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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-06-18

two o'clock, at the fair grounds, where
some of the quickest steppers in this
vicinity. Then will come a sham bat
tie, participated in by Company of
Mankato and Company X of st. Peter.
This will be thriller, and will be
one OF the features of the day. A sharp
contest is looked for, and ample sup
plies of ammunition will be provided.
Following the sham battle will be
some exciting automobile races, by high
powered cars, capable of rounding the
course at the rate of mile a minute
A fast ball game will be played late
IN the afternoon between the Mankato
and GAINESVILLE teams. This will be the
eliminating game of series of three,
to be played July 3, 4 and 5. The
fans will see game that will be
worth while, between the giants of
Southern Minnesota.
A band concert will follow, on the
grounds. In the meantime. between
four and six o'clock, band concert
VIII be in progress on Front street,
for the benefit of those who do not
care to 90 to the fair grounds and
those who return early.
Auto Parade in Evening.
At $50 o'clock in the evening there
will be great automobile parade.
The machines will be decorated and
lighted with japanese lanterns. and the
route will cover the principal streets.
Torches burning red, white and blue
fire will be placed along Front street.
six to the block, and will add greatly
to the attractiveness of the scene.
The eliminating event of day of
pleasure will be the fireworks display
in the evening. This will begin at
9:30 o'clock, and large stock of
fireworks, including number of set
pieces, will be set off at some point
where all can see. These fireworks
will be furnished by the man who sup
plies the state fair, and will be the
most elaborate seen in the city. II
will take an hour to set them off.
The countryside has been well billed
for the Fourth, for miles out in every
direction, and a general movement to-
ward Mankato on the part of the popu-
! lace on the morning of July 5th is
! predicted. The street car line will put
every car into use, and arrangements
will be made to handle the crowds
everywhere.
Everybody is invited to come to
Mankato to help celebrate independence
I day in the old way, with uncorked
patriotism, bands playing, flags flying
and all of the accessories.
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and documents of general character
which relate to public health, and
especially as regards infectious diseases,
notably cholera, plague and yellow fe-
ver as well as the measures taken to
combat these diseases" As appears
from this and further article of the
constitution, the functions of the of
flee are to be of an advisory character.
The monthly bulletin is to collate
laws and general or local regulations,
to tabulate information as to the
spread of disease, and to chronicle such
measures as are taken in different
countries for improving the health of
various localities. The headquarters
of the office are to be in Paris, and the
contracting nations have agreed to
contribute jointly an annual income
of f.l50,0O0 for the payment of staff
whole time to the service of the office.
To the enthusiast in international
hygiene this may seem modest pro-
gram; he would prefer that such a
body should be endowed with COM
pulsory powers. But to insist on such
powers would have wrecked the scheme.
No ration however altruistic, would
tolerate extra national interference with
its health regulations. In movements
of this kind the only possible advance
is along the path of the least resist
ance. With all its limitations then
the international office of public health
deserves the good wishes and practi-
cal support of all people; it cannot fail
to assist in preventing some disease
germs from being waited over interna-
tional walls or through their gaps.
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From Tuesdays Daily.

From Tuesdays Daily.
Music seemed to be in the very air,
as it WERE from the hour of the ar
rival of the trains soday with the
crowds of music loving people, and
Judging from the association program,
with its exceptionally fine number of
good things musical, every indica ton
points to a continuation of the rare
musical feast through the finale of
Thursday evening The weather man
was in harmony with the occasion.
Mankato has entered joyfuly into
the spirit of the State Music Teach
ers' association, and all was in readi-
ness for the arrival of the delegates.
DR.. E. W. Benham and +. f.. Gran
dali assisted by others of the local
committee, met the incoming guests
and escorted them to their hotels. The
EIks lodge rooms, where the reception
is to be held this evening, has been
made especially attractive with pro-
fusion of snowballs, peonies and pot
ted plants and palms, under the direc-
ton of Miss Flory Wise, Mrs. w. L.
Hixon, Mrs. w. T. Warwick and Miss
Louise Oleson.
The opening session of the associa
tion occurred this afternoon at 2:15
o'clock when Lieutenant Governor A.
| O. Eberhart gave cordial and hearty
address of welcome to guests in the
| city and delegates of the association
Following was the annual address of
President G. H. Fairclough, St. Paul
and the reports of secretary treasurer
John A. Jaeger, st. Paul, and auditor,
Miss Anne NJ. Hughes of Saltwater
Concert This Afternoon
For the remainder of the afternoon
a delightful concert program of Min
nesota composers was given and in
many of the numbers the composer
was himself participating. j. A. Bliss
the composer of the first number, was
at the piano. Willard Patten, promi
nent composer whose productions
were the second number on the pro
gram, arrived in the city last night.
The 'Te Deum," sung by double
quartet of Mankato talent, Mrs
Meagher, Mrs. Patterson, Miss. Kath
leen Hart and Miss Lora Lulsdorf, DIR
Benham, Lester Davies, G. W. Smith
and Isaac Griffiths, was given will
the composer, G. II. Fairclough, at the
, organ The "Te Deum" was sung from
manuscript and was first given by {
vested choir of sixty voices at Thu
Conservation service of st. John Evan
j gelist church, st. Paul. Errico San
some, the violinist was another of thu
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PROFESSIONS NOT OvERCROWDE0.

Commenting on the high tide of
the commencement season now in evil
dence in every quarter of the United
States, The Washington Post predicts
that practically every speaker of promi-
hence on these various occasions will
be careful to warn promising gradu-
ates against the "overcrowded pro-
fessions'
The Post then proceeds to enumer-
ate professions, extremely gainful ones,
too; that are not now and never will
be threatened with an oversupply. It's
remarks are inspirational, in that they
focus attention upon broadening ideals
in American educational and aspira-
ton.
Road making is one of the occupa-
tions outlined as promising, and our
contemporary indicates that even with
our progress in this direction we do
not approximate the skill of the an
cient Romans. This phase should be
of especial interest to Minnesota at
this time, says The Rochester Post
and Record.
The profession of building, too, is
viewed as one that has made radical
strides in recent years, requiring now
of its followers high degree of train
ing, and ever holding out pledges of
rich reward.
1t is worth while quoting The Post
substantially in its reference to agri-
culture, of which it ayers that 1.-THE
farmer who makes money out of his
crops in the future will not be the
boy who learned his farming by follow
ing the pillow, but the one who stu
died soils in the laboratory and the
cultivation of plants at the expert
ment stations. 1t will be the profes
sional farmer who gathers the plums
in the next generation"
The editorial closes as follows, with
an admirable epitome of what the en-
larging range of professions means tc
the young American:
$50 the boy who feels his ambitions
crumble at the cry of overcrowded pro
LESSONS need not lose heart. The prac
teal professions are of prime impor
lance in the world of today. They
demand as much intelligence as tn,
others, as much energy, and a nearly
equal amount of study along specialized
lines. Best of all, they pay well, ant
there is no overcrowding to get a
the top-for the top is as wide as TIN
circumference of the earth"
1t is encouraging to note that TIN
educational system of Minnesota, boil
state and municipal, manifests con
vincing tendencies of modelling them
selves along these utilitarian lines.
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HARRIET BEeCHrR STOWE.

Ninety eight years ago, in Litchfeld,
Conn, Harriet Elizabeth Beecher
Stowe was born. There was nothing
to distinguish the tiny infant above
the thousands of others which made
their appearance on the day, yet she
was destined to write novel which
would be more widely read than any
which was to exert mighty influence
in the freeing of millions of black
slaves.
As the daughter of Lyman Beecher
and the sister of Henry Ward Beecher,
little Harriet Elizabeth was reared in
the odor of sanctity. She acquired
her education at Litchtield academy
and at the school conducted by her
sister Catherine in Hartford. When
little more than child at the age of
fourteen, she became a teacher of other
children. In 1882 she removed to Gin
cinnati and from that city made sew
eral trips to the south, where she
investigated the conditions surrounding
the slaves.
Early influences made her the in
stinctive foe of slavery, and instances
of wrongs perpetrated against the
slaves confirmed her hatred of the
system. At every opportunity through
the press and in conversation, she
condemned slavery and demanded its
abolition.
In 1886 romance entered into The
life of the feminine emancipation, and
she became bride of Professor Cal
vim Ellis Stowe, then professor in
Lane Theological Seminary at Gin
her husband she went to Europe, anG
in 1850 returned to New England set
Ting at Brunswick, Me-, and later il
Ardover, Mass, and Hartford Conn.
Meanwhile, she had written "Uncls
Toms Cabin" suggested by the life o
Josiah Henson, and in 1851 its publ
cation in serial form was commenced
in The National Era, an antislaver,
paper published in Washington. It
! publication provoked flood of com
ment, and in the next decade it wa
translated into many languages an
hundreds of thousands of copies wer
sold and eagerly read.
Some of the most melodramatic pha
ses of the story were utilized in a dra
ma which has probably been presented
in every city, town and village of tn
| United States. Mrs. Stowe wrote sew
eral other books, but they attracted
comparatively little attention. Sh
| died in Hartford, Conn.,. july 1896
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HOW THE FOURTH WILL BE
Celebrated IN THIS CITY
Splendid Line Of Events That Is Sure To Meet the
Appreciation Of All Classes Of People; Fine
Program Is Arranged BY the Committee.

The arrangements for the Fourth of
July celebrate on are progre ssng nicely
The program for the day has been pre-
pared, and it ensures continual
round of plea sure for the citizens and
strangers who may come to Join in the
celebration. The progra m is free from
cheap attrac tions and claptrap such
as it has been the fashion lately to
ring into the Fourth of July programs,
and is near return to the old fash
toned celebrat ion that everybody used
to enjoy in y, ars gone by. No money
is being thrown away, but the COM
mttee is ende avoring to get the most
that is possible with the funds at
hand, and if the weather is pleasant
there will be such an entertainment as
the people will take real pleasure in,
and still leave time for the rising GEN
Grafton to shoot off fire crackers to
their hearts desire. Monday, July 5,
will be observed, as the Fourth falls
on Sunday.
Open With Band Concert.
The program will open with band
concert on the streets, from eight to
nine o'clock. Four bands will fill the
air with harmony, and the inspiring
strains will be heard over the citv.
The Twentieth Century band of Man
kato, the Mapleton band and the st.
Peter band have been contracted with.
and fourth band will be secured.
At nine o'clock an exhibition drill
will be given by the fire department
on the streets, consisting of an alarm
of fire, a run and the turning on of a
stream of water. This will be a real
istic scene and show the promptness of
the fire boys.
The parade will commence at ten
o'clock, and will follow line of march
about the city. The lineup will include
two military companies, Companies H
of Mankato and X of st. Peter. both
of the national guard. Four bands
will be in line, and the fire department
and it is expected to have the different
lodges join, as well as the labor unions
and it is desired that merchants make
an industrial display in the shape OF
floats, etc., which would help advertise
Mankato.
Address BY Rev. w. S. Emery.
At eleven o'clock the march to Sib
ley park will be made, and there the
address of the day will be given by
Lieutenant W. S. Emery, chaplain OF
the state national guard The bands
will play, and the eagle will scream
and may lose few tail feathers.
The afternoon program will begin a
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Inspected the Culverts.

County Surveyor Brooks and Com
missioners Young and Madigan spent
the day looking at culverts that have
recently been constructed. The found
the 1aeger and Keenan, culverts de-
fective. The former was built III
freezing weather and the cement did
not set as it should causing the stone
work to pull apart this spring. The
keenan, culvert is also in bad shape
and both will have to be partially
or wholly reconstructed. The gentle
men looked at some other culverts this
afternoon.
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MANkAT0 IS UNDER THE
CHARM OF SWEET MUSIC
Convention Of Teachers From All Paris Of the state Delight
full Concert This Afternoon Following An Address
By Mr.. EberhaH. Reception This Evening.

composers who played their own com
position, as was also the case of Leo
Bruenner. With the exception of one
work from Duluth the entire program
was made up of the compositions
from the twin cities.
. Reception This Evening.
The reception this evening is in
charge of Miss Flory Wise, chairman
of the reception committee. Besides
the members of the local committee
Miss Fanny Pitcher, Miss Flory Wise,
Mrs. H. A. Patterson, DR.. Z. W. Ben
ham, Mr.. f. i. Crandall, Mrs. F. X.
Meagher, Mr.. John Nyquist.
President G. H. Fairclough, Willard
Patten, and Mrs. f. II. Snyder of St.
Paul will assist in receiving. DIR. j. S.
Young of the normal school is to in
troduce the guests to those in the re-
ceiving line An informal musical pro-
gram has been prepared for the en-
tertainment of the guests during the
reception hours and there is to be
music furnished by Lamms orchestra
Mrs. w. L. Hixon, Mrs. f. X. Meagher,
Mrs. j. M. Edwards and Miss Helen
Wise are to preside at the puch bowls
Miss Lora Lulsdorff and Miss Kath-
leen Hart are to sing and Mrs. Minnie
Hubbard is to render violin selections,
Miss Mamie Skuse and Miss Elsie kokc
are to act as accompanies for the
evening.
Robert Coughlan of this city is also
to render piano selections at the re-
ception this evening.
Dir. Caryl B. Storrs of The Minneapo-
| lis Tribune and Stuart MacIean of The
Minneapolis Journal arrived in the city
| last night and will be in attendance
during the three days of the associa-
ton meeting.
Program for Tomorrow.
| The program for the three sessions
tomorrow is another exceptionally fine
one and includes an organ recital both
morning and evening The Public School
Round Table is to be opened by Miss
Caroline V Smith, who is at the head
of the department of music at Winona
Miss Harriet A. Hale. of st. Paul who
! is also to talk on the same general
| topic, is former Mankato teacher
having been in charge of the depart
.ment of music at the normal school in
this city for several years and also a
member of the Congregational church
choir. Miss Hale's Mankato friends are
glad of the opportunity of hearing mel
at the convention meeting. At the close
of the afternoon meeting the delegates
are to enjoy river trip on the steam
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Wednesdays Program.

Wednesdays Program.
Wednesday Morning, June l6.-9:00,
organ recital, Mr.. Paul Thorn, st. Paul.
Program Prelude in b Minor. Bach;
Spring Song, A. Hollins; Sonata Pas
torale in G, Rheinber9er; Romanza in
ID Flat, Lemare; Scherzo Symphonique,
Georges Debat Ponson.
9:3O-Public School Music Round
Table-NIiss Caroline V. Smith. Wi
mona, chairman, "'The Public School and
Community Music" Mr.. A. w. Rankin,
College of Education, University of
Mimi; 'The Studio Teacher in her re-
lation to school and Community" Miss
Harriet a. Hale, st. Paul l0:O0-
lecture Factors in the Enjoyment of
Music" Mrs. w. 0. Fryberger, Mime
apolis.
Wednesday afternoon, June l6-2 100
piano round table conducted by Mr..
Heniot Levy Chicago
3:30-Ensemble Recital Mr. Helm
rich Hoevel, violinist, Minneapolis, Miss
Eloise Schryock, pianist, Minneapolis.
Program-Sonata OPP. IS, Rich. Straus;
Allegro ma non Troppo. Improvisa-
ton (Andante Cantab ile). Finale.
Sonata OPP. 90, No. III, Beethoven;
Allegro Assai, Tempo di Minuetto Al
legro Vivace.
Suite OPP. A, Ed. Schuett, Allegro
Risoluto, Schcrzo Viyace. Conzonetta
con Variation, Rondo a la Russo.
4:l5- Steamboat Excursion, Mime
sofa river, rendered by Mankato Com
mercial club.
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ExIERMINATE the HOUSEFLY.

DIR. Arthur B. Ancker, city health
officer of ST. Paul, has declared him
self in favor of campaign of educa-
ton against the housefy. This is the
way he would go about it: Keep
hammering it into the people that the
houseAy is positively an enemy to
mankind, filthy. foul carrier of dis
ease, a thing that will gather foulness
On its feet and then walk in your
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Cures permanently the cases he un-
dertakeS and sends the incurable home
without taking a fee from them. This
is why he continues his visits year aft
er year. while other doctors have made
few visits and stopped. DR.. Jones is
an eminently successful specialist in
all chronic diseases, proven by the
many cures effected in chronic eases
which have baffied the skill of other
physicians. His hospital experience and
extensive practice have made him so
proficient that he can name and locate
a disease in few minutes.
Treats all durable cases of Lung Dis
eases, Consumption in early stage,
Stomach, Liver, Kidneys and Bowels,
Gravel, Paralysis, Neuralgia, Nervous
ness, Sick Headache, Heart, Blood and
Skin Diseases, Epilepsy, Appendicitis.
Rupture and Brights Disease, Diseases
of Bladder, and Tobacco habit.
Absorption treatment given for Cat
aract and Granulated Eyelids.
SpeciaI attention given to all Surgical
cases, and all Diseases of the Eye, Ear,
Nose, Throat, Ringing i'm Ears and
Deafness.
have a seldom failing remedy for Goiter.
Cross Eyes Strengthened without pain
Glasses fitted and guaranteed.
Remarkable cures are perfected In
cases of Catarrh, and all catarrhal dis
charges rheumatism of muscles and
Joints Eczema, Gall Stones, Blood Poi
son, Nervous Debility, st. Vitus Dance
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Representative Hammond is once
more in the limelight, all because he
made the statement that he would
be pleased if both Messers Roosevelt
and Bryan were members of the Uni
ted States senate. Once in awhile Mr..
Hammond Scenes to" and the cor
respondents get his name into the pa
pers.
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STORY OF the WEST
BY DR.. J. w. ANDREWS

Medford, Ore, June To the Man
kato Free Fress: 1 closed my last
letter to you on the arrival at the
great city of San Francisco. because,
indeed does this apply to San Fran
cisco, especially since it has risen
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There Is a Treat

in store for any sickly man or woman
who will start taking HOstetter's
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and strengthen your weak and run
down system and in every way prove
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get a bottle of
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HERE is RELIEF FOB Momen

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Emma Goldman having been denied
the use of opera houses and theatres
for her lectures, is talking in barns.
Regular transformer.
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H0STETTER'S
STOMACH BITTERs

Oday and make good start on the
Dad to health. 1t is for Flatulency,
Heartburn, Vomiting, Indigestion,
Dyspepsia, COstiveness and Liver
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er Lorene when the delegates will be
the guests of the Mankato Commercial
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Piles, Fissure, Fistula

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Piles niure the general health produce indigestion
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even though you have been told surgical operation
was necessary Hundreds of such cases cured.
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Chronic Diseases of Men and
Women a SDeCialty

Space forbids the mention of but few of the
Chronic Diseases which treat Of both men and
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Wonderful Cures

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