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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1909-09-16
Opened Their Engagement

The Williams Stock Company opened
a weeks engagement at the opera house
last evening, the offering being "A Man
of Mystery" The opening was to a
capacity house and those who were there
were pleased with the performance and
specialties introduced as part thereof.
The moving pictures are not the least
of the attractions and are entirely new.
Altogether the Williams company is q
strong organization and week here should
be to good business. The bill tonight
Tuesday is "A Ruined Life. ATTAIN
tic News.
This company opens in the opera house
in Audubon on Monday night and will
produce different plays each night dur
ing the week
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1909-09-16
Free Lands in Wyoming on Chicago
and Northwestern Railway

Send for booklet telling how to secure
800 acres of U. S. Government lands in
Wyoming free of cost and describing
various irrigation projects and the most
approved methods of scientific dry farm
ing. Homeseekers' rates; direct train SER
vice from Chicago and the east. w. B.
Kniskern, p. T. M. Chicago. 34e
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1909-09-16
Notice TO Destroy Weeds

The land owners and tenants of Mel,
vile township are hereby notified that
all weeds must be destroyed and refuse
matter removed from the road adjoining
the land owned or occupied by them
within 10 days from date of this notice,
under penalty BY order of
TOWNSHIP TRUSTEES.
Dated Sept 10. 1908.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1909-09-16
Notice to Township Trustees

The trustees of the various townships
of Audubon county are requested to
meet in the court room at the county
building in Audubon on Wednesday
Sept. p, at 10 am, for the purpose of
discussing the question of improvements
to the public roads and other matters
of interest to the people of the several
townships COUNTY SUPERVISORS.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1909-09-16
Good Farm for Sale

A well improved farm of 100 acres ten
miles east Of Audubon. Good six room
house, barn 24x50, crib and granary %
feet square, two wells, and water in
pasture containing 25 acres. 60 acres
seeded down. One third to one half
cash and balance can remain on the farm
Inquire at this office 30tf
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1909-09-16
Sold Liquor to a Minor

Henry Petersen of this city was
brought before Justice Chas. S. White
on Wednesday morning charged with
the illegal sale of liquor and was held
to the grand jury in the sum of $3.50,
which he furnished.
The crime with which Petersen is
charged is said to have been committed
on Thursday of last week through the
sale of quantity Of Intoxicating liquor
to a 11-year- old boy named Charles Pep
pers. When charged with the 0ffenss
Petersen pleaded guilty without hesita
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1909-09-16

RUHS & BUTTERTON.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1909-09-16
Notice to Debtors

All persons knowing themselves to be
indebted to us are requested to call and
settle the, same by cash or note on or
before October /, 1909, as we wish to
straighten up our books and all accounts
by that date
RUHS & BUTTERTON.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1909-09-16
For Sale

Your choice of 10 vacant lots ON West
Broadway. House and lot for $1,000
Small payment down, long time on
balance. Enquire of o. r. Harris 248
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1909-09-16
PRESIDENT TAFT
At U. S. Military Tournament, Des
MOines, S pt. 2Oth-25th

Excursion rates, Chicago & North
estern Rlilwly, S ept Goth, 2lst, 23rd
and Gath, return limit Sept e7th. Grand
U. S. military tournament. Over 5000
troops, including infantry, cavalry and
artillery Grand parade reviewed by
President Taft on Monday, Sept Goth.
For full particulars apply to ticket
agent, the North Western Line.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1909-09-16

A three-day meeting was held at the
Bethania church last week. Many guests
were here from different parts of the
state, and twenty ministers were pres
ent and it was very successful meeting
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1909-09-16

than any one else can possibly do. We
will be glad to see you and give you
terms. NASH g. PHELPS,
36tf Audubon, Iowa.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-02-05
Sixty Kinds of Bananas.

To most persons in the temperate
zones banana is a banana. But the
trulh is that there are over sixty
known varieties of the fruit, with as
great or greater variation in character
as in the different kinds of apples.
Hawaii is said to have something over
forty distinct varieties of the fruit,
most Of which have been introduced
by the whites Some of these are of
extremely delicate and delicious flavor.
while other kinds are used, if at all.
only when cooked in various ways.
There is scarcely city house lot or
country .'kuleana" or homestead which
does not have clump or two of ba-
nanas, which grow with practically no
care, new plants or suckers shooting
up to replace the ones which have
fruited and been removed. Los An
geles Times
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-02-05
The Bank Could Stand It.

A western lawyer tells of remark
able instance of the convincing power
Of feminine logic as evidenced by an
occurrence which he once witnessed
while standing on the edge Of crowd
that was besieging the doors of a bank
supposed to be on the point of sus-
pending payment.
A conversation between rosy cheek
ed Irishwoman and her husband. who
were near the lawyer. at once attract
ed his attention.
MARY" said the man, 1--WE must
push up, so We can dhraw your money
at onctr'
"But / don't want to draw it out.
Roger replied Mary placidly.
Don't We know, Mary" persisted the
husband, "that they'll lose your mon
ey for We if ye don't hurry t dhraw it
out?'
AN shure, Roger" retorted Mary,
faint they better able to lose it than
we are?"
Roger was stunned by this unan-
swerable logic, and after a few more
words the two withdrew Fortunate
ly the bank survived its difficulties,
and no depositor lost a cent. Harper's.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-02-05
Origin Of Old Glory.

In the "reminiscences of Lord Ronald
Cover is found story of the origin Of
the stars and stripes.
The sstar spangled banner of the
American republic had its origin from
an old brass on the floor of an ancient
church in Northamptonshire. The brass
covers the tomb of one Robert Wash
ington and is dated 1922. On it APP
y the Washington coat of arms,
G. .sfing of three stars. with bars or
stripes beneath them. On the first day
of the new year. 1776. the thirteen
united colonies raised standard at
Washington's headquarters.
This introduced the stripes of the
present. but retained the crosses of st.
George and st. Andrew on a blue
ground in the corner In TIT the
crosses were replaced by stars. as the
Declaration of independence rendered
the retention OF the English element
unnecessary and inconvenient In thus
adopting the arms of his ancestors as
his own distinctive badge Washington
no doubt intended the flag merely as a
private signal for his own personal fol-
lowing but it was at once adopted as
a national emblem. Probably there Is
not another case in the worlds history
In which the private arms of an OBJ
scure family have attained such world
wide eminence and repute.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-02-05
The Starbcard Liuht.

'Twice day for week have been
harassed by doubt as to how far q
man should go in correcting the glar-
ing mistakes of strangers, said the
man who enjoys looking in shop win
dows. There is an ar. store down
town where the present window COX
lection includes the picture Of a ship.
1t is deliberately framed and has a
lighthouse carved on the wooden strip
at one side, but the artist should never
have tried marine work. for he has got
the red side light of that vessel on the
starboard side. Two or three times
I'VE been on the point Of going into
the store and asking the proprietor
either to remove that picture or put a
patch Of green paint over that red, and
each time my nerve has failed me.
IT am half hoping that the false side
light will cause collision in that win
dow which will smash the picture. and
then my anxiety will be relieved. -
New York Post.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-02-05
He Was Under Oath.

The late Professor Rowland of Johns
Hopkins university was the most emf
nent physicist since the days of Joseph
Henry. Among his notable achieve
ments in the realm OF pure science was
the calculation of the mechanical
equivalent of heat and the use of graf
ings in spectrum analysis. for which
purpose he devised a machine that
could cut 10000 lines to the inch on ?
plate of polished metal. In the prac-
teal application Of his knowledge he
was noted as the inventor of the multi
pick telegraph apparatus.
Some years ago, testifying in a case
involving the Cataract Power com
pany, in answer TO question on cross
examination as to who, in his opinion.
was the greatest American scientist.
he replied. Il am"
After leaving the courtroom one of
the lawyers ventured to criticise this
answer for its effect upon the jury.
whereupon Rowland exclaimed:
ssWell, what else could say? Wasn't
/ under oath?-New York Globe
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-02-05
Protective coloring of Insects.

A well known little moth with pale
green notified wings is the only case
in which I have myself watched the
protection afforded by color at work.
1t was on a summers evening when
saw this little moth zigzagging up and
down with the most extraordinarily ir-
regular fight and bird pursuing it.
Twice the bird swooped and just
missed his prey owing to a sudden
turn and drop on the part OF the moth.
And then to my great delight the moth
topped against the stem of tree on
which was growing greenish gray
lichen. The bird swooped again close
to the tree, but failed to see the insect
and quilted the chase. It took me an
appreciate time to detect the little
moth resting against the Ichen and
closely matching it in color.-Sir e.
Ray Lancaster in London Telegraph.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-02-05
A Purse For the Bride.

Some brides may be inclined to re-
greet that the old marriage custom OF
the dow purse has fallen into disuse.
It was the custom Of the bridegroom
to all purse with a goodly sum Of
money and present it to the bride on
the wedding day as the price of the
purchase Of her person. 1t sounds like
slavery. like the buying Of goods and
chattels, yet the bride had nice lit
tie sum of money for her own use.
Some of the Oldest inhabitants of
Cumberland may remember a similar
custom in that county. The bride
groom provided himself with num-
Der Of gold and silver pieces, and at
the words with all my worldly goods
thee endow' he handed the clergy
man his fee and poured the other
coins into a handkerchief held out for
that purpose by the bride. In other
places, again, the bride had the right
to ask her husband for gift Of money
or property on the day after the we'd
ding, and he was bound in honor to
grant the request. London Answers.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-02-05
DEATH IN THE STORM
Worst One of Season Sweeps Over the
Middle West,

The storm of last Friady was the
worst one of the season, the entire
middle west being in it's grasp.
Between Chicago and ST. Paul d.
rect communication ceased for hours.
Between Chicago and Milwaukee poles
by the dozen were reported down.
The telegraph service of railroads,
including the Chicago and Northwest
ern, the Chicago, Rock Island and Pa
cific, the Chicago, Milwaukee and ST.
Paul and the Burlington line, west of
the Mississippi river, was crippled.
Another train, passenger, with
neither diner nor sleeper, was reported
missing from La Crosse, as was an
other train which started to its relief.
The best information obtainable at
La Crosse was that both trains were
stuck in the snow in South Dakota. At
the general offices here no news was
received concerning the wanderers.
That the passengers would suffer from
cold and lack of food was taken for
granted.
/" A number of people lost their lives
by accidents and exposure during the
storm.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-02-05
A HARD STRUGGLE.
Many an Edgerton Citizen Finds the
Struggle Hard.

Many an Edgerton Citizen Finds the
Struggle Hard.
With back constantly aching.
With distressing urinary disorders.
Daily existence is but struggle.
No need to keep it up
Doan's Kidney Pills will cure Won
Edgerton people endorse this claim.
Mrs. Emma Bliven. Main ST.. Edper-
ton, Wis, says: II am giving Doan's
Kidney Pills my endorsement in the
hope that it may prove of vlaue to other
sufferers of kidney complaint. I had,
for several years, almost constant pains
in the small of my back, accompanied at
times by dull headache. / was quite
miserable most of the time and often
felt as If could not drag one foot be-
hind the other. tried great many
remedies put did not succeed In finding
satisfactory relief until Doan's Kidney
Pills we're brought to my attention.
procured them at w. G.. Atwel g drug
store, used them short time and was
freed from pain. NY energy and strength
also returned and the kidney weakness
was corrected" 10
For sale by all dealers. Price 80 cents
Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo, New York
sole agents for the United States.
Remember the name-Doan's and
take no other.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-02-05
JAIL DELIVERY
AT FOND DU LAC
One Of the Most Daring Es-
cares on Record.
WOMAN UNDER SUSPICION

Prisoners crawied Through Bars
Which They Had Cut and Escaped
Seen by a Woman Residing Near
the Jail Who Notified the Sheriff
That Something Was Wrong One
of the Men Dropped q Letter Which
Leads to Suspicion of Outside Help
Fond du Lac Wis. Feb. IA woman
is believed to have been responsible
for one of the most daring Jail deliver
les perpetrated in Fond du Lac county
when James de Wolf, halfbreed In
dian who was waiting trial for forgery
and Joe LAHORE, charged with burglary
escaped.
The delivery was effected while
Sheriff Seeve was sitting contentedly
in his Office reading a newspaper and
the first knowledge of it came in a
telephone message from a nearby resi-
ing, rs there anything wrong at the
jail?''
The sheriff said he thought. not
whereupon the woman replied, Well,
there is a lady here who says she saw
two suspicious looking characters GO
ing through her backyard and thought
they were escaped prisoners
Then it was the sheriff got busy and
discovered an opening in the grating
of the corridor window eight inches
high and thirteen inches wide, through
which the birds" had flown. One of
the cuts on the bars was an old one
and the work had evidently been COM
menced weeks ago. A note evidently
dropped by La Fore in his hurry to
get away, written in woman's hand,
signed, &c. L. may prove a clew TO
the woman in the case. 1t said among
other things:
Dear Joel have been waiting for
an answer from you and if you don't
want to answer all you need is to say
So Say. that is a peach of dog back
here When I was standing here last
night, a couple of fellows watched me,
but I stayed right here and talked :
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-02-05
GRAsPS ROPE IN FALL
Appleton Merchant Drops Twenty Feet
Down Elevator Shaft.

Appleton Merchant Drops Twenty Feet
Down Elevator Shaft.
Appleton Wis Feb. Because he
grasped rope which broke the mo-
mentum of his fall and enabled him
to land on his feet Fred Radtke OF
the firm of f. and r. Radtke, shoe
dealers, just east of the big ravine on
the south side of College avenue, is
living, though seriously injured.
If Mr.. Radtke had not grasped the
rope while he was falling he would
most probably have struck his head
against the walls or at the bottom OF
the elevator shaft into which he fell,
and death would possibly have re-
suited. One of Mr. Radtke's heels are
badly hurt. The tendons are torn and
only the skin keeps the heel to the
foot He was picked up unconscious.
Mr.. Radtke accompanied customer
to the Godfirnon store, as the customer
wished to buy sweater. The main
door of the store was closed SO Mr..
Radtke went to the side entrance. He
did not notice the hole of the elevator
shaft and fell into it a distance of
twenty feet
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-02-05
Strained Relations.

There is a great deal of bitter feel
ing in our neighborhood just now. Men
who have been friendly for years for
get to speak when they meet in the
street cars, and the women have
stopped gossiping over the fences. No
one knows for certain whose child it
was that started the chicken-pox cir
culating ia the block. but we all have
our suspicious. Providence OR. -
Journal.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-02-05
TRAIN GOES INTO RIVER
Number % on c., Nj. and ST. p. Line
Is Wrecked.

Winona, Mimi, Feb. Fifteen per-
sons were hurt when westbound train
on the Southern Minnesota division of
the Chicago, Milwaukee and ST. Paul
road jumped the track on curve at
Yellow Banks, three miles from Rush
ford, Mimi, and was wrecked.
The first engine held to the rails,
hut the second engine, baggage and
mail and smoking cars went down the
embankment into Root river, where
the water was ten feet deep.
The train wrecked was No. %, the
same train. though not consisting of
the identical cars, as the one snow
hound near, Jackson, Mimi, for three
days last week.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-02-05
Hard to Believe.

A station master requested an In
crease of salary and threatened to
leave il he didn't get 1t.
The superintendent replied to his re-
quest by relating story
"When | was a young man. said he.
II once did as you are doing--I told
the superintendent Of the line | was
then working on what you have told
me. He refused my demand, and |
left, and would you believe it?-that
railway line is running yet. London
Tit Bits
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-02-05
Great Music Offer.

Send us the names of three or more
twenty five cents in silver or postage and
we will mail you postpaid our latest
Popular Music Roll containing 90 pages
full sheet music, consisting of popular
songs, marches and waltzes arranged for
Knauer's famous Flight of the Butter
flies" March Manila and the latest
popular song, "The Girl I've Seen. -
Popular Music Publishing Co, Indian
apolis. Ind. ltf
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-02-05
Would Isolate the IIl-Tempered.

A well-known doctor says: Worry.
ill-temper, fault-finding, crossness, do
lection are all forms of mental de
ease. They are also contagious. The
law compels those having contagious
physical disease to isolate themselves.
Why should the law be more lenient
to those who, with lowering br0wst sui
len aspect, nagging or caustic speech
profane or poison the moral atmos-
phere and disseminate the germs OF
eyil?"
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-02-05
seek to Improve on Nature.

The great rose family has been in
creased by $50 members in the space
of three years Unfortunately, among
the new varieties we do not find the
blue rose, which so many specialists
have vainly tried to produce for a
number of years. We may already
admire rose that is almost black.
The transition from black to blue is
only a question of time.-La Nature.
Paris.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-02-05
PUTS THE TREATY FIRST
President Roosevelt's Letter to the
Governor of California.

Governor or California.
Governor Gillett of California made
public the text of a letter received
from President Roosevelt with regard
to anti-Japanese legislation, now pend
ing in the California Legislature.
President Roosevelt quotes from a
letter from former Secretary of State
Root to Governor Gillett and from a
memorandum pointing out that Mr..
Root saw no objection to law which
treated all aliens alike. but that to
avoid conflict with the constitution
such statute should contain an ex-
pressed provision excepting from its
operations any rights secured by
treaty between the United States and
foreign nations.
Mr.. Roosevelt says that this view
has his cordial Endorsement.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-02-05
Court. Martial for Captain.

Gibraltar, Feb 3-The captain of
one of the battleships composing thu
Aeet under Rear Admiral Sperry is up-
der arrest on his own vessel and will
be tried today by court martial on E
charge, preferred by one of the rear
admirals Of the feet, that he was un-
der the influence of intoxicants at a
reception on shore few days ago.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-02-05
NEW TELEPHONE LINE
II Will Be Established by Farmers and
Business Men.

Eau Claire, Wis, Feb. MANY
farmers, business men and others in
terested in the establishment of new
telephone line met at Rock Falls. Dis
trict Manager p. j. Skolsky of the Wis
consin Telephone company was chair.
man, having been invited to address
the meeting.
It was decided to build new line
embracing the southwestern portion of
Eau Claire county, northern Pepin
county and southeastern Dunn county.
A special line will run to Eau Claire
and connect with the Wisconsin Tele-
phone company's service which is to
be free to both companies subscribers.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-02-05
Reyolts at Cold steel

81 "Your only hope" said three doctors
to Mrs. M. E. Fisher, Detroit, Mich, suf-
fering from severe rectal trouble, 'slies in
an operation; then | used DR.. Kings
New Life Pills she writes, still wholly
cured They prevent Appendicitis,
cure Constipation, Headache. 25c at W.
G. Atwell's.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-02-05
AUTHORIZES PROCLAMATION

Senate Passes House Bill Making Feb.
II Lincoln Day.
The senate has passed the house bill
making Feb. IL. the one hundredth an
niversary of the birth of Abraham
Lincoln. a legal holiday.
The president is authorized to issue
a special proclamation.
The bill also declares that as part
of the national memorial to Lincoln
there may be built highway from
Washington city to the battlefield of
Gettysburg, Pa.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-02-05
Your WifA.

Why is 1t, when there are a lot Of
folks present with whom you desire
to make a hit. that she will insist
upon telling you how you stormed and
raged last week when she plastered a
red flannel cloth, soaked in goose
grease, around your neck for your sore
throat, and how funny you looked in
bed with that unspeakable thing on
you.-Philadelphia Telegraph
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-02-05
BRANDENBURG IN COURT
Ball Forfeited and Warrant issued For
His Arrest

A bench warrant for the arrest Of
Broughton Brandenburg, magazine
writer, charged with grand larceny in
connection with the sale Of an alleged
letter of Governor Cleveland for $500,
was issued at New York by SUI
preme Court Justice Dowliag. Bran
denburg failed to appear when his case
was called for trial.
His bond of $1,000 was declared for
feited. and the order of arrest issued.
Mrs. Cleveland, widow of the former
president, will testify when the case is
heard. according to District Attorney
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-02-05
Platinum Used by counterfeiterras,..

Platinum was favorite metal with
counterfeiters some years ago, when
its intrinsic value was about six dol
lars an ounce. Many spurious ten and
twenty-dollar United States gold pieces
were turned out chiefly composed of
this metal. The coins of Great Britain
were also tempered with in the same
manner