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Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1909-06-03
BRIANT MILLIMAN

Born i'll Sandusky county, Ohio,
Nov 16, 1898. AT the death of his
parents which occurred when he was
two years old, he was taken to a place
near Niagara Falls by his grandfather,
with whom he lived until his fifteenth
year, He then went to Fort Wayne,
Ind, and made his home with his
eldest brother and wife until his mar
riage with Miss Jane Heath at Fort
Wayne, Dec. 5. 1852.
They came to Audubon county in a
in a ''prairie schooner" in 1854. and
located on the place now owned by
Adam.Seibert. Living there for three
years, they then moved across the road
into a log house on the farm which
they bought 10 acres of VIM. Powell
and the balance preempted, which he
still 0wneS and makes his home. On
this farm all the children were born
with the exception Of the Oldest son,
William H., who was born previous to
their moving onto the farm.
Mn. Milliman built the first frame
house in the county, likewise the first
frame barn. The house, a cottage of
one room, is now the kitchen part of
the house now owned by Miss Amber
| Kelsey.
Council Bluffs was the nearest mar
ket in those pioneer days, and farm
produce was taken there by wagons,
the trip usually occupying five days.
| Uncle Bry says the last load he took
to the Bluffs market was a load of
wheat. p /. Whitfield, having a sim
| liar Grand they went together. He
reports big time, with lots of fun on
| the side: but the fact that they
received only thirty cents per buShel
| for their wheat, and that it required
the entire amount for groceries leav-
ing no margin for the purchase of the
''cup that cheers was somewhat of a
Disappointment: but Mr.. Milliman
and Mr. Whitfield being so filled with
spirits of life needed no other intoX-
cantS
Mr.. and Mrs. Milliman will have
been married tifty-seven years in De
cember next.
Uncle Bry is as we'll and hale as a
man of 81 years could expect to be,
going to town every day, keeping in
touch with events as they happen, a
great reader deep thinker and an
ardent Democrat-stil believing that
Billy Bryan is great man.
Aunt Jane is in poor health, being
almost helpless. caused by rheuma-
tism. Together they have witnessed
the evolution of Audubon county from
a wilderness into county beautiful,
Astounding in farms and villages.
They are the grandparents of nine
grandchildren, five boys and four girls,
all of whom have been born on the old
homestead
One by one they have seen their old
time friends depart this life They
are the last of the pioneer couples;
and that their lives may be spared to
their family and friends is the wish OF
all who know Uncle Bry and Aunt
Jane.
Children:
William H.: unmarried
Frank went blind, died unmarried
Charles NJ. m. lone Brinkerhoif
George W.; m. Mrs. Maggie Johnson
Jessie NJ: unmarried.
NJ Edgar: m. Lille johnson.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1909-06-03
SAMUEL SMITH

Extracts from letter of Hon. VIM.
f. Smith, of Farrell, Wyo.:
Hon. H. f. ANDREWS, Extra, Iowa:
DEAR SlR:-According TO promise
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1909-06-03
Wood For Sale

Stove wood for sale in any quaint.
ties
If L. H. LASTINE
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1909-06-03

William H.: unmarried.
Frank; went blind, died unmarried.
Charles NJ; m. lone Brinkerhoi.
George W.. m. Mrs. Maggie johnson
Jessie NJ: unmarried.
NJ. Edgar: IN. Lille johnson.
The Prescott daily news., 1909-11-03
Notices of Settlement.

Notice is hereby given that the following administrators, execu- tors. and guardians, have filed sett- dement's for confirmati tion as fol. lows;
 w. K. Buchanan, guardian, Es- tate of Mccain Heirs, First Annual settlement.
 Mrs. Lulu Brooks. guardian, es- tate of Brooks heirs, second annual settlement.
 k. R. McSwain, guardian, estate of Miller heirs, second and final sett'ement.
 Thos. J. Mandenhall, guardian, estate of Chas. H. Mendenhall. first and final settlement, and all per- sons interested in said estates, arc hereby notified to come Harvard and file exceptions thereto if any they have, on or before the sec ond day of the next term of court for said county or they will be for ever barred from excepting to such accounts or any item thereof
 Witness my hand this second day Of Nov, 1909.
 J. A. Bailey. County and Probate Clerk.
The Prescott daily news., 1909-11-03

wart hearts of the men, Christian mem who understand the law, and tho prophets, as it were, would only join hands and together de- mand that sObriety should reign in our midst
 We read of some town councils passing laws forbidding the ship ment of liquor into their midst. If Justice Brewers late decision is what the friends of prohibition think that it is that the interstate commerce law does not aim to pro- feet the shipments of liquor into prohibition territory, our council could very easily pass such a measure.
 May God grant it
The Prescott daily news., 1909-11-03

the man at the keyhole. The same bewildered, disappointed face which I had seen, he had seen. too.
 I dropped down on the edge of my bed and buried my face in my hands. heard footsteps tiptoeing away from my door, and then in a moment, as ] half expected, returning noisily.
 Come in," said l. in answer to the knock.
 It was the doctor, but this time the doctor with his manner all prepared. It was at once good humored and patronizing
 Well, my good man. said he, q hope you feel no further i'll effects from that warm June sun."
 'No." said I, T guess I'm right enough"
 Then, by way of experiment, I shot a quick question at him.
 ''Is this my room, the room I have lived in right along?'
 His face seemed to stiffen little in its false mask of kindly humor.
 "Of course," he said; but you must not expect to remember anything about that. You have been, as said before, only half conscious since you came here. It would be altogether ex. traordinary If you were to recognize the room or the building or any of our faces. But does nothing come back from beyond that time; nothing that happened before your accident?"
 T shook my head duly.
 What did you tell me l was?" 1 asked.--From O. Cabots Man With out Shadow. - Appleton
The Prescott daily news., 1909-11-03
SleepwaIker Close to Death.

Dreaming that there were burglars in the house, Miss Nellie, daughter of School Director Elisha Moore of Up. land. Pa, got up and after divesting her bed of the coverings, removed a number of household articles from the room. MT. Moore, awakened by the noise, concluded that the We are coming gang had arrived, and arm. ing himself with revolver, proceed. ed to investigate. He mistook his daughter, who was walking through the hallway, for burglar, and was about to shoot, after warning the sup. posed intruder to stop, when Miss Moore awoke and shouted: Don't shoot, father. It is only me" An. other seconds silence and she would have been-8 dead woman.
The Prescott daily news., 1909-11-03

acute angle with the easement. Wltn my thumb nail I scratched on the sill the outline of the shadow.
 Some one was standing outside my door, watching me, no doubt, through the keyhole. An involuntary move ment of his feet betrayed so much to me, and a moment later, restless or espionage, I crossed over to the lar ther corner of the room.
 In doing so I caught a glimpse of another movement, and looking up saw what I wonder 1 had not thought of looking for earlier-a mirror. The sight of it made my heart beat quickly.
 "Of course" thought, that Is all 1t needs. A glance at myself will bring my memory back to me"
 walked around and stood before the glass. But the face saw was ab- solutely strange to me, as strange as the doctors face or the guards had been. It was bewildering, uncanny, almost enough indeed to drive man mad, to see the haggard look of pain and disappointment and something not far from terror in that stran- gers face; and to realize that 1t was only the irrepressible emotion of my own soul that I saw reflected there.
 Then, like a touch of the spur, ral- lying all my courage anew, there came the faint sound of a chuckling laugh from the other side of the door. In standing before the mirror 1 had again come under the observation of
The Prescott daily news., 1909-11-03
A Tiny Baby

can't tell you in words what the trouble is but if it's complexion gets pasty, if it gets weaker and weaker, loses flesh and is cross and peevish, you can be certain that it has worms. Give it Whites Cream Vermifuge, guaranteed to be harmless. EXpels the worms and puts the baby in a healthy nor mat condition.
 Sod by Hesterly Drug Store.
The Prescott daily news., 1909-11-03
". C.. /. C. Jennie Carr Pittman, Editor
 Temperance Sentiment

We clip from the Western R0. cOrder the following, in regard to an incident in the great temper ance parade which took place re- c2nty in Chicago.
 Gen. Frederick c. Grant has been much cenSured for appearing in army uniform i'll a recent tems perance parade in Chicago His reply to this censure is reported by the Intelligencer as follows:
 That parade represented the thing that the army stands for. It was a law and order demOn- stratiOn and l would feel that mad been dereiict in my duty had l refused to participate. am Willing to get out of the army or make any other personal sacrifice r thereby l shall better be able to advance the cause of temperl ance. Personally I am a teetot. aer No one need have any doubt as to my personal feeling on this matter.N''
 Bravo, the Generals illustrations never displayed greater courage than is manifested in the above Gcc aration. By such moral sen- e,mcnts so fearlessy expressed. our army shall yet become the Ar- my of the Lord. Among the hap piest speeches to which we have ever listened was the one deliveit. cd by Gen Grant at the Confeder- ate reunion in Richmond.
 Now if every one who realty knows that prohibition is the only surc. course to pursue in regard to the liquor traffic would come out in the open and say so like Gen. Grant did in SChicago and that too in the face of 1000 legalized sa' Looms of that city, think you how long would the liquor element prC(- sont such a defiant front? Not .ouo7r than it would take to emp ty the contents of all the brew- cries and distilleries into the gut t2rs. But a'asl and alack! For reasons of politics and policy many whose hearts are in the right nlace have a cotton string for a back bone and are content to sit supinely by and silently lament tn, rayages wrought by rum but who are afraid to raise itt'e finger in opposition for fear that they will get knocked out of an off'n0, or lose a few dollars.
 We know men and women in this town who could be a factor for good along this line if they would orty act according to what we have every reason toY believe to ''N the dictates of their better judgment but who will say instead by actions if not by words, Why don't you w CT U women do some thing?rt They forget that they nav- as much responsibility in the matter as the sweet spirited women who wear the bow Oi white. How earnestly do these women pray that the great stal-
The Prescott daily news., 1909-11-03
It's a Crime

to neglect your health. The worst neglect that you can be guilty of is to allow constipation, bJSousness or any liver or bowel troub.e to continue. It is poisoH ing your entire system and may lead to a serious chronic disease. Take Bailards Heroine and get absolutely well. The sure cure for any and all troubles of the stome ach, liver and bowels.
 Sold by Hesterly Drug Store.
The Prescott daily news., 1909-11-03
Face Was Ab-
 solutely Strange

The train was whistling for stop, and was going to stop not more than mile or two away.
 Instinctively I felt for my watch but there was nothing of the sort in my pocket. I was disappointed. for though only half conscious of the req son why, I wanted to know what time the train came in. Suddenly an ex- pedient occurred to me. The sun was slanting through my windows at an
The Prescott daily news., 1909-11-03
Ube Hrescott Daily Hews
 PCBLISHED BY The News Printing Go.

Entered as second class mail matter November 4th, 1905, at the postoffice at Prescott, Ark, under the act of Congress, March 3, 1879.
The Prescott daily news., 1909-11-03
FOR REPRES ENTATlvE

Weare authorized to announce J, H. Rogers as candidate for representative from Neva-
 da County in the next Arkansas Legislature, subj lect to the action of the Democratic Party
The Prescott daily news., 1909-11-03
FOR:TAXyASSESSOR

We are authorized to announce c. R, Blake as candidate for Tax Assessor of Nevada County, subject to the action of the demo- cratic primaries.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-08-09
CLASS Of WATER
KILLS HIM

NEW ORLEANS, La, Aug. o.
A small glass of mineral water
standing on the bar of a local sa-
loon was the cause of the death of
John Higgins, an Englishman,
whose body today is in the charge
of city officials who are awaiting
instructions for its disposal.
Higgins was bitten by mad
dog four weeks ago and was taken
to a Pasteur institute for treat
ment. He left the institute before
his cure was affected, but until
yesterday retained his normal
health.
Entering a saloon during the
hottest part of the day, Higgins
noticed a glass of water on the
bar. He drank 1t. Then he rolled
to the floor, writhing and uttering
strange snarling sounds. The
combined efforts of several men
were necessary to pin him to the
floor. He died an hour later.
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YOUNG MOTHERS AWFUL SACRIFICE;
TRAGEDY OF EVER PRESENT 'PAST''

sleepy. mother" he said. 81 want
to go to bed"
Then he drew back, awed and
frightened by the strange, hard ex-
preston on his mothers face. '
Was that fight she had made in
Ivain-that fight for decency. for
the privilege of looking the world
I'm the face7 Gould she bear to
take up arms again. after all these
years? Could she win again?
The little boy. crying silently on
the floor, brought her back to the
present. The children--it was a
new thought. Could they make
the Fighter childrenf She was
handicapped this time. There
could be no flight to new cities,
new neighborhoods, as before.
And In one terrible quarter of
an hour she made her resolution.
And having settled things she
smiled, and caught up her children
her little boy and girl. and kissed
them again and again.
Then she took them up to the
nursery, grooming an old lullaby.
She put fresh white spotless linen
on the beds. She got new shiny
"nighties" out for the boy and the
girl. She heard them say their
prayers. She tucked them into
bed. She arranged and decorat-
ed the room as though for a gala
day.
She sat awhile. The!l she went
to the bureau, and drew out a
necklace of pearls-her husbands
wedding present to her. She hung
these about the little girls neck.
Then she went to the dining room
table, and got some flowers and
hung these around the pillows.
She stopped now and wrote a
two-page letter to her husband.
The children were asleep by this
time in each others arms. and
ismiling. The woman smiled. too,
as she kissed them, passionately,
though lightly.
She stood a minute at the gas
jet looking at them in the glim-
mering light. Then quickly she
, turned it off. then on, and lay
Town beside them. It was the last
sleep for them all.
"They will never know" was
} her last thought.
: This Is not an imaginary story
II is a record of actual occur
t rences In the city of Chicago las
+ week, as taken from the notes OF
t the coroner. the neighbors, the let
ter she wrote, and the testiInon!
| of her husband, her friends, ant
| her husbands relatives.
Mrs. ,Michels, driven desperate
' by threats from her husbands rel
S atives that. they would expose {
: scandal in her past, killed hersel
and her two children. Meta ant
Gustav, by gas.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-08-09
EASTERN FIRM TO FURNISH
STEEL FOR BIG BUILDING
OF NATIONAL REALTY co.
NEW PACIFIC AVENUE sTRUC-
TURE TO COST IN NEIGH
BORHOOD OF $350,OOO.

In round figures the cost of the
new 16-story building TO be erect
ed by the National Realty. COM
pany on Pacific avenue, will be
$350,000. The contracts for the
construction of the building have
all been awarded, but some OF
them are yet to be signed up, and
the names of the successful bid
ders will not be made public until
the documents are closed.
The contract for structural steel
went to eastern people and a wire
received here says that a repre-
sentative of the company is on the
way west to attach the signature
of the firm to the document.
Louis w. Pratt of the National
Realty company, says that the
company was exceedingly FORUM
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-08-09
CONTRACTS LET
FOR SKYSCRAPER

ate in letting the contracts for the
steel work when 1t did. Two days
after the bids were open, steel
advanced 81 per ton. Mr.. Pratt
does not think that the eastern
men will be losers by the deal as
he says that whenever such firms
put in bid on work they protect
themselves by taking an option on
/ steel billsts. AS soon as the con-
tracts are signed up, work on the
building will be rushed.
The first week in August open
ed well in building circles. In
addition to the skyscraper, con-
tracts were let for the addition to
the Fidelity building, the Satter-
lee building on Pacific avenue,
the three-story building at the
corner of South Eleventh and D
streets, the Smith & Mckenzie
building, fronting on Commerce
and G streets, the Carman build
ing on East Twenty-fifth street
and the handsome residence for d.
S. Johnston, the total for all run
ming up to nearly three-quarters
of a million dollars.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-08-09
FIVE BIG SHIPS
IN HARB0R

Five flags are represented IN
the vessels now in the harbor for
cargo. The Norwegian steamer
Tricolor came in from Quarter
master Harbor yesterday, making
the fifth large vessel I'm port for
cargo. The flags represented are
the American, British, Norwegian,
Japanese and Chilean. The water
front is proving great attraction
to tourists from various sections
and those employed along the
front are kept busy answering
questions.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-08-09
NEW CA TEWAY FOR
WASHINGTON
LUMBER

A new gateway has been open
led up for Washington lumber
through the issuance of a Joint
tariff by the Milwaukee and Har-
riman systems, applying to points
In Colorado.
A similar tariff has been In eff
feet between the N. P. and U. p,
shipments being routed via Silver
Bow, Mont, but lumbermen say
that. owing to the rivalry existing
between the Hill and Hartman
lines. when requests were made
for cars to load for Colorado
points there was always scarcity
of equipment. At the present
time the relations between the
Hartman and Rockefeller lines
are friendly, and for this reason
1t is thought that no further OBJ
stacles will be placed in the way
of shippers.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-08-09
CRABS WOMAN'S
PURSE AND
FLEES

While Mrs. Tillie Egemier was
walking up Ninth street, between
G street and Yakima avenue,
about 8 o'clock Saturday evening
a man hurriedly approached her,
grabbed a purse which she was
carrying and fled. The purse con-
tanned $40. Mrs. Egemier made
"a desperate effort to hold on to
the purse and, in the struggle, the
handle was torn off. Several
women in the vicinity had a good
look at the man as he hurried
away and a description of the
purse snatcher has been furnished
to the department.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-08-09
AGED man HURT
BY FALLING
OFF CAR

e. A. Raymond, 70 years old,
a retired merchant from Water
loo. Ia, is at st. Joseph's hospital
suffering from injuries he receiv-
ed Saturday night by falling from
a street car on the X street line
and striking the pavement.
Mr.. Raymond came to Tacoma
to visit Mrs. e. 8. Prentice, sis
ter, who lives at 1102 North ]
street.
Raymond was unconscious all
day yesterday, but he is reported
as resting easily today and hopes
are entertained for his recovery.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-08-09

The thing that is done-it can
never be undone.
Mrs. Emma Michelsl 600 Os-
good street, Chicago, sat, her head
in her hands; these thoughts
were surging back and forth pen
dulum like through her brain.
"No matter what you do or try
to do, no matter what tears you
she'd" she unused, what resolu.
lions you make-and keep-noth.
ing can ever change the past -
nothing can alter the thing that is
DONE"
Got a headache, muvver?" 6
little girl tugged at her dress.
"No, dear; run away. DOM
bother mother"
For all time, for all eternity
the thing Is recorded in the rec
ords, she was thinking.
Back through a span of years
Is years-she ranged, every steT
"a wrench of the heart. Back tc
that time when she had been toe
trustful, too ignorant, too un.
learned of the world.
Then the years that followed
the fight back to self-respect and
honorable life - bitter struggle
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-08-09
TO PUT LITTLE
TOTS IN GOOD
HOMES

Several children who are ready
for adoption are now in the Taco
ma Industrial Home for Children.
and a committee has been ap-
pointed, headed by Mrs. Shores,
to look after the placing of the
little folks in good homes.
The home is doing good work
and in July the receipts exceeded
the expenditures. The receipts
were $548 and there is still q bal
ance in bank of $145. The ex-
penses of the institution are now
running UP to nearly $500 a
month on the average.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-08-09
ALASKA CENTRAL
ROAD TO BE SOLD

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
SPOKANE, Aug. ITO secure
a decree of foreclosure on the
Alaska Central railway and prop
critics In the North, D. II. Kizer,
an attorney of Spokane, repre-
senting the Graves interests, and
the Toronto, Can, Security COM
pany holding bonds on the prop
erty, left Spokane yesterday, ac-
companied by Arnold Graves, the
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-08-09
TACOMA MARU
NOW LOADING

Machinery for the Orient is be-
ing slowed away In the hold of
the Tacoma Maru, at the Milwau-
kee dock. Saturday a consign-
ment of tobacco was taken on
board and she will continue to
load general cargo during the
week as fast as 1t arrives. The
Tacoma Maru is scheduled to sail
for the Orient Saturday.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-08-09
COLFAX AND sNOQUALMIE
SUFFER HEAVY LOSSES In
FLAMES.

(By United Press Leased Wire
COLFAX, Aug. "a fire orig
mating presumably from a tire-set-
ting machine in Estep Sons black
smith shop on Main street yester-
day morning destroyed nearly
$4,000 worth of property and
for time threatened the entire
business portion of the town.
The losses: H. M. Moffett 49,
600, insurance $4,000; Estep
Sons $4,000, no insurance; Jer-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-08-09

"SHE STOOD A MINUTE AT
THE GAS JET, LOOKING AT
THEM THEN QUICKLY SHE
TURNED 1T OFF, THEN ON,
AND LAY DOWN BESIDE
THEM"
but a struggle won.
For had not love come to her
honorable love, husband to
whom, sobbing, she told the story
and. who, hearing, forgave?
His words she remembered:
you have put that all behind
you. You will be judged by the
present and the future. What is
gone, is gone. We will forget to-
gether."
And she had believed him. But
1t was wrong, all wrong. Aftei
all these years, she had found Il
was wrong.
For some people can forget, ant
some cannot. Perhaps even goot
Christian people do not realize
how cruel they can be--or how
hard and pitiless things words
|are. Probably her husbands es
tranged relatives did not realize.
1--WE know all about you now
you shameless one," they had said
"And we will tell. We never
wanted him to marry you. WheI
he knows that people know al
labout you. then you will see how
long he will stick to YOU"
1t was her little boy who now
Itugged at the woman's skirts. "I'm
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-08-09
BIG ORDER FOR
LOCOMOTIVES

(By United Press Leased Wire
PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Aug. o..
Western railroads today order
led fitty-seven locomotives from
the Baldwin Locomotive works.
he value of the engines win ag-
gregate about a million dollars.
As the result Of the order many
men who were laid o during the
panic are being re-employed to-
day.