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The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-01-05
Cheerful Ignorance.

you q be surprised said the wom-
an who is supposed to be wise, how
many people are perfectly ignorant Of
The correct way to write acceptances
and regrets when they are asked to
entertainments. 1t would pay some
enterprising woman to go around writ
ing them for those who don't know
how You'd be amazed TO see the peo-
pie who come to me to ask how it is
done or get me to write them And, ,"
she admitted. If the truth must be
told. | don't know so awfully much
about it myself
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-01-05
The stay-Away Cure.

Mrs. Exe-Good-bye. I'm sorry my
husband isn't in | wish knew some
way Of keeping him at home a little
more.
Mrs Wye-Let him buy motor
car.
Mrs Exe-Why, he'd be out more
than ever then.
Mrs Wye-Oh. dear, nol Mrs
Dasher tells me her husband bought a
motor few days ago, and the doctor
says he won't be out for six weeks
illustrated Bits.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-01-05
Too Much for Man.

A Kansas gas man who has spent
years in the business makes the state
ment that natural gas is capricious
and that men who have studied it all
their lives give up In despair when it
comes to explaining the why's and
wherefores of some Of its ways.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-01-05
The Higher Life.

why don't you go to work. instead
Of begging and boozing?"
Il will, boss. as soon as there's an
openin' in my trade An amt got
long TO wait, nuther.'
What is your trade?'
I'm a track walker for aeroplane
lines Philadelphia Bulletin
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-01-05

Washington was made a Mason in
1853, and attained higher dignity in
the order than any of the other presi-
dents, though Andrew Jackson was
grand master Of Tennessee, the state
which now holds one of the highest
Masons in this country, ex-Congress-
man Richardson.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-01-05

The tendency Of modern civilization is
not back to the simple life. as so many
sentimentalists would have US believe.
The trend is manifestiY the other way.
The history Of man sa Ghis earth as given
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-01-05
Natural ouesilnn.

She-How is il your sister didn't
sing tonight?
He-O. the doctor has forbidden
her. He says she must net Stag for
sig months.
she pses As iiv, near her.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-01-05

W. M. Malone, Of the Depositors Guar
antee Journal left today on the fast na /
for business trip to Tulsa.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-02-02

am convinced that the success this
man is having in New York is richly
deserved
In short interview Mr.. Cooper said
Il have been in New York a little less
than two months So far as can Judge
there are now about fifty thousand pee
pie taking my preparations. Before |
leave there will be not less than one
hundred thousand. as the number is
increasing very rapidly and people are
just beginning to learn what my prep
aration does. | expect to fully prove
before | leave New York the claim l
made when | arrived, namely-thac
stomach trouble is the great curse of
the goth century among highly civil.
lied races and that it is responsible
for ninety per cent of all ill-health.,
MY medicine does nothing but reg
ulate the stomach, yet | have people
come to me daily and tell me that it
has relieved them of many and various
ailments not generally recognized az
due to stomach trouble.
1T is easy enough to verify this
statement. An hour spent in listening
to what people who call to see me are
saying, who obtained my medicine
some time ago, will prove what l say
beyond doubt
! Cooper's New Discovery is the medi-
cine which made such wonderful
record in New York. 1t is on sale at
leading druggists everywhere. Should
Your druggist not have it notify The
Cooper Medicine company, Dayton,
Ohio.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-02-02
(To be continued.)
NOT ONLY ONE sHAD0WED
CONTINUED From Page Five3

Continued From Page Five)
in the month of June last year at the
time when the buckeye trees are in
bloom. This tree Il can't recall the
scientific nancy is the most beautiful
|of all the trees that grow. Symmetri-
cally perfect. rich: in foliage and when
in bloom, magnificent.
ohio is called the Buckeye state,
but there are more buckeye trees in
the Mohawk valley than in the whole
state OF Ohio. The highways are lined
with them, house yards are dotted with
them, and they are scattered over the
broad valley and hillsides in great pro-
fusion. making the sfoyeliest sight Of
natures beauty mortal ever looked up
on. No wonder the ground hog loved
this beautiful valley. l visited the
ground hog den from where our old
hunter obtained the first pair that was
brought to Illinois.
Il met many members Of the No
hawk Ground Hog society and convey
to you here today the best wishes OF
that society. i+f's
Our motto is as you all know,
Faith in the ground hog and attend
strictly to yoar own business. Some.
times for self-preservation we are
Obliged to give the other fellows bust
ness some fresh air. Here is an in.
stance. understand that there has
been q school established in the city
~ .pocH- leland So an ~, x-a.,pe, n, on
land possibly women, too. the art OIL
selling. ] believe the idea is to make
their pupils so proficient that they can
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-02-02

1T should be he iflHnOtutInJ himself
iOlC, not you"
with 4 sniver. Yet. awful as the fate
which Harry Sanderson had so mar
rowly missed. 1t was not to be COM
pared with that which awaited Hugh
for. awful as it was. it held no shame.
In gust of feeling she slipped to
her knees by the one sofa the room
contained and prayed passionately. As
she drew eout her handkerchief to
stanch the tears that came something
| fell with musical tinkle at her feet
| 1t was the little cross she had found
| in front of the hillside cabin that had
lain forgotten in her pocket during the
past anxious days. AS she pressed it
i the ring 1T the top gave way, and the
cross parted in halves. Words were
engraved on the inside of the arms-a
date and the name Henry Sanderson.
| The recurrence of the name Jared
and surprised her. Hugh had dropped
tan old keepsake of the friend who
had been his beau ideal, his exenplar
and whose ancient influence was still
dominant. He had chung Loyalty to the
/ LcLIeutO, Dtluu III Ills COLStdut ItklIiS.
to the wrong that friend had done him.
She looked at the date. 1t was May
%. She shuddered. for that was the
month and day on which Dr. Moreau
had been killed. The point had been
lclearly established today by the prose
lcution To the original owner of that
cross perhaps the date that had come
into Hugh's life with such a sinister
meaning was n glad anniversary
Suddenly she caught her hand to her
cheek. A weird idea had rushed
through her brain. The religious sym
Dol had stood for Harry Sandersol
and the chance coincidence of dat
had irresistibly pointed to the lnurde
To her excited senses the juxtapos
ton held bizarre. uncanny sugge,
ton. This cross, the very, emblem {
i vicarious sacrifice. Suppose Harr
| Sanderson had never given 1t to Hugl
| Suppose he had lost it on the hillsid
himself!
i She snatehed up the paper agail
"Who has been for some months on
prolonged vacation''-the phrase stare
sar5onically ut her That might carr
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-02-02

sell you something whether you want
1t or not Now in order to save our
Selves from bankruptcy we will be
compelled to start 4 school to teach
our people how to buy
There is another matter that | wish
to call your attention to. which is that
for many years there has been de-
| luge of advice given gratutiously to
the farmer by merchants and manufac-
| turers principally. and by all other
Icallings on earth in modified form,
and they all claim that the farmer does
not know how to run his own bust
ness, and that he must be taught and
as intimated above this fault-findinG
has reached the White house-the very
i head ana shoulders of the government
and if this thing keeps going the
Lord only knows where it will stop.
| "In answer have only this to say
that 80 per cent of those engaged in
are not much better off, and most OF
the other fellows make a botch of it
And all these are supposed to under
stand, the business in their respective
(, lines of tiade. Whoever heard of a
farmer failing Cgoing to the wall I
believe is what they call it now, and
| going through bankruptcy proceed
ings? Echo answers none and sc
| do /.
| Before | sit down want to say that
fif there are any newspaper reporter
present, that they must take all re
sponsibility upon themselves if they
have the temerity to publish this ad
idress or any part of it, for free speech
and free press are in doubt"
Committee Presents Report.
At the close of the presidents al
dress. the committee on the ground
hog hole came in prepared to report
The report follows:
"Mr. President. Your committee tt
whom was entrusted the most respon
sible task of any connected with on
society, have performed to the best C
Jour ability that duty. We arrived Il
1.-THE ground hog hole before sun up -
has always been our custom. The da.
was clear and there was no doubt as Il
the shadow when the sun came up. S,
we crawled up close to the hole tina
! we might see distinctly every move o
the ground hog, and as the frs
lglimpse of the sun was visible abov,
the horizon the ground hogs nose ap
lpeared at the mouth of the hole. an.
he timed himself and moved out a
the sun moved up, and when tina
lgreat luminary appeared in his full
glory the ground hog was tail and al
out of his hole. Immediately his form
was plainly silhouetted on the stee
bank near by. Then with a sad cour
tenance he slowly turned and re
!, entered his hole, and Your committe
reluctantly predicts six weeks more c
winter"
4 A hearty vote of thanks to the cit
zens of Taylor Ridge was unanimousl
noted and then came adjournment.
\
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-02-02
Many sleepIess Nigts, Owing to a Per
sistent Cough-Relief Found
at asst.

For several winters past my. wife
has been troubled with most persist
-ent and disagreeable cough, which in
.yariably extended over a period of
Several weeks and caused her many
sleepless nights writes Will J. Hay
Ener, editor of the Burley, Colo, Buzz
letin. Various. remedies were tried
each year. with no beneficial results.
In November last the cough again put
in an appearance and my wife. acting
on the suggestion of a friend, pur-
chased bottle of Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy. The result was, in
deed, marvellous. After. three doses
the cough entirely disappeared and
has not manifested itself since" This
remedy is for sale by all druggists
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-02-02
(FRoM APRIL s, =
Last Two Months Enjoyed
Living for First Time

The following statement was mada
by S. j. Simpson on Thursday after
noon in connection with the Cooper
preparations, which have created a sen
sation throughout the west and now
being widely discussed in New York
Mr.. Simpson, who lives at No. go
President street, Brooklyn, said:
According to my experience, this
man Cooper is justified in his claims
that his medicine will actually put the
stomach in good condition | have had
chronic stomach trouble for several
years past. My stomach seemed to
give out completely in August, 1906
and have been able to eat next to
! nothing since.
Il have not taken the slightest en-.
{ joyment in living. | have been SO de
| pressed by my condition Neither ply.
| sicians nor medicine helped me. and Il
was only by the most careful diet that
Il was able to retain any food what
ever. For the past seven months
have not eaten particle of meat. In
the most skeptical frame of mind pos
sible called to see Mr.. Cooper about
two months ago, while he was IL
Brooklyn. l had not the smallest hops
his medicine would help me, as l had
given up hope during the past year.
obtained some of his medicine and be
gan its use. Today | am apparently
as well as ever. ] obtained relief sc
rapidly that it is positively wonderful
I am in good spirits. eat heartily. sleeI
well and am better in. every way
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-02-02

noble as you-noble enough to shield
murderer to his own danger"
"Ah, no, Jessicaw he interposed gen
tly. II only said, that In my place he
would do the same"
But you are shielding a murderer
she insisted fiercely. You will not ad
NIT 1t. but know. There can be nc
justice or right in that. If Harry San
dersoh is all you think him, If he
stood here now and knew, the whole
he would say it was wicked-not brave
and noble, but wicked and cruel"
He shook his head, and the sad
shadow of bitter smile touched hi;
lips "He wouldlnot say So" he said
A dry. sob answered him. He turned
and leaned his elbows on the narrow
window sill. every nerve aching. but
powerless to comfort. He heard hei
STEP The door closed sharply.
Then he faced into the empty cell
sat down on the cot and threw out his
arms. with hopeless cry:
"Jessica. Jessica.'
Jessica left the Jail with despair ir
her heart Tho hope oil which she had
fed these past days had failed her
What was there left for her to do
Like a swift wind. she went up the
street to Folders Office. She gropet
her way up the unlighted stair ant
tapped or the door, There was no an
swtr. She pushed it open and entered
the empty outer room. where study
lamp burned on the desk.
A pile of legal looking papers hat
been set beside it. and with them lay ;
torn page of a newspaper whose ia
miliar caption gave her a stab of pain
Perhaps the news of the trial ha(
found its way across the ranges t.
where the names of Stires and Morea,
had been known. Perhaps every on,
ut Aniston alreiidy knew of It, wa
reading about It. pitying her. She pick
ed it up and scanned it hastily. Their
was no hint of the trial: but her ey
caught the news which had played 1t
role in the courtroom. and she read
to the e;.d.
Even in her own trouble she read
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-02-02
TRY THIS FOR
YOUR COUGH

Mix two ounces of glyeerine with. :,
half-ounce Of Virgin Oil of Pine com.
pound pure and a half pint of straight
whisky. Shake well and.'take in doses
Of teaspoonfnl every four hours. This
mixture possesses the healing, health.
'ul properties Of the Pines, and will
break a cold in twentyifour hours and
cure any cough that is durable. In
having this formula put up, be sur
that your druggist uses the genuine
Virgin Oil of Pine compound pure, pre-
pared and guaranteed only by. the
Leach Chemical CO., Cincinnati, Ohio
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-02-02
EVERYBODY

agrees that the stomach is the meas
ure of ones health and strength; then
why not see to It that such an import
ant organ is kept in a strong, healthy
condition The best medicine to as
sist the stomach is
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-02-02
H0STETTEn'S
Sf0W1CH BlTTERs

For proof of this assertion we point to
its unequalled record. extending over a
period of SIS years. Try a bottle for
sleepIessness. Indigestion, Dyspepsia,
costiveness, Colds and Grippe and see
for yourself. Refuse all substitutes.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-02-02

work and resultant, of forces in his
own past. He himself had set Hugh's
feet on the red path that had pointed
him to the shameful terminus. He had
gambIed for Highs future, forgetting
that his past remained, a thing that
must be covered. He had won Hugh's
counters, but his own right to be him.
self he had staked and lose long before
that game on the communion table un-
der the painted crncifixion
The words he had once said to Hugh
required to him with a kind of awe;
"Puf myself IN your place? wish to
God coufd!''
1sateAor was 1t Gdd Ahad taken him
at his word He had been hurled like
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-02-02

to Albert E. Shogren and Anna M.
Shogren, lot IS. R. A. Smiths addition,
Rock Island, $500.
Christian F. Gaetier to Anthony
Rode, lot IS, block 2, Barth & Bah.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-02-02
RECORD OF COURT HOUSE
Real Estate Transfers

White, Pope & Guyer to James Jol-
ley and Melina Jolley. lot 5. block 185,
city of East Moline, $135
William jackson and Jennie jackson
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-02-02

cocks Twentieth street addition, Rock
Island, $4,000.
White, Pope & Guyer to James and
Melina Jolley, lot G, block 1S5, village
of East Moline, $3.50.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-02-02
lF Chapter 20

Harry stood again in the
obscure. half darkness of
Z his cell II came to him
, that the present had a
farreaching significance;
That Il xx-ns, I,,1f tho handi-
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-01
CONCERT BY THE
GRAMMAR SCHOOL
cantata and Program on the vIctrola
to Be Given Tomorrow
Evening.

Wednesday afternoon at the assem-
bly, room of the High school the Cram
mar school will give concert consist
ing of the cantata, "The Wreck OF the
Hesperus, and ceries of great
operate solos by artist singers.
Longfellows dramatic poem. THE
Wreck Of the Hesperus,' set to music
by Anderson, will be presented by
chorus and soloists from the Grammar
school. The soprano solos will be
sung by Laura Couless and Martha
Tracey. and the baritone part by Del
bert Chute. This is the first year
the Grammar school has ever studied
a cantata, and it is an indication OF
the. Improvement which has been go
ing on In the school music in the past
few years; that this cantata is the
first work of the kind ever given in the
Keokuk high school, where it was
given some eight or nine years ago
The Grammar school has had practic
ally no trouble in learning the cantata
and IN fact. were able to sing most OF
| 1t at first sight.
The second part of the program vii
consist of Photographic records, made
by the recognized stars among opera
singers. This part of the program
| will be presented by Mr.. Jesse Bake
on his victrola. The numbers nav
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-01
LURAy, MO.
; % NNN : &c &c = = .

Rev. Fish of Wyconda filled his
regular appointment here Sunday.
Rev. Wallace and wife attended the
w. C. It. u. convention at Arbela last
Thursday and FRIDAY
Olive Jones and wife were Sunday
visitors at ,Keokuk.
Mrs. Cameron of Wayland visited
last week with Mrs. Olive Jones.
Miss Sn9WaJ pnss visited Saturday
at Kahoka with relatives.
Mrs. Hattie Bloom and children
Of Burlington visited last week with
her sister. Mrs., Alvin Billowes.
Mr.. and Mrs. Randle spent Monday
in Keokuk.
The Luray cub team played the big
nine here Sunday, two to four in favor
of the big nine.
Ernie Dennison and family spent
Monday at Keokuk.
Alvin Billowts and family spent
Sunday at Wyconda visiting his wife's
brother Charley Boyd.
Mr.. John Buck Of Winchester visit
ed here Sunday with friends.
Clarence Gutherie is working in
Kahoka at present.
|. Mrs. DR.. Gushin fell and broke a
bone in her arm last week.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-01
IS YOUR BLOOD
thin AND POOR {
Then Read What This Ns-
consin Woman Says About
Her CDn Case.

La no disease is delay or neglect more
dangerous than in anmmia, or poverty
Of the blood. This disorder is common
in persons who are overworked or con-
fined within doors and makes its APP
proach in SO stealthy manner that it
is often well developed before its pres
ence is recognized.
But taken in time the disease is readily
durable, the specific being a tonic medi-
cine which increases the number Of red
blood corpusclcs thus enabling the blood
to carry the life-giving oxygen to all the
tissues of the body. Such q tonic is DR..
Williams Pink Pills. These pills have
had unbounded success in curing this
stubborn disease because Of this won
derful property.
The following cure Of annmia by DR..
Williams Pink Pills deserves careful
reading by every person, whose blood is
impure. Mrs Ida Keller, Of r. f. d.
No. 6, Tomah, Wis, says:
About ten years ago my health began
10 fail. was all run down, could not
do any work, had no appetite and was
not able to sleep / had night sweats,
which were very weakening and my feet
and limbs were swollen My stomach
was in such bad condition that could
not even retain the doctors medicine.
Ny head ached all Of the time and / was
subject to dizzy spells. I became re-
duced in weight from l48 to 100 pounds
and was confined to bed for days at a
time.
+ Il was under the care Of two doctors
but they gave me relief only for the
time being. One of the doctors told my
husband that it would be only q short
time before / would be in the first stages
Of consumption. Ny mother finally
advised me to try DR.. Williams Pink
Pills and, while didn't have any faith
in them, did SO to please her. Before
had taken the pills long | felt much bet
ter. I took several boxes and was able
10 do my work again. l gained rapidly
in flesh, could eat without distress and
soon felt like myself again. / always
speak well of Dr.. Williams Pink Pills
| for know that they saved my life. :"
| Dr. Williams Pink Pills are sold by
| Ill druggists or sent, postpaid, on receipt
/ # price, so cents per box; six boxes fol
4 81. so. by the DR. Williams Medicine Co.
schenectady, n. Y.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-01
TO Be MARRIED
IN PARLOR CAR
Heautiful and Accomplished Lady and
Rich and Influential Man 70
be Wed in ParIor
Car.
IDENTIFIES UNKNOWN
Bride to be is an Advocate Of Equal
Suffrage and Train Will be
Special to National
Convention.
IDENTITIES UNKNOWN

SPOKANE, Wash, May 81 Beauti-
full, accomplished, vivacious and
wealthy are a few OF the adjectives
employed to describe the young bride,
while tall and handsome, rich, and
rs a consequence, influential, brilliant
and an ardent devotee to the cause, !"
give an inkling of the qualifications Of
the bridegroom, who are to be mar
ried in the drawing room Of a parlor
car attached to the special train, In
which advocates Of equ-l rights will
journey across the state Of Washing
ton on June 20.
Neither Mrs. Emma Smith De Voc,
president OF the Equal Suffrage asso-
citation OF Washington, nor Mrs. May
Arkwright Hutton, head OF the Spo-
kane Suffrage club. will disclose the
identity OF the hero or heroine Of the
romance until the train pulls out Of
the Spokane station at 2:30 O'clock the
morning OF June 30, on the way to
Seattle. where the National American
Woman Suffrage association will have
It's convention, July / to Z. Mrs. Hut
ton said:
4 "The names of the couple will re-
main 3 secret until It Is time to show
to the world that, instead OF alienat-
ing women from the fireside, the sui
frage movement tends toward the
creation Of home ties. However. the
brides name is known to many IN the
4 northwest and the Bridegroom Is man
A Of much influence
The train, the first OF Its KIND run
under tho direction of suffragettes
viii. have among its passengers Rev
Anna Shaw, Mrs. Carrie Chapman
Catt, president OF the Internationa
Women Suffrage Alliance; Doroth
Dix, professor Frances Squire Potter
sarah Platt Decker, Lucy Anthony
Charlotte Perkins Gilman and othe
women of note, including fraterna
delegates from Europe. There vii
also be delegates from every state Il
the union. A feature Of the trip acros
the state will be speeches from tn
rear end Of the train at Pasco, Nortl
Yakima. Ellensburg and Tacoma.