the history of the city for the
building of sidewalks It was thought
that the record had been reached last
year when total Of more than six
miles Of walk was laid in the city, but
this year the knell of the board walk
will be sounded and when the year is
over it is declared that there will be
less than two miles of board walk in
Kenosha and by the end of another
year it is thought that this will nearly
all be replaced by the cement walks
approved by the city. In the new or
dinance now being completed there
will be demand for the building of
more than five hundred pieces Of side
walk. Every portion of the city with
the exception of the two subdivisions
annexed during the last year will be
included in the ordinance and the
suburban portions Of the city have
been particularly well taken care of.
Inspector Tanning has spent nearly all
OF his time making an examination Of
the walks in the older portions Of the
city and every walk which has, seen
it's best days is slated to be torn up
an1 rnploood Nv q ,,ox,, $40 A1Jo1 / :
the 500 new pieces of walk included in
the ordinance for this year is $50
pieces Of walk laid over from last wear
The notices for all of these walks have
been served and in many cases con
tracts have oeen let for the building
of the walks.
1t IS proposed to have the new ordi-
nance passed by the Council so that
the notices may be served on or before
che first day of April and this will
make it possible for the people to get
In the great majority of the walks this
year. There will be several new con-
tractors in the business this year, but
all will be needed to take care of the
3 Se0C huilUOI VI COnUIdCGS. AdSG year
the contractors now in the city laid
more than 600 pieces of walk and it
is thought that with approved methods
they will be able to lay even a greater
number this year. The new ordinance
will demand walks in many parts of
the city where q sidewalk will be a
novelty and the inspector will see to it
that walks in these new territories are
laid on a grade that will be uniform
The opening link in the building of
the city beautiful will be started in
these outlying districts and an effort
will be made to avoid the error in
grades that has been made in some of
the older portions of the city. Most
of the property owners will welcome
the coming of the notices for sidewalks
and some of them have already antici-
pated the passage of the ordinance by
making contracts for the walks at this
time. The cement walk building in
the city will probably be started the
latter part Of next month.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-03-04
NEW BOOKS
Of Fiction and Non-Fiction at the
Gilbert M. Simmons Library

Burton-Strongheart.
Eggleston-Two Gentlemen Of Vir-
ginia.
Foster-Corrie Who?
administrator World.
Godfrey-Man Who Ended War.
Henry-Gentle CRATER.
Knapp-Well in the Desert.
Pemberton-Sir Richard Escombe.
Phillips Fashionable Adventures Of
Joshua Craig.
Reynolds Supreme Test.
Scott-Princess Dehra.
Walford-Leonore Stubbs
Webster-W Whispering Man.
Wells-War in the Air.
Yorke-Other Sara.
Non-Fiction
Advantageous Writing and the
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Archbutt- fabrication and Lubri-
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Atkinson-Boyhood of Lincoln.
Bernhardt- Memories of my Life.
Casson-Romance of Steel
Cipriani-Cry Of Defeat.
Gibbons-Discourse and Sermons on
Various Subjects.
Grahame- Pagan Papers.
observation-disclosures of Health.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-03-04

Mrs. W. K. Vanderbilt's gift Of
100000 for the benefit of tuberculo-
sis patients and their families is a
noble piece of philanthropy and will
be used for erecting ideal tenaments
in New York which will combine the
home comforts with the latest ideas
for the benefit and cure Of victims of
the white plague. The buildings will
accommodate about 400 families and
the rents viii be as low as the cheap
est tenaments IF all of the multi
millionaires Of this country will only
follow suit it will not take many years
to practically stamp out the dread
disease.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-03-04
COMMENCING MONDAY NIGHT

The baltimore and Leigh Stock Com
pany under the directions Of the Myr-
kle-Harder Amusement Company will
open a weeks engagement at the Rhode
Opera House on Monday night, pre-
senting a list of excellent plays, both
comedy and drama, and Interpreting
the plays with first class vaudeville
acts. Some of the plays to be present
ed during the week are "The Lion and
the Lamb, - "Lost in the Alps = can
American Gentleman Driven from
the Altar" "The Best Man Wins, !"
cat College" and "Why Girls Go
Wrong" Speciality turns will be done
by baltimore and Leigh and Ralph
Clark, Miss Billie Long, McEnroe and
LaPorte, Miss Alice Milton and the
Lihougraph and the big illusion act
"The Cohan Craze 23'' DIV
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-03-04
Tinkering With the Primary.

Congress since the beginning Of the
national life has been tinkering with
something. Some statesman way back
in the early days saw that it was a
good thing to "tinker' with some
thing and ever since that time legisla
tors, whether they have been in the
national congress or in the state legis-
lature, have spent much Of their time
tinkering This tinkering makes ex-
cellent political capital for future cam
paigns and develops issues. The ma
tional congress this year will tinker
state legislature gets through tinker
ing with the election of a United States
senator, broad lines have been mapped
out for tinkering with the primary
election law. Some people declare
that the primary election law, like an
old coffee pot with the bottom burned
off, is not worth tinkering with, but
should be discarded and a new law
passed. Lots Of people thought the
same thing before the law was ever
q new bottom it should be done by
statesmen and not tinkerers. Political
capital out of the primary looks like
a dead weight, but there are some men
who can make political capital out Of
anything that will bring an argument
1t is admitted that so far as Wis
consin is concerned primary election is
on the defensive. 1t has proven a
failure from every essential standpoint
The state is spending lots Of money
to maintain it, every candidate who
goes into the field is spending lots Of
money to follow it's provisions and it
is seen that the results are decidedly
disappointing. Nominations under
the law are made directly by the peo-
pie, but the opinions in the mind of
the people are largely Influenced by
the man who has the most money to
spend. That man is not criminal
but is simply following the right
given to him by the law. Now the
tinkerers would seek to make him a.
criminal by putting in an amendment
to take away this right. Such an
amendment would be simply putting a
premium on deceit and dishonesty
The man with the money has the right
to spend it for his own political ad-
vancement and he can find the way to
evade any provision against spending
it. The old caucuses may have been
packed, but the poor man who could
raise the crowd had just as good a
chance as the rich man. Now that
right is abridged by the simple fact
that the rich man can hire more men
to work for him and get over a. bigger
territory The fact that the primary
has resulted in men not wanted by
SO called leaders getting nominations
is the real reason for tinkering with
it at this time. These men themselves
have fought, bled and died for the law
when it was, first passed and it has
turned on them and proved their poll
tical undoing. This is the real cause
of the agitation. IF Wisconsin is to
have primary election it is better far
to "bear the ills we have than to fly
to others that we know not Of How
ever, if the Legislature must tinker it
might be better to have them tinker
with the primary than with other and
more important measures.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-03-04
HoweIIs-Roman Holidays and 9th

Howells-Roman Holidays and 9th
ers. T
Jones-Love and Loyalty.
Observation-Disclosures and Collec-
tivism.
Kirk-Papers on Health.
Lucas-Open Road.
Mero-American Fairgrounds.
Peabody-Singing Leaves.
Rawlings and How to Know
Them.
Rice-Lincoln Year Book.
Strauss-Ideas of Plain Country
Woman.
Wharton = Motor-hight Through
France.
Whipple-Typhoid Fever.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-03-04

Just remember that you do not have
to have family of children to be
eligible to membership on the School
Board. The business Of the Board of
Education is such as to demand the
best care from hard headed business
men and the old idea that every man
elected to the Board should have lot
of children in order to interest him in
the affairs of the schools mas long
since been exploded.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-03-04

Senator Blaine of Boscobel has final
~ studied out the combination of that
safe and has secured these precious
documents on which he based his
charges against the campaign made by
Senator Stephenson. O pif1le-nothing
but letter from a real reformer and
some unsupported statements made by
a real progressive newspaper man.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-03-04

Assemblyman Bancroft told the in
vestigating commission that he was ac-
customed to having his picture in the
paper It might be stated that it
makes considerable difference what
reading matter accompanies the pict-
ure. That is the difference between
fame and notoriety.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-03-04

The quadriennial exodus to Wash
ington is now on in earnest. Some
one with pencil for figures in Wash
ington has found that it will cost three
million dollars to inaugurate President
Taft. It looks like a case Of "a fool
and his money for most of the peo-
pie.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-03-04
If the Council wants to appeal to til,

If the Council wants to appeal to the
legislature for the passage of some laws
it might be we'll for them to
look up the laws proposed for the
changing of tax paying time and
the law for proper division Of
inheritance tax It is probable
that a unanimous vote of the
Council could be secured for support
of these bills
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-03-04

The last week for petitions for the
primary campaign opened this morning
and there is still plenty of time for
some more good men to announce them
selves as candidates for ward Offices.
The Republicans are also in need of a
good candidate for assessor.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-03-04

The noble army of office seekers is
now moving on Washington. There is
no doubt but that the CIRCULARS will
have a. pleasant reunion when they get
back to the capitol. Lots Of them
have gone to every Inauguration and
gone back home without the job.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-03-04

One Of the churches in Racine has
started the ball rolling in the right
direction. The ladies of the church
have agreed to take off their hats dur
ing church service. This is a move
which will be appreciated more parti-
cularly by the men of the congregation
and we venture to predict that the
men of that church will attend in
larger numbers and oftener. There is
no good reason why the ladies should
not take their hats off in church as
well as in the theatre, especially dur
ing the "merry widow" reign. It is
certainly not very pleasant for man,
or woman either for that matter, to
sit behind a, row of merry widow hats
and listen to the sermon preached by a
priest or pastor whom he can not see.
The sermon may be ever so good, but
it loses a goodly amount of it's in
terest when you can not see the
speaker,
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-03-04

The man who runs for office in the
future in Wisconsin will probably de-
eide that the only way to pay campaign
bills is in cash money. These check
stubs tell too many stories.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-03-04

We don t want to seem mean or
SMALL but we would like to know who
is paying for all of those kilograms
which called the anti-stephenson legis-
lators to Madison yesterday.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-03-04

1t is. interesting to note how some
Of the members Of the Council will
laugh at the splendid reports made by
the Kenosha municipal water company
and yet beam with praise over the re-
port of some lighting plant owned by
some little town in a southern state.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-03-04

In couple of years more Kenosha
will have chance to lay claim to the
title of having better sidewalks than
any city in the state. The present
administration will 60 down on record
as sidewalk building administration
1t could have worse claim for fame.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-03-04

The City Council does not seem to
have given the health ordinance pro-
posed by the health department very
sympathetic reception. However, &C
ton will be taken on it before the
present Council goes out Of office.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-03-04

The fact that the delinquent tax list
in Kenosha is less than $4,000 is sure
indication that things have picked up
in Kenosha. Pretty nearly every one
was able to pay his or her taxes this
wear
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-03-04

The accounts filed at Madison show
one thing and that is that the men
who got their hands into the barrel
were the same old bunch who have been
sitting at the pie counter ever since
Wisconsin became real progressive
state
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-03-04

Evidently the City Council couldn It
stand the pressure of not having sin
gle Kenosha man licensed to lobby at
Madison and it decided to do little
lobbying on it's own hook. 1t will now
be up to the Council to get regular
license.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-03-04

Poor old stalwarts Some of the
" Progressive papers are blaming
them for the plight at Madison. These
fellows ought to be told that the
"Quarter Breeds" are the people that
are causing all the troubles now.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-03-04

1t may yet be considered an honor in
Wisconsin politics to have been mem
Der Of the so-called Stalwart faction.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-03-04
That Investigation.

The Investigation now going on at
Madison in regard to the amount Of
money spent at the late primary cleo
ton may turn out to be a. benefit be-
fore it is through, but we doubt it.
Up to the present time it has done a
thousand times more harm than good
and has brought dozens of innocent,
respectable men into the lime light Of
public criticism because they have done
honest labor for one of the candidates
for United States senator and been paid
honestly for it. This compelling the
candidates to give a record of every
cent spent or given away during the
past year is an outrage and bringing
in the names of innocent persons, in
Guiding twelve clergymen, is a greater
outrage. Few men Of any sense think
for minute that the money given to
these clergymen for their churches had
any political significance, but their
names are being handled about as
though they had committed some Of
Tense. This giving money to churches
is an every day occurrence and the well
to do men of every community give
freely to several churches and think
nothing of it and the clergymen receive
it just as cheerfully IS it is given.
Now comes this investigation and
brings all of these private matters for
the gossips Of the whole state to cuss
and discuss. IF accusations have been
brought against any candidate for
spending money illegally in obtaining
his election let the man who made the
accusation produce his proof, let him
do the proving and leave the clergy
and the rest Of the honest men Of Wis
consin out Of the mess. 1t seems to us
as though the Wisconsin legislature
is acting like lot of fourteen year
old boys in this matter.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-03-04

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some mated ducks. Inquire Of N. c. J. Ras-
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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-03-04
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The Nevada County picayune., 1909-12-16
SOME IDEAS FOR DECORATIONS
How to Make the Home Look Bright and Cheerful for the
 Holidays.

h massing holly for use on the Christmas table it repays one to wipe off the leaves with a cloth dipped in very little olive oil says the Housekeep- CT. Tall candles should light the feast and the holly leaves reflect the twink ling lights in beautiful manner. If a chandelier hangs over the dining table a feature which will delight the children is to have a nosegay of arti- ficial flowers suspended from the chan delier to within a foot of the table by means of red ribbon. This bouquet should have the paper puff of the old time fashion, and the bouquet itself will be found to be shower bouquet, one small noseagay for each person, in the depths of which some trifiing gift is hidden.
 Snowballs of cotton, tightly wound with white ribbon, also conceal gifts most attractively, while the cheap but pretty little Santa Claus candy boxes, for sale at favor shops, are effective upon the Christmas table, and will hold 2uite a good-sized package, or, of course. may be used to hold the bon bons for which they are intended. For luncheon or high tea during Christ mas week, a beautiful table may be set by employing the use of green linen runners embroidered in white. A holly bell or bunch of red carna- tions in a cut-glass vase will touch the center of the table to brilliancy and soft garlands of southern moss may lightly edge the linen runners, or doiies if they be used instead.
 The colonial glass candlesticks are still in favor, and nothing is more at tractive in a country house. With tall green or red tapers, a group of these candlesticks placed in a mass of holly as a centerpiece Is both appropriate and beautiful
 A quaint little Christmas tree may be used as centerpiece by procuring at the florists little pepper plant" which has lovely green leaves and red berries. Wound with glittering tinsel and tied with candied fruits held in place with wee baby ribbons. or hung with little favors of French jew elry or articles of trifiing worth, the little tree makes a centerpiece of charm.
The Nevada County picayune., 1909-12-16
THE PRINCE OF PEACE"
His Wonderful Influence Continuss and Widens Through the
 World.

All the old troublous questions of the origin and destination of the Gall lee Carpenter have passed, notes a writer in Golfers. All the medieval worriment in discriminating between human and divine has gone, all the puzzled inquiry into the miraculous. No longer is mankind stirred over the non.essential. Theories of him fade away, dogmas of his nature lose their charm. His gentleness has conquered His influence continues and widens. Slowly brightening, the gleam that touched him spreads through the world His spirit moves on the face of civilization, and makes it kindlier every generation. The touch of his hand is on the grief-stricken. Nurse, physician. and nun are the messen- gers of his teaching. The vestal fires burned out, but never the fires of his spirit. which answer each other from mountain-top to mountain-top across the continents. And deep in the heart of the people they make family life sweeter and ease the bitterness of failure and ignorance and all life's in. completeness. That wonder-working personality was never so potent as to day-so insistent and tenderly sure Under a thousand forms, creeds and names, men serve him. And however far we go in the conquest of nature identifying the north pole, climbing the sky, prying open electrical forces mapping out the subliminal, diminish ing sin, disease, war, poverty, igno rance-always in the advance will be hat gracious figure of the Sinless One
 who showed Love as the rule of life One Perfect Man-ardent and gentle Inc race will never tire of him.
The Nevada County picayune., 1909-12-16

place a piece of the Yule-cake under her nillow she will dren-n of her flu. trre husband Also ! ton of the cake aould be kert fer she next year, ss it brings luck in tho house. The plum pudding must ways be kept and again partaken of on New Years day if one Would have successful year
The Nevada County picayune., 1909-12-16
CHRISTMAS CO"'NG
HOW THE HOLIDAY IS REGARDED
 BY DIFFERENT PEOPLE.
1t Depends Entirely on Ones View point as to What the Day Brings to Each-The Child and
 Pater Differ.

is coming!" shouts the schoolboy, flinging his cap in the air. Turkey and pud- ding, Mince pie. jolly pantomimes, and par ties, Hurrah for Christ mas!"
The Nevada County picayune., 1909-12-16

There's the pudding, cakes an6 mincemeat to make. And the shop ping there is to do, Presents for the little ones stockings. not forget ting something warm for father to wear, and some new curtains to make the house look gay. Christmas is con- ing-the busiest time of all the year and the happiest."
 Christmas is coming, muses the child. gazing dreamily iato the fire.
The Nevada County picayune., 1909-12-16

she stoops reverently over tiny pair of shoes, little white frock and blue sash, lying in sacred corner of the drawer. Many Christmases ago these shoes battered lightly hither and thither under pair of eager, restless feet, that ribbon encir- cled a fairy form that danced in
The Nevada County picayune., 1909-12-16

WOnUPr WHdL SdHld Claus will bring me this year? Let's see, I've writ ten out doll, 'perambu- lator,' and picture book, and all three pieces of pa per went up the chimney all right-though I'm not quite sure whether l
The Nevada County picayune., 1909-12-16

once a year, for 1 should ~ soon find myself in the z, bankruptcy court were he
 a frequent visitor. No N = : x: :: 5: : 5: ; : 4 wonder the abbreviation of the word Christmas starts with 'X,' for it is
 the period of the 'ex's.' The young folk may hang their stockings, but
 say hang Christmas!"
 Christmas Is coming" reflects th errand boy as he fixes the sprig ( mistletoe to his cap. " must be 0 my best behavior for the next fe' days, no loiteriIg on my errands, n back-ans' srs whe2 I'm grumbled a then great shall be the number of m Christmas boxes
 Christmas is coming" sneers tn dyspeptjc. "The time for oyer-fee,
The Nevada County picayune., 1909-12-16

unpaid labor; bullying, sweating. hurry scurry to catch the train. then heigo, for home and hol- idays. If it only came quicker and stayed long CT we should say Wei come Christmas y
 &
 Christmas is com ing" says busy mother.
The Nevada County picayune., 1909-12-16
Burnino the Yu,c Loo.

The ancient Saxons burnt the yule log as symbol of the turning of the sun toward spring.
The Nevada County picayune., 1909-12-16

and out helping and hinder lng in a thousand ways the numerous preparations for Yule-tide. A film of tears suddenly spreads over moth sr's eyes as she shuts the drawer and turns sharply away. Cruel Christmas,
 when you bring such mem ories as this for your gift.