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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-22
JOURNAL ENTRIES

Were it not for the turns in the
road the path of life would be a dreary
one to follow.
** n
Many individuals waste a lot of val
liable time in waiting for their luck
to change.
If some men were as bad as they
have the reputation of being, they
would be worse than beasts.
q Y e
Every man is willing at one or more
times in his life to give up valuable
ring for a lock of hair.
X X Il
Time may be money but if many
persons had as much of the latter to
spare as they have of the former they'd
be better satisfied.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-22
KANSAS CONNENT
THE FRIGHT" TO BUSINESS.

THE RIGHT TO BUSINESS.
Ex-Governor Folk of Missouri says:
1t is better that we should have a
thousand towns than one large city.
Ii place is good enough for man
TO make his money in, 1t is good
enough for him to spend it in. The
merchants have a just right to all
the business of the town in which
they have their stores, and every cit
1zen should help them get it,
proposition. In business no man has
right to trade. He must prove
that he is worthy of business before
1t Will come to him. Business is a
battle.
The ability to make good, to fill a
need in the community, is what con-
stitutes the only right to trade
If the retail merchant in the small
town cannot make good. he will have
to suecumb to the big mail order
petition of the large towns.
But the retailer in the small town
can make good. There is need for
him. It only requires proper use
of the weapons which are ready at
his hand.
While the retailer in the small
town is laboring under some handi-
caps in competition with the "cata-
log house, he is also possessed OF
advantages which far offset the dis
cIdfdnldSeS. 1H6 UlSIClldAt liz
small town is, or ought to be, in close
touch with his trade. He should pre-
pare himself to meet, on a cash basis,
the prices of the mail order house.
He should not be afraid to quote
prices and ask his trade to compare
quality and compare prices. He
should stand back of his goods. :.
And the merchant in the small
town can do none of these things
without advertising
If the small town retailer adver-
tises in the local papers energetically,
wisely and persistently, he can beat
the mail order game every time. 1t
has been done so often that 1T needs
no further demonstration. The mail
order house may have an advantage
over the local merchant in the assort-
ment of goods. but the local mer-
chant has such tremendous power
by wisely advertising his business in
the local press that the mail order
house is really one which is work
ing under the greatest natural handi-
cap after all.-Sa1ina Journal.
THE PEOPLE WILL WIN.
The great American sovereign squat
reads more-you bet he does-thinks
more and talks more than he ever
did before. He has walked up and
is going to stay awake. He knows
he is paying billions of unearned dol
lars to corporations and robbers
trusts for the simple reason that he
has not been thinking and voting as
a great American sovereign squat
should read, vote and think; and
along about next year the country
| will witness such political upheaval
| that has not been in evidence for
half a century. The people don't
have to pay these billions and they
know It, They are reading and think
ing and talking about 1t, and the
| unanimous determination is to take
| this government-both legislative and
| judicia1-out of the hands of the high
protective tariff machine and put it
back into the hands of the people,
who own it. The battle is on and
will be fought out to the end and
the people will win.-Ey Dorado Re-
publican.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-22

An excellent action was that of a
Chicago Judge who fined Chicagoan
$3.50 for giving false information to
a newspaper man. Few persons out
side of the newspaper business realize
the extent to which some people go
in purveying to newspaper reporters
information that they know to be
false. And in this class generally are
the individuals who insist with
blatant mouths that everything the
newspapers print should be taken at
q discount
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-22

Most serious attention should be
given by the members of the city
council to the recommendation made
by the fire chief for increasing the
efficiency of the fire department by
adding more men and equipment to 1t.
Topeka is behind many other cities
of her size in the strength of her fire
department as to the number of fire.
men employed and the amount of
equipment available for their use.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-22

Admiral Dewey says the American
navy is the peer of any in ships, Of
ficers and men. And. the people of
the country, with the possible excep-
ton of a few marine artists and other
naval experts" of that character, be-
lieve this characterization to be the
exact truth
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-22

It is remarked by the Chicago-Rec-
ord-Herald. that ait will be useless to
expect summer to arrive before hail
stones as big as goose eggs have shat
tered things in Kansas This shows
that the Record-Herald is not in
touch with modern Kansas. It would
take hailstones much larger than
goose eggs to shatter things in this
state. They would have to be the size
OF thirteen inch shells and loaded
with dynamite to make even tenn
porary impression.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-22

From vich arises der gladstone old
gag vich hat peen hiding in der base
mendt fer many years..
Now dot her harem hat been
moofed, und a number uf oonicks
re-moofed, We rise to unkvire der
reason? Vas id to make room so
der moo Sulting could moot in a few
uf hiss own?
Opserfing dot Misder Stubs hat
purchased driveway, dere comes
to us der skveedly comforting
thought: He will hat blenty uf time
to drife on i'd in aboudt two years..
Dis morning 1 vas introduced NIT
Teller vot sayss he vas a farm-as-
sist. Und ding i'd uf I ditndt fergedt
to ask him vot farm he assisted.
Atfertising used to come eassy fer
Coundt Bunny de Clothesline. but fer
kvite a vile he hat had to ZOOS a law
suidt TO efen gedt a number fife head
line.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-22

Harper's Weekly recently NOM
mated Woodrow Wilson, president of
Princeton university, as the Demo-
cratic candidate for governor OF. New
Jersey in 1910 and as the Democratic
presidential candidate in 1912. 1t
has also provided him with national
platform promising a real tariff re-
vision downward
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-22
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR
[From the New York P

from the New York Press1
What makes a girl like a man Is for
the rest of her family not to.
Education can teach man that he
knows a lot of things he doesn't.
The thing to convince a girl that her
nose doesn't freckle is for it to do 1t.
A woman can get a heap of happiness
out of thinking how happy she could
be il she were appreciated
The average man can swear off most
everything except the causes that
make it necsssazy for him to swear
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-22

Colonel George Harvey, in the cur
rent issue of Harper's Weekly
doesn't see anything strange or I'M
usual in the conflicting positions in
which Mr.. Roosevelt has placed him
self on the subject of Japanese inn
migration. In one of his presidential
messages. Mr. Roosevelt took stand
In favor of liberal immigration laws
as applied to the japanese and also
insisted that they should have the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-22

"A North Carolina preacher has
proved to his own satisfaction, at
least, that the earth is not round but
fiat like hat on fence post. 1t is to
be hoped that he is now happy.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-22

Senator Clay. of Georgia. hit the
nail squarely on the head the other
day when he stated that time was be-
ing wasted by any further considera-
ton of the details of the tariff bill by
the members of the senate, inasmuch
as Mr.. Aldrich and his friends have
the votes to shape up this legislation
exactly as they please.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-22

Rudolph Spreckels, the California
millionaire, gave $J3S.47S to aid the
San Francisco graft prosecutions. If
any money was ever we'll spent this
sum was. 1t may be likened to the
highest degree of philanthropy.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-22
TRYING TO FORGET.

To forget me she tries
But how can she do so?
BY that scorn in her eyes
TO forget me she tries:
But sometimes surprise
The dear glance well know:
TO forget me she tries,
But how can she do so?
To forget her try,
But how can do so7
With cold look OF the eye
To forget her I try;
But 1t ends in sigh
For remembrance / know:
To forget her I try,
But how can I do. so?.
To forget we both try.
But how can we do so?
And our hearts still DENY?
To forget we both try:
H Tbat I forbid I'D we should lie-
III nat sa, we love, well we know;
Q, how can we do so?
George Birdseye in the Boston Trans.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-22

Here's valuable tip for the mod
ern man from the Ladies' Field:
Before the woman is won she has to
be wooed, and to WOO her on the tele-
phone or the typewriter, as modern
man apparently tries to do, is I'd
court disa ster -
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-22

There is little wonder that the
stage has such alluring attractions
of fame and fortune if there is any
truth to the report that Anna Held,
who is soon to retire from it, has ac
cumulated $1,OOO,OO0 by her singing
and acting.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-22

China may be pardoned for jump
ing into the universal peace" move
ment with both feet. She never did
have much luck in war.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-22

Mr.. Wheat Bull Patten predicts
that the price of wheat will remain
high all over the world for a year or
more to come. Here's hoping that
he is a false prophet.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-22

AS has been the case for many
years back. the weather this spring
is just a trihe unusual.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-22

The Boston Herald thinks the trip
to Africa will be a failure if one at
least of the snakes that can swallow
a rhinoceros doesn't show up.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-22

Wroten ad Looie Linkenfusser.
Chawcawgo.
Howdo, Looie:
The proonsipual ting vich hat ex-
pired skince lasd wrotening you, ISIS
dot sefen dayss hat vendt. Dot fss
unportandt but I candt hellup i'd.
But, howeffer, der supchect, "time,"
gifts me a idea uf some slush init
vich to fill dis 1edder vich am wro-
tening ad you. I reference, uf course.
to der ladest follishmendt, der Day
light moofmendt. Id iss scheme to
borrow two hourss per diem from der
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-22
a SATURDAY SERMON.

But avoid foolish questions, and gene
alogies and contentious, and striyings
about the law; for they are Improbable
and vain. Titus iii:9.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-22

Der Mississippy Teller vich vas Wild,
might hat hat some egscoos fer being
Wild. Berhabps he had seen der stage
version uf "Tree Weeks"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-22

Der proonsipua1 advantage uf Mis-
der Rockingfeller's poemtry ISIS do
he dondt hat to make lifting mi
i'd.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-22

vinder time und add Id to der summer,
time. Otherwise. Idondt know vot id
ISIS about. My boss. vich ISIS a eg-
spert on time und how to kill i'd
mitoudt cloryforms. sayss der moot
mendt will be no goot unless id ISIS
ooniversal,-vot effer dott ISIS. He
sayss he means by id dot Id ISIS der
same effery ware. But fer mine. /
candt agree nit him. 1 tink i'd would
be greadt bitzness to hat i'd here, und
nod hat Id in Missoory. Den, ven We
wanted to cendt to Kansassity. We
would be dere pefore We started Dot
would be greadt bitzness. unless der
change caught us vile We vas chang
ing our dudses. Id would be fierce to
find ourselluf landed on Onion af-
ernoo. Kay Zee, mitoudt any poggets
to carry id home in. aindt id not?
But odervise, der skysdem would
be allusright. Time ISIS money. und
such being der cases. 1 might be APPLE
| to safe someding during der summer.
In oder words. Looie. der moo joke
sounds to me like nigglevort uf not
much nit der bark on i'd. Uf Misder
Rosinfeit vas here. he might dake
| chips in id. He ISIS fer ANGLING moo,
egsept cuss words und atfertising sys-
dems Skince wrotening ad you -lasd,
1 hat acquired der pip. Hoping dis
will find you der same, 1 remainesef-
fer, HANS.
B. Speaking uf Misder Rosin-
felt, did 1 dell you I got a cable
spatch from him? He sayss: elf my
loaf to Molly und der resd uf der
Coddle gailss.'' Do you subbose his
wife ISIS negst to dot? Els effer. H.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-22

But ven Brandenbug gedts oudt
he will hat material fer someding vo
aindt a fake.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-22
A Business Letter.

1t is supposed that business letters
are deficient in hunnor. Still, there have
been exceptions, and the latest, sent to
a member of the well known wholesale
soapmaking firm of (let US say) Cake
e. Son. is one of the most brilliant. A
retail dealer in a small way had sent
for consignment of their goods: Gen
tlement," he writes. ''wherefor have you
rot sent me the. sope? Is it bekawse
you think my money is not so good as
nobody elses? Dam you, Cake & Son:
wherefore have you not sent the sope d?
Please send sope at once, and oblige
yours respectfully, Richard Jones' P.
S.-Since writing the above my wife
has found the sope under the counter"
Dundee Advertiser.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-22
Surgeons Sew Mans E IN

ouASCOuS sew Mans Ear On.
Michael Florie. of SO School street,
Yonkers, walked into St. Joseph's hos
pltal, that city, Sunday, with the larger
part OF his right ear in his hand. He
saiu IL was cut off with a razor in a
street nght. He asked the surgeons to
sew II on. He was placed on the op-
Grating table without delay and the ear
wa, was sewed together with IA stitches.
Inc doctors expressed the belief the
car VIII grow together and show only
slight scar. Florie and three other
men engaged in battle royal, and 1t
was alleged that at least three razors
We're used. John Cococi, of 275 New
Main street. Yonkers, was slasfled
across the back of the right hand An
artery was severed, and the man was
weak from loss Of blood when carried
into the hospital from the ambulance.
He was picked up after Florie had
started on foot from the battle ground.
IN School street, to st. Josepl1's, hold
ing his ear in one one hand and with
the other hand pressed against the
bleeding stump. The artery in Cococi's
hand was sewed with six stitches, and
the doctors said he will recover. The
ear operation is said to be rare in
surgery.-New York Press.
Rewarding a Benefactor.
The dark lantern flashed through the
fiat. Then came the CLEAN of a re-
volver.
Hands up!" Kissed the head Of the
FAMILY. You're a burgIar!''
Yves" gasped The intruder, as he
faced the cold steel
What have you stolen?"
Your wife's pug dog"
HIN, er--if that's all, you NAV sneak
out quietly"
And your mother-in-law's parrot"
You don't say. Well, here's some
loose change"
And your daughters photograph"
Good! Here's some more loose
change"
Also your sons punching bag"
what! Great Scott. man, come out
to the library and I'll open a special
bottle "-Tit-Bit
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-22

Ven der freck1ed leopard chumped
ad Kermit. he shot him on der spot.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-22
THE EVENING STORY
Her Rebel Heart.
(By Alexandra Dagmar. )

Oh. I spoke once and I grieved
thee sore. remember all that I
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1909-02-19

Mr.. Dick Muse went to town Thurs

Mr.. Dick Muse went to town Thurs
day.
J. G. Sanders andsAson transacted
business in Protemus Saturday.
Mrs. John HaynieS is the fond parent
LOT a brand new baby girl.
Messrs, Watt Cherry and Alf Myers,
lof Protemusi were through here Mon
fday.
Mrs. Flowers Visited her daughter,
Mrs. Henry 0sbefne, of Protemus, Sat
urday night
Mr.. Clay Grady and niece, Miss Ethel
Lindsey, 81 Protemus, visited Mr.. Lee
Grady and family Monday night,
Miss Vallie Wilson, of Protemus, was
through here Monday, en- route to visit
her uncle, Jim Dick Wilson, of near
Union City.
Uncle Moss old mule got froze hard
and fast in the ice while crossing the
creek, the other morning, and that
made the noble creature so mad that it
went to kicking, and right here is where
the story comes in. Now you remem-
Der that the mule froze up to its knee
joints in the very middle of the creek,
and not being used to that sort of thing
in this part of the country, as / said be-
fore, the creature tried to kick out of
the situation, with the result of the en-
tire creek being knocked clear out of
the settlement. Those who saw it say
that blocks of ice, weighing half ton
or more, went flying over the tree tops;
and pretty soon there was nothing left
of the creek but the ground The wa
ter flowed over, and you could cross
without getting your feet wet. But the
strangest thing about it was the fact that
the ice blocks fell on neighbor Browns
farm, and when the sun shone out it
melted them, and now creek two feet
and better flows right through his plan
tation, where there never was a creek
before. TRIXIE.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1909-02-19
THE HEROIC AGE.

He speaks not well who does his time
deplore,
Naming it new, and little, and obscure
Ignoble and unfit for lofty deeds
All times were modern in the time Of
them,
And this no more than others.
Do thy part
Here in the living day, as did the great
Who made old days immortal So
shall men
Gazing long back to this far-looming
hour,
Say: Then the time when men were
truly men;
Though wars grew less, their spirits met
the test
OF new conditions conquering civic
wrong;
Saving the State anew by virtuous lives;
Guarding the country's honor as their
own,
And their own as their country's and
their sons;
Defying leagaed fraud with single truth;
Not fearing loss, and daring to be pure.
When error through the land ragged like
pest
They claimed the madness caught from
mind to mind
By wisdom drawn from cid, and counsel
sane;
And as the martyrs of the ancient
world
Gave death for man, so nobly gave they
life
Those the great days and that the he
roic age. -
r. w. GLIDER.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1909-02-19
Real Estate Transfers.

w. B. Curtin and wife to u. E. Cur
lin, 46 acres in No. 2, IS, 900.
Sarah Wood, ct al, to Nancy Owens
interest in land in No. 9, 1900.
]. P. Adams, trustee, to Jno. T
Walker, lot in Union City, S425.
Allen Pyles and wife to Mamie Rut
ledge, lots in Obion, 81 900.
Mamie Rutledge to Allen Pyles, lot:
in Obion, 81 600
Phil Brown and wife to r. L. Lock
ert, two lots in Union City, 1914.
Geo. Johnson and wife to r. L. Lock
ert, 7 acres in Union City, $40.
Egbert Tansil to G. K. and H. Lyon,
lot in Union City, 5000,
Ethelbert Rogers and wife to W. B.
Gibbs, AZ acres in No. 3, 500.
A. and G. DeBow to D. A. Craver,
lot in Union City, $500,
r. K. Fisher and wife to j. G. Gov
ington, 50 acres in No. l, 81 800
w. F. Kendall and wife to Joe M.
Coleman, 10 acres in No. -, 81, 800.
S. j. Bradshaw and wife to Hill and
E. M. Bradshaw, 100 acres in No, g.,
$780,
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1909-02-19
Dyersburg Store Robbed

Dyersburg, Tenn, February Is. The
large department store of the Pierce &
Todd Company of this city was,broken
into Saturday night and robbed of more
than $500 worth of goods. The thief
or thieves packed the clothing, shoes,
hats, shirts, laces, and embroidery into
nine valises, two of them having been
found under shed near the depot. The
robbery was not discovered until Z
O'Clock this morning, when the Simp-
son bloodhounds were called into service,
but failed to track the robbers, owing to
the heavy rain which fell just before
day.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1909-02-19
Orator Brooks.

He is an entertainer of very higl
order, and his selections, all original
evinced the keen sense of humor and
pathos of their author. Brooks is an
orator as well as a wit, and his delight
full pantomime and mimicry kept his
audience in the best of humor through
out. Detroit Free Press.
Reynolds Opera House, Saturday
night, February 20.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1909-02-19

AAo W ~ ~ = 4.-etk - - 4, 1 .' -
would love To- herald Il il3e world
heroism, Stability TIT ind
daunted courage WITH which o1r
president M,a siIea|I zIQl
fought and Helped Is ~ greet i
tie that fills p,f 81 pI|II 10
day Her sIiiel p&
efforts and sgoman'z 4 81
with uneeasing I'fa>|| tc
make xiict .....-.--...-- 1,sttle
that perIaeai as "a State and
Southland a Eof joy. Then
herald Is f|sF glad tidings Of
lite oprsfair Iii Southland and our
Eheys.
r Resolved, That we lift our voices in
one great outpour of thankfulness to
our beloved and indomitable president.
Could we but clasp her hand in one fer
vent, vibrating hand-clasp that would
mean so much more than mere words
could ever express.
Resolved, That we in our feeble way
express and extend to Mrs. Holman the
slncereSt thanks of grateful heart, and
that we rejoice with her in the great up
lift of the dear old State of Tennessee.
Too beautiful to define are the senti-
ments of heart so constant and true
as hers. There are battles yet to be
be fought, issues to be met; still we be-
lieve the same unerring hand will be at
the helm ready to help, to guide and
direct as before
Be it furthermore resolved, That we
rejoice with her in the presentation at
Fayetteville, Tenn, of the beautiful low
ing cup presented in love an apprecia-
ton of her inestimable worth.
Resolved, That we ask the blessing
of a gracious Father upon her, and may
she in the future be as blessed as in the
past.
Resolved, That copy of these reso-
lutions be spread upon the minutes OF
this organization, and that copies be
furnished the Nashville Tennessean, the
county papers and Mrs Holman.
VALLIE FIELD,
Mrs. M. GLAsscoCK,
Mrs. RICE A. PIERCE,
Mrs. w. L. WHITE, PRES.
Committee.
Pay Dahnke's Cafe a visit and you
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1909-02-19
A Simple Trick.

It's an easy matter to keep your
joints and muscles supple--no matter
what your age may De or how you have
suffered with rheumatism. Rub your
self night and morning with Billiards.
Snow Liniment. Cures rheumatism,
stiffness, cramps, crick i'll the back,
side, neck or limbs, and relieves all
aches and pains Sold by Mailing
Drug Co.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1909-02-19
Marriages.

Buck Jones and Minnie Blythe.
w. Marshall and Eliza Cosby.
Bob Faulkner and Gertie Books.
Edward Scoggins and Emma Wilson
Dollie Leigh and Robin Pitman.
John Wright and Mary Smith.
j. B. Snow, Jr., and Nettie Parker.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1909-02-19
STEELE AND MATHENY.
Paper Hanging, Painting and Deco
rating.

We are handling Alfred Peats' frieze
wall papers We refer to the best citi-
zens of Union City. Our work is
I our recommendation, notwit h !
standing the ISLANDERS Of certain social
ed paper hangers and painters. A share
OF the public patronage solicited A
trial will convince you that we know
our business.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1909-02-19
A GOOD TERM.

What vas ct you call, +" exclaimed
the Jew to his lawyer, wen man
promises to make you tree pair Of
pants, und makes you none?"
Breaches of promise, " answered the
LAWYER